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26 Time to celebrate A survey of LGBT gains around the world 30 Touting Toby’s Law Trans activist Susan Gapka explains why the new law giving human rights to trans people is a game changer 31 Expanding identity Musician Lucas Silveira isn’t satisfied with the trans tag Accidental activist Leanne Iskander recalls standing up to authorities in the fight for a gay-straight alliance at her school 32 Google gets proud How a powerful tech corp saw the Pride light Events A complete list of Pride weekend happenings

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email letters@nowtoronto.com Handgun ban goofy

a ban on bullets and handguns is incredibly dangerous to a free society (NOW, June 21-27). All big cities have gun violence. Law-abiding gun owners shouldn’t have to take the heat for actions of lowlife criminal scumbags.

Enzo DiMatteo should quit being such a big-government-loving, hysterical pussy boy. His hard left ideology needs to stay away from my rights and my beliefs and my heritage. There is a world outside Toronto city limits, you soy-latte-drinking, yoga-loving, man-purse-wearing faggot. How would you like it if we

started crying for a ban on Pride?

After centralizing power with the government by disarming civilians, there really won’t be any stopping freedom-hating, nanny goofs. No sport, music genre, type of art will be safe. Now kindly fuck off and save the useless, uninspired, left-wing clichés. PS: I still love your entertainment section. It totally rocks!

Drew Lynch Toronto

Holes in shooting stats

i shot an intruder here in ottawa in 1995. Civilian guns tend to keep criminals away from our homes.

Britain banned handguns in the 1990s. John Major exempted .22 target pistols, but his labour successors banned even those. Handgun crime went up.

You write about gun laws as if they were a new concept, but they have a long history of failure and of even achieving the opposite result.

Statistically, it takes a million guns to kill a child per year, but just 11,ooo swimming pools.

Why not fill in the pools?

Jim Morrow Ottawa

Gun laws = genocide every genocide in history is preceded by civilian disarmament. This is the kind of world people who advocate a ban on bullets and handguns are actively working to create. History has many examples of lives lost this century, sacrificed to this worship of gun control.

M.J. Ackermann, MD Sherbrooke, NS

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Most of those aforementioned charmers are of Jamaican origin, [a country] where murder takes place at a spectacular rate. Murder is part of their culture. How about banning all Jamaicans from Canada?

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regarding steven davey’s review of Burger Stomper (NOW, June 21-27) Wow. Davey’s not a snob at all. I thought he was all about the food, as he said in his Top 10? Hypocrite.

Jake Callaghan From nowtoronto.com

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Minus lead girl Samantha Urbani, Friends were the least engaging band on that showcase. Shouting highpitched “ahs” into a mic and hopping around isn’t enough.

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The 519 on Pride

lovely pride dos and don’ts (now, June 21-27), but you forgot to mention supporting the community Pride is for! Maybe check out one of the awesome parties the 519 Community Centre is throwing! Proceeds from the parties go to the centre and right back to the LGBT community, and they have some of the biggest international DJs playing all weekend.

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what these events have to do with Pride. It seems to me this type of event perpetuates unhealthy selfimage problems and is utterly superficial – certainly nothing to be “proud” of.

Equality does not necessitate aspiring to the lowest common denominator.

Michael Freeman Toronto

CAMH standards

i read your piece on the ongoing transformation of CAMH’s Queen West redevelopment (NOW Daily, June 21) with interest at first, then mounting disgust.

You gushingly proclaim that this redevelopment heralds a new era for mental health in this city, setting the “modern standard” even.

Sadly, CAMH is overrun by bureaucracy, burnt-out mental health professionals, and shadowy Big Pharma reps field-testing their latest wonder drug on patients who are last on the list of priorities. But I guess it does look nice.

Cameron Reid Toronto

Government by crisis

editorial cartoons portraying NDP leader Andrea Horwath as a nagging wife during the recent budget dust-up miss the point. I agree with Ellie Kirzner’s perspective (NOW, June 21-27) that this was a crisis orchestrated by the Liberals.

Alvin Góngora From nowtoronto.com

Helmet heads-up

the ontario coroner’s recommendation for a mandatory helmet law won’t reduce risks for cyclists (NOW, June 21-27).

Since cycling confers such huge health benefits, those deterred get sicker quicker and die earlier. Is the coroner trying to drum up trade?

Richard Burton Toronto

[Frontlines] Enzo DiMatteo on Ford-free radio Is the Rob Ford radio experiment over?

The Sunday afternoon snoozefest known as The City is on summer hiatus, it was announced last week.

Interesting timing. Now Rob won’t have to answer questions from callers about why he’s not at Pride – again – this year. Besides, City Hall is deadsville in the summer.

At the very least, the break will give the brain trust at CFRB time for a rethink before the all-important fall ratings season that’ll determine where advertisers put their bucks.

According to brand manager Mike Bendixen, listenership has doubled since the mayor and brother Doug took over as cohosts from Councillor Josh Matlow back in February. But those reported audience share numbers are misleading, since they were minuscule to begin with and count anyone who’s tuned in for a minute or more.

In the all-important 25-to-54 age bracket, CFRB is still trailing archrivals AM 640 by a significant margin, according to MediaCom numbers.

Without a crisis at City Hall to drive interest, and with Ford presiding over an agenda-free administration, the script has become predictable – certain death in radio.

Reportage on the show in Monday’s papers has often been about embarrassing missteps – David Menzies’s nutty anti-gay rant, for example, and Dougie’s racially tinged “Polack” cockup.

If the madness continues, the question of branding, as in what damage the show may be doing to CFRB’s prospects of attracting new listeners, will have to become a consideration.

I hear through the grapevine that the show is not a paid gig for the Fords, so presumably the station isn’t losing money on the program.

The on-air script has become predictable, which is certain death in radio.

The bigger question is how much longer Robo is willing to stick this gig out. He’s slated to retake the airwaves September 9. If he decides not to come back after a summer off, nobody will notice.

September 9 also marks the kick-off of the NFL football season – more cover in case he decides to make this hiatus permanent.

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Rob Ford makes a not so surprising surprise appearance at the annual Toronto Mayor’s Arts Awards luncheon. (No way he was going to miss another one, eh?) And local artisans get creative with the fridge magnets left on tables as a calling card by Fordo. Read Susan G. Cole’s take at nowtoronto.com.

SUMMER NEWS FILLER

Enter the dragon boats, Saturday, June 23, 3:43 pm, at Centre Island. More fire-breathing pics at nowtoronto.com.

More than two years away from the next municipal election and the Star is trying to draft NDP MP Olivia Chow to run for mayor. As delicious as that possibility may sound, Chow’s got her eye on bigger fish, namely a cabinet post in an NDP government.

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T.O.’S ECONOMY

Art Train Conductor No.9, a mobile public art project unveiled at Union Station Tuesday, June 26. Creators: Toronto-based artists Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins.

Housing starts in April were 20 per cent ahead of last year, despite concerns of global recession.

GOOD WEEK FOR BAD WEEK FOR

George Cohon, the American-born head of McDonald’s in Canada (and Russia), receives the key to the city from Rob Ford, unleashing a torrent of tweets about the fast food chain’s contribution to the obesity epidemic in North America.

MOVE Expo

MOVE: The Transportation Expo, a multi-sensory tour of past, present and future transport that explores ways of unlocking gridlock opens at Evergreen Brick Works Saturday (June 30). We got a sneak peek.

THEMES: revolutionizing the auto industry; reconnecting the suburbs to the downtown core; using nature’s corridors to move through the city; reducing the overall cost and transportation of food.

BY THE NUMBERS: Torontonians spend an average 80 minutes a day on transit; 68 per cent of schoolchildren don’t walk to school; households making under $30,000 spend 30 per cent of their income on transportation.

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Enviropig is dead, maybe. The genetic modification experiment that Ontario pork producers were banking on to save a flagging industry is no more, the project discontinued by University of Guelph researchers last week, and the pigs themselves euthanized. Farmers hoped the pigs, whose salivary glands were engineered to break down feed better and which produced less polluting phosphorous in their poo, would eventually save feed and production costs and end up on grocery shelves as the world’s first genetically modified food animal. But the market has no appetite for GM food, so Ontario Pork, the project’s biggest financial backer, pulled its funding in March. Guelph University, however, has yet to formally withdraw its applications to Health Canada and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the pig for human consumption.

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“These new facilities are that physical representation of dignity and inclusion.”

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health president Catherine Zahn at the Thursday, June 21, opening of CAMH’s new facilities on Queen West. Story and pictures at nowtoronto.com.

Factory Theatre’s long-time artistic director, Ken Gass, is dumped, officially as part of a “re-visioning” for the future. At last count, 2,500 people have signed a petition calling for the board’s resignation. Read more at nowtoronto.com.

PRIDE POLITICKING The selection of Liberal Education Minister Laurel Broten as one of two grand marshals for this year’s Pride parade causes ripples in the gay community. Critics say the Libs stonewalled on efforts to protect gay-straight alliances in schools.

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WHAT Another piece of south Rosedale architectural heritage bites the dust.

PROPOSED Demolition of existing “unrated” circa-1964 L-shaped Flemish bond brick building and 1940s garage to make way for new glass structure housing a gymnasium, swimming pool and dining hall on Branksome Hall’s west campus.

BACKDROP Toronto Preservation Board’s report recommending demolition says 6 Elm “does not contribute to the heritage character of the district.”

WAR ON DRUGS The criminalization of drug use is fuelling the global HIV/AIDS pandemic according to a report released June 26 by the Global Commission on Drug Policy. The report notes a decline in the number of HIV infections in British Columbia coinciding with needle exchange programs, beginning in 2002. But it also identifies incarceration as a risk factor for HIV in Canada, thanks to mandatory minimum sentencing and the lack of needle exchange programs in prisons.

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1812 Remembered Eighteen Twelve, artist Viktor Mitic’s latest bullet-riddled creation, depicts the Battle of Queenston Heights; it’s showing at Todmorden Mills Heritage Site, part of War of 1812 bicentennial celebrations, starting July 1.

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Pride’s a gas, but city hasn’t yet really integrated its queers By ADAM GIAMBRONE

sometimes it takes a major event to transform a city.

In the midst of Toronto Pride festivities, it’s exciting to keep in mind that we’ve been awarded the honour of hosting the fourth annual World Pride celebration in 2014.

Whereas the Olympics and Pan Am Games require new physical buildings and infrastructure, our obligation to World Pride is less, shall we say, concrete.

Rather, it requires us to focus on building an inclusive and welcoming city for the globe’s queer community to visit. We have a good base, but as with any major happening, we have a lot of preparation to do to properly roll out the red carpet. The challenge is to make T.O. even more inclusive.

In many ways Toronto is a diversity leader. We can all point to queer movers and shakers in many parts of the culture, including the media, the arts and the civic organizations that help make this a fantastic place to live. In government, we’re blessed with gay provincial cabinet ministers and city councillors as well as members of federal Parliament.

It’s estimated that between 7 and 10 per cent of the population is queer, meaning the LGBT community is larger than many of T.O.’s ethno-cultural groupings. Of course, many gays also identify with particular ethnic groups; and sexual orientation is only part of a person’s sense of self.

Still, the high number, approximately 300,000, suggests that LGBT Toronto is a major cultural force.

Diversity, though, is still a work in progress. We have a long way to go before all queer people can feel perfectly safe and at home wherever their lives take them.

Which brings us back to Pride Week. The fest is important not just because it brings $130 million into

Diversity is a work in progress.

Many queers still endure threats in spaces that should be safe, like their homes, places of worship, schools or work. our economy, is one of the largest cultural festivals in North America and a great party, but because we haven’t yet fully integrated LGBT people into the city.

While our queer community wins respect and legal rights, it remains vulnerable to prejudice, harassment and at times outright physical violence. Many young queers still feel they’re not accepted for who they are, and endure threats in places that should be safe, like their homes, places of worship or schools. The transgender and transsexual communities are at even greater risk.

The fact that we needed a law passed in the Ontario legislature to ensure that anti-homophobia clubs in schools can flourish makes the point. Imagine if a law hadn’t been required to encourage a positive school environment and prevent homophobic bullying. Likewise, the province’s Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week, the third week of

November, serves as a yearly reminder of what still needs to be accomplished.

Sadly, these laws are needed despite the fact that things are changing rapidly and young people are more tolerant. Many prominent Torontonians, like CBC’s Rick Mercer, have signed on to the North America-wide It Gets Better campaign, which offers hope to queer students facing harassment. There’s no question that one of the chief functions of Pride remains the creation of a massive safe space.

The positive media attention and moves by the province are in stark contrast to the mayor’s attitude.

While he did attend one of the rainbow-flag-raisings at City Hall this year, his past comments and continued rebuffs of the LGBT community send the wrong message. So does the fact that council actually debated whether to nix Pride funding over the spurious Queers Against Israeli Apartheid threat, an entirely disproportional response.

It’s not just municipal shenanigans that menace Pride funding. In 2009, Calgary MP Diane Ablonczy was removed as tourism minister just after she awarded $400,000 to Pride Toronto. And in 2010, the federal government announced it was dropping Pride from its tourism stimulus package. The fact that funding and promoting the event are even under discussion when it’s so well established, shows how much Pride is truly needed to highlight ongoing integration challenges.

Pride Week is in full swing. Toronto’s alive with positive energy, our hotels filled with visitors, parties spilling over everywhere. Amidst all the fun, we have to remind ourselves how much we still have to do.

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OLG’s optics illusion Was hotel meeting with casino lobbyists really just an info session? By ENZO DiMATTEO so maybe there’s nothing wrong with lobbyists for Las Vegas high rollers meeting with higher-ups from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation at the Park Hyatt.

But for an organization at least outwardly concerned about appearances when it comes to its so-called modernization plans (the OLG just appointed Justice Coulter Osborne to advise its board), the optics are not good.

A feeding frenzy of lobbying over a Toronto casino is already taking place behind the scenes at both City Hall and Queen’s Park, including by friends of OLG chair Paul Godfrey (see sidebar). Hey, just sayin’.

To hear Tony Bitonti, OLG’s senior manager of media relations, tell it, the Park Hyatt meeting in late May

was just one of a number of presentations OLG’s been making to interested parties as part of its plan to modernize (read privatize) its gaming and lottery operations under that muchpublicized plan launched back in March.

“We’re just going round telling everyone what the process is,” Bitonti says. “Not everyone understands the full complexity of it. It’s not a big secret.”

So there is no plot being concocted to con Toronto city councillors?

Frankly, it’s a little hard to swallow that the high-priced help hired by gaming interests would have a hard time understanding the parameters set out for the bidding process in OLG’s request for information (RFI) document.

Facts to consider: • The meeting in question was organized by the Canadian Gaming Association, the trade organization for the gaming industry.

• The OLG reps in attendance – head of procurement Brenda Gibbons and vice-president of stakeholder relations Beth Webster – will presumably have a say in decisions related to a casino in the GTA and the proposed sale of OLG assets, which also forms part of the RFI. • The RFI issued by OLG stipulates clearly that “OLG will not be conducting a briefing session for this RFI.” On the last point, Bitonti makes a

distinction that the meeting at the Park Hyatt was an information session about process, not a briefing.

So why not just march interested parties into OLG’s offices, in which case the details would be available to any member of the public wishing to make a Freedom of Information request? What information could bidders not get from the RFI itself?

Says Bitonti: “If they hear it from the horse’s mouth, they understand it a lot better, and it just puts us out there with a human face, really, to explain the situation.”

Turns out that Howard Grant, the Ottawa-based consultant hired by OLG as a fairness monitor to make sure the bidding process is free of conflicts of interest, signed off on the Park Hyatt session.

In Grant’s view, the formal bidding process hasn’t officially begun, so there’s been no blurring of the lobbying lines.

“I don’t see any issue at all,” he says. “In fact, I will tell you we encourage these types of meetings, because, really, if you have good competition you’re going to get a better result.”

It’s unclear if anyone outside casino backers has had info sessions with OLG reps.

The one formal overview of its modernization plans that was advertised in OLG’s RFI was held at the three-day Canadian Gaming Summit in Niagara Falls earlier this month. There, Bitonti says, OLG officials were followed around by other OLG staff just to make sure potential GTA casino bidders weren’t whispering sweet somethings into their ears.

There’s a switch.

Uncertainty about process this early in the procurement process are not an encouraging sign. As Councillor Shelley Carroll points out, it’s mistakes made early in the process of big tenders like this that come back to bite in the form of lawsuits from unsuccessful bidders. 3 enzom@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontonews

Lobbyist lowdown The corporate heavies shilling for a piece of the gambling pie at Queen’s Park

Onex Corporation The company built by Indigo head Heather Reisman’s husband, Gerry Schwartz, boasts business partnerships with aerospace and military hardware companies and private health care as well as investments in Tropicana Las Vegas and casinos in Edmonton, Lethbridge and two in Calgary, operating 2,900 slot machines, 90 table games, 35 poker tables and 40 video lottery terminals.

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Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment The sports mega-company known for taking fans of their pro franchises for suckers is also in property management and owns stakes in Rogers and Bell. Company chair Larry Tanenbaum is best buds with Ontario Lottery and Gaming chair Paul Godfrey. MLSE’s board of directors includes Dale Lastman, who also sits on OLG’s board. Has hired Etobicoke boy and former Canadian Alliance candidate John Capobianco, who defected to the Rob Ford camp partway through the 2010 municipal election, to do its lobbying at Queen’s Park.

Caesars Entertainment Corporation The largest gaming outfit in the world (casinos, resorts and golf courses) recently lost CFO Jonathan Halkyard, who’s widely credited with helping reduce the company’s industry-high $20 billion debt.

MGM Resorts International The first of the Las Vegas high rollers to signal its interest in a Toronto casino reported $200 million in first-quarter losses this year. It’s currently embroiled in litigation over its CityCenter mega-project on the Vegas strip over construction delays.

The company’s plans for an $800 million casinohotel complex near Washington, DC, was recently rejected over political concerns that the gaming market is over-saturated.

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As much as leaders of global citi­ zens groups have tried to rally world opinion around the recent Rio+20 conference, June 20­22, with a peti­ tion called The World We Don’t Want (a cute slam at The World We Want of

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the official declaration), it’s time to fess up that the most anyone could have hoped for was The Words We Want. But why get involved in a war of words any more than a war with guns?

I’ve been at these UN meets and understand the frustration of watch­ ing all the hope and energy, knowing

all along that there’s no mechanism for the enforcement of anything that’s decided. If precedent means anything, Rio’s 46­page compromise document and supposed $513 billion in commitments are likely to come to very little, too.

But the person who actually named the problem of world­class ir­ relevance during and after the flash in the pan at Rio is Michael Bloom­ berg. He’s the multi­millionaire phil­ anthropist, mayor of New York and head of C40, a seven­year­old group of 59 of the world’s very large cities (confirming the wisdom of avoiding the use of numbers in names of new orgs).

After a day meeting with other mayors in Rio, Bloomberg threw down the gauntlet at the conference, claiming the actions of C40 provide “more evidence that cities have been and will continue to lead the way.”

National governments can argue among themselves, he said, but C40 cities are well on the way to imple­ menting 4,700 new projects that will eliminate 248 million tonnes of glo­ bal warming gases by 2020.

C40, which we know here because former mayor David Miller was its previous chair, is the organization to watch, and the reason is that cities and nation states have very different ways of calculating cost­benefit ratios.

Though cities are responsible for about 70 per cent of global warming emissions, it’s a rare city that owns, regulates or reaps taxes, jobs or other benefits from oil, gas or coal reserves or many of the companies that spin off these resources.

As often as not, high emissions in cities are the result of subsidies and other practices embedded at the na­ tional level. Resource and allied com­ panies (pesticide and fertilizer com­ panies, for example) hold sway at the national, not city, level.

So when meetings of nations take

place, the views of resource corpora­ tions and generally overrepresented rural voters figure larger than at meetings where cities work on im­ proving the lot of their citizens. Cit­ ies face higher risks from global warming than rural areas, which is why they need to develop their own voice and capabilities. Global organi­ zations that only represent national governments are unrepresentative of the experiences, needs and inter­ ests of the world’s population.

The shift to C40­style organizing at the international level is also su­ premely practical, for the simple rea­ son that cities, not nation states, have the authority, capacity, tools and skills to deal on the ground with

adding up RiO+20

191 Number of member states 45,000 Total number of

accredited and non-accredited participants:

10,047

Number of accredited reps of NGOs and groups

12,250 Number of accredited reps of member states and intergovernmental orgs

1,300 Number of UN reps

57

Number of heads of state present

713 Number of voluntary com-

mitments for sustainable development made by governments, NGOs and business

$513 billion

Amount pledged for commitments

transportation, waste and building issues that give rise to excessive use of fossil fuels. Cities own lots of build­ ings, set the building codes for others, pick up garbage, license cabs, operate traffic lights and street lights, man­ age water utilities, oversee schools, draft official plans that can direct fuel and smog reduction, and so on.

C40 estimates that mayors have di­ rect control over 75 per cent of urban emissions sources.

Since no one has yet found the nerve to out UN conferences and say the diplomats there have no clothes, officials at these meets, along with hapless environmentalists who take the gatherings seriously, still pretend they can actually do something. But the best thing nations can do is get out of the way and stop subsidizing polluting fuels, auto industries and the like. Less is more.

Another reason groups like C40 are omens of the future has to do with organizational style. Cities have no formal authority to meet and pro­ claim on matters of world import. So they form voluntary networks to share information, as well as volun­ tary partnerships to implement pro­ grams. This is a pretty tried and true way of getting things done, and evi­ dently more effective than analysis­ paralysis, the specialty of nation states that prefer control over con­ tent and grandstanding over accom­ plishment.

Funding from C40 comes largely from private foundations, most nota­ bly the Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Climate Initiative. Partnerships hap­ pen on the fly, as need arises; as yea­ sayers rather than nay­sayers, net­ works can travel light. This strategy might be called, if the term hadn’t been poisoned, a coalition of the will­ ing.

In collaboration with C40, for in­ stance, Bogotá, Colombia, launched a pilot project to spur the use of elec­ tric taxis, and L.A. set up a program to help owners of property make their buildings more energy­efficient – just two of many initiatives. The org is now codifying environmental best practices to share.

The record of many C40 cities (To­ ronto is an exception) is awe­inspir­ ing. London shows off its downtown Elephant and Castle project, the big­ gest park addition to the city in 70 years, which will also house 2,800 families and employ 5,000 people. New York shows off its biggest park expansion since the 1930s and also features 1 billion square feet of rooftop that’s be­ ing greened, painted white or converted to solar panels. Toronto is named as a member, but never rates a mention. Maybe sometime there will be coverage of the plastic bag controversy.

For those who missed Rio and want to keep abreast of the hot new trend in international civics, the World Cities Summit meets in Singa­ pore July 1 to 4.

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Joanna Macy infuses her environmentalism with Buddhist insight.

Macy’s parade Eco Buddist charms at sold-out OISE event – though my cheese radar goes off

By ROBERT PRIEST “gratitude is politically subversive.” So says eco-philosopher Joanna Macy to a sold-out crowd at the OISE auditorium on Friday night, June 22.

To ecstatic applause, she continues: “In the consumer society, we are taught to feel insufficient. We don’t have

enough and we are not enough. It has bred in us a feeling of deficiency.”

Gratitude is definitely in the room.

People can hardly keep their cheers inside as she dispenses further nuggets of wisdom on “how to face the mess we’re in without going crazy.”

For instance, the title of her most recent work and the aphorism that drew me here: Active Hope, as in “hope isn’t something you have; it’s something you do.”

The workshops she runs around the world, a mixture of mindfulness,

psychology and activism, aim, as her promo says, to “transform despair and apathy into constructive, collaborative action.”

Macy – who hails from Berkeley, California, and whose books have titles like Mutual Causality In Buddhism And General Systems Theory and World As Lover, World As Self – has been active in the enviro and anti-nuke movements for over 30 years. She’s also the co-originator of the Council of All Beings, a communal ritual where participants put aside their human identity and speak on behalf of another life form.

As a Buddhist teacher, she draws one of her most powerful ideas – the notion that would-be social changers must embrace the grief of the world – from this tradition.

“Our pain for the world and our power to act for the world come from the same source,” she says.

One of her catchphrases, which slightly sets off my cheese detector, is her moniker for the whole disparate movement toward a sustainable society. She calls it the Great Turning.

To me it sounds like something out of a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel. But it’s clearly caught on here.

Twenty-eight organizations and businesses, many at the transcendental end of the spectrum, billing themselves as “a unified network for a life-sustaining society,” have come together to co-sponsor the event, hosted by the Inner Garden Collective. They include concerns like Shamansong, Healing Music, Unify To-

ronto, Friends of the Heart meditation centre and the like, and their followers appear manifestly glad to embrace the umbrella term for the sum of their incipient efforts.

The Great Turning. In her writings, she likens the idea to “falling in love outward,” a phrase she attributes to poet Robinson Jeffers.

There are shades of old-time religion, too, as her talk continues, including some call-and-response. But instead of recalling a trek through the Sinai to the Promised Land, we’re asked to meditate on the star-forged atoms that make up our bodies, and the migration of ice age humans carrying fire through glacial canyons to this make-or-break moment when there is “no separate salvation.”

I like that, and I’m relieved when, instead of being told to have faith, we are asked to honour uncertainty – the fact that we don’t know if we’re going to get through this crisis. She shows some of this uncertainty herself as she alternates between spiritual joy and her intermittent need to rant about the degradation of the environment.

The crowd likes this, but they clearly do share one item of certainty: they’re sure they like her ideas.

This is further evidenced by the long lineup of book buyers after the talk.

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Thursday, June 28

Benefits

ROCK IT FOR KIDS CANCER (pediatric oncology centres across Canada) Music by Ellen McKinney, the Kitchen City Orphans and others.

7:30 pm. $20 min. Revival, 783 College. facebook.com/rockitatrevivalforkidscancer.

Events

ANGER AND GUILT Workshop for people caring

for an elderly relative or friend. 6 pm. Free.

Family Service Toronto, 355 Church. Pre-register 416-595-9618.

BART SPIN Guided art tour on bikes. 6:30 pm.

Meet at Trinity Bellwoods Park. artspin.ca.

ARTFUL@SAGE Interactive art history discussion. Free. Sage Cafe, 166 McCaul. 416-3407345.

BBIKE MONTH WRAP PARTY Mark the end of Bike Month 2012 with live music and art. 7 pm. Bizune Event Gallery, 452 Richmond W. bikeunion.to.

DANCING ON THE PIER Join the Dancing on the Pier house band and learn global dance trends. 7 pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000.

THE DEATH AND LIFE OF GREAT COMMUNITY CENTRES Celebration in memory of the Lewis

Pearsall Computer Resource Centre, the latest victim of budget cuts. 3 pm. Free. Ralph Thornton Community Centre, 765 Queen E. ralphthornton.org.

rEARTH RANGERS – BRINGING BACK THE WILD

Presentation on the urgent challenges facing global biodiversity, with videos and live animal appearances. 10:30 & 11 am, noon, 1 & 2 pm. Free w/ admission. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-5797.

RAINBOW OF DESIRE Scarborough Arts community theatre workshop. 6 pm. Free. Scarborough Arts Centre, 1859 Kingston. Preregister scarborougharts.com.

ROUNDTABLE LIVE Tamarack Instit for Community Engagement, Occupy Toronto and the Zeitgeist Movement Toronto hold a discussion with socially conscious people including artists, educators and everyday citizens. 7 pm. Free. Ryerson U Kerr Hall Gymnasium, 379 Victoria. facebook.com/ events/336259593118404.

STAND FOR CHOICE Ontario Coalition of Abortion Clinics protest against the anti-abortion caravan crossing the country. 6:30 pm. Free (bring pots and pans). St Vincent de Paul Church, 268 Roncesvalles. ocac-choice.com.

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Theatre Comedy Dance

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TEDGLOBAL 2012 Talks and an online video stream from Edinburgh, Scotland, on Radical Openness and how it affects the way we share information. 8:45 am-6:45 pm. Free.

ING Café, 221 Yonge. tedxtoronto.com.

BWARD 29 THURSDAY NIGHT RIDES Group ride from East York to destinations within easy cycling distance. Free. East York Community Centre, 1081 1/2 Pape. 29bikes.ca.

WHY TALK OF INTERVENTION IN SYRIA? IT’S NOT ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS OR DEMOCRACY

Conversation about the current state of the Arab world, with Arab-Canadian feminist Nahla Abdo and others. 7 pm. $5. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org.

Friday, June 29 BIKE, WALK, HIKE MIDTOWN GARRISON CREEK (NORTH) Urban ecology walk. 7 pm. Free. Christie subway.

416-593-2656.

BBIKE-IN MOVIE NIGHT

Bike-themed movies at the Pavilions in the Don Valley. 7 pm. Free. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. ebw.evergreen.ca.

rCELEBRATE CANADA: THEN AND NOW Dance

Various times. $20 and up. Woodbine Centre Parking Lot, 500 Rexdale. shrinecircus.ca.

TIFF IN THE PARK: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT Outdoor film screening. 8:30 pm. Free. David Pecault Square, behind 55 John. tiff.net.

Saturday, June 30

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KARMA GROOVE (Haiti School Building Pro-

ject/SEED) Barefoot DJ dance party and wine and cheese, featuring Pursuit Grooves, Alicia Hush and others. 8 pm. $10-$20. Downward Dog Yoga Centre, 735 Queen W. 416-7038805.

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ABORIGINAL HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION A hoop dancer, aboriginal art, hand drumming, the Métis Fiddler Quartet, a hip-hop pow wow, fashions and more. Noon-11 pm. Free.

Yonge-Dundas Square. ydsquare.ca.

ART & PERFORMANCE TOUR Toronto Soc of Architects walking tour of contemporary buildings related to art. 10 am. $20, stu/srs $15. torontoarchitecturetours.com.

CANADA DAY CELEBRATION Dancing, singing, performances, henna art, storytelling and more. 11 am. Free. Thorncliffe Library, 29 St Dennis. 416-395-5820.

shows, clowns, games, birthday cake and more. 10 am-3 pm.

Free. Bridlewood Mall, 2900 Warden. splc.ca.

BCRITICAL MASS RIDE

A group ride through the downtown takes place the last Fri of every month. Free. Spadina and Bloor.

FRIENDLY SPIKE THEATRE BAND Development

rehearsal for actors and writers. Free. May Robinson Auditorium, 20 West Lodge. friendlyspike@primus.ca.

rCANADA DAY WITH THE WOOFJOCKS

Canine performances, sports demos and more with the Woofjocks. 11 am-5 pm. Free. PawsWays, 245 Queens Quay W. pawsways.ca. rCHIN PICNIC Multicultural picnic featuring singers, dancers, circus shows, the Ms and Mr Bikini contests, fireworks and more. To Jul 2. Free.

Exhibition Place. scotiabankchinpicnic.com.

3-5:30 pm. $5 sugg. Dufferin Grove Park, Dufferin S of Bloor. Pre-register gardens@ dufferinpark.ca.

CULTURE & CAMPUS TOUR Toronto Soc of Architects walking tour of musuems and cultural centres. 1:30 PM. $20, stu/srs $15. torontoarchitecturetours.com.

JOHN STREET FARMERS MARKET Organic, local produce, fair trade coffee, art and more plus live music. 9 am-1 pm. Free. Courtyard at 197 John. facebook.com/JohnStreetFarmersMarket.

JUNCTION FARMERS MARKET Local, sustainably produced fresh foods. Saturdays 8:30 am-12:30 pm. Free. Green P Lot, 385 Pacific. junctionmarket.ca.

PERSIAN FAMILY DAY Music, dance

and kids’ activities.

2-10 pm. Free. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge. 647898-5053.

QUEEN WEST WALKING ART TOUR Walk led

by Betty Ann Jordan. Noon. $25. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-5314635.

COMPANION AND BIOINTENSIVE GARDENING

Workshop on basic techniques for growing food in small urban spaces.

THE HISTORY OF TORONTO’S MID-

TOWN STREET NAMES Walking tour. 10 am. $15. NE corner Yonge and Shaftesbury. muddyyorktours. com.

LAKESIDE SUMMER OPENING PARTY The Power Plant kicks off its summer exhibition, Tools For Conviviality, with a lakeside party. 8 pm. Free. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949.

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK IN THE NEPAL HIMALAYA Talk by photographer/Himalayan moun-

tain guide Chris Beall. 2 pm. Free. Don Mills Library, 888 Lawrence E. 416-395-5710.

PROBLEM GAMBLING Health talk and video presentation. 1 pm. Free. Toronto Western Hospital Auditorium, 399 Bathurst. 416-6035800 ext 6475.

PROBLEM GAMBLING – LIVE WEBCAST Video presentation of “New Beginnings: Problem Gambling Awareness For Newcomers In Ethnocultural Communities.” 1 pm. Free. Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College. Pre-register 416-393-7746. rRIVER THROUGH TIME Youth commuity festival, with performances, an open stage, art exhibit, auction and more. 11 am-7 pm. Free.

Children’s Peace Theatre, 305 Dawes. 416752-1550. rSHRINE CIRCUS Performances under the big top with Tarzan Zerbini performing elephants, aerial arts, bicycle comedy and more. To Jul 8.

TORONTO ACTOR’S INDUSTRY NIGHT Party for

actors and those who love/tolerate them.

10:30 pm. $5. La Perla, 783 Queen W. mnemonictheatre.com/events.

TORONTO’S REBEL Tour reliving the events leading up to Toronto’s Rebellion of 1837. 11 am. $15. SE corner Queen and Yonge. muddyyorktours.com.

WITHROW PARK FARMERS MARKET Organic and ecologically farmed produce and prepared foods. Saturdays 9 am-1pm. Free. South of Danforth between Logan and Carlaw. withrowpark.ca.

Sunday, July 1 rCANADA DAY AT MACKENZIE HOUSE Canadian history-inspired songs, postcard printing, tours and more. 10 am-5 pm. Free. Mackenzie House, 82 Bond. 416-392-6915. rCANADA DAY AT QUEEN’S PARK Music by Sensation, Chinese dragon dancers, cultural performances, TVO Kids celebrities, a 21-gun salute, food and more. Noon-5 pm. Free.

Queen’s Park South Lawn. citizenship.gov.on. ca/english/citizenship/honoursandawards. shtml. rCANADA DAY AT TODMORDEN MILLS Historic homes tours, sample treats and kids’ activities. Noon-4 pm. Pwyc. Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery. 416-396-2819. rCANADA DAY AT WOODBINE PARK Performances by Ian Thomas, Carole Pope, the Carpet Frogs, Spoons and others, plus fireworks.

Noon-11 pm. Free. Woodbine Park, Woodbine and Lake Shore. vinyl953.com. rCANADA DAY CELEBRATION Live performances by Saidah Baba Talibah, the Slakadeliqs, Justin Nozuka and others, plus fireworks. 5-11 pm. Free. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge. toronto.ca/special_events/canada. rCANADA DAY DINNER CRUISE Dinner and harbour cruise. 7:30 pm. $83, child $40. E side of Queens Quay Terminal, 207 Queens Quay W. mariposacruises.com. rCANADA DAY IN HIGH PARK Musical performances, cultural presentations, family activities, a picnic and more. 11 am-1 pm. Free.

High Park (picnic area SW of Bloor and High Park entrance). gordperks.ca.

CANADA DAY JAZZ Performances by Norman Marshall Villleneuve’s Jazz Message Quartet, the Griffith Hiltz Trio and others. Noon. Free.

Distillery District, 55 Mill. torontojazz.com.

CANADA DAY JAZZ FESTIVITIES A live groove and graffiti showcase with DJ Agile, music by Diana Salvatore, dance demos and more. 4 pm. Free. Nathan Phillips Square, Queen and Bay. torontojazz.com.

CANADA DAY SWEET’S TOUR Stroll through Kensington Market and sweets sampling. 11:30 am. $30, child $10. 321 Spadina. tastytourstoronto.com.

CANADA DAY WREATH LAYING Pay tribute to the 17,000 Chinese workers that helped build the transcontinental railroad. 10:30 am. Free.

Chinese Railroad Workers Monument, Blue Jays Way at Navy Wharf Court, near Rogers Centre. heritagetoronto.org. rCITIZEN SCIENTISTS Presentation on protecting biodiversity. 11 am-4 pm. Free w/ admission.

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To Jul 1 open roof feStival International films, documentaries, indie music acts and more every Thu on the patio. $15. Amsterdam Brewing Co, 21 Bathurst. 416-921-9797.

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rdeStination Canada A pie-eating contest, historic treats and more. 10 am-5 pm. Free.

Scarborough Museum, 1007 Brimley. 416338-8807. rdominion day Celebration Music, guided tours, strawberry ice cream and more. 1-4 pm. $10. Montgomery’s Inn, 4709 Dundas W. 416394-8113. rdominion day garden party 1920s costume party celebrating Canada’s Diamond Jubilee, with live jazz, dance lessons, kids’ activities and more. Noon-4 pm. Free. Spadina Museum, 285 Spadina Rd. 416-392-6910. reaSt york Canada day CelebrationS A motorcade, parade, entertainment and fireworks. 9:30 am-11 pm. Free. Stan Wadlow Park, 373 Cedarvale. julyfirstparade.com. the 99 market Local produce, baked goods, art, crafts, fashion, food sampling and more.

Free. Glass Factory, 99 Sudbury. 99sudbury. ca/99mrkt-2. rpride in Canada Record a video message to Canadian Olympic athletes and enjoy a barbecue. 11 am-2 pm. Free. Eaton Centre (Trinity Way, ground floor across from Sears), Dundas and Yonge. torontoeatoncentre.com. rred, white & vinyl feStival Canada Day celebration with Ian Thomas and Carole Pope, a family fun zone and more. Noon-11 pm.

Free. Woodbine Park, Lake Shore Blvd E and Woodbine. vinyl953.com/events/ redwhitevinyl2012.aspx. rom & itS neighbourS Guided ROM walk. 2 pm. Free. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Bloor entrance. rom.on.ca. rrouge park guided walk Explore the urban wilderness in the Rouge. 9:30 am, noon & 2 pm. Free. Various locations throughout Rouge Park. rougepark.com/hike. towerS tour Toronto Soc of Architects walking tour of the city’s tall buildings. 1:30 PM. $20, stu/srs $15. torontoarchitecturetours. com.

Monday, July 2 rCanada day Canoe tour Tour the Toronto Islands in a historic voyageur canoe. Noon-3 pm. $30. Harbourfront Canoe and Kayak Centre, 283A Queens Quay W. info@ canoetoronto.com.

ConfeSSionS underground A video-based art installation of public confessions can be viewed on TTC platform screens throughout the city to Jul 15. Free. confessionunderground.com. toronto iSlandS by voyageur Canoe Paddle across the harbour in a historic canoe.

Noon-3 pm. $30. Harbourfront Canoe & Kayak Centre, 283 Queens Quay W. 416-9934224, canoetoronto.com. youth Summer opera intenSive Immersive experience in the world of opera with Canadian Opera Co, for youth 13 to 18. 9:30 am-5 pm. $200 one week, 2 weeks $350. Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227 Front E. Pre-register 416-363-8231.

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Festivals this week

rCanada day: going global Music by the Hidden Cameras, Johnny Clegg and the Airplane Boys, the O Canada singing competition finalists and others, a B-Boy/B-Girl dance contest, poutine chefs and more.

Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com.

Jun 29 to Jul 2 digital dreamS muSiC feStival Electronic music by Kaskade, Afrojack, Duck Sauce, Richie Hawtin, Dubfire and many others. $50, pass $109. Molson Amphitheatre, 955 Lake Shore W. digitaldreamsfest.ca.

Jun 30 to Jul 1

Tuesday, July 3 rago Summer art and deSign CampS Day

camps for kids six to 16 run weekly to Aug 31.

Prices vary. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. ago.net/learning.

City Cinema: dazed and ConfuSed Outdoor film screening. 9 pm. Free. Yonge-Dundas Square. ydsquare.ca.

ConSCiouS feminiSm diSCuSSion SerieS An evolving consciousness salon on women, meditation, feminism and spirituality happens every Tue in July. Free. Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord. 416-922-8744. drop-in animation Animation incubator.

Pwyc ($5 sugg). NFB Mediatheque, 150 John.

416-973-3012. rexpreSSionS Summer art Camp Visual arts day camp for kids eight to 13. To Aug 23. $273/7 days, $304/10 days. Cedar Ridge Creative Centre, 225 Confederation. Pre-register 416-396-4026. rharbourfront Summer CampS Onetwo- and four-week day camps for kids three to 17 include culinary arts, glee club, digital media and much more rn throughout the summer. To Aug 31. $195-$875. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay. Pre-register 416973-4093, harbourfrontcentre.com/camps.

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

Stop the killing in Syria

With the horrendous situation in Syria getting worse and the world debating the merits – or drawbacks – of sending in UN forces (or god forbid, NATO), Beit Zatoun hosts Why Talk Of Intervention with Middle East expert and Carleton U soc prof Nahla Abdo, coauthor of Violence In The Name Of Honour: Theoretical And Political Challenges. The discussion focuses on the Arab Spring and the differences between various movements. Tonight (Thursday, June 28), 7 pm. $5. 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org.

honour ChineSe rail workerS There are many ways to celebrate Canada Day, but how about honouring those who actually made this a coun-

italian Contemporary film feStival Documentaries, shorts, political dramas and comedies. $12, stu $10; closing night $50-$60.

Showcase of indie filmmakers. Pwyc-$12.

Projection Booth (1035 Gerrard E), Palmerston Library (560 Palmerston). reelheart. org.

To Jun 30 toronto Jazz feStival Performances by Diane Stapley, Caution Jam, Jackie Richardson, New Orleans Connection All Stars and many others. Various venues and prices. torontojazz.com.

To Jul 2 toronto korean film feStival Films of all genres by Korean filmmakers. $12-$20; passes $35-$65. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. tkff.ca.

To Jul 1 toronto wine & Spirit feStival Tastings, seminars, vendors and more. $30, adv $25.

Sugar Beach, foot of Jarvis. 416-751-5555, wineandspiritfestival.ca.

To Jul 16

haunted yorkville, u of t and Queen’S park Ghost walk. $25, srs/stu $18, child $15.

diner Museum of Ceramic Art, 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080.

rkidS’ SCavenger hunt at the legiSlative aSSembly Kids six to 12 explore the historic

Action public forum. 7 pm. Free. OISE, 252 Bloor W, rm 2-212. socialistactioncanada. org. free fliCkS: offiCe SpaCe Outdoor film screening. 9 pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. glbtQ literary Speed dating Young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer adults 19 to 35 bring a favourite book, CD or DVD to discuss with other like-minded singles. 6:30 pm. Free. Bloor/Gladstone Library, 1101 Bloor W. Pre-register 416-393-7674.

The Airplane Boys play Harbourfront’s Canada Day: Going Global concert June 29.

try by completing a sea-to-sea rail link?

Heritage Toronto and the Foundation to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada team up to pay homage to the 17,000 Chinese pioneers who helped build the transcontinental railroad, and honour the 4,000-plus Chinese who lost their lives during its construction. The wreath-laying ceremony takes place Sunday (July 1), 10:30 am, at the Chinese Railroad Workers Monument, Blue Jays Way at Navy Wharf Court.

Free. heritagetoronto.org.

planning for a fair City

Urban socioeconomic injustices are under major scrutiny these days, and many wise policy folks are throwing in their 2 cents. The Growing Gap And

the fringe Toronto’s theatre festival features plays, dance works, sketch comedy, kids’ shows, solo shows and more by local and international companies, plus art, music, talks and multidisciplinary events. $10-$11/show, 5-pack $45, 10-pack $82. Various venues. fringetoronto.com.

Jul 4 to 15 toronto animation artS feStival international Film screenings, workshops, script

readings, a pitch lab and more. Various prices and venues. taafi.com.

Jul 4 to 7

continuing

Royal Ontario Museum steps, 100 Queen’s Park. Pre-register 416-923-6813.

grounds through an outdoor scavenger hunt, weekdays through Aug 31. 10:30-11:30 am.

Free. Legislative Bldg, Queen’s Park. tourbookings@ontla.ola.org. rrom Summer Club 2012 Activity-based educational summer camp for kids five to 16 run to Aug 31. $140 and up. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-5797. toronto muSiC garden tourS Tours of the garden’s unique design and history, led by a botanical guide, happen Tuesdays 5:30 pm to Sep 13 and Wednesdays 11 am to Sep 26.

Free. West end of the garden, 475 Queens Quay W. torontomusicgarden.ca.

Wednesday, July 4 CommuniCation in aCtion Peaceworks three-week course on the principles of conflict resolution. Tue & Thu 6:30-9:30 pm. $100-$150 sliding scale. Friends House, 60 Lowther. Pre-register peaceworkstmm.org. drop-in Clay ClaSS A class for all skills levels takes place every Wed. $15, stu/srs $12. GarNahla Abdo debates the merits of Western intervention in the Middle East, June 28.

What To Do About It features UBC geographer David Ley, U of Illinois urban planner Janet L. Smith, Maarten van Ham of the University of Technology in Delft, the Netherlands and others. Featured discussants are urban designer Ken Greenberg and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Armine Yalnizyan. Wednesday (July 4), 6 pm, at Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex.

Free. citiescentre.utoronto.ca.

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the growing gap and what to do about it Forum on addressing urban injustice, with

UBC’s David Ley, Armine Yalnizyan of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and others. 6 pm. Free. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. neighbourhoodchange.ca. rrouge park guided walkS Explore the park’s trails Wednesdays and weekends. To Jun 30. Free. 905-713-3184, rougepark.com/ hike. tiff in the park: my man godfrey Outdoor film screening. 9:15 pm. Free. David Pecault Square, behind 55 John. tiff.net. whiSkey, wharf & windmill Guided ROM walk. 6 pm. Free. King and Trinity. 416-5868000, rom.on.ca.

upcoming

Thursday, July 5

Benefits

bay Street grand prix ConCert (Sunny-

brook Women’s & Babies Program) Performance by superstar Flo Rida and dance artist Mia Martina, plus dinner and an after-party.

6:30 pm. $150. Liberty Grand, Exhibition Place. baystreetgrandprix.ca.

ComiC viSion: laSt Call (Foundation Fighting Blindness) Performances by stand-up talent including Debra DiGiovanni, Pete Zedlacher and Julie Kim. 7 pm. $75. Steamwhistle Brewery, 255 Bremner. comicvision. ca. whyhunger benefit ConCert (combatting hunger and poverty) Performance by Blurred Vision. 8:30 pm. $15. Hard Rock Cafe, 279 Yonge. 416-362-3636.

Events

B32 SpokeS at the farmerS’ market Sim-

ple bike repairs, bike maps and cycling advice. Today and Aug 2. Free. East Lynn Farmers’ Market, East Lynn Park (Danforth near Woodbine). ward32@bikeunion.ca. ryiddiSh vinkl Yiddish singalong with actor/musician Max Dublin. Noon. $18 (includes buffet lunch). Free Times Café, 320 College. yiddishvinkl.com.

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2012

WOW!

KATHRYN GAITENS

LGBT GAINS AROUND THE WORLD SUSAN GAPKA ON TOBY’S LAW LUCAS SILVEIRA TALKS TRANS EXPANSION HOW LEANNE ISKANDER FOUGHT FOR QUEERFRIENDLY SCHOOLS GOOGLE GETS PROUD PLUS PRIDE EATS, STYLE AND EVENTS

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GREAT The

queer year

JULY 2011

D

Forty-three years after the Stonewall Inn riots in New York City and 30 days after the New York State senate in a white-knuckle 33-24 showdown voted in the Marriage Equality Act, the first gay couple ties the knot. NYC records 659 marriages on July 24, the day the law comes into force.

D Ontario’s Catholic schools may be dragging their heels on the gay front, but check out California, where Governor Jerry Brown signs the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive And Respectful Education Act, ensuring that the historical contributions of LGBT people are fairly portrayed in textbooks and curricula.

From last year’s pride to this, queer activists and their stunning number oF straight allies have been responsible For a tide oF gay-​positive​happenings​ the world over. yes, there have been trials and tragedies For lgbt people in many places around the globe, but let’s pause For a reFresher and inhale some oF the sweet successes From near and Far in this breakthrough year.

D President Bill Clinton started it against the wishes of then chair of the Joint

SEPTEMBER 2011

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Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell, and now Barack Obama finishes the job: the U.S. Congress repeals the 1993 Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy of the military, allowing gays who serve in the armed forces to come out of the closet.

OCTOBER 2011

JANUARY 2012

D The UK, following the U.S.’s lead, announces plans to include the option of “parent one” and “parent two” alongside “mother” and “father” on passports.

There will also be an opportunity to opt out of IDing oneself as either male or female. In Australia, trans people can carry passports in their preferred gender, and the parent one-two change is on the way. The U.S., in December 2010, decided to make the documents entirely gender-neutral by removing mom and dad entirely.

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The British gov ties foreign aid to countries’ treatment of their LGBT communities, announcing it will cut cash to African nations that persecute them. Malawi took a £19 million hit following the imprisonment of two gay men, and the Brits are keeping a close eye on Ghana, where there have been arrest threats, and Uganda, where the idea of a “Kill The Gays” bill horrendously sticks around and gay orgs are banned.

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In LGBT terms, Brazil is a nation of head-spinning contrasts. São Paulo has one of the largest Pride parades in the world, but in 2011, 272 gays were murdered in the country. Still, in October the Supreme Appeals Court rules that “sexual orientation should not serve as a pretext for excluding families from the legal protection that marriage represents.” And in January 2012 a judge in Alagoas state actually legalizes same-sex marriage.

D Those fleeing persecution because of gender expression have new allies in

Elio Di rupo

DEBrA FrIEDMAN

the EU. A new directive of the European Parliament finally recognizes gender identity as grounds on which those needing protection can claim asylum. It applies to all EU countries except the UK.

Will Munro

EllEn DEGEnErEs

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We’ve always had an influential queer art scene here in Toronto, but that becomes even more evident when Will Munro: History, Glamour, Magic opens at the Art Gallery of York U. In the retrospective show, the scenester, founder of Vazaleen nights and visual artist who tragically died in 2010 gets his full due, festooned underwear and all.

D

Aiming to hippify its flagging brand, U.S. retailer JC Penney announces it has contracted Ellen DeGeneres as a spokesperson.

Soon after, the anti-gay One Million Moms (with only 40,000 backers on its site at the time) demands she be fired. Within hours, a counter Facebook group, 1 Million People Who Support Ellen, has 60,000. JC sticks to its principles.

FEBRUARY 2012 D

DECEMBER 2011

D Flamboyant Elio Di Rupo of the Socialist party, born in a squatters’ camp for Italian immigrants, becomes prime minister of Belgium, the first openly gay leader of an EU country.

D While the global reach of the U.S. isn’t always something to celebrate, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s historic speech at the UN in Geneva is a stunner. “Being gay is not a Western invention; it is a human reality,” she says, dedicating her country to promoting LGBT rights the world over.

It was a shocker: a same-sex couple from the U.S. and UK, but married in Canada, faced the possibility that they could not get a divorce here because, due to a strange loophole, our laws might not recognize their union. The gay panic comes to a close when the Conservatives make clarifying amendments to the Civil Marriage Act. Now it’s crystal clear: marriages of non-residents performed in Canada are valid under our law, and, yes, couples can divorce here if they can’t in their own jurisdiction.

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APRIL 2012

Boris Johnson

D Boris Johnson, Conservative mayor of London, UK, pulls Christian ads off city buses two hours after they appear. The ads promote the concept that therapy can “cure” gays. Says Johnson, “It is clearly offensive to suggest that being gay is an illness someone recovers from, and I am not prepared to have that suggestion driven around London.”

MAY 2012

JUNE 2012

stained gLass honouring toBy danCer

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After six years of effort by NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo, the Ontario Legislature, with the support of all three parties, passes Toby’s Law, an amendment to the Human Rights Code to add the terms “gender identity” and “gender expression.” Musician Toby Dancer led the gospel choir at Emmanuel Howard Park United Church, where DiNovo was minister.

D After years of “evolving” and

D The timing, given the high school

feedback from his two daughters, Barack Obama endorses samesex marriage, saying, “Young folks who marched and mobilized and stood up and sat in from Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall didn’t just do it for themselves, they did it for other people. That’s how we made this union more perfect.”

gay-straight alliance uproar, couldn’t be more perfect: queer group Supporting Our Youth (SOY) cops the $15,000 Arts for Youth prize at the Toronto Arts Awards luncheon. The award recognizes SOY’s achievements: giving LGBT youth a voice, identity and new confidence via art programs including zine-making Pink Ink and Pride’s Fruit Loopz stage – this year’s happening at Alexander Parkette from 1 pm Saturday (June 30) – where queer youth present visual art, dance, spoken word and music.

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D

Three years after it was delisted, gender reassignment surgery is reinstated by Alison Redford’s Conservative government in Alberta. The heartening words of Health Minister Fred Horne: “This reflects the decision of a government very much in tune with Albertans and their views.”

D It was an NDP bill (introduced by MP Randall Garrison), but that didn’t doom it. Bill C-279, an act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to include gender identity and gender expression gets the backing of some Conservatives and hence second reading in the federal House.

D Manitoba’s NDP government, pointing to the province’s 25-year record of battling discrimination based on sexual orientation, moves to offer the same protections to transgender people by amending its Human Rights Code to include gender identity.

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our Lady ChurCh Copenhagen

D Denmark was way ahead of the curve when it became the first country to allow civil unions for gay couples.

But now the parliament passes a law sanctifying same-sex marriage and making it mandatory for all churches to conduct gay marriages, though an estimated one-third of priests swear they’ll refuse to carry them out.

D If justice can be tardy, it’s still

LaureL Broten

D The Catholic Church tried to defeat it, and so did the provincial Conservatives, but the Accepting Schools Act, Bill 13, sails through the Ontario House 65 to 36, removing schools’ veto over allowing students to set up gaystraight alliances. The victory goes to the courageous students of St. Joseph Secondary in Mississauga and others who didn’t let school authorities frighten them off their course. “Today is about saying to Ontario students, ‘You can be who you are,’” Education Minister Laurel Broten tells the House.

Amen.

well worth waiting for. In a case going back to 2005, the European Court of Human Rights rules that Moldova violated the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom from discrimination when it prevented GenderDoc-M, an LGBT org, from holding a peaceful demo in front of the country’s parliament.

ALLIES EVERYWHERE

D

With gay marriage still at issue in the U.S. and gay-straight alliances making headlines closer to home, straight allies see the importance of respecting queer experience and speak out louder than ever. It takes real nerve for the Catholic Teachers Association to support GSAs in Ontario schools when the Catholic school boards are in lockstep with the homophobic Catholic Church. Corey Hart – yes, that 80s pop phenom – is playing Toronto’s Pride this year after re-recording Truth Will Set You Free to make its original anti-homophobia message more explicit (see music feature, page 48). In his 2012 novel In One Person, John Irving delves into queer-transbi experience in compassionate ways.

Musical heartthrob Jason Mraz appears on page one of queer mag Instinct. And don’t forget Lady Gaga’s monster hit Born This Way, definitely the queer anthem of 2012. Best part? That’s just a sampling.

ALL YEAR LONG HIP-HOP GETS QUEER D

Used to be that hip-hop was wholly hostile and homophobic, but thanks to some brave and creative DJs, rap’s been queered big time. Check out 88 Days of Fortune (music feature, page 50) and Pride’s impressive hiphop lineup (page 48).

THE STARS COME OUT D Never before have more highprofile actors and performers come out so openly, including The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons, The Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels and The Book Of Mormon star Andrew Rannells. Even Queen Latifah flirted with the idea, saying at a California Pride event that she was proud to be “among my people,” but then backtracked. Fear not – it’s just a matter of time.

Need some advice?

Find out what’s written in the stars, page 42.

Rob Brezsny’s Free Will

Astrology Jim Parsons

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the pride issue IT WILL TAKE A WHILE FOR THIS TO SINK IN, BUT IT’S NOT ONLY IMMORAL TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST TRANS PEOPLE – IT’S NOW ILLEGAL

GENDER

By SUSAN GAPKA

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hen you unpack it all, human beings have more in common with each other than we have separat­ ing us. But sometimes it’s hard to remember that.

Two weeks ago we took another step toward that commonality. On­ tario passed Bill 33, an act to amend the Human Rights Code with respect to gender identity and expression.

This would protect transsexual and transgender persons. And I’m over­ joyed.

Not only is it wrong to discrimin­ ate against trans people, but it’s now illegal, a fact that sends a clear mes­ sage to employers, landlords, restau­ rant owners and gyms that they can never say, “We don’t serve, hire or rent to people like you.” It tells the trans community that we are includ­ ed, that we are valued.

Of course, there are still people who don’t get it yet, but we hope to surround them with positive, sup­ portive messages. The issue is, we look different, we sound different.

Our body image doesn’t always ex­ press who we think we are inside, and sometimes people see us as dif­ ferent.

Imagine me on the telephone, for example. I’ve been refused credit card validation, had trouble activat­ ing accounts and dealing with stu­ dent loans – those at the other end of the line don’t believe I’m Susan be­ cause of my deep voice. I have to be more patient, but it wears me down.

When I do radio interviews, I listen to my voice and wish I sounded differ­ ent. I wish had a different body. You never know how people are interpret­ ing your self­presention. But I have to

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make the best of what I’ve got; too bad not everyone sees it that way.

Still, I’m one of the lucky ones.

There’s a high rate of attempted sui­ cide in our community, 70 to 80 per cent, and it’s a miracle that many of us even grow up. Some don’t make it; others end up in mental institutions or the justice system.

That’s where the Human Rights Code amendment comes in. I was in the Eaton Centre last week, standing in a long lineup in the women’s wash­ room. People sometimes look at me like I didn’t belong there; it’s a com­ mon experience. And I said to myself, “The state says I belong here.”’ It’s a subliminal message: the Ontario Legis­ lature says indeed I do deserve to be in this washroom or anywhere else for that matter. That’s a powerful feeling.

Everyone has a difficult story, and because we had some losses in the community, among them a high­pro­ file organizer who came from near the street and struggled, I think maybe I need to be a little more honest about my own background and history.

So here it is: I was a lost soul. As a child in a military family that moved around a lot, I felt a sense of loss and detachment. I ran away from home when I was a teen, was homeless for 10 years and had an alcohol problem. I really checked out. It was very hard for me to come to terms with who I was. I felt ashamed, I felt guilty, and it took me until middle age to come to terms with being my authentic self.

Fifteen years ago I got off the street with the support of the Parkdale Com­ munity Centre, received the Courage To Come Back Award from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and studied public policy and adminisra­ tion at York U. Watching people who come out later in life and who have had traumatic ex­ periences gives me humility and makes me realize we are all kids just trying to get through life. The more I live, the more oppression I observe and injustice I experience, the more I want to help make the neighbourhood a lit­ tle more caring. The message I’m send­ ing to trans people, and to all who ex­ perience hardship, is that there is hope.

Sometimes things get better.

To celebrate the passage of Bill 33, I made a rare visit to the Metropolitan Community Church. It was Father’s Day, and because my relationship with my father was so very, very negative, I was feeling mixed emotions, vacillat­ ing between joy and sadness.

When I went for the benediction, the person officiating told me: “You are blessed and you are loved.” Wow, I thought, I’m blessed and loved. And thanks to the Ontario Legislature, I’m protected.

3 Susan Gapka is an organizer with the Trans Lobby Group, a housing activist and a former candidate for city council. news@nowtoronto.com

I’ll be my own man

Gay StraiGht alliance

By LUCAS SILVEIRA

Making School SaFE “i was a woman. a leSbian. i identified with both for yearS. i even enjoyed beinG a woman SometimeS. i’m proud of my paSt and will never deny it in order to promote a SinGle narrative of tranSGender identity.” deeply affected and hurt.

When it comes to my use of the word “tranny,” i stand by my defence. But that said, i won’t use it again because i no longer identify with its empowerment. i don’t feel comfortable calling myself transgender any more or being tied to an identity that does not give people the opportunity to grow, change and have individual narratives and history. And it’s hard to be part of a community that doesn’t accept varied opinions on language. doesn’t this just alienate those looking for safety? i never realized how much i would have to mourn when i started testosterone. i was told i would be gaining so much. All i have felt is the loss of my history, which some do not accept as truth. i feel the need to protect and keep that safe or chance losing myself all over again. i’m not here to open old wounds. Not mine. Not anyone else’s. i’m here to talk about why after seven years of living in the public eye as an out and proud transgender man, i no longer want to identify as one.

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the epicentre of the couraGeouS campaiGn for Gay-StraiGht allianceS, waS St. joSeph Secondary School in miSSiSSauGa. here’S an account by one of the key Student orGanizerS.

By LEANNE ISKANDER i was really shy for forever – I don’t think anyone expected I could do something like fight a school board.

But once all the confrontations started, I knew I had a responsibility to speak for the other students who needed a gay-straight alliance. That was more important to me than the fact that I was getting into trouble.

The idea to set up a group came to me last year in Grade 11. Before that, I only had one gay friend. He gave me a lot of support, and it occurred to me that everyone should be able to have backing from people going through the same thing.

Then I met another student who was having trouble coming out to her family and needed someone to talk to. She wished our school had a group where she could talk about these issues, but didn’t want to organize one because of repercussions. So I thought I would.

When I started, I didn’t know what a gay-straight alliance was and that other such organizations existed. Then I looked it up and found out what groups like that were called.

A few of us wrote a proposal to form a club and submitted it to the school. We expected it to be

approved – we didn’t think they would be allowed to deny us, and didn’t consider we were doing anything wrong. We were surprised when it was turned down.

It was very upsetting. I went to the principal’s office; she tried to make excuses about why we couldn’t have a GSA. But I knew it was important to the students who wanted it. At that point, we had about 20 people. Some wanted to give up because they assumed we would lose, but a core of us were determined. We wanted to fight until the end.

We decided to go to the media, and the issue became a big thing. Next we booked a room and had a meeting to decide how we would move forward.

We found a teacher supervisor as required, but the principal, the chaplain and the guidance counsellor showed up and said we couldn’t have a GSA. They proposed an equity diversity group to focus on general issues instead.

Some students agreed with the principal; they supported us but didn’t really understand. But there were others who spoke up and said, “No, that’s not what we want.”

So we got a club, but we couldn’t indicate what it was for. That was really problematic. Students didn’t know what it was, and couldn’t find it if they needed it. We were worried about students in the younger grades, the 9s

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i’m Lucas. Musician. Artist.

Writer. Human. Transgender by definition – not by identity.

And here’s why.

Someone in the trans community recently told me – and this wasn’t the first time i’ve heard it – that i shouldn’t say “i used to be a woman,” because it diminished my entire trans male identity. it seems that saying “i used to be a woman” is as unpopular as actress Cynthia Nixon saying she “chose” to be gay.

But here’s the thing. i was a woman. A lesbian. i identified with both for years. i even enjoyed being a woman sometimes. it just wasn’t me. i’m proud of my past and will never deny it for the sake of some notion that there should be a single narrative of transgender identity. i’d lived six years as a transman without hormones, and was always accepted into women/lesbian/queer spaces. When the hormones changed my appearance and i began to “pass,” i started to feel the same invisibility in the LGBTQ community that i’d felt in the mainstream world. i started to feel unwelcome among the same people who knew my history.

Feeling alienated and invisible, i stopped going to those spaces. i felt deep loss.

And i seemed to continue to say things that made me unpopular.

Early this year i was aggressively called out by a small group of people in the LGBTQ community for using the word “tranny” on Twitter.

Apparently, i was not allowed use of the word, because historically it was a derogatory term for transwomen, specifically sex workers.

My stance was that it’s not that specific any more and was used negatively about trans identity as a whole.

Much as gays and lesbians reclaim “fag,” “dyke” and “queer,” i was empowering myself with a word that had been used to hurt me. Owning. Reclaiming.

My defence was not accepted. i was called an asshole, trans-misogynist, hater of transwomen, white and privileged. Slanderous blogs were written and a fake Twitter account created quoting things i never said.

Although i received support from transwomen, transmen and allies, i was

and 10s – it’s definitely hard for kids coming from elementary to come out.

That’s why we needed the name.

In June of last year, we hosted an anti-homophobia event, planning to offer resources on homophobia and issues relating to sexual identity, and to put up a rainbow flag so people would know who we were. But all the literature was turned down and so was the flag. So we made cupcakes with rainbow batter and sold them for 50¢.

Before the start of the school year this year, the principal called a meeting with the superintendent and my parents and tried to intimidate me from speaking to the media. They said there could be disciplinary action if I continue to advocate for a GSA. But I wasn’t frightened, because we had so much support from the community and gay organizations.

We were focused the whole year on how to make the group the one we wanted; there were obstacles because everything we did had to go to the board. Things took forever.

We won because of the media attention and way it pressured the school and the government. Without it, the board would have just ignored us.

I’m going off to university, but I want to help ensure the group works out. Now that we have the name, we have to worry about the content. There will still be a battle in Catholic schools against censorship. I don’t want Catholic doctrine on homosexuality forced on queer students in schools; it’s not a supportive message.

The last year and a half has definitely taken a personal toll. But the experience has taught me that if you speak out, you can actually achieve something.

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google goes gay-Positive with g+ Pride float. but the san francisco search comPany Proves it’s more than just marketing. nowtoronto.com editor JosHuA eRRett mission statement for Google.

The company sponsors LGBT Pride around the world. Hundreds of employees march down Market Street for San Francisco’s Pride parade – close to its corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California – and participate in celebrations in Boston, New York, Chicago, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Tokyo, Warsaw and elsewhere.

This week in Toronto, Google+, the year-old social network, will have a float in the Pride parade. And that’s

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only part of the company’s Pride involvement.

This, however, was not a company directive, but the result of the efforts of a single enthusiastic Googler.

“When I arrived in Toronto two and a half years ago, I found it to be a very gay-friendly city. I felt accepted here,” says Xavier Pepion, a Google Canada product marketing manager. “So I thought I should definitely do something for the LGTB community in Toronto.”

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Thursday, June 28 annual white party DJ Madeline spins his

eclectic mix of electro and house music. 7 pm-close. $5, no cover in white. Boutique Bar, 506 Church. 647-705-0006. austin unbound Outdoor screening of Eliza Greenwood’s movie about Austin, a deaf transman, plus a Q&A with the filmmaker and Austin. 8 pm. Pwyc. Corner Gould and Victoria. austinunbound.org. avenue Q A college grad moves to NYC and works through the transition to adulthood in this puppet show musical. Runs to Jul 23, ThuSat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm, Sun 4 pm. $45-$60.

Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington.

416-915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. berenice abbott: photographs An exhibition of works by the American photographer runs to Aug 19. Free w/ admission. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. ago.org. the best brothers Stratford Festival presents Daniel MacIvor’s play about brothers who learn about each other and their mother after her death. In previews to Jul 11. Opens

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Google the words “gay pride” this week and your search bar displays the colours of the Pride rainbow.

Include the word “Google” in that search and you’ll find an unequivocal endorsement of gay marriage from the company’s co-founder, Sergey Brin.

“We should not eliminate anyone’s fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love,” he wrote in 2008.

That’s because supporting LGBT rights internationally is a semi-official

The typical corporate route, Pepion admits, would be to slap a logo on some Pride promotional material, but he wanted something “cooler.”

First, Pepion reached out to Pride Toronto, organizers of this week’s celebrations.

He helped them launch a Google+ social hub to share news, photos and videos in the stretch leading up to Sunday’s parade.

Then he arranged to make something for Pride to share. Google commissioned a group of short films directed by Jeff Feuerzeig, telling the stories of an elderly couple, a bear, a pre-op trans person, a 17year-old who recently came out to his parents, and more.

Again to Google’s credit, the videos avoid typical corporate blandness for genuine filmmaking that’s funny and touching. Also hitting the right note, the shorts are set to the 1926 novelty song I’ve Never Seen A Straight Banana, wryly performed by the Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt.

“What’s really cool about this is it’s not Google talking to the community, but a platform for the community to talk to each other,” Pepion says.

Google’s jumping into Pride comes at a crucial time, both in its home country, where the right to marry is evidently still up for debate, and in Ontario, where trans people, Catholic school students and Pride itself are fighting political battles.

On its face, this is a savvy promotion to break into an underserved and lucrative market for the tech company. But given the Google’s work around LGBT rights – from its campaign for marriage equality to its support for its queer employees, or Gayglers, Google deserves whatever cheers it gets when it rolls down Church on Sunday.

“The float is very important to show people that Google is here and at Pride,” says Pepion. “It’s important to show up, be physically present.”

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Best Chest Contest Competition for the best man’s chest. Woody’s, 465 Church. 416-9270887, woodystoronto.com.

BounCe Big Freedia and Brenmar play for this sissy bounce party. Doors 10 pm. $10. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042.

Bringing your Whole selF to priDe Rainbow Health Network interactive workshop for LGBTQ+ identified individuals. 7 pm. Free.

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CAnADiAn immigrAtion For sAme-sex Couples Info and applications for permanent residency and family-class sponsorship. 6 pm. Free. 519 Church Community Centre. toronto@legit.ca.

CAnADiAn meDiA guilD short Film shoWCAse Selection of acclaimed short films from

recent years chronicling the diversity of the LGBT experience. To Jun 29. Continuous screenings Monday to Friday, 9 am-5 pm.

Free. Graham Spry Theatre, CBC Building, 250 Front W. cbc.ca/museum/spry.html.

Come BACk, little sheBA Shaw Festival presents William Inge’s play about a couple who married young and must confront their past.

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In previews Jun 28-Jul 5. Opens Jul 6 and runs in rep to Oct 19. $35-$90, stu mats $24. Royal George Theatre, 85 Queen, Niagara-on-theLake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com.

DJ Cory ACtivAte 70s-90s gay anthems at this retro party. 10 pm. $5. Waylabar, 996 Queen E. 416-901-5570.

DrAg-A-liCious priDe eDition Dinner and drag, hosted by Tara Hole, Roxy Rollover and Zelda Angelfire. 9 pm. Zelda’s, 692 Church.

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FrenCh Without teArs Shaw Festival presents Terence Rattigan’s comedy about men visiting France to improve their language skills. Runs in rep to Sep 15. $24-$90. Royal

George Theatre, 85 Queen, Niagara-on-theLake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com.

FuCking stephen hArper Rob Salerno performs a Pride edition of his hit solo show. 9 pm. $20. The Flying Beaver Pubaret, 488 Parliament. pubaret.com. hirsCh Stratford Festival presents Alon Nashman and Paul Thompson’s play about theatre director John Hirsch, who came to Canada as an orphaned Hungarian refugee. In previews to Jul 11. Opens Jul 12 and runs in rep to Sep 14. $30-$70. Studio Theatre, 34 George E, Stratford. stratfordfestival.ca. in the FAmily Patrick Wang’s film screens at 8:30 pm. Royal Cinema, 608 College. theroyal.to. lgBt Film triviA night (TIFF Pocket Fund/ Inside Out) Test your skills and prepare for thrills. 7 pm. $10. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. tiff.net/membership/trivianight.

A miDsummer night’s DreAm Canadian Stage’s Shakespeare in High Park presents the classic comedy performed outdoors. Runs to Sep 2, Tue-Fri and Sun 8 pm. Pwyc, 14 and under free. High Park Amphitheatre, Bloor W and Parkside. canadianstage.com.

Julie miChels Pride Week jazz performance. 7 pm, $20, adv $15. The Flying Beaver Pubaret, 488 Parliament. pubaret.com. kent monkmAn Aboriginal artist with drag alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle shows paintings and videos, to Aug 11. Free. Centre Space, 65 George. centre-space.ca. the monstrous BAll Lady Gaga is the inspiration for a night of art, fashion, music and performance by Nina Arsenault, Tyson James and others. 10:30 pm. $10. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. nAkeD night Cash prize for the best bod. Black Eagle, 457 Church. blackeagletoronto.com. pAul hutCheson’s priDe pACkAge ii This stand-up comedy cabaret features Hutcheson w/ Kristen Becker, Susan Fischer, Mike Albo, D’yan Forrest and others. 8 pm. $10-$20. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. plAiD Does priDe Contessa Odessa at this disco party. 9 pm. Free. The Garrison, 1197 Dundas W. garrisontoronto.com.

pop muzik The best of Madonna, Rihanna and more with DJ Alessandro. 10 pm. $5. The Barn, 418 Church. thebarnnightclub.com. present lAughter Shaw Festival presents Noël Coward’s comedy about an actor and the various people vying for his attention. Runs in rep to Oct 28. $35-$110, stu/srs mats $24-$45.

Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagaraon-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. prism: College All-night party with DJ Mickehi and Cajjmere Wray, with a performance by porn sensation Brody Wilder. $20. Fly, 8 Gloucester. 416-410-5426, prismtoronto.com. puBliC sins/privAte Desires Exhibit running to Aug 6 celebrates the 20th anniversary of Lynn Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman’s doc Forbidden Love. Free. Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, 34 Isabella. cgla.ca. queers For soCiAl JustiCe Die-in Demonstration supporting queer youth who have been bullied and against the criminalization of people with HIV/AIDS. 6 pm. Church and Wellesley intersection. retro night Dress up and dance to the sounds of the 70s, 80s and 90s every Thu. Remington’s, 379 Yonge. 416-977-2160. roCkin’ thursDAys Kick off the weekend with drag king Clint Lyckher and Nikki Chan (9 to 11 pm), plus Darma Queens with Heroine Marks and guest (11 pm to 2 am). Crews/ Tango, 508 Church. crewsandtango.com. sCissor sisters AnD rye rye 8 pm, all ages, $32.50-$42.50 (Rotate This, Soundscapes, Ticketmaster). Sound Academy, 11 Polson. sound-academy.com. shAg retro pArty DJ Cory Activate spins 70s90s gay anthems. 10 pm. $5. Wayla, 996 Queen E. whatareyoulookingatbar.com. shAWn hitChins: Fire(CrotCh) sAle! Hitchins gives a farewell cabaret performance featuring older material from his solo shows, new laughs and special guests. 8 pm. $20. Buddies in Bad Times, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. sheroes 11: Dusty springFielD DJs Siânteuse, Vee Stun, Natalia, Nancy Bocock, DJ Aaron Night, and DJ NoLoves 10:30 pm. Beaver, 1192 Queen W. fuckyeahsheroes.tumblr.com.

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nina arSenault Readings. 8:30 pm. Glad Day Books, 598 Yonge, 3rd flr. pridetoronto.com.

Screening With chriSteene Screening of music videos including Tears From My Pussy and African Mayonnaise, a Q&A with Christeene and music with DJ Booya. 8 pm. $5. Garrison, 1197 Dundas W. garrisontoronto.com. tranS pride march & rally The march for trans people kicks off with a rally (6 pm).

Norman Jewison Park, E of Yonge and Gloucester. Free. transpride@pridetoronto. com. trent Mr Rico amazes with a spectacular show. 1 am. $10. El Convento Rico, 750 College. elconventorico.com. the ultimate bOllyWOOd ball Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention benefit, with top 40, Bollywood, bhangra and house. 10 pm. $10-$15. Goodhandy’s, 120 Church. goodhandys.com. yeS pleaSe! DJs Joe Blow and Denise Benson spin sexy sounds for this Pride party. 10 pm. $5. Bambi’s, 1265 Dundas W. y2k gOeS gay Retro dance night. 10 pm. $5.

Waylabar, 996 Queen E. 416-901-5570.

Speed dating Make new friends and lovers of all genders. 7 & 9 pm. $5/session. Glad Day Bookshop, 598A Yonge. gladdaybookshop. com.

Starry night 2012 Night of music, drinks, friends and flirtations for the LGBTQ community, with Toronto All-Star Big Band and Sofonda Cox. 7 pm-midnight. Green Space on Church, 519 Church. the519.org.

10 pm, $10, adv $8. Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen W. gladstonehotel.com.

Sx kOmbat Porn star Sam Swift takes on challenger Peter in an erotic wrestling match. 9:30 pm. Spa Excess, 105 Carlton. spaexcess.com.

10 x 10 phOtOgraphy exhibitiOn An exhibition by LGBT photographers of people who have contributed to the arts opens today (7 pm) and runs to Jul 20. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. gladstonehotel.com. t-girl pride DJ Todd Klinck. Doors 8 pm. $10.

Goodhandy’s, 120 Church. 416-760-6514.

that’S SO gay: girlS WhO are bOyS WhO dO bOyS like they’re girlS The annual Pride

art show, curated by Sholem Krishtalka. Runs to Jul 29. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635, gladstonehotel.com. thiS iS my biggeSt One yet Nathan Carroll performs queer anthems and tells stories of his youth. 8:30 pm. $10. Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar, 1214 Queen W. gladstonehotel.com. thumper: SciSSOr SiSterS after-party DJS Sammy Jo, Scooter and Travis. $5, free with concert ticket stub. Bambi’s, 1265 Dundas W. tOp gun! the muSical A director tries to keep his musical adaptation of the film afloat in this musical play by Denis McGrath and Scott White. To Jun 29, Thu-Fri 8 pm. $35. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-9156747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. trivia night pride editiOn TIFF and Inside Out present a trivia quiz night. 6-9 pm. $10.

Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar, 1214 Queen W. facebook.com/events/316336791781098. trOuble in tahiti Shaw Festival presents Leonard Bernstein’s one-act opera about the 1950s American dream. In 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.

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SteerS & QueerS: night Of a thOuSand dOllyS Dress up as Dolly Parton for this party.

The Dyke March hits the streets Saturday (June 30).

WanderluSt Stratford Festival presents Morris Panych and Marek Norman’s musical comedy based on the life and poems of Robert Service. In previews to Jul 10. Opens Jul 11 and runs in rep to Sep 28. $49-$106, srs $41$66, stu $19-$29. Tom Patterson Theatre, 111 Lakeside, Stratford. stratfordfestival.ca.

White party Help celebrate Boutique’s second birthday. $5, no cover if in white. Boutique Bar, 506 Church. boutiquebar.ca.

Friday, June 29 bad bOy Weekend kickOff DJ Mark Falco

spins for the men in army, navy, leather and jock gear. Till 4 am. Free. Woody’s, 467 Church. woodystoronto.com. beSt aSS cOnteSt Competition for the best man’s ass in town. Today and tomorrow.

Woody’s, 465 Church. 416-927-0887, woodystoronto.com.

big primpin’ pride party Hip-hop and hot times for homos, with DJs Nino Brown, Kevin Ritchie, Phil V and others. 10 pm. $5. Wrongbar, 1279 Queen W. wrongbarcom. bitch Salad giveS back Female comedy w/ Christina Walkinshaw, Julia Hladkowicz, Emma Hunter, host Andrew Johnston and others. 8 pm. $20 (partial proceeds to Buddies and ACT). Buddies in Bad Times, 12 Alexander.

416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. blaze LGBT event catering to all with DJ Gaviin T. 10 pm-3 am. $20, adv $15. Hard Rock Cafe, 270 Yonge. 416-704-5171. buddieS after hOurS DJs K-Tel and Triple-X. 10:30 pm. $10. Buddies in Bad Times Cabaret, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555. the cheap ShOW Drag show, hosted by Leno Over and Scarlett Bobo. 9 pm. Zelda’s, 692 Church. 416-922-2526. clam Slam 2012 All-queer roller derby featur-

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Downsview Park Bunker, 40 Carl Hall. $12. torontorollerderby.com. cruSh – WOmen’S pride dance Women celebrate Pride with DJ Deb Parent and DJ Nik Redman. 8 pm-2 am. $25, adv $20. Opera House, 735 Queen E. wendo.ca/dance. fictiOn With frictiOn #1 Fiction readings by Ken Harvey, Matthew J Trafford and David Balzer. 2 pm. Free. Glad Day Bookshop, 598A Yonge. gladdaybookshop.com. fridayS – night Of mayhem Fierce impersonations and off-the-charts costumes with Ivory Towers, Katherine Dior and Heroine Marks (8:30 pm), plus Bitchapalooza, with Daytona Bitch and friends (11 pm-2 am). Crews/Tango, 508 Church. crewsandtango.com. girl play vS tOaStr – let’S play Women’s party, with music by DJ Sticky Cuts, DJ Ria and Mariana Morales plus go-go dancers. $30, adv $25. Kool Haus, 132 Queens Quay E. ticketbreak.com. grapefruit pride DJ Shane Percy and DJ Aural. Doors 9 pm. Fly, 8 Gloucester. 416-4105426. herO friday: pride editiOn DJs Craig Dominic, Cajjmere Wray, and Blackcat spin. 10 pm-3 am. $10. The Barn, 418 Church. thebarnnightclub.com. lOud and prOud ax pride 2012 Gayasian boys’ night out, with performances by Sofonda, Nikki Chin and others. 10 pm-3 am. $25, adv $20. Phoenix, 410 Sherbourne. meetmeatax.com. luv thiS city: pride editiOn DJs Richie Santana and Addy. Doors 10 pm. Footwork, 425 Adelaide W. 416-913-3488. maryJaneS Of cOmedy Lianne Mauladin, Jillian Thomas, the Vagetarians, Shelley Kidwell, Dawn Whitwell and others. 9 pm. $5. Vapor Social, 896 College. 647-765-4422. mighty real Dance-floor workout for sexy boys and girls with DJs John Caffery and the Robotic Kid. 9:30 pm. Cold Tea, 60 Kensington.

One WOrld 2012 Music by Frankie Knuckles, Deko-ze, Addy, Mark Kufner and Ticky Ty and others. 5 pm-midnight. Free, donations appreciated. Green Space on Church, 519 Church. the519.org. party city Tasha the Amazon, the A-Game, DJs Larry Tee & Stereogamous, DJ Betti Forde.

Doors 9 pm, $10-$20. The Garrison, 1197 Dundas W. 416-519-9439. pride WarehOuSe party Venus X & RL Grime, Alex Brooks, and B2B Basha provide the beats. 10 pm. $10. Amsterdam Brewery, 21 Bathurst. ticketweb.ca. ranJeela pride Doors 9 pm. $10. Goodhandy’s, 120 Church. goodhandys.com.

tOrOntO pride: girl play vS tOaStr. let’S play DJ Sticky Cuts & DJ Ria, and Mariana

Morales. $30, adv $25(ticketbreak.com). Kool Haus, 132 Queens Quay E. facebook.com/ events/218666228251899.

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Saturday, June 30 aaQua Jessica Sutta, DJ Manny Lehman, DJ

Honey Dijon and DJ Aron. 2 to 10 pm. Sugar Beach, 25 Dockside. prismtoronto.com. artS n’ rec Community art engagement program with activities by Asian Arts Freedom School, diverseCITY Dance Co and others every afternoon. Today and tomorrow. Free. James Canning Gardens, Norman Jewison Parkette & George Hislop Park. pridetoronto.com. backyard beatS Music by Yes Yes Y’all, Delicious and Ana Paula at an outdoor party. 1 pm-midnight. Green Space on Church, 519 Church. the519.org. barn pride Saturday Three floors of action with DJs Lady Miss Kier, Rolls Royce and more.

10 pm-3 am. 10 till midnight. The Barn, 418 Church. thebarnnightclub.com. beefball 2012 Canada’s largest leather and bear Pride party with UK DJ Hifi Sean. 10 pm. $35 adv (Priape, 501 Church; Northbound Leather, 586 Yonge), Opera House, 735 Queen E. gayguidetoronto.com. buddieS after hOurS Featuring Donnarama and guests DJs K-Tel and Triple-X. 10:30 pm. $15. Buddies in Bad Times Cabaret, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555. cherry bOmb pride Two-level celebration for queer women, with DJs Denise Benson, Cozmic Cat, Leticia Love and Sticky Cuts. 9 pm. $15. Revival, 783 College. revivalbar.com.

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Horse Meat Disco. Doors at midnight. $10.

Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. darcy michael Vancouver’s gay stoner dad performs a Pride week comedy show. 7 pm. $15-$20. The Flying Beaver Pubaret, 488 Parliament. pubaret.com. dyke march Celebrating the diversity and passion of LGBTTIQQ2S women and trans folk. Starting at Church and Hayden, moving north on Church to Bloor, west on Bloor to Yonge, south on Yonge to Wood. 2 pm (rally at 1 pm). Free. pridetoronto.com. hard candy: pride editiOn Classic gay anthems and sexy east-enders. 10 pm. Free.

Wayla, 996 Queen E. whatareyoulookingat. com. rfamily pride Activities for families of all kinds include entertainment by Mystic Drumz, Arms Length Puppets, Voces Poeticas and others, a style zone, H2O zone, and arts and crafts. Today and tomorrow 11 am-6 pm.

Free. Church Street Jr Public School, Church and Alexander. pridetoronto.com. fictiOn With frictiOn #2 Fiction readings by Lizz Bugg, Grace Flahive and Debra Anderson.

10 am. Free. Glad Day Bookshop, 598A Yonge. gladdaybookshop.com. hard candy pride editiOn DJ Davinci. 10 pm.

Free. Waylabar, 996 Queen E. 416-901-5570. hOllyWOOd tO dOllyWOOd ReelHeART presents the documentary about Baptist-raised, identical gay twins Gary and Larry Lane who wrote a script for their idol Dolly Parton and take a road trip to deliver it to her. 7 pm. $12.

Projection Booth, 1035 Gerrard E. realheart. org/saturday-june-30. hOmO night in canada Comedy w/ Kristen Becker, Marco Bernardi, Richard Ryder, Dawn

Whitwell, Ian Lynch, hosts the B-Girlz and others. 8 pm. $25. Buddies in Bad Times, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, glam-glam.com.

HOTNUTS CHRISTMAS DJs Christeene, JJ Booya, Das Hussy and Produzentin. 10:30 pm. $12, adv $10 (Rotate This, Soundscapes). The Garrison, 1197 Dundas W. facebook.com/ HotnutsTO.

INTERNATIONAL DANCE HALL KING AND QUEEN (LAST MAN STANDING) Toronto vs New York vs

Montreal with DJs Unruly Twin, JJRock and Roman. 10 pm. $20. Pacha Lounge, 1305 Dundas W. pachalounge.net.

CASSANDRA MOORE Miss El Convento Rico performs. 12:30 am. $10, $15 after midnight.

El Convento Rico, 750 College. elconventorico. com.

PITBULL: ELECTRIC PRIDE 2012 Ride the mechanical bull in the parlour while DJs Mark Falco, Rob Ladic and Dwayne Minard spin. 10 pm-4 am. $40, adv $30. Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne. pitbullevents.com.

POST-DYKE MARCH PICNIC Music, games, snacks and community art follow the parade.

3 pm. Allan Gardens, Jarvis and Carlton. pridetoronto.com.

PRIDE AND REMEMBRANCE 5K RUN (HALCO/ LGBT Youth Line/Pride and Remembrance Fdn) Runners and walkers hit Church for charity. 10 am. Pledges. Church and Wellesley. runorwalk@priderun.org.

PRIDE SPECTACULAR DRAG SHOW Contests and prizes, hosted by Daytona Bitch and Nicolette Brown. 9 pm. Zelda’s, 692 Church. 416-9222526.

PRISM FESTIVAL DJs Chus & Ceballos, DJ Paulo, Micky Friedmann, and Erika Jane. 10 pm.

Guvernment/Kool Haus, 132 Queens Quay E. prismtoronto.com.

PROUD VOICES: NALO HOPKINSON/SIAIRA HARRIS/FARZANA DOCTOR/TARA-MICHELLE ZINIUK/KAMAL AL-SOLAYLEE/KRISTYN DUNNION/ MARCUS MCCANN/DANIEL ALLEN Readings.

4-pm. Glad Day Books, 598 Yonge, 3rd flr. pridetoronto.com.

REELHEART PRIDE PROGRAM ReelHeART International Film Festival presents a live reading of Tom McIntyre’s screenplay Spin and film screenings of Eric Casaccio’s Freak and John Lavin’s From Hollywood To Dollywood. 6:30 pm. $12. Projection Booth, 1035 Gerrard E. reelheart.org.

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TNT!Men and their friends dance with DJs Carson, Justin and Todd. 1 pm-2 am. $5-$8.

Goodhandy’s, 120 Church. tntmen.org.

SUPER SATURDAYS A mélange of sequins, dark beats and musical theatre, with Devine Darlin, Lady G and Jada Hudson (8:30-11 pm), and Robyn de Cradle & guest (11 pm-2 am). Crews/ Tango, 508 Church. crewsandtango.com.

TEASE DJ Lissa Monet, DJ Mary Mac 9, Infamous Sound Crew and special guest Da Brat.

10:30 pm-4 am. $25-$30. Screen Lounge, 20 College. iaminthelife.com.

TRASH: QUEER DANCE PARTY Electro, hip-hop, alternative, dancehall and more with DJs Joe Blow, Winnie and Sigourney Beaver. 10 pm2:30 am. Free. Henhouse, 1532 Dundas W. henhousetoronto.com.

TRUCK STOP The craziest women’s party is back with Truck Stop Girlz and DJ Bryan Taylor. 9 pm-2 am. $25, adv $20. Courthouse, 57 Adelaide E. truckstopgirlz.com.

VINCENT WOLFE The classic crooner performs at 9 pm. $10. Glad Day Bookshop, 598A Yonge. 416-961-4161.

WOMEN’S PRIDE DANCE Post-Dyke March dancing with DJ Lynz, plus finger foods. 4 pm-

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midnight. $25. Ryerson University Thomas Room, 55 Gould. wrib.ca.

WRONGBAR PRIDE SSION and Lioness spin from 10 pm. $13.50. 1279 Queen W. Tickets @ ticketweb.com.

YES YES Y’ALL PRIDE EDITION DJ Jr Flo spins at this hip-hop jam. 10 pm. $10-$15. Annex Wreckroom, 794 Bathurst. 416-53-0346.

ZELDA’S PRIDE BRUNCH Start off the day with an à la carte brunch. 10:30 am-2 pm. Zelda’s, 692 Church. 416-922-2526.

Sunday, July 1 ALTERNAPRIDE Alternative, retro, goth and

rock-a-billy dance party. 10 pm. Waylabar, 996 Queen E. 416-901-5570.

BRUNCH @ BYZ DJ Jason Myers (3-6 pm), DJ Cajjmere Wray (6-9 pm), DJ Matty Ryce (9-11 pm), DJ Geoff Kelleway (11 pm-2 am). No cover. Byzantium, 499 Church. byz.ca.

BUDDIES AFTER HOURS DJs K-Tel and Triple-X. 10:30 pm. $10. Buddies in Bad Times Cabaret, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555.

CANADA DAY PRIDE PARTY Bring Your Own DJ dance party. Bovine Sex Club, 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239.

CHURCH ON CHURCH Pride Day service with Metropolitan Community Church. 11 am.

Free. South Stage (Church and Wood). pridetoronto.com.

DUDE PRIDE BLOWOUT DJs Chris Steinbach, Blue Peter and Mark Falco spin till 4 am. Free.

Woody’s, 467 Church. woodystoronto.com.

GO HARD ‘SWAGG 2 DA ROOF’ SHUT EM DOWN! DJs Blackcat, JJ Rock, Unruly Twin & Pleasure spin R&B, reggae, house, hip-hop, soca and old & new school. Doors 10 pm. $10-$15.

Goodhandy’s, 120 Church. 416-760-6514. rTHE LADY OIYE’S TEA DANCE Get some res-

pite at a family-friendly gathering just off the parade route. Buddies in Bad Times Cabaret, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555.

THE MEN OF CONVENTO RICO Performances by Trent, Daniel, Luis, Cubanito and others. 9 pm. $10. El Convento Rico, 750 College. elconventorico.com.

PRIDE DAY BRUNCH Celebrate Pride with a buffet brunch. 9:30 am-2 pm. Zelda’s, 692 Church. 416-922-2526.

PRIDE PARADE The annual parade of floats, marching bands and music returns, starting 2 pm at Bloor and Church, heads W on Bloor to Yonge, S on Yonge to Gerrard and E on Gerrard to Church. 2 pm. Free. pridetoronto.com.

PRISM FESTIVAL: REVIVAL DJs Peter Rauhofer, Dave & Gerardo, Javier Medina, and Sofonda Cox. Guvernment prismtoronto.com.

PROUD VOICES: SKY GILBERT/ WAAWAATE FOBISTER/SHAWN SYMS/ARI BELATHAR Readings. 5

pm. Glad Day Books, 598 Yonge, 3rd flr. pridetoronto.com.

QUEER WEST PRIDE CLOSING PARTY Doors 10 pm. $10. El Mocambo, 464 Spadina. 416-7771777. rSTORIES AND SNACKS FOR KIDS With S Bear Bergman and friends. 11 am-noon. Free. Glad Day Bookshop, 598A Yonge. pridetoronto.com.

TREEHOUSE PARTY 2012 Outdoor party with music by DJ Abel, Jamal and others. 1 pmmidnight. Donations support the 519. Green Space on Church, 519 Church. the519.org.

UNDER THE SEA HORSE: PRIDE Dress theme for this party with DJ Nik Red is deep blue queer sea party. 10 pm. $10. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908.

UNDERWEAR PARTY Help break the world record for the most people wearing only underwear in one party. Music by DJ MRK, Tiger Blood and others. Doors 10 pm. Virgin Mobile

Mod Club, 722 College. themodclub.com.

VAZALEEN: SHAME Presents Limp Wrist, Vag Halen, DJ Rawbert and Miss Barbara Fisch.

Doors 9 pm. $15 (ticketweb). Wrongbar, 1279 Queen W. WINK DsJ Cozmic Cat, L’Oqenz, Infamous Sound Crew, and Aneela Q. 4 pm to 2 am, $5$10. Screen Lounge Rooftop, 20 College. iaminthelife.com.

Monday, July 2 COME GET YOUR FCUK’IN BEATS: PRIDE EDITION Party with Js Deko-ze, Jon Herbert and Nick Bertossi. 5 am-3 pm. $20. Comfort Zone, 480 Spadina. comfortzonetoronto.com.

DIRTY BINGO – THE POST-PRIDE RECOVERY SPECIAL EDITION Outrageous night of bingo and

prizes hosted by Lena Over and Gloria Hole.

8:30 pm. Zelda’s, 692 Church. 416-922-2526.

RECOVERY DAY Relax post-Pride with special prices day and night. No cover. Woody’s, 467 Church. woodystoronto.com.

Tuesday, July 3 DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST This musical is based on the animated feature film. Previews Jul 3-4, Tue 8 pm, Wed 2 and 7:30 pm.

Opens Jul 5 and runs to Jul 22, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat-Sun & Wed 2 pm. $42-$150. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-644-3665, dancaptickets.com.

VARSITY TUESDAY So You Think You Can Strip? with Sofonda gets them on stage. 5 pm-2 am. $5 after 9 pm, free w/ stu ID. Remington’s, 379 Yonge. remingtons.com.

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South Stage (Church and Wood) dyKe day: tHe rHytHM, tHe BOOGie, tHe Beat DJ Carma 4-9 pm Kelly & the Kellygirls 4 pm Raging Asian Women 5 pm Bellydancers with Pride 5:20 pm Saye Sky 5:50 pm MC Jazz & Cozmic Cat 6:05 pm Shi Wisdom 6:20 pm Masia One 6:40 pm Tasha the Amazon 7:05 pm Corey Hart 8:30 pm eLeCtriC aVenue Nightbox 9 pm Lisa Delux 9:30 pm Lori J Ward & T Orlando 10:30 pm Cassandria 11:30 pm Sara Simms 12:15 am

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You’d expect that of the owner of 7 West, the long-running café on Charles that’s been dishing up breakfast 24 hours a day for more than two decades. She’s also responsible for Wish, quite possibly the area’s most stylish midday weekend nosh. Smith on nearby Church – her latest – makes it three in a row.

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Bypassing the breakfast bottle service – a 750 ml bottle of Cava and a pitcher of orange juice ($48) – we begin with mismatched mugs of organic fair trade coffee ($3) and a pair of what ex-Jamie Kennedy chef Taylor Quinn calls mint chocolate scones ($6). They’re closer to round brownies and more dessert than starter, but who complains about chocolate?

Quinn puts a health-conscious spin on a traditional frisée salad, here upgraded with barely wilted kale, crunchy quinoa, a toss of smoked almonds, a shaving of Grana Padano cheese and the requisite poached runny egg ($11). A grilled tomato dressed with fresh thyme ($3.50) makes the perfect side.

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A wooden caddy holding a dozen bottles of commercial hot sauce ranging in heat from milquetoast to meltdown announces the arrival of Smith’s take on huevos rancheros ($13). Not that it needs them; the chunky house-made salsa and guacamole that accompany them already pack a considerable punch.

The omelette du jour – today caramelized onion, leek, diced peameal and cheddar ($10, both with spicy baked hash browns) – comes with a wayward slice of brunch-garnish cantaloupe.

The kitchen only misfires with leaden, undercooked pineapple waffles finished with maple syrup, whipped cream and fresh strawberries ($11), something a crispy side of bacon ($4) can’t fix. Better to order another round of those fab mint chocolate scones instead.

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Cabbagetown has always liked its dykes, whether at the legendary and sadly defunct Rose Café or the also now-shuttered Big Mamma’s Boy on Parliament.

Two years ago, Mamma’s big mamma, Heather Mackenzie, picked up stakes and relocated to the Flying Beaver. The one-time neighbourhood dive now bills itself as a “pubaret” – part pub, part cabaret. Comic and business partner Maggie Cassella books the

Classifieds acts, everything from aspiring amateurs to old pros like Nancy White and Scott Thompson.

Squeezing into the last table on the Beaver’s sheltered backyard terrace, we’re soon knocking back $2 champagne Morning Glories in the lazy morning sun.

We start with ex-Twisted Kilt chef Andrew Gopan’s anchovy-challenged Caesar salad ($7.95), which greatly benefits from a last-minute squeeze of lemon and a generous grating of Parmesan, before moving on to his veggie burger ($11.95 with fries or salad).

Maybe it’s the grilled Lick’s soya patty or the toasted sesame seed bun, but it tastes damn close to the real thing.

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cutline Drink Up Pride: `So Good its Got to be Gay` martini, Hair of the Dog patio.

Late-night drinking at Pride

Anchovies go AWOL in the Flying Beaver’s classic Caesar salad.

Party till 4 am Annex Wreck room

794 Bathurst, at Bloor W, 416-536-0346, theannexwreckroom.com.

Boutique BAr

506 Church, at Maitland, 647-705-0006, boutiquebar.ca.

creWs/tAngo

508 Church, at Maitland, 416-972-1662, crewsandtangos.com.

DrAke Hotel

1150 Queen W, at Beaconsfield, 416531-5042, thedrakehotel.ca.

Fire on tHe eAst siDe

6 Gloucester, at Yonge, 416-960-3473, fireontheeastside.ca.

FootWork STEVEN DAVEY

425 Adelaide W, at Brant, 416-913-3488, footworkbar.com.

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Mexican cantina in the former Pita Break, where eight bucks and change gets you one of the better burritos in town. The secret? Everything on owner/chef Carlos Rios’s short carte except the tortillas is made from scratch.

And so we get tender quarter-chickens in tangy adobo sauce correctly soured with vinegar, or slow-cooked tender beef stew (both $5.99 with rice and refried beans). Whole wheat quesadillas ($8.20) and tacos ($2.50) both come stuffed with moist pulled pork, beef or chicken as well as grilled veggies, melted cheese and shredded lettuce.

Unlike most local restos that outsource them, Casa’s shortcrusted chicken and eggy cheese empanadas (both $3) are baked on the premises.

Load them up with one of five housemade salsas and a spoonful of fresh roasted corn for the tastiest snack on sD the route.

bacon, plump farmer’s sausage and a whack of both cheddar and mozzarella cheese. Polish off this baby and you won’t have to eat again until tomorsD row.

Very Como como en cAsA (565 Yonge, at Wellesley, 647-748-6666, comoencasa.ca) Complete meals for $10 per person, including tax, tip and a soda. Average main $6. Open Monday to Friday 11 am to 9 pm, Saturday noon to 9 pm. Closed Sunday, holidays. Unlicensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: nnn

The Yonge strip south of Bloor might be home to a gazillion fast food restos, but very few of them dish up anything other than heartburn, something you’ll likely discover come Sunday’s parade.

The rare exception is this newly minted

gooDHAnDy’s

120 Church, at Lombard, 416-760-6514, goodhandys.com.

slAck’s

562 Church, at Wellesley, 416-928-2151, slacks.ca.

smitH

– attracts the BDSM crowd for cruisy year-round barbecues on the rooftop deck every Saturday and Sunday from 3 pm.

spA excess

BlAke House

553 Church, at Dundonald, 416-9262501, 553church.com.

105 Carlton, at Mutual, 416-260-2363, spaexcess.com.

WooDy’s/sAilor

467 Church, at Maitland, 416-972-0887, woodystoronto.com.

ZAnZiBAr

359 Yonge, at Gerrard, 416-977-4642, zanzibartavern.com.

ZipperZ/cellBlock

72 Carlton, at Church, 416-921-0066, zipperzcellblock.com.

Patios BlAck eAgle

457 Church, at Maitland, 416-413-1219, blackeagletoronto.com. Toronto’s only leather bar – unless you count the Bovine

Imbibe with Pride from one of these cool bottles WHAT Newfoundland

WHAT Fuller’s London Pride

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Screech Dark Rum Rating: ñ nnnn

WHY: The totally unofficial beer of Pride London, Ontario. Pride TO, you think you’ve got events?

You’ve got nothing like London’s Believe Out Loud: A Celebration Of The Spirit At The Heart Of Life. They’ll undoubtedly be rainbowing it up with this excellent traditional English ale. But don’t despair – you can still enjoy it here in Toronto. Serve it with an LGBT: lettuce, guacamole, bacon and tomato.

PRICE: 500 ml/$2.70 AVAILABILITY: At selected liquor stores (product #676767)

WHERE: St. John’s, Newfoundland WHY: If you’re looking for big, fruity, frosty, umbrella-compatible potions for Pride that will incidentally get you good and loaded, then look no further than tiki cocktails.

For mai tais, lapus and zombies, you’ll need, amongst many other things, dark rum. Made in Jamaica and aged in Newfoundland, this is your best bet. When you drink tikistyle, you’re vaguely invoking Polynesia, a place that, before old whitey came along, was effortlessly LGBT-positive.

PRICE: 750 ml/$25.40 AVAILABILITY: At selected liquor stores (product #4622)

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o’grADy’s

518 Church, at Maitland, 416-323-2822, ogradyschurch.ca. Formerly Oscar’s, the bar that dared not speak its name, this student-friendly pub has one of the largest patios in the Village.

BroWnstone

olympic piZZA ’76

603 Yonge, at Gloucester, 416-920-6288, brownstonebistro.ca. Pasta, pizza ’n’ panini in an informal bistro setting right on the parade route.

ByZAntium

499 Church, at Wellesley, 416-922-3859, byz.ca. The upscale cocktail lounge opens to the street, making it one of the village’s prime cruising zones. Unusually good grub for the nabe and a gazillion different types of martoonis.

cHurcHmouse & Firkin

Diner’s corner

By GRAHAM DUNCAN

lolaskitchen.ca. Popular lunch and brunch spot in a rambling Victorian with a curbside deck at the top of the strip.

Friday 10 am to 10 pm, Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 10 pm.

449 Jarvis, at Maitland, 416-975-1867, theblakehouse.ca. Bloor East’s Groundhog Pub relocates and rebrands itself on the old Red Lion’s 80-seat terrace, the perfect spot for Sunday night’s $17 prime rib ’n’ Yorkshire pudding meal deal.

475 Church, at Maitland, 416-927-1735, firkinpubs.com. Pub grub and pints at the centre of the action.

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Michelle Chee sips the So Good It’s Got To Be Gay martini on the Hair of the Dog patio.

R. JEANETTE MARTIN

1197 Dundas W, at Lakeview, 416-5199439, garrisontoronto.com.

3 Gloucester, at Yonge, 416-929-7031, diners-corner.com. Jerk chicken and rotis on a shady deck.

etHiopiAn House

4 Irwin, at Yonge, 416-923-5438, ethiopianhouse.com. Incendiary and moderately priced veggie-friendly platters on a curbside patio just off the parade route. Warning: if you don’t like eating with your fingers, remember to BYOF (bring your own fork)!

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8 Gloucester, at Yonge, 416-960-0092.

Old-school pizzeria just off the parade route.

seconD cup

544 Church, at Wellesley, 416-966-2981, secondcup.com. Remember the Steps?

Well, they’re back – except there are no actual steps, but there’s a huge cruisy patio right on the strip instead. Unlicensed.

stAtler’s

487 Church, at Maitland, 647-351-0957.

No longer BLU – or LUB, for that matter – this two-storey show bar features nightly cabaret acts and an upstairs deck with unparalleled sightlines.

sugo

582 Church, at Dundonald, 416-929-9108, sugotrattoria.ca. No longer the impossible-to-pronounce Voglie, this unexpectedly polished two-storey Italian trat and lounge sports two patios, one up front cheek-to-cheek with the Vic Pub, the second a gargantuan grotto out back.

urBAn House

4 Dundonald, at Yonge, 416-915-0113.

Rebranded pub close to the parade route in the former Local 4.

519 Church, at Dundonald, 416355-6781, fabarnak.com. Stylish new café in the recent 519 addition with a locally sourced and mostly organic contemporary card. Incredible bang for the buck. Best food in the village?

Vic puB

HAir oF tHe Dog

WisH

425 Church, at Wood, 416-964-2708, hairofthedogpub.ca. Two-storey watering hole across from the former Maple Leaf Gardens (now a Loblaws).

Just tHAi

534 Church, at Charles, 416-928-9100.

Inexpensive Thai combos at Pride ground zero.

koyoi

2 Irwin, at Yonge, 647-351-5128, koyoi. ca. Guu-style izakaya right on the parade route. Best food with a front-row view (obscured)?

lolA’s kitcHen

634 Church, at Hayden, 416-966-3991,

580 Church, at Dundonald, 416-9449888. No longer Fuzion, this rebranded pub moves slightly downmarket. Translation: goodbye, tapas and cocktails; hello, poutine and pints.

3 Charles E, at Yonge, 416-935-0240, wishintoronto.com. Sister to nearby 7 West and the newly minted Smith, this swanky South Beach-style resto-lounge oozes sophistication on a white-onwhite curbside terrace. Weekend brunch, too.

ZelDA’s liVing Well

692 Yonge, at St Mary, 416-922-2526, zeldas.ca. The liquored-up trailer trash queen returns to her original digs with a virtually identical lineup of drag queens, cheap drinks and dirty bingo in an extremely secluded backyard. Pride’s hottest patio?

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life&style

The week’s news, views and sales

North Star pop-up Today (Thursday, June 28) is your last chance to catch North Star’s (northstarsportswear.ca) Geoff Mcfetridge pop-up shop at Magic Pony (680 Queen West, 416-861-1684, magicpony.com). On display is a limited collection of Canada Day-themed clothing created in collaboration with the Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based artist.

More patriotic pickS Looking for more red-and-white gear to show off your Canuck pride on July 1? The Bay (176 Yonge, 416-8619111, and others, thebay.com) offers a lineup of Canada-branded buys including jean jackets stitched with camp badges, maple leaf beach towels and red Wayfareresque sunglasses. Joe Fresh (589 Queen West, 416361-6342, and others, joefresh. com) has a series of graphic T-shirts, camp chairs and picnic blankets in our county’s signature colour scheme. And at Roots (100 Bloor West, 416-323-3289, and others, roots.com), the Maple Leaf Forever collection includes hoodies, ball caps and “Canada Strong and Free” pennants.

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Trunk Tones Pick a colour, any colour, from summer’s rainbow of swim shorts. By ANDREW SARDONE

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SoMethiNg fiShy If you love snapping summertime pics on film but don’t feel like lugging around an oversized camera all season, Lomography (536 Queen West, 647-3526700, lomography.com) has just introduced a new model for you. The Fisheye Baby 110 takes the same loopy images as Lomo’s standard fisheye lens camera, but its body is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand thanks to its old-school 110 film format. Depending on how gentle you are with your gear, get it in plastic ($39) or metal ($59).

Sweet Studio deal Budding fashion designers looking for increasingly elusive affordable studio space should check out the Toronto Fashion Incubator (285 Manitoba, 416971-7117, fashionincubator.com), where the already subsidized rent is discounted even more until Friday (June 29). That’s the deadline to make a viewing appointment to take advantage of an extra $25 off every month for a year. Email nina@fashionincubator.com for more info.

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Fuzz Wax Bar 701 queen West, 647-748 -38 9 9 , fuzzwaxbar.com

To celebrate Pride, Queen West hair removal hot spot Fuzz offers 15 per cent off all services and the free application of a glitter rainbow flag to your bod until Sunday (July 1).

Now, it’s not our suggestion that the happily hirsute should feel obligated to go smooth for parade day, but there’s no denying the spike in bare skin the city sees every June. Fuzz makes that easy by offering women and men a laid-back, boutique-style space with three private treatment rooms and a membership option for regular waxers.

The $15/month Fan membership gets you discounts of up to 50 per cent on services, while the $35/month Faithful level adds one bikini, chest or back wax per month. For Fanatics, the $55/month option includes the waxing of three different body parts and a free birthday treatment.

Fuzz Wax Bar picks: If you’d rather order services à la carte, prices range from $8 to $95 for a fuzz-free “Manzillian” and buttocks package; maintain smooth skin between appointments with an I Love My Muff kit, $16 to $40.

Look for: Other gem and glitter applications starting at $10.

Hours: Monday to Friday 10 am to 8 pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 6 pm.

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astrology freewill

06 | 28

2012

by rob Brezsny

Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 If you play solitaire,

your luck will be crazy strong in the coming weeks. If you have candid, wide-ranging talks with yourself in the mirror, the revelations are likely to be as interesting as if you had spoken directly with the river god or the angel of the sunrise. Taking long walks alone could lead to useful surprises, and so would crafting a new declaration of independence for yourself. It’ll also be an excellent time to expand your skills at giving yourself pleasure. Please understand that I’m not advising you to be isolated and lonely. I merely want to emphasize the point that you’re due for some breakthroughs in your relationship with yourself.

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 Are you in pos-

session of a talent or interest or inclination or desire that no one else has? Is there some unique way you express what it means to be human? According to my understanding of the long-term astrological omens, the coming months will be your time to cultivate this specialty with unprecedented intensity; it’ll be a window of opportunity to be more practical than ever before in making your signature mark on the world. Between now and your next birthday, I urge you to be persistent in celebrating the one-of-a-kind truth that is your individuality.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 “Message in a

bottle” is not just a pirate movie cliché.

It’s a form of communication that has been used throughout history for serious

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purposes. England’s Queen Elizabeth I even appointed an official “Uncorker of Ocean Bottles.” And as recently as 2005, a message in a bottle saved the lives of 88 refugees adrift in the Caribbean Sea on a damaged boat. Glass, it turns out, is an excellent container for carrying sea-born dispatches. It lasts a long time and can even survive hurricanes. In accordance with the astrological omens, I nominate “message in a bottle” to be your metaphor for the rest of 2012. Here’s one way to apply this theme: Create a message you’d like to send to the person you will be in five years, perhaps a declaration of what your highest aspirations will be between now and then. Write it on paper and stash it in a bottle. Store this time capsule in a place you won’t forget, and open it in 2017.

CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 Every 10,000 years

or so, reports the Weekly World News, hell actually does freeze over. A rare storm brings a massive amount of snow and ice to the infernal regions, and even the Lake of Fire looks like a glacier. “Satan himself was seen wearing earmuffs and making a snowman,” the story says about the last time it happened. I foresee a hell-freezesover type of event happening for you in the coming months, Cancerian – and I mean that in a good way. The seemingly impossible will become possible; what’s lost will be found and what’s bent will be made straight; the lion will lie down not only with the lamb but also with the sasquatch. For best results, be ready to shed your expectations at a moment’s notice.

Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 “In purely spiritual

matters, God grants all desires,” said philosopher and activist Simone Weil. “Those who have less have asked for less.” I think this is a worthy hypothesis for you to try out in the next nine months, Leo. To be clear: it doesn’t necessarily mean you will get a dream job and perfect lover and $10 million (although I’m not ruling that out).

What it does suggest is this: you can have any relationship with the Divine Wow that you dare to imagine; you can get all the grace you need to understand why your life is the way it is; you can make tremendous progress as you do the life-long work of liberating yourself from your suffering.

VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 A plain old ordin-

ary leap of faith might not be ambitious enough for you in the coming months, Virgo. I suspect your potential is more robust than that, more primed for audacity.

How would you feel about attempting a quantum leap of faith? Here’s what I mean by that: a soaring pirouette that sends you flying over the nagging obstacle and up onto higher ground, where the views are breathtakingly vast instead of gruntingly half-vast.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 “The dream which is not fed with dream disappears,” said writer Antonio Porchia. Ain’t that the truth!

Especially for you right now. These last few months, you’ve been pretty good at attending to the details of your big dreams. You’ve taken the practical approach and done the hard work. But

beginning any moment, it will be time for you to refresh your big dreams with an infusion of fantasies and brainstorms.

You need to return to the source of your excitement and feed it and feed it and feed it.

sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 A Chinese busi-

nessman named Hu Xilin is the champion fly-killer of the world. Ever since one of the buzzing pests offended him at the dinner table back in 1997, he has made it his mission to fight back. He says he has exterminated more than 10 million of the enemy with his patented “Fly Slayer” machine. And oh, by the way, his obsession has made him a millionaire. It’s possible, Scorpio, that your story during the second half of 2012 will have elements in common with Hu Xilin’s. Is there any bad influence you could work to minimize or undo in such a way that it might ultimately earn you perks and prizes – or at least deep satisfaction?

sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 From the

14th through the 18th centuries, many towns in England observed a curious custom. If a couple could prove that they had gone a year and a day without ever once being sorry they got married, the two of them would receive an award: a side of cured pork, known as a flitch of bacon.

Alas, the prize was rarely claimed. If this practice were still in effect, you Sagittarians would have an elevated chance of bringing home the bacon in the coming months. Your ability to create harmony and mutual respect in an intimate relationship will be much higher than usual.

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 “If I had my life to live over,” said Nadine Stair at age 85, “I would perhaps have more actual problems, but I’d have fewer imaginary ones.” I suggest you write out that quote, Capricorn, and keep it close to you for the

next six months. Your task, as I see it, will be to train yourself so you can expertly distinguish actual problems from imaginary ones. Part of your work, of course, will be to get in the habit of immediately ejecting any of the imaginary kind the moment you notice them creeping up on you.

AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 Astronomer

Percival Lowell (1855-1916) was instrumental in laying the groundwork that led to the discovery of Pluto. He was a visionary pioneer who helped change our conception of the solar system. But he also put forth a wacky notion or two. Among the most notable: He declared, against a great deal of contrary evidence, that the planet Mars was laced with canals. You have the potential be a bit like him in the coming months, Aquarius: mostly a wellspring of innovation but sometimes a source of errant theories. What can you do to ensure that the errant theories have minimal effect? Be humble and ask for feedback.

pisCes Feb 19 | Mar 20 Throughout the

16th century and even beyond, European explorers trekked through the New World hunting for the mythical land of El Dorado: the Lost City of Gold. The precious metal was supposedly so abundant there that it was even used to make children’s toys. The quest was ultimately futile, although it led the explorers to stumble upon lesser treasures of practical value – the potato, for example. After being brought over to Europe from South America, it became a staple food. I’m foreseeing a comparable progression in your own world during the coming months: You may not locate the gold, but you’ll find the equivalent of the potato.

Homework: Make a prediction about where you’ll be and what you’ll be doing on January 1, 2013. Testify at Freewillastrology.com.

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What the experts say “Looking at large cohort studies, we saw a possible benefit of milk intake and hip fracture prevention among men. In women, the overall finding was not significant, but there was a small reduction. Importantly, we clearly did not see an increase for hip fracture risk with milk intake as we did for calcium supplements and, overall, a benefit could not be excluded for milk intake. Our data suggests that for hip fracture prevention, milk is a better source of calcium than calcium supplements. The broader recommendation needs to include vitamin D, as it increases calcium absorption. The recommendations for dairy intake are too high. Our data did not suggest that the more milk the better.”

HEIKE BISCHOFF-FERRARI, director of the Centre on Aging Mobility, University of Zurich “Milk is a great source of nutrients.

Most countries around the world recommend two to three servings of dairy a day. The dietary guidelines committee recommends consuming low-fat milk. Milk is associated with bone growth in children and seems protective for colorectal cancer and osteoporosis. The verdict is still out on prostate cancer. I don’t think there are studies on dairy and ovarian or breast cancer. In a study of five counties in China, one dairy-consuming county had higher bone density and lower incidence of fracture. The protein in milk increases urinary calcium excretion, but people leap to the mistaken conclusion that milk leaches calcium out of the bones.”

CONNIE M. WEAVER, department of nutrition science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana “In a large research program focusing on protein and a certain kind of experimental cancer,

I discovered that when dairy protein is fed in excess, it substantially increases cancer risk. The main protein in cow’s milk, casein, is in my view the most important chemical carcinogen ever identified. This is a whole series of experiments conducted in a program over 27 years. It has also been shown that casein increases blood cholesterol levels quite dramatically and is connected to the initial stages of heart disease.

Other studies show the higher the milk consumption, the higher is the risk for osteoporosis. It’s been associated with acne in children and a range of other illnesses and diseases.”

T. COLIN CAMPBELL, author, The China Study, professor emeritus of nutritional biochemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York “Some people are genuinely allergic.

Many more people are lactose intolerant. Dairy products have a huge imbalance of calcium to magnesium. That can distress some people’s digestive health. It means they need more magnesium. You need the right balance of magnesium for relaxation of the gut muscle. Many people can tolerate dairy very well, and it can be a useful source of protein. Milk and dairy fat contain a naturally occurring trans fat called Omega 7 that has health benefits. Some worry about growth hormone, but it’s not allowed in Canada. I recommend organic dairy products because many pollutants are fat-soluble.

Cheese is very concentrated fat, it’s a very good carrier for many of the pollutants in our environment.”

AILEEN BURFORD-MASON, immunologist, nutritionist, author, Eat Well, Age Better, Toronto “Humans have been consuming dairy foods since the dawn of recorded history.

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the scene JANELLE MONAE at

Nathan Phillips Square, ñ Friday, June 22.

Rating: NNNNN As we wait for the follow-up to Janelle Monáe’s sprawling 2010 LP, The ArchAndroid (she apparently has two albums on the way), the pompadoured Atlanta performer has surfaced to play a string of Canadian jazz festivals.

Her headlining Toronto Jazz Festival set seamlessly fused funk, R&B, folk – you name it – into a breathtaking experience that required the audience to work almost as hard as her 12-piece band.

When Monáe took the stage in a hooded cape and proceeded to spit Dance Or Die’s breakneck rap with her back to the crowd, it was instantly apparent that we wouldn’t want for drama.

She brought it every song, demanded that we crouch, wave and sing, and ended with a triumphant encore of Come Alive (The War Of The Roses) that included robot dancing, jazz scatting and an epic call-and-

Shows that rocked Toronto last week

response routine.

Though she featured no new material, her covers of Prince’s Take Me With U and the Jackson 5’s I Want You Back proved that if anyone is poised to inherent the mantle of mainstream pop’s most innovative act, it’s Monáe.

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THE BEACH BOYS at the Molson Amphitheatre, Tuesday, June 19. Rating: NNNN

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The Beach Boys have sued each other enough times to know they shouldn’t argue over the set list for their 50th anniversary tour. Still, it must have been a challenge.

The iconic California band has three species of fans to appease: those who come for surfin’, roarin’-engines rock ’n’ roll; those who appreciate the “musical genius” of Pet Sounds and SMiLE; and the kooks in Hawaiian shirts looking for deep-water classics from albums like Surf’s Up and Sunflower.

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hammy rock medleys, one full of car songs (Little Deuce Coupe, 409), and the other beach classics like All Summer Long and Surfin’ USA. The lovable and aloof Brian Wilson sang lead on I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times and Heroes And Villains from their revered mid-60s period.

But the best moment came courtesy of the late Carl Wilson. The band sang two cuts, Marcella and All This Is That, from the underrated Carl-helmed Carl And The Passions album, a wellexecuted nod to the departed Boy. Good vibrations all around. JOSHUA ERRETT

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ñHouse, Saturday, June 23.

Rating: NNNN Vancouver singer/songwriter and New Pornographer Dan Bejar changes up his band, Destroyer, on nearly every album, pushing his enigmatic music beyond indie rock’s ever-expanding boundaries. In the current eight-piece version used on Kaputt – drummer, two guitarists, keyboardist, trumpeter, bassist and saxophonist – he’s found

his ideal lineup.

For one, thanks to the newly hornheavy sound, he’s getting invites to events like the Toronto Jazz Festival, host of Saturday’s Opera House show.

The set was sonically epic straight out of the gate and, over 90 minutes, moved through tunes new and old.

The flute-featuring Suicide Demo For Kara Walker from last year’s Kaputt and set closer Hey, Snow White from 2002’s This Night were particular standouts.

With so large a band, the retiring Bejar no longer plays guitar, which keeps the focus on his rambling, hyperliterate lyrics and unsettling, nasal voice. During the lengthy instrumental breaks, he sat down on the stage.

Though the band’s inventiveness and musicianship often threatened to outshine him, you get the sense he’s probCARLA GILLIS ably okay with that.

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record. While songs like Hey You and Run Like Hell have always elicited in me the appropriate feelings of isolation and paranoia, The Trial has always been, well, a bit of a trial.

Despite the self-indulgence, Roger Waters’s historic stage production of the album is astonishing. It takes sheer audacity and plenty of cash to create a spectacle that includes a dive-bombing biplane, a floating wild boar and numerous inflatable puppets, not to mention a wall that spanned the Rogers Centre.

The sound was pristine, with Robbie Wyckoff singing David Gilmour’s parts, and guitars by Dave Kilminster, G.E. Smith and Pink Floyd session player Snowy White. Waters switched between bass, guitar and trumpet as the songs required.

Tributes to victims of war, terrorist acts and corruption were broadcast on the wall throughout the night. Waters may be a rich man, but he’s far more politicized than most up-and-comers.

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THE PRIDE ISSUE

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RYE RYE The Baltimore club MC supports her debut LP, Go! Pop! Bang!, with an opening gig for Scissor Sisters at Sound Academy (11 Polson).

BOUNCE Queen Diva of New Orleans bounce music Big Freedia returns alongside New York-based DJ Brenmar and local rap duo Roney & Nani at the Drake Underground (1150 Queen West).

FRIDAY (June 29) HIP-HOP

PRIDE HIP-HOP ROUNDUP Where to get your rap, bounce, reggae and R&B fixes at this year’s fest By KEVIN RITCHIE

When Queen Latifah was booked to perform at a Pride festival in Long Beach, California, in May, word spread that the hip-hop legend would finally put the rumours to rest and come out.

“That definitely wasn’t the case,” she said later in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “I’ve never dealt with the question of my personal life in public. It’s just not gonna happen.”

She added that she’s played gay clubs since the beginning of her career, a point that highlights queer audiences’ long-standing love of hip-hop despite the genre’s history of homophobia.

Lately, more straight-identified MCs have acknowledged the existence of closeted MCs and vocalized their support for gay marriage, though it’s the press rather than the music industry that seems most interested in raising those issues.

Meanwhile, earlier this year pop star Adam Lambert became the first out gay artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, a reminder that major labels aren’t investing in out queer talent in any genre, much less rap.

On the flip side, queer partiers haven’t always welcomed urban musicians. During last year’s Pride, hip-hop DJ collective Yes Yes Y’All were heckled during their mainstage set, and the ensuing media coverage exposed a racist undercurrent in Toronto’s gay music scene.

Fortunately, the increased number of hip-hop events taking place during this year’s Pride suggests that

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queers are getting over their wariness.

Last week, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre held its first Work It! party, billed as “Church Street’s first-ever queer hip-hop showcase.”

At least 10 other hip-hop-centric events are scheduled during the fest, some more hip-hop than others. After all, the hip-hop and queer worlds share a remarkable ability to absorb a wide variety of musical influences, styles and voices.

THURSDAY (June 28)

88 DAYS OF FORTUNE Seattle-based neo-soul/rap duo THEESatisfaction headline the musical collective’s third anniversary party at CineCycle (129 Spadina). See preview on page 50.

LOL BOYS Montreal’s LOL Boys bring their Dr. Dre-influenced dance beats and R&B re-edits to promoters Mansion’s warehouse party at the Amsterdam Brewery (21 Bathurst). Future bass producer RL Grime will be on the decks.

BIG PRIMPIN Now in its ninth year, the west end’s original hip-hop monthly for homos keeps the hits coming at Wrongbar (1279 Queen West) with DJs Nino Brown, Phil V, Dionne and yours truly.

SATURDAY (June 30)

YES YES Y’ALL Fresh from opening for Yelawolf, Toronto-based identical twins A-Game bring their T-Minus-produced jams to the queer hip-hop monthly’s Pride party at the Annex Wreckroom (794 Bathurst). Producer/MC Tasha the Amazon, YYY Crew and DJ JR Flo share the bill.

HOTNUTS The Garrison’s (1197 Dundas West) neo-drag party welcomes Christeene, an Austin-based drag queen MC described as “a sexually infused sewer of live rap and vile shamelessness.” If you think Peaches is too politically correct, Christeene is your gal. Lineup also includes DJ JJ Booya, Das Hussy and Produzentin.

CHERRY BOMB DJs Denise Benson and Cozmic Cat’s annual ladies-centric blowout at Revival (783 College) features a performance by rockrapper Urvah Khan and rap-, reggae- and R&Bheavy sets courtesy of DJs Leticia Love and Sticky Cuts.

SUNDAY (July 1)

BLOCKORAMA R&B star Keshia Chanté headlines the Blackness Yes committee’s all-day event on the TD Wellesley Stage.

Voguers House of Monroe, 88 Days of Fortune, MC Jazz and dance troupe Ill Nana also perform.

GO HARD Ubiquitous gay scene DJ Blackcat caps off a busy weekend with his third annual Go Hard Pride piss-up at Goodhandy’s (120 Church) along with DJs Unruly Twin, JJ Rock and Pleasure. 3 music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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COREY HART

The 80s pop star reworks an old song, bringing its anti-homophobia message front and centre

By BENJAMIN BOLES COREY HART at the South Stage (Church and Wood), Saturday (June 30), 8:15 pm.

Free. pridetoronto.com.

Eighties pop sensation Corey Hart has re-emerged from a decade-plus retirement to play a small run of Pride festivals around the world, performing a new remix of his 1988 song Truth Will Set You Free. We know what you’re thinking, and, no, he isn’t coming out as gay himself. Well, unless you count coming out as a straight ally. Turns out the original song was largely inspired by the homophobia he saw his queer friends experiencing, although no one noticed at the time.

“I wrote it because of three people in my life, and one person in particular,” Hart explains, after apologizing profusely for an interview time mix-up.

He also apologizes for not speaking in sound bites, and asks if I think he’ll actually be received well by the gay community. If only all former pop stars were this unguarded and sensitive.

“I witnessed a lot of her suffering and pain. There were a few people I was close to from my late teens through my early 20s who prompted me to want to express this in a song.

Had it been released as a single, I would have discussed it then, but it wasn’t, so I never had the opportunity.”

The chance came when his assistant forwarded a note from Kingston, Ontario, DJ 1Love (aka Paul Todd) asking for permission to remix the song.

“I’ve probably written 110 songs over my career that were recorded, and he chose the one that really struck a chord with me. I couldn’t believe it, because I always wanted this song to be

heard, and 25 years later I’m getting an opportunity.

“It felt like this was a calling for me, destiny. And there were too many parallels with Paul Todd for me to let this go.”

Todd isn’t a superstar DJ (nor is he gay), and this is his first official release.

When he approached Hart, he was driving a taxi to supplement his club DJing earnings. He’d lived a hard life (father killed by a drunk driver, addict mother, growing up in hostels) and had only recently discovered that he had siblings he’d never met, which inspired him to reach out to Hart about reworking the song for the clubs.

The label had unfortunately lost the master tapes, so Hart wasn’t able to give him the isolated vocals. By this point they’d bonded, so Hart re-recorded all the elements he’d need. This had the unintentional side effect of giving Hart the chance to make the antihomophobia message more explicit.

“When Matthew Shepard was killed in 1998, I was really affected by that.

His death was no more tragic than a kid killed in Syria or in Tahrir Square, or someone getting hit by a drunk driver, but somehow his death really upset me. I had the opportunity here to write about him and bring the song full circle.”

Don’t mistake this for a comeback attempt. Hart has no intention of being a full-time musician again.

“I grew up without a dad present in my life, and I did not want that for my four children. I’m a dad first and a singer/songwriter second. This will be a season of my life, though, for however long the lifespan of the song is. I will see it through to the end.”

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PRIDE MUSIC

88 DAYS OF FORTUNE RAP/DUB-HOP/PSYCH FUNK

Local multidisciplinary collective infuses Pride with an urban vibe

By ANUPA MISTRY

Francesca Nocera

THEESATISFACTION, LES FEMME FATALES, AYO LEILANI, ABSTRACT RANDOM and others as part of 88 DAYS OF FORTUNE THIRD ANNIVERSARY at CineCycle (129 Spadina), tonight (Thursday, June 28), doors 9 pm. $12. TZ.

Much like its diverse inhabitants, Toronto has overlapping identities. But despite hosting one of the world’s largest Pride celebrations, its spaces for queer people of colour have historically been scant.

“Especially if you’re into hip-hop,” says Ayo Leilani, who sings in Abstract Random and is a founding member of 88 Days of Fortune, a queer-friendly network of alt-y, arty POCs who like to party.

In the cozy Blansdowne loft space that serves as 88 Days HQ, show posters are tacked next to bright paintings

by Francesca Nocera, Leilani’s partner, Abstract Random band member and fellow founder. Brendan Philip, also with 88 Days from the jump, is crouched over planks of plywood.

They’re constructing a stage for the collective’s third-anniversary party, featuring Seattle-based Sub Pop headliners THEESatisfaction.

The DIY stage-making sums up the crew’s renegade approach. No stage, no support, no outlet for their people?

Whatever. They’ll build their own.

“We started out just wanting to per-

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Ayo Leilani

form – everywhere,” says Philip, who’d been playing guitar and singing at small rap parties before linking up with Leilani through a mutual friend, fourth founding member KJ Simpson.

“The opportunities for emerging artists are nil unless you’re doing open mics or [in debt to] some sketchy promoters,” Leilani explains.

88 Days of Fortune was originally conceived as a cross-city mini-tour. By the second show – in the back of Heartbeat 960’s retail space on Queen, where Nocera was working – things had taken off.

“We were throwing these crazy, friendly, free parties,” Leilani says, noting that they were on Ossington before it got co-opted.

Over time, more members were added – the core group vets inductees through a blind vote, says Nocera – and 88 Days grew into what’s now a 20-strong coalition of multidisciplinary artists, including the newest, youngest addition, local fly girl duo Bizzarh. They all perform regularly. In April, Abstract Random opened for Shabazz Palaces.

The artists benefit from 88 Days’ built-in network of like-minded collaborators and supporters. Nocera, Leilani and Philip say they’d love to see it grow into something resembling a label.

“At first we were just throwing parties, and there was no need to label them a ‘safe space’ because we were

Brendan Philip

all friends and everyone knew who was dating whom,” says Leilani. “But when we began to apply for funding and grants, we started to think about [labels and definitions].”

Keywords lifted from 88 Days’ mission statement: grassroots, youth-led, queer, trans- and straight-identified, stereotype-challenging, urban arts. It’s all partly box-checking, Leilani acknowledges, intended to appeal to tokenist funding policies. “We don’t throw our parties like that. It’s just humans. But whatever we can do and stand by [as a collective], we will.”

Philip brings up the idea of visibility as a transformative quality. “[At first] we were a strange group of people in this city. But there’s a lot happening [that] we were kind of the prototype for – this scene-mixing, cultures-mixing thing. At one time Scarborough kids just stayed in Scarborough, skinny jeans were a no-no.”

“Even being queer in a hip-hop scene was a no-no,” Leilani interjects.

Likening 88 Days to Broken Social Scene’s model of an interdependent core and satellite artists, Philip says they resist definition. What’s clear, however, is their intent: to turn the idea of being queer (or queer-positive), brown (or not) and, above all, hip-hopidentified on its head.

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88 DAYS OF FORTUNE’S THIRD ANNIVERSARY w/ THEESatisfaction, Les Femme Fatales, Abstract Random and more CineCycle (129 Spadina), tonight (Thursday, June 28) See preview, page 50.

JAMAICA 50 CELEBRATION: JAMAICAN RHYTHMS w/ Beenie Man, Maxi Priest, FAB 5, John Holt and many others Sony Centre for the Performing Arts (1 Front East), tonight (Thursday, June 28) A night of roots, rock and reggae.

ESPERANZA SPALDING, GRETCHEN PARLATO Nathan Phillips Square (100 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, June 28) Grammy-approved jazz.

SCISSOR SISTERS, RYE RYE Sound Academy (11 Polson), tonight (Thursday, June 28) Glam-pop with a rap opener.

BIG FREEDIA, BRENMAR, RONEY & NANI Drake Underground (1150 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, June 28) Over-the-top bounce.

AIRPLANE BOYS Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay West), Friday (June 29) Rising pop-rap.

NEW TRADITIONS w/ Freeman Dre, Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Wilderness of Manitoba & others Artscape Gibraltar Point (443 Lakeshore, Toronto Island), Saturday (June 30) Music and art festival.

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RAE SPOON Pride North Stage (Church and Dundonald), Saturday (June 30) Yearning electronic-infused indie pop.

COREY HART, NIGHTBOX Pride South Stage (Church and Wood), Saturday (June 30) See preview, page 48.

DIGITAL DREAMS w/ Richie Hawtin, Boris, Kaskade, Major Lazer, Afrojack and many others The Flats at the Molson Amphitheatre (909 Lake Shore West), Saturday and Sunday (June 30 and July 1) Two days of electronic dance music.

HIDDEN CAMERAS Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay West), Sunday (July 1) Canada Day fete w/ the indie pop act.

SLAKADELIQS, SAIDAH BABA TALIBAH, JUSTIN NOZUKA Mel Lastman Square (5100 Yonge), Sunday (July 1) Alternative soul rock.

Just announced TRAIN, JUSTIN NOZUKA Sony Centre for the Performing Arts doors 7 pm, $29.50$69.50. TM. July 11.

JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW, GREY KINGDOM Virgin Mobile Mod Club 7 pm, $20. July 12.

SEPALCURE Drake Hotel doors 10 pm, $10. July 19.

ACTION BRON-

SON Hoxton doors 9 pm, $15. RT, SS, TW. August 9.

A TRIBE CALLED RED Planet IndigenUS Harbourfront Centre 11 pm, free. harbourfrontcentre.com. August 11.

THE ALL-CAPS ISLAND FESTIVAL

Artscape Gibraltar Point wavelengthtoronto. com. August 11 and 12.

DOWN BY LAW Lee’s Palace doors 8 pm, $13.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. August 20.

RIK EMMET Sound Academy doors 8 pm.

August 23.

THE CULT, GLORYHOUND, MURDER OF CROWS Phoenix Concert Theatre PDR, RT, SS, TM. August 31.

JOHN K SAMSON 918 Bathurst Centre

CATHARTIC PIANO POP

FIONA APPLE Seven years is a long time to wait for a new Fiona Apple album – or gig, for that matter – but her comeback LP, whose title would take up all the space in this box, is a triumph. The angsty singer/songwriter’s compelling, jazzinflected vocals stay front and centre amid the spare arrangements, and that’s always a good thing.

At Sound Academy (11 Polson), Wednesday (July 4), doors 7 pm. $52.50. RT, SS, TM.

for Culture & the Arts doors 8 pm, all ages dry show, $25. RT, SS, TM. September 6.

VETIVER, HABIBI Horseshoe doors 9 pm, $15. HS, RT, SS, TM. September 14.

CATE LE BON Rivoli doors 8 pm, $10. RT, SS, TM. September 18.

LAETITIA SADIER Drake Hotel doors 8:30 pm, $16.50. RT, SS. September 18.

CLANNAD Danforth Music Hall doors 7 pm, all ages, $49.50-$69.50. TM. September 22.

DINOSAUR JR, THE BESNARD

LAKES Lee’s 27th Anniversary Special Concert Lee’s Palace doors 8 pm, $34.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. September 24, 25 and 26.

PUNCH BROTHERS Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8:30 pm, $19.50. RT, SS, TM. September 28.

AFGHAN WHIGS Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8 pm, $35. HS, RT, SS. October 3.

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, POP EVIL, HEART-SET Kool Haus October 24.

METRIC, STARS Air Canada Centre 8 pm,

$34.50-$49.50. RT, SS, TM. November 24.

XAVIER RUDD Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 7 pm, $32.50. RT, SS, TM. November 28.

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Music listings appear by day, then by genre, then alphabetically by venue. Event names are in italics. See Venue Index, page 56, for venue addresses and phone numbers. = Critics’ pick (highly recommended) ñ 5= Queer night

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

Thursday, June 28 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

AlleycAtz Ascencion (R&B/soul/funk).

AmsterdAm Brewery Open Roof

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Festival: Outdoor Film And Music Series Army Girls 7:30 pm.

Bovine sex cluB Belle’s Bovine Nights The Micronite Filters, Shoot the Stork, the DGB, Big Name Actors. cAmeron House Fedora Upside Down 10 pm, Corin Raymond 6 pm. cinecycle 88 Days Of Fortune 3-Year Anniversary THEESatisfaction, Abstract Random, Les Femme Fatales, Bizzarh, Ayo Leilani, Neverland, Purple Hearts and others doors 9 pm. See preview, page 50. clinton’s Morning Thieves, the Soundsmiths, the Dreamboats, Dennis Clark doors 9 pm. drAke Hotel lounge Weekend Startup Boot Knives (rock) doors 10 pm.

HABits gAstropuB Paisley Jura (indie pop) 8 pm.

HorsesHoe Sunparlour Players, the Heartbroken, Souls 9 pm. inter steer Ronnie Hayward Trio (rockabilly) 8 to 11 pm. lee’s pAlAce Transister, the Wax, Dead Tenors 9 pm. orBit room Donna Grantis Electric Band 10:30 pm. pArts & lABour Hollows, the Sphinxs, Boyhood (garage rock) 10 pm. tHe piston Maya Killtron, Kendal Thompson, Stefi Beck 9 pm. revivAl Rock It For Kids Cancer Ellen McKinney, the Kitchen City Orphans, Best Everest, Mumble Music, DJ Katz 7:30 pm. sAzerAc gAstro lounge The Capitol Beat (funk/soul/R&B) 10 pm.

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sony centre for tHe performing Arts Jamaica 50 Celebration: Jamaican ñ Rhythms Beenie Man, Maxi Priest, FAB 5,

John Holt, Marcia Griffiths, King Yellowman, Jay Douglas, Steele, Exco Levi, Mountain Edge (roots/rock/reggae) 7:30 pm.

Psound AcAdemy Scissor Sisters, Rye Rye 8 pm, all ages.5 soutHside JoHnny’s Skip Tracer (rock) 10 pm. supermArket Talkabout 2: Watershed Hour, Steinhoff & the Snapping Turtles doors 9 pm. tHe wilson 96 Jeff Beadle (roots/rock) 9 pm.

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Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

AspettA cAffe Open Mic Jam 8 pm. cAstro’s lounge Jerry Leger & the Situation (country/folk/rock) 9 pm.

c’est wHAt A Rhythmic Feast Drumhand (per-

cussion-heavy dance jazz/West African rhythms) doors 8:30 pm. emmet rAy BAr Patrick Brealey (country) 9 pm. eton House Keith Jolie (blues/roots) 7 pm. free times cAfe Mark Abernathy. grAffiti’s The After Work Market Soiree Tim Bradford & Bright Blue Motels (country) 5 to 7 pm. grAffiti’s Prophets & Losses 8 pm. grossmAn’s Rock’n Robin Harp 10 pm.

HugH’s room Kinky Friedman (singer/ songwriter) 8:30 pm. tHe locAl Hannah Naiman. lolA Brian Cober 9 pm. lou dAwg’s Mike C (acoustic blues/rock/ funk/reggae) 10 pm. nAwlins JAzz BAr Nothin’ but the Blues 8 pm. tHe rusty nAil Open Jam Steph Armstrong, Tommy Flanagan & Brian Law 10 pm. tHe sister Sean Pinchin. trAnzAc soutHern cross Bluegrass Thursdays Houndstooth (bluegrass/old-time) 7:30 pm.

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tHe centrAl Toronto Jazz Festival Murmura-

tions-the Dreadful Starlings 8 pm, Gosia (jazz/Latin/R&B) 6 pm. cHerry street restAurAnt Toronto Jazz Festival Sophia Perlman Quartet 8 pm. cHurcH of tHe Holy trinity Toronto Jazz Festival Benny Green 7 pm. dominion on Queen Toronto Jazz Festival Allsax 4tet 8:30 pm.

edwArd JoHnson Building wAlter HAll

Canadian Music Competition National Finals see website for schedule.

P519 cHurcH street community centre green spAce Toronto Pride: Starry Night

Toronto All-Star Big Band, Sofonda Cox, DJs Alessandro & Phil V 7 pm.

PtHe flying BeAver puBAret Pride Week Julie Michels (jazz) 7 pm. gAllery 345 Conrad Chow, Angela Park (violin, piano) 7:30 pm.

HArlem Lord Bubba’s Nu-Jazz Project (jazz/ funk) 9 pm.

HArlem underground Carl Bray Trio (jazz) 8:30 pm.

Holy oAk cAfe Chris Banks Trio 7:30 pm.

lower ossington tHeAtre Salute To The Toronto Jazz Festival Ron Small (jazz). lulA lounge Toronto Jazz Festival: Latin Jazz & Salsa Series – CD release Alexis Baro 10 pm, Laura Fernandez (Latin pop) 8 pm. mAssey HAll Chris Botti (trumpet) 8 pm. ñ mélAnge Normal Marshall Villeneuve, Rod

McBirnie, Mark Harris, Stephen Candib 7 pm.

mezzettA Toronto Jazz Festival Kye Marshall

& Andy Scott 9 & 10:15 pm. music gAllery Toronto Jazz Festival Angelika Niescier Quartet 8 pm. musideum Toronto Jazz Festival Fern Lindzon, Mike McLennan 8-9:30 pm.

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nAtHAn pHillips sQuAre mAinstAge mArQuee Toronto Jazz Festival Esperñ anza Spalding, Gretchen Parlato 8 pm. nAtHAn pHillips sQuAre outdoor stAge

Toronto Jazz Festival Jeff King’s Catalyst 5 pm.

now lounge Toronto Jazz Festival: Ken Skinner’s 50th Birthday Bash 6 pm.

tHe pAinted lAdy Laura Hubert Band (jazzy

pop) 7:30 pm.

pAn on tHe dAnfortH Toronto Jazz Festival

Lara Solnicki, Ted Quinlan, Jim Vivian (guitar, bass) 7 pm. people’s cHicken Toronto Jazz Festival Cheshire Cats 5 pm. pure spirits pAtio Toronto Jazz Festival Tim Postgate’s Sorry Cousins 6 pm. reposAdo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). reservoir lounge Toronto Jazz Festival Beverly Taft & Her Swell Fellas 7 to 9 pm. rex Assaf Kehati & Victor Lewis 11 pm, 10Year Anniversary David Braid Sextet 8 pm, Made In The U.K. Breach Trio, Newt & Fraser Fifield 3 pm, Youth Showcase 11:30 am. rivoli Toronto Jazz Festival Chris Tarry 9 pm. sHops At don mills festivAl sQuAre Toronto Jazz Festival Bill King Trio 7 pm. somewHere tHere studio Avesta Nakhaei (jazz/improv) 8 pm. trAne studio Sharron McLeod’s Trilogy Remixed 3.1 8 pm. trAnzAc soutHern cross Michael Davidson (jazz) 9:30 pm. wincHester kitcHen & BAr Toronto Jazz Festival Brownman Akoustic Trio 8 pm.

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PBAmBi’s Thumper: Scissor Sisters After

Party DJs Sammy Jo, Scooter, Travis.5 PBeAver Sheroes 11: Dusty Springfield Siânteuse, Vee Stun, Natalia, Nancy Bocock, DJ Aaron Night, DJ NoLoves 10:30 pm.5 BoutiQue BAr Second Annual White Party DJ Madeline (electro/house) 7 pm. cAmp 4 Switched On DJs Pammm, Jason DeGroot (indie rock/campus radio jams) 10 pm. cHevAl Brand’d DJ PG-13 (house/hip-hop/ club anthems). dAnce cAve Transvision DJ Shannon (alt indie/ electro/retro).

PdrAke Hotel underground Bounce Big Freedia, Brenmar, Roney & Nani, Lucie Tic and others (hip-hop/house) doors 10 pm.5

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PFly Prism College DJ Micke Hi doors 9 pm.5 PThe Garrison FronT room Plaid Does Pride Contessa Odessa (disco) 9 pm.

PGladsTone hoTel Ballroom Steers &

Queers: Night Of A Thousand Dollys 10 pm.5 PGoodhandy’s T-Girl Pride DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5 harBourFronT CenTre Dancing On The Pier Pablo Terry & Sol de Cuba, Toronto All-Star Big Band 7 pm. holy oak CaFe DJ Moon King 10 pm. insomnia DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house).

The PainTed lady DJ NV (hip-hop/funk/soul/ Motown/mashups) 10 pm.

PeoPle’s ChiCken Happy Hour DJ Michael Williams (Motown classics/smooth jazz/ northern soul/Canrock) 6 pm. rivoli uPsTairs Riv ’ER DJ Plan B (hip-hop).

PWaylaBar DJ Cory Activate (70s-90s gay anthems/retro party) 10 pm.

PWoody’s Pride DJ Mark Falco.

Friday, June 29 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

alleyCaTz Ascencion (R&B/soul/funk).

The Ballroom Chicken & Waffles (rock) 10 pm.

Bar iTalia uPsTairs Shugga (funk) 9:30 pm.

Bovine sex CluB G20 Anniversary Party Shit From Hell, 63 Monroe, DJ Vania.

drake hoTel underGround Electric Youth

(electro-pop) doors 8 pm. duFFy’s Tavern Thantifaxath, Greber, Vilipend, Godstopper doors 9 pm.

GraFFiTi’s Rocking For Sick Kids Hospital Paul Martin (classic covers) 5 to 7 pm. haBiTs GasTroPuB Everyone’s Talking (piano rock duo) 8:30 pm. harBourFronT CenTre Canada Day: Going Global Airplane Boys 10 pm. holy oak CaFe Hurry Hard (rock) 10 pm. horseshoe My Friends Big Heads, Atom & the Volumes, Dave Borins Band, Light Sweet Crude 9 pm.

Pkool haus Toronto Pride: Girl Play Vs Toastr. Let’s Play DJ Sticky Cuts & DJ Ria, Mariana Morales. lee’s PalaCe Novacyne 10 pm.

The loaded doG Shemp (rock/pop) 8:30 pm. lola Shitkicker 8 pm. lou daWG’s Jeff Eager (acoustic soul/funk/ Motown) 10 pm. orBiT room Donna Grantis Electric Band 10:30 pm.

ParTs & laBour WTCHS, Crosss, Army Girls, Open Relationship (indie punk) 10 pm.

PPride souTh sTaGe Pride The Cliks 8:30 pm, Bif Naked 9:30 pm. roCkPile Goddo doors 8 pm, all ages. silver dollar Fiver, USGirls, Nordic Nomadic doors 9 pm.

The sisTer Red Revue. sound aCademy Chilliwack doors 8 pm. souThside Johnny’s Powerage (AC/DC tribute) 10 pm.

TranzaC Tiki room Jo Corbett, Wax Mannequin 7 pm.

TranzaC souThern Cross The Ryan Driver Quartet (indie powerpop) 10 pm. virGin moBile mod CluB The Rocket Summer, Scene Aesthetic, States doors 6 pm, all ages.

WaTerFalls House of David Gang Album Fundraiser Dirty Dubsters, Farbsie Funk, Amber Coates & April Johnson, Muva Collective. yonGe-dundas square Indie Fridays Paper Lions 8 to 10 pm.

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The CenTral Soul Motivators & the Dr Keys

Trio (jazz) 10 pm, Pete Eastmure 8 pm, Pilot Light 6 pm.

Cherry sTreeT resTauranT Toronto Jazz Festival Myriad 8 pm. dave’s... on sT Clair Happy Hour Jazz The Jordan Saull Quartette 5 to 8 pm. disTillery disTriCT TriniTy sTaGe Toronto Jazz Festival Gord Sheard’s Brazilian Jazz Experience 6 pm. dominion on queen Toronto Jazz Festival Rob Christian & Quincy Bullen 8:30 pm.

PThe FlyinG Beaver PuBareT Pride Week Lisa Goodridge (R&B/jazz) 9 pm.

The Graydon PuB Andy De Campos & the SpeekEZ Trio 6:30 to 10 pm. harlem Shelly Hamilton (Latin jazz/soul/pop) 7:30 pm. harlem underGround Carl Bray (jazz) 8:30 pm. loWer ossinGTon TheaTre Salute To The Toronto Jazz Festival: Simple Black Dress Diane Stapley (jazz). lula lounGe Toronto Jazz Festival: Latin Jazz & Salsa Series Son Aché & Jane Bunnett 10 pm, Locarno 8 pm. mezzeTTa Toronto Jazz Festival Dave Young & Rob Piltch 9 & 10:15 pm. musiC Gallery Toronto Jazz Festival Karl Jannuska w/ Sienna Dahlen 8 pm.

PhilliPs square mainsTaGe marquee Toronto Jazz Festival Tedeschi ñnaThan Trucks Band, the Stone Sparrows 8 pm. naThan PhilliPs square ouTdoor sTaGe

Toronto Jazz Festival Retrocity (a cappella group) 5 pm. naWlins Jazz Bar The N’awlins All Star Band w/ Brooke Blackburn (jazz/blues) 9:30 pm. noW lounGe Toronto Jazz Festival: All-Star Jam Session 2 am to 5 am, Chantal Aston Trio 10 pm, Ken Skinner, Owen Tennyson, Lee Saba Hutchinson 6 pm. old mill inn home smiTh Bar Jazz Festival Within The Jazz Festival Jackie Richardson, Russ Little Trio, Alex Dean 7:30 pm.

PeoPle’s ChiCken Toronto Jazz Festival Cece Pastor, Diana Salvatore 9 pm.

Pure sPiriTs PaTio Toronto Jazz Festival Mary McKay Trio 6 pm. rex Assaf Kehati & Victor Lewis 11 pm, 10-

Year Anniversary David Braid Sextet 8 pm, Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. rivoli Toronto Jazz Festival Kneebody 9 pm.

royal ConservaTory oF musiC koerner hall Toronto Jazz Festival Radio Deñ luxe, John Pizzarelli Quartet w/ Jessica Molaskey, Emilie-Claire Barlow 8 pm.

shoPs aT don mills FesTival square Toronto Jazz Festival The Vipers 8 pm.

someWhere There sTudio Ken Aldcroft 8 pm.

Trane sTudio Toronto Jazz Festival Waleed

Abdulhamid & the Kush Ensemble 8 pm.

WinChesTer kiTChen & Bar Toronto Jazz Festival Arecibo (Latin jazz) 9 pm.

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PamsTerdam BreWery Pride Warehouse Party Venus X & RL Grime, Alex Brooks, B2B Basha 10 pm.

PBamBi’s Yes Please: Queer Pride 2012 DJs Joe Blow, Denise Benson 10 pm.5 Brassaii Love Me Till I’m Me Again DJ Annalyze 10 pm.

ClinTon’s Jamz Andy & Ty (80s/90s/00s) doors 10 pm.

CoBra lounGe The Fix Fridays No Big Deal DJs. Cold Tea Mighty Real DJs John Caffery & the Robotic Kid (disco/acid/vogue house) 9:30 pm.

ColleGe sTreeT Bar Bogey Nights DJ Grouch, Total Eclipse doors 10 pm. danCe Cave Bif Bang Pow DJ Trevor (60s mod Britpop) 10 pm. drake hoTel underGround Itzsoweezee Pho & Coleco, Drastic, Demiggs doors 11 pm. drake hoTel lounGe DJ Your Boy Brian doors 10 pm. enTerPrise 2000 Amnesia Boat Cruise DJ Starting from Scratch, DJ Jason Chambers (old school/classic house/retro hip-hop) 10 pm departure.

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CenTre Green sPaCe Toronto Pride: One World Frankie Knuckles, Deko-ze, Addy, Mark Kufner, Ticky Ty 5 pm to midnight.

PFly Grapefruit Pride DJ Shane Percy, DJ Aural doors 9 pm.5 PFooTWork Pride Richie Santana, Addy doors 10 pm.

PThe Garrison BaCk Party City Tasha the Amazon, the A-Game, DJs Larry Tee

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& Stereogamous, DJ Betti Forde doors 9 pm.

PGoodhandy’s Ranjeela Pride doors 9 pm.5 PGuvernmenT Bootcamp Tony Moran, Hector Fonseca, Erika Jayne 10 pm. harBourFronT CenTre Canada Day: Going Global DJ Manifest (house/top 40/hip-hop/ rock/reggae/soca) 7 pm.

Phard roCk CaFe Blaze DJ Gavin T (hiphop/reggaeton/dancehall/bachata) 7 pm.5 insomnia Frunkn’ Fresh Fridays Matty Ryce (house/break). marGreT Massive Gritty (reggae) 10 pm. on The rox Finger To The Faculty DJ Vesh, DJ Seven, DJ Fantasy all ages.

PoPera house Crush DJs Deb Parent, Nik Redman 8 pm.

The PainTed lady DJ Phantastic 10 pm.

The PisTon Shindig! (rock/blues/northern soul/beat) 10 pm.

PPride CenTral sTaGe Pride DJs Steve Rapson 7 pm, Cory Activate 8 pm, MC Flipside 9 pm, Joel Smye 10 pm, Richie Santana 11 pm.

PPride norTh sTaGe Pride DJ Liam 10 pm.

PPride souTh sTaGe Pride Kick Off DJs Bingo Bob 7 pm, Triple X 8 pm, Betti Forde 10:15 pm, Clymaxx 11 pm.

The red liGhT Strictly Business DJ Numeric, DJ Serious 10 pm. revival 4 Turntable Beatdown Cosmo Baker & Skratch Bastid. suPermarkeT DUTTY – Summer Reggae Jam DJs Nana & Son of S.O.U.L. 10 pm.

PWaylaBar Y2K Goes Gay (retro dance night) 10 pm.

WeTBar Penthouse Fridays DJs R2, KidZero & Peter Kash (house/top 40/party anthems) 10 pm.

PWoody’s Bad Boy Weekend Kick-Off. PWronGBar Big Primpin Pride Edition DJS Dionne, Kevin Ritchie, Nino Brown, Phil V doors 10 pm.5

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Saturday, June 30 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

alleyCaTz Uptown. arTsCaPe GiBralTar PoinT BeaCh sTaGe

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New Traditions: Island Music & Art Festival Lemon Bucket Orkestra 1:30 pm, Roofhoppers 3 & 5 pm, Slocan Ramblers 4 pm,

Maria Bonita & the Band 6 pm, Lido Pimienta (7 pm), Ada Dahli & the Pallbearers (8 pm), Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party (9:30 pm).

arTsCaPe GiBralTar PoinT main sTaGe New Traditions: Island Music & Art ñ Festival Maria Bonita & the Band 2:30 pm, the

Elwins 3:30 pm, Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party 4:30 pm, Nick Teehan 5:30 pm, Olenka & the Autumn Lovers (6:30 pm), Wilderness of Manitoba (7:30 pm), Lemon Bucket Orkestra (8:30 pm), Doldrums (10 pm), Maylee & Grapes Godly (11 pm).

Bar iTalia uPsTairs Al Webster (funk/soul/ R&B) 10:30 pm.

Bovine sex CluB You Handsome Devil, Teethmarks, Vices, Triamazikamno, DJ Sir Ian Blurton.

The CenTral Flawless Logic (pop) 10 pm. dominion on queen Toronto Jazz Festival: After Hours Jam Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 1 to 4 am.

The duke live.Com Band Warz. el moCamBo Low Hanging Lights, Tree, the Pick Brothers Band (rock/pop/indie) 9 pm. harBourFronT CenTre Canada Day: Going Gobal Johnny Clegg 9:30 pm. harBourFronT CenTre Canada Day: Going Global Corey Harris 2 pm. horseshoe Toronto Jazz Festival Nellie McKay & Becca Stevens Band 10 pm. lee’s PalaCe Fishbone, Spookey Reuben (ska/punk) doors 9 pm.

The loaded doG Red Velvet (pop rock) 8:30 pm.

The loCal Lucas Stagg (roots/rock) 10 pm. lou daWG’s Don Campbell (acoustic blues/ rock) 10 pm. orBiT room Donna Grantis Electric Band 10:30 pm. oz sTudios Sailboats Are White, Murdered Man, Tranz Defonce 9 pm, all ages.

Paul kane ParkeTTe sTaGe Pride Patti Cake 7 pm, Grey Gritt 7:30 pm, Maggie Macdonald 8 pm, Wannabe (Spice Girls tribute band) 8:30 pm.

PPride norTh sTaGe Pride Bach Social 6 pm, Rae Spoon 7 pm, Venus DeMars 9:30 pm.

PPride souTh sTaGe Dyke Day: The Rhythm, The Boogie, The Beat DJs Mallon 2 pm, Carma 4 pm, Lisa Delux 9:30 pm, Lori J Ward & T Orlando 10:30 pm, Cassandria (11:30 pm), Sara Simms (12:15 pm).

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Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

asPeTTa CaFFe Sadeh Adam 9 pm.

Cameron house Patrick Brealey (folk rock/ roots) 9 pm, David Celia (folk/rock) 6 pm.

Cameron house Tuxedo 10 pm. el moCamBo Kevin Myles Wilson, Hue, the Fabulous Yawn, DJ TPC 9 pm. ñ Free Times CaFe Graham Nicholas.

GladsTone hoTel melody Bar La Nai & the Free People 9 pm.

GraFFiTi’s Nip 8 pm.

Grossman’s The Swingin’ Blackjacks (blues) 10 pm, the Camden Blues Band 6 to 9 pm.. huGh’s room June And The Night And The Music June Garber, the George Lake BIG Band, Vincent Wolfe, Joel Hartt, Adrian Luces 8:30 pm. rePosado The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). la revoluCion Junction Open Mic Jam 9 pm.

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

Benares hisToriC house On The Verandah Concert Ablett & Cooper 7:30 pm.

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PPRIDE South StagE Dyke Day: The Rhythm,

The Boogie, The Beat Kelly & the Kellygirls 4 pm, Tasha the Amazon 7:05 pm.

PPRIDE South StagE Dyke Day: The Rhythm, The Boogie, The Beat Corey Hart, Nightbox 8:30 pm. See preview, page 48.

RIvolI CD release The Flying Museum Band, the Big City Nights Band, Summit Series, Ryan Hacker doors 8 pm.

SIlvER DollaR Stone Sparrows, Custom Outfit, Amorak doors 9 pm. thE SIStER New Teeth.

SnEaky DEE’S CD release Take Me to the Pilot, Final Thought, Fire and Sound, Fairview, Cardinals, Theatria doors 5 pm. town talk Teen Jam 2012 All Ages Event Malcolm X, ReggaeHeadz, Gallis, DJ Rodlinkz, Sample King, Fly Guy, Eyesus, Mod a Road Squad. tRanzac tIkI Room FIN (electro/experimental) 9 pm.

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gRaffItI’S Samantha Martin & the Haggard (alt country) 4 to 7 pm. ñ thE gREat hall Alexi Murdoch, Isla Craig

(indie folk singer/songwriter) doors 8:30 pm. gRoSSman’S Caution Jam 10 pm, The Happy Pal 4:30 to 8 pm. hIRut fInE EthIoPIan cuISInE Country Jam Murray Powell 2 to 6 pm. thE lISh New Music Night Sam Taylor (singer/ songwriter) 9:30 pm. thE local Arthur Renwick (blues) 5 pm. lou Dawg’S Southern Brunch Mark Bird Duo (traditional blues) noon to 3 pm.

PPRIDE vIllagE StagE Pride Community Cabaret Samba Elegua (hand drums) 3:15 pm.

REbaS café & gallERy Open Mic David Crighton 1-4 pm.

SouthSIDE Johnny’S Robin Banks Band (blues/R&B) 10 pm. tRanzac SouthERn cRoSS Geoff Marshall (country/folk) 7:30 pm.

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DIStIllERy DIStRIct tRInIty StagE Toronto Jazz Festival Ted Warren Trio 7 pm, Jim Galloway Trio 3 pm.

DomInIon on QuEEn Toronto Jazz Festival Bruce Cassidy Hotfoot Orchestra 9 pm, Brian Rose Little Big Band 5 to 8 pm.

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haRbouRfRont cEntRE Canada Day: Going Global Toronto All-Star Big Band (swing) 7 pm. haRlEm Samantha Clayton (jazz) 7:30 pm. haRlEm unDERgRounD Carl Bray (jazz) 8:30 pm. lowER oSSIngton thEatRE Salute To The Toronto Jazz Festival Lauren Margison (jazz). lula loungE Toronto Jazz Festival: Latin Jazz & Salsa Series Luisito Orbegoso & Moda Eterna 10 pm. maRkham thEatRE foR thE PERfoRmIng aRtS Boundless Songs Of Love benefit concert

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PuRE SPIRItS PatIo Toronto Jazz Festival Eric St Laurent Trio 6 pm, Shohei Yamaki 3 pm.

PuRE SPIRItS Toronto Jazz Festival The Mike Francis Trio noon.

REx Mike Murley Septet 11 pm, Vito Rezza’s 5 After 4 8 pm, Laura Hubert Band (jazzy pop) 3:30 pm, Humber Community Music Student Recitals noon.

Rocco’S Plum tomato Andy De Campos & Trio (jazz ) 6:30 to 10 pm.

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Jojoflores, NikNik, Afrojack, Duck Sauce, Chuckie, Rehab, A Trak, AutoErotique, Jelo, Torro Torro, Hed Kandi, Sarah Louise, Andy Warburton, Rudimental, Fort Knox Five, NC17, the Supermaniak, Spyne, Adam K, Jokers of the Scene, DJ Addy, Project 46, Robb G, Tasc, Dzeko & Torres, Andy’s Ill, Undercover, Simon Jain and others noon-midnight.

PFly Pride DJ Leomeo, DJ Shawn Riker doors 9 pm.5 Footwork Robert Babicz doors 10 pm.

Pthe Garrison Hotnuts Christmas Christeene, DJ JJ Booya, DJs das hussy, produzentin 10:30 pm.

PGoodhandy’s TNT Pride Dance DJs Carson & Justin 1 pm to 4 am.5 PGuvernment/kool haus Prism Festival Chus & Ceballos, DJ Paulo, Micky Friedmann, Erika Jane 10 pm.

PGuvernment/kool haus Prism Festival Main Event Chus & Ceballos, DJ Paulo, Micky Friedman, Geoff Kelleway 10 pm. harbourFront Centre Canada Day: Going Global DJ Manifest (house/top 40/hip-hop/ rock/reggae/soca) 7 & 9 pm. holy oak CaFe Fear Of The Mamamamachine 10 pm. insomnia Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep house). maro The Red Carpet DJ Undercover 10 pm.

Poasis aqualounGe PRIDE & Canada Day Party.

Popera house BeefBall 2012 DJ HiFi Sean 10 pm.

PpaCha lounGe JJ Rock (hip-hop/R&B/ dancehall/reggae/soca) 10 pm.5 the painted lady Salazar 10 pm. parts & labour True School Hip-Hop DJ Romeo 10 pm. peridot lounGe Good Saturdays DJs Glew & R2 (hip-hop/R&B/old school) 10:30 pm. the piston Brendan Canning (DJ set) 10 pm.

Ppride Central staGe Pride DJs Boots Boogie 1 pm, Phil V 1:45 pm, Gangbangaz 3:15 pm, Quinces 4 pm, Blackcat (4:45 pm), Sumation (5:30 pm).

Ppride Central staGe Pride DJs Craig Dominic 6:15 pm, Serial Sean 8:30 pm, Mark Vicente 9:15 pm, Fawn Big Canoe 10 pm, Justin Ryan (10:45 pm), Dwayne Minard (11:30 pm), Joee Cons (12:15 am).

Ppride Central staGe Pride SpekrFreks, Mellee & Billy Newton Davis 7 pm.

Ppride north staGe Pride DJ Alyssa Jade 2 pm, DJ Nik Red 8:30 pm.

Ppride villaGe staGe Pride Community Cabaret DJ Da Vinci 1 pm.

Ppride villaGe staGe Pride Community Cabaret:Scissors Fawn Big Canoe & Sokes 11:30 pm.

Ppride wellesley staGe Pride Soundsyster 1 pm, thepharmacist 1:45 pm, Ticky Ty 2:30 pm, Andy Reid 3:15 pm, Chiclet (4 pm), TK (5 pm), Larry Tee (6 pm), Dr Trance (7 pm), Tom Stephan (8 pm), Robb G (9 pm), Adam K (10 pm), Deko-ze (11 pm), JELO (midnight).

Previval Cherry Bomb Pride Denise Benson, Cozmic Cat, Rouge & Urvah Khan, Leticia Love & Sticky Cuts 9 pm.5 sCreen lounGe Come Out And Play. I Dare You – TEASE DJ Lissa Monet, DJ Mary Mac 9, Da Brat, Infamous Sound Crew 10:30 pm to 4 am. sneaky dee’s Shake A Tail (60s pop) 11 pm.

PsuGar beaCh Aaqua Jessica Sutta, DJ Manny Lehman, DJ Honey Dijon, DJ Aron 2-10 pm. supermarket Do Right Saturdays! DJ John Kong & MC Abdominal 10 pm. sutra tiki bar The Bridge DJ Triplet (old skool hip-hop). toika United Electronic Audio Workers Of Toronto DJ Ad-ver-sary. unit bar Green White Brown: The Music Of Al, Barry & James DJ Numeric 10 pm. velvet underGround PANIC: Skinny Puppy Spotlight DJ Lazarus 10 pm.

Pwaylabar Hard Candy Pride Edition DJ Davinci 10 pm.

Pwoody’s Dude Pride.

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Lights (rockabilly) 4 pm. dominion on queen Rockabilly Brunch 11 am-3 pm.

Pel moCambo Queer West Pride Closing Party doors 10 pm. mel lastman square Canada Day Saidah Baba Talibah, the Slakadeliqs, Justin Nozuka 8-10:15 pm. noCturne Will Do Stuff For Moose Money: Music & Burlesque Show The Root Sellers, Jonah K, Dboom 10 pm. parts & labour Stick Together, Easy Way Out, Direct Approach, Sabotage, Head Check (hardcore) 6 pm, all ages.

Ppaul kane parkette staGe Pride Etobicoke School of the Arts Music Theatre ACES 12:30 pm, Iman Wain 7 pm, Rex Baunsit 7:30 pm, Arlene Paculan 8 pm, Meghan Morrison 8:30 pm.

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Cameron house Cameron Brothers Band 9 pm, Joanne Mackell (folk) 6 pm.

Gladstone hotel melody bar Acoustic

Family Brunch 9 am-4 pm.

GraFFiti’s Greasemarks 4 to 7 pm.

Grossman’s Blues Jam Brian Cober Band 10 pm, New Orleans Connection All Stars (jazz) 4:30 to 8 pm. harbourFront Centre Canada Day: Going Global Hidden Cameras 9:30 pm, Zaki Ibrahim 8 pm, ‘O Canada’ Singing Competition 4 pm, Crack of Dawn 2 pm. hirut Fine ethiopian Cuisine Open Stage Gary 17 3 to 6 pm. the lish Stir It Up Sundays Open Mic 10:30 pm.

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Cherry street restaurant Toronto Jazz Festival Quinsin Nachoff Quartet 8 pm. distillery distriCt trinity staGe Toronto Jazz Festival Norman Marshall Villeneuve’s Jazz Message Quartet 3 pm, JAZZ.FM91 Youth Big Band noon. dominion on queen Toronto Jazz Festival San Murata, Tony Quarrington, Beverly Taft, Neil Swainson 8:30 pm, Jazz Jam Noah Leibel 4 to 7 pm, all ages.

Gate 403 Toronto Jazz Festival: The Happy Holiday – The Swinging Side Of Billie Holiday Joel Hartt & Mark Kieswetter 5 to 8 pm. harbourFront Centre Canada Day: Going Global Toronto All-Star Big Band (swing) 6:30 pm. harlem underGround Live At The BBQ Carl

PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

fith Hiltz Trio 3 pm, Pat Collins Accordion Trio noon. rex Radiohead Jazz Project The Toronto Jazz Orchestra & Idioteque 7:30 pm, Club Django (gypsy-swing) 3:30 pm, Red Hot Ramble noon.

shops at don mills Festival square Toronto Jazz Festival Lemon Bucket Orkñ estra (Gypsy party punk Balkan klezmer) 3 pm. solara mediterranean Conversation Piece

Trio 4 to 7 pm.

somewhere there studio Now Series: Canada Day Improvisations 8 pm, Kyle Macdonald 5 pm. toronto musiC Garden Summer Music In The Garden: Orfea And The Golden Harp 4 pm. tranzaC southern Cross Monk’s Music (jazz) 5 pm.

Palexander parkette Pride Venus DeMars 3 to 6:40 pm, DJ Triple X 7 to 11 pm.

Pbovine sex Club Canada Day Pride Party: B.Y.O.DJ. Castro’s lounGe Watch This Sound (rare/ vintage ska/reggae/dub on vinyl) 9 pm.

Cube Hot Stepper Sundays DJs Mike Tull & Paul E Lopes 3 to 10 pm. drake hotel underGround F*ckin’ Eh! Canada Day Jam doors 11 pm. drake hotel lounGe Famou$ Players doors 10 pm.

P519 ChurCh street Community Centre Green spaCe Toronto Pride: TreeHOUSE Party

DJs Abel, Isaac Escalante, Jamal, Jeremy Khamkeo, 1 pm to midnight.

the Flats at molson Canadian amphi­ theatre Digital Dreams Music Festival ñ Day Two Kaskade, Alesso, Major Lazer, De-

signer Drugs, bt, Tydi, Marcus Schossow, Sydney Blu, Sci & Tec, Nic Fanciulli, Mark Knight, Chus & Ceballos, Art Department, Nitin & My Favourite RobotNu:Tone, Terravita, Marcus Visionary, Rene Lavice, Hydee, Everfresh and others noon to midnight.

Footwork Digital Dreams Festival Afterparty doors 10 pm.

PGoodhandy’s Go Hard ‘Swagg 2 Da Roof’ Shut Em Down! DJ Blackcat, JJ Rock, Unruly Twin & Pleasure (R&B/reggae/ house/hip-hop/soca/old&new school) doors 10 pm.5 GraFFiti’s Blackmetal Brunch 11 am to 5 pm.

PGuvernment Prism Festival: Revival Peter Rauhofer, Dave & Gerardo, Javier Medina, Sofonda Cox. harbourFront Centre Canada Day: Going Global DJ Manifest (house/top 40/hip-hop/ rock/reggae/soca) 7 pm. insomnia DJ Shannon (old school hip-hop/ disco/funk). the loCal DJ Captain Canada Vs Kid Quebec 9 pm. lou dawG’s Dirty South Sundays (soul/funk/ Motown/old school) 10 pm. nathan phillips square Toronto Jazz Festival Canada Day DJ Agile 4 pm. the painted lady DJ NV (hip-hop/funk/soul/ Motown/mashups) 10 pm.

Ppride Central staGe Pride DJs Nyte Hawk 1 pm, Pashtun 1:45 pm, Dare-N 2:30 pm, Dru & Terry 3:15 pm, Danny W (4 pm), Cole Stanley (4:45 pm), Lady Bass (5:30 pm).

Ppride Central staGe Pride DJs Linguist 6:15 pm, Chez 7 pm, Jamal 7:45 pm, César Murillo 8:30 pm, Chris Steinbach (9:15 pm), Cajjmere Wray (10 pm).

Ppride north staGe Pride Sound Sluts 2:20 pm, DJ Alyssa 9 pm.

Ppride wellesley staGe Blockorama: If The Spirit Moves You DJs Syrus Ware 1:30 pm, Nik Red 2 pm, Sebastian 3 pm, Carma & Dickie 4:45 pm, Mc Jazz (6:30 pm), Craig Dominic (6:50 pm), Unruly Twin (7:35 pm), Blackcat (9:10 pm), jojo flores (10 pm).

Privoli Under The Sea Horse: Pride DJ Nik Red 10 pm.

PsCreen lounGe rooFtop Wink DJ Cozmic Cat, L’Oqenz, Infamous Sound Crew, Aneela Q 4 pm to 2 am. sound aCademy Bare Naked Playboy Pool Party DJ Heather Van Viper, MC Ricky J, DJs Fisher Pryce, Dennis R, Couture 2 to 8 pm. toika Code:D Sundays (drum & bass) doors 9 pm. virGin mobile mod Club Underwear Party: Guinness World Records Event DJ MRK, Tigerblood doors 10 pm.

Pwaylabar Alternapride (alt/retro/goth/ rock-a-billy dance party) 10 pm.

Pwoody’s Canada Day Pride.

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Ppride north staGe Pride Carrie Chesnutt & Boyd Kodak 4 pm, Robert Torbica 5 pm, Tye Kenny 6 pm, Lucas Silveira 7 pm.

Ppride south staGe Pride: Worldstage Lady Miss Kier 7:30 pm.

Ppride villaGe staGe Pride Community Cabaret Mark Jacob 1 pm.

Ppride wellesley staGe Blockorama: If The Spirit Moves You Tika Simone 6:20 pm, Keshia Chante 8:30 pm. saviari tea + CoCktail lounGe Keisha Prince 7 pm. woodbine park Red, White & Vinyl Festival Canada Day Ian Thomas, Carole Pope, Spoons, the Carpet Frogs, Pretzel Logic noon to 11 pm.

PwronGbar Vazaleen: SHAME Limp Wrist, Vag Halen, DJ Rawbert, Miss Barbara Fisch doors 9 pm.

Palexander parkette Pride Some ñ Minor Noise 3 pm, the C’mons 3:30 pm, ñ Radius & Helena 4 pm, the Mittenz 4:30 pm,

Loveshot (5 pm), Vag Halen (5:30 pm), Sluts on 45 (6 pm), CJ Sleez (6:30 pm), Random Order (7 pm), Kids on TV (7:30 pm), Helene Ducharme (8 pm), Judy Virago (8:10 pm), Jenna Syde (8:21 pm), Venus DeMars (8:30 pm), Plastiq Passion (9:15 pm), Die Mannequin (10:15 pm).

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the loCal Kristine Schmitt 5 pm. mCGradies tap and Grill Open Jam Dan

Walek (R&B) 6 to 10 pm.

Allen, Corey Dawkins, Ty Hale (old skool/

nathan phillips square Toronto Jazz house/R&B/reggae/Latin) 3 to 6 pm.

Festival Tower of Power, Sierra Leone’s ñ Refugee All-Stars 8 pm. holy oak CaFe Kurt Weill Donna Linklater & Tania Gill 8 pm. ñ spirits Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 9 pm. for art only mezzetta Toronto Jazz Festival Mike Murley supermarket Freefall Sundays Open Mic 7 pm. & David Occhipinti (sax, guitar) 9 & 10:15 pm. tranzaC southern Cross The Woodchopthis will be wrap nathan phillips square outdoor staGe pers Association 10:30 a pm,text The Spanish Waiter – Mike Hopkins 7:30 pm.

the winChester arms Open Mic Porter 9 pm.

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

amadeus Rick Donaldson & the Jazz Cats 6:30 pm.

Chalkers pub Toronto Jazz Festival: Lisa Parti-

Toronto Jazz Festival Diana Salvatore, DJ Agile 4 pm. nawlins Jazz bar Brooke Blackburn (solo guitar) 7 to 10 pm. pan on the danForth Toronto Jazz Festival Lara Solnicki, Ted Quinlan, Jim Vivian (guitar,

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POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOuL

drAke hotel underGround Elvis Monday doors 9 pm.

hArlem Open Jam Night Carolyn T (R&B/

soul/jazz/Motown/Latin) 8 pm. horseshoe Shoeless Monday Kings Pawn Three, Gladheart, Team Blackbird 9 pm. molson AmPhitheAtre Scorpions doors 6:30 pm. the wilson 96 Jordan John, Prakash John & Al Cross (soul/funk) 8 pm.

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cAmeron house David Baxter 10 pm, Dun-

can Davies 8 pm, Rucksack Willies 6 pm. free times cAfe Open Stage Eric Bleich.

GrAffiti’s Gutbucket Lounge w/ Kevin Quain 5 to 8 pm.

GrossmAn’s No Band Required. the locAl Hamstrung String Band. the PAinted lAdy Open Mic Mondays 9 pm. suPermArket Case Of The Folkin’ Mondays 9 pm.

Tuesday, July 3

JAzz/CLASSICAL/ExPERIMENTAL

hArBourfront centre Canada Day: Going Global Toronto All-Star Big Band (swing) 5:30 pm.

PeoPle’s chicken Advocats Big Band (bop/ swing/swoon) 7:30 pm. somewhere there studio Panic! 8 pm.

DANCE MuSIC/DJ/LOuNGE

AlleycAtz Salsa Night DJ Frank Bischun 8 pm.

Bovine sex cluB Moody Monday Douglas

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dAnce cAve Manic Mondays DJ Shannon (retro 70s/80s) 10 pm. hArBourfront centre Canada Day: Going Global DJ Manifest (house/top 40/hip-hop/ rock/reggae/soca) 1 pm. insomniA DJs Topher & Oranj (rock).

Bovine sex cluB MIP Power Trio. cAmeron house Run with the Kittens (rocka-

billy eclectic punk/surf psychedelic) 10 pm. hArlem underGround John Campbell (pop/ soul/R&B) 8:30 pm. horseshoe Dave Bookman’s Nu Music Nite Creekside Strays, Wicked Garden, the Gardeners, All Dressed, Mushy Callahan 9 pm. molson AmPhitheAtre Demi Lovato, Hot Chelle Rae 6:30 pm.

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cAmeron house Roughlands 6 pm. cAstro’s lounGe blueVenus (singer/song-

writer) 10 pm, Smokey Folk (bluegrass) 8 pm.

free times cAfe Dwayne Cote and Duane Andrew.

AlexAnder PArkette 20 Alexander.

AlleycAtz 2409 Yonge. 416-481-6865.

AmAdeus 184 Augusta. 416-591-1245.

AmsterdAm Brewery 21 Bathurst. 416-504-6882.

Annex wreckroom 794 Bathurst. 416-536-0346.

ArtscAPe GiBrAltAr Point 443 Lakeshore Ave, Toronto Island. 416-392-7834.

AsPettA cAffe 207 Augusta. 416-725-0693. the BAllroom 145 John. 416-597-2695.

BAmBi’s 1265 Dundas W. BAr itAliA 582 College. 416-535-3621. the BArn 418 Church. 416-593-9696.

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.

Blue dot GAllery 55 Mill, bldg 47. 416-487-1500.

Boutique BAr 506 Church. 647-705-0006.

Bovine sex cluB 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239.

BrAssAii 461 King W. 416-598-4730. cAmeron house 408 Queen W. 416-703-0811. cAmP 4 1173 Dundas W. cAstro’s lounGe 2116 Queen E. 416-699-8272. the centrAl 603 Markham. 416-913-4586. c’est whAt 67 Front E. 416-867-9499. chAlkers PuB 247 Marlee. 416-789-2531. cherry street restAurAnt 275 Cherry. 416-461-5111. chevAl 606 King W. 416-363-4933. church of the holy trinity 10 Trinity Square.

416-598-4521. cinecycle 129 Spadina. 416-971-4273. clinton’s 693 Bloor W. 416-535-9541. coBrA lounGe 510 King W. 416-361-9004. cold teA 60 Kensington. 416-546-4536. colleGe street BAr 574 College. 416-533-2417. cuBe 314 Queen W. 416-263-0330. dAnce cAve 529 Bloor W, 2nd floor. 416-532-1598. dAve’s... on st clAir 730 St Clair W. 416-657-3283. distillery district 55 Mill. dominion on queen 500 Queen E. 416-368-6893. drAke hotel 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042.

JAzz/CLASSICAL/ExPERIMENTAL

AlleycAtz Carlo Berardinucci Band (swing/ jazz) 8:30 pm. holy oAk cAfe John Russon Quartet 9 pm. lulA lounGe Luca Ciarla Quartet (jazz) 7 pm. nAwlins JAzz BAr Stacie McGregor (piano) 6:30 to 9:30 pm. somewhere there studio Parmela Attariwala, Rob Clutton, Rick Sacks 8 pm. ten restAurAnt & wine BAr Don Breithaupt, Chris Smith 9 pm. trAnzAc southern cross Peripheral Vision (jazz ) 10 pm.

DANCE MuSIC/DJ/LOuNGE

Bloke & 4th Swank DJ Tom Wrecks.

GoodhAndy’s Ladyplus T-Girl Lust DJ Todd

Klinck doors 8 pm.5 insomniA Soulful Tuesdays D-Jay. the Piston Thrillwave DJ Shemca 10 pm. rePosAdo Alien Radio DJ Gord C.

GrAffiti’s Jeff Oursoren 7 to 9 pm, Tony Allen’s Bluegrass Tuesday 5 to 7 pm.

GrossmAn’s The Temperance Society.

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the PAinted lAdy Allison McNamara 9 pm.

PAssion lounGe Open Stage & Jam Nicola Vaughan (pop rock) 9 pm. trAnzAc mAin hAll Video release party Colette Savard (folk) 8 pm.

POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOuL

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huGh’s room Gypsophilia, Josh Van Tassel 8:30 pm. ñ the locAl Massey/Harris.

duffy’s tAvern 1238 Bloor W. 416-628-0330. the duke live.com 1225 Queen E. 416-463-5302. eAstminster united church 310 Danforth.

416-463-2179. edwArd Johnson BuildinG 80 Queen’s Park.

416-978-3744. el mocAmBo 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777. emmet rAy BAr 924 College. 416-792-4497. enterPrise 2000 242 Cherry, Pier 34. 416-777-5777. eton house 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161.

519 church street community centre 519 Church. 416-392-6874. the flAts At molson cAnAdiAn AmPhitheAtre 909 Lakeshore W. fly 8 Gloucester. 416-410-5426. the flyinG BeAver PuBAret 488 Parliament.

647-347-6567. footwork 425 Adelaide W. 416-913-3488. free times cAfe 320 College. 416-967-1078.

GAllery 345 345 Sorauren. 416-822-9781. the GArrison 1197 Dundas W. 416-519-9439.

GAte 403 403 Roncesvalles. 416-588-2930.

GlAdstone hotel 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

GoodhAndy’s 120 Church. 416-760-6514.

GrAffiti’s 170 Baldwin. 416-506-6699. the GrAydon PuB 235 Queen St S (Mississauga). the GreAt hAll 1087 Queen W. 416-826-3330.

GrossmAn’s 379 Spadina. 416-977-7000.

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

Guvernment/kool hAus 132 Queens Quay E. hABits GAstroPuB 928 College. 416-533-7272. hArBourfront centre 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. hArd rock cAfe 279 Yonge. 416-362-3636. hArlem 67 Richmond E. 416-368-1920. hArlem underGround 745 Queen W. 416-366-4743. hirut fine ethioPiAn cuisine 2050 Danforth.

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Cancer For Cure (Fat Possum) Rating: NNNN It’s been five years since El-P’s last album. In that time, the baron behind Def Jux – a now-defunct, stillstoried label repping rap’s altier acts – reprised his role as tastemaker for the indie rap circuit and also lost good friend and collaborator Camu Tao. El-P’s always been a cynic, but on his third solo record, a preoccupation with death and paranoia – no doubt exacerbated by these life changes – is his muse. The production has been updated for a new, not so distant future, but retains its mechan-

JAILL Traps (Sub Pop) Rating: NNN

ical crunch and metallic din – a Martian minor-chord mise en scène.

Meanwhile, his hard-nosed monologues – with bit parts from Killer Mike, eXquire, Danny Brown and Despot – are wearier and more desolate. “I’ve got memories to lose, man,” he raps on Works Every Time.

The world’s fucked, so ElP’s just fighting himself now. He emerges, changed and with eyes glazed, victorious.

Top track: Tougher Colder Killer El-P plays the Hoxton with Killer Mike and Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire on July 9.

ANUPA MISTRY

Had the Milwaukee three-piece Jaill (formerly Jail) been able to keep up the sunny, feel-good brilliance of Traps’ first half, this album (their third) would be a standout of the year. Those songs perfect a balance between slacker rock dotted with wonky guitar solos and accomplished Shinsesque power pop. It never gets overly twee, saccharine or straightforward and always stays robustly rhythmic and tuneful.

The rest of Traps is by no means a letdown, but the acoustic-guitar-driven Madness and the experimental, meandering Million Times pack less punch and feel longer than their respective two and a half and three minutes. Occasionally, Vinnie Kircher’s vocal melodies bring to mind the Beach Boys, like on House With Haunting and While You Reload.

The fun returns at the end, with Ten Teardrops and the danceable grooves of Stone Froze Mascot. Definitely a turn-it-up album to add to your summertime playlist.

Top track: Everyone’s A Bitch CARLA GILLIS

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BEACHWOOD SPARKS The Tarnished Gold (Sub Pop/Outside) Rating: NNNN Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since California’s Beachwood Sparks released Make The Cowboy Robots Cry, an EP of sprawling cosmic country music that seemed to be their swan song.

But following a live reunion at Sub Pop’s 20th anniversary party a couple of years back, the classic quartet of Chris Gunst, Brent Rademaker, Farmer Dave Scher and Aaron Sperske got together to record an album that fits neatly into their summery Laurel Canyon canon.

Much like on their second album, the theme of preferring the natural world to gold is expressed in songs like No Queremos Oro and Tarnished Gold. The gentle lyrics, perfect harmonies and ethereal slide guitar suggest happy days and renewed hope. While all the West Coast blue-skying might seem naive, the laidback vibe makes you want to focus on the positive, at least for the album’s duration.

Top track: Forget The Song JOANNE HUFFA YOUNG MAGIC Melt (Carpark) Rating: NN

NYC-based Australian-Indonesian trio Young Magic recorded their debut LP in no fewer than 10 countries, the by-product of a global musical pilgrimage that meshed influences from Africa, South America and Europe. Don’t worry if that sounds like an overstuffed geo-cultural mélange: their new album mostly just sounds like Brooklyn.

Though it carries hints of West African rhythms, 60s psychedelia, Flying Lotus instrumental hip-hop and UK electro, the gooey, reverb-laced, nostalgia-laden songs and lo-fi MacBook Pro recording style features all the hallmarks of that already dated, instantly derided early 00s sub-genre: chillwave.

Melt doesn’t sound fractured because of a glut of geographical references but because of its pieced-together nature. A number of tracks previously released as singles (Sparkly, You With Air and Night In The Ocean) are instantly discernible from the other pieces, which drift by fuzzily,

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Cheap Seats (Sire) Rating: NNN Regina Spektor’s sixth album (fourth for Sire) is a combination of new songs and older ones that have been in her live sets for a while but not recorded in a studio till now. That leaves the mixed bag of quirky, big-production piano pop and slower, intimate ballads without a strong concept, but it still works.

Standout track All The Rowboats is different from the rest, an edgy minor-key attack on the collection and canonization of cultural artifacts, while world-poppy Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas), with horns, marimbas, programming and backup vocals, is the busiest.

Spektor retains her unique Russian/ Bronx accent and proclivity for vocal experimentation. But it’s the near-painful purity she conveys in the high notes that surprises most, especially on the mellower tunes.

Top track: All The Rowboats SARAH GREENE

ful return to the place that has inspired him so prolifically, for better or worse: the club.

Picking up where 2010’s Love Letter left off, the R&B crooner explores grown-up 60s and 70s soul-pop that emphasizes his impressive pipes over his knack for unlikely sexual metaphors. This time around, he lingers longer in the 4/4 rhythms of late 70s symphonic disco and Philly soul. Gliding string arrangements, laid-back Latin percussion and lyrics more playful than perverted (like Share My Love’s imperative to “populate!”) make parts of Write Me Back sound like club music for clubs that no longer exist.

Although the flagrantly throwback Motown numbers are a bit warmed over, the album shines when Kelly blends his old-school approach with his modern club killa persona, like on the seductive slow jam Green Light and Believe That It’s So, which has a surprise Love Hangover-style tempo change.

Top track: Feelin’ Single KEVIN RITCHIE

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eschewing songwriting for vague atmospherics.

Top track: You With Air Young Magic play the Garrison on July 5.

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Electronic NNNN ñGUY GERBER

Fabric 64 (Fabric) Rating: For over 10 years, iconic London nightclub Fabric has released monthly compilations that showcase the most compelling names in techno, house or electronica. In the newest instalment, prolific Israeliborn DJ/producer Guy Gerber (gabbed about for his mysterious 11:11 collab with P. Diddy) shames other Fabric contributors who often recycle songs or remix existing material.

Gerber offers up 16 diverse original creations (seriously, when does this guy sleep?) in his signature lush, driving, melodic style. Highlights include the moody 80s-pad-heavy Running Through The Night (featuring Footprintz’s Clarian North), the upbeat hypnotic house groove of Lady Falkor (featuring the eponymous producer) and Shady Triangle, which hints at Gerber’s teenage obsession with Joy Division and My Bloody Valentine.

Top track: Shady Triangle Guy Gerber plays the Digital Dreams electronic music festival Saturday (June 30) at the Flats at the Molson Amphitheatre.

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Write Me Back (RCA/Sony) Rating: On his 11th album, R. Kelly makes a grace-

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Of The Waves (Barnyard) Rating: Toronto-based jazz-chamber-folk quartet Hobson’s Choice spent a week at a cottage recording their debut full-length, appropriate given the elemental and environmental themes running through it.

They navigate the terrain between earnest indie folk and instrumental jazz using vibraphone, trumpet, guitar and voice. If you’re trying to imagine what that sounds like, Joni Mitchell and Steve Reich are good jumping-off points.

A trademark of the band’s sound is the surprising interplay between Rebecca Hennessy’s trumpet parts and Felicity Williams’s scatting. But it’s the songs with lyrics – which share a 70s-inspired spirituality – that stand out. Not For Human Beings, for example, borrows a line from Rumi.

Top track: Of The Waves Hobson’s Choice play the Music Gallery Saturday (June 30) as part of the Toronto Jazz Festival.

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THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH There’s No Leaving Now (Dead Oceans) Rating: NNN Using little more than a guitar, his voice and a handful of abstract, image-rich lyrics, Swedish troubadour Kristian Matsson (aka the Tallest Man on Earth) doesn’t lean on the thrill of the new. Instead, he stays rooted in a folk tradition that stretches back decades and continents.

Any flashy moments that arise in his music usually come when his gritty, roadweary voice erupts into triumphant, expressive glory, particularly breathtaking during his live shows.

His third album is likely to disappoint fans and critics listening for those big, emotional climaxes, but Matsson’s career has been defined by his ability to find new ways to paint with a limited palette. The normally multi-tracking-averse solo performer does, however, add touches of electric guitar, pedal steel and warm organ behind his trademark fingerpicked guitar. It’s not much, but it’s enough.

Top track: 1904 RT 3

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Kent Monkman’s Miss America spins an 18thcentury painting into a saga of our continent’s violent history.

PAINTING/VIDEO

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Queer trickster Monkman shows new subtlety By FRAN SCHECHTER KENT MONKMAN at Centre Space

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(65 George), to August 11. Centrespace.ca. Rating: NNNN

kent monkman, the cree artist with the glittery drag alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, makes paintings full of naughty queer/aboriginal/art historical jokes. But in his show at Centre Space, a recently opened offshoot of Montreal’s Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain, he’s tucked subtler messages into his perfectly executed North American landscapes.

In Miss America, the show’s ambitious centrepiece, Miss Chief rides an alligator atop a writhing mass of figures inspired by the Americas section of Tiepolo’s 1754 Allegory Of The Four Continents, commission for a palace in Würzburg, Germany. Monkman turns Tiepolo’s pageant of benevolent colonialism into an action movie scene where violence and sexual desire play out, with references to environmental destruction and 9/11.

Everyone from soldiers of various periods to a nursing mother and a beaver is heavily armed or otherwise up to no good.

Two enigmatic paintings set aboriginal figures in romantic 19th-century-style mountain scenes. (Depictions of western North America often sought to represent an “empty” landscape ripe for white settlement and resource extraction.) In Flow, canoeists approach a mysterious sinkhole, while in Descent Into Amnesia, the native group contemplates Duchamp’s Nude Descending A Staircase on an opposite hill.

Monkman returns to the German theme in two videos. In a diptych screened in picture frames with a painted mountain backdrop, a preening Tonto lectures the Lone Ranger as Winnetou does the same to Shatterhand.

Little known here but still popular in Germany, Karl May’s 19th-century Winnetou stories put a Teutonic spin on the white man’s homoerotic fantasy of escape from the burdens of bourgeois responsibility to a life of male bonding in the North American wilderness.

In a music video for disco tune Dance To Miss Chief, footage from German Winnetou films, with their retro cast of red-painted Europeans, is intercut with hunky aborig-

books MYSTERY

Strange fruit

ORANGES AND LEMONS by Liz Bugg (Insomniac), 308 pages. $19.95 paper.

Rating: NN as desperately as i wanted to love Liz Bugg’s new mystery – is there anything more delicious than a dyke detective working out of Kensington Market? – Oranges And Lemons is too messy to embrace.

The engaging jeans-and-T-shirt-

styled Calli Barnow is compelled to tart herself up to go undercover at an ad agency to investigate financial irregularities.

Soon there are three dead bodies, and what looked like a white-collar crime case has escalated considerably.

Calli’s friend and collaborator Dewey, the drag performer, is big fun, and her main client, the sexually charged Barbara Reynolds, is pretty compelling, too.

But Bugg is narratively challenged.

READINGS THIS WEEK P indicates Pride events

Thursday, June 28 DEANNA DEWEY Reading from her screenplay

Norman The Conqueror. Noon. $12. Harbourfront Community Centre, 627 Queens Quay W. reelheart.org.

LEIGH KOTSILIDIS/NATALIE ZINA WALSCHOTS/ RYAN VAN WINKLE Reading. 8 pm. $5. Placebo Space, 1409 Bloor W. facebook.com/events/ 399958343373558.

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JOHN MEISEL Launching his memoir, A Life Of Learning And Other Pleasures: John Meisel’s Tale. 5 pm. Free. Munk School for Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire. wintergreenstudiopress. com.

Friday, June 29 PFICTION WITH FRICTION #1 Ken Harvey,

Matthew J Trafford and David Balzer. 2 pm.

Free. Glad Day Bookshop, 598A Yonge. gladdaybookshop.com.

inal dancers and the boogying Miss Chief. Strobing text tells us she’s “the Bride of Winnetou,” stealing the handsome hero from his white boyfriend.

When you mix high and low culture with racism and sexuality, things are bound to get a little messy.

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THIS WEEK IN THE MUSEUMS P indicates Pride events AGO Picasso, to Aug 26 ($25, stu $16.50).

Katie Bethune-Leamen, to Aug 5 (free). ñ Iain Baxter&, to Aug 12. P Berenice Abbott;

Zhang Huan, to Aug 19. Max Dean, to Sep 9. $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm (special exhibits excluded). 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648.

DESIGN EXCHANGE Lynne Cohen, to Jun 30. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121.

GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART Rule Britannia!, to Sep 16. Connections: British And Canadian Studio Pottery, to Dec 30. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080.

JUSTINA M. BARNICKE Douglas Walker, to Aug 18. Ron Benner, to Sep 30 (SE corner near Queen’s Park). 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398.

McMICHAEL CANADIAN ART Rabindranath Tagore, to Jul 15. Fashionality, to Sep 3. $15, stu/ srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-8931121.

MOCCA trans/FORM; The Shape Of Things, to Aug 12. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067.

POWER PLANT Dissenting Histories; Tools For

Conviviality, to Aug 26, reception 8-11 pm Jun 29, artist’s tour 2 pm Jun 30. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949.

ROM Larry Towell and Donovan Wylie, to Jul 15. Jorinde Voigt, to Oct 12. Deborah Samuel, to Jul 2. Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants From Gondwana, to Jan 6, 2013. Todd Ainslie, to Feb 24, 2013. $15, stu/srs $13.50; Fri 4:30-8:30 pm $9, stu/srs $8. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000.

TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA Perpetual Motion: Material Re-use; Portable Mosques, to Sep 3. Dreamland: Textiles And The Canadian Landscape, to Sep 30. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321.

U OF T ART CENTRE Public: Collective Identity/Occupied Space; P Robert Giard, to Jun 30. 15 King’s College Circle. 416978-1838.

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and Camilla Singh, to Jul 7. 12 Ossington.

416-530-0444.

ARTSCAPE TRIANGLE GALLERY Painting: Dominique Hui, Jul 4-15. 38 Abell. artscapetrianglegallery.ca.

PBEZPALA BROWN GALLERY BeautifulMe, to Jul 3. 17 Church. 416-907-6875.

DANIEL FARIA GALLERY Installation: Shannon Bool, to Jul 21. 188 St Helens. 416538-1880.

THE EAST GALLERY Burma – These Days group show, Jul 3-Aug 6, reception 6-10 pm Jul 4. 334 Dundas W. 416-705-4331.

GALLERY TPW Francisco-Fernando Granados, Igor Grubic and Emily Roysdon, to Jul 21. 56 Ossington. 416-645-1066.

PGALLERYWEST Video/photos: Steve Reinke and Turner Prize collective, to Jun 29. 1172 Queen W. 416-913-7116.

GLADSTONE HOTEL P That’s So Gay 2012: Girls Who Are Boys Who Do Boys Like They’re Girls, to Jul 10, reception 7-10 pm Jun 28. P Photos: 10 X 10, to Jul 15, reception 7-11 pm Jun 28, curator’s tour 3 pm Jun 29. 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

JAPANESE PAPER PLACE Under 30 At 30, to Jul 5. 77 Brock. 416-538-9669.

KATZMAN KAMEN GALLERY Painting: John Kissick, to Jul 14. 80 Spadina. 416-504-9515.

LONSDALE GALLERY Painting: Julie Oakes, to Jul 15. 410 Spadina Rd. 416-487-8733.

LOOP GALLERY Mixed media/drawing: Elizabeth Babyn and Sandra Smirle, to Jul 15. 1273 Dundas W. 416-516-2581.

MERCER UNION Red Sky At Night group show, to Jul 29. 1286 Bloor W. 416-5361519.

MILES NADAL JCC Photos: Irene Borins Ash, to Jul 22. 750 Spadina. 416-924-6211.

OPEN STUDIO GALLERY Prints: Tom Ngo and Derek Sullivan, Jenn Law, Jun 28-Jul 28, reception/artist talk 6-9 pm Jun 28.

401 Richmond W #104. 416-504-8238.

PARI NADIMI Photos: Eugen Sakhnenko, to Jul 28. 254 Niagara. 416-591-6464.

PARTS GALLERY Painting: Casey Roberts, to Jul 15. 1150 Queen E. 416-465-8500.

STEPHEN BULGER Photos: Joseph F Rock, to Jul 21. 1026 Queen W. 416-504-0575.

SUSAN HOBBS Exposure group show, to Aug 18. 137 Tecumseth. 416-504-3699.

PROUD VOICES RETURNS The inspired collective of community activists that rescued Glad Day Books from oblivion has revived the Proud Voices reading series, plainly grasping the fact that bookstores cannot survive unless they host literary events.

“We see Pride as an opportunity to tell our stories and connect to community,” says Michael Erickson, speaking for the bookstore team. The iconic store presents three days of readings, Friday to Sunday (June 29 to July 1), with a great slate that includes Nalo Hopkinson, S. Bear Bergman and Waawaate Fobister, to name just a few. See SGC Readings, this page.

Why does Barlow agree to a midnight meeting with someone she’s suspected since the beginning of the case? An editor should have insisted on a follow-up sequence to the big showdown with the bad guy, because it raises major questions. And by the time of the big reveal, you’re wondering why Barlow was hired in the first place.

The writing is also pedestrian. How does someone “cross mental fingers?” for example. And, though it’s always fun to read a mystery set in Toronto, it’s annoying that Bugg keeps making geographical errors. In the first in this

series, she placed the Market’s vintage stores on Augusta instead of Kensington. Here, Calli makes a right turn onto Queen off Yonge – strictly illegal.

This is fiction, I know, but one reason to read a story set in your own

city is the pleasure of recognizing locations. Get it right, please.

PPROUD VOICES: ALEC BUTLER/CHASE JOYNT/ NINA ARSENAULT Reading. 8:30 pm. Glad Day

Glad Day Bookshop, 598A Yonge. gladdaybookshop.com.

SUNDAY POETRY: BREAKING THROUGH FEAR

Bookshop, 598A Yonge. pridetoronto.com.

LENA SLACHMUIJLDER Reading from her screenplay Resilience. Noon. $12. Harbourfront Community Centre, 627 Queens Quay W. reelheart.org.

25TH AND EAST Launch for an ebook by JA MacCaul and an installation of poems from Cameroon. 7 pm. Free. Gallery 444S, 444 Dufferin, Unit S. 416-317-2722.

Saturday, June 30 PFICTION WITH FRICTION #2 Grace Flahive, Lizz Bugg and Debra Anderson. 10 am. Free.

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Waawaate Fobister joins Proud Voices.

SUSAN G. COLE Bugg reads as part of the Fiction With Friction series at Glad Day, Saturday (June 30). See Readings, this page.

Write Books at susanc@nowtoronto.com

Reading. 4-7:30 pm. Glad Day Bookshop, 598A Yonge. pridetoronto.com.

Tarek Bibi, Cameron Cardwell and others.

11:30 am. Free. Ellington’s Cafe, 805 St Clair W. 416-652-9111.

TORONTO STREET WRITERS Launch for West Of What We Know. 6 pm. Free. Academy of the Impossible, 231 Wallace. 416-779-1448, torontostreetwriters.ca.

Sunday, July 1

Wednesday, July 4

PPROUD VOICES: NALO HOPKINSON/ SIAIRA HARRIS/FARZANA DOCTOR/TARAMICHELLE ZINIUK/KRISTYN DUNNION/MARCUS MCCANN/KAMAL AL-SOLAYLEE/DANIEL ALLEN

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SUZANNE ALYSSA ANDREW/HEATHER BIRRELL/SARA DAVIS/PERPARIM KAPLLANI

Reading. 7 pm. Pwyc. Full of Beans Coffee, 1348 Dundas W. farzanadoctor@rogers. com.

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more online nowtoronto.com/stage Audio clips from interviews with TAMARA PODEMSKI AND DARCY MICHAEL • Roundup of DORA AWARDS • Scenes on COOKING FIRE FEST, INESSA FRANTOWSKI FAREWELL • and more Fully searchable listings with venue maps nowtoronto.com/stage/listings Tamara Podemski says Canadian Stage’s outdoor production will connect with High Park like never before.

THEATRE PREVIEW

Dream job Tamara Podemski gets set to do double duty in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By JON KAPLAN

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare, directed by Richard Rose, with Dmitry Chepovetsky, Tamara Podemski, John Cleland, Gil Garratt, Sophia Kolinas, Ali Momen, Eric Morin and Sarah Sherman. Presented by Shakespeare In High Park/Canadian Stage at the High Park Amphitheatre. Runs to September 2, Tuesday-Sunday 8 pm. Pwyc ($20 sugg). 416-368-3110.

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Dreaming in High Park, thanks to summer productions by Canadian Stage (and in the early years, its predecessor, Toronto Free Theatre).

Now, to celebrate the outdoor show’s 30th anniversary, The Dream In High Park becomes Shakespeare In High Park, since productions are usually of the Bard’s works.

The current production, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, has been the most frequently mounted work in High Park; this is its eighth staging. As always, the show features a strong

and diverse blend of young and established artists.

“I think this year’s version will have a connection to the park as never before,” says actor Tamara Podemski, who doubles as Amazon queen Hippolyta and fairy queen Titania. “Without giving too much away, the staging respects and honours the fact that we’re in the outdoors.

“That’s just the way it should be, since a production of this sort rejoices in doing theatre in the natural world. Why pretend it’s anything

like a traditional staging?”

Podemski has done her own thinking about the contrasting royal figures she plays.

“Though she’s a warrior, Hippolyta, who’s about to wed Theseus, is a trophy wife. In the first scene she’s forced to listen to a father argue that he wants his daughter to wed a man she doesn’t love. Worse, Theseus agrees with him.

“It’s a hard scene, because I have to play it in silence without losing my power. Theseus has won Hippolyta in battle, so there’s an enforced quality to her marriage, too. I have to use body language to show her strength and the disappointment she feels in her future husband.”

Only late in the play, notes the actor, do Hippolyta’s feelings change.

“She has to witness him overturn his earlier marriage ruling before she views Theseus in a new light; he finally uses his power for good.

“Maybe she doesn’t fall totally in love then, but her heart flutters in a moment of respect; she sees promise in their union.”

Podemski, a multidisciplinary artist whose stage work includes Wild Dogs and TV shows North Of 60 and The Rez, breaks into a big smile when she talks about Titania.

“She’s a lot easier for me to play – she’s so vocal. We meet Titania and her husband, fairy king Oberon, in the midst of a long-term fight that creates discord in the natural world.”

Oberon, who uses a magic potion to make Titania fall in love with the assheaded Bottom, eventually removes the spell and is reunited with his partner.

“Initially, I just wouldn’t buy that she immediately forgives him, but I’ve mellowed a bit. She knows some mischief has been done at her expense, but he wears his guilt so obviously that she realizes a power shift has happened and he’s at her mercy.

“I feel that while not everything is right between them, they’re working it out. There’s something of ‘I have him under my thumb right now’ in her treatment of him, and that’s perfectly okay with Titania.”

While the Dream can be staged as a light comedy, Podemski appreciates that director Richard Rose is going for some of the play’s dark elements as well.

“You can’t talk about the clash between the masculine and the feminine without touching on some of the deeper elements of that discussion.

We don’t go too heavily into that side, but it’s important to present the full emotional range of Shakespeare’s play.”

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ADVENTURES IN SLUMBERLAND (Frolick). This all-ages show about a young boy’s dream world is an adaptation of Winsor McCay’s comic strip Little Nemo In Slumberland.

Opens Jul 1 and runs to Aug 26, Wed-Sun 11 am, noon, 1 and 2 pm. $10 or pwyc. Olympic Island Lagoon Theatre, near Centre Island ferry dock, over the bridge. frolick.ca.

AMELIA: THE GIRL WHO WANTS TO FLY by John Gray (Thousand Islands Playhouse). This musical re-imagines the life of the first aviatrix. Opens Jun 28 and runs to Jul 28, Tue-Sun 8 pm, mat Fri-Sat 2:30 pm. $30-$32, stu $16.

Firehall Theatre, 185 South St, Gananoque.

1-866-382-7020, 1000islandsplayhouse.com.

THE BICYCLE OPERA PROJECT (The Bicycle Opera Project). Scenes from six contemporary Canadian operas are adapted and performed in an intimate space by bicycle-commuting singers in this travelling show. $20. Jun 30, 8 pm, at Rustic Owl Gallery, 993 Bloor W. Continues Jul 2-10, in Peterborough, Cobourg, Prince Edward County, Belleville, Kingston and Gananoque, see website for schedule and venue details. bicycleopera.ca.

SHRINE CIRCUS (iMark Events). Acrobats, animals, clowns and more perform under the big top. Opens Jun 29 and runs to Jul 8, Fri-Mon see website for times. $20. Woodbine Centre Parking Lot, 500 Rexdale Blvd. shrinecircus.ca.

TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL (Fringe Toronto). The annual festival offers more than 150 shows featuring plays, dance, comedy and kids’ shows, plus art, music, talks and multidisciplinary events. (See Fringe pullout in this issue.) Opens Jul 4 and runs to Jul 15, various venues, dates and times, see website for details. $10 (adv $11), passes $45-$82.

416-966-1062, fringetoronto.com.

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THE WAR OF 1812: THE HISTORY OF THE VILLAGE OF THE SMALL HUTS, 1812-1815 by ñ Michael Hollingsworth (Stratford Festival/

VideoCabaret). This history play looks at the war and its effects on a native confederation that fought to defend Canada. Previews to Jun 30. Opens Jul 1 and runs in rep to Aug 12. $50, child $25. Studio Theatre, 34 George E, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca.

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Kira Hall gives a hand to Lucy the Slut in amusing Avenue Q.

musical review

Right on Q aVenue Q by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington). To August 4. $45-$60. 416-915-6747.

See Continuing, this page. Rating: nnn

Toronto just can’t get enough of the naughty puppets in this Tony Awardwinning Broadway musical. After Dancap’s Toronto premiere left the Elgin in 2008, the show was revived at Lower Ossington Theatre in January, and is now back for an extended second run.

This production is leaner than Dancap’s but still delivers the goods: hilarious Muppet-style puppets behaving badly, and a clutch of catchy show tunes.

Princeton (Adam Proulx), a recent college grad, moves to low-rent Ave­ nue Q in New York City and quickly realizes he has no idea what to do with his life. As he searches for his “purpose,” he befriends a motley crew of

neighbours who range from Rod (also Proulx), a closeted gay Republican, to Trekkie Monster (Adam Norrad), a porn-addicted recluse, and Kate Monster (Kira Hall), a kindergarten teaching assistant who catches Princeton’s eye.

As Princeton and Kate, Proulx and Hall both deliver strong singing and puppet performances, but both seem rushed switching between other secondary characters. Norrad stands out as the gravel-voiced Trekkie Monster, but TV’s Nicole Stamp struggles to emulate landlord Gary Coleman’s distinctive speaking voice. That said, Stamp’s got powerful pipes and nails Schadenfreude, one of the show’s best songs.

My only other quibble is with the recurring video elements. The opening sequence looks amateurish and isn’t even necessary, while the rest suffer from inconsistent design and poor font choices. But compared to the fun of watching puppets drink, swear and fuck, these are minor quibbles.

JorDan Bimm

Opens Jul 12 and runs in rep to Sep 16. $30$70. Studio Theatre, 34 George E, Stratford.

1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca.

Come BaCk, LittLe SheBa by William Inge (Shaw Festival). A couple who married young confront their past and future 20 years later when a young woman rents a room in their home. Previews Jun 28-Jul 5. Opens Jul 6 and runs in rep to Oct 19. $35-$90, stu mats $24.

Royal George Theatre, 85 Queen, Niagara-onthe-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com.

DiSney’S Beauty anD the BeaSt by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Linda Woolverton and Tim Rice (Dancap Productions). This musical is based on the animated feature film. Previews Jul 3-4, Tue 8 pm, Wed 2 & 7:30 pm. Opens Jul 5 and runs to Jul 22, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat SatSun and Wed 2 pm. $42-$150. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-644-3665, dancaptickets.com. henry V by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). England’s new king invades France in this epic drama. Previews to Jul 12. Opens Jul 13 and runs in rep to Sep 29. $49-$95, srs $35-$55, stu $15-$25. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen, Stratford. stratfordfestival.ca. hirSCh by Alon Nashman and Paul Thompson (Stratford Festival). This drama looks at the life of theatre director John Hirsch, who came to Canada as a Hungarian refugee orphaned by the Holocaust. Previews to Jul 11. Opens Jul 12 and runs in rep to Sep 14. $30-$70. Studio Theatre, 34 George E, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. 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 to 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-the-Lake.

1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. the miLLionaireSS by Bernard Shaw (Shaw Festival). The richest woman in England and an Egyptian doctor fall in love, but have conflicting family obligations. Previews to Jul 4.

Opens Jul 5 and runs in rep to Oct 6. $35-$90, stu mats $24. Court House Theatre, 26 Queen, Niagara-on-the-Lake. shawfest.com.

Queen marie by Shirley Barrie (4th Line Theatre). This musical comedy is based on the life of Marie Dressler, a Canadian who found fame on the vaudeville stage and Holllywood screen. Previews Jul 3-4. Opens Jul 5 and runs to Aug 4, Tue-Sat 6 pm (and Jul 30). $26-$30, previews $20, opening night $40. Winslow Farm, 779 Zion Line, Millbrook. 1-800-8140055, 4thlinetheatre.on.ca. 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.

WanDerLuSt by Morris Panych and Marek Norman (Stratford Festival). This musical comedy is based on the life and poems of Robert Service. Previews to Jul 10. Opens Jul 11 and runs in rep to Sep 28. $49-$106, srs $41-$66, stu $19-$29. Tom Patterson Theatre, 111 Lakeside, Stratford. stratfordfestival.ca.

One-Nighters

PFuCkinG Stephen harper by Rob Salerno (Ten Foot Pole Productions). The journalist

presents a Pride edition of his solo show. Jun 28 at 9 pm. $20. The Flying Beaver Pubaret, 488 Parliament. pubaret.com.

Pthe monStrouS BaLL (Ecce Homo/Queer Pride 2012). Lady Gaga is the inspiration for a night of art, fashion, music and performance

by Nina Arsenault, Tyson James and others.

Jun 28 at 10:30 pm. $10. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. reVeaL me (Red Herring Burlesque). Virgin vixens and professional peelers put on a show. Jul 4 at 8 pm. $10. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. aprofessionaldistraction.com.

PthiS iS my BiGGeSt one yet by Nathan Carroll (Speech Impediment Cabaret/Pride at the Gaystone). Carroll performs queer anthems and tells stories of his gay youth with guests Hailey Gillis, Joel Gomez and others. Jun 28 at 8:30 pm. $10. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W, Melody Bar. gladstonehotel.com.

Continuing apprentiCe to murDer (Mysteriously Yours...

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. 416-486-7469, mysteriouslyyours.com. aVenue Q by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (Lower Ossington Theatre). A college grad moves to NYC and works through the transition to adulthood in this musical puppet show (see review, this page). Runs to Aug 4, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm, Sun 4 pm. $45-$60. 100A Ossington. 416-915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. nnn (Jordan Bimm) BraVe interVentionS (YYZ). Artists perform 20-minute sets every 20 minutes as part of Libby Hague’s installation Be Brave!, w/ Maev Beaty. Runs to Jun 30, Sat 1-3 pm. Free. 401 Richmond W, ste 140. libbyhague.com. the Green Door CaBaret SerieS (Lower Ossington Theatre). This series features jazzthemed cabaret performances by various artists. Runs to Jun 30, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20-$30.

100A Ossington. lowerossingtontheatre.com/ cabaret. heLLo (Huge Picture Productions). The leader of a vigilante group wrestles with existential questions during an alien invasion in this multimedia musical. Runs to Aug 31, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $25. Electric Theatre, 299 Augusta. 416317-8715, hugepictureproductions.com. 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 Sun-Hyung Lee dominates the production as the streetsmart, 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) a miDSummer niGht’S Dream by William Shakespeare (Canadian Stage Shakespeare in High Park). Lovers and actors meet and mingle in an enchanted forest in this classic comedy performed outdoors (see story, page 60).

Runs to Sep 2, Tue-Sun 8 pm. Pwyc ($20 sugg), 14 and under free. High Park Amphitheatre, Bloor W and Parkside. canadianstage.com. oDySSeo (Cavalia). This entertaining followup to 2003’s equine escapade Cavalia features

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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 Jul 11, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 3 pm, Sun 2 pm. $29.50-$119.50.

White Big Top, 324 Cherry. 1-866-999-8111, cavalia.net. nnn (GS) SoCkDoLaGer by Gwynne Phillips and Briana Templeton (The Templeton Philharmonic).

This site-specific dark comedy looks at an exciting time in Toronto’s history. Runs to Jun 29, Thu-Sun 7 & 9 pm. $17-$20. Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen W. 416-597-0227 ext 2, thetempletonphilharmonic.blogspot.ca.

Some GirL(S) by Neil LaBute (Empty Suitcase Theatre). A man re-connects with a handful of ex-girlfriends before he gets married. Runs to Jun 30, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2:30 pm. $25, stu $20. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman. 416531-1827, emptysuitcasetheatre.com. 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 musical. Runs to Jun 29, Thu-Fri 8 pm. $35. 100A Ossington. 416915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.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, Tue-Sat 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)

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BeDtime StorieS by Norm Foster (Drayton

Entertainment). Six vignettes about searching for love look at human nature in this comedy.

Runs to Jun 30, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Thu and Sat 2 pm. $40, stu $20. St Jacobs Country Playhouse, 40 Benjamin E, Waterloo. 1-888372-9866, draytonentertainment.com.

BiG BanD LeGenDS by Alex Mustakas (Drayton Entertainment). This musical tribute features the classics by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Darin and others. Runs to Jul 14, Wed-Thu and Sat 8 pm, mats Tue-Sat 2 pm. $40, stu $20. Huron Country Playhouse, 70689 B Line, Grand Bend. 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. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca.

Dear Johnny Deere by Ken Cameron (Blyth Festival). A couple struggle to keep their farm afloat while the bills pile up. Runs to Jul 7, see website for schedule. $30-$34, stu $15. Blyth Memorial Hall, 431 Queen, Blyth. 1-877-8625984, blythfestival.com.

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PRIDE COMEDY These days Darcy Michael can’t get away with being an “undercover fag.”

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Thursday, June 28 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Ron Sparks,

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Daniel Tirado and host Andrew Chapman. To Jun 30, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca.

COMEDY THURSDAYS The Starving Artist presents a weekly showcase w/ host Natasha Henderson. 9 pm. Free. 584 Lansdowne. 647342-5058, starvingartistbar.com.

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.

LAUGH SABBATH presents Sara Hennessey, Nick Flanagan, Jape, Jillian Thomas, Ian Sirota and Sarah Ford. 9:30 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 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 SC 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),

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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 – including one sketch about a woman 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. WedSat 8 pm, plus Sat 10:30 pm, Sun 7 pm. $24$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. NNNN (GS)

HUTCHESON’S PRIDE PACKAGE II Wog Productions and Queer Pride 2012 ñ present a stand-up comedy cabaret by PPAUL

Hutcheson w/ Kristen Becker, Mike Albo, Susan Fischer, D’yan Forrest and others. 8 pm. $10-$20. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com.

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 Bobby Mair.

To Jul 1, Wed-Sun 8 pm (plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. yukyuks.com.

YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Martha Chaves.

To Jun 30, Thu 8 pm, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $12-$20. 70 Interchange Way. yukyuks.com.

Friday, June 29 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 28.

THE BEST OF THE SECOND CITY presents classic

and original sketch and trademark improvisation. 11 pm. $24, stu $15. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

PBITCH SALAD GIVES BACK Queer Pride 2012 presents female comedy w/ Christina Walkinshaw, Julia Hladkowicz, Emma Hunter, the Cheeto Girls, host Andrew Johnston and others. 8 pm. $20 (partial proceeds to Buddies and ACT). Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555,

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Queer comic has lost lots of weight – and gained new material By GLENN SUMI DARCY MICHAEL: SPECIAL PRIDE WEEK SHOW at the Flying Beaver Pubaret (488 Parliament), Saturday (June 30), 7 pm. $15-$20. 647-347-6567, pubaret.com.

in the past year and a half, darcy Michael has lost 120 pounds (and counting), a beard and his shaggy mane of hair. Because of all that, he’s also had to lose a significant part of his act.

He used to have a section in his set when he revealed he was gay – to the audience’s great surprise. He called himself an “undercover fag,” and it always got a reaction because no one suspected that the cardigan-wearing, hippie-looking stoner from BC liked cock.

“I know I had a real niche act with the undercover thing,” says Michael from a tour stop in Peterborough, “so I am having to give that up. I used to do 15 or 20 minutes before coming out. Now I find I’m coming out quicker, which gets me to the fun stuff.”

That “fun stuff” includes talking about his husband, Jeremy, and their daughter, Grace, who’s now 13; scary Pride parades in Alberta; and lusting after guys.

This latter bit is refreshing. There are way more queer comics on the scene than a decade ago, but in mainstream clubs few joke openly about their desires. When Michael headlined at Yuk Yuk’s Downtown back in March, he continually flirted with a few (probably) straight

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guys in the front row.

“For me, it’s what we tell Grace all the time: ‘If you’re not comfortable with it, other people won’t be.’ Obviously, I’m going to talk about desiring men, because that’s what I do. If you’re not comfortable with that, deal with it on your own.”

Ironically, it was during his wedding that he first got the idea to do stand-up. The two men hadn’t prepared any speeches, so Michael took the mic and delivered an off-the-cuff bit for 20 minutes. Later, Jer told him he should pursue it.

“It was probably the best show of my life,” he laughs. “When I’m intimidated by an audience, I think, ‘Hey, if I can make my asshole family laugh, I can make anybody laugh.’”

He’s never been closeted in his act.

He recalls vowing after seeing Gavin Crawford’s Comedy Now special – right around the time when Ellen DeGeneres came out – that if he ever became a performer, he’d be out, too.

“Nothing angers me more than closeted actors,” he says. “I read the rumours about John Travolta. If he ever tried to sleep with me, I’d punch him in the face and tell him to get some fucking balls.

“I’ve never done a show where I didn’t come out. In Medicine Hat there were eight skinheads who wanted to murder me by the end. But I did 45 minutes and every gay joke I would have done in Toronto or Vancouver. If I don’t do that, I’m empowering their hate.”

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He’s at a great place in his life. On the professional front, he just released his first DVD (available for downloading for $3 at darcymichael. com); he has a TV series in the works featuring his talks with notable comics like Scott Thompson, Alan Thicke and Caroline Rhea; and he’s heading to Just For Laughs later this summer.

Personally, he has a terrific family and has taken control of his health – triggered by a cancer scare in the fall of 2010.

But happiness doesn’t fuel comedy, right?

“I’ve always pulled everything from my life,” he says, “so I’ve got a good five minutes on Bikram yoga, which I recently started. No one warned me about all the housewives farting. It’s like a sanctuary in there – they store up all their farts, and it’s like a goddamn symphony.”

Then he goes into a routine about laser hair removal. He found a deal on Groupon, but got dumped by his waxer because she told him he was too hairy.

“I’m still finding material, but it’s coming from a different avenue now.

I’m not sitting at home eating bags of chips and watching America’s Next Top Model.” He pauses, finding the joke. “Okay, I am, but I’m running my ass off the next morning.”

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COMEDY ON THE DANFORTH­Timothy’s World News Café­presents­improv­w/­Dan­Hershfield,­Amy­Zuch,­Rhonda­Riche­and­others.­9­ pm.­Pwyc.­320­Danforth.­416-461-2668,­ ­comedyonthedanforth.com.

HIRUT HOOT PRESENTS: CANADA DAY EDITION­

Hirut Fine Ethiopian Cuisine­presents­Kevin­ MacDonald,­Amanda­Day,­Ron­Sparks,­Carolyn­ Bennett,­Gilson­Lubin­and­host­Scott­McCrickard.­9­pm.­$5.­2050­Danforth.­416-467-4915.

LIvE WRONg AND PROSPER­See­Thu­28.

PMARYJANES OF COMEDY­presents­Lianne­Mauladin,­Jillian­Thomas,­Dawn­ Whitwell,­the­Vagetarians,­Shelley­Kidwell­ and­others.­9­pm.­$5.­Vapor Social,­896­College.­647-765-4422.

NAKED FRIDAYS­John Candy Box Theatre­presents­weekly­improv,­sketch,­stand-up­and­ music.­9­pm.­Pwyc.­70­Peter.­scnakedfridays@ gmail.com.

THE PANEL SHOW­MegaShark­Productions­presents­a­comedy­quiz­show­w/­ Ron­Sparks,­Ian­MacIntyre,­Megan­Fraser,­Ned­ Petrie­and­others.­8­pm.­$5.­Comedy Bar,­945­ Bloor­W.­comedybar.ca.

PASSION COMEDY­Passion Lounge­presents­a­ monthly­comedy­show.­9­pm.­$5­or­pwyc.­ 1220­Danforth.­416-999-0654.

YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN­See­Thu­28.

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YUK YUK’S vAUgHAN­See­Thu­28.

YUK YUK’S WEST­presents­Jean­Paul­w/­Bobby­

Knauff­and­Julia­Bruce.­To­Jun­30,­Fri-Sat­9­pm.­ $20.­5165­Dixie,­Mississauga.­416-967-6425,­ yukyuks.com.

Saturday, June 30 AbSOLUTE COMEDY­See­Thu­28.

PDARCY MICHAEL­The Flying Beaver

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Pubaret­presents­Vancouver’s­gay­ s­ toner­dad­in­a­Pride­week­show­(see­story,­ page­63).­7­pm.­$15-$20.­488­Parliament.­ 647-347-6567,­­pubaret.com.

PHOMO NIgHT IN CANADA­Glam­Glam­ Productions­and­Queer­Pride­2012­ present­queer­comedy­w/­Marco­Bernardi,­ Kristen­Becker,­David-Benjamin­Tomlinson,­ Ian­Lynch,­Richard­Ryder,­Dawn­Whitwell,­ hosts­the­B-Girlz­and­others.­8­pm.­$25.­ ­Buddies in Bad Times Theatre,­12­Alexander.­ 416-975-8555,­glam-glam.com.

ILLUSIONOID­Comedy Bar­presents­ ­Illusionoid,­Nerds­with­Guitars­and­ guest­Colin­Mochrie.­8­pm.­$15.­945­Bloor­W.­ illusionoid.com.

THE JUKEJOINT JAM­Black­Swan­Comedy­presents­music­by­the­Dandies­and­Paul­Crocker­ performing­w/­improvisers.­10­pm.­$5.­Black Swan,­154­Danforth.­blackswancomedy.com.

LIvE WRONg AND PROSPER­See­Thu­28.

SMASH HIT­Opening­Night­Theatre­presents­a­ weekly­improvised­musical.­7:30­pm.­Pwyc.­ Augusta House,­152­Augusta.­openingnighttheatre.com.

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THEATRESPORTS­Bad­Dog­Theatre­presents­ unscripted­comedy­battles.­Undercard­warmup­event­at­7­pm,­main­event­at­8­pm.­$12,­ stu­$10­(one­or­both­shows).­Comedy Bar,­945­ Bloor­W.­416-491-3115,­baddogtheatre.com.

YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN­See­Thu­28.

YUK YUK’S vAUgHAN­See­Thu­28.

YUK YUK’S WEST­See­Fri­29.

YUK YUK’S WEST­See­Fri­29.

Sunday, July 1 LIvE WRONg AND PROSPER­See­Thu­28.

SUNDAY NIgHT LIvE­The­Sketchersons­

present­weekly­sketch­w/­guest­hosts­ ñ and­musical­acts.­9:30­pm.­$8.­Comedy Bar,­ 945­Bloor­W.­thesketchersons.com.

YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN­See­Thu­28.

Monday, July 2 bEST. MONDAY. EvER.­Second City­presents­a­

weekly­show­featuring­sketch,­songs­and­ improvisation.­8­pm.­$14.­51­Mercer.­416-3430011,­secondcity.com.

THE JOKEbOX­Impulsive­Entertainment­presents­comedy­w/­the­Short­Form­Richards,­ Brendan­Pinto,­Peter­Anthony,­Kiss­the­Dog,­ Fun­Car­and­host­Marissa­Gregoris.­8­pm.­$5.­ Comedy Bar,­945­Bloor­W.­impulsiveent.com.

Tuesday, July 3 THE SECOND CITY’S IMPROv ALL-STARS­Second

City­presents­a­fast-paced,­completely­improvised­weekly­show.­8­pm.­$20.­51­Mercer.­416343-0011,­secondcity.com.

SKETCHCOMEDY LOUNgE­Rivoli­presents­The­ Headliner­Series­w/­Plum­Thunder,­the­Two­ Sues,­Shoeless,­Newsdesk­w/­Ron­Sparks,­MC­ John­Hastings­and­others.­9­pm.­Pwyc.­332­ Queen­W.­sketchcomedylounge.com.

YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN­presents­the­Humber­ School­of­Comedy­at­7:30­pm,­and­stand-up­ Amateur­Night­at­9:30­pm.­$4.­224­Richmond­ W.­416-967-6425,­yukyuks.com.

Wednesday, July 4 AbSOLUTE COMEDY­presents­Pro-Am­Night­w/­ Doug­Funk,­Bruce­Wrighte,­Jamie­O’Connor,­ Adam­David,­Katherine­Ferns,­Shawn­Chahar­ and­host­Denis­Grignon.­8:30­pm.­$6.­2335­ Yonge.­416-486-7700,­absolutecomedy.ca.

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trying­to­keep­his­musical­production­afloat.­ Runs­in­rep­to­Oct­28.­$49-$106,­srs­$41-$66,­ stu­$19-$29.­Festival Theatre,­55­Queen,­Stratford.­1-800-567-1600,­­stratfordfestival.ca.­ FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS­by­Terence­Rattigan­ (Shaw­Festival).­Young­men­come­to­France­to­ improve­their­language­skills­but­get­distracted­by­women­in­this­comedy.­Runs­in­rep­to­ Sep­15.­$35-$90,­stu­mats­$24.­Royal George Theatre,­85­Queen,­Niagara-on-the-Lake.­ 1-800-511-7429,­shawfest.com.­ HARvEY­by­Mary­Chase­(Drayton­Entertainment).­A­man­with­an­imaginary­friend­ vexes­his­society-obsessed­sister­in­this­ comedy.­Runs­to­Jul­14,­see­website­for­ times.­$40,­stu­$20.­Playhouse II,­70689­B­ Line,­Grand­Bend.­1-888-372-9866,­ ­draytonentertainment.com.­ HOTbED HOTEL­by­Michael­Parker­(Upper Canada Playhouse).­Hotel­staff­pose­as­guests­to­ lure­a­buyer­for­the­rundown­property­in­this­ comedy.­Runs­to­Jul­1,­Thu-Sat­8­pm,­mat­SatSun­2­pm.­$32,­stu/srs­$28.­12320­County­ Road­2,­Morrisburg.­1-877-550-3650,­ ­uppercanadaplayhouse.com.­ A MAN AND SOME WOMEN­by­Githa­Sowerby­ (Shaw­Festival).­A­man­seeks­a­new­life­but­ feels­duty-bound­to­his­wife­and­unmarried­ sisters.­Runs­in­rep­to­Sep­22.­$35-$90,­stu­ mats­$24.­Court House Theatre,­26­Queen,­ Niagara-on-the-Lake.­1-800-511-7429,­ ­shawfest.com.­ THE MATCHMAKER­by­Thornton­Wilder­(Stratford­Festival).­A­materialistic­merchant­hires­a­ matchmaker­to­find­him­a­wife­in­this­comedy.­ Runs­in­rep­to­Oct­27.­$49-$95,­srs­$35-$55,­stu­ $15-$25.­Festival Theatre,­55­Queen,­Stratford.­1-800-567-1600,­­stratfordfestival.ca.­ MISALLIANCE­by­Bernard­Shaw­(Shaw­Festival).­ A­bored­heiress­finds­adventure­when­a­plane­ crashes­into­her­home­during­a­dull­party.­ Runs­in­rep­to­Oct­27.­$35-$90,­stu­mats­$24.­ Royal George Theatre,­85­Queen,­Niagara-onthe-Lake.­1-800-511-7429,­­shawfest.com.­ MUCH ADO AbOUT NOTHINg­by­William­ Shakespeare­(Stratford­Festival).­One­couple­ plans­to­marry­while­their­friends­trade­insults­in­the­classic­romantic­comedy.­Runs­in­ rep­to­Oct­27.­$49-$95,­srs­$35-$55,­stu­$15-

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bAD DOg PRESENTS:­Bad­Dog­Theatre­presents­

a­weekly­showcase­of­the­company’s­best­performers.­8­pm.­$12,­stu­$10.­Comedy Bar,­945­ Bloor­W.­416-491-3115,­baddogtheatre.com.

CHUCKLE CO. PRESENTS­weekly­stand-up.­9:30­ pm.­$5.­Comedy Bar,­945­Bloor­W.­facebook. com/ChuckleCo. COMEDY AT THE OSSINgTON­presents­ Sara­Hennessey,­Steph­Kaliner,­Jeremy­ Mersereau,­Greg­Alsop,­Bob­Kerr,­Chris­Locke,­ Jon­Schabl,­John­Hastings­and­others.­9­pm.­ Pwyc.­The Ossington,­61­Ossington.­416-8500161.

HUMPDAY HUMOUR­Muoi­Nene­Productions­ present­weekly­Afrocentric­comedy­w/­Raïs­ Muoi­and­others.­7­pm.­Free.­Hakuna Matata Sports Bar,­326­Parliament.­416-519-1569.

LAUgHS @ SLACK’S­presents­a­weekly­open­

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$25.­Festival Theatre,­55­Queen,­Stratford.­ 1-800-567-1600,­­stratfordfestival.ca.­ MURDER AT FERN RESORT­by­Ron­Clark­and­ Sam­Bobrick­(Drayton­Entertainment).­A­ woman,­her­husband­and­their­dentist­get­ caught­up­in­a­love­triangle­in­this­suspensecomedy.­Runs­to­Jul­14,­Tue-Sat­(see­website­ for­times).­$40,­stu­$20.­King’s Wharf Theatre,­97­Jury,­Penetanguishene.­1-888-3729866,­­draytonentertainment.com.­ THE MYSTERIOUS MR. LOvE­by­Karoline­Leach­ (Globus­Theatre).­A­con­man­with­a­heart­of­ gold­finds­love.­Runs­to­Jul­7,­Tue-Sat­8­pm,­ mats­Jun­30­&­Jul­5­at­2­pm.­$27.50,­stu­$20.­ Lakeview Arts Barn,­2300­Pigeon­Lake,­Bobcaygeon.­1-800-304-7897,­­globustheatre.com.­ PERFECT WEDDINg­by­Robin­Hawdon­(Drayton­Entertainment).­A­groom­wakes­up­next­ to­a­woman­he­doesn’t­know­in­this­bedroom­ farce.­Runs­to­Jul­14,­Tue-Sat­(see­website­for­ times).­$40,­stu­$20.­Drayton Festival Theatre,­33­Wellington­S,­Drayton.­1-888-3729866,­­draytonentertainment.com.­ THE PIRATES OF PENzANCE­by­WS­Gilbert­and­ Arthur­Sullivan­(Stratford­Festival).­A­young­ pirate­apprentice­must­choose­between­love­ and­duty­in­this­comic­operetta.­Runs­in­rep­ to­Oct­27.­$49-$106,­srs­$41-$66,­stu­$19-$29.­ Avon Theatre,­99­Downie,­Stratford.­1-800567-1600,­stratfordfestival.ca.­ PRESENT LAUgHTER­by­Noël­Coward­(Shaw­ Festival).­An­actor­deals­with­people­vying­for­ his­attention­in­this­comedy.­Runs­in­rep­to­

mic­w/­host­Catherine­McCormick.­Doors­8­ pm.­Free.­Slack’s,­562­Church.­slacks.ca.

LIvE WRONg AND PROSPER­See­Thu­28.

SIREN’S COMEDY­Celt’s Pub­presents­open-mic­ stand-up­w/­Moe­Gonzales­and­host­Chris­ Robinson.­8:30­pm.­Free.­2872­Dundas­W.­ 416-767-3339.

YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN­presents­Wafik­Nasralla.­To­Jul­8,­Wed-Sat­8­pm­(plus­Fri-Sat­10:30­ pm),­Sun­8:30­pm.­$12-$20.­224­Richmond­W.­ 416-967-6425,­yukyuks.com.­ 3

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Oct­28.­$35-$110,­stu/srs­mats­$24-$45.­ ­Festival Theatre,­10­Queen’s­Parade,­Niagaraon-the-Lake.­1-800-511-7429,­shawfest.com.­ RAgTIME­by­Terrence­McNally,­Lynn­ Ahrens­and­Stephen­Flaherty­(Shaw­ ­Festival).­Turn-of-the-century­America­is­seen­ through­the­eyes­of­three­very­different­ ­families­in­this­musical.­Runs­in­rep­to­Oct­14.­ $35-$110,­stu/srs­mats­$24-$45.­Festival Theatre,­10­Queen’s­Parade,­Niagara-on-theLake.­1-800-511-7429,­shawfest.com.­ THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW­by­Richard­O’Brien­ (Something-Something­Productions).­A­newly­ engaged­couple­stumble­upon­a­freaky­castle­ in­this­rock­musical.­Runs­to­Jul­15,­Fri-Sun­7­ pm.­$30,­stu/srs­$25.­Corks Winebar & Eatery,­ 19­Queen,­Niagara-on-the-Lake.­289-8689527,­rockyhorrorniagara.com.­ SOMEWHERE bEYOND THE SEA­by­Douglas­ Bowie­(Thousand­Islands­Playhouse).­A­retired­ librarian­finds­her­world­upended­while­touring­Europe.­Runs­to­Jul­21,­Tue-Sat­8­pm,­mat­ Sat-Sun­and­Wed­2:30­pm.­$27-$32,­stu­$16.­ Springer Theatre,­690­Charles­S,­Gananoque.­ 1-866-382-7020,­1000islandsplay­house.com.­ YOU’RE A gOOD MAN, CHARLIE bROWN­by­ Clark­Gesner­(Stratford­Festival/Schulich­ Children’s­Plays).­This­family­musical­is­ based­on­Charles­M­Schulz’s­Peanuts­comic­ strip­characters.­Runs­in­rep­to­Oct­28.­$49$106,­srs­$41-$66,­stu­$19-$29.­Avon Theatre,­99­Downie,­Stratford.­1-800-567-1600,­ ­stratfordfestival.ca.­­ 3

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Audio clips from interviews with STEVEN SODERBERGH, CHANNING TATUM AND OTHERS • Friday column on REELHEART FEST • and more Channing Tatum’s (centre and below) own experiences as a stripper contributed to Magic Mike’s script.

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los angeles – steven soderbergh is talking about the time he went shopping for thongs with Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey.

“As you can imagine, it was a very personal process,” the Oscar-winning director of Traffic tells the assembled press at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons. “I know what I like....”

And the room explodes with laughter.

Which is entirely understandable.

It’s a lot easier to yuk it up about Magic Mike than it is to think about it.

Yes, it’s a movie where some very attractive men – among them Tatum, McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer, True Blood’s Joe Manganiello and White Collar’s Matt Bomer, who may be the prettiest man I have ever met – take their clothes off and dance on a stage.

But while it’s shot and cut like one of Soderbergh’s candy-coloured Ocean’s movies, Magic Mike has a little more on its mind. Its interest in real-world concerns like money, idealism and ambition bring it closer in spirit to the director’s 2009 experiment, The Girlfriend Experience.

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“I wanted to make sure there were a lot of conversations about money and work,” Soderbergh says, “ – what you’re willing to do to be paid.”

But mostly, everyone just wants to ask about the wardrobe. It turns out thongs come with a learning curve.

“I had to kinda walk around having normal conversations,” McConaughey says about his first time wearing one.

“You’ve gotta talk about football or what you ate last night. You’re leaning against a wall, kinda just hangin’ out. Just to get comfortable with it, because the first time you put it on, your body kinda contorts. But Channing would be there just talking about what’s going on in the scene with Soderbergh, and he’s in his red thing just working it out.”

“Those guys just jumped into the thong with both feet and went out there,” says Tatum, whose experiences as an underage male stripper served as the starting point for Reid Carolin’s script.

“I’ve done it before, and it was still nerve-racking for me,” Tatum says. “I can’t imagine what these guys had to go through. Bomer had to go first, and I felt so bad for that. I was like, ‘Maybe I should go first.’ And he just jumped. Everybody just committed, every single person just went for it.”

As one of Magic Mike’s producers, Tatum’s the picture’s de facto cheerleader, cracking jokes to disperse any tension in the room – not that any of his co-stars holds back from discuss-

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REVIEW MAGIC MIKE (Steven Soderbergh) Rating: NNNN If you found Steven Soderbergh’s take on action movies in Haywire a bit too cerebral, you’ll likely be happier with Magic Mike, a brawnier but no less brainy reworking of Flashdance inspired – and informed – by Channing Tatum’s early days as a male stripper.

Tatum plays the eponymous (and entirely fictional) Mike, a self-styled entrepreneur who dreams of starting a furniture business but spends most of his time performing or trying to charm the unavailable sister (Cody Horn) of his underage protege (Alex Pettyfer).

Soderbergh and screenwriter Reid Carolin weave a subtle commentary on various American notions of exploitation in between energetic, self-aware dance sequences, though Tatum saves the full force of his charisma for his scenes opposite Horn.

And as we’ve come to expect, Matthew McConaughey steals every scene he can as the club’s cagey MC and occasional NW performer.

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ing performance anxiety.

“We all got to see Channing dance for the first time,” McConaughey says. “So it was immediately obvious: ‘All right, the best I can get is second place.’”

“A very, very distant second place,” Manganiello clarifies. “Chan’s in a dancing movie; we’re in a dry-humping movie.”

The cast quickly bonded over workout regimens, choreography sessions and diets.

“These guys were so disciplined,” Soderbergh says. “They ate like rabbits. Lettuce with lemon juice on it.

Honestly, I’ve worked on movies with a lot of women who look great and take care of themselves, and I’ve never seen this kind of diligence.

Look, maybe it was just fear, but I didn’t sense any competition, because I think the fear of doing it bonded you guys really quickly.

They’re all sort of jumping out of the plane together.”

“Most movies, when you’re done with your scene, you go home,” Tatum says. “‘That’s it, I’m good.’ And that’s not what happened – you wanted to see everybody do their routine and kill it. And every time that Bomer or anybody came offstage, you’d go back and tell them they murdered it.

It really became like a weird team. A very weird, strange team.”

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Chris Pine and Michelle Pfeiffer share a mother-son moment in People Like Us.

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Citizen Kane, Vertigo, The Godfather and Chinatown are all terrific, but none of them will raise your pulse above 75 beats per minute. Jaws does it in its opening scene, and keeps you on edge for another two hours with rich character development and expertly increasing tension. In my not so humble opinion, it’s the best American movie ever made.

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least once on a big screen. And the Lightbox has that covered with a limited run of Universal’s splendid new digital restoration, overseen by director Steven Spielberg.

The rock-solid, razor-sharp image accurately renders Bill Butler’s slightly grainy cinematography, and gets the underwater footage back to its original brightness after decades of dull video transfers. The subtle surround remix hews closely to the original monaural audio, keeping most of the sound at the centre of the screen while expanding John Williams’s score into the back of the room.

I had the pleasure of introducing a 15-year-old print of Jaws in TIFF’s Essential Cinema series a couple of years ago, and it was very nice, but this is gorgeous. You owe it to yourself to check out the upgrade. NORMaN wILNER Life’s a beach for the victims in Jaws, now in re-release.

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By SUSAN G. COLE PEOPLE LIKE US directed by Alex Kurtzman, written by Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jody Lambert, with Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks and Michelle Pfeiffer. 115 minutes. A DreamWorks release. Opens Friday (June 29). For venues and times see Movies, page 70.

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sure, it’s a bit soapy and has one of those conflicts that could be resolved in three minutes if the characters would just start talking to each other, but People Like Us has a powerful emotional through-line and a cast of great actors who make the most of it.

The charismatic Chris Pine is hugely compelling as amoral salesman Sam, who heads to his father’s funeral with his girlfriend just as the Federal Trade Commission is about to come down on Sam in a heavy way.

Sam’s mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) greets him with a slap in the face. Obviously, Sam had been an absent son to both his record producer father and his mother. He’s got some major issues.

When the family lawyer gives him a sack full of cash with a note instructing him to give it to a certain Josh Davis, Sam considers keeping it for

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one-trick pony himself – he’s inherited only his dad’s vinyl – but then discovers that his father had a daughter from another relationship and that 11-yearold Josh is his nephew.

Soon Sam is almost stalking his AA-attending half-sister Frankie (Elizabeth Banks) and developing a friendship with Josh (Michael Hall D’Addario), all the while never giving away who he is.

Like I said, soapy or what? And certain elements of the narrative are almost laughably predictable. You just know when Sam spies the medical marijuana in the medicine cabinet that he’ll be availing himself soon.

And you can see some plot points a mile away – especially those concerning Sam’s mum and Frankie.

Banks, who’s tightly wound on the one hand, achingly vulnerable on the other, gives a great performance.

Pine is riveting, Pfeiffer (finally playing her age) is in great form, and D’Addario doesn’t have a cutesy bone in his body.

Even if it’s a little noisy – Sam’s dad was a rock producer, and the soundtrack reflects that – it’s cool to see a beautifully acted, character-driven film in this season of actioners and half-baked sequels.

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DaRK HORSE (Todd Solondz). 84 minutes.

Opens Friday (June 29) at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. See Times, page 75. Rating: NNN Todd Solondz is a master of a particular tone. Like all his films (Welcome To the Dollhouse, Happiness), Dark Horse walks the line between humour and despair, keeping the audience off-balance with unlikeable characters doing all the wrong things.

Jordan Gelber plays Abe, an immature loser who still lives with his parents, works for his father – if you call throwing paper airplanes around the office work – and is obsessed with action figures. When sullen beauty Miranda (Selma Blair) says yes to his advances, man-boy Abe thinks he’s getting lucky.

Of course, there’s a catch.

Brilliantly cast as Abe’s parents, Mia Farrow and Christo-

pher Walken step into Solondz’s wonky universe with just the right energy, Walken deadpan and weird, Farrow terrifyingly perky.

And Solondz uses a relentlessly cheerful indie pop soundtrack to great ironic effect.

Too bad he’s moved away from his ensemble approach involving multiple disturbed characters. There’s only a single narrative thread here and, as a result, Dark Horse feels a bit thin.

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¡Olé! If you like dance on film, Flamenco, Flamenco’s a no-brainer.

Kids hope they have what it takes to become Olympic track stars.

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Tracking lives TOWN OF RUNNERS (Jerry Rothwell). 85 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (June 29). For venues and times, see Movies, page 70. Rating: NNN

In Bekoji, an impoverished Ethiopian town, there are probably more Olympic track and field gold medals than cellphones. The town has no paved roads, and the best way out is by running as fast as you can.

Most of Bekoji’s kids train for track as if it were part of their school’s curriculum. Those who can’t compete just pray that God will give them an education or a beneficial marriage. Kids run shoeless and dig up tracks to train on in fields covered with grass.

There are moments that feel superfluous and redundant, as if director Jerry Rothwell were padding out thin stretches to make the doc theatrical instead of a one-hour television special, which would be its ideal form.

Nevertheless, he captures the de-

spair that takes hold of his subjects.

For all the Olympians who’ve come out of Bekoji, there are many, many more also-rans.

Among others, Rothwell focuses on two promising girls, Hawii and Alemi, who are selected to train in sports clubs that are shoddy even by local standards.

One of them is defeated by a destitute system that sours her once sweet optimism. She and her townsfolk still run, but where they are headed reRADHEYAN SIMONPILLAI mains uncertain.

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Stomp, repeat FLAMENcO, FLAMENcO (Carlos Saura). 96 minutes. Opens Friday (June 29). For venues and times, see Movies, page 70.

Rating: NNN Carlos Saura has always used dance as an element of his filmmaking; his breakout films Blood Wedding, Carmen and El Amor Brujo are informally known as the Flamenco Trilogy. And every now and then he just shoots people dancing.

Flamenco, Flamenco returns to the territory of Saura’s 1995 performance documentary, Flamenco. It’s just a collection of flamenco performances shot against massive backdrops inspired by paintings (and, in one scene, movie posters), increasing in complexity as the film goes on.

There are moments of striking beauty – six shrouded women dancing to Marcha Procesional against a painted sunset is a particular highlight – but mostly it’s just the same thing over and over again. The picture fades up, a text block tells us what number we’re about to see, and that number is performed. Fade to black, fade up to the next number. You get the idea.

Now, if you want to spend an hour and a half watching flamenco performances on a big screen, presented in rich colour and robust Dolby Digital sound, this is essential cinema. You’re also likely to be more forgiving of Saura’s eccentricities, like having a dancer walk up to the camera after a performance, or framing another dancer from head to hips while she performs some particularly elaborate footwork.

Me? Not so much.

But I’m not the target audience.

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Michelle Williams and Luke Kirby flirt over cocktails in Take This Waltz.

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(D: Seth MacFarlane, 106 min) Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane makes his feature film directorial debut with this comic fantasy about a guy (Mark Walhberg) whose teddy bear (voiced by MacFarlane) comes to life and disturbs his relationship with his girlfriend (Mila Kunis). Sounds unlikely, but who knew Family Guy and American Dad would last so many seasons?

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection (D: Tyler Perry, 114 min) Eugene Levy stars as a CFO-turnedwitness in the latest comedy by the prolific writer/director/producer, who returns in drag as the advicespewing title character. Perry’s recent films have been uneven, so let’s see how this one – dominated by two white actors – does at the box office.

Both open Friday (June 29). Screened after press time – see reviews June 29 at nowtoronto.com/movies.

Ted (voiced by writer/director Seth MacFarlane) gets all warm and fuzzy with Mark Wahlberg.

Sarah Polley gets personal in her ambitious second feature By NORMAN WILNER TAKE THIS WALTZ written and directed by Sarah Polley, with Michelle Williams, Luke Kirby, Seth Rogen and Sarah Silverman. A Mongrel Media release. 116 minutes.

Opens Friday (June 29). For venues and times, see Movies, page 70. Rating: NNN

sarah polley is a fairly private person, and given the flurry of gossipy pieces that followed the revelation last September of the dissolution of her first marriage, her remarriage to someone else and her pregnancy, it’s tempting to interpret the restlessness and feral eroticism of her second feature, Take This Waltz, as some sort of unconscious confessional.

There might even be some truth to that, given that Take This Waltz is the story of Margot (Michelle Williams), a young Toronto woman who finds herself pulling away from her pleasant but distracted husband, Lou (Seth Rogen), and drawn to an earthy new

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neighbour, Daniel (Luke Kirby), who pulls a rickshaw and paints and is probably really good with his hands.

Polley’s a very smart and considered filmmaker, the sort of director who actually works with actors rather than using them as therapy puppets. And however much of herself she’s put into Take This Waltz is really irrelevant once Margot and Daniel begin their epic dance around each other; it becomes its own thing, a powerful and complicated look at the lives of fictional characters who are working out issues that their director has spent a great deal of time thinking about.

Emotional realism is paramount: the playful exchanges between Margot and Lou will have some squirming at her baby talk and his ritualized responses, but that’s what intimacy looks like from the outside. And the parallel scenes of Margot and Daniel feeling their way through their initial attraction are just as believable

– though I’d argue that Kirby’s character is more of an ideal love object than an actual person.

Subject matter aside, Take This Waltz is a far braver picture for Polley than her first feature, the intense but formally safe Away From Her. She takes an impressionistic approach to familiar Toronto locations, with characters drifting through a deserted, early-morning Kensington Market, having emotional breakdowns on the Scrambler on Centre Island, or stopping by an unlikely drum circle at the Trinity Bellwoods dog park.

The movie’s structure is similarly unconventional, reaching a noteperfect ending about 90 minutes in and then going for broke with a fourth act that forces the characters to confront the consequences of their actions. I’m not entirely sure Polley accomplishes what she’s reaching for, but she’s reaching for it, and that makes all the difference.

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bey Maguire first brought SpiderMan to the screen – and only five years after the lame third entry that laid the web-head low – the franchise gets a fresh start in The Amazing Spider-Man. And it mostly works.

The key story points are still the same. High-school nerd Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) is imbued with the proportional speed and strength of a spider after an encounter with a genetically enhanced arachnid, and driven by tragedy to become a superhero. But the road map is different, using an unnecessary backstory about Peter’s long-dead parents to give our hero a broodier side.

This time around, Peter follows a clue about his late father’s work to scientist Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), whose experiments lead Peter to the

Spider of Destiny and turn Connors into the movie’s Big Bad, the rampaging mutant known as The Lizard. And the role of Peter’s romantic interest is filled by Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), whose police captain father (Denis Leary) is hell-bent on taking New York’s newest masked vigilante off the streets.

Marc Webb, who made (500) Days Of Summer, gives the big 3-D webswinging set pieces a thrilling, vertiginous energy, but he doesn’t have the confident editorial style Raimi brought to his first two pictures. This is a somewhat bumpier ride; at two and a quarter hours, it could stand to lose 20 minutes, or add 20 more.

That said, the actors make this Spider-Man feel pretty amazing indeed.

Garfield’s awkward, self-doubting spin on Peter is very different from Tobey Maguire’s wide-eyed wonder, and the layers Stone brings to Gwen make her every scene pop.

If Sony has to keep making these movies, this is as good a way to go as NORMAN WILNER any.

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AbrAhAm LincoLn: VAmpire ñhunter

(Timur Bekmambetov) is a spectacular mutant beast, the likes of which we’ve never quite seen before. This is a movie where a vampire picks up a horse and throws it at Abraham Lincoln, and that’s just the first beat of one of two incredible action set pieces in which director Bekmambetov mashes the conceptual gas pedal to the floor and simply dazzles us with the kinetic imagery he’s pulling out of his pulsing brain. The bones of the story are ridiculous – a stiff, clumsy retelling of salient points in the real Lincoln’s career, reflected through screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith’s gonzo notion that Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) balanced his storied life as a shop clerk, lawyer and politician with nightly acts of vampire slaying, coached by a good bloodsucker (Dominic Cooper). But we’re there to see a movie that’s as batshit crazy as its title promises – and you get one.

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(Yorgos Lanthimos) finds Lanthimos following his absurd, Oscarnominated comedy Dogtooth with another study of bizarre social dynamics. A quartet of well-intentioned people (including Anggeliki Papoulia and Aris Servetalis) offer a strange service to people who’ve lost a loved one: they’ll impersonate the departed for a few hours every week, the better to help the bereaved achieve closure. Of course, things go wrong almost immediately, as they did in Dogtooth, thanks to the unpredictable nature of human beings and the queasy sexuality of the participants.

There’s a lot about ALPS that’s similar to Dogtooth, but that’s not a criticism; Lanthimos is picking at something very specific about authority and repression in both films, and it’s fascinating to watch him work through his issues. Subtitled. 93 min. nnnn (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

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(Marc Webb) 136 min. See review, page 69.

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bAttLeShip (Peter Berg) is a generic thriller

with an alien invasion serving as a catalyst for a maverick hero (Taylor Kitsch) to get his shit together and become a leader. The CG is state-of-the-art, as is expected from a production of this scale, and the action for the most part visually interesting and easy to understand. If all you want are war movie clichés and a few aliens, Battleship will satisfy you. It might also leave you with

documentary and half dramatic feature, starring Jack Black as Bernie Tiede, a beloved mortician in Carthage, East Texas, who did something very, very bad. Conceptually, it’s pretty involving for the first half-hour or so, but director Linklater’s talking-heads structure means he’s constantly backing his film up over itself to act out the anecdote that’s just been related to us. 104 min. nn (NW) 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, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity

the boSS (Jaime Escallon-Buraglia) is a messy, jumbled farce about a Colombian human-resources manager (Carlos Hurtado) trying to juggle his responsibilities at work with his affair with his wife’s lusty best friend (Katherine Porto). Writer-director Escallon-Buraglia never gets a handle on the comedic tone (or the mechanics of the convoluted plot) and can’t decide whether his weaselly protagonist should be sympathetic or despicable. But the film’s biggest joke is on Telefilm, whose contribution to its budget is likely the only reason it’s opening here at all. Given that all we get for the agency’s efforts are throwaway mentions of U of T and the University of Montreal, here’s hoping hope someone kept the receipt. Subtitled. 95 min. n (NW) Carlton Cinema

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(Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman) is a lovely, stirring and very funny mythical adventure about Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald), a Scots princess bristling at what she perceives as constant criticism from her mother (Emma Thompson) while her father (Billy Connolly) brokers an uneasy peace. When Merida refuses to be married off at a gathering of the clans, she not only defies her parents but brings the kingdom to the brink of civil war – and then something else happens that makes the story even more urgent and personal. Lifting elements from Disney and

Studio Ghibli, directors Andrews and Chapman have constructed an entirely new myth – rooted in Scots mysticism, human pride and a very relatable mother-daughter conflict – and built a gorgeous movie around it, filled with spectacular visuals, inventive action sequences and a passionate heart. See it before people spoil it for you. 93 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

BRUNO’S BLUES (Michael Simard) is a mockumentary loosely inspired by the life of Canadian jazz pianist Bruno Hubert.

Scenes of his life beginning to fall apart – overdue bills, a court summons and finally his house being demolished – are intercut with sequences of Hubert performing in coffee houses and clubs. These showcase his talent and explain why the film is a perfect fit to screen as part of the Toronto Jazz Fest. But it fails to strike the comedic chord it’s aiming for and descends into gross-out humour (eating dog meat, yoga flatulence) – doing the music, and Hubert, a disservice.

80 min. N (Kiva Reardon) Carlton Cinema CHERNOBYL DIARIES (Brad Parker) is

miserable vampire Barnabas Collins, but it somehow never comes to life. 113 min. NN (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Scotiabank Theatre

keeps the plot twisting in a manner that feels both surprising and logical, but be warned: this is decidedly not for the squeamish. Subtitled. 101 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema

THE DICTATOR (Larry Charles) reunites

THE HUNGER GAMES (Gary Ross) adapts

Borat and Brüno’s Sacha Baron Cohen and director Charles for this politically incorrect look at a fictional tyrant who, after a botched assassination attempt, goes undercover to reclaim his title. Of the endless stream of jokes, some work while others fall flat. But Cohen’s demented leader is oddly lovable, and everyone around him plays it straight, intensifying the laughs. And a scathing monologue near the end proves silly comedy can be dead serious. 84 min. NNN (GS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yorkdale

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(Nathan Morlando) gives the notorious Canuck criminal a 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) Regent Theatre

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 aesTHE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT (NichoSeeking A Friend For The End Of The World, Keira thetic we’ve come to associate with foundlas Stoller) chronicles the flailings of a Knightley footage movies to amp up the suspense by San Francisco couple (Jason Segel, who coforcing us to share the characters’ panicked wrote the film with Stoller, and Emily Blunt) perspective. You can’t help but be sucked who find their marriage plans constantly into the story, even when you pretty much upstaged or thwarted by the simple proknow where it’s going beat for beat. Some gression of their lives. Segel and Blunt are subtitles. 85 min. NNN (NW) terrific together, with a buoyant chemistry Coliseum Scarborough, Interchange 30 that feels both sexy and comfortable, and it’s a pleasure to hang out with their charCHIMPANZEE (Alastair Fothergill, Mark acters, even when things get difficult for Linfield) finds veteran nature filmmakers them. 123 min. NNNN (NW) Fothergill (African Cats) and Linfield (Earth) documenting the life of a young chimp livInterchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20 ing with his troop somewhere in the jungles FLAMENCO, FLAMENCO (Carlos Saura) 96 that run through Uganda and Côte d’Ivoire. min. See review, page 68. NNN (NW) It’s a little on the anthropomorphic side, Opens Jun 29 at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema and Tim Allen’s insistently chummy narra-

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tion grates, but the developments in the second half are genuinely gripping, and the high-def images are stunning. 78 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30

COSMOPOLIS (David Cronenberg) is the telepod fusion of two very chilly visionaries – novelist Don DeLillo and screenwriter/director 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 it fully aware that it wants to be deconstructed rather than enjoyed. 108 min. NNN (NW) Canada Square, Kennedy Commons 20, Scotiabank Theatre DARK HORSE (Todd Solondz) 85 min. See

review, page 66. NNN (SGC) Opens Jun 29 at TIFF Bell Lightbox

DARK SHADOWS (Tim Burton) is impeccably designed and textured and features a fun character turn by Johnny Depp as the

FOOTNOTE (Joseph Cedar) folds an entire

universe of conflict into the tale of two Talmudic scholars: a meticulous father (Shlomo Bar-Aba) who toils angrily in obscurity and his populist, media-savvy son (Lior Ashkenazi). Writer/director Cedar satirizes academic politics, personal integrity and generational resentment, but his stylistic choices undermine the points and punchlines. Subtitled. 105 min. NNN (NW) Kingsway Theatre

FOREVERLAND (Max McGuire) is a road movie about Will (Max Thieriot), a young man with cystic fibrosis who confronts his own mortality on a redemptive drive from BC to Mexico. Director and co-writer McGuire also has cystic fibrosis, and it’s admirable that he uses CF as one element of his protagonist’s character rather than defining him entirely by the condition. But Foreverland falls down on so many other levels that I can’t recommend it: McGuire and screenwriter Shawn Riopelle lean heavily on dramatic clichés like Will’s jokey relationship with an empathetic funeral director (Matt Frewer). And Will’s bright-eyed love interest (Laurence Leboeuf) is introduced so clumsily I spent an hour thinking she was the his dead friend’s girlfriend. 93 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema

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(Morten Tyldum) is an energetic Norwegian cat-and-mouse thriller about a corporate recruiter who moonlights as an art thief (Aksel Hennie).

When his scheme goes wrong, our hero must go on the run – or at least that’s why he thinks he’s running. Director Tyldum

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, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, 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 a Victorian doctor who cures women’s mental ailments by using his fingers to... umm... provide a deep tissue massage. Dancy, an ideal romantic lead, has a fine foil in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s character, who embodies the women’s emancipation movement. The charming pair rise above the pandering, lightweight material. 99 min. NNN (RS) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre

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

A pair of misfit 12-year-olds (terrific newcomers Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman) run away in Wes Anderson’s tender, funny ode to young love and rebellion.

THE ISLAND PRESIDENT (Jon Shenk) is a fascinating look at an extraordinary personality: Maldives (former) president Mohamed Nasheed, who’s trying to slow global warming and arrest the rising water levels that will soon swallow his country. A former political prisoner who fought his country’s long-standing dictatorship and spent years in exile, Nasheed returned to become the nation’s first democratically elected president. Shenk gains impressive access, and Nasheed’s backroom wheeling and dealing during the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit is thrilling. Surprisingly, it takes a tremendous amount of effort to get politicians to agree to save the world. Yet such one-sided collaboration with the subject makes you wonder whether some footage was doctored Michael Moore-style – not that it’s hard to take a side when it comes to the environment. Some subtitles.

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(Steven Spielberg) 124 min. See review, page 66. NNNNN (NW) Opens Jun 29 at TIFF Bell Lightbox

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

ALPS The new film from the director of the Academy Award®– nominated Dogtooth is an absurd, outrageous comedy about a mysterious group with a very unusual line of business: taking over the roles of the recently departed to provide comfort and closure for their bereaved families.

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answer to rom-coms and other conventional depictions of young women exploring New York City’s social scene. Call it Sex And The East Village. Indie poster girl Greta Gerwig stars as Lola, a 29-year-old grad student who’s dumped by her fiancé and must navigate rebounds and other awkward latenight fumbles. By turns trite and honest, the film is a pleasurable distraction but remains as thin and flimsy as Lola’s malleable self-respect. Zoe Lister-Jones and co-writer/ continued on page 72 œ

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director Wein engineer their screenplay for the talented and charming Gerwig. While her sweet-natured, emotionally damaged floozy is likeable, neither she nor the film will be remembered the morning after. 86 min. NNN (RS) 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.

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MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED (Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad

Vernon) is zippy, silly, antic fun with Alex the lion and his team of continent-hopping friends. Making a break for New York City by trekking across Europe, the gang joins a travelling circus that includes a sneering Siberian tiger (Bryan Cranston) and a sleek jaguar (Jessica Chastain, who oozes sex

appeal even as a cartoon animal). On their tails is a villainous animal control chief, voiced with malevolent glee by the magnificent Frances McDormand. The humour is often pandering, but there are some cute zingers, particularly in reference to Canadians. The plot makes no attempts at logic – but, hey, it’s a movie about talking animals. They also dance, walk tightropes, swing from trapezes and get fired from canons, all to put on an extravagant neon 3-D show to wow kids and their babysitters.

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(Steven Soderbergh) 110 min. See interview and review, page 65.

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MARINA ABRAMOVIC: THE ARTIST IS

PRESENT (Matthew Akers) profiles Serbian performance art star Abramovic. During her 2010 Museum of Modern Art retrospective, in which nude dancers re-enacted her earlier performances, she sat in the museum’s atrium silently staring at the puzzled, bemused or tearful audience members who queued up to sit opposite her. Uncertainty over whether she’ll make it through the arduous months of focusing adds suspense, but at almost two hours, the film itself is a bit of an endurance test. Whether you consider Abramovic’s oeuvre a moving art/ theatre hybrid, a shamanic bridge to sacred space or a bunch of S/M stunts re-contextualized as art, you have to admire the inclusive spirit of this performance. 105 min.

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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.

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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

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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, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity

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, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(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) Regent Theatre

MOONRISE 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) Canada Square, Colossus, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity

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PATANG (Prashant Bhargava) seems to

exist largely because director Bhargava – who hails from Chicago – wanted to build a movie around the annual kite festival in Ahmedabad, India. And why not? Kites are pretty, and you get thousands of extras for free. But Bhargava welds that footage to a dull fictional narrative about a large family reunion that quickly disintegrates into anger and recrimination between the successful Jayesh (Mukkund Shukla) and the people he left behind. He’s also in love with a visual effect that makes his digital cinematography look like Super 8 film. It’s like watching the whole movie through an Instagram filter. Subtitled. 93 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Rainbow Woodbine

Keira Knightley is luminous in Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World.

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(Alex Kurtzman) 115 min. See review, page 66. NNNN (SGC) Opens Jun 29 at 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

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) Interchange 30

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(Peter Lord) is as energetic and fearlessly 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 Yelchin) embark on an adventure with scientists, the ship’s parrot brings our heroes to the attention of both Charles Darwin (David Tennant) and Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton). 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 3-D, which allows us notice the sight gags crammed into every corner of the frame. 88 min. NNNN (NW) Kingsway Theatre

PROMETHEUS (Ridley Scott) follows a team of corporate explorers to distant celestial body LV-223 in search of the origins of human life. They encounter something very similar to what the crew of Nostromo found in Alien – or will find, since this film takes place a good quarter-century or so before that one. After about 80 minutes establishing its cool, sleek elegance, Prometheus 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

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(Lorene Scafaria) begins three weeks before the Earth is scheduled to collide with an asteroid the size of New Jersey, and follows the depressed, newly single Dodge (Steve Carell) and his slightly manic neighbour Penny (Keira Knightley) on a road trip to look up Dodge’s old girlfriend before everything ends. Making her direc­ torial debut, screenwriter Scafaria (Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist) has constructed an intriguing, effects­free take on the apoca­ lypse genre, shifting nimbly between dark comedy and outright despair. She’s great with her actors, too; Carell and Knightley are excellent, and Connie Britton, Patton Oswalt, T.J. Miller and Gillian Jacobs pop up for memorable cameos. Any similarity to Don McKellar’s Last Night – which en­ visioned a similarly lo­fi apocalypse back in 1999 – is entirely coincidental. 100 min.

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that makes no fucking sense at all. Serious­ ly, I’m furious at how badly Scott and screenwriters Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof have botched this project. Prome­ theus 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 ori­ ginal’s grimy analog impact. 119 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

Rock of Ages (Adam Shankman) occasion­ ally shows flashes of the funny, frisky and decidedly self­aware jukebox musical put on by a bunch of friends in a Los Angeles theatre back in 2005. But now it’s a great big expensive Hollywood musical, so we’re supposed to take it halfway seriously – which drains out all the fun. Director Shank­ man, who seemed to know what he was doing with the Hairspray movie, fumbles the project in the first five minutes and never manages to fully right the ship. The gleeful, goofy heart of Chris D’Arienzo’s original book can be glimpsed in the scenes between grizzled club owner Alec Baldwin and helper monkey Russell Brand, and Ma­ lin Ackerman gives a spectacular comic per­ formance as a Rolling Stone reporter who succumbs to Tom Cruise’s aging sex cow­ boy. But they’re operating independently of

the rest of the machine. 122 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

sAfety Not guARANteed (Colin Trevor-

row) can’t really compete with the headier, more thoughtful lo­fi sci­fi of Another Earth and Sound Of My Voice. But as a hipster rom­com about people trying to shake off their pasts to make present­day connec­ tions, it’s a pretty satisfying tale about a trio of journalists (Jake Johnson, Aubrey Plaza, Karan Soni) on the trail of an eccen­ tric physicist (Mark Duplass, of The League and Your Sister’s Sister) who claims he’s building a time machine. Everyone in the movie is chasing something they’ve lost, and Plaza and Duplass find real chemistry in their little hesitations and averted glances.

The gentle growth of their relationship is pushed aside by an ending that overreaches badly, but it’s nice while it lasts. 94 min.

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(Rupert Sanders) adapts the classic fairy tale for Twihards who like their fantasies served with Kristen Stewart and some burning loins. In this admittedly Grimm take, Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron, mugging passionately) dispatches the titu­ lar 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 com­ mercials) delivers eye candy through set design and costumes, particularly in scenes revolving around Theron’s vain queen. Isn’t it fitting that a story about a vicious medi­ eval beauty pageant can only be recom­ mended for its aesthetics? The characters, while dressed to kill, lack substance, par­ ticularly Snow White. Stewart’s been hanging around vampires for so long that her performance is lifeless. Like that poison apple, SWATH looks inviting but offers nothing you’d want to chew on. 127 min.

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Ted (Seth MacFarlane) 106 min. See Also

Opening, page 69.

Opens Jun 29 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 Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

ThaT’s My Boy (Sean Anders) has Adam Sandler reiterating the same man-child routine he’s been doing since Billy Madison in 1995. Both he and his shtick have gotten old. He plays a 40-year-old washout who was once famous for getting his high school teacher pregnant. His estranged child (Andy Samberg) has disavowed his father’s existence, until Dad crashes his wedding weekend in need of some cash. Cue the barrage of generic toilet (and jizz) humour, fat jokes and unwarranted cameos (Vanilla Ice?). The movie hits you with so many stupid, juvenile gags that you eventually descend to its level to find mild amusement at mundane sights like Sandler jerking off. This must be a metaphor of some sort since Sandler seems to make movies only to pleasure himself. He’s not bad at what he does; he’s just not doing much else. 116 min. N (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, 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

ThiNk Like a MaN (Tim Story) is a slick bit

of self-promotion from author (and executive producer) Steve Harvey, who uses his tell-all guidebook, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to kick off the plot and set up the punchlines in this harmless rom-com. A handful of black women heed advice from Harvey’s bible on how to deal with male 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 manage to make the most out of thin material.

122 min. NNN (RS) Colossus, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20

TowN of RuNNeRs (Jerry Rothwell) 85

min. See review, page 68. NNN (RS) Opens Jun 29 at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

TyLeR PeRRy’s Madea’s wiTNess PRoTecTioN (Tyler Perry) 114 min. See Also

Opening, page 69.

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whaT To exPecT wheN you’Re exPecTiNg (Kirk Jones) offers vignettes about the bumps on the road that a woman with a baby bump might encounter. The five couples’ nine-month journeys to parenthood are so chopped up that the people become less fleshed-out characters than types. Still, some stories ring surprisingly true, particularly Cameron Diaz’s control-

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Cuddly Ted (voiced by writer/director Seth MacFarlane) hangs out with the girls. over. The film’s resolutions 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

freak and Elizabeth Banks’s on-point depiction of a pregnancy from hell. The filmmakers 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 possible. 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) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga

The woMaN iN The fifTh (Pawel Pawli-

kowski) is an oblique, sensual study of an American writer (Ethan Hawke) who comes to Paris to visit his daughter and ex-wife and winds up penniless, living in a flophouse hotel and working as a security guard. Eventually, he meets a mysterious woman (Kristin Scott Thomas) who takes him into her bed for enigmatic reasons.

Working from a novel by Douglas Kennedy, Pawlikowski’s far more interested in mood than plot; The Woman In The Fifth is a tonal study in much the same way as Polanski’s The Tenant and Roeg’s Don’t Look Now, using elliptical editing and abstracted dia-

wheRe do we go Now? (Nadine Labaki) is a sure-fire crowd-pleaser that makes Mideast politics go down easy – a Molotov Cocktail that tastes like a Bellini. The Christian 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 communication with the Virgin Mary or importing Ukrainian strippers to give the guys something else to get hard

logue to evoke a sense that things are drifting further and further beyond the protagonist’s control and comprehension. It can be a little frustrating, but Hawke’s sympathetic performance creates an emotional continuity that seems to make sense of things even when things don’t make sense at all. Some subtitles. 83 min. NNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Lynn Shelton) is another heavily improvised study of 30-somethings at a point of crisis by Humpday director Shelton, this one centred on a grieving man (Mark Duplass) who finds himself trapped at a summer cottage with the sister (Rosemarie DeWitt) of his best friend (Emily Blunt) for a very eventful weekend. Efficiently establishing that each character is keeping at least one secret from the others, Shelton lets the tension and awkward comic fumbling flow freely; all three of her actors adroitly dance on the edge of farce while keeping the drama at believably real levels. It’s rare to see a movie that throws around this much raw emotion and still gets laughs. 90 min. NNNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24 3

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braVe 3d (PG) thu 11:55, 12:30, 1:45, 2:45, 3:15, 4:30, 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:15 Fri, tue-Wed 11:55, 1:45, 3:00, 4:30, 6:00, 7:30, 8:45, 10:15 sat-mon 10:45, 11:55, 1:45, 3:00, 4:30, 6:00, 7:30, 8:45, 10:15 lola Versus (14A) thu 11:40, 2:05, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 FriWed 11:30, 1:55, 4:20, 6:35 madagascar 3: euroPe’s mosT wanTed (G) thu 12:45 3:30 6:15 9:00 Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 sat-mon 10:30 mat madagascar 3: euroPe’s mosT wanTed 3d (G) 11:35, 2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 men In black 3 (PG) thu 12:15, 1:30, 3:15, 4:45, 7:00, 7:45, 9:45, 10:30 Fri, tue-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 sat-mon 10:45, 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 rock oF ages (PG) thu 11:45, 3:00, 6:00, 6:45, 8:55, 9:40 Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:50, 6:00, 8:50 rock oF ages: The ImaX eXPerIence (PG) thu 1:45, 4:45, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-Wed 12:45, 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 snow whITe and The hunTsman (PG) thu 11:30, 12:30, 2:30, 3:45, 7:00, 7:45, 9:00, 10:00, 10:40 Fri-Wed 11:30, 12:30, 2:30, 3:45, 6:50, 7:45, 9:50, 10:40 Take ThIs walTz (14A) 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:00, 10:15 satmon 10:30 mat Ted (14A) thu 12:01 Fri, tue-Wed 11:50, 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 5:45, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 9:30, 10:00, 10:45 sat-mon 11:00, 11:50, 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 5:45, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 9:30, 10:00, 10:45 TerI merI kahaanI (PG) thu 11:45 2:45 6:45 10:15 FriWed 11:45, 2:45, 6:45, 10:20 ThaT’s my boy (18A) thu 11:50, 1:30, 3:30, 4:45, 7:10, 8:00, 10:00, 10:45 Fri-Wed 11:50, 3:30, 7:10, 10:10 The woman In The FIFTh thu 11:40, 2:00, 4:15, 6:45 your sIsTer’s sIsTer (18A) thu 11:30 2:00 4:30 7:20 9:50 Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:05, 4:30, 7:05, 9:30

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

The besT eXoTIc marIgold hoTel (PG) thu 4:00, 6:50 Fri, mon 4:05, 7:00, 9:45 sat-sun 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 tue-Wed 4:10, 7:10, 9:45 cosmoPolIs (14A) thu 4:10, 6:30 The dIcTaTor (14A) thu 4:05, 7:10 The hunger games (14A) thu 3:50, 6:40 Fri, mon 3:55, 6:45, 9:35 sat-sun 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 marVel’s The aVengers (PG) tue-Wed 3:50, 6:45, 9:40 men In black 3 (PG) thu 4:20, 7:20 Fri, mon 7:10 sat-sun 1:40, 7:10 moonrIse kIngdom (PG) thu 4:40, 7:15 Fri, mon 4:30, 6:40, 8:50 sat-sun 2:00, 4:30, 6:50, 9:10 tue-Wed 4:40, 7:30, 9:45 PeoPle lIke us (14A) Fri, mon-Wed 3:55, 6:25, 9:00 satsun 1:30, 4:05, 6:30, 9:00 rock oF ages (PG) Fri, mon 4:00, 6:35, 9:15 sat-sun 1:05, 3:40, 6:20, 8:55 tue-Wed 4:00, 6:35, 9:10 seekIng a FrIend For The end oF The world (14A) thu 4:30, 7:00 Fri, mon 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 sat-sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 tue-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 9:35 snow whITe and The hunTsman (PG) tue-Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Take ThIs walTz (14A) Fri, mon 4:15, 6:55, 9:25 sat-sun 1:20, 4:15, 6:45, 9:20 tue-Wed 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 ThaT’s my boy (18A) Fri-mon 4:25, 9:45 where do we go now? (14A) thu 4:15, 6:45

mt Pleasant (i)

675 mt Pleasant rD, 416-489-8484 bernIe (PG) Fri-sat 9:25 mon 7:00 salmon FIshIng In The yemen (PG) thu-sat, Wed 7:00 sun 4:30, 7:00 mon 4:20

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

edwIn boyd (14A) Fri-sat 8:55 sun-mon 7:00 monsIeur lazhar (PG) thu-sat, Wed 7:00 sun-mon 4:30

silvercitY Yonge (ce) 2300 Yonge st, 416-544-1236

abraham lIncoln: VamPIre hunTer (14A) thu 9:40 Fri-sun 9:35 abraham lIncoln: VamPIre hunTer 3d (14A) thu 2:20, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 Fri-mon 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 tue 1:30, 4:10, 7:15, 10:00 Wed 1:30, 4:40, 7:15, 10:10 The amazIng sPIder-man 3d (PG) mon 8:00, 10:30, 11:05 tue-Wed 12:45, 1:15, 3:55, 4:25, 7:05, 7:35, 10:15, 10:45 The amazIng sPIder-man (PG) mon 8:30 tue 12:15, 3:25, 6:35, 9:45 Wed 1:45, 5:00, 8:30 braVe (PG) thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:00 Fri-sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:10 mon 2:00, 4:40 braVe 3d (PG) thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-sun, Wed 12:30, 3:00, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 mon 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 8:15, 10:40 tue 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 10:30 madagascar 3: euroPe’s mosT wanTed (G) thu 1:40 Fri-mon, Wed 12:35 tue 12:00 madagascar 3: euroPe’s mosT wanTed 3d (G) thu 4:15, 10:05 Fri-mon 2:50, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 tue 2:15, 4:40, 6:55, 9:20 Wed 2:50, 5:10, 7:25, 9:45 magIc mIke (14A) Fri-mon 2:30, 5:05, 8:05, 10:50 tue 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 8:05, 10:50 Wed 3:35, 6:50, 10:00 marVel’s The aVengers (PG) thu 1:00, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 Fri-sun 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 10:20 mon 12:45, 3:50, 6:55 PromeTheus (14A) mon 10:20 tue 1:00, 4:00, 7:45, 10:40 Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:45, 10:40 PromeTheus 3d (14A) thu 1:10, 4:00, 7:05, 10:25 Fri-sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:40, 10:40 mon 1:20, 4:20, 7:10 rock oF ages (PG) thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 snow whITe and The hunTsman (PG) thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Fri-sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 mon 1:00, 4:00 Ted (14A) 12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:15, 10:55 mon only 12:30 3:05 5:40 7:50 10:45 ThaT’s my boy (18A) thu 1:05, 3:45, 6:30, 9:50

Metro

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

The amazIng sPIder-man (PG) mon 9:45 tue-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 braVe (PG) 2:00, 4:45, 6:45, 8:45 PromeTheus (14A) 2:30, 5:00, 7:15, 9:45 mon no 9:45

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

The besT eXoTIc marIgold hoTel (PG) mon-Wed 2:15, 7:00 The dIcTaTor (14A) Fri-Wed 9:15 FooTnoTe (14A) thu 3:00 The hunger games (14A) thu 9:15 Fri-sun 4:30 hysTerIa (PG) thu 7:30 Fri-sun 7:00 mon-Wed 4:30 The PIraTes! band oF mIsFITs (PG) Fri-Wed 12:30 salmon FIshIng In The yemen (PG) thu 1:00 Fri-sun 2:15 Thoroughly modern mIllIe thu 5:00

queensWaY (ce)

1025 tHe queensWaY, qeW & islington, 416-503-0424 abraham lIncoln: VamPIre hunTer (14A) thu 1:30, 4:15, 6:55, 9:35 Fri-sat 11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 8:10, 10:05, 10:50 sun 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 8:10, 10:05, 10:40 mon 2:10, 4:50, 7:25, 8:10, 10:05, 10:50 tue 12:10, 2:45, 5:30, 8:10, 10:05, 10:45 Wed 2:45, 5:30, 8:10, 10:45, 10:50 abraham lIncoln: VamPIre hunTer 3d (14A) thu 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 The amazIng sPIder-man 3d (PG) mon 8:00, 8:45, 9:30, 10:20, 11:05 tue-Wed 1:00, 1:30, 4:10, 4:40, 7:20, 7:50, 10:30, 11:00 The amazIng sPIder-man (PG) tue 12:00, 12:30, 3:10,

3:40, 6:20, 6:50, 9:30, 10:00 Wed 12:30, 3:10, 3:40, 6:20, 6:50, 9:30, 10:00 The besT eXoTIc marIgold hoTel (PG) thu 12:55, 3:50, 6:45, 9:45 Fri 1:15, 4:20, 7:05, 9:55 sat-sun 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 mon 1:15, 4:10 braVe (PG) thu 2:00, 2:30, 4:30, 5:00, 7:00, 7:30, 9:30 Fri-sat 11:25, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 sun 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 mon 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:40 tue 11:55, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 Wed 12:40, 3:15, 5:45, 8:20 braVe 3d (PG) thu 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Fri 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 sat-sun 12:10, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 mon 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 tue 12:40, 3:15, 5:45, 8:20, 10:50 Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 The dIcTaTor (14A) thu 1:00, 3:15, 5:25, 7:40 hook sat 11:00 madagascar 3: euroPe’s mosT wanTed (G) thu 1:15, 3:45 Fri-sun 1:10, 3:30, 5:50 mon 1:05, 3:30, 5:50, 7:30, 9:50 madagascar 3: euroPe’s mosT wanTed 3d (G) thu 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 Fri-sun 12:25, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 mon 2:15, 4:45, 7:15 tue 12:20, 2:50, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 Wed 2:50, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 magIc mIke (14A) thu 10:00 Fri-sun 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 mon 2:05, 5:00, 7:55, 10:40 tue 12:05, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 Wed 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 marVel’s The aVengers (PG) thu-sun 3:40 mon 4:55 tue-Wed 12:35, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 marVel’s The aVengers 3d (PG) thu 12:30, 6:50, 10:05 Fri-sun 12:35, 6:50, 10:00 mon 1:35 men In black 3 (PG) thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:35, 10:20 Fri-sat 11:20, 1:50, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45 sun 1:50, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45 mon 1:50, 4:25 moonrIse kIngdom (PG) thu 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 Frimon 12:55, 3:25, 5:55, 8:20, 10:45 tue 12:15, 3:00, 5:35, 8:05, 10:35 Wed 3:00, 5:35, 8:05, 10:35 PeoPle lIke us (14A) Fri-sat 11:30, 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 sun 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 mon 1:20, 4:05, 7:05, 9:40 tueWed 2:00, 4:50, 7:45, 10:35 PromeTheus (14A) thu 6:20, 9:20 PromeTheus 3d (14A) thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:00 Fri-sat 11:15, 2:05, 5:05, 8:05, 11:00 sun 2:05, 5:05, 8:05, 11:00 mon 2:50, 5:45, 8:05, 11:00 tue-Wed 1:50, 4:55, 7:55, 10:50 rock oF ages (PG) thu 1:10, 3:25, 4:10, 7:10, 9:25, 10:10 Fri, sun-mon 1:45, 4:40, 7:40, 10:35 sat 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:35 tue-Wed 1:10, 4:05, 7:10, 10:10 seekIng a FrIend For The end oF The world (14A) thu 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-sun 12:20, 2:55, 5:25, 7:55, 10:25 mon 12:30, 2:55, 5:25 snow whITe and The hunTsman (PG) thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Fri-sun 1:40, 4:35, 7:35, 10:35 mon 1:40, 4:35, 7:35, 10:30 tue-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Take ThIs walTz (14A) Fri-mon 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 tue-Wed 1:40, 4:35, 7:25, 10:20 Ted (14A) Fri-sun 12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:15, 10:55 mon 2:20, 5:05, 8:15, 10:55 tue-Wed 12:25, 3:05, 5:40, 8:15, 10:55 ThaT’s my boy (18A) thu 12:35, 1:55, 4:50, 6:40, 7:40, 10:25 Fri-sun 1:25, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 mon 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 tue-Wed 1:55, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25 whaT To eXPecT when you’re eXPecTIng (14A) thu 10:05

rainBoW WooDBine (i)

WooDBine centre, 500 rexDale BlvD, 416-213-1998 abraham lIncoln: VamPIre hunTer (14A) thu 1:00 4:00 7:05 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:20, 9:40 The amazIng sPIder-man (PG) mon 9:00 tue-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 braVe (PG) 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:10, 9:25 madagascar 3: euroPe’s mosT wanTed 3d (G) 12:40, 2:45, 4:55, 7:00, 9:15 magIc mIke (14A) Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 9:35 PaTang thu 1:20, 3:50, 7:15, 9:45 PromeTheus (14A) thu 1:10, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 rock oF ages (PG) thu 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:35 snow whITe and The hunTsman (PG) thu 1:15 4:05 6:55 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:20 Ted (14A) Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:50, 7:15, 9:45 ThaT’s my boy (18A) 1:05, 3:55, 7:00, 9:25 mon no 7:00, 9:25 Tyler Perry’s madea’s wITness ProTecTIon (14A) Fri-Wed 12:55, 4:15, 6:50, 9:30 continued on page 76 œ

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

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3D (PG) Mon 8:00, 9:00, 11:05 Tue-Wed 12:30, 1:00, 3:40, 4:10, 6:50, 7:20, 10:10, 10:30 BRAVE (PG) Fri-Wed 12:30 BRAVE 3D (PG) Thu 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Wed 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED (G) 1:30 Mon 3:50 mat, 6:30, 8:50 Tue-Wed 3:50 mat, 6:30, 9:00 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED 3D (G) Thu 6:40, 9:10 Fri-Sun 3:50, 6:30, 9:00 MAGIC MIKE (14A) Fri-Mon 1:40, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 TueWed 1:40, 4:40, 7:10, 10:00 PROMETHEUS 3D (14A) Thu 7:20, 10:05 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 Mon 1:20, 4:20 ROCK OF AGES (PG) Thu 7:10, 9:55 SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (PG) Thu 6:50, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:50, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Mon 12:50, 4:00 TED (14A) Fri-Mon 1:00, 4:10, 7:00, 9:30 Tue-Wed 1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 THAT’S MY BOY (18A) Thu 7:30, 10:15

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

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3D (PG) Mon 7:00, 10:30 Tue-Wed 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 11:00 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) Mon 8:00, 11:00 Tue-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (PG) Tue-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 THE DICTATOR (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 Fri-Mon 9:55 MARVEL’S AVENGERS ASSEMBLE 3D (PG) Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15

MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS 3D (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Mon 12:55, 3:55, 6:55 Tue-Wed 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:40 MEN IN BLACK 3 3D (PG) Thu 2:10, 5:10, 8:10 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:40 Mon 1:40, 4:40 PEOPLE LIKE US (14A) Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 PROMETHEUS (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:40 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Mon 12:40, 3:40 PROMETHEUS 3D (14A) Thu 2:15, 5:15, 8:15 Fri-Mon 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 11:00 Tue-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 PROMETHEUS: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Mon 1:20, 4:20 ROCK OF AGES (PG) Thu 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD (14A) Thu 12:45, 3:45, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (PG) Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25

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

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER (14A) Thu 7:00, 9:30 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER 3D (14A) Thu 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Fri-Wed 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:05 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 BRAVE (PG) Thu 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 BRAVE 3D (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 THE INTOUCHABLES (14A) Thu 4:15, 6:55, 9:35 Fri-Wed 2:15, 5:05, 7:40, 10:20 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED (G) Thu 4:00 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED 3D (G) Thu 4:30, 6:50, 9:20 Fri-Wed 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45 MAGIC MIKE (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Wed 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 MOONRISE KINGDOM (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:25, 9:45 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:45, 9:40 TAKE THIS WALTZ (14A) Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:30, 6:50, 9:40 TED (14A) Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 THAT’S MY BOY (18A) Thu 4:25, 7:15, 9:55

SILVERCITY FAIRVIEW (CE)

FAIRVIEW MALL, 1800 SHEPPARD AVE E, 416-644-7746 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER (14A) Fri 2:50, 5:40, 8:15, 10:50 Sat-Sun 12:20, 3:00, 5:40, 8:15, 10:50 Mon 12:20, 3:00, 5:35 Tue-Wed 11:40, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER 3D (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3D (PG) Mon 8:00, 8:30,

11:05 Tue-Wed 12:30, 1:00, 3:40, 4:10, 6:50, 7:20, 10:00, 10:30 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (PG) Mon 9:00 Tue-Wed 12:00, 3:10, 6:20, 9:30 BRAVE (PG) Thu 12:30 Fri 2:00 Sat 11:40 Sun, Tue-Wed 11:50 BRAVE 3D (PG) Thu 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Fri 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 2:20, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Tue-Wed 2:25, 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 HOOK Sat 11:00 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED (G) Thu 12:40 Fri 2:10 Sat-Sun 12:15 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED 3D (G) Thu 3:10, 5:40, 7:55, 10:15 Fri 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Sat-Sun 2:35, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Mon 7:25, 9:50 Tue-Wed 11:55, 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 MAGIC MIKE (14A) Fri 2:30, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 Sat-Sun 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 Mon 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 7:55, 10:40 Tue 11:45, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:35 Wed 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 10:00 Fri 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:30 Sat 4:00, 7:10, 10:30 Sun 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:30 Mon 12:50, 4:00 MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:40, 7:40, 10:10 Fri 2:20, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 Sat 11:50, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 Sun 11:55, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 PROMETHEUS (14A) Mon 8:05, 11:00 Tue-Wed 10:20 PROMETHEUS 3D (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:10 Mon 1:10, 4:10 ROCK OF AGES (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:45, 7:40, 10:45 Sun-Mon 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:35 Tue-Wed 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 TED (14A) Fri 2:40, 5:30, 8:10, 10:45 Sat-Sun 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:45 Mon 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:15, 10:50 Tue 12:05, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 Wed 4:45, 7:35, 10:10 THAT’S MY BOY (18A) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 10:05

4:15, 10:45 Tue-Wed 10:45 PROMETHEUS 3D (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:05 ROCK OF AGES (PG) Thu 1:25, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (PG) Thu-Fri, Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 Sat 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 Mon 1:20, 4:20 TED (14A) Fri, Wed 2:45, 5:30, 8:10, 10:55 Sat-Tue 12:05, 2:45, 5:30, 8:10, 10:55 THAT’S MY BOY (18A) Thu 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 Fri, Wed 2:40, 5:25, 8:10, 10:55 Sat-Tue 12:00, 2:40, 5:25, 8:10, 10:55 TYLER PERRY’S MADEA’S WITNESS PROTECTION (14A) 2:20, 5:05, 7:50, 10:35 Sat 11:40 mat

Magic Mike

Scarborough 401 & MORNINGSIDE (CE) 785 MILNER AVE, SCARBOROUGH, 416-281-2226

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER (14A) Thu 10:20 Tue-Wed 12:50, 3:20, 6:00, 8:30 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER 3D (14A) Thu 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 8:10, 10:45 Fri-Sun 2:45, 5:20, 8:15, 10:50 Mon 12:15, 2:45, 5:20 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3D (PG) Mon 8:00, 11:05 Tue-Wed 12:40, 1:15, 4:00, 4:25, 7:15, 7:35, 10:20, 10:45 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (PG) Mon 8:45, 9:40 Tue 12:00, 3:30, 6:45, 9:50 Wed 12:15, 3:30, 6:45, 9:50 BRAVE (PG) Thu 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 Fri-Sun 2:20, 4:45, 7:10 Mon 12:00, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10 Tue 11:45, 2:10, 4:35, 7:00 Wed 2:10, 4:35, 7:00 BRAVE 3D (PG) Thu-Sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Mon 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, 10:20 Tue-Wed 12:30, 2:55, 5:30, 8:00, 10:35 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED (G) Thu 1:10 Fri-Mon 1:40 Tue-Wed 1:30 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED 3D (G) Thu 3:30, 5:50, 8:30, 10:50 Fri-Mwon 4:00, 6:15, 8:30, 10:45 Tue-Wed 3:45, 6:00, 8:20, 10:40 MAGIC MIKE (14A) Fri-Sun 2:30, 5:10, 7:45, 10:25 Mon 12:00, 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:25 Tue 11:50, 2:30, 5:05, 7:50, 10:25 Wed 2:30, 5:05, 7:50, 10:25 MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:40, 6:00, 8:35, 10:50 Fri-Sun 12:50, 5:50, 8:20 Mon 12:50, 5:50 PEOPLE LIKE US (14A) Fri-Mon 2:10, 4:55, 7:30, 10:15 TueWed 2:00, 4:55, 7:45, 10:30 PROMETHEUS (14A) Tue-Wed 11:00 PROMETHEUS 3D (14A) Thu 1:20 4:20 7:20 10:35 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:35, 10:35 ROCK OF AGES (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD (14A) Thu 12:40, 3:15, 5:40, 8:20, 10:45 Fri-Sun 9:50 Mon 9:55 Tue-Wed 10:00 SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 Fri-Sun 2:00, 5:00, 7:50, 10:40 Mon 2:00, 5:00 TED (14A) Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:45 Mon 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:15, 10:50 Tue 12:15, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:55 Wed 12:20, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:55 THAT’S MY BOY (18A) Thu 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:35 Fri-Sun 3:15, 10:50 Mon 3:15 TYLER PERRY’S MADEA’S WITNESS PROTECTION (14A) FriMon 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 Tue-Wed 1:45, 4:45, 7:20, 10:05

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

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER (14A) Thu 9:30 Mon 8:05 Tue 12:10, 2:45, 5:25, 8:05 Wed 2:45, 5:25, 8:05 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER 3D (14A) Thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 Fri 2:45, 5:25, 8:05, 10:45 Sat-Sun 12:10, 2:45, 5:25, 8:05, 10:45 Mon 12:10, 2:45, 5:25 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3D (PG) Mon 8:00, 8:30, 11:05 Tue-Wed 1:00, 1:30, 4:10, 4:40, 7:20, 7:50, 10:30, 11:00 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (PG) Mon 9:00 Tue-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 BRAVE (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:05, 6:45 Fri, Sun-Tue 2:00, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 Sat 11:30, 2:00, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 Wed 1:15, 3:50, 6:30, 9:00 BRAVE 3D (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri, Wed 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 Sat-Tue 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 THE DICTATOR (14A) Thu 10:05 HOOK Sat 11:00 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED (G) Thu 1:00, 2:30, 3:25, 5:00, 6:50, 7:30, 9:30 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED 3D (G) Fri 12:45, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30 Sat-Wed 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30 MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG) Fri 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Sat-Sun 12:00, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Mon 12:00, 2:40, 5:15 MEN IN BLACK 3 3D (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 PROMETHEUS (14A) Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:20 Mon 1:15,

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

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:05, 10:00 Mon 1:20, 4:20 Tue-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 9:30, 10:10 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER 3D (14A) Thu 2:15, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 Fri-Sat, Mon 12:20, 2:50, 5:25, 8:05, 11:00 Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:20 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3D (PG) Mon 8:00, 9:00, 11:05 Tue 12:20, 1:30, 4:10, 4:40, 7:20, 7:50, 10:15, 10:30, 11:00 Wed 12:20, 1:30, 4:10, 4:40, 7:20, 7:50, 10:30, 11:00 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (PG) Mon 10:15 Tue-Wed 12:00, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 BRAVE (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Mon 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 Tue-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 6:45 BRAVE 3D (PG) Thu 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-Mon 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Tue-Wed 1:25, 4:25, 7:10, 9:40 CHERNOBYL DIARIES (14A) Thu 2:25, 5:10, 7:30

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The DicTaTor (14A) Thu 2:05, 4:55, 7:25, 9:45 hook Sat 11:00 MaDagascar 3: europe’s MosT WanTeD (G) Thu 1:50, 4:35 Sat 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 MaDagascar 3: europe’s MosT WanTeD 3D (G) Thu 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:00 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 Magic Mike (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 Sun 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:20 Mon 1:40, 4:35, 7:20, 10:20 Tue-Wed 12:05, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 Men in Black 3 (PG) Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05 Mon 1:15, 4:15 Men in Black 3 3D (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:00, 7:05, 9:55 people like us (14A) Fri, Mon-Wed 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:35 Sat 11:30, 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 proMeTheus (14A) Thu 6:55, 9:50 Mon 7:55, 10:50 proMeTheus 3D (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 Fri-Sat, Tue-Wed 1:50, 4:50, 7:55, 10:50 Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Mon 1:50, 4:50 rock of ages (PG) Thu 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:10 TeD (14A) Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:15, 10:55 Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Mon 11:55, 2:35, 5:10, 7:10, 10:05 TueWed 12:35, 3:05, 5:40, 8:15, 10:55 ThaT’s My Boy (18A) Thu 1:30, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Fri 12:00, 2:40, 5:25, 8:10, 10:55 Sat 11:50, 2:40, 5:25, 8:10, 10:55 Sun 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Mon 12:10, 3:10, 6:20 Tyler perry’s MaDea’s WiTness proTecTion (14A) Fri 2:20, 5:05, 7:50, 10:40 Sat 11:40, 2:20, 5:05, 7:50, 10:35 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Mon 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 9:40 Tue 1:40, 4:30, 7:25 Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20

EglinTon ToWn CEnTrE (CE) 1901 EglinTon AvE E, 416-752-4494

aBrahaM lincoln: VaMpire hunTer (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 Fri-Sun 2:05, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Mon 12:05, 2:45, 5:30, 8:15, 11:00 Tue-Wed 10:00 aBrahaM lincoln: VaMpire hunTer 3D (14A) Thu 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 Fri 2:45, 5:30, 8:15, 11:00 Sat 12:00, 2:45, 5:30, 8:15, 11:00 Sun 12:05, 2:45, 5:30, 8:15, 11:00 Mon 2:05, 4:50 Tue-Wed 12:05, 2:45, 5:25, 8:15, 10:55 The aMazing spiDer-Man 3D (PG) Mon 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 11:05 Tue-Wed 1:00, 1:30, 4:10, 4:40, 7:20, 7:50, 10:30, 11:00 The aMazing spiDer-Man (PG) Tue-Wed 12:00, 12:30, 3:10, 3:40, 6:20, 6:50, 9:30, 10:00 The BesT exoTic MarigolD hoTel (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 BraVe (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 Fri 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Sat 11:50, 3:00, 5:40, 8:20 Sun-Mon 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Tue-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:20 BraVe 3D (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:35, 10:20 Fri 2:10, 5:00, 7:45, 10:40 Sat 11:20, 2:10, 5:00, 7:45, 10:40 Sun-Mon 12:00, 2:45, 5:30, 8:10, 10:50 Tue-Wed 12:05, 2:45, 5:30, 8:10, 10:50 The DicTaTor (14A) Thu 7:35 hook Sat 11:00 MaDagascar 3: europe’s MosT WanTeD (G) Thu 5:00 Mon 7:55, 10:25 MaDagascar 3: europe’s MosT WanTeD 3D (G) Thu 5:30, 8:05, 10:30 Fri 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Sat 11:35, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Sun 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30 Mon 12:20, 2:55, 5:35 Tue-Wed 12:10, 2:40, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 Magic Mike (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri 2:00, 4:55, 7:45, 10:30 Sat 11:30, 2:00, 4:55, 7:45, 10:30 Sun-Wed 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45 MarVel’s The aVengers (PG) Thu 3:50 Fri-Sat 4:15 Sun 3:45 Mon 3:45, 7:00, 10:10 Tue-Wed 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 MarVel’s The aVengers 3D (PG) Thu 7:05, 10:20 Fri-Sat 1:00, 7:30, 10:50 Sun 12:30, 7:00, 10:15 Mon 12:30 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Fri, Sun 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 Sat 11:40, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 Mon 1:50, 4:25 people like us (14A) 2:00, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25 Sat 11:15 mat proMeTheus (14A) Tue-Wed 1:40, 4:45, 7:40, 10:40 proMeTheus 3D (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Fri-Mon 1:40, 4:45, 7:50, 10:55 rock of ages (PG) Thu 3:45, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:35, 7:15 Sun 1:50, 7:35 Mon 2:15 seeking a frienD for The enD of The WorlD (14A) Thu 4:55, 7:35, 10:15 Fri-Sat 4:35, 10:15 Sun 4:55, 10:35 Mon 5:15 snoW WhiTe anD The hunTsMan (PG) Thu 3:45, 7:00, 10:05 Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:30, 7:35, 10:45 TeD (14A) Fri 2:40, 5:25, 8:10, 10:55 Sat-Wed 12:00, 2:40, 5:25, 8:10, 10:55 ThaT’s My Boy (18A) Thu 4:55, 6:50, 7:40, 10:25 Fri 2:20, 5:10, 8:00, 10:50 Sat 2:25, 5:15, 8:00, 10:50 Sun-Mon 2:05, 5:00, 7:50, 10:35 Tyler perry’s MaDea’s WiTness proTecTion (14A) 2:15, 5:10, 8:05, 11:00 Sat 11:25 mat

KEnnEdy CoMMonS 20 (AMC) KEnnEdy rd & 401, 416-335-5323

BaTTleship (PG) Thu, Tue-Wed 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 Fri-Mon 10:35, 1:35, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 The BesT exoTic MarigolD hoTel (PG) Thu, Tue-Wed 4:40, 7:35, 10:20 Fri-Mon 10:45, 1:40, 4:40, 7:35, 10:20 cosMopolis (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 Dark shaDoWs (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:35, 10:10 ferrari ki saWaari (PG) Thu, Tue-Wed 3:15, 6:45, 10:05 Fri-Mon 11:40, 3:15, 6:45, 10:05 The fiVe-year engageMenT (14A) Thu, Tue-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Mon 10:45, 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 The hunger gaMes (14A) Thu, Tue-Wed 2:15, 5:25, 8:45 Fri-Mon 11:00, 2:15, 5:25, 8:45 JaTT & JulieT Fri-Mon 11:50, 3:30, 6:50, 10:10 Tue-Wed 3:30, 6:50, 10:10 MarVel’s The aVengers (PG) Thu, Tue-Wed 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 Fri-Mon 11:45, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 MarVel’s The aVengers 3D (PG) Thu, Tue-Wed 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-Mon 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Moonrise kingDoM (PG) Thu, Tue-Wed 2:00, 3:00, 4:25, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30, 10:15 Fri-Mon 11:30, 12:30, 2:00, 3:00, 4:25, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30, 10:15 rock of ages (PG) Fri-Mon 10:35, 1:15, 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 Tue-Wed 4:00, 6:50, 9:50

roWDy raThore (14A) Thu, Tue-Wed 3:45, 7:00, 10:25 Fri-Mon 11:45, 3:45, 7:00, 10:25 seeking a frienD for The enD of The WorlD (14A) Thu, Tue-Wed 2:45, 4:15, 5:15, 6:45, 7:45, 9:15, 10:20 FriMon 11:15, 12:15, 1:45, 2:45, 4:15, 5:15, 6:45, 7:45, 9:15, 10:20 shanghai (14A) Thu 3:40, 7:05, 9:50 snoW WhiTe anD The hunTsMan (PG) Thu, Tue-Wed 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:15, 8:15, 10:15 Fri-Mon 11:00, 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:15, 8:15, 10:15 Take This WalTz (14A) Fri-Mon 10:50, 1:50, 4:35, 7:15, 10:00 Tue-Wed 4:35, 7:15, 10:00 Teri Meri kahaani (PG) Thu, Tue-Wed 2:05, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 Fri-Mon 11:05, 2:05, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 Think like a Man (PG) Thu, Tue-Wed 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Mon 10:30, 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 WhaT To expecT When you’re expecTing (14A) Thu, Tue-Wed 2:45, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Mon 11:50, 2:45, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30

WoodSidE CinEMAS (i) 1571 SAndhurST CirClE, 416-299-3456

MuraTTu kaalai (PG) 7:15, 10:15 Thu 4:15 Teri Meri kahaani (PG) 4:30, 7:00, 9:30

GTA Regions Mississauga

ColiSEuM MiSSiSSAugA (CE) SquArE onE, 309 rAThburn rd W, 905-275-3456

The aMazing spiDer-Man 3D (PG) Mon 8:15, 9:40, 10:20, 11:20 Tue 12:00, 1:30, 3:10, 4:40, 6:20, 7:50, 9:30, 11:00 Wed 12:00, 1:30, 3:10, 4:40, 6:10, 7:50, 9:30, 11:00 The aMazing spiDer-Man: an iMax 3D experience (PG) Mon 8:00, 11:00 Tue-Wed 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 The aMazing spiDer-Man (PG) Mon 8:45 Tue-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 BraVe (PG) Thu-Sun 1:00, 3:30, 6:10, 8:40 Mon 1:00, 3:30, 6:00 Tue-Wed 12:40, 2:00, 3:20, 4:30, 5:50, 7:00, 8:20, 9:30, 10:50 BraVe 3D (PG) Thu-Fri, Sun 1:40, 2:20, 4:10, 5:00, 6:50, 7:30, 9:20 Sat 11:10, 11:50, 1:40, 2:20, 4:10, 5:00, 6:50, 7:30, 9:20 Mon 1:40, 2:20, 4:10, 5:00, 7:30 Tue-Wed 1:20, 3:50 The DicTaTor (14A) Thu-Mon 1:05, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 hook Sat 11:00 kaTy perry: parT of Me 3D (PG) Mon 4:00, 7:00 MarVel’s The aVengers (PG) 2:50, 6:00, 9:10 Sat 11:40 mat MarVel’s The aVengers 3D (PG) Thu 2:10, 10:25 Fri, Sun 1:10, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 Sat 12:50, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 Tue-Wed 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 10:45 Men in Black 3 (PG) Tue-Wed 12:10, 2:50, 5:25, 8:00, 10:35 Men in Black 3 3D (PG) 2:30, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 Sat 12:00 mat proMeTheus (14A) 1:05, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Sat only 12:55 3:50 6:40 9:30 proMeTheus 3D (14A) Thu-Sun 10:00 Tue-Wed 1:40, 4:45, 7:40, 10:40 proMeTheus: an iMax 3D experience (14A) Thu-Fri, Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Sat 11:00, 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Mon 1:50, 4:40 rock of ages (PG) Thu 1:20, 2:00, 4:00, 4:50, 7:00, 7:40, 9:40, 10:20 Fri, Sun-Mon 1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 Sat 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 Tue 1:50, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 Wed 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 seeking a frienD for The enD of The WorlD (14A) Thu-Fri, Sun-Mon 1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30 Sat 12:45, 3:20, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30 Tue-Wed 6:30, 8:50 Tyler perry’s MaDea’s WiTness proTecTion (14A) Fri, Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 Sat 11:20, 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 Mon 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Tue-Wed 12:20, 3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:55

CourTnEy PArK 16 (AMC)

110 CourTnEy PArK E AT huronTArio, 888-262-4386 aBrahaM lincoln: VaMpire hunTer (14A) 2:00, 4:30, 7:25, 10:00 Thu 11:30 mat aBrahaM lincoln: VaMpire hunTer 3D (14A) 10:30, 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:25, 11:00 Mon no 11:00 The aMazing spiDer-Man 3D (PG) Mon 12:01 Tue-Wed 11:00, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 11:00 The aMazing spiDer-Man: an iMax 3D experience (PG) Mon 12:01 Tue-Wed 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 The aMazing spiDer-Man (PG) Mon 12:01 Tue-Wed 10:00, 11:30, 1:00, 2:30, 4:00, 5:30, 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30

BraVe (PG) Thu 10:00 12:30 3:00 5:30 8:00 10:30 FriWed 10:00, 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 BraVe 3D (PG) 11:00, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 The DicTaTor (14A) Thu 11:05, 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:05, 9:05, 11:00 MaDagascar 3: europe’s MosT WanTeD (G) Thu-Mon 10:00, 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 Tue-Wed 1:15, 5:45, 10:15 MaDagascar 3: europe’s MosT WanTeD 3D (G) 11:00, 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Tue-Wed no 1:15, 5:45, 10:15 Magic Mike (14A) Fri-Wed 10:20, 12:50, 3:20, 5:50, 8:30, 11:00 MarVel’s The aVengers (PG) Thu-Mon 10:10, 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:10 Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 people like us (14A) Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 10:45, 1:45, 4:20, 7:15, 10:20 Mon 10:45, 1:45, 4:20, 7:00 proMeTheus (14A) 11:15, 5:15, 11:00 proMeTheus 3D (14A) Thu 2:15 8:15 Fri-Wed 2:15, 8:20 proMeTheus: an iMax 3D experience (14A) Thu 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:45, 10:45 Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:45, 10:30 Mon 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:45 rock of ages (PG) Thu 10:20, 1:10, 3:50, 6:45 Fri-Mon 10:10 seeking a frienD for The enD of The WorlD (14A) 11:30 Thu 1:50 mat, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 snoW WhiTe anD The hunTsMan (PG) 11:10, 2:10, 5:10, 8:10, 10:55 TeD (14A) Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 10:15, 12:45, 3:15, 5:40, 8:15, 10:45 Mon 10:15, 12:45, 3:15, 5:40, 8:15 ThaT’s My Boy (18A) Thu 10:15, 11:15, 12:45, 1:45, 3:15, 4:15, 5:45, 7:30, 8:15, 10:15, 10:45 Fri-Wed 10:15, 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:50 Tyler perry’s MaDea’s WiTness proTecTion (14A) Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 11:30, 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05 Mon 11:30, 2:05, 4:40, 7:20

SilvErCiTy MiSSiSSAugA (CE) hWy 5, EAST oF hWy 403, 905-569-3373

The BesT exoTic MarigolD hoTel (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 BraVe (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 BraVe 3D (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 MaDagascar 3: europe’s MosT WanTeD (G) Thu 4:45, 7:15 Fri-Mon, Wed 12:20, 2:40, 5:10 Tue 12:20, 2:40, 5:05 MaDagascar 3: europe’s MosT WanTeD 3D (G) Thu 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:15, 5:35, 7:55, 10:15 Magic Mike (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Wed 12:10, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 rock of ages (PG) Thu 4:35 7:25 9:45 10:15 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:35, 7:25, 10:20 seeking a frienD for The enD of The WorlD (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 Fri-Wed 7:40, 10:10 snoW WhiTe anD The hunTsMan (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:55, 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 Take This WalTz (14A) Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:35, 10:20 ThaT’s My Boy (18A) Thu 4:55, 7:35, 10:15 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:25, 7:15, 9:55 WhaT To expecT When you’re expecTing (14A) Thu 4:10, 6:40

north ColoSSuS (CE) hWy 400 & 7, 905-851-1001

aBrahaM lincoln: VaMpire hunTer (14A) Thu 4:00, 6:55, 9:30 Fri-Mon 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 7:55, 10:30 Tue-Wed 10:05 aBrahaM lincoln: VaMpire hunTer 3D (14A) Thu 5:30, 8:00, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-Mon 12:55, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30,

10:05, 11:00 Tue-Wed 12:10, 2:50, 5:20, 7:55, 10:55 The aMazing spiDer-Man 3D (PG) Mon 8:15, 9:15, 11:20 Tue-Wed 12:30, 1:30, 3:40, 4:40, 6:50, 7:50, 10:00, 11:00 The aMazing spiDer-Man: an iMax 3D experience (PG) Mon 8:00, 11:00 Tue-Wed 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 The aMazing spiDer-Man (PG) Mon 8:45 Tue-Wed 12:00, 3:10, 6:20, 9:30 BraVe (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:30, 9:50 Fri, Sun-Mon 2:15, 5:00, 7:25, 9:45 Sat 11:45, 2:15, 5:00, 7:25, 9:45 Tue-Wed 12:05, 2:30, 5:00, 7:35 BraVe 3D (PG) Thu 4:15, 5:20, 7:00, 7:50, 10:20 Fri, SunMon 12:35, 1:15, 3:05, 4:15, 5:35, 7:00, 8:05, 10:40 Sat 11:05, 12:35, 1:35, 3:05, 4:15, 5:35, 7:00, 8:05, 10:40 TueWed 12:35, 3:05, 5:35, 8:05, 10:40 The DicTaTor (14A) Thu 4:55, 7:25, 9:35 Fri, Sun 1:05, 3:25, 5:55, 8:10, 10:45 Sat 3:25, 5:55, 8:10, 10:45 Mon 1:05, 3:25, 5:55 hook Sat 11:00 MaDagascar 3: europe’s MosT WanTeD (G) Thu 3:35, 6:15 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:45, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Sat 11:10, 1:45, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 MaDagascar 3: europe’s MosT WanTeD 3D (G) Thu 5:10, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:50, 3:20, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Mon 12:50, 3:20, 5:45 MarVel’s The aVengers (PG) Thu 3:55 Fri-Wed 12:40, 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 MarVel’s The aVengers 3D (PG) Thu 7:05, 10:15 Men in Black 3 (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:45, 3:15, 5:50, 8:20, 10:50 Mon 12:45, 3:15, 5:50 Men in Black 3 3D (PG) Thu 4:25, 7:15, 9:45 Moonrise kingDoM (PG) Thu 5:25, 7:45, 10:10 proMeTheus (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:30, 9:25 proMeTheus 3D (14A) Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:05, 6:55, 9:50 proMeTheus: an iMax 3D experience (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Fri, Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Sat 11:00, 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Mon 1:50, 4:40 rock of ages (PG) Thu 3:30, 4:05, 7:20, 9:55, 10:20 FriWed 1:00, 3:50, 7:05, 9:55 seeking a frienD for The enD of The WorlD (14A) Thu 4:35, 7:10, 9:40 snoW WhiTe anD The hunTsMan (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:45, 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:30, 10:25 TeD (14A) Fri-Sun 12:30, 1:55, 3:05, 4:30, 5:40, 7:20, 8:15, 10:00, 10:55 Mon 12:30, 1:55, 3:05, 4:30, 5:35, 7:20, 9:00, 10:00 Tue-Wed 12:10, 1:55, 2:45, 4:30, 5:15, 7:20, 8:10, 10:00, 10:55 ThaT’s My Boy (18A) Thu 4:20, 6:25, 7:10, 10:05 Fri, SunWed 1:40, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 Sat 11:25, 2:05, 4:55, 7:45, 10:45 Think like a Man (PG) Thu 9:20 Tyler perry’s MaDea’s WiTness proTecTion (14A) 2:20, 5:05, 7:50, 10:35 Sat 11:40 mat

inTErChAngE 30 (AMC)

30 inTErChAngE WAy, hWy 400 & hWy 7, 416-335-5323 BaTTleship (PG) Thu 4:35, 7:35 The BesT exoTic MarigolD hoTel (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:30 Fri 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Sat 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 9:40 Sun 12:40, 3:45, 7:00 chernoByl Diaries (14A) Thu 4:45 chiMpanzee (G) Thu 5:15, 7:15 Dark shaDoWs (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:50 ferrari ki saWaari (PG) Thu 7:00 The fiVe-year engageMenT (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:30 Fri 4:00 Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Sun 1:00, 4:50, 7:30 The hunger gaMes (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:35 Fri 6:15, 9:20 Sat 12:10, 3:10, 6:15, 9:20 Sun 12:10, 4:00, 7:10 The lucky one (PG) Thu 5:30, 8:00 Magic Mike (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri 4:00, 4:30, 6:30, 7:15, 9:15, 10:00 Sat 1:00, 1:45, 3:45, 4:30, 6:30, 7:15, 9:15, 10:00 Sun 1:00, 1:45, 3:45, 5:00, 7:15, 8:00 Mon-Wed 4:30, 5:00, 7:30, 8:00 Moonrise kingDoM (PG) 4:45, 7:20 Fri 9:35 Sat 12:05, 2:25 mat, 9:35 Sun 12:05, 2:25 mat people like us (14A) Fri 4:15, 6:15, 7:00, 9:00, 9:50 Sat

12:45, 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 8:45, 9:45 Sun 12:45, 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 8:00 Mon-Wed 4:30, 5:00, 7:30, 8:00 piranha 3DD (18A) Thu 5:10, 7:20 safe (14A) 5:30, 7:45 Fri 10:00 Sat 1:00, 3:15 mat, 10:00 Sun 1:00, 3:15 mat seeking a frienD for The enD of The WorlD (14A) Fri 4:10, 7:15, 9:40 Sat 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:15, 9:40 Sun 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:45 Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:45 Teri Meri kahaani (PG) Fri 4:35, 8:10 Sat 12:10, 4:10, 8:10 Sun 12:10, 3:45, 7:05 Mon-Wed 6:45 Think like a Man (PG) Fri 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 Sat 12:30, 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:25 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:25 WhaT To expecT When you’re expecTing (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:25 Fri 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:05

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ProMEnAdE MAll, hWy 7 & bAThurST, 905-764-3247 aBrahaM lincoln: VaMpire hunTer (14A) 1:20, 4:20, 6:55, 9:25 The aMazing spiDer-Man (PG) Mon 8:00 Tue-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 The BesT exoTic MarigolD hoTel (PG) 1:10, 3:50, 6:45, 9:20 Mon no 6:45, 9:20 BraVe (PG) 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:15 MaDagascar 3: europe’s MosT WanTeD 3D (G) 12:50, 3:00, 5:10, 7:10, 9:10 Magic Mike (14A) Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 rock of ages (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 TeD (14A) Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:05, 9:35 ThaT’s My Boy (18A) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 9:35

West grAndE - STEElES (CE) hWy 410 & STEElES, 905-455-1590

aBrahaM lincoln: VaMpire hunTer (14A) Thu 9:50 Mon 7:40 Tue-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:40 aBrahaM lincoln: VaMpire hunTer 3D (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Fri 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Sat-Sun 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Mon 12:00, 2:30, 5:00 The aMazing spiDer-Man 3D (PG) Mon 8:00, 8:30, 11:05 Tue-Wed 12:00, 1:00, 3:10, 4:10, 6:20, 7:20, 9:30, 10:30 The aMazing spiDer-Man (PG) Mon 9:00 Tue-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 BraVe (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:10 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Mon 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:45, 9:30, 10:15 BraVe 3D (PG) Thu 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Fri 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Sat-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Mon 12:15, 2:45, 5:15 MaDagascar 3: europe’s MosT WanTeD (G) Thu 4:45, 7:05, 9:25 Tue-Wed 12:00, 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 MaDagascar 3: europe’s MosT WanTeD 3D (G) Fri 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Sat-Mon 12:00, 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Magic Mike (14A) Fri-Tue 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Wed 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 MarVel’s The aVengers (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 10:05 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 5:05, 7:50, 10:10 Fri 2:50, 5:20, 8:00, 10:30 Sat-Sun 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 8:00, 10:30 Mon 12:20, 2:50, 5:20 proMeTheus (14A) Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:35, 7:35, 10:25 Mon 1:40, 4:35, 10:20 Tue-Wed 10:20 proMeTheus 3D (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:35, 10:25 rock of ages (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 10:25 snoW WhiTe anD The hunTsMan (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 Fri 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:00 Mon 1:20, 4:20 TeD (14A) Fri 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 Sat-Mon, Wed 12:05, 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 Tue 12:05, 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 ThaT’s My Boy (18A) Thu 5:20, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:20, 10:05 3

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festivals italian contemporary film festival

royal cinema, 608 college (rc); tiff bell lightbox, 350 king W (tiff), vaughan amc, 30 interchange Way, vaughan (amc). icff.ca

THU 28-SUN 1 – All films with subtitles. $12, stu $10; closing night $50-$60.

THU 28 – Immaturi, Il Viaggio/Immature, The Trip D: Paolo Geneovese. 6 pm (RC). Che Bella Giornata/What A Beautiful Day D: Gennaro Nunziante. 7 pm (AMC). Italian Voices D: Cristiano de Florentiis. 8 pm (TIFF). Anna, Teresa e le Resistenti D: Matteo Scarfò. 9 pm (TIFF).

FRI 29 – Il Gioiellino/The Jewel D: Andrea Molaioli. 6 pm (TIFF). Basilicata Coast To Coast D: Rocco Papaleo. 8 pm (AMC). La Scomparsa di Pato/The Vanishing Of Patò D: Rocco Mortelliti. 9 pm (TIFF).

SAT 30 – Letter One D: Tony Nardi. 12:30 pm (TIFF). La Scomparsa di Pato/The Vanishing Of Patò. 6 pm (AMC). To Rome With Love (2012) D: Woody Allen. 6 pm (TIFF).

SUN 1 – Habemus Papam D: Nanni Moretti. 5 pm (AMC). Pizza Bagel D: Joe Mari. 6:30 pm (TIFF). Posti In Piedi In Paradiso D: Carlo Verdone. 7 pm (TIFF).

reelheart film festival projection booth, 1035 gerrard e. reelheart.org

THU 28-SAT 30 – Festival of arts and creativity.

All films with subtitles. $12, two for $20.

THU 28 – Bränner Staden/Burn The City D: Olof Werngren, and We Run Sh*t D: Scott Storm and Michael Creighton Rogers. 7 pm.

FRI 29 – Behind The Light D: Linda Martin, and He Film D: Liliane De Kermadec. 7 pm. To Beauty D: Jess Wise, and Tag Und Nacht/Day And Night D: Sabine Derflinger. 9 pm. pSAT 30 – ReelHeeART Pride Program: Freak D: Eric Casaccio, and From Hollywood To Dollywood D: John Lavin. 7 pm.

t.o. korean film festival innis toWn hall, 2 sussex. tkff.ca

THU 28-SUN 1 – Films of all genres by Korean filmmakers. $12, four-pack $35, full pack $65, closing film $15.

THU 28 – Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... And Spring (2003) D: Kim Kiduk. 7 pm.

FRI 29 – Planet Of Snail (2011) D: Yi Seung-jun.

6 pm. Mother (2009) D: Bong Joon-ho. 9 pm.

SAT 30 – Leafie, A Hen Into The Wild (2011) D: Seong-yun Oh. 6 pm. Failan (2001) D: Song Hae-seong. 9 pm.

SUN 1 – Closing night: Park Chan-Wook X 2: Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (2005) 6 pm, and Old Boy (2003). 9 pm.

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cinemas bloor hot docs cinema

506 bloor W. 416-637-3123. bloorcinema.com

THU 28 – Comi-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope

(2011) D: Morgan Spurlock. 6:45 pm. The Island President (2011) D: Jon Shenk. 9:15 pm.

FRI 29 – Town Of Runners (2012) D: Jerry Roth-

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repertory schedules

Underdogs rise up in free flicks HARBOURFRONT FREE FLICKS: RISE OF THE UNDERDOG at Harbourfront Cen-

Kristen Wiig (left) and Ellen Page Whip It good in Harbourfront outdoor movie series.

tre’s WestJet Stage (235 Queens Quay West), from July 4 to August 29, Wednesdays at 9 pm (August 22 at 8:40 pm). Free. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com/freeflicks.

We’re back! Harbourfront’s Free Flicks series – hosted once again by yours truly – returns to Wednesday nights this year with a program called Rise Of The Underdog. Don’t expect Battle In Seattle, though; these are underdog movies meant more to entertain than incite riots.

We start this week with Office Space, Mike Judge’s cult classic starring Ron Livingston, David Herman and Ajay Naidu as workplace drones battling corporate monotony with apathy and sarcasm.

Leon Gast’s When We Were Kings (July 18), Drew Barrymore’s Whip It (August 8) and Bennett Miller’s Moneyball (August 22) provide the obligatory sports content. Napoleon Dynamite (July 25) turns nerd life into a surreal freak show; Whale Rider (August 15) puts a quasi-mys-

Noon. Hellraiser (1987) D: Clive Barker. 2 pm.

The Golem: How He Came To Be (1920) D: Paul Wegener. 4 pm. The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961) D: Terrence Fisher. 5:30 pm.

SAT 30 – Jacques Tati Film Fest. 5 pm. Best Of The Sex & Violence Cartoon Festival. 7 pm.

The Salvador Dali Film Fest. 9 pm.

SUN 1 – Jane Jacobs: Urban Wisdom. 6 pm. Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D: FW Murnau, with music from Radiohead’s Kid A & OK Computer.

7 pm. Alice In The Wall: Alice In Wonderland (1951) D: Clyde Geronomi and Wilfred Jackson, with music of Pink Floyd’s The Wall. 9 pm.

MON 2 – The Marx Borthers Film Fest. 5 pm.

Terry-Thomas Film Fest. 7 pm. Charlie Chaplin Film Fest. 9 pm.

TUE 3 –Subversive Film Fest. 5 pm. El Topo (1970) D: Alejandro Jodorowsky. 7 pm. Metropolis (1926) D: Fritz Lang. 9 pm.

WED 4 – Anarchist Film Fest. 5 pm. Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980) D: Pedro Almodóvar. 7 pm. Fortune And Men’s Eyes (1971) D: Harvey Hart. 9 pm.

revue cinema

400 roncesvalles. 416-531-9959. revuecinema.ca

tical spin on the follow-your-dreams Disney narrative.

I’m not entirely sure how the “underdog” thing applies to Zoolander (July 11) or The Social Network (August 1), unless the underdogs are Blue Steel or the Winklevoss twins, but like I said, it’s a pretty loose definition.

The final show (August 29) will be chosen by the audience from four possible contenders: Rocky, Rudy, Billy Elliot and the original Karate Kid.

And, yes, the series runs nine weeks instead of six this year, for the added value of watching me try to speak coherently after a crushing day of TIFF preparation.

Shows usually start around 9 pm. Come down, have popcorn, see a movie with a crowd.

It looks to be a disgustingly hot summer, so you should take any opportunity you can to sit by the waterfront for a couple of hours.

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THU 28 – Epicure’s Revue: The Wedding Banquet (1993) D: Ang Lee. 6:45 pm. Bully (2012) D: Lee Hirsch. 9:30 pm.

FRI 29 – Hysteria (2011) D: Tanya Wexler. 7 pm. Marley (2012) D: Kevin Macdonald. 9 pm.

SAT 30 – Hysteria. 4 & 7 pm. Marley. 9 pm.

SUN 1 -WED 4– Call/see website for schedule.

the royal 608 college. 416-534-5252. theroyal.to

28 – Italian Contemporary Film Festival. See listings, this page. 6 pm. In ñ The Family (2011) D: Patrick Wang. 8:30 pm.

FRI 29-SAT 30 – The Island President (2011) D: Jon Shenk. 7 pm. Bernie ñ (2011) D: Richard Linklater. 9:15 pm. pTHU

TUE 3 – The Island President. 9:30 pm.

TUE 3-WED 4 – Bernie. 7 pm. The Island President. 9:15 pm.

well. 3:30 & 6:45 pm. Flamenco, Flamenco (2010) D: Carlos Saura. 9 pm.

SAT 30 – The Corporation (2003) D: Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott. 3:30 pm. Flamenco, Flamenco. 6:30 pm. Town Of Runners. 9:30 pm.

SUN 1 – Waiting For Guffman (1996) D: Christopher Guest. 3:30 pm. Town Of Runners. 6:30 pm. Flamenco, Flamenco. 9 pm.

MON 2 – Canada Day Weekend Free Films: The Adventures Of Bob And Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983) D: Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas. 1 pm. Free. Fubar (2002) D: Michael Dowse. 3:30 pm. Free. Town Of Runners. 6:45 pm. Flamenco, Flamenco. 9 pm.

TUE 3 – Cinema Politica presents Squat (The City Belongs To Us) (2011)D: Christophe Coello. 6:45 pm. $2-$5. cinemapolitica.org/ bloor. Town Of Runners. 9:30 pm.

WED 4 – Town Of Runners. 6:45 pm. Flamenco, Flamenco. 9 pm.

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camera bar

1028 Queen W. 416-530-0011. camerabar.ca

SAT 30 – Farewell My Concubine (1993) D: Kaige Chen. 3 pm. Free.

cinematheQue tiff bell lightbox

reitman sQuare, 350 king W. 416-599-8433. tiff.net

THU 28-WED 4 – Jaws (1975) D: Steven Spielberg. 1:30, 4:15, 7 & 9:30 pm. ñ THU 28 – First Peoples Cinema X 2: Rocks At

Whiskey Trench (2000) D: Alanis Obomsawin.

6:30 pm. Four Sheets To The Wind (2007) D: Sterlin Harjo. 9:15 pm.

FRI 29 – First Peoples Cinema X 3: Dances With Wolves (1990) D: Kevin Costner. 2 pm. Mauri (1988) D: Merata Mita. 6:15 pm. Once Were Warriors (1994) D: Lee Tamahori, and short film Woodcarver (2011). 9 pm.

SAT 30 – First Peoples Cinema X 3: Night Cries (1990) D: Tracey Moffatt. 12:45 pm. Radiance (1998) D: Rachel Perkins. 3:15 pm. Bran Nue Dae (2009) D: Rachel Perkins. 5:30 pm.

Beefcake Series: First Blood (1982) D: Ted Kotcheff. 8 pm.

SUN 1 – How To Marry A Millionaire (1953) D: Jean Negulesco. 1 pm. Bombay Talkie (1970) D: James Ivory. 5 pm. The Darjeeling Limited (2007) D: Wes Anderson. 8 pm.

MON 2 – First Peoples Shorts 1: Canadian Visions. 1 pm. Free. First Peoples Cinema X 2: Tkaronto (2007) D: Shane Belcourt. Director in attendance. 4 pm. Free. Where The Spirit Lives (1989) D: Bruce Pittman and Michelle St John. 7 pm. Free.

TUE 3 – First Peoples Cinema: Dances With Wolves. 9:15 pm.

WED 4 – First Peoples Cinema: Beneath Clouds (2002) D: Ivan Sen. 9 pm. My Man Godfrey (1936) D: Gregory La Cava. 9:15 pm.

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fox theatre

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

THU 28 – Repertory Revival: Ghostbusters (1984) D: Ivan Reitman. 7 pm. The Thing ñ (1982) D: John Carpenter. 9:15 pm.

FRI 29 – T.O. Beaches Film Fest: Shag Nation D:

Brittany Brothers, Breathe Life D: Antje Beyen, Surf, Sand And Silversides: The California Grunion D: Karen Martin, A Strange Day In July D: Shantal Reich, The Pipedreams Project D: Faroe Des Roches and Ryan Vandecasteyen.

4 pm. $12. torontobeachesfilmfest.com.

SAT 30 –T.O. Beaches Film Fest: Rest In Peace D: Fawaz Al-Matrouk, and If I Should Fall D: Brendon Culliton. 11:30 am. $12, two for $20. torontobeachesfilmfest.com.

SUN 1 -WED 4– Call/see website for schedule.

graham spry theatre

cbc museum, cbc broadcast centre, 250 front W, 416-205-5574. cbc.ca

THU 28-WED 4 – Continuous screenings Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Free.

pTHU 28-FRI 29– Canadian Media Guild’s

Pride Week LGBT Short Film Showcase (continuous screenings, 9 am to 7 pm. Free.

TUE 3-WED 4 – Inuit Odyssey.

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THU 28-WED 30 – ReelHeART Film Festival. See

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THU 28 – A Place Called Los Pereyra (2009) D: Andrés Livov-Macklin. 2 pm.

Portrait Of Wally (2012) D: Andrew Shea. 3:30 pm. Patang (2011) D: Prashant Bhargava. 5 & 9 pm. ReelHeART International Film Festival.

See listings, this page. 7 pm.

SUN 1 – Patang. 2 pm. Portrait Of Wally. 4 pm.

MON 2 – Closed.

TUE 3-WED 4 – A Place Called Los Pereyra. 4 pm. Portrait Of Wally. 5:30 pm. Patang. 7 pm.

Battle Royale. 9 pm.

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THU 28 – Open Roof Festival Outdoor Film And Music Series presents Charles Bradley: Soul Of America (2011) D: Poull Brien. 7:30 pm. $15. Amsterdam Brewery, 21 Bathurst. openrooffestival.com.

SUN 1 – Harbourfront Centre’s Canada Day: Going Global presents Inuit Film Spotlight shorts including Nanavut Animation Lab (The Bear Facts D: Jonathan Wright, I Am But A Little Woman (2010) D: Gyu Oh, Qalupalik (2010) D: Ame Papatsie), and Islet (2003) D: Nicolas Brault. 9 pm. Free. 235 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre.com/summer.

TUE 3 – City Cinema: Cult Classics presents an outdoor screening of Dazed And Confused (1993) D: Richard Linklater. 9 pm. Free. YongeDundas Square. ydsquare.ca.

WED 4 – Harbourfront Centre’s Free Flicks: Movies Under The Stars presents an outdoor screening of Office Space (1999) D: Mike Judge. 9 pm. WestJet Stage, 235 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre.com/ summer.

Toronto Entertainment District BIA and TIFF present TIFF In The Park, an outdoor movie series: My Man Godfrey (1936) D: Gregory La Cava. 9:15 pm. Free. David Pecaut Square, 55 John. torontoed.com.

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In 1928, top silent movie star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) meets Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), a mere extra. Romance buds but does not blossom. The talkies arrive, but George turns his back. Peppy’s career soars while his plummets into drink and despair.

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Perseus (Sam Worthington), the semi-divine son of Greek god Zeus and thus a hero by definition, gets dragged back into the doings of the Olympians to help Zeus stop Kronos, father of all the gods, from escaping his prison and destroying the universe.

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Director Jonathan Liebesman makes them a ragged, dusty lot and presents them without the usual self-conscious display shots, tactics that promote believability and keep us engaged.

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The extras package includes two picture-in-picture commentaries: one covers the usual making-of matters; the other goes into the myths behind the movie. Both feature extensive, thoughtful remarks from cast and crew and three academics who know how to make their subject lively and accessible.

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Sound Of Noise

(eOne, 2010) D: Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson, w/ Bengt Nilsson, Sanna Persson. Rating: NNN; DVD package: none

Deadpan Swedish humour at its finest.

Six renegade drummers in revolt against conventional music launch a series of criminal performances across the city and only one man can stop them: tone-deaf Amadeus Warnebring, head of the anti-terrorist squad.

The drummers act like the cool guys in a caper flick, all meticulous planning, daring strikes and quick getaways.

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Lively percussion underscores the dandy set pieces and gives the movie the propulsive drive it needs to work as both thriller and comedy.

Sound Of Noise takes its story seriously and follows its logic to the end.

Too bad there isn’t a director interview to tell us where that logic began.

EXTRA Swedish audio. English, French subtitles.

Kelly: athletic, graceful, charming and more than a little vain. Bejo steals the show with a million-watt smile, sparkling eyes and non-stop kinetic energy. Their performances are so expressive that you don’t miss the dialogue at all. The rest of the cast, headed by John Goodman, James Cromwell and Missi Pyle are just as good. Catch the extras’ Q&A for a discussion of acting without dialogue.

Director Michel Hazanavicius tells the story with expressive compositions throughout, and a few show-stopping set pieces and bravura shots. You’ll find his insights on visual technique scattered throughout the extras.

EXTRAS Making-of doc and minidocs, cast and crew Q&A, locations doc, bloopers. No spoken audio. English, French, Spanish subtitles. twists into its conventional thriller to make it fun couch fare.

The cops think Jill (Amanda Seyfried)

is crazy when she shows up to report that her sister has been abducted by the same serial killer who snatched her two years earlier, a crime she may have only imagined. Jill heads out to rescue her herself.

Jill’s high anxiety makes her a plausible delusional crazy, while her energy and quick wits elicit our sympathy and make her a credible hunter as she races all over Portland, lying and intimidating her way closer to the truth.

Guns and car chases are kept believable, and the ordinary locations boost the tension-enhancing overall realism.

There are a few apparent logic lapses, and a key figure in the climax gets an unusual visual treatment. A good commentary could have shed some light.

EXTRAS English, French audio. English subtitles.

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He came out of the closet last year, although it wasn’t much of a surprise, because everyone knew he was gay since forever. Everyone is happy he’s out, because it kind of takes the elephant out of the room, and our immediate and extended family are all supportive. But for the last six to nine months or so, he’s been really depressed about never having had a boyfriend. He’s 21, and he’s always talking about how he wants to find a boy to be with in a relationship, and not just for sex, but he says it’s impossible for him to meet said boy.

Being straight, the only advice I’ve ever been able to give him is to just try new things, and that way you’ll meet new people; really, that’s the only advice you can give someone who’s looking to meet a potential partner. My brother, however, framed his issue to me in a way I’ve never really thought of – which is that only a small fraction of the population is gay, and an even smaller fraction of that may be compatible with him, so meeting new people for a gay guy is actually a lot harder than it is for straight people.

He’s been on the whole online dating thing for a while, but says it’s difficult to meet anyone he feels a connection with.

I’ve never done online dating, but I have heard the same points from others who’ve tried it. I asked if he ever goes to gay bars, because that would obviously

change the ratios around, but apparently it’s a little insensitive for a straight guy to say that, and he said he’s not really into that scene. Anyway, I wish I could give him some good advice without being unintentionally offensive (the gay bar suggestion). I’d still like to offer him any advice I can for him to meet a guy he feels strongly about.

Seeking Advice For Family There are 3.5 billion men on the planet.

Even if we accept the lowest educated guesstimate of the percentage of the population that’s gay – 1.7 per cent – that means your brother has nearly 60 million potential romantic partners to choose from worldwide; he has 2.5 million potential romantic partners in the United States alone.

Other informed guesstimates of the percentage of the population that’s gay are much, much higher – seven or eight times higher – so your brother’s odds of finding a partner are probably much better. But let’s put that 1.7 per cent figure in perspective: Jews represent just 1.7 per cent of the population of the United States. So even if the percentage of the population that’s gay is “just” 1.7 per cent, your brother has the, um, same cross to bear – and the same odds of success – as an American Jew who wants to marry another American Jew. It sounds like your brother is going through a common if rarely discussed stage of the coming-out process: Wallow in Self Pity and Bite the Head Off Anyone Who Tries to Help. That’s why he was offended by your perfectly reasonable, not at all offensive suggestion that he get out there and hit some gay bars. Yes, the bars aren’t for everyone. But if you’re single and want to meet people – gay or straight – you need to be moving on all fronts: online dating, hitting bars and clubs, volunteering and just generally getting out of the fucking house.

Your brother is 21 years old and he just came out, SAFF, and his frustration is understandable. He’s been watching his straight peers (and his straight broth-

ers) hook up and fall in love since middle school, and he’s anxious to make up for lost time. But he won’t find that first boyfriend if he isn’t willing to put himself out there – and that means giving the guys he meets online a chance, giving the bars a chance, and giving the people who are trying to help him out a break.

Avoid romantic ideals My gIrlfrIend of two and a half

years and I are ready to move in together. Finally! I am so excited to take this next step, and so is she. The problem is that I work third shift four to five nights a week, and she works a regular day job. I can’t help but feel that we aren’t going to get the full experience of living together with our work situations being what they are. I won’t be waking up every morning to her saying, “Good morning, beautiful,” etc. What can we do to make this a better situation and take advantage of the next step?

Thanks.

The Next Step Here’s a tip, TNS: Don’t spend too much time comparing your actual relationship, which will always be shaped by circumstances not fully in your control (like your work schedules), to your idealized notions about what a romantic relationship should look like. That only ensures constant disappointment.

Don’t get me wrong: Once you move in with your girlfriend, there will be days that begin with her rolling over and saying, “Good morning, beautiful.” But there will also be days that begin with your girlfriend rolling over and farting.

The trick to loving your LTR is to fully appreciate the moments that rise to the level of your romantic ideals (“Good morning, beautiful”) without obsessing about those moments that disappoint (split shifts, ripped farts). Good luck!

Yes, buy those sex toys I’M a guy. I’ve been wIth My gIrlfrIend for almost two years. I love her, but in the last year, sex has been an issue. I feel attracted to her, but I find myself

easily distracted these days, kind of worried during sex, which has resulted in my either coming super-fast or losing my erection altogether. As a result, she doesn’t orgasm at all.

It’s gotten to the point where I’m afraid to be intimate with her for fear of letting her down. I have gone to see doctors to try to understand if my medical conditions – severe sleep apnea, elevated blood pressure – might have something to do with it. I’m in treatment for these things, and I’ve started going to a therapist, too. I’m thinking of buying some sex toys to use while I work to overcome my problems.

My girlfriend doesn’t own any, and she says she doesn’t masturbate because she tried it once and never came.

How do I approach her with the idea of using sex toys during sex? Should I? I just want her to experience an orgasm, even if I need to get some extra help from a vibrator.

Devil In The Details Incorporating some adult toys – vibrators and dildos – into your sex life isn’t just a great way to maintain your sexual connection while you work on your physical and mental issues, DITD; it’s also a great way to take the pressure off your dick. Performance anxiety and worries about leaving your partner unsatisfied can combine to create a hugely destructive, dick-deflating negative feedback loop. As for your girlfriend…

A woman who doesn’t masturbate – because she tried it once and it didn’t work – has hangups, DITD. And a woman with hangups is much likelier to forgive a partner for having purchased some sex toys than she is to give a partner her advance permission to go and purchase some sex toys.

So find a good local or online sex toy store and buy whatever you think looks like fun.

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