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ONLINE This week’s top five most-read posts on nowtoronto.com

1. Insta-funny Some blessed, perhaps bored soul has given the Dufferin Mall a parody Instagram account, and it’s hilarious. Really. 2. Drake’s new accent In his new video, Jungle, Drizzy sounds suspiciously like he’s repping Scarborough even though he’s a Forest Hill native. What gives?

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32 The Scene Olivia Chaney, Long Winter Fair, Obliterations (pictured), Wavelength Music Festival 34 Club & concert listings 40 T.O. Notes; Interview BADBADNOTGOOD 42 Interview The Golden Dogs 44 Interview Suuns 45 Album reviews

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46 Theatre reviews The Dining Room; Blithe Spirit; R-E-B-E-C-C-A; Abyss; Dangerous Liaisons 49 Theatre listings 51 Comedy listings; Dance listings

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Review The Girl On The Train Readings

Review Strayed Representation Must-see galleries and museums

36 Swans Michael Gira of the long-running New York City experimental rock band talks about aging, late-career success and punk rock. 38 Sidebar Sexagenarians making the best music of their careers

28 FOOD&DRINK

28 Chinese New Year tips The best places to celebrate all over town 30 Drink up!

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“David Carr was the Keith Richards of media reporting – after all he’d been through, it was like he was indestructible. And now he’s gone.”

54 Writer/director interview Siddharth’s Richie Mehta 55 Actor interview The DUFF’s Mae Whitman; Reviews King Lear; McFarland 56 Interview Matt Shepard Is A Friend Of Mine’s Judy Shepard; Also opening Hot Tub Time Machine 2 58 Playing this week 63 Film times Indie film spotlight The Wrecking Crew at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

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3. Out with a bobblehead Sun News anchor Alex Pierson and Sun columnist Joe Warmington speak to the defunct TV station’s merits while handing out Ezra Levant bobbleheads. 4. Oh. Canada. What’s the deal with those Ford-family-produced Flag Day signs posted around town? 5. Love (but mostly) sex From cartoon characters that turn you on to crazy places you’ve had sex, the 2015 Love & Sex survey results are endlessly entertaining. Thanks, Toronto!

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Please join us on February 26th 3pm, in front of Simcoe Hall, King’s College Circle, and help us tell the university to put education first.

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7000 Teaching Assistants, Sessional Professors, exam invigilators, writing instructors, lab demonstrators, and a range of education workers at the University of Toronto are on the verge of a strike. We have been working without a contract since mid 2014, and are currently in government-mediated conciliation. A legal strike deadline has been set for February 27th. A strike will affect 80,000 students, their parents, partners, and support networks across all three campuses if we are unable to negotiate a fair contract with the University. Over the past fifteen years we have experienced a significant decrease in the value of our wages and funding against inflation and the skyrocketing cost of living in Toronto. Teaching Assistants earn 35% under the poverty line. Sessional professors have virtually no job security and scant medical coverage despite having the same qualifications as full-time faculty. Only 3.5% of the University’s $2 billion operating budget goes to the education workers responsible for 60% of teaching. The majority of the $2 billion comes from students and taxpayers in the form of tuition and government grants. Despite ever-increasing tuition rates and an income of almost $200 million for 2015, the university claims its hands are tied by “challenging fiscal realities,” and so can’t afford a living wage for its educators. The numbers don’t add up. The University of Toronto is Canada’s largest and wealthiest public university. It can and should do more to provide a high-quality undergraduate education and treat its educational workers with respect and dignity. Our Working Conditions are Students’ Learning Conditions.

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The Tragically Hip

The Canuck rockers’ ACC show is part of their Fully Completely tour, called that because the show is fully, completely about the 1993 album of that name, which they remastered and re-released last year. The Hip are prepping to drop three more reissue packages. Get ready for the hits: Wheat Kings, At The Hundredth Meridian. But for true fans, famously rabid, every track’s a winner. Thursday (February 19), doors 7 pm, all ages. $24.50$125. livenation.com.

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cian and former NOW cover boy brings his new album, pom pom, to the Phoenix. Doors 8 pm. $20. ticketfly.com. Once The Tony Award-winning musical based on the indie movie romance continues previewing at the Ed Mirvish Theatre with an all-Canadian cast. 8 pm. $29-$130. 416-872-1212.

chance to see the show of recent work by Chinese artists subtly challenging authority, at O’Born Contemporary. 416-413-9555. See article on page 53.

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Swans Michael Gira and his long-run-

ning NYC experimental noise rock band are making the best music of their lives. See for yourself at the Phoenix. Doors 8 pm. $27. soundscapesmusic.com. See cover story on page 36.

Malcolm X: Pertinent Or Passé?

George Elliott Clarke, Lillian Allen and others answer the question with talk and performances at the Reference Library. 2 pm. Free. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

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Academy Awards Who will take

home Oscar gold? Who will be redcarpet roadkill? Find out when the film industry’s starriest night has you playing silly drinking games. NOW’s film writers will deliver lots of snark on Twitter. From 7 pm. Nickelback One of the world’s most hated yet commercially successful rock bands plays the ACC. 8 pm. $25-$95. livenation.com, ticketmaster.ca.

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Cannibal Corpse/Behemoth

Death metal giants from Buffalo and Gdansk, Poland, slay the Phoenix. Doors 6 pm, all ages. $35. rotate.com, soundscapesmusic. com, livenation.com. Toronto’s heritage Talk by John Goddard on the city’s most prized possessions. 6 pm. $4. St Matthew’s Clubhouse. riverdalehistoricalsociety.com.

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The Wild Party This historical musical about a huge party thrown by a vaudeville dancer and clown plays Berkeley Street Theatre. To March 8. 8 pm. $30-$55. 416-368-3110.

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Kaki King The guitarist’s guitarist plays an intimate Geary Lane show in support of her The Neck Is A Bridge To The Body album. 8 pm. $10-$25. ticketscene.ca. February 26. Rap N’ Roll Young Paris, Bonjay, Phoenix Pagliacci, Junia T and others take part in this Afro Alternative Music Showcase at the Rivoli. Doors 9 pm. $10. rivoli. ca. February 27. Sylvain Émard Danse The acclaimed Montreal dance artist brings a new work for seven male performers to the Fleck Dance Theatre. 8 pm. $28-$37. 416-973-4000. February 28. Shelter benefit Crooked House Road, Jane’s Party and others play a concert to benefit women in poverty and the Redwood Women’s Shelter. 9 pm. Pwyc. 3030 Dundas West. February 26. Hozier The red-hot soulful singer/songwriter hits Massey Hall’s hallowed stage. 8 pm, all ages. $27.50-$35. livenation.com. March 2.

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Raccoon love makes hottest sex cover ever

Your Love And Sex Guide cover (NOW, February 12-18) is the best ever!! Two Toronto residents having sex. Angela Zehr Toronto

More immigration can save our schools

From Gary Freeman to Leonard Peltier

Reading Gary Freeman’s My Underground Railroad Out Of Extradition (NOW, February 12-18), I was reminded of another infamous extradition by Canada: that of American Indian Movement (AIM) activist Leonard Peltier in 1976. Peltier was extradited and then tried and convicted in North Dakota of killing two FBI agents in a trial full of holes and fabricated evidence. Amnesty International has raised serious concerns about the fairness and impartiality of the case. Ted Turner Toronto

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did great coverage of areas of Canada outside Ontario. You just don’t get this on CBC or CTV. Sun also showed up the mainstream media, which does drink its own bathwater. I don’t care how few viewers there were, Canada needs diversity in its journalism. The demise of Sun is a step backwards; those who are gleeful are afraid of opinions that differ from their own. Brad Brzezinski From nowtoronto.com

What of the influence of labour on NDP?

Re Who Owns Stephen Harper? (NOW, February 5-11). Why is it that people influencing our prime minister and the Conservative party are considered by some to be harmful to the Canadian political system while, for example, the influence of organized labour on the NDP is not? The transparency of this hypocrisy is obvious. Canada needs input from all segments of our society. If Linda McQuaig really wants to influence our Canadian system for the better, how about advocating for true Senate reform rather than emphasizing the difference between rich and poor? S. Cooper Toronto

French Jews voting with their feet

Thanks to letter-writer Judith Deutsch for exercising her freedom of speech in Questioning Anti-Semitism (NOW, February 5-11). Now I shall exercise mine. First she claims that Operation Protective Edge was “Israel’s vicious war on Gaza,” when in reality it was

How is the TDSB supporting immigration into T.O. as a way of avoiding school closings (NOW, February 1218)? An influx of refugees filled our schools with Vietnamese children in the 1970s and 80s. Why can’t the TDSB promote enrolment by getting the government to open our doors to Syrian, Ukrainian, Palestinian and Iraqi children escaping war? As a TDSB teacher, my first job was at Pauline Johnson Jr. Public School in Scarborough, where enrolment grew with the influx of Sri Lankan, Afghan and Iraqi children. They helped build community gardens and win the city basketball championship, beating Agnes McPhail at the buzzer. Pauline Johnson PS taught me the importance of safe shelter, unity and peace-building. Closings will only make poorer neighbourhoods more vulnerable to gun violence and isolation. Davis Mirza Toronto

Straitjacketing sex ed in the classroom

Robert Smol’s Sex-ed Offensive (NOW, January 26) suggests teachers “stick to the script” when it comes to teaching sex in the classroom. Lol. Keeping sex-ed scripted and sanitary will not protect us (or students) from anything, and it will prevent students from sharing and discussing their experiences in a safe and supervised environment. Maybe in the Catholic board this kind of straitjacketing of our professional judgment makes sense. Not in my classroom, not in my shop. Peter Hasek Grade 7 teacher (and school steward) G.B. Little PS, Scarborough NOW welcomes reader mail. Address letters to: NOW, Letters to the Editor, 189 Church, Toronto, ON M5B 1Y7. Send e-mail to letters@nowtoronto.com and faxes to 416-364-1166. All correspondence must include your name, address and daytime phone number. Letters may be edited for length.

Mobile Jewish Response to the Homeless offers more than just warm food and clothes to the needy.

Emotional roller coaster out with the homeless His name is Gregory. He’s of indeter minate age, maybe in his 60s, maybe younger. Gregory wears a raggedy overcoat on top of two heavily patched sweaters, torn jeans, mismatched thin socks and mittens most wouldn’t wear on a cool spring day. With his skinny frame, long, unkempt grey hair and scraggly beard, he’s often seen on the northwest corner of Yonge and King, by the building where I work. He makes his bed there over the subway grate. Gregory is one of an estimated 5,000 homeless people in Toronto. His story is not unusual. He has mental health problems that make it nearly impossible for him to work and even more difficult to navigate the social welfare safety net. Sadly, like many others, he’s given up. Living on the streets has become his only option. Tonight, out volunteering with Ve’ahavta, a Canadian-Jewish humanitarian group I have chaired for almost two years, I can’t help thinking about Gregory and the horror of freezing to death. Our Mobile Jewish Response to the Homeless van brings warm clothes, sleeping bags, hot coffee and soup to Toronto’s homeless on a nightly basis. It’s so cold, even a few minutes outside the van seem like an icy eternity. Tonight it’s a roller coaster of emotions. I see despair, hope, strength, courage, love, loss, fear and life. What must it be like for James? He’s one of the younger men we meet on the streets. His sleeping area is near the Rosedale ravine in a large crevice under the Sherbourne bridge. During the day he goes to the library to use a computer or read. He dreams of going back to school and re-entering the world but feels lost amidst the bureaucracy.

Tonight he’s cold. He’s also looking after a friend who is unwell. They sleep side by side for warmth. Amit, our driver, goes to check them, only to find James’s friend gone. It’s the way of the streets. Sebastian, another man we meet, was actually brought up in Rosedale. He went to an exclusive private school but had problems no one understood. He tells me he mostly lives inside his head. Tonight Sebastian is making his home in a building entrance. He doesn’t want anyone to know where he is, and makes Amit promise not to divulge his whereabouts. All he wants right now is a dry pair of socks and a cup of coffee. Queen and John is where William unrolls his sleeping bag. An epileptic, he depends on his wife, Christine, for care. They fought last week at the rundown flophouse where they were staying, and now he’s forbidden to return there. William needs a new coat. We have one left. He’s a big man, so it’s not a great fit, but it works. He ambles back to his corner and wraps a blanket around himself, a frozen hunched figure trying to keep warm. We run into his wife soon after. She’s forgiven him and is worried he won’t take his medication. At our last stop, at the St. Felix Centre on Augusta, Nancy, a frequent visitor, has roused a number of the other occupants. “The Jews are coming, the Jews are coming,” she exclaims. We hand out coffee, cookies and the rest of our socks and mittens. I cannot get over how cold I am. I fear for those I meet. It’s been over a week since I last saw Gregory. He has bad lungs. I’m worried about him. I keep hoping to see him tomorrow.

“ It’s been over a week since I last saw Gregory. I’m worried about him. ”

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Hamas terrorists (yes, terrorists, not militants) who were the instigators. With regards to France being a dangerous place for Jews, telling is the fact that 400 French Jewish citizens chose to emigrate to Israel in the middle of the Gaza conflict (7,000 immigrated in total from France in 2014). They preferred sitting in bomb shelters to walking the Champs Élysées. I believe their message is loud and clear. Gdalit Neuman Toronto

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The 10th annual memorial for missing and murdered aboriginal women outside Toronto Police headquarters on Saturday, February 14. About 1,200 cases have been documented by the RCMP, but some say the number is likely higher. Story and photo gallery at nowtoronto.com

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9:30 am, Thursday, February 12, dozens of protesters descend on the Toronto Stock Exchange to call for fossil fuel divestment ahead of Global Divestment Day on February 13 and 14. “What we’re seeing from layoffs to governments struggling to balance budgets, is directly linked to Stephen Harper pursuing relentless tar sands expansion,” says Graham Henry, an organizer with Toronto350.

Giant puppet of Premier Kathleen Wynne spied as MPPs returned to the legislature Tuesday, February 17. The likeness of the preem was part of an Ontario Public Service Employees Union rally demanding the province settle contract talks with 35,000 government employees.

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WHAT Mysterious Flag Day sign sponsored by the February 15th Committee. WHERE At Dundas and Mutual, one of a couple of hundred seen around the city. WHY The fine print in the lower right corner reveals that the signs were printed by Deco, the company co-owned by the Fords, for their City Hall lobbyist bud Chris Korwin-Kuczynski. The city’s sign bylaw enforcement manager, Ted Van Vliet, says the signs appear to be legal, based on the photo NOW sent him, though generally speaking, attaching signs to fences is illegal.

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SUBWAY SUICIDES POSE BARRIER PROBLEM FOR TTC

Suicide attempts in the subway system have reached their highest level since 2000. According to the TTC, there were 30 suicide attempts on subway tracks in 2014, nearly double the 17 in 2013. The transit agency released the figures on February 11 amid a city council debate on whether to invest in platform edge doors (PEDs) as a way to prevent people from jumping onto tracks. But it’s not clear how the $1 billion cost would be funded. Even if the money could be found, the TTC would need to switch to automatic train control to ensure trains align perfectly with platform barrier doors. That conversion has begun but won’t be completed till 2020.

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PC leadership upstart Patrick Brown goes on the offensive, calling the party too old and white to win, unless, of course, the brain trust performs radical surgery and attracts more visible minorities. Among the daunting stats offered by Brown:

Ontario PC membership over age 50 84% Current

More than half Proportion of party’s 10,000 members who are over 65

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CITY’S TOP BUREAUCRAT AT ODDS WITH THE MAYOR OVER BUDGET

PC PARTY TOO WHITE TO WIN?

Toronto’s top bureaucrat, Joe Pennachetti, says he wants permission to ask the province for the power to implement new taxes. John Tory says no way. The city manager made the surprise statement outside a Budget Committee meeting Friday, February 13, where councillors debated how to fill an $86 million shortfall in the 2015 budget. “We are probably the only city of 3 million residents or more in the world that funds all of its services from property taxes,” said Pennachetti. Councillor Shelley Carroll, a member of the Budget Committee, signalled she’s ready to take up the cause, promising to bring forward a motion at this week’s budget meeting on examining new revenue streams, including reinstating the hugely controversial vehicle registration tax. Says Councillor Joe Cressy, “Anybody’s who’s researched the budget knows that the city has a revenue, not a spending, problem.”

DRAKE’S SCARBOROUGH LOVE CATCHING SOME HEAT

Why has the rap star also knowns as Drizzy all of a sudden acquired a Scarborough accent? We’ll likely never know, but he’s sure as hell taken his appreciation to new levels of appropriation in Jungle, the 15-minute video dropped last week to coincide with the release of his latest record. Our story at nowtoronto.com also inspired some choice responses from readers.

The unions representing CBC/Radio-Canada employees are demanding an apology from the PM after he said last week that most employees at the French-language station “hate” conservative values. The unions noted, in a statement expressing “shock” at the PM’s comments, that he made them in a radio interview in Quebec, where in recent weeks there have been rallies and public concerts critical of the Conservatives’ debilitating funding cuts to the CBC/SRC. Compiled by NOW staff with files from Ben Spurr, Aiden Johnston and Katie Heindl.

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Sun News, the far-right national television network known for its Fox-style infotainment approach to news, went off the air at 5 am Friday, February 13. NOW dropped by the station’s Ontario Street studios as staff gathered their things. Here’s an edited, condensed version of our conversation with Toronto Sun columnist Joe Warmington and Sun News morning anchor Alex Pierson about what they see as the network’s legacy. zach ruiter

By ZACH RUITER

SUN TV A HATE MACHINE

In a nation already highly susceptible to anti-Muslim sentiment, Sun News Network gave a platform to prejudice in the guise of news By OMAR MOUALLEM As the world wrestled last week with the role Islamophobia played in the slaying of three innocent North Caro lina students, Sun News Network’s The Source aired the latest in host Ezra Levant’s cartoonishly hateful series Canadian Jihad. Thankfully, it will be the last epi sode, because as of Friday, February 13, the most trusted name in bigotry is gone. Sun News Network has shut down. Its bigotry is well documented. It was a network that promoted racism – against Arabs, against Romani peo ple, against First Nations – in the guise of “opinion,” a disgraceful ab use of the latitude afforded news commentary and columnizing. Many Canadians commenting on Sun’s demise on social media cele brated the loss. But journalists were overwhelmingly given to deference and backpatting, and to mourning the loss of 200 “industry” jobs. Among the tweets: @cbctom Whatever you thought of Sun News, even if you never thought of them, they are media brethren losing jobs. And that is sad for our craft. @robyndoolittle I enjoyed a lot about Sun News. This is very sad. Thinking of all the journos there. @danMacEachern Fewer media outlets isn’t something to celebrate. And lots of good people will lose their jobs at Sun News Network. @justincigio Sun News gave many young reporters a chance and helped launch new careers during its short life. Something to remember. Here’s something else to re member: those young repor ters launched their careers by

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contributing to a hate machine that perpetuated prejudice, especially against Muslims, in a nation that’s already highly susceptible to anti Muslim sentiment. Everyone who accepted a cheque from the network was complicit in spewing its hatred. I’m sure it was a young and talented reporter who cobbled together the special report Islam’s War On The World. I’m sure it was a gifted video and sound editor who thought to punctu ate The Arab Underground segment on Canadian Jihad with the sound and graphics of an unsheathing sword. And surely it took the best and brightest Jschool graduates to trawl for violent disputes with which to portray Muslims as a sideshow. I’m not Muslim. But I grew up in a Muslim household and probably still look like one to most. In my own newspaper column, I can’t criticize an antiterror bill without commenters

demanding I disclose my “heritage.” When I wrote about Omar Khadr, one blogger called me and the Mouallem “family” (his quotations, not mine) “part of that murderous cult.” That’s right. These are the kinds of views that Sun News and its employ ees gave a platform to. They did so in the guise of a serious broadcast news network, not under the usernames of some batshit website commenters, where they belong. If the now unemployed Sun News Network staff, or the congenial media professionals offering their condol ences to those who lost their jobs, were brown or Muslim, they’d under stand just how harmful it is to cas ually sensationalize stories about Is lam in a country where half the population (and rising) holds un favourable views of the religion. Unfortunately, because this is the overwhelmingly white Canadian media, they don’t. Nearly all of those who mourned the job losses resulting from Sun’s closing don’t have to live as targets of the bigotry the network

Talking head Ezra Levant (left) and Joe Warmington on the day Sun News died.

espoused. And that’s what makes this a worthy issue: Canadian jour nalists are quick to side with their “brethren,” but the homogeneity of the industry makes them unwilling to acknowledge the legitimate harms their brethren caused to vulnerable groups. Let’s be clear about one thing: stor ies about misogyny, antiSemitism and terrorism in the Muslim com munity should absolutely be cov ered. In fact, I was alarmed to see the friendly imam who married my wife and me (at my parents’ insistence – it’s a long story) on The Source the other day calling for the rise of the caliphate and 100 lashes for adulter ers.(I’m assuming that wasn’t about us.) Extremism in every community should be covered, but with reason and sensitivity, not the bigoted para noia that was the hallmark of Sun TV. Yes, Sun News Network gave many young journalists their first job. (Full disclosure: my first reporting gig was at its former Quebecor kid sister, 24 Hours.) But it taught those budding journalists that it’s okay to slant the news for the sake of your political and social views, and to do so in a way that harms the already vulner able. It’s not. I hope Sun TV’s former employees aren’t out of work for long, but I’m glad they woke up unemployed this week. As precarious as the news in dustry is right now, not all media jobs are worth mourning. 3 Omar Mouallem is an Edmonton-based, National Magazine Awards winning writer who has contributed to The Walrus, Wired and Eighteen Bridges. A slightly longer version of this story originally appeared at canadalandshow.com. news@nowtoronto.com | @nowtoronto

Joe Warmington: The Star got the vaccines [story] wrong and the CBC has had all kinds of issues including with Ghomeshi, and all you ever hear is basically really, really vicious criticism [of Sun News] or worse than that of people like Ezra [Levant] and Alex [Pierson], and what I see here is... people swam upstream. Alex Pierson: We pushed a narrative that no one wanted to discuss. We literally broke every rule, and in doing so we forced people to ask questions they didn’t want to ask, whether it be about the Muslim community not doing enough against terrorism and who they are connected to, or Justin Trudeau – is he really ready for prime time? Warmington: There wasn’t a lot of censorship here. Pierson: We were talking about Boko Haram and ISIS a year ago. No one had even heard of it until they beheaded James Foley. Warmington: This is a big loss for Canada, because you need to have someone to say “Look, this is what this is,” and we did that here. You guys do that at NOW but in a different way. Pierson: When I was with mainstream media, I would laugh at the independents showing up to G20.... I was like, “Who are you, where are your credentials coming from?” It wasn’t until I became an outsider that I realized there are really important voices needing to be heard that aren’t necessarily part of the clique. Warmington: Few journalists took on that G20 story. I’m still paying the price for it. I can’t get anyone [from the police department] to call me back. Pierson: It’s sad because this place, this place, this place.... Warmington: ...won’t be replaced. news@nowtoronto.com | @nowtoronto

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

MOVIN’ ON UP

ARE BLACK WEALTH AND SUCCESS DIRTY WORDS IN TORONTO? By DALTON HIGGINS

he UN has declared 2015-24 the International Decade For People Of African Descent. It’s true. Our South Korean soldier in the struggle, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Kimoon, wrote that “we must remember that people of African descent are among those most affected by racism. Too often, they face denial of basic rights such as access to quality health services and education.” Not sure if I’m missing something here, but in the UN’s lengthy analysis, I can’t find any reference to how a well-executed reparations plan could make it rain money over here in Toronto. Slavery was actively practised here, but black wealth and success are among Canada’s best-kept secrets. One reason for this might be that our media seem thoroughly invested in reporting on the ways Toronto is failing us – perhaps as part of a black-misery-porn exercise. (Reportage on black squalor and poverty sells more copies.) But if Toronto is failing us, what are we doing to change that? I wonder if the creators of content and the consumers who lap this stuff up even care about what the other half – or even our “Talented Tenth” – of well-todo African Canadians are up to. Are black folk in the 6 moving on up like The Jeffersons’ George and Weezy? Have we started at the bottom but now we’re here? Is there a Carlton Banks in Forest Hill doing that Tom Jones dance, and is his fancy footwork being ignored? Black success goes largely undocumented and under-acknowledged in mainstream Toronto, but I sometimes get invited to community events where black boomers boast that their children will be debutantes at cotillion balls and are being accepted at highpriced private academies. These gatherings feel like meetings of a secret society that many blacks and non-blacks don’t know exist. My own awakening to this reality began when I was

Black folk in the 6 are moving up like The Jeffersons’ George and Weezy and then some, but we rarely hear about it.

summoned in 2012 to participate in a few Jamaica 50th-anniversary events to commemorate my parents’ birth country’s independence from the shackles of the Queen. It was at these gatherings that I found out there are all kinds of Jamaican millionaires around: IT entrepreneurs, hockey players, neurosurgeons, CEOs and CFOs, real estate moguls. And they are all proudly Yardie and living in Toronto. When Harvard-educated Toronto (by way of Nigeria) millionaire Akanimo Udofia casually plopped down a cool $150K to support Danzig public housing residents, my first thought was “Where have these people been hiding – under a rock in the Scarborough Bluffs? Do I have to wait for more independence anniversaries to see more of this community economic largesse? I’m most certainly not just waxing about those earning big coin in entertainment and athletics. Yeah, Drake and his crew of upstarts, including Grammy-nominated African-Canadian producers T-Minus and Boi-1da, are starting to rake it in like dead presidents. What I’m homing in on is that set who don’t fit the stereotypes of what it is to be black, Canadian and successful. And I can draw on a whack of examples. I was at a press conference just before Christmas where Richard Branson announced the launch of a national-impact venture fund, and an exceptionally successful African Canadian who was born in Jamaica was in the room. A few blackish, youngish Rhodes Scholars living in Toronto are my Facebook friends – young, hip real estate moguls working on massive development projects with one of the city’s largest universities. Last week in one of my classes, where we were reading a book that centres around a female poet who comes out in Jamaica, I spent half the session having the students unlearn what they thought they knew about Jamaicans in Toronto. Is the distribution of wealth in Toronto’s black community uneven? Hell, yeah.

It’s true – there are blacks not named Drake hanging out in Forest Hill.

The rate of poverty among blacks remains proportionately higher than among whites, and when we look at income gap variation between races, we see that men who identify as black earn 75.6¢ for every $1 earned by non-racialized men, according to Sheila Block and Grace-Edward Galabuzi’s Canada’s Colour Coded Labour Market. For black women vs. non-racialize men, that number is 56.5¢. But on the flip side, who do you think that ROM Crystal thingy is named after? How about the Ryerson School of Continuing Studies? The first is named after Jamaican billionaire Michael Lee-Chin, the second after recently departed fellow Jamaican (RIP) billionaire shot-caller G. Raymond Chang. My worry is that future generations may not learn about our vast contributions to Toronto or about the existence of Fresh Princes of Bel-Air in Yorkville. (It’s true, there are blacks not named Drake hanging out in Forest Hill; one actually mentored me – so I’ve seen the light!) During this glorious Black History Month, as we dust off our collective dashikis, proudly hang up our Marcus Garvey and Marie-Joseph Angélique posters and tune in to those same civil rights march videos thrust into our faces annually by cultural outsiders, let’s remind ourselves that it’s also okay to tune in to mildly entertaining black TV fare like Empire, a new show about an upwardly mobile family fraught with The Young And The Restless-style drama, alongside Aminata’s journey in The Book Of Negroes. While many of our ancestors came to the West via the Middle Passage and had to endure, as many still do, stark daily reminders of racism, we are succeeding on an uneven playing field. That story needs to be recorded and celebrated. I’m still trying to convince my TV executive friend to cook up a Real Housewives Of Brampton pilot; the script is already in my head. 3 news@nowtoronto.com | @nowtoronto

NOW february 19-25 2015

PROSTITUTION

CULTURE

SEX WORK NO SAFER IN SWEDEN

Check the record: in the country we’ve modelled our sex laws after, life has gotten more dangerous for prostitutes By NAOMI SAYERS

50 SHADES OF EFFED UP

The BDSM film distressing many feminists could actually spark an important conversation about sexual violence, so let’s have it By SUSAN G. COLE

ifty Shades Of Grey blew away box office records on its first weekend, doubtless distressing feminist orgs already upset that women are so madly in love with the book trilogy. But boycotting the film adaptation of instalment one is the wrong strategy. The plot is simple: virginal English lit major Anastasia falls for wealthy Christian Grey, only to discover that he’s a proud practitioner of BDSM – a dominant, of course, with a big red dungeon to show for it. Anastasia’s so taken with the kinkster that she’s game to try out a few whips and chains. The U.S. National Center on Sexual Exploitation, pressing for a boycott, says the movie eroticizes violence and female vulnerability. But this film doesn’t eroticize anything. Very little actually happens on any level. The pair don’t kiss until 45 minutes in. The straight sex scenes are very tame, and when the handcuffs come out, the violence is seriously soft-pedalled. Crucially (unlike Jian Ghomeshi, who claimed in his famous pre-emptive-strike Facebook post that his tastes are just like Grey’s), the dominant partner here is a long-time practitioner of BDSM who takes prior agreements very seriously. An essential plot point is all about whether Anastasia will sign the contract so they can finally get it on. I’m an anti-pornography social critic who believes porn is a deeply problematic sex educator. I’ve long condemned the mainstreaming of sexual violence and the media images that promote it, and I’m passionate about ending the abuse of women. I’m ready to campaign against anything that gets in the way of that goal. But 50 Shades Of Grey, the movie, is not that. In fact, there are many things about it that could trigger an important conversation about sexual violence. For example, I don’t think the desire for pain in sex comes from out of the blue or is just a random happenstance.

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And I don’t think abusers come out of nowhere either. I think we should talk about that, analyze it. The Fifty Shades narrative takes that into consideration. Grey is plainly a messed-up guy whose sexuality has been compromised from an early age. He admits he’s “50 shades of fucked-up.” What’s appealing and seductive about that? In fact, Anastasia is bent on changing him. That doesn’t happen in this movie. But from a feminist perspective – and I can’t give too much away here – this film has a happy ending. As for submissive partners, it’s in the second and third books of the Fifty Shades trilogy, when Anastasia enters Grey’s sexual universe and gets aroused by it, that things become more problematic. The narrative promotes the idea that every woman’s turned on by violence: give her time and she’ll love getting the shit kicked out of her. But there’s an important germ of reality in Fifty Shades’ particular narrative. Anastasia is a virgin sexually groomed by the guy she loves into doing what he wants. That kind of grooming can also happen as a result of full-on, actionable sexual assault. Young sexual abuse and incest survivors often report having orgasms during repeated abuse and have talked about how their sexuality was moulded by that experience. BDSM proponents will tell you that so-called tops and bottoms often change places. But in the Fifty Shades universe, is it a coincidence that Grey’s into sexual power and that sooner or later Anastasia will be powerless? This is a perfect system of female sexual submission. Not only does the woman get abused, but she also gets pleasure from the violence. Power-tripping guys have got to love it. But when it comes to this movie specifically, it’s dull, not dangerous, though the narrative could actually be a decent starting point for an important conversation. Let’s have it. 3 susanc@nowtoronto.com | @susangcole

Fifteen years before the federal government’s anti-prostitution Bill C-36 was even imagined, Sweden enacted the Violence Against Women Act using an approach sometimes referred to as the Nordic or Swedish model, whose stated objective is the abolition of prostitution. Following the December 2013 Supreme Court decision striking down certain provisions of Canada’s prostitution laws, the Harper government’s response, the Protection Of Communities And Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA), was also sold as a law aimed at “abolishing prostitution” by criminalizing johns, in line with the objective of the Nordic regime. But Norway’s ministry of justice and police report that violence against prostitutes has increased since the implementation of that approach. Norway’s government also reports that sex workers are now less likely to report violence to the police. Swedish sex workers say the law makes them more vulnerable, just as activists and their allies have been insisting in opposition to Canada’s new law. Pye Jakobsson of Rose Alliance, a sex work organization based in Sweden, says there’s been no “uniform adoption of the Swedish model in other countries” except Norway and now Canada. Gunilla Ekberg, a lawyer and former special adviser to the Swedish government on prostitution and human trafficking, was invited to testify at Justice Committee hearings on PCEPA in Ottawa in July and again in October. She claims the model is making Sweden unattractive for traffickers and others who benefit from prostitution. However, the Swedish government and health officials admit that prostitution “is difficult to monitor since [it] is practised discreetly.” And “there are no exact numbers” on prostitution activity. It’s safe to say its intimate na-

ture makes prostitution difficult to monitor. But it’s useful to consider that the criminalization of prostitution contributes to this difficulty, since sex workers will try to avoid police and arrest. European-style abolitionists refuse to believe that criminalization helps keep the trade underground, dismissing such claims as part of the “pro-prostitution lobby.” Yet leading international organizations condemn the criminalization of both sex workers and their clients, including the World Health Organization, the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right of Everyone to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health, and, in a 2012 joint report, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). These organizations cite Swedish sex workers. Sweden’s own national board of health and welfare reports that women involved in sex work do not view prostitution and trafficking as the same thing. Yet there, all prostitution is defined as trafficking, and all migrant women who engage in prostitution are viewed as trafficking victims. Swedish politicians assert, without evidence, that 80 per cent of women in prostitution are controlled. But immigrant women sex workers, instead of receiving social supports, are typically deported. Of course, packaging complex criminal law reform into a few sound bites is convenient from a public relations perspective. If we examine the reports of organizations connected with Swedish sex workers, however, a different picture of that regime emerges. 3 news@nowtoronto.com | @nowtoronto

daily events meetings • benefits

festivals • expos • sports etc.

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Daily events appear by date, then alphabetically by the name of the event. r indicates kid-friendly events indicates queer-friendly events

listings index Live music Theatre Comedy

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Dance Readings Art galleries

Watchskilledartists vieatIcefest’sice carvingcompetition.

Benefits

5psychIc brunch A 15-minute reading and

$5 off brunch. 11 am-3 pm. $29 (benefits the Rainbow Association of Canadian Artists). The Flying Beaver Pubaret, 488 Parliament. psychicbrunch.ca.

Events

an enchanted evenInG Group meditation,

live music and a vegetarian meal. 6-8 pm. Free, pwyc donation for meal. Trinity St. Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. meditationtoronto.com.

Green Jobs: the newest challenGe for workers and unIons Talk on investment in

Thursday, February 19

green energy infrastructure to replace jobs now in dirty energy projects. 2-5 pm. Free. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org. the html500 One-day workshop to learn HTML & CSS, plus networking and a career fair. 9 am-6 pm. Free. Pre-register. MaRS Discovery District, 101 College. thehtml500.com.

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cItIzenshIp educatIon mentorInG cIrcle

Weekly meetup for newcomers to study for the test, practice English and chat. 6-8:30 pm. Free. Burrows Hall Library, 1081 Progress. 416588-6288 ext 231, culturelink.ca/citizenship. communIty QuIlt Group Learning and sharing get-together. 6-8 pm. All welcome. Free. Gibson House, 5172 Yonge. 416-395-7432. deconstructInG the beatles’ The Thinkers Series presents lecturer Scott Freiman and his multi-media presentation on two different eras of The Beatles’ career. Feb 19 & 20, 7:30 pm. $22.50. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. fIlemaker pro 13 lunch & learn Learn the capabilities of FileMaker Pro 13, how to migrate an Excel document and more. Noon-1 pm. Free (pre-register). In the Apple Store, Yorkdale Shopping Centre, 3401 Dufferin. 416-410-8649, coresolutions.ca. maQamIstan – musIc wIthout borders Rob Simms explores the ancient style through instrumental solos from Iranian, Kurdish, Arab and Turkish maqam traditions. 7 pm. Free. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org. movIe nIGht: lIvInG downstream Screening of a film about ecologist/cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber. 7-8:30 pm. Free. Rm 212. The Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. thebigcarrot.ca. sIsters In crIme february meetInG Elaine Charal talks about handwriting analysis. 7 pm. $5. Room 200. Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View. torontosistersincrime.ca.

stress manaGement throuGh restoratIve medItatIon Chanting of sacred mantras and

breathing meditation. 7 pm. Free (pre-register). Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington. 416395-5440. thIrd thursdays on dundas west Street fair with local businesses hosting concerts, art exhibits, activities, tastings and more. See website for details/times. Various prices. Dundas West between Ossington and Roncesvalles. facebook.com/DWThirdThursdays. tools for Inner peace Guided meditation session. Thursdays at 11 am. $10. Ankh Yoga, 2017 Danforth Ave. 647-223-3662.

workInG towards pallIatIve care A panel of experts discuss end-of-life-care as it is now and as it should be in our country. 1-2:30 pm. Free. McClure Hall. Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor W. bloorstreetunited.org.

Sunday, February 22

For Black History Month events, see page 14.

Writer/activist Rebecca Solnit talks about walking and mapping within a city, looking at issues of gender, public space, society and popular power. 7:30 pm. $12, stu/srs $8. Prefix Institute, 401 Richmond W #124. prefix.ca.

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dance and more. 2-4 pm. Free. Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College. 416-393-7746.

All listings are free. Send to: events@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1168 or mail to DailyEvents,NOWMagazine,189 Church,TorontoM5B1Y7. Include a brief description of the event, date, time, price, venue name and address and a contact phone number, e-mail or website address for the event. Listings may be edited for length. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm. If your free listing requires a correction, send info to: fixevents@nowtoronto.com.

cItIes: from above, beneath, and across

Movie reviews Movie times

ryear of the sheep chInese new year celebratIon Lion dance, kung fu demo, music,

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sation with the Music Gallery’s David Dacks about how his position could affect classical and new music in the city. 6 pm. Free. Music Gallery, 197 John. musicgallery.org. canadIan InternatIonal autoshow Concept vehicles, classic car showcase, giveaways and more. To Feb 22, see website for times. $23, kids 7-12 $7, family pass $45. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front W. autoshow.ca. chanG school talks 2015 Educators, industry leaders and others look at digital learning and strategies to address changes in academia and the workplace. 3-7 pm. $35. George Vari Engineering & Computing Centre/Ryerson, 245 Church. changschooltalks.ryerson.ca/2015.

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Festivals this week rIcefest Ice sculptures, an ice-carving

competition, maple syrup taffy samples and more. Noon-4 pm. Free (samples $2 donation to Heart & Stroke Foundation). Village of Yorkville Park, Cumberland and Bellair. bloor-yorkville.com/icefest. Feb 21 to 22

somewhere there creatIve musIc festIval More than 60 performers and

composers doing boundary-pushing work to further T.O.’s creative music scene, plus a speakers’ series. $10/show late-night shows free. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. somewherethere.org/festival.

walk for health & well-beInG Outdoor

walk, bring good shoes and a bottle of water. 1:30-2:30 pm. Free. Deer Park Library, 40 St Clair E. stevensjason0926@yahoo.com. wInter farmers market Local cheese, eggs, baked goods and more at this indoor market. 3-6:30 pm. Artisans At Work, 2071 Danforth. artisans-at-work.com.

Friday, February 20

Benefits

cash for toronto fundraIser Fundraiser

for Davenport MP Andrew Cash. Dinner and live music. 8 pm. $100. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas W. cash@cashfortoronto.ca.

the mary-Janes of comedy: the underwear show Julia Hladkowicz, Matt O’Brien, the Two Sues, hosts Lianne Mauladin & Phil Luzi and others perform to benefit the Bloordale Women’s Shelter. 10 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. maryjanesofcomedy.com. wInter palace ball Champagne reception, three-course meal, entertainment and two live orchestras benefit Ruskoka Camp. 6 pm. $125-$150, under 21 $90. Palais Royale, 1601 Lake Shore W. winterpalaceball.com.

Events

basQuIat Idea bar: noIse Presentation that combines workshops, music, dance and conversation. 6-8 pm. Included w/ admission. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. ago.net. rchInese new year celebratIon Year of the Ram events include multicultural performances, charity dance-off, photo booth and more. See website for schedule. Market Village, 4390 Steeles E. cnycelebrations.ca. cuba’s vIctory! cuba’s future Toronto Socialist Action public forum with speaker Javier Domokos Ruiz, Consul General for the Republic of Cuba in Toronto. 7 pm. $4 or pwyc. Rm 5-280. OISE, 252 Bloor W. socialistaction.ca. ImprovIsatIonal drum Jam Bring your own hand drums or anything of rhythmical apti-

In convo: combat Jack wIth dJ kId caprI

Feb 20 to 22

toronto musIcal Improv festIval Musical improvisers and troupes celebrate this growing genre. Performances by Gavin Crawford, Reid Janisse, Jen Goodhue, Notorious and many others. Feb 25-28, WedSat 8 pm, plus Thu-Fri 10 pm, Sat 10:30 pm. $8-$10, pass $40. The Social Capital Theatre, 154 Danforth. torontomusicalimprovfestival.com. Feb 25 to 28

continuing

rhubarb festIval The 36th edition of the

new works festival features plays, dance, performance art and more, featuring works

tude. All levels welcome. 7:30-11 pm. $5. Lucsculpture, 663 Greenwood. lucsculpture.com. permaculture lIvInG converGence Panels, workshops, presentations and more on food security, seed saving, community engagement, racism and other issues. Event includes speakers, film screenings, local art and a marketplace. Feb 20-21 from 10 am-7 pm. $70, stu/srs $50, child $10. Pre-register. George Vari Engineering & Computing Centre, 245 Church. permaculturegta.org/events/plc. salon 21: hearInG musIc Explore how we hear and the tricks our ears play on us when listening to music. 7:30 pm. Free-$6 (preregister). Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, 111 Queen’s Park. gardinermuseum.on.ca.

Saturday, February 21

by Bruce Dow, Morrow & Jasp, Ryan G Hinds & Nicole Rose Bond, Sharron Matthews and others. See website for schedule. $20 evening passes, Young Creators Unit and offsite events pwyc. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-9758555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. To Feb 22

vector Game art & new medIa festIval

International experimental media and digital gaming festival including a panel discussion, exhibits, workshops, performances and more. $5-$15, some free events. See website for schedule and other venues. Videofag, 187 Augusta. vectorfestival.org. To Feb 22

rovInG the red planet: explorInG from afar Lecture by Ralf Gellert. 2-3:30 pm. Free.

mnfsto sk8 Hip-hop music. 8 to 11 pm. Free.

sharInG best practIces: a nIGht of lauGhter and healInG NDoula Care Services pre-

Harbourfront Centre Natrel Rink, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. murder at the rom Scavenger hunt for adults. Sat & Sun 1-3:30 pm. $35. 100 Queen’s Park. Pre-register urbancapers.com. orGanIc by choIce Conference for those with an interest in healthy food and solutions that nourish people and the environment with speakers, lunch and exhibits. 9 am-5 pm. $85. U of T Chestnut Centre, 89 Chestnut. 647-3677706, cogtoronto.org. rowl prowl Experience live owls on a guided walk. 7-9 pm. $12, srs/children $6; family $30. Kortright Centre for Conservation, 9550 Pine Valley. 416-667-6295.

papermakInG In early muslIm cIvIlIzatIons

Benefits

Workshop. 10 am-4 pm. $65. Pre-register. Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford. agakhanmuseum.org.

docents and knitters give advice, plus tea and a museum tour. 11:30 am, 1 and 2:30 pm. Preregister. $15 (benefits the Community History Project). Tollkeeper’s Cottage Museum, 750 Davenport. tollkeeperscottage@gmail.com.

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knIttInG month workshop Experienced

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the bellwoods flea Drinks, music, classic films and local vendors offer vintage and handmade goods, plus pets are welcome. 11 am-6 pm. Free. Magpie Taproom, 831 Dundas W. facebook.com/BellwoodsFlea. rchInese zodIac sIGns face paIntInG & story tIme Activity for kids ages 2-12. 1-2 pm. Free. Pre-register. Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College. 416-393-7746. Introductory medItatIon Class at 2:30 pm. Free. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth. 416-539-0234, meditationtoronto.com.

mad for marmalade, crazy for cItrus

Italian-themed workshop, lunch, speakers, tastings, marketplace and marmalade competition. 10 am-4 pm. $50. Pre-register. Fort York, 250 Fort York Blvd. 416-392-7503.

Conversation on the history and growth of hip-hop. 2-5 pm. Free (RSVP required). Eaton Theatre. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. rom.on.ca. the leslIevIlle flea Curated market selling vintage, salvaged and upcycled goods, furniture, antiques, collectibles and more, at the Fermenting Cellar. 10 am-4 pm. Free. The Distillery District, 55 Mill. leslievilleflea.com. 5lGbt dance classes Queer and trans salsa classes. To Mar 29, Sun from 3 to 5 pm (beginner to advanced). $15 drop-in. Multifaith Centre, 569 Spadina. lgbtdance.com.

residents to learn more about this summer arts event. 1-2 pm. Free. Palmerston Library, 560 Palmerston. kaeja.org. repaIr cafe Volunteer fixers repair your stuff and teach you how to do it as well. Noon-4 pm. Free. HackLab TO, 1266 Queen W. repaircafetoronto.ca. self-alIGnment exercIses Mitzvah Technique workshop. 2-4 pm. $20 (pre-register). Near Ben Nobleman Park, 1075 Eglinton W. 416-781-5126, mitzvahtechnique.ca. toronto salsa practIce No lesson, beginners to pros, no partner required. 3:30-5:30 pm or 5:30-8 pm. $5. Trinity St. Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. torontosalsapractice.com.

travel and experIentIal educatIon faIr

Info for students, teachers and parents on summer credit courses, GAP year opportunities and other student placements. 11 am-2 pm. Free. Royal St George’s College, 120 Howland. campus.rsgc.on.ca/events.

Macleod Auditorium. Medical Sciences Bldg, 1 King’s College Circle. 416-977-2983, royalcanadianinstitute.org. sents a talk on health and family planning with naturopath Mai Thompson Heath and comics Aisha Alfa and Zabrina Chevannes. 7 pm. $10-$15. The Flying Beaver Pubaret, 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567, pubaret.com. thIs chanGes everythInG Professor Ellie Perkins discusses Naomi Klein’s book on climate change. 12:45 pm. Free. Friends House, 60 Lowther. 416-596-7328.

ukraIne and russIa: prospects for peace

Conference with three panels featuring Fred Weir, Metta Spencer, John Feffer, Andriy Kulykov and others. 10:30 am-7:30 pm. $20, stu/unwaged $5 (pre-register uofttix.ca). Sandford Fleming Bldg, 10 King’s College Circle. scienceforpeace.ca. vcw 3rd annual Ironman rumble Victory Commonwealth Wrestling presents 20 wrestlers, 8 matches and one champion. 4 pm. $15$20, kids $10. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas W. vcwrestling.com. world fIddle day practIce Jam Anne Lederman leads players of bowed string instruments in a practice for the May event. 1-3:30 pm. Pwyc. Long & McQuade, 925 Bloor W. worldfiddledaytoronto.wordpress.com.

Monday, February 23

Events

achIevInG peace In thIs world Introductory seminar of Nichiren Buddhism. 6:30-7:30 pm. Free. Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College. 416654-3211, sgicanada.org. Introductory medItatIon Learn three easy techniques. 7 pm. Free. College/Shaw Library, 766 College. meditationtoronto.com. momondays Three-year birthday moParty for this motivational event that’s a cross between open-mic comedy and TED talks. 5:3010 pm. $20-$33. Hard Rock Cafe, 279 Yonge. momondays.com/toronto.

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Tools For Inner Peace Guided meditation

session. Mondays at 8 pm. $10. Ankh Yoga, 2017 Danforth Ave. 647-223-3662. ToronTo swIng Dance socIeTy West Coast swing dance lessons series. 7:30 pm. $70 for series. Lithuanian House, 1573 Bloor W. torontoswingdancesociety.ca.

Twca genDer anD MunIcIPal PolIcy VIDeo launch Viewing the Toronto Women’s City

Alliance’s video on how to make municipal services more accessible to women with remarks by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam. 10 am. Free. RSVP. City Hall, 100 Queen W. 647235-8575, info@twca.ca.

Tuesday, February 24

Events

The DeaTh oF DIssenT: how goVernMenTs KIll crITIcIsM Tom Henheffer of Canadian

Journalists for Free Expression talks about how a culture of secrecy in Ottawa is shutting down investigative journalism in Canada. 7-8 pm. Free (pre-register). North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. 416-395-5660.

exercIse & Fall PreVenTIon For senIors 65+

Weekly class. Bring indoor shoes and your OHIP card. 10:30 am. Free. Pre-register. Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College. 416-393-7746. #FIrsTTIMe hoMe BuyIng serIes Info seminar with Romana King, hosted by comic Matt

Baram. 6-8 pm. Free. Joy Bistro, 884 Queen E. RSVP zoocasafirsttimeevents.eventbrite.ca.

The FuTure oF FashIon – new Technology, aDVanceD TexTIles & eMergIng TrenDs Lec-

ture by fashion strategist Bradley Quinn with emcee Jeanne Beker. 6:30 pm. Free. OCAD U Auditorium, 100 McCaul. 416-977-6000. IMMunology anD auToIMMunITy U of T researchers talk about the field of immunology. 7-8 pm. Free. Room 1. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. 416-395-5633.

InsIDe The MuseuMs: ToronTo’s herITage sITes anD TheIr MosT PrIzeD oBJecTs River-

dale Historical Society talk by John Goddard. 6 pm. $4. St Matthew’s Clubhouse, 450 Broadview. riverdalehistoricalsociety.com. Is There a war on scIence? Author Michael Riordon talks about scientists opposing cuts to research funding and programs. 1-3 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. tpl.ca. ToronTo coMIc JaM Get together with other indie artists and collaborate on making comics. Bring your own pencils and pens. 7:30 pm. Free. Cameron House Back Room, 408 Queen W. meetup.com/Toronto-Comic-Jam. TunI TalKs 23 Social mixer for young professionals with speakers on the topics of law and basketball. 7 pm. Free (pre-register). Hotel Ocho, 195 Spadina. tuni23.eventbrite.com.

5VIolenT InTIMacIes: TransgenDer eM-

BoDIMenT, law & The sTaTe In conTeMPorary TurKey York’s Centre for Feminist

Research presents visiting scholar Dr Asli Zengin. 3-4:30 pm. Free. York University, 4700 Keele, Kaneff Tower 519. RSVP to juliapyr@yorku.ca.

Wednesday, February 25

Benefits

5eVeryBoDy neeDs soMeBoDy Murr & Filth play disco, house and techno. 10 pm. Sliding scale $2-$10 (benefits the Peter Collins Support Committee). Beaver, 1192 Queen W. tinyurl.com/Feb25Beaver. ThreaDs oF hoPe For aFrIcan granDMoThers Textile art exhibit to honour African

grandmothers who are raising orphaned children. Feb 25-Mar 9. Free/donations. Miles Nadal JCC, Jacobs Lounge Gallery, 750 Spadina. grandmotherscampaign.org. VerITy FunDraIsIng DInner Event to support the Gardiner Museum with speaker Karen Sheriff. 6:30 pm. $235. George Restaurant, 111 Queen E. Pre-register 416-368-6006, gardinermuseum.on.ca.

Events

canaDIan JournalIsTs anD coVerage oF

The gaza war Investigative reporter Andrew Mitrovica explores various aspects of how the war was covered. 7-8 pm. Free. Danforth/Coxwell Library, 1675 Danforth. 416-393-7783. FooD, JusTIce, FaT acTIVIsM, anD BoDy PolITIcs: a DIscussIon Lecture by professor and

activist Katie LeBesco and discussion to follow. 7 pm. Free. U of T New College, 40 Willcocks. 416-949-6989. hearT healTh: sTress Seminar to explore methods of proactively dealing with situations to decrease negative health impacts. 6-7 pm. Free. Living City Health, 120 Eglinton E. 647-497-9797, livingcityhealth.com.

holIsTIc & wellness PracTITIoners nIghT

Networking event with referral system, business support and drinks. 7-9 pm. Free. Preregister. Intuitive Centre, 796 Eglinton E. intuitivecentre.com.

reaD, wrITe, sPeaK. Free exPressIon chaMPIons on selF-censorshIP, lIBel law & access To InForMaTIon Media lawyer Brian

MacLeod Rogers talks with investigative reporter/author Paula Todd, part of Freedom to Read Week. 7:30 pm. Free/pwyc. Supermarket, 268 Augusta. freedomtoread.ca/events. reBecca BelMore The Anishnaabe artist talks about her recent work. 7 pm. Free. RCC-204. Rogers Communications Centre at Ryerson, 80 Gould. ryerson.ca/ric. sIngle, seParaTeD & DIVorceD DaDs Q&A and support group weekly meeting. Women welcome. 7-9 pm. Free. Room A5. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth. father.org. swansea horTIculTural socIeTy Meeting. 7:30 pm. Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia. 416769-8487. TeMPle oF yog suPer DeMo Tour Tour of upcoming Wii-U Game, musical performances by The Blast Processors, Dr Zilog, Dream Jefferson and Buster Wolf and giveaways. 6:3010:30 pm. Pwyc. Bento Miso, 862 Richmond W. bentomiso.com/events/temple-of-yog.

ThIs nuclear age: reThInKIng nuclear weaPons Lecture with Martha Goodings, cofounder of No2NuclearWeapons. 4-6 pm. Free. Room 179. University College, 15 King’s College Circle. scienceforpeace.ca. ToronTo geeK TrIVIa Bring a team of 4-6 or come alone and make new friends. Test your

knowledge of movies, TV, video games, comic books and more. 8 pm. Free. Imperial Pub, 54 Dundas E. facebook.com/geektrivia.

when ProTeIns go rogue: sTrucTural DIs-

orDer In neurologIcal DIsease Talk with doctor Derek Wilson. 7-8 pm. Free. Don Mills Library, 888 Lawrence E. 416-395-5710. wInTer FarMers MarKeT Indoor market with local farmers and food artisans. 2-6 pm. Free. Montgomery’s Inn, 4709 Dundas W. 416-3948113.

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Thursday, February 26

Benefits

crooKeD house roaD, Taylor & Bryn,

Jane’s ParTy Benefit concert for women in poverty and The Redwood Women’s Shelter. 9 pm. Pwyc. 3030 Dundas West, 3030 Dundas W. theredwood.com. unDer The PorTal Music by Gavin Gardiner and Edwin Huizinga, readings by Palla Malla and Marianne Apostolides benefit Story Planet’s arts and writing programming for teens and kids. Doors 7:30 pm. $12, adv $10. Story Planet, 1165 Bloor W. storyplanet.ca.

Events

The aBc’s oF choosIng healThy BoDycare ProDucTs Learn about the basics of body care

products and how to take the mystery out of label reading. 7-8:30 pm. Free. Rm 212. The Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. thebigcarrot.ca.

BaTTle oF algIers: BacKDroP To charlIe heBDo Screening of the 1996 film The Battle

black history month events this week Thursday, February 19 BlacK Men In TheaTre Piece of Mine Festival presents seven contemporary playwrights showcasing new works-in-development including Araya Mengesha, Chevy X and Luke Reece. Feb 19-20 at 7:30 pm. $10-$15. 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture & the Arts, 918 Bathurst. pieceofminesfest.com. coMMeMoraTe! BlacK hIsTory MonTh exhIBIT A visual art exhibit runs to Mar 4, see

website for details. Free. Bluffs Gallery, 1859 Kingston Rd. scarborougharts.com.

FaTher FIgure: exPlorIng alTernaTe no-

TIons oF BlacK FaTherhooD Artist Zun Lee blends documentary photography and personal visual storytelling to offer a personal perspective into often-overlooked aspects of black family life. Feb 19-Apr 2. Free. BAND Gallery, 1 Lansdowne. zunlee.com. FreeDoM cITy: uncoVerIng ToronTo’s BlacK hIsTory Original paintings, drawings,

photographs, manuscripts and broadsides with contributions from historians Karolyn Smardz Frost and Afua Cooper. To Mar 28. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. tpl.ca. hIsTory oF our MusIc Showcase that highlights the genres of musical eras and the barriers and struggles that connect the global community. Participants can listen to entertainers, access black-owned businesses, receive mentorship through workshops and activities. 6-10 pm. Pwyc donations accepted for Doctors Without Borders. Oakdale Golf & Country Club, 2388 Jane. 647-764-0009, info@aim2impact.com. Jean-MIchel BasquIaT Exhibition runs to May 10 ($16.50-$25). Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. ago.net. olIVe senIor The author of Dying To Better Themselves: West Indians And The Building Of The Panama Canal talks with Donna Bailey Nurse. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. tpl.ca/ehlist.

real TalK: race, resoluTIons anD reDeMP-

TIon Shadeism and other topics engage youth

in issues that remain pertinent in black communities. 5 pm. Free. Centennial Library, 578 Finch W. tpl.ca. reVerB regenT ParK Spoken word poetry and an open mic with MC Britta Badour and emerging artists Lensa Ali, Destiny Henry, Tsion Nicodemus, Tiyan Shiribabadi and others. 6-8 pm. Free. 3rd floor lounge. Centre For Social Innovation Regent Park, 585 Dundas E. 416-7362100 ext 88608.

selF-relIance anD InDePenDence: The Message oF early BlacK onTarIo newsPaPers Talk by

Camille Isaacs on the black newspapers The Provincial

Freeman and Voice Of The Fugitive. 7-8 pm. Free (pre-register). North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. 416-395-5660. sTella FayIKesI Photo exhibit Tutu explores “cool” as an intangible notion that is deeprooted in African and African-diasporic cultural and societal codes. Feb 19-Apr 2. Free. BAND Gallery, 1 Lansdowne. facebook.com/ events/1393050787668026. TalwsT Nubians, a diorama exhibit, explores black identity in North American and Western art. To Mar 6. Free. Drake Lab, 1140 Queen W. talwst. com. Through generaTIons Group art exhibit looks at past, present and future narratives of black consciousness in the African Diaspora. Includes an AGO-produced Jean-Michel Basquiat interactive installation and works by Ato Seitu, Ella Cooper, Komi Olaf and others. To Mar 1. Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas E. danielsspectrum.ca.

The unFInIsheD conVersaTIon: encoDIng/DecoDIng

Videos/visuals exploring black and post-colonial history. To May 18. The Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949.

Friday, February 20 MalcolM x: 50 years aFTer, PerTInenT or Passé? Toronto poet laureate George Elliott Clarke hosts with Lillian Allen, Clifton Joseph and Andrea

Lorraine Klaasen performs in a tribute to Miriam Makeba February 26.

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Monday, February 23

#occuPy Multidisciplinary performances by

Troy Human Positive Jackson, Sedina Fiati, Dainty Smith, Naomi Abiola and Chy Ryan Spain. 8-11 pm. $5-$10. 3rd floor. Glad Day Bookshop, 598 Yonge. facebook.com/ events/855989207796716. aMaDou KIenou & KaTenen cheKa Music Africa’s BHM Concert Series presents music from Burkina Faso and Mali. 9 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. afrofest.ca. BeaT Box 101 Workshop for teens with poet Eddy Daoriginalone on how to make music without instruments. 2 pm. Free. Fairview Library, 35 Fairview Mall. tpl.ca.

BlacK hIsTory MonTh @ MacKenzIe house

Visit print shop to print a personalized copy of The Provincial Freeman, the first newspaper to be published by a woman of colour in Canada. Tour included w/ admission. Every SatSun in February, noon-5 pm. $3-$7. Mackenzie House, 82 Bond. 416-392-6915.

roger gIBBs IslanD In The sun: BarBaDos In song Concert of Barbadian folk songs and

calypsos from the 1800s to the present. 2 pm. Free. Main Street Library, 137 Main St. 416393-7700.

Sunday, February 22 all BlacK coMeDy show The Nubian Dis-

ciples’ monthly comedy show w/ Allen Lewis, Eddie King, Keesha Brownie, Marito Antonio Lopez, Sandra Battaglini, headliner Zabrina Chevannes, host Kenny Robinson and others. 8:30 pm. $20. Yuk Yuk’s, 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

BlacK FuTure MonTh grouP exhIBITIon

Multidisciplinary group art exhibition. Feb 22-Mar 6, reception Feb 22. OCAD U, 100 McCaul. 416-977-6000.

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Volunteer Opportunities of the Week

See this week’s Classified section for more info or visit volunteertoronto.ca

Thompson in a recital and rap session honouring the legacy of Malcolm X. 2 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. tpl.ca. MIghTy JeroMe Screening of the film about the track and field star. 2 pm. Free. Brentwood Library, 36 Brentwood N. tpl.ca.

Classifieds

Visit print shop to print a personalized copy of The Provincial Freeman, the first newspaper to be published by a woman of colour in Canada. Tour included w/ admission. Sat-Sun in Feb (and Feb 16), noon-5 pm. $3-$7. Mackenzie House, 82 Bond. 416-392-6915.

Day oF solIDarITy For BlacK non-BelIeVers

Screening the film Contradiction by Jeremiah Camara followed by a discussion about the experiences of blacks who identify as atheists, agnostics, skeptics, freethinkers, etc. 3 pm. Free. Luna Theatre Room, 25 Capreol Court. facebook.com/blacknonbelieversGTA.

In conVo: coMBaT JacK wITh DJ KID caPrI

Conversation on the history and growth of

hip-hop. 2-5 pm. Free (RSVP required). Eaton Theatre. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. rom.on.ca.

worD•sounD•Power oPen MIc & ForuM

arT house MonDay: BlacK Is BeauTIFul

Works by Trudi Ferguson, Ricardo McRae and Carl Cassell. 8 pm. Studio C, 745 Queen W. facebook.com/events/769778163102038.

Tuesday, February 24 coMMeMoraTe! MusIc Musicians Archie Alleyne and Tika Simone talk about their careers and about helping emerging young talents in music. 6-8 pm. Free. Bluffs Gallery, 1859 Kingston Rd. scarborougharts.com. hue: a MaTTer oF colour Screening of the NFB film by Vic Sarin. 2 pm. Free. Taylor Memorial Library, 1440 Kingston Rd. tpl.ca. Karyn olIVIer Public talk by the artist on her current installation Eye Around Matter. 6-8 pm. Reception to follow. Free. 5th floor, room 7514. OCAD U Graduate Gallery, 205 Richmond W. thirdspaceprojects@gmail.com.

Wednesday, February 25 Bryan PrInce The author of My Brother’s

Keeper: African Canadians And The American Civil War in conversation with Donna Bailey Nurse. 1 pm. Free. City Hall Public Library, 100 Queen W. torontopubliclibrary.ca/ehlist. Karyn olIVIer Public talk by the artist on her current installation Eye Around Matter. 2:304:30 pm. Free. 3rd floor, room 305YL. York University, 4700 Keele. thirdspaceprojects@ gmail.com.

Mary MInK: The MaKIng oF a MyTh

Guylaine Pétrin explores the story of the daughter of James Mink, a successful black businessman in 19th century Toronto. 7:30 pm. Free. Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View. 416-393-7610.

Thursday, February 26 BeaT Box 101 Workshop for teens with poet Eddy Daoriginalone on how to make music without instruments. 5 pm. Free. Jane/Sheppard Library, 1906 Sheppard W. tpl.ca. Been a long TIMe coMIn’ KasheDance and Wind in the Leaves present a performance reflecting on the African diasporic experience in North America through visual art, music, dance and poetry. 8 pm. Pwyc. Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, 130 Navy. 905815-2021, oakvillecentre.ca. lorraIne Klaasen South African classic/ traditional folk songs in this tribute to Miriam Makeba. 8:30 pm. $32.50-$35. Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas W. hughsroom.com. 3

Of Algiers followed by discussion on racial and cultural volatility in modern-day France. 7-10 pm. $5. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org. Bird cOllisiOns Discussion with Paloma Plant from FLAP Canada on bird collisions with tall buildings and residential dwellings. Noon-1 pm. Free. Hinton Learning Centre, 3rd flr. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. tpl.ca.

canadian JOUrnalisTs and cOverage OF

THe gaza war Investigative reporter Andrew Mitrovica explores various aspects of how the war was covered. 7-8 pm. Free. Yorkville Library, 22 Yorkville. 416-393-7661. cHakra HealTH Introductory workshop to learn about the seven chakras and why they are important. 6:30 pm. $20. Pre-register. Innate Wellness, 5 Quebec. 416-760-9424. even iT UP: a cOnversaTiOn On THe ineqUaliTy crisis Entertainment, a silent auc-

tion and speakers talking about the gap between the world’s richest and poorest. 7-9 pm. $25, stu $10. Centre for Social Innovation Annex, 720 Bathurst. picatic.com/evenitup_ oxfamuoft. #FirsTTime HOme BUying series Info seminar with Romana King and hosted by comic Matt Baram. 6-8 pm. Free. Pearl King, 291 King W. RSVP zoocasafirsttimeevents.eventbrite.ca. liTTering: mOre THan meeTs THe eye Con-

servation Council of Ontario presentation featuring info, games and more to learn how everyone can contribute to litter reduction strategies. 6 pm. $5, stu/srs $2. Pre-register. Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina. 416-533-1635, weconserve.ca. 5OUTwriTes Writing group to support and promote writers from the LGBTQ community and their allies. Bring copies of your work for critique. 8 pm. Free. 519 Church Street Community Centre. outwrites.wordpress.com. PaT HansOn Ryerson Dept of Architecture lecture. 6:30-8 pm. Free. Ryerson Architectural Science, 325 Church. arch.ryerson.ca. PersOnal Finances FOr Older wOmen Financial planner Bernardine Perreira reveals the top mistakes women retirees make with their money. 7-8:30 pm. Free. 2nd fl. Richview Library, 1806 Islington. 416-394-5120.

revisiTing mUslims in THe mirrOr OF THe

clasH OF civilizaTiOns Lecture by professor Mojtaba Mahdavi. 7 pm. Free. Noor Cultural Centre, 123 Wynford. noorculturalcentre.ca. sOUndHackers meeTUP Monthly meet to explore techniques in sound art and music technology. 7-9 pm. Free. Room 252. NAISA Space, 601 Christie. meetup.com/soundhackers. TOOls FOr inner Peace Guided meditation session. 11 am. $10. Ankh Yoga, 2017 Danforth Ave. 647-223-3662. 3

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Femme internationale is a toronto-based nGO dedicated to promoting women’s health through education in east africa. my day-today responsibilities include the administrative side of things, social media updates and communication with donors, as well as the development of an overall vision for the organization and a strategic plan. i work with my team to develop goals we can achieve both at home and overseas. In Toronto we have a team of five volunteers. In East Africa we have four local staff working in Nairobi, Kenya, and Moshi, Tanzania. I did my undergrad degree in international development at Queen’s University and I went on to take the post-graduate diploma in international development project management at the Humber School of Business. My undergrad was theoretical and covered a lot of history and politics, but the Humber program focused on applying business skills such as budgeting, finances and management specifically to international development. I started Femme in 2012 and graduated in 2013. The examples we did in class were directly related to international development. When we talked about crisis management, we looked at organizations that lost their funding and developed an appropriate response. We looked at business communication, writing business plans in the context of international development and, of course, financial management. Growing up, I wanted to travel and explore the world and started to take on more volunteer opportunities. I went to El Salvador twice when I was in high school. My personal interests in travelling turned toward politics – what was going on in the world and how I could play a role in changing things. I developed an interest in women’s issues in East Africa while doing my undergrad at Queen’s. I realized that women, specifically young women, can be the answer to a lot of problems, and the focus needs to be on them if you want to create sustainable change. In school we were researching issues that women face. We got on to the subject of menstruation, and as we started researching it, I realized there were no formal studies on menstrual health and its effect on women in developing countries. This was a huge gap in development programs, so we decided to do something. At Humber I learned how to run a program in the field and how to create systems and policies to make sure the organization is run transparently, effectively and efficiently. The teachers were definitely the best part. I’ve stayed close to a lot of them, and they’ve become mentors to me and everyone at Femme. It’s challenging being an entrepreneur and being your own boss, to be the one to make the decisions, especially when you’re young. I just finished my schooling two years ago, so a lot of this is new to me. Asking for money is never easy, and finding it is even harder. I spent five months of the last year in Kenya and Tanzania. I’m going back again in March for a few months and then again in August, probably for a year. The best part of my job involves doing education programs at schools. We have local facilitators who run the workshops, but we often go with them to observe, take photos or speak with the girls ourselves. It’s always amazing to see the impact this program is having on their lives. It’s the rewarding part of the job – it’s easy to get caught up in paperwork, writing reports and grants and fundraising.

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I work in the operation effectiveness unit within the strategic planning branch in Parks, Forestry and Recreation. I help ensure that our department complies with a quality management system. We use standards such as ISO 9001, which is an international standard, or Excellence Canada, a Canadian standard that guides our work. In layperson’s terms, I try to make things easier for people. Whether it’s parents trying to register their kid for a camp program or city staff seeking volunteers to help with tree planting, I work on making processes more efficient, reliable and easier in order to make the public and staff happier. I went to McMaster University and got my bachelor of science in life science focusing on biology and psychology. I did another bachelor in earth and environmental science. But I wasn’t quite ready to face the working world, and then I found out about the green business management (GBM) program at Seneca College. I have an interest in business but a bigger interest in environment and sustainability, so I thought it would merge the two. Part of the Seneca program involved an academic placement. Essentially, we were consultants who worked with organizations to explore how we could make them more sustainable. We did waste audits and energy audits but also looked at the culture and processes that could make them greener. In the GBM program we worked with many different standards. The ISO 26000, an international standard on corporate social responsibility as well as sustainable development, was created with the help of one of our instructors, Bob White. A lot of what I learned translates to my job now. I work in quality assurance, so we use a quality management standard. Because of the Seneca program I went and got my LEED accreditation. The program opened me up to learning more about green buildings and sustainable design. The instructors had great experience in the field. I’ve implemented a lot of their tips and suggestions in my current work. I still keep in contact with the people from my program because we’re all a big resource to each other. The best thing about my job is the people I work with. Though I work a lot on my own and meet with different stakeholders, I have a lot of support from everyone on my team. When you first go into an organization as a consultant, you learn not to let everything people say affect you. Realize that a lot of times there are emotions attached to people’s words – and they’re not necessarily directed at you, but rather at the system or grand scheme of things. You have to have a thick skin, because if you have patience, people come around and understand why you’re implementing a change or a new standard. Be open-minded and listen more than you talk. Let clients know you’re listening and incorporate their suggestions. People want to be heard and want to know that they are a part of whatever you’re doing.

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veronica cole Product manager, Behaviour Interactive I could summarize my job as product manager by saying that I function as a product’s mini-CEO. I’m responsible for every aspect, including development, marketing, revenue and the bottom line. I make decisions based on return on investment, balancing cost, resources and demand for features in our games. This does involve some of the game development side, but really I work as the bridge between the project manager who manages the team of developers and the executive team. Right now I’m the product manager for three mobile titles. Pro Feel Golf is a sports game that’s like a simulation, but really realistic. It launched worldwide this month and was featured on Apple in Canada as editor’s choice. I studied game development and entrepreneurship at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. When I was in Grade 9, there was pressure to decide what you were going to do for the rest of your life. I decided to go into video games – interesting because I never played them as a kid. It was a shock for everyone who knew me. I wanted to be an artist in video games – do the concept art and create the environments. The program at UOIT had an entrepreneurship element that taught every aspect of game development, and so I moved into being a product manager. Everything was specific to the games industry. There was a one-semester course in the business of gaming taught by a professor who worked as a producer on a whole raft of titles. We learned exactly how to pitch a product, build a deck for a product and present it in a way that can gain interest if you’re trying to raise capital. It was business-focused but paid special attention to the games industry. Every year of the four-year program we had a project to work on. All our classes fed into that one project, emphasizing the role of team work, a really important element in the games industry. I never thought I would start a company. Given the industry’s demands for experience – you have to have two to three years for entry-level positions – it was almost impossible to find employment. It was really competitive, especially in the Toronto area. We founded Squabble Studios to create educational games that are more fun than the ones currently on the market. We raised private investment from local angels and won a competition in the Durham area through the local incubator hub. You have to work hard to get recognized, and you have to be proactive. I started Squabble as a stepping stone because having a portfolio, preparing work, doing things on the side to build up your own expertise are important. University was really helpful in terms of developing ways of thinking. Having an idea of how long things take to be developed and knowing how an artist interacts with a programmer allow you to prioritize features. You should have an overall sense of how a game development team works, have a keen sense for marketing and for data and statistics. The games industry moves quickly. Even though I’ve been in the industry for only a few years, I’ve learned so much, and things have changed so much: the shift from console games to the mobile market, and within mobile between paid and freemium apps. There are new ways of monetizing and making business happen, but you have to be creative and up-to-date. It’s ever-evolving.

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AS A NATION, WE’RE GUZZLING NEARLY 10 BILLION CUPS OF TEA A YEAR, MUCH OF THAT STEEPED IN PESTICIDES, NOT TO MENTION WORKER RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. HOW CAN YOU GREEN UP YOUR CUP?

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Canada’s largest tea company has been bogged down by bad press. Last year, an investigation by Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute chronicled widespread abuse at two dozen plantations supplying the tea giant. CBC Marketplace found pesticide residues in Tetley, Lipton, Twinings, Uncle Lee’s Legends of China, No Name and King Cole, among other brands. Half the products tested failed to meet Canadian limits for pesticides. (Red Rose, by the way, was the only tea tested that was pesticide-free and should be entirely Rainforest Alliance certified in 2015.). Since then, Tetley’s owner, Tata Global, announced pilot studies on phasing out pesticide use. However, Unilever (which owns Lipton and Red Rose) has made a firmer commitment to go 100 per cent sustainable by 2020. SCORE: N

This big-name herbal tea brand pushes a cuddly bear image, but its sourcing policies aren’t all that sweet. It offers countless “100% natural” teas, but very few are organic. The company maintains it regularly tests to ensure pesticide levels fall under government limits. But it’s actually facing a false advertising suit for claiming to be natural when one report by an investment research group found pesticide residues in 91 per cent of its teas. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says herbal teas are generally lower in pesticides than oolong or white. Nevertheless, it’d be nice to see more than five certified organic, fair-trade teas in CS’s roster. Its unrecyclable plastic K-cup pods should be avoided. SCORE: N

There’s a lot of certified organic tea on the market, and a little fair trade, but Seattle-based Choice Tea offers over 60 teas that are both. Californiabased Numi, which blends some of the most creative teas out there (think tomato mint black tea and chocolate Earl Grey) are also entirely organic, and half are certified fair trade. Not to oversell the benefits of fair trade certification (just check out controversial research on Indian tea plantations by human rights prof Peter Rosenblum), but fair trade seals should, generally, offer better worker protections. Numi launched its own third-party-verified fair labour supply chain certification. Both brands steer clear of plastics like epichlorohydrin in their tea bags and are available at health stores. SCORE: NNNN

Need an energy kick without worrying about worker rights violations and pesticide residues? Guayaki’s yerba mate is one good way to get a pretty guilt-free buzz. As with most teas, they ain’t local, but they are organically shade-grown in the rainforests of Argentina, Paraguay and southern Brazil, and Guayaki’s on a mission to reforest 200,000 acres by 2020. The company also goes beyond fair trade certification by paying workers a living wage, a rarity in the tea business. For a list of local retailers, head to guayaki.com. SCORE: NNNN

reality check “STRAIGHT FACTS” ON HONEYBEES

Have you seen those the full-page ads in the daily papers from “28,000 farm families” asking for “support from our fellow Ontarians”? They warn that the province’s pending regulations for neonicotinoid pesticides won’t actually benefit honeybees, but will instead strip farmers of the tools they need to keep feeding us local food, fuel and fibre. The ad campaign, which is actually funded by CropLife Canada, a lobby group that represents big-name chemical and seed manufacturers facing neonics regulation, offers to help readers get “the facts straight” on honeybees. Thing is, the ads’ claims don’t quite add up when they’re put under the microscope.

THE CLAIM Honeybee colonies are growing (up almost 60 per cent since 2003), not collapsing, and honeybee production is up (by 29 per cent in the last year) across Ontario. The ad cites StatsCan numbers. THE REALITY Perfect example of a half-truth. If you look at StatsCan figures, it’s clear that on a per colony basis, honey production has taken a nosedive over the last decade, down 40 per cent, in fact, since 2003, when neonics were introduced. Last winter was particularly brutal for Ontario, with 58 per cent of honeybees lost, according to a report by the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists. Still, demand for honey is officially on the rise. To keep up with that in the

face of weakened hives, beekeepers have been replacing lost bees by importing package bees and splitting hives. It’s costly, but by doing so, Ontario Beekeepers’ Association (OBA) says they’ve been able to increase production despite bee deaths and dwindling hive productivity.

THE CLAIM The number of honeybee “incidents,” or deaths, reported during planting was down 70 per cent from 2014. Implication: neonic-treated seeds can’t be to blame. THE REALITY That stat comes from a Health Canada report that called its own analysis incomplete. The report did, however, suggest a drop in bee deaths was likely the result of a cold,

wet spring that meant corn was planted later, and bees weren’t as exposed to neonics. Also, with 58 per cent of colonies dead that winter, beekeepers say there were fewer bees around to be poisoned come spring. Either way, Ontario’s Ministry of Agriculture, Farming and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) reported more pesticide poisoning incidents in 2014 over the two years prior.

THE CLAIM Eighty-five per cent of Canadian honey is produced in western Canada, where there are no known honeybee colony health issues related to neonics. THE REALITY That’s mostly true. Health Canada says the primary problem is honeybee exposure to neonictreated corn and soy in intense corngrowing regions, namely Ontario, which grows 68 to 70 per cent of all of this country’s corn and soy. If you look at overlapping maps of the soy/corn belt and Ontario bee yards, there are very few areas where beekeepers can place hives to avoid exposure.

ALGONQUIN TEA COMPANY

Unless you dry and steep your ecoholic pick own backyard herbs, there is no more local tea than Algonquin. It doesn’t offer black or green teas (not really doable in our cool climate, though BC’s Teafarm.ca is poised to give it a go). However, its handpicked, certified organic, indigenous Canadian herbs are “ethically wildcrafted” in the Algonquin bioregion. Even the packaging is all Canadianmade. Awakening tea has “chakra stimulants” like Labrador tea, mint and ginseng. Peace tea makes a beautiful bedtime brew with nearly a dozen soothing herbs, including blue vervain and lemon balm. Plus you can get cool teas for lucid dreaming or immune-boosting. And if you want to learn how to grow your own healing herbs, Algonquin also offers sacred gardener workshops come summer. In The meantime, their (unbleached) bagged and loose-leaf teas will keep you warm. algonquintea.com SCORE: NNNNN

equate nutrition, adverse weather and hive management practices. THE REALITY Honeybees face a lot of challenges, but a recent global analysis of 800 studies on pesticides found that neonics are not just killing bees outright, but the nerve poisons are also weakening bee immune systems, making it harder for them to survive harsh winters and fight off viruses and parasites. As well, exposure impairs their navigation skills, making getting adequate nutrition tougher. So, yeah, neonics essentially make honeybees’ other challenges way harder to cope with. The OBA say they were able to manage mites, disease and pests for

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clubs&concerts hot BADBADNOTGOOD, GHOSTFACE KILLAH, RAZ FRESCO Opera House (735 Queen East), Thursday (February 19) See preview, page 40. THE TRAGICALLY HIP Air Canada Centre (40 Bay), Friday (February 20) Fully Completely classic album tour. SWANS Phoenix Concert Theatre (410 Sherbourne), Friday (February 20) See cover story, page 36.

YES YES Y’ALL Ryze (423 College), Friday (February 20) DJ Bambii takes over the queer monthly. POW WOWS, TOWERS, KING CREEP, WAVE OF TERROR Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), Friday (February 20) Pow Wows album release show. THEOPHILUS LONDON, DOJA CAT, FATHER Tattoo (567 Queen West), Friday (February 20) Funk-fuelled electro-pop.

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TIGA & MATTHIAS MEYER, GERA, JADE Coda (794 Bathurst), Friday (February 20) “Bugatti” hit-maker parks in T.O. SHEEZER, THE TWO KOREAS, PATTI CAKE, MARTY TOPPS The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Saturday (February 21) Cancer treatment benefit show. THE GOLDEN DOGS, JANES PARTY Rivoli (332 Queen West), Saturday (February 21) See preview, page 42. PUBLIC ANIMAL, CROSS DOG, BEAT COPS Dakota Tavern (Ossington), Sunday (February 22) R’N’R courtesy of Ian Blurton. CANNIBAL CORPSE, BEHEMOTH, AEON, TRIBULATION Phoenix Concert Theatre (410 Sherbourne), Tuesday (February 24) Death metal extravaganza. SUUNS, DISAPPEARS The Garrison (1197 Dundas West) and a post-show Suuns DJ set at Magpie Taproom (831 Dundas West), Wednesday (February 25) See preview, page 44.

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Is Ariel Pink the male version of Azealia Banks? The two work in different genres – psych pop in Pink’s case, rap in Banks’s – and yet Banks reworked Pink’s Nude Beach A-GoGo on her recent Broke With Expensive Taste album. He even produced it for her. His version is on his excellently poppy double album pom pom, released last November, to which Banks contributed some backup vocals. And like Banks, the former NOW cover boy is somewhat notorious for saying crude, unpopular but articulate things. It all brings a thrilling edge to his already eclectic performances. See for yourself at the Phoenix when he plays Toronto without his Haunted Graffiti band for the first time. Thursday (February 19) at the Phoenix Concert Theatre (410 Sherbourne), doors 8 pm. $20.

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LORRAINE SEGATO Daniels Spectrum Invisible Decency album release, doors 7:30 pm. Free. March 3.

LIFE IN VACUUM, WORST GIFT, BIG KNIFE LITTLE KNIFE, CHASTITY, HX KY Smiling Buddha doors 8 pm. $8. March 7. FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS, BEANS ON TOAST Horseshoe

doors 8 pm. $29.50. ticketfly.com. March 9. THE HIGH DIALS, TWIST Silver Dollar doors 9 pm. $8 adv. soundscapesmusic.com, northerntickets.com, rotate.com. March 20.

DADA LIFE, MAKJ, LOUDPVCK, ILAN BLUESTONE, HENRY FONG, BIXEL BOYS, SHAUN FRANK Metro Toronto

Convention Centre Dada Land Compound. Doors 7:30 pm. $45-$70, wantickets.com, ticketweb.ca. March 21. BEN OTTEWELL Drake Hotel doors 8 pm. $20. rotate.com, soundscapesmusic.com, ticketfly.com. March 23. JOSEPH Drake Hotel doors 8 pm. $10. rotate.com, soundscapesmusic.com, ticketfly.com. April 7. THE FLESHTONES Horseshoe doors 8:30 pm. $12.50. rotate.com, soundscapesmusic. com, ticketfly.com, horseshoetavern.com. April 8. HOUNDMOUTH Lee’s Palace doors 8:30 pm. $15. rotate.com, soundscapesmusic.com, horseshoetavern.com, ticketfly.com. April 9.

MOON KING, LEE PARADISE, BLUNT CHUNKS Smiling Buddha Moon King album release. Doors 8 pm. $9. April 14.

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The Great Hall doors 7 pm. $20. ticketfly.com. April 23.

LAILA BIALI Church of the Holy Trinity

8 pm. $tba. April 30. STRUNG OUT Opera House doors 7 pm. $25. rotate.com, soundscapesmusic.com, ticketfly.com. May 1. METZ Lee’s Palace May 1 and 2. THE WATERBOYS Winter Garden Theatre doors 7 pm. $529.50. ticketmaster.ca. May 2. BABYMETAL Danforth Music Hall doors 7:30 pm, all ages. $47.50-$57.50. May 12.

AMARANTHE, I PREVAIL, SANTA CRUZ Opera House doors 8 pm. $tba. May 17. ELECTRIC ISLAND Centre Island Summer

concert series. Line-up TBA. electricisland.to/ tickets. Earlybird season pass $99-$127. May 18, July 1, August 3, September 7. DAN DEACON Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8 pm. $15. soundscapesmusic.com, rotate.com, ticketfly.com. May 20. LITTLE DRAGON Danforth Music Hall doors 7 pm. $21. May 31. HOT CHIP Danforth Music Hall doors 8 pm. $35. rotate.com, soundscapesmusic.com, ticketmaster.ca. June 3.

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Lee’s Palace doors 8:30 pm. $15. rotate.com, soundscapesmusic.com, ticketfly.com, horseshoetavern.com. June 4. SPEEDY ORITZ, ALEX G Horseshoe doors 9 pm. $13.50. soundscapesmusic.com, rotate. com, horseshoetavern.com, ticketfly.com. June 5. ED SHEERAN Air Canada Centre 7:30 pm. $76.50-$87. June 6. THE KOOKS Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 7 pm, all ages. $36. soundscapesmusic. com, rotate.com, ticketfly.com. June 15. DEF LEPPARD, STYX, TESLA Molson Amphitheatre details TBA. $34-$144.50. July 14.

WAYHOME MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL WITH SAM SMITH, ALT-J, KENDRICK LAMAR, MODEST MOUSE, HOZIER, THE DECEMBERISTS, PASSION PIT, ST. VINCENT, ALVVAYS, RUN THE JEWELS, FUTURE ISLANDS, VIET CONG AND OTHERS Burl’s Creek Park Noon. $209, later $229$289 (general admission includes camping and full admission for three days). July 24-26.

GREENBELT HARVEST PICNIC WITH GORDON LIGHTFOOT, IRON & WINE, BAHAMAS, BASIA BULAT, KATHLEEN EDWARDS, GREGORY ALA ISAKOV, MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, DINNER BELLES Christie Lake

Conservation Area ticketbreak.com/harvestpicnic. August 29. AC/DC Downsview Park Rock Or Bust World Tour. $138.75. ticketmaster.ca. September 10. RICKY MARTIN Air Canada Centre $32$119, ticketmaster.ca. October 15.

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Thursday, February 19 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

Air CAnAdA Centre The Tragically Hip Fully And Completely Tour, doors 7 pm, all ages. AlleyCAtz Melanie Durrant w/ The Recipee Band, D’Enforcas doors 8:30 pm. CAvern BAr Incriminating Screw, Man Simply Is, The Three People, Cloud Everest, Yesterday’s Finest doors 8 pm. drAke Hotel JMSN (R&B singer/songwriter), doors 8 pm. 416 GAllery Young Toronto Lords-Cipher and visual art exhibition w/ Devontee, Dillanponders, Dir.T, Jimmy B, Jimmy Hoffa, Marlon Souler, Keysha Freshh, Set, Supreme Swiss, Tray and others (90s born musicians). 8 pm. tHe GArrison Say Yes, Tupper Ware Remix Party, Language Arts, DJ Dougie Boom Art & Brewing party, doors 7:30 pm. GrossmAn’s tAvern Starship Experience 10 pm. HorsesHoe Eli & The Straw Man, Mother Leads, Atom & His Volumes, Girl doors 8:30 pm. kArlA’s roAdHouse Tommy Rocker (classic rock), 9:30 pm. kensinGton lodGe Derek Mok 7 pm.

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ot, young buzz bands SWANS at the Phoenix Concert Thefill editors’ inboxes atre (410 Sherbourne), Friday (February with videos, albums 20), doors 8 pm. $27. ticketfly.com, and press releases rotate.com, soundscapesmusic.com. from morning till night every day of the week. We dedicated space to them in four issues at the start of the year, with our local-focused Ones To Watch series. The truth is, some of those bands will last half a dozen years, most just two or three. Some will cut through the fray with a hit or two, most will toil in dark bars for years before calling it a day and doing something else. Then there is the rare band like Swans. Formed in New

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York City in 1982 by Michael Gira, they are making the best music of their career at 30-plus years in, with last year’s sonic tsunami of a record, To Be Kind, released on Gira’s own Young God Records. The uncompromising character of the music – beyond deafening, daringly experimental, confrontationally noisy, undulating and shape-shifting for epic durations – reflects Gira’s own uncompromising nature. “I would say that in 90 per cent of cases, bands quitting before ever making it to 40 is a very good thing,” says the 61-year-old over Skype from a tour stop in Australia. “Most shoulda stopped when they were 23.” Gira has a reputation as a surly no-shit-taker, enhanced by a highly physical stage persona. He’s prone to spitting, gyrating, crashing his body into his guitar amp and howling things like “Bring these buildings down!” – which he did while playing Yonge-Dundas Square at NXNE last year. continued on page 38 œ

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When asked about his dislike of seeing fans head-bang and mosh at Swans shows, he says, “I remember when thrashing started occurring at CBGBs matinees in the early 80s. It was a nightmare. It was like, ‘The jocks have arrived.’ Moshing ruined punk rock. That kind of groupthink mentality quickly closed off any sense of possibility in the genre.” On Swans’ late-career transition from noisy cult outsiders to YongeDundas Square headliners with an album that hit number 37 on the Billboard 200 (To Be Kind, their 13th): “The so-called success of late has been kind of wonderful, but I don’t take it for granted and I’m not impressed by it. I just keep going.” On the pure, tender lyrics of the title track: “Oh, thanks. That’s a love song, but she doesn’t fucking appreciate it.” Gira says these things in a wry tone free of bitterness, anger and self-pity. The flip side of his curtness is an almost Zen-like calm and sustained thoughtfulness – the qualities likely responsible for offsetting the harsher aspects of Swans’ sound with transcendent optimism, intelligence and beauty.

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He can’t remember exactly how he came to music, but Ziggy Stardustera David Bowie had something to do with it. “I was in art school then, and something clicked about how that was much more relevant to contemporary life than trying to be in this recondite, elitist art world. Then when punk rock happened, the keys to the kingdom were presented, because you didn’t really have to be a skilled musician to make something valid happen. “And then no-wave happened, and you could play your guitar with boxing gloves on. That was a freedom I hadn’t contemplated before. So I started making music, ineptly at first, learning how to shape sounds and rhythms and bark my commands over it.” Collaborators have come and gone, including female keyboardist/ vocalist Jarboe, an essential member of Swans from the late 80s to the band’s breakup in 1997 who played on seminal albums like 1987’s Children Of God, 1991’s White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity and 1996’s Soundtracks For The Blind. On To Be Kind, a female presence comes by way of Toronto-born Cold Specks, aka Al Spx, whose gospel

take on Swans’ Reeling The Liars In for a Record Store Day single got Gira interested in working with her. (He appears on her recent album, too.) “I’m always looking for other people to participate in the music, particularly females,” he says. “And she has a great voice, so I asked her to sing.” Gira reformed Swans in 2010 after a decade spent in the quieter Angels of Light. He’s the only original member, though Norman Westberg has contributed to the tangle of searing guitar for almost as long, give or take a few years. Drummer Phil Puleo (1995 to 1997 and then 2010 onward) and postreunion percussionist Thor Harris provide the rhythmic thrust and drama, surrounded onstage by gongs, dulcimers, keyboards and myriad percussion. Christoph Hahn adds a third-guitar onslaught and lap steel textures, while bassist Christopher Pravdica holds down the low end. Gira says he’s never felt such a connection and willingness to go into unfamiliar places as he does with this particular lineup. Swans songs are living things, changing every performance. Usually approximately six compositions – we’ll get four new

ones at the Phoenix on Friday – make up the set, which easily stretches over two and a half, often three, hours. “We start playing a version of a song and it gradually morphs into something else entirely throughout a tour. We allow for accidents and unexpected things. That feels good to me. It keeps it alive and adds a sense of urgency. It’s also terrifying. It forces us to be completely in the moment.” What makes a performance satisfying? “When the group has an absolutely focused concentration and simultaneously no consciousness whatsoever. I find our shows pretty satisfying, but there’s always some hands reaching up from beneath the sand trying to pull you down. Always something tugging at you, trying to hold you back. “I don’t want to be too grandiose about it – we play rock music. But at this stage I don’t have any interest in promoting a record or that sort of thing. I figure the amount of time left is short, just by the fact of age. So I want to do what I think is invigorating and inspiring to me, and hopefully to the audience as well.” Surprisingly, for someone so opinionated, he’s having difficulty lately finding something to say. Though Gira drops words like “vituperative” and “loquacious” into casual conversation, he describes writing lyrics as like “trying to pry a diamond out of a granite cliff with a toothpick.” “In all humility, I think my words are very good, but they’re hard to come by. Mainly it’s because I’m sick of hearing myself talk. So when the words come, they’re more valuable for that reason. But I don’t feel I have any more wisdom now than I’ve ever had. I have more experience, I guess, but I don’t know if that necessarily equates to wisdom.” What he’s more sure of is the everimproving quality of Swans’ music, which he describes as “whorls of sound without much specific rhythm” and “intense focused groove” and “maelstroms of sound that just feel fruitful right now.” “The music is fucking good,” he says with a laugh. “And it’s aligning with some kind of zeitgeist, I guess. In a more quotidian way, the internet spreads things pretty effectively, as opposed to 15 or 20 years ago. We have more attention than we ever had, so that’s heartening. We just played in Tasmania to 4,000 people, and there were tons of very appetizing-looking young people in the front rows. “We’re striking a chord and, although I feel some symptoms of my age, I’m just as dumbfounded and enthralled with existence as I ever was. That’s the source of my being able to keep going. This is the most excited I’ve ever been inside a body of music.” 3 carlag@nowtoronto.com | @carlagillis

BETTER WITH AGE LUCINDA WILLIAMS Williams takes her time making records, and 2014’s Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone, out on her own Highway 20 Records, is up there with the 62-year-old’s very best, including 1998’s Car Wheels On A Gravel Road. Maybe love’s got something to do with the inspired double album. Williams got married for the first time in 2009. YO LA TENGO Who would’ve thought that Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley are pushing 60? That could be because they’ve had a somewhat retiring sensibility since the 90s, despite churning out loud feedback blasts and buoyant, wistful indie rock. Their most recent albums find them and bassist James McNew in perfect harmony, marrying soft and loud, tender and harsh in the most gorgeous ways. Last year’s Extra Painful, meanwhile, celebrated the 30th anniversary of 1993 college rock hit Painful. SHARON JONES Neither decades of obscurity nor pancreatic cancer can slow down 58-year-old soul/funk singer Jones. Her latest album of unbridled soul, Give The People What They Want, out on Daptone, just earned Jones her first Grammy nod, and last year saw her tour extensively to sold-out crowds. Unstoppable.

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PauPer’s Pub Mike Barnes Jam, 10:30 pm. PHOenix cOncert tHeatre Ariel Pink,

Jack Name doors 8 pm. ñ tHe PistOn Flatrock, The Medicine Hat, Art &

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KIM GORDON Former Sonic Youther Gordon is 62 years young, ripping it up onstage as hard as ever, as you know if you follow her Matador-signed experimental noise guitar duo, Body/Head, or her scintillating Instagram. And then there’s her raw and angry post-divorce memoir, Girl In A Band, which hit streets this week.

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What could be more Drake-ian than dropping a surprise mixtape the day before Valentine’s Day? Toronto’s biggest rapper did just that with his 17-track If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. Then again, it was also Friday the 13th. Regardless of the meaning behind the release date, the album whipped the internet into a frenzy, especially the song 6PM In New York, in which he chides Tyga for dating the super-young Kylie Jenner. Check out our 4N review on page 45.

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Musicians and Converse sneakers have always gone hand in hand, so Converse’s expansion into the music game through its Rubber Tracks initiative is kind of a no-brainer. This week in Toronto, the sneaker company got its Rubber Tracks pop-up recording studio under way, with five up-andcoming acts recording at the Noble Street space for free from February 16 to 20. The lucky bands are Weaves, Dead Messenger, School Damage, Danger Dean and the Laser Beams and Weight. Converse is also behind the BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah Opera House show on Thursday (February 19), featuring opener MC Raz Fresco, who recorded at a previous Rubber Tracks studio session. converse.com/rubbertracks.

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Genius merchandise like Chixdiggit nail clippers and Supersuckers foam hands can keep making an impact long after a band has dissolved. Here’s hoping Toronto’s Elwins stick around for a good long time, and to help achieve posterity they’re putting themselves (or the artwork for their new Play For Keeps record at least) on a Canada Post stamp . The stamp coincides with a 3.5-month tour that takes them through North America, Europe and Asia. Order online at theelwins.com, and read our review of Play For Keeps on page 45.

WHAT’S ONE MORE FESTIVAL?

It’s beginning to look like Torontonians will have a different music festival opportunity every weekend throughout the summer. Adding to the list: Bestival, which comes by way of Britain. The two-day event happens June 12 and 13, one week before NXNE, on the Toronto Islands. No acts have been announced, but the Isle of Wight version has a mix of big-name electronic dance acts, rap and indie rock – much like every other fest. What sets it apart? In an Arcade Fire-esque move, Bestival encourages attendees to wear “fancy dress” to increase its “theatricality” and RCM_NOW_1-4_4c_Feb12+19+26.qxp__V 2015-02-09 12:32 PM Page 1 set it apart from the average stage/bar/food-tent affair. bestival.ca.

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When Toronto jazz/hip-hop trio BADBADNOTGOOD say they’ve been working on their new album, Sour Soul (eOne Music/Lex), with Wu-Tang veteran Ghostface Killah for a long time, they’re not exaggerating. Sure, the band is still young, but the seeds for this just-released collaboration were planted early. “About three years ago we played our first show in Toronto, at Red Light, and that’s where we met [hip-hop producer] Frank Dukes,” recalls bassist Chester Hansen. “He ended up helming the whole project and bringing everyone together for it.” That show was packed, thanks to online buzz generated by BBNG’s early recordings. Since then, the trio has released three albums, but behind the scenes they were constantly working on the Ghostface collaboration that would become Sour Soul, which also features appearances by some of the biggest names in hip-hop, including Danny Brown, DOOM, Slum Village’s Elzhi and others. “When he heard us, Dukes was doing stuff with those Menahan Street Band guys and getting more into working with live instrumentation,” explains drummer Alexander Sowinski. “He already had a good con-

nection with Ghost through touring with him, and he wanted to see if he could put together some kind of ‘Ghostface out of his cage’ thing.” While the concept came about quickly, the process of finishing the recording was slow due to the band’s rapid rise to fame and Dukes’s own ascent. (The producer just picked up his first Grammy, for his work on Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2.) And then there was Ghostface Killah’s own hectic schedule. “It started really quickly when we first went to New York City with Frank Dukes in 2012. We wrote 11 songs in four days,” says keyboardist Matthew Tavares. “We sent the instrumentals to Ghost, he sent some stuff back, and then we started reworking parts in response. But because we were all touring so much, it basically took the next three years to piece everything together and make it sound like a cohesive record.” Their Toronto record release show will be one of the few opportunities to hear Sour Soul performed live; the band’s decided to only play its songs when Ghostface Killah can join them, which he’ll do at the Opera House. “We’re going to keep our own shows to strictly new stuff that we’re working on, which is more centred around improvisation and exploration,” Tavares says, hinting that there may be some secret local gigs in the works. 3 benjaminb@nowtoronto.com | @benjaminboles

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For a good three minutes, Ben Shemie, leader singer of Suuns, stumbles over his words as he attempts to describe his band’s upcoming album with longtime friend and fellow Montrealer Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, aka Jerusalem in My Heart. Sentences begin and trail off, and phrases like “pretty psychedelic” and “very droney” are timidly mentioned, as are words like “druggy,” “dancey” and “experimental.”

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Finally, with poised resolve, he sums it up. “We do our rock and roll thing. He does his Middle Eastern drone thing. And we kind of meet in the middle.” It’s a succinct way of explaining the collaborative album, Suuns And Jerusalem In My Heart, due this April on Secretly Canadian. The seven tracks grind incessantly over wrenching guitar, arpeggiated synth and Moumneh’s soaring Arabic vocals. It was three years in the making, and before Suuns celebrate its release, they co-headline a tour with Chicago shoegazers Disappears, during which they plan to perfect a batch of even newer songs for a Suuns album

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quarterback Richard Sherman. The commercial has had over 12 millions YouTube views, but Shemie admits that when the idea first came up, he wasn’t into it. “You always want to maintain a certain creative integrity as a band – ‘I’m not going to do commercials’ – but I don’t give a shit [about that] any more,” he laughs. “When you’re a kid you can be a punk about everything. But then you play in a band for eight years, and you’re like, ‘Oh fuck, I feel like we’ve paid our dues.’ I don’t think we as a band feel the need to impress anyone any more.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

Ensembles 6:30 pm. seven44 Vincent Wolfe & The VegasNorth Orchestra (jazz/big band), 7:30 pm.

Cameron House Sinners Choir 10 pm. tHe DuKe Live.Com Frank Wilks Open Jam,

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aLLeyCatz DJ Frank Bischun Salsa Night, 8:30 pm. HanDLeBar Tom Avis Rotation, 10 pm. reposaDo DJ Ellis Dean Mezcal Monday, 9 pm. tHompson HoteL DJ Eric The Tutor Blacklist,

doors 10 pm [Rooftop].

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to be recorded in May. “Right now it’s crunch time,” says Shemie over the phone from Montreal. “We hardly ever record music we haven’t performed first.” That approach allows the band to hear what the songs sound like outside the confines of a practice space, and it makes the members more efficient and economical once in the studio. That said, money is presumably less of an issue these days since Suuns’ killer song 2020 (from 2013’s Images Du Futur) was featured in a Nike commercial for Flyknit sneakers, starring Kobe Bryant and Seattle Seahawks

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blues/jazz), 8 pm.

Cameron House Johnson Crook 6 pm. Cavern Bar Cal Goodbomb doors 8 pm. DaKota tavern Redsteps w/ Suds 9 pm. graFFiti’s The Special Interest Group (protest/activist music), 8 pm.

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day Swim, Snowday Nu Music Nite, doors 8:30 pm.

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tion Congregation 9 pm. tHe painteD LaDy Cat & The Queen, Reenie, Black Rhino Riot, Random Order doors 8:15 pm. pHoenix ConCert tHeatre Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, Aeon, Tribulation doors 6 pm, all ages. tHe piston Mercy Flight, Jacqueline Tober, Selfoss Indie night. rivoLi Atticus, Even The Trees, Luke Gauthier (alternative), doors 8:30 pm. siLver DoLLar Un Blonde, Yaocave, Century Palm, Sexy Merlin doors 8:30 pm.

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pm. [Waterfall Stage Concourse Level]. Free times CaFe SAC Toronto Regional Songwriters Group & Open Mic (folk/songwriters), 7:30 pm. gate 403 Du Verella Brazilian Music Project. 9 pm. grossman’s tavern Django Gypsy Jam 8 pm. HugH’s room Ashley MacIsaac (East Coast/ Celtic), 8:30 pm. tHe LoCaL Soft Shoe Shufflers (folk rock jam), 9 pm. pLaCeBo spaCe Acoustic Open Mic Night w/ host Shelby Wright, doors 8:30 pm. remix Lounge Drum & Dance Tuesdays Drum & dance circle. 8 pm. tranzaC Nick Fraser 10 pm [Southern Cross]. Toronto Folk Singers Club 8 pm. [Tiki Room].

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Castro’s Lounge Big Rude Jake (jazz), 8:30 pm. Four seasons Centre For tHe perForming arts Barbara Hannigan, Liz Upchurch, TSO

Chamber Soloists Rapture, 5:30 pm [Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre]. gate 403 Scott Neary Jazz Trio 5 to 8 pm. Jazz Bistro Chris Tsujiuchi 8 pm. tHe rex Chris Gale (sax), Classic Rex Jazz Jam, 9:30 pm. Trevor Giancola Trio 6:30 pm. saLty Dog Jazz Tuesdays 7 pm. tranzaC soiutHern Cross MB10 (jazz), 7:30 pm.

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HanDLeBar Heavy Traffic DJs (sleazy postpunk on vinyl), 10 pm.

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air CanaDa Centre Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Tyga Between The Sheets Tour, doors 6:30 pm. Bento miso Temple Of Yog Super Demo Tour The Blast Processors, Dr Zilog, Dream Jefferson and Buster Wolf. 6:30-10:30 pm. Cameron House Dave Quanbury 10 pm. tHe Cave

Whores doors 8 pm. ñRetox, CLinton’s Good Enough Live Band Karadoors 9 pm. ñoke tHe garrison Suuns, Disappears doors 8 pm. See preview, this page. ñ HarD LuCK Bar FrnkIero And The Cellabra-

tion, Homeless Gospel Choir, Modern Chemistry doors 7 pm. HorsesHoe Garrett Olson & The 49th Parallel, DLV, The Lifts, DB Cooper doors 8:30 pm. meLange Soul Instigators Tap In Jam. 6 to 11 pm. smiLing BuDDHa Punx Can’t Laugh Punk rock/stand-up comedy show hybrid w/ the Readys and 8-10 comics. 9 pm. uniCorn puB The B-Sides 9:30 pm.

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songwriters, 7:30 pm. gate 403 Danny B & Brian Gauci Blues Duo 5 to 8 pm. Julian Fauth Blues Night. 9 pm. grossman’s tavern Bruce Domoney 9:30 pm. Kramer’s Open Stage hosted by Meghan Morrison, 8 to 11 pm.

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[Tiki Room]. Healing Power Records Showcase 10 pm. [Southern Cross].

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Castro’s Lounge Jazz Money (jazz), 8:30 pm. CHaLKers puB Lisa Particelli Girl’s Night Out

Jazz Jam. 8 pm to midnight. HugH’s room Patricia O’ Callaghan, Barbra Lica & Dave Wall Jazz From The World Of Disney, 8 pm. Jazz Bistro Mack Longpre Group & Alex Tait 8 pm. mezzetta Dan Ionescu Trio (jazz), 9 pm. monarCHs puB Toronto Jazz Collective 7 pm. nawLins Jazz Bar Jim Heineman Trio (jazz), 7 to 11 pm. onLy CaFé Lazersuzan (groove-based space jazz), 8 to 10 pm. pLaCeBo spaCe Emily Steinwall Jazz Jam doors 8 pm. reposaDo Spy vs Sly vs Spy (jazz/blues trio). tHe rex Brett Higgins Group 6:30 pm. Erik Deutsch & the Jazz Outlaws 9:30 pm. tranzaC Trevor Giancola (jazz), 7:30 pm [Southern Cross].

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Beaver Everybody Needs Somebody Murr & Filth (disco/house/techno)fundraiser for the Peter Collins Support Committee. 10 pm. CrawForD Connected Reggae Party 9 pm. HanDLeBar Greasy Listening (vinyl spun by Sonic Boom staff), 9 pm. taproom Suuns DJ Set 11 pm. ñmagpie sneaKy Dee’s ñShake A Tail (rock) 11 pm.

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The Forgettable Truth (Forward) Rating: Here’s a wintry late Valentine for that sweet cynic in your life, courtesy of Montreal-based singer/songwriter Michael Feuerstack (who dropped his Snailhouse moniker three records ago). For an album that makes an introspective, weighty impression (violinladen single Clackity Clack almost creates the illusion of stopped time), The Forgettable Truth is also, surprisingly, a rocker. Side one closer The Devil shifts the album momentarily up to race car speed. But mostly Feuerstack’s shimmering guitar and expressive, expansive steel guitar rest somewhere in the slow to mid-tempo spectrum, with a heartbeat care of drummer Michael Belyea and bassist Peter Xirogiannis, and Little Scream on backup vocals. Feuerstack’s writing is folky Canadian indie rock at its best – familiar, yet with enough lyrical surprises and uncommon musical directions to keep you coming back. These are slow, gentle songs of love and truth and unforgettable regrets. Top track: We Walk By Michael Feuerstack plays the Burdock Music Hall on March 26. SARAH GREENE

highs to subtly beautiful, ambient polyrhythm experiments, and this gradual winding down effectively showcases the full spectrum of his vision. It shouldn’t work, but it does. What makes Deacon so divisive is also what makes him so interesting. Top track: Take It To The Max Dan Deacon plays the Phoenix May 20. BENJAMIN BOLES

Pop/Rock THE ELWINS Play For Keeps (Hidden

Pony) Rating: NNN The King streetcar during morning rush hour is a truly miserable experience. And yet the Elwins’ second album magically makes that shoulder-to-shoulder existence infinitely more enjoyable. Play For Keeps is a feel-good pop album whichever way you cut it: singalong choruses abound, infectious melodies beg to be your dance party soundtrack, and the unknown “you” is constantly being serenaded. Since their 2012 debut, the Toronto foursome have become more polished and less twee (fewer handclaps, “sha-lalas” and less lo-fi-ness), with slicker, bombastic production values that should land them on the FM charts. Matthew Sweeney continues to push his vocal range, experimenting with swagger on the Strokesish So Down Low and emulating a pop star on Bubble. The most experimental is Bringing Out The Shoulders, which sounds like a more saccharine Born Ruffians. Not a bad thing, but not exactly groundbreaking either. What would be more groundbreaking? A legit Katy Perry banger. Top track: Bubble The Elwins play the Hoxton March 8. SAMANTHA EDWARDS

GANG OF FOUR What Happens

The anxiety comes to a head on Jungle, the best track. As a soul sample gently moves up and down in the mix, Drake points out to a lover the undermining effect celebrity is having on their relationship – one more obstacle in a general state of indecision that would paralyze most anyone else but which he’s growing adept at overcoming. Top track: Jungle KEVIN RITCHIE

“post-Timberland” production values by ceding the floor to a worldwide underground of vocalists (Tink, Shawna, Kelela, Sicko Mobb, Maluca, Timberlee, 3D Na’Tee) whose hooks, melodies and attitude give the music a familiar shape. Sometimes the best music happens when experimentalists indulge their inner pop music fan. Top track: Room 302, featuring Tink KR

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If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (OVO Sound/Cash Money) Rating: Drake’s surprise 17-track mixtape begins with a sample from Ginuwine’s R&B ballad So Anxious, which could very well be the alternate title for the local hip-hop superstar’s darkest and most uncommercial effort to date. Much like 2013’s Nothing Was The Same, If You’re Reading This moves further away from the single-worthy sentimentality of 2011’s Take Care in favour of tense atmosphere, dense and hard lyrics and slow low-end beats. While the alienating effects of wealth and fame are now familiar subjects for Drake listeners, he is astute at reframing competitive hip-hop braggadocio as a kind of existential crisis through subtle use of melody and ambience. The mixtape is full of noises, dialogue and samples that simultaneously draw us in and keep us at a distance. On Star67, he delivers gangsta tough talk in a sad singsong cadence and disappears into a distant club beat for an extended period on the PARTYNEXTDOOR-assisted Preach. In contrast to clubfriendly banger 6 God, the solemn 6 Man flips the melancholy chorus from the Roots’ You Got Me into an outro.

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(Warp) Rating: When a musician describes a bold new direction by protesting too loudly about the prison of genre conventions, it usually feels like a reaction to a commercial reality rather than an artistic one. The self-titled debut from production group Future Brown (Fatima Al Qadiri, JCush, and Asma Maroof and Daniel Pineda of Nguzunguzu) is brilliant not just because its spacey, shuddering rhythms experiment with a bunch of niche club music sub-genres, but because the foursome’s mixing of reggaeton, UK grime, R&B and so forth sounds less like a postmodern mindfuck and more like solid rap and R&B music. Just as Kelela’s Cut 4 Me mixtape caused a disruption in the R&B space-time continuum by placing experimental beats in a pop context, Future Brown unabashedly push the needle forward on stark

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Gliss Riffer (Domino) Rating: The extremes of Dan Deacon’s musical output produce polarized reactions in the experimental electronic circles and indie pop scenes he moves between. His hyperactive Nintendo-bubblegum tendencies can seem too silly to take seriously, while his expansive classical-influenced instrumentals can be overly serious for fans of his jubilant electro-pop-punk anthems. His last two albums found a balance by using more acoustic instruments, but on Gliss Riffer he returns to the electronics and processed helium vocals he originally made his name on, achieving cohesion along the way. The results don’t feel like a regression, although we’re not convinced chipmunk voice effects are ever a great idea. Energy flows smoothly from frantic sugar-rush

Next (Metropolis) Rating: NNN Always a band with racked nerves, Gang of Four rein in their frayed energy on What Happens Next, compartmentalized into a broad tonal range and spacious mix. Wide-panned guitars, keyboards and auxiliary percussion cycle through banks of distortion, compression and dubby echo, carefully balanced in relation to each other and suspended purposefully around a pulsing mid-tempo centre. To paraphrase the old free jazz adage, it’s about the space between the sounds. The role of studio-as-instrument is crucial to understanding the Leeds post-punks’ approach to composition, perhaps never more so than on this collection of intricate modular arrangements. Right from the rip-it-up-and-startagain intro, the band’s ninth full-length fixes its conceptual gaze resolutely on the thudding, burbling present, lyrically rendering a contemporary shitscape of hollow desire (“I’m into fucking and money”), simulacra (“We’re Facebook friends with celebrities”), systemic inequality (First World Citizen) and “sex text[s] on my phone.” At times, these preoccupations feel clumsy in their topicality, and it’s hard to tell whether GOF’s unthinkably long history as a Band That Has Things To Say makes this more or less forgivable. Top track: The Dying Rays Gang of Four play Lee’s Palace March 9. MARK STREETER

POW WOWS Broken Curses (Get Hip)

Rating: NNN Pow Wows keep their garage rock pure and classic: blown-out vocals, surf-tinged guitar with lots of bite and ’tude, 2.5-minute song lengths, singalong choruses. Their slightly delayed second album for Pittsburgh retro-garage indie Get Hip Recordings (home to Man or Astro-Man? and Thee Headcoatees) has a full but basic sound, strong writing and musicianship and lots of energy.

The Toronto trio adds car-enginegurbling sounds to Car Cemetery, You Haven’t Got Me Yet has a fun and dotty guitar solo, and Hidden Future goes nicely widescreen. None of it’s enough to set them apart from others in the genre, past or present, though near the end they make some new moves. Four-plus-minute Traces has sombre, slower verses, angry, explosive choruses and a spare, psychedout breakdown – all of which expand a well-trod path. Top track: Traces Pow Wows play an album release show at the Silver Dollar on Friday (February 20). CARLA GILLIS

Electronic RONE Creatures (InFiné) Rating: NNN

It feels wrong to fault the ambition of French electronic producer Erwan Castex on his third album as Rone, but had he set his sights a bit lower, Creatures might have been consistently stronger. The results are often unique and occasionally amazing, but also unfocused and inconsistent, preventing moments of greatness from truly shining. As on too many electronic albums, Castex worked with a large cast of collaborators and blurs the lines between live musicianship and electronic music. He bounces from downtempo to glitchy ambient to shiny electronic pop, with baroque and post-rock influences sprinkled in. Sometimes his experimental tendencies and pop impulses mesh perfectly, but the sudden shifts between abrasive noise and New Age mood music are heavyhanded and clunky. Castex should’ve narrowed down his roster of guests to focus on the more successful cross-pollinations, like the one with Toshinori Kondo on Acid Reflux. Top track: Acid Reflux, featuring Toshinori Kondo Rone plays Wrongbar June 2. BB

FLESHTONE AURA More Trivialities (Healing Power) Rating: NNN For many experimental electronic artists, “fun” is pretty low on the list of musical priorities. Nevertheless, Andrew Zukerman’s giddy sense of humour dominates his solo work as Fleshtone Aura. The mangled field recordings and wobbling tones on More Trivialities continue his ongoing marriage of classic musique concrète techniques with his trademark sly playfulness. If early academic electronic hadn’t been so averse to pop, it might have sounded like this. Woozy tape loops, crackling static and manically skipping audio fragments often disorient but occasionally solidify songs like A Man Urinating In Loblaws into something unexpectedly funky, albeit far too grimy and lo-fi to work on even the most forward-thinking dance floors. It’s all ridiculously weird, but Zukerman’s light-hearted approach makes it much more accessible to new listeners than serious, academic sound explorations. Top track: Litany Vanished No Room For Lunch Fleshtone Aura plays the Music Gallery Saturday (February 21). BB

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BLITHE SPIRIT by Noel Coward (Mirvish). At the Princess of Wales Theatre (300 King West). Runs to March 15. $35-$175. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. See Continuing, page 50. Rating: NNN

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Derek Boyes and Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster snack on lots of tasty scenes in The Dining Room.

Dine on this THE DINING ROOM by A.R. Gurney (Soulpepper). At the Young Centre for the Performing Arts (50 Tank House). Runs to March 7. $29.50-$89. 416-866-8666. See Continuing, page 50. Rating: NNNN

For most modern families, the dining room – if they even have one – remains empty except for special gatherings every now and then. And when meals are taken there, people are more likely checking cellphones than talking. Which makes A.R. Gurney’s The Din-

ing Room all the more poignant. Written in 1981, the gently elegiac play consists of a couple dozen vignettes about all manner of life around a dining room table. It’s not the same dining room table, the show spans decades (yet there’s no straight chronology), and people are very seldom eating at it. In one scene, a wife (Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster) is trying to complete an essay while her husband (Derek Boyes) is concerned about the table and possibly a lot more. In another, a young boy (Jeff Lillico) has been sent by his parents to ask his wealthy grandfather (Diego Matamoros) for money to send him to a private school, while the man’s seen-it-all maid (Brenda Robins) looks on. It’s a great vehicle for Gurney to illustrate how things have changed, from the secrets around affairs to openness about homosexuality. Gurney’s specialty has always been the WASP, and there are some hilarious examples here, from the hard-drinking father (Boyes) who doesn’t want to hear about his

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daughter’s (Lancaster) domestic problems, to the passive-aggressive mother (Sarah Wilson) who manipulates her daughter (Robins) into doing exactly what she wants her to do. In one of the best scenes, Wilson plays an impeccably put-together woman (Robin Fisher’s costumes are gorgeous and do a lot of work orienting us) showing off her crystal and china to her nephew (Lillico), who’s doing a presentation on dying cultures and their customs. And there’s a subtle look at class, too. One of the most haunting scenes involves a household’s matriarch (Robins) thanking the maid (Wilson), who’s about to retire. It’s a quiet scene, beautifully done. Joseph Ziegler directs with a light hand, letting the scenes flow into each other smoothly on Fisher’s handsome, sturdy set. And the six actors bite lustily into dozens of roles. For a master class in kid acting, look to the sequence set at a birthday party, where Matamoros and Robins’s beautifully detailed performances as restless children nearly upstage the adult GLENN SUMI drama.

Angela Lansbury may have lead billing in the tour of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit, but she’s not the only reason to see this often funny production. At its centre is Charles Condomine (Charles Edwards), a writer who invites a medium, Madame Arcati (Lansbury), to hold a paranormal session in order to get some pointers for his new novel. Those in attendance include his second wife, the practical Ruth (Charlotte Parry), and the Bradmans (Simon Jones and Sandra Shipley). Arcati somehow manages to conjure up the ghost of Charles’s first wife, Elvira (Jemima Rooper), and can’t send her back to the spirit world. The result is an elegant and sometimes funny series of encounters involving Charles, Elvira and Ruth, who can’t hear or see her predecessor. It’s a unique romantic triangle filled with jealousy, bickering, desire and infidelity. Coward, adept at lovers’ quarrels, knows how to build the comic tension and then release it; characters can do an emotional 180 in the course of a

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few lines. Still, some of the confrontations involving Charles and one or both women circle around the same material a few too many times. The production, directed by Michael Blakemore, has the benefit of an English cast who understand Coward’s rhythms and how to find the touch of heart beneath the sometimes brittle laughs. Both Rooper and Parry bring an elegance to their roles that doesn’t preclude the occasional bitchy moment, and Edwards goes from a seemingly loving husband with two spouses to a man who’d rather be rid of them both. From its applause at her entrance – no one else gets this – the audience loves Lansbury, and thankfully she never overplays the potentially scenechewing part. Her Arcati does a clever little seductive dance as preparation for calling the spirits, and she reacts with cold disdain when some at the séance treat her talents as dubious. But it’s not Arcati’s play, and Lansbury is only one of several actors who contribute to this production’s success. Another is Susan Louise O’Connor as Edith, the Condomines’ service-challenged maid, who’s always floating in a slightly different reality than the others in the house and seems to have a bit of a crush on Charles. JON KAPLAN

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Cara Pifko (left), Sarah Sherman and Gord Rand ably bring Maria Milisavljevic’s mystery to life.

ABYSS written by Maria Milisavljevic, directed by Richard Rose (Tarragon, 30 Bridgman). Runs to March 15. $42-$55. See Continuing, page 50. Rating: NNN

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After translating Schaubühne Berlin’s acclaimed production of Ibsen’s An Enemy of The People for Tarragon back in the fall, up-and-coming German playwright Maria Milisavljevic gets a chance to showcase her own work with this dark and cryptic missing person mystery. Set in a German city, the plot is mostly narrated in stream-of-consciousness present tense by a young woman (Cara Pifko) whose close friend Karla suddenly and inexplicably disappears. Filling in bits of her narrative, and helping in the search are Karla’s boyfriend (and roommate of the narrator) Vlado (Gord Rand), an angry introvert who is haunted by childhood experiences in the Yugoslav Wars, and Sofia (Sarah Sherman), Karla’s roommate and sister of the narrator. Eschewing set and props, director Richard Rose keeps the trio in close proximity, boxed into a tight diamondshaped riser in the middle of the stage. The actors hold hands for nearly the entire show, which leads to some inventive staging, especially in fast-paced action scenes and when Rand and Sherman need to quickly switch between supporting characters. The emphasis here is clearly on character work. Despite the classic mystery set-up, the plot resists the typical trope where the protagonists follow a series of

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Sara Farb (Theatre Passe Muraille backspace, 16 Ryerson). Runs to March 1. $17$33. 416-504-7529. See Continuing, page 50. Rating: NNN

Sara Farb’s younger sister Rebecca was born seven weeks premature and diagnosed as developmentally delayed. But what if she had grown up without that condition? That’s the premise of Farb’s personal and occasionally affecting solo show, R-E-B-E-C-C-A, which looks at both women – we’ll call them Rebecca 1 and 2 – leading up to their 18th birthdays. The 70-minute piece begins with video footage of Rebecca 1’s birthday party, in which she

clues, incrementally uncovering the truth, for a satisfying final “a-ha” revelation. Unlike a by-the-numbers thriller, the progression is slow and at times frustrating. Milisavljevic’s detailed script conjures places like the narrator’s apartment, Vlado’s grandfather’s Croatian home and a German police station. The narrator routinely jumps from the main story to memories of her long history and special connection with Vlado, which contain symbols and metaphors

that are obsessively repeated throughout. The essence of the show turns out to be the exploration of the unconventional relationship between the narrator and Vlado, which only slowly comes into view. Despite impressive acting and compelling sequences, the disparate elements – the search for Karla, the recursive memories and symbols, Sofia’s numerous perplexing asides – fail to coalesce into a clear whole by the end.

gets into an argument over wanting two pieces of cake with roses on them and then cuts from video to the stage, where she’s given a time-out. In a beautifully shaped monologue, she reveals that she knows that timeouts are for children, yet she’s now grown up.

There’s a musicality – a singsong rhythm – to her voice, and humour in her direct, honest pronouncements, and Farb’s enactment of Rebecca’s frustration is heartbreaking. Switching to Rebecca 2 is less effective, especially since her story is awkwardly set up. She’s at a summer camp, depressed and engaged in self-mutilation. She goes on about World of Warcraft and having the astrological sign Cancer – the only indication that she’s who Rebecca 1, who was born in late May, would have been. Director and dramaturge Richard Greenblatt could have clarified this. The two women’s lives merge when Rebecca 1 goes to camp at the same time. They don’t comment on their physical similarity, but a connection between them is heightened by strong video projections designed by Cameron Davis. Rebecca 2’s monologues aren’t very well written, and there’s a missed opportunity in not giving details about her family; it would have been intriguing to see the women’s contrasting reactions to parents and sibling Sara. But Farb’s focused performance imbues the play with warmth and heart, especially in the Rebecca 1 sections.

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DaNGerOuS lIaISONS by Christopher Hampton (Red One Theatre). At the Storefront Theatre (955 Bloor West). Runs to February 21. $25. secureaseat.com. See Continuing, page 50. Rating: NNN

Based on Laclos’s 18th-century French novel, Dangerous Liaisons is a wickedly entertaining mix of seduction, love, sex and cruelty. Red One Theatre Collective’s production, directed by Jakob Ehman, captures some of the script’s sizzle, but the overall tension and the central characters’ underlying heartlessness and competition could be sharper. Angry with her former lover, the Marquise de Merteuil (Claire Burns) plots to have the man’s virginal brideto-be, Cecile (Caroline Toal), seduced before the wedding. She tries to enlist another of her former lovers, the Vicomte de Valmont (Daniel Briere), for the task, but he is intent on his own conquest of the demure, religious Madame de Tourvel (Karen Knox). What follows is a series of gambles, plots and manipulations, including Valmont’s becoming involved in Merteuil’s plan to bring Cecile down when he discovers that Cecile’s mother (Joy Tanner) has warned Tourvel about his seductive ways. Meanwhile, Merteuil encourages Cecile to fall in love with the young innocent Danceny (Edward Charette), her music teacher. Ehman’s staging, featuring smart couturier costume design by Holly Lloyd, captures the elegance of the language and the frequent turns of the plot, but the cold sensuality between Merteuil and Valmont is only there occasionally. Still, Briere has the appropriate charm, the ability to change seductive tactics in a second and an engaging quality with those he wants to win over. Burns smoulders with Merteuil’s anger – part of it vengeance directed at a patriarchal society – and understands the right tone to take with women whose confidences she needs in order to continue her plotting. Some of the best scenes are between Valmont and Tourvel, as he little by little brings to the surface her unspoken desire for him. Knox plays Tourvel’s arc from devout wife to tempted mistress with some fine

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grace notes, and Briere’s Valmont knows just how carefully to push for his desires. Toal captures Cecile’s incipient coquetry nicely, while Tanner as her mother has the right sophisticated aloofness. Debora Joy gives a tone of down-to-earth practicality to Valmont’s aunt, and Kat Letwin has a

few bubbly comic scenes as a woman happily having occasional sex with Valmont. Brenhan McKibben makes Azolan, Valmont’s servant, an earthy part of his master’s plan. You’ll find good moments in this production, but a little more danger and nastiness wouldn’t hurt.

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Enchin and Jennifer Enchin (Jazz Squared Theatre). You Can’t Do That On Television meets Robin Sparkles in this all-ages musical comedy show. Opens Feb 24 and runs to Mar 1, TueSun 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $20. The Storefront Theatre, 955 Bloor W. secureaseat.com. Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo (Sterling Theatre Company). Four 30somethings are caught in a tale of love, sex and ethics in this comedy. Opens Feb 20 and runs to Mar 7, Tue-Sat 8 pm. $20 stu/srs $15 on Tue. The Theatre Machine, 376 Dufferin. sterlingstudiotheatre.com. bBlack MeN IN TheaTre (Piece of Mine Festival). Seven contemporary playwrights showcase new works-in-development including Araya Mengesha, Chevy X and Luke Reece. Feb 19-20 at 7:30 pm. $10-$15. 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture & the Arts, 918 Bathurst. pieceofminesfest.com. The (BurleSque) OScarS (The Harlettes). The troupe pays tribute to movies and stars. Feb 22 at 8 pm. $15-$25. Revival, 783 College. eventbrite.ca/e/15252443469. DeparTureS aND arrIvalS by Carol Shields (act2studio works). Comedies and dramas play out in an airport. Feb 19-21, Thu-Fri 7 pm, Sat 4 pm, mat Fri 2 pm. $20. Ryerson Theatre School, 44 Gerrard E. act2studio.ca. DON’T STOp Me NOw (Lower Ossington Theatre). This theatrical tribute show features the

music of British rockers Queen. Opens Feb 19 and runs to Mar 7, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $30-$40. 100A Ossington. lowerossingtontheatre.com. elvIS’S TOeNaIl by Fionnuala Kenny (Toronto Irish Players). A pregnant teen working at a factory poses moral dilemmas for her colleagues in 1960s Dublin. Opens Feb 19 and runs to Mar 7, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, stu/srs $18. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley. 416-440-2888, torontoirishplayers.com. FISh eyeS by Anita Majumdar (Nightswimming). A girl with a gift for classical Indian dance longs to be a “normal” high schooler. Feb 20-21 at 8 pm. $35, rush $20. Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford. agakhanmuseum.org. GIrlS NIGhT: The MuSIcal by Louise Roche (Rose Theatre). Five girlfriends laugh, cry and sing at the ups and downs of life. Feb 21 at 8 pm. $45-$55. 1 Theatre Lane (Brampton). rosetheatre.ca. MIDSuMMer by David Greig and Gordon McIntyre (Théâtre français de Toronto). A divorce lawyer and a stolen car dealer meet in a bar and spend the night together. Opens Feb 25 and runs to Mar 1, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 3:30 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $30-$48. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. theatrefrancais.com. ONce by Enda Walsh, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (Mirvish). An Irish musician and a Czech immigrant are drawn together by their shared love of music (see story at nowtoronto.com/stage). Previews to Feb 21, opens Feb 22 and runs to May 31, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $29$130. Ed Mirvish Theatre, 244 Victoria. 416872-1212, mirvish.com. TaSSelS & TaBleTOp: carTOON cruSh (Nerd Girl Burlesque). Burlesque revue with a board games and cartoon nostalgia vibe. Feb 19 at 8 pm. $10. Handlebar, 159 Augusta. nerdgirlburlesque.ca. TOOThpaSTe aND cIGarS by TJ Dawe (The Howland Company). The Reading Group takes on the play that inspired the movie The F Word. Feb 22 at 7 pm. Fraser Studios, 76 Stafford. howlandcompanytheatre@gmail.com. The value OF NaMeS by Jeffrey Sweet (TEATRON Theatre). A woman tells her father she is changing her last name to further her career. Opens Feb 19 and runs to Mar 1, Tue-Thu and Sun 8 pm, Sat 8:30 pm, mat Sun 2 pm, Feb 19 preview 1 pm. $31-$48, stu/srs from $26, preview $19. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. teatrontheatre.com. The wIlD parTy by Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe (Acting Up Stage Company/Obsidian Theatre). A vaudeville dancer and her performer boyfriend throw a wild party just before the 1929 economic crash. Previews from Feb 20, opens Feb 23 and runs to Mar 8, Wed-Thu and Sat 8 pm, Fri 7 pm (and Feb 23 opening); mat Sat 1 pm. $30-$55,

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stu mats $18. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110, actingupstage.com. Zero hoUr: Tokyo rose’s lasT TaPe by Miwa Yanagi (Japan Society). A Japanese-American woman is forced to air propaganda for the Imperial Army. Performed in Japanese & English. Feb 21 at 2 pm. $30, srs $23. Japanese Can adian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond. jccc.on.ca.

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aByss by Maria Milisavljevic (Tarragon Thea tre). Secrets emerge as a trio search for a missing friend (see review, page 48). To Mar 15, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm (and some Sat). $29-$55. 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. NNN (Jordan Bimm) acciDeNTal DeaTh of aN aNarchisT by Dario Fo (Soulpepper). This version of Fo’s 1970 political farce about police brutality has been adapted to present-day Toronto and follows a master imposter who infiltrates a police precinct during an internal investigation into a suspicious suicide. Hilarious catharsis for anyone who’s frustrated with bad behaviour by police, the show is also a rousing call for civic engagement. To Feb 21, see website for times. $29.50-$89. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House. 416-8668666, soulpepper.ca. NNNN (Jordan Bimm) BliThe sPiriT by Noel Coward (Mirvish). The spirit of his first wife pesters an author and his new spouse (see review, page 46). To Mar 15, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Wed and Sat-Sun 2 pm. $35-$175. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNN (JK) caNNiBal! The mUsical by Trey Parker (Starvox Entertainment). This musical is based on the story of American cannibal Alferd Packer. To Mar 8, Tue-Sun 7 pm, mat Sat 2 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $30-$110. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-872-1212. DaNgeroUs liaisoNs by Christopher Hampton (Red One Theatre Collective). Two aristocrats amuse themselves by ruining women of virtue (see review, page 49). To Feb 21, Thu-Sat

8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $25. The Storefront The atre, 955 Bloor W. secureaseat.com. NNN (JK) Die Walküre by Richard Wagner (Canadian Opera Company). The second of Wagner’s archetypal Ring Cycle gets a triumphant remount – it’s directed by Atom Egoyan – filled with dramatic, beautifully detailed conducting by Johannes Debus and first-rate performances by Clifton Forbis, Heidi Melton, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Johan Reuter and especially Christine Goerke as a fierce, flashing-eyed Brünnhilde. It’s thrilling musical drama. To Feb 22, see website for schedule. $22-$424. Four Seasons Centre for the Per forming Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, coc.ca. NNNNN (GS) The DiNiNg room by AR Gurney (Soulpepper). A series of vignettes over 50 years satirize the family life of bourgeois America (see review, page 46). To Mar 7, see website for times. $29.50-$89. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca.NNNN (GS) DoN giovaNNi by WA Mozart (Canadian Opera Company). Dmitri Tcherniakov places Mozart’s opera in a contemporary family setting, the title character a dishevelled, sad outsider who attracts women despite his lack of charisma. Russell Braun is excellent as the don, and there are other fine performances, but the director’s choices are sometimes striking and sometimes just plain silly. To Feb 21, see website for schedule. $22-$424. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, coc.ca. NNN (JK) DoN giovaNNi & UN Ballo iN maschera by Mozart/Verdi (Toronto City Opera). Two Italian operas with English projected titles are performed on alternating days. To Mar 1, see website for times. $28, srs $20, stu $15. Bick ford Centre Theatre, 777 Bloor W. uofttix.ca.

Once, starring Trish Lindström as Girl, opens this week. See interview at nowtoronto.com/ stage.

geTTiNg hiTcheD! aN eNgagemeNT ParTy DirecTeD By alfreD hiTchmock by Birgitte

Solem and Brian Caws (MYDT). Comedy whodunit set in a world where the Bates Motel meets Mad Men. To Mar 28, Fri-Sat dinner from 6:30 pm, show 8 pm. See website for

more times/prices. $45-$87. Mysteriously Yours Dinner Theatre, 2026 Yonge. 416-4867469, mysteriouslyyours.com. The hearT of roBiN hooD by David Farr (Mirvish). A laidback, hipster feel suffuses this uneven take on the Robin Hood story, which comes complete with a feminist subplot, scruffy acrobats as Robin’s merry men and the enjoyable harmonies of neo-bluegrass/ folk group Parsonsfield to back up the action. The show has energy and a couple of good sight gags – including many on the remarkable set – but the characters are thin and the performers don’t get to show off their musical chops. To Mar 29, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat SatSun and Wed 1:30 pm. $35-$130. Royal Alex

andra Theatre, 260 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNN (GS) hoW Do i love Thee? by Florence Gibson MacDonald (Canadian Rep Theatre). Gibson’s play about the troubled romance between poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning is great fun, written in a poetic manner that never feels contrived, and it’s directed by Ken Gass with a real fluidity. The script becomes a tad repetitive in the second act, but actors Irene Poole and Matthew Edison seize their roles with gusto, making us see these mythologized creatures in an alltoo-human way. To Feb 22, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $35-$40, $15 rush Sun. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110,

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MISSING. Karla Richter, 24: last seen before she left for the grocery store in blue jeans, a green parka and her red rubber rain boots. The police and papers ignore the disappearance, leaving her lover Vlado, roommate Sophia, and Sophia’s sister to search for their missing friend. As the story slowly unravels, it becomes clear that all three have been harbouring secrets from each other. A search for Karla becomes a search for the self in this lyrical thriller and modern day epic cloaked in the mystery of Europe’s underworld.

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James alaN’s magic ToNighT Weekly live magic show. Sundays 7 pm. $20-$25. Izakaya Sushi House, 294 College. abracadabaret.com. memoraBle mUNsch (Solar Stage Children’s Theatre). This family-friendly show is based on the stories of Robert Munsch. To Mar 29, Sat-Sun 11 am & 2 pm (see website for other shows). $16. 4950 Yonge. solarstage.on.ca. a moveaBle mUsical mariTime feasT (Soulpepper Concert Series). Mike Ross and others celebrate the extraordinary musical life of Eastern Canada. To Feb 22, see website for times. $22-$60. Young Centre for the Per forming Arts, 50 Tank House. soulpepper.ca. The oBJecT lessoN (Geoff Sobelle/Harbourfront World Stage). Illusionist and performer Geoff Sobelle unpacks the material components of memory. To Feb 22, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 4 pm, Sun 2 pm. $35-$45. Harbour front Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. ProBlem chilD by George F Walker (NightShift Theatre). Three broken-down characters in a motel room plot to get a social worker to give them back custody of a child. To Feb 28, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20. Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen E. nightshifttheatre.com. r-e-B-e-c-c-a by Sara Farb (Theatre Passe Muraille). A girl with developmental disabilities interacts with an alternate self in this solo piece about the randomness of fate (see review, page 48). To Mar 1, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $17-$33, mat pwyc. Backspace. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529, passemuraille.ca.NNN (GS) rhUBarB fesTival (BIBT). The 36th edition of the new works festival features plays, dance, performance art and more. Shows include Sharron Matthews’s Full Dark, Bruce Dow’s “Ohio” And Tadeu End Their Lives In Montague Parkette and others. To Feb 22, see website for schedule. $20 evening passes, Young Creators Unit and offsite events pwyc. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. seUssical The mUsical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Lower Ossington Theatre). This all-ages musical is based on the classic books of Dr. Seuss. To Mar 1, Sat-Sun 11 am and Sun 1 pm. $30-$50. 100A Ossington. 416915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. sNoW aNgel by Nikki Loach and Peter Balkwill (Quest Theatre/Young People’s Theatre). The magic of winter and the effect of kindness is explored in this play for ages 4 and up. To Feb 19, see website for time. $15-$30. 165 Front E. youngpeoplestheatre.ca. The soUND of crackiNg BoNes by Suzanne Lebeau (Pleiades Theatre). A child soldier rediscovers her humanity when a small boy is brought to the rebel camp. To Mar 7, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm. Mar 3-7 shows are in French. $17$38. TPM Mainspace. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529, passemuraille.ca. sPriNg aWakeNiNg by Frank Wedekind (Low er Ossington Theatre). 19th-century German teens explore their budding sexuality and deal with the consequences. To Mar 1, ThuSat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $50-$60. 100A Ossington. lowerossingtontheatre.com. This siDe of heaveN by Varrick Grimes and Kiersten Tough (Humber Theatre). This original production explores the space between life and death, and the journey of the soul. To Feb 21, Thu-Fri 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $20, stu/srs $10. Humber Studio Theatre, 300 Birmingham. humber.theatre@humber.ca. TWisTeD by Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman and Joseph Jomo Pierre (b current/Factory The atre). This modern-day version of Oliver Twist blends rap poetry and conventional dialogue in the relationship between Oliver, here a foot soldier for a drug-dealing pimp, and Nancy, an online stripper. Director Nigel Shawn Williams finds much of the script’s excitement and lyricism, but parts of the production have yet to come together. To Feb 22, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $23-$45. 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. NNN (JK) TWo Plays By margUeriTe DUras (Spiel Players). Adaptations of Le Shaga and Savannah Bay are presented in this double bill. To Mar 1, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $15-$20. Fraser Stu dios, 76 Stafford. spielplayers.com. The WorlD goes ‘roUND (Scarborough Music Theatre). This show features the music and lyrics of John Kander and Fred Ebb. To Feb 21, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sat 2 pm. $25-$27. Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. 416-2679292, theatrescarborough.com. years WeNT By (Michael Copeman). Copeman’s solo show tells a personal story of creative fire, joy, injury, and salvation in hockey and hip-hop. To Feb 22, Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm. $12. Arcadia Studio, 680 Queens Quay W. YearsWentBy2015@gmail.com. 3

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corral’s corral! a Kid’s show For adults!

scott thoMPson: #oFFwithhishead Thompson does character comedy and ñ more. 7 pm. $20-$25. The Flying Beaver Pubaret, 488 Parliament. pubaret.com. sean Proudlove See Thu 19.

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Second City presents previews of its upcoming collection of sketches, songs and improvisations. In previews, Tue-Thu 8 pm, Fri-Sun 7:30 pm, plus Sat 10 pm. $25-$45, stu $16$18. Second City, 51 Mercer. secondcity.com. stoned uP coMedy Amanda Day presents a weekly stand-up show. 7 pm. $5. Hot Box Puff Lounge, 204 Augusta. 416-203-6990. toP shelF coMedy live: leslieville 9 pm. Free. Dundas and Carlaw, 1173 Dundas E. topshelfcomedyshow.com. unreal coMedy Stand-up w/ hosts Patrick Stewart and Kyle Forsyth. 8:30 pm. $5, stu $2. Placebo Space, 2877 Lake Shore W. facebook. com/placebospace.

Friday, February 20 the Best oF the second city Classic and ori-

ginal sketch and improvisation. 10:30 pm. $30-$45, stu $18. Second City, 51 Mercer. secondcity.com. Brendan McKeigan See Thu 19. calvinBall coMedy Improv w/ Notorious, Horseradish Muldoon and Calvinball. 10 pm. $5. The Social Capital Theatre, 154 Danforth. facebook.com/events/1609134212655726. catch23 Weekly improv pit fight. 8 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. coMedy KaPow! Weekly stand-up, improv and sketch with a pro stand-up headliner. 8:30 pm. Free. 120 Diner, 120 Church. facebook.com/comedykapow.

dance listings coexisdance series #68 Dance improvisers perform with AIM Toronto musicians. Feb 21 at 8 pm. $10. Array Space, 155 Walnut. coexisdance.wordpress.com. the next steP live on stage Temple Street Productions presents an interactive dance experience for kids and families featuring high-energy, athletic dance. Feb 21-22 at 2 and 6:30 pm. $40. Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 190 Princes’ Blvd. ticketmaster.ca. risKy Business and reBel yells Dance Matters presents boundary-pushing works by Caroline Niklas-Gordon, Robert Kingsbury,

Ashley Moffatt, Brian Ward, the Two Sues, hosts Lianne Mauladin & Phil Luzi and others perform to benefit the Bloordale Women’s Shelter. 10 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. maryjanesofcomedy.com.

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Improvisers, comics and musicians create an interactive show with jokes, songs, crafts and more. Hosted by Corral Blue. 8 pm. $10. The Social Capital Theatre, 154 Danforth. corralblue.com. cracK Me uP coMedy Michael G Morrison and headliner Jay Martin. 8 pm. $15-$20. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane (Brampton). rosetheatre.ca. Fortune FeiMster Empire Comedy Live presents the comic live w/ host DJ Demers. 8 pm. $20-$25. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. empirecomedylive.com. Kitch KoMedy Weekly pro/am show hosted by Dean Young. 9 pm. Free. Kitch, 229 Geary. kitchbar.com. saFFron & gold coMedy Weekly show w/ host Elaine Gold and guest comics. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. Christie Pits Pub, 814 Bloor W. facebook.com/saffrongoldcomedy. scott thoMPson Stand-up show. 9:30 pm. $20. Underground Cafe, 670 Queen E. puffmama.ca/comedy. sean Proudlove Stand-up. To Feb 21, Thu 8 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:30 pm. $13-$22. Yuk Yuk’s, 224 Richmond W. yukyuks.com.

Lynch (10:30 pm). $20-$25/show. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. empirecomedylive.com. gloBehead 2015 Teams engage in a single-elimination Theatresports tournament with scenes scored by the audience and a series of guest judges. To Feb 28, FriSat 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Bad Dog Comedy Theatre, 875 Bloor W. baddogtheatre.com/ globehead-2015. iMProv gaMe show Weekly Whose Lineinspired competition. 8 pm. $5. 3rd floor. The Social Capital Theatre, 154 Danforth. 416903-5388, socap.ca. Martha chaves returns Stand-up show. 9 pm. $10-$15. The Flying Beaver Pubaret, 488 Parliament. pubaret.com.

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Thursday, February 19 Polishchuk and host Pierre Brault. Feb 19-22, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. Absolute Comedy, 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. coMedy Frat Party Drinking games and comedy collide in this stand-up/sketch show w/ Tim Gilbert, Marty Topps, Fratwurst and host Matt O’Brien. 8 pm. $10, stu $5. Bad Dog Comedy Theatre, 875 Bloor W. facebook.com/ events/1541272446149836.

Fortune FeiMster Empire Comedy Live presents the comic in a live show w/ ñ host Natalie Norman (8 pm) and w/ host Ian

Francesca Chudnoff/Justin de Luna, Alyssa Martin and Anne-Flore de Rochambeau. Feb 21-22, Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm. $18, stu/srs $14, ltd pwyc Sun at the door. Scotiabank Studio Theatre. Pia Bouman School for Ballet, 6 Noble. dancematters.ca/tix. toronto dances with the stars 2some Dance presents a gala performance featuring Michael Malitowski and Joanna Leunis from Dancing With The Stars and more. Feb 21 at 7 pm. $80-$139. Grand Victorian Convention Centre, 175 Derry E (Mississauga). 2somedance.com. 3

See Thu 19. striPProv Kliffer Entertainment presents a burlesque improv competition of the sexes. 11 pm. $12. Bad Dog Comedy Theatre, 875 Bloor W. klifferentertainment.com. toP shelF coMedy live: the Beach Weekly stand-up show. 9 pm. Pwyc. St Louis Wings, 1963 Queen E. topshelfcomedyshow.com.

Saturday, February 21 comedy stylings. 7 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. Beatvox One guy improvising a musical with a loop pedal, vocal percussion and guitar. 9:30 pm. Pwyc. 3rd floor. The Social Capital Theatre, 154 Danforth. socap.ca. Brendan McKeigan See Thu 19. Fortune FeiMster Empire Comedy Live presents the comic performing with Rebecca Kohler, Jason Wilcox and host Amanda Brooke Perrin (9 pm); and with Diana Bailey and host Rhiannon Archer (11 pm). $20-$25/show. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. empirecomedylive.com. gloBehead 2015 See Fri 20. helder BruM & Friends Stand-up w/ Chris Locke, Freddie Rivas, Rhiannon Archer, Darryl Orr, The Templeton Philharmonic, Clay Helder & host Brum. 8 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. Matt ruBel: serious Business Stand-up, sketch, clown & more w/ Colin Leggett, Annie Sass & host Rubel. 7 pm. $10-$15. The Flying Beaver Pubaret, 488 Parliament. pubaret.com. the Midnight BreaKout Late-night stage for rising talent. Midnight. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. sean Proudlove See Thu 19.

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Sunday, February 22 BALL BLACK COMEDY SHOW The Nubian

Disciples’ monthly comedy show w/ Allen Lewis, Eddie King, Keesha Brownie, Marito Antonio Lopez, Sandra Battaglini, headliner Zabrina Chevannes, host Kenny Robinson and others. 8:30 pm. $20. Yuk Yuk’s, 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. BRENDAN MCKEIGAN See Thu 19. CRIMSON WAVE COMEDY Jess Beaulieu and Natalie Norman co-host a feministfriendly, LGBTQ-positive stand-up night. 9:30 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. HAPPY HOUR COMEDY Aaron Lewin, Jimmy Cassidy, Gus Fouad, Thomas Cobb, Bruce Wrighte, host Justin Laite and others. 8 pm. Free. Ein-Stein, 229 College. ein-stein.ca. THE PLAYGROUND Stand-up comics followed by an open mic w/ hosts Melissa Story and Kris Siddiqi. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 3rd fl. The Social Capital Theatre, 154 Danforth. 416-903-5388. REAL JOKES Weekly comedy w/ hosts Dion Arnold and Scott Belford. 8 pm. Free. Placebo Space, 2877 Lake Shore W. facebook.com/ events/1490828984532340.

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SHARING BEST PRACTICES: A NIGHT OF LAUGHTER AND HEALING NDoula Care Services pre-

sents a talk on health and family planning with naturopath Mai Thompson Heath and comics Aisha Alfa and Zabrina Chevannes. 7 pm. $10-$15. The Flying Beaver Pubaret, 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567, pubaret.com. STAND-UP 101 GRAD SHOW Absolute Comedy & Second City present the city’s freshest comics with host Jim McAleese. 12:30 & 3:30 pm. $5. Absolute Comedy, 2335 Yonge. 416-4867700, absolutecomedy.ca. SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons’ weekly sketch and live music show. 9 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca.

Monday, February 23 ALTDOT COMEDY LOUNGE Chris Locke,

Parker & Seville, Alex Wood, JJ Liberman, Pat MacDonald, Phil Luzi, MC Mike Rita & others. 9 pm. $5. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com.

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Stand-up comedy show w/ hosts Dena Jackson & Jen Sakato. 8 pm. Pwyc. 408 Queen W. cameronhousecomedy@gmail.com. CHEAP LAUGHS Weekly open mic w/ Russell Roy and guests. 9:30 pm. Free. PJ O’Briens Irish Pub, 39 Colborne. 416-815-7562. THE COMEDY CABARET Headliner Darryl Orr, host Dave Code and others at this monthly pro/am show. 8 pm. Pwyc. Charlotte Room, 19 Charlotte. thecomedycabaret.com. MIXED COMPANY Kliffer Entertainment presents 8 professional actors and 8 professional improvisers. 8 pm. $12. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. klifferentertainment.com. PANCAKE MONDAYS Weekly comedy and allyou-can-eat pancakes. 7:30 pm. $5. Smiling Buddha, 961 College. facebook.com/groups/ PancakeMondays. TOUGH LOVE IMPROV The Dandies present a show that puts performers through their paces to shake of rust and break bad habits. 8 pm. $2/pwyc. The Social Capital Theatre, 154

Danforth. improvdandies.wordpress.com. 200% VODKA Weekly improv hosted by Matt McCready. 8 pm. Pwyc. 2nd floor. The Social Capital Theatre, 154 Danforth. 416-903-5388, socap.ca.

Tuesday, February 24 CAGEMATCH! No-holds-barred improv compe-

tition. 8 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. LES IMPROBABLES Competitive improv en français. 7:30 pm. $5. Supermarket, 268 Augusta. ligueimprotoronto@gmail.com. THE SKIN OF MY NUTS Weekly open mic w/ host Vandad Kardar and others. 7:30 pm. Free. Sonic Cafe, 60 Cecil. facebook.com/ skinofmynuts. STUDENT BODIES Weekly improv showcasing the teams and players from the Social Capital Rep Players and House Teams. 8 pm. Pwyc. 2nd floor. The Social Capital Theatre, 154 Danforth. 416-903-5388, socap.ca. YUK YUK’S NEW TALENT TUESDAYS The Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, New Talent Showcase at 9:30 pm. $4/show. Yuk Yuk’s, 224 Richmond W. yukyuks.com.

Wednesday, February 25 AC PRO-AM NIGHT Jen Sakato, Jesse Singh, JP Hodgkinson, Matt Gass, Ricky Bobby Stroganoff, Robiel Teclu, headliner Pierre Brault and host Geoff MacKay. 8:30 pm. $6. Absolute Comedy, 2335 Yonge. absolutecomedy.ca. COMEDY NIGHT AT MUSIDEUM Weekly standup, improv and sketch. 8 pm. $5. Musideum, 401 Richmond W. musideum.com. DEEZ LAUGHS PRESENTS: THE AMAZING RACE Derryck Birch presents stand-up ñ w/ Trixx, Sharif, Chris Robinson, Zabrina Che-

vannes, Mark James Heath, Patrick Haye and host Aisha Brown. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. GLUTEN FREE COMEDY Hosted by Sandro Veri. 8 pm. $5. Poetry Jazz Cafe, 224 Augusta. poetryjazzcafe.com. MESMERIZED Interactive comedy hypnosis show featuring Brandon the Hypnotist. 7:30 pm. $15-$20. The Flying Beaver Pubaret, 488 Parliament. pubaret.com. PETER ANTHONY Stand-up show. To Mar 1, Wed-Thu and Sun 8 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:30 pm. $13-$22. Yuk Yuk’s, 224 Richmond W. yukyuks.com. PUNX CAN’T LAUGH Punk rock/stand-up comedy show hybrid w/ the Readys and 8-10 comics. 9 pm. Pwyc. Smiling Buddha, 961 College. facebook.com/littlemonkeypress.

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SIREN’S COMEDY Open-mic stand-up w/ host Merv Hartlen and headliner Kyle Hickey. 8:30 pm. Free. Celt’s Pub, 2872 Dundas W. 416767-3339. SPIRITS COMEDY NIGHT Weekly open mic night. 9 pm. Free. Spirits Bar & Grill, 642 Church. 416-967-0001, spiritsbarandgrill.com. TORONTO COMEDY CAVERN Stand-up comedy w/ host Ryan Long and others. 9 pm. Free. Cavern Bar, 76 Church. facebook.com/ events/1414164218834741. TORONTO MUSICAL IMPROV FESTIVAL Musical improvisers and troupes celeñ brate this growing comedic form. Perform-

ances by Gavin Crawford, Reid Janisse, Jen Goodhue, Kevin Matviw, Notorious and many others. Feb 25-28, Wed-Sat 8 pm, plus late shows Thu-Fri 10 pm, Sat 10:30 pm. $8-$10, pass $40. The Social Capital Theatre, 154 Danforth. torontomusicalimprovfestival.com. 3

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Girl gone THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins (Doubleday), 380 pages, $24.95 paper. Rating: NNN Nasty thrillers by women are becoming a major literary trend. Witness The Girl On The Train, the debut novel from Paula Hawkins, that’s been sitting atop the New York Times bestseller list for the past three weeks. Except for latching on to the new fad and the soon-to-be well-worn device of the unreliable narrator, I’m not sure what it’s doing there. Londoner Rachel takes the same train every day past the house where her ex-husband, Tom, lives with his new wife, Anna. But instead of focusing her gaze on them, she obsesses over a couple living a few doors down, Megan and Scott (whose names she does not know). When Megan goes missing, Rachel inserts herself into the investigation

and winds up looking guilty after Megan’s body is finally found. She’s penned threatening emails to Anna and Tom, and she’s an alcoholic prone to blackouts, so who knows what she does while blind drunk? She was definitely around the crime scene, has a vague feeling that she saw something – but if she’s not the

killer, she can’t nail down who is. Shifting points of view between each of the characters, Hawkins delivers a decent thriller, written with enough energy to keep the pages turning. But don’t confuse it with Gone Girl, to which it’s been compared, or Marisha Pessl’s Night Film, another nail-biter written by a woman. Gillian Flynn has way better literary chops than Hawkins and both she and Pessl tackle themes that go beyond the whodunit narrative. Gone Girl is as much about New York City literary life and Midwestern dreariness as it is about a missing person. And Pessl, with her ingenious websites attached to Night Film, investigates the meaning of celebrity as deeply as she does the question of whether there’s a killer film director on the loose. Sure, The Girl On The Train offers some insight into the alcoholic personality, but drunks can be interestSUSAN G. COLE ing for only so long. susanc@nowtoronto.com | @susangcole

BUY THE BOOK Queasy-making thrillers written by women may be on the rise, but the female detective is by now firmly entrenched in the whodunit scene. Relative newcomer Becky Masterman is taking her place alongside Sue Grafton and Sara Paretsky with her own creation, ex-FBI agent Brigid Quinn, now a workaholic private investigator, in Fear The Darkness ($23.95,

Penguin). She looks into the death of a 14-year-old found drowned in a pool with his pants around his ankles. A series of creepy poisonings in her neighbourhood follow. Complicating everything is the presence of her emotionally unstable niece, who could be more of a factor than Quinn wants to believe. Incidentally, Gillian Flynn likes SGC this book.

READINGS THIS WEEK B = Black History Month event

Thursday, February 19 BOLIVE SENIOR The author of Dying To Bet-

ter Themselves: West Indians And The Building Of The Panama Canal talks with Donna Bailey Nurse. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. tpl.ca/ehlist. BREVERB REGENT PARK Spoken word poetry

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and an open mic with MC Britta Badour and emerging artists Lensa Ali, Destiny Henry, Tsion Nicodemus, Tiyan Shiribabadi and others. 6-8 pm. Free. 3rd floor lounge. Centre for Social Innovation Regent Park, 585 Dundas E. 416-736-2100 ext 88608. TORONTO IN FICTION BOOK CLUB Discussing What We All Long For by Dionne Brand. 6-7 pm. Free. 3rd fl. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. tpl.ca.

An Evening with the 2015 RBC Taylor Prize Finalists Plum Johnson, They Left Us Everything David O’Keefe, One Day in August Barbara Taylor, The Last Asylum M.G. Vassanji, And Home Was Kariakoo Kathleen Winter, Boundless

Friday, February 20 X: 50 YEARS AFTER, PERTINENT OR PASSÉ? Poet laureate George ñ Elliott Clarke hosts with Lillian Allen, Clifton BMALCOLM

Joseph and Andrea Thompson in a poetry recital and rap session honouring the legacy of Malcolm X. 2 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. tpl.ca.

Tuesday, February 24 NOIR AT THE BAR Readings by authors in the

crime fiction genre including Nate Hendley, Kevin Donovan, Tanis Mallow, DJ McIntosh, Julia Madeleine, Robin Spano and others. 7 pm. Free. PJ O’Briens Irish Pub, 39 Colborne. facebook.com/noiratthebartoronto. SHAB-E SHE’R (POETRY NIGHT) XXVI Open stage with featured poets Hoa Nguyen and Dwayne Morgan and host Bänoo Zan. 7 pm (sign-up 6:30 pm). $5. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org.

Wednesday, February 25 BOLD SCIENTISTS: UNSPUN SCIENCE FOR DAN-

GEROUS TIMES Talk and book launch with author Michael Riordon on how governments are silencing scientists. 7 pm. Free. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org. BBRYAN PRINCE The author of My Brother’s Keeper: African Canadians And The American Civil War in conversation with Donna Bailey Nurse. 1 pm. Free. City Hall Public Library, 100 Queen W. tpl.ca/ehlist. MAUREEN JENNINGS The author shares her experiences writing historical novels and screenplays. 7-8 pm. Free. Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington. 416-395-5440. 3 events@nowtoronto.com

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Can a show of paintings that riff on puns in a language you don’t understand possibly work? In the case of Strayed Representation: Paintings From Beijing’s Space Station Gallery at O’Born, the answer is yes. Fu Xiaodong, the Beijing-based critic and curator who opened experimental art “lab” and gallery Space Station in 2009, has collected recent work by Han Jianyu, Meng Site, Shang Chengxiang and Yang Fan. The key to this show is, of all things, magical realism; each artist uses representation to create uncanny fields of visual tension. Given the myriad

Chinese puns, a great deal of wry nuance is lost on a non-Mandarin speaker. But that doesn’t make the work any less intriguing. Han’s painting of a rosy-hued bridge cutting across a grey-green forest appears merely dreamlike at first. As you look more closely, however, the radical discontinuity between bridge and forest becomes increasingly unsettling. The structure doesn’t appear to fit at any level – even the scale is off. The sense is of an artificial object wilfully imposed on a natural environment. The same incongruity haunts Shang’s giant disco ball at the top of a waterfall. It could be read as a poke at Beijing’s burgeoning hyper-capitalist party culture crashing into a tradi-

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Manasie Akpaliapik, to Jun 30. 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. $11-$19.50, free Wed 6-8:30 pm (special exhibits excluded). ART GALLERY OF YORK U Biding Time: The Collection Strikes Back, to Mar 15. 4700 Keele, Accolade E bldg. 416-736-5169. DESIGN EXCHANGE Fashioning Life: Wear Your Story, to Mar 6. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. $8$10. FORT YORK Art And The Great War; Charles Pachter, to Sep 1. 250 Fort York Blvd. 416-3926907. GARDINER MUSEUM Women, Art & Social

Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise, to May 18. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. $9$15; Fri 4-9 pm half-price. HARBOURFRONT CENTRE Darren Rigo; Deep Woods; Lasting Effect; REWILD, to Jun 14235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. JUSTINA M. BARNICKE Sign, Sign, Everywhere A Sign, to Mar 7. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398. McMICHAEL Northern Narratives, to May 17. Vanishing Ice: Alpine And Polar Landscapes, to Apr 26. 10365 Islington. 905-893-1121. $15$18. MOCCA Douglas Coupland; Store/Fronts, to Apr 19. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067. Pwyc. OAKVILLE GALLERIES Depth Of Perception, to Mar 15. 1306 Lakeshore E, 120 Navy (Oakville). 905-844-4402. BTHE POWER PLANT The Unfinished Conversation: Encoding/Decoding, to

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tional landscape. In both paintings, an arbitrary and artificial force (governmental, ideological?) weighs down the natural world. Censorship of dissident voices has been on the rise in China under the leadership of Xi Jinping, which explains the palpable anxiety in these works. Prominent human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang is currently facing jail time for publishing sarcastic tweets, for example, and Ai Weiwei is still under close scrutiny by the authorities, so artists, writers and activists definitely feel pressured to stifle their criticisms of the status quo. All of these paintings, however, reflect the painters’ determination to express themselves. 3 art@nowtoronto.com

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Richie Mehta

MAJOR-LEAGUE MEHTA If you’re looking for film ideas, just pick up an Indian newspaper, says director By RADHEYAN SIMONPILLAI

SIDDHARTH written and directed by Richie Mehta, with Rajesh Tailang and Tannishtha Chatterjee. An A71 Entertainment release. 97 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (February 20). For venues and times, see Movies, page 58.

Richie Mehta has a very complicated relationship with Bollywood. The Mississauga-raised writer/director of Punjabi descent consumed plenty from India’s song-and-dance factory as a child, but fell out of love with it in the late 80s and early 90s. “I felt at that point it had lost a lot of the heart that I loved when I was a kid,” Mehta – no relation to filmmaker Deepa – explains. “Some movies come out once in a while that really surprise me, like Lagaan. The people are capable of doing compelling movies that have strong heart. Do they do that often? No. I think it’s extremely market-driven.” We’re discussing Indian cinema in all its forms in a Toronto hotel during TIFF 2013 and how Mehta’s own film, Siddharth, will join that conversation. The austere tragedy follows a chainwallah travelling across India searching for his missing son, hoping the child has

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not become yet another victim of child traffickers. The harrowing tale is inspired by a rickshaw driver Mehta met in Delhi who couldn’t find his son. The illiterate man didn’t know the spelling of the boy’s name or have a photograph, since cameras were a luxury he couldn’t afford. The moving and eye-opening story is just one among many in India that Mehta says need to be heard. “I always say if you’re out of ideas for a film, read an Indian newspaper and you’ll have about a hundred.” Yet like Hollywood and its audience, Bollywood has traditionally been reluctant to engage with social issues, instead steering into fantasy. The disconnect from reality is felt on the streets, where rickety rickshaws are adorned with glossy posters of Bollywood stars, and massive speakers blast the latest movie soundtracks. “What draws me so much

REVIEW SIDDHARTH

ñ(Richie Mehta) Rating: NNNN In Canadian Richie Mehta’s assured sophomore feature, a man’s urgent search for his missing son provides a harrowing look at poverty and desperation in India’s slums. Rajesh Tailang gives a quietly wrenching performance as chain-wallah Mahendra (he fixes zippers), who sends his 12-year-old son, Siddharth, to work out of town to help support the family. When the boy fails to return home, matters both trivial and critical impede Mahendra’s scrupulous quest. He barely has money to travel and doesn’t even have a photo of his son to aid the investigation. Mehta keeps his sociopolitical critique in the background, allowing it to inform but not interfere with his intimate and RS devastating story.

to the world of Bollywood is how influential it is,” says Mehta. “People there watch those movies. They listen, pay attention and model their lives after them. I’m not a Marxist, but there are ways to effect positive change in a place that really needs it from an ideological standpoint. You are able to do that with these films because they penetrate. And it doesn’t mean you have to do that all the time, because the films are entertaining first. [Indian filmmakers] could be more mindful of the power of what they are able to do, but they aren’t, by and large.” There is an independent scene in India, but I have to agree with Mehta that, from what we’ve seen, it has yet to mature. As he suggests, the films that have trickled over, like I.D. and Ship Of Theseus, often seem reactionary. “There are things in the [Indian indie] films that I love and things I find alienating,” he says. “It’s filmmakers reacting against Bollywood rather than just saying ‘This is the purest way for me to express myself.’” 3 movies@nowtoronto.com

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Like her character in The Duff, Parenthood star has a clear sense of herself By NORMAN WILNER THE DUFF directed by Ari Sandel, written by Josh A. Cagan from the novel by Kody Keplinger, with Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne and Allison Janney. An Entertainment One release. 101 minutes. Opens Friday (February 19). For venues and times, see Movies, page 58.

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Mae Whitman doesn’t sign on to things lightly. At 26, the actor has spent most of her life in front of a camera or microphone, working constantly in movies, TV and animation. She’s voiced Tinker Bell in a series of recent Disney movies, turned up as one of Ramona Flowers’s evil exes in Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World and just wrapped six seasons as Amber Holt on the NBC series Parenthood. And she’s learned to think things through – to consider what a given project represents and what message it sends to the people who see it. “It’s something I feel very proud of and lucky about,” she says. “Everything that I’ve done I can really get behind and relate to. That’s been rewarding because you know the people who appreciate you [as an actor] appreciate you for who you are and what you believe in. It’s not a vast, confusing body of work that’s difficult to connect

Mae Whitman tries things on for size in The DUFF.

REVIEW THE DUFF (Ari Sandel) Rating: NNN When a thoughtless comment makes highschool senior Bianca (Mae Whitman) realize she’s her group’s Designated Ugly Fat Friend – the one others keep around to make themselves look more attractive – she decides to challenge the accepted social structure. The premise sounds like an update of the 90s touchstone She’s All That, but The DUFF has a little more on its mind. It’s genuinely interested in the ramifications of Bianca’s identity crisis, and Whitman’s playing a human being rather than a caricature. Robbie Amell is also surprisingly nuanced as the insensitive but ultimately decent instigator of Bianca’s reinvention. It occasionally plays like a mashup of Mean Girls and Easy A, but Whitman’s performance gives The DUFF a spiky energy all its own. NW

with. It’s pretty intimate.” This is why Whitman decided to go back to high school for The DUFF, a comedy that casts her as Bianca, a student who decides to reinvent herself when she learns people consider her the DUFF (designated ugly fat friend) among a trio of besties. The movie picks at teens’ preconceived social structures and identity issues, which she found intriguing. “It’s kind of a tricky topic, but I also think it’s an important one,” she says. “I still relate to that feeling of being categorized or limited or put in a specific box. It’s just helpful to kind of provide a perspective, at least, so you feel less alone.” Whitman also appreciated the chance to play a character who may struggle with her position on the social ladder but always has a clear sense of herself. “Bianca never changes who she is,” she says. “She tries on different dresses and tries to do different things – as I think we all have to try to make situations go more easily, to help us feel more accepted in a difficult situation. But you know, she still is who she is. It’s more about letting go of all the stuff that you don’t really need.” Promoting The DUFF has also offered a bit of a distraction from the end of Parenthood last month. “I go through moments of being really charged for the future and excited and not really thinking about it, and then there’s just these waves of sadness about it,” she says. “I think it’s going to be a kind of eternally shifting process to say goodbye to it – but overall it’s just so positive, because I’m glad to have been a part of it at all.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com | @normwilner

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(Joan Tosoni). 180 minutes. Screens Thursday (February 19) and repeats March 7 and 22. For venues and times, see Movies, page 58. Rating: NNNN

This week, the Stratford Festival launches its planned HD broadcast of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays with their acclaimed production of King Lear. If you missed Colm Feore’s magnificent performance last season, you’ve got another chance. This filmed version captures all the power of Antoni Cimolino’s clear, muscular staging, crowned by Feore’s layered Lear: initially vain and pompous, he becomes angry and fearful as he’s spurned by two of his daughters (Maev Beaty and Liisa Repo-Martell, both excellent and multi-dimensional), and as he rages in the storm he becomes a figure of pity. His mournful cry in the final act will bring tears to your eyes – it did to mine both in the stage version and here. Director Joan Tosoni’s swiftly moving camera takes some getting used to – part of the joy of theatre is looking wherever you want – but it captures some nice moments, such as Lear’s recognition when he says “Nothing can be made of nothing” to his Fool (a heartbreaking Stephen Ouimette), a line that echoes his rejection of Cordelia (Sara Farb). And the blinding of Gloucester (Scott Wentworth) is suitably horrific. Later, the makeup to show his crustedover eye sockets is believable in highdef. And speaking of clarity, you can see the back and arm hair on Evan Buliung when he’s cavorting around as Poor Tom, an experience you don’t get GLENN SUMI at the theatre.

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Hey, look! Kevin Costner (left) and Carlos Pratts point out all the sports movie tropes.

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MCFARLAND (Niki Caro). 129 minutes. Some subtitles. Opens Friday (February 20). For venues and times, see Movies, page 58. Rating: NNN New Disney sports picture McFarland is based on a true story: in the late 80s, transplanted football coach Jim White convinced the Latino students at his struggling California high school to form a cross-country running team and compete at the state level. They don’t make crowd-pleasing sports movies about underdogs who don’t amount to anything, so you can sort of figure out where it’s going. The real question is whether it plays the required beats in an interesting or entertaining way, or simply goes through the motions. What can I say? Kevin Costner is really good at playing earnest authority figures, and he delivers as the wellmeaning White. The director, New Zealand-born Niki Caro, shows the same eye for natural landscapes and sharp sense of community dynamics that she brought to Whale Rider and North Country. And White’s charges are defined reasonably well as individuals rather than stereotypes. It could move a little faster and be a little less proud of its own progressiveness. (The scene where White explicitly contrasts the kids’ hardscrabble lives with his WASP “privilege” – in 1987 – feels like total fiction.) But McFarland is a sports movie that knows what it’s doing for the most part and ends NORMAN WILNER strong.

FROM GRIEF TO ACTION Matthew Shepard’s mother has devoted her life to battling homophobia By SUSAN G. COLE MATT SHEPARD IS A FRIEND OF MINE directed by Michele Josue. A VFRPR/Run Rabbit Run release. 89 minutes. Opens Friday (February 20) at the Carlton. See Times, page 63. Sometimes tragedy can give birth to incredible courage. When Matthew Shepard was gay-bashed in Laramie, Wyoming, and left to die tied to a fence post, he became an inspiration for new anti-homophobia awareness. His mother, Judy Shepard, also turned into a hero after the tragedy. She, alongside her husband, Dennis, became an influential anti-bullying activist. She’s helped launch two websites: matthewshepard.org, which represents a foundation that seeks to replace hate with compassion, and matthewsplace.com, a site where LGBTQ youth can share their stories. The new documentary Matt Shepard Was A Friend Of Mine is designed to flesh out the portrait of her son. But it also sheds light on Judy and Dennis’s resilience and compassion. Matthew’s parents lobbied the justice system not to execute their son’s convicted killers, not because they oppose capital punishment but because they’ve chosen to lead with their desire to forgive. They took intense flak for their decision. “There were protesters outside the courthouse demanding the death penalty for the perpetrators,” she says on the phone from New York City, where the documentary was screening. “It was none of their damn business. It was a decision made between investigating officers, prosecuting attorney, Dennis and me.” The response is typical of her energy, which hasn’t flagged since the murder. That’s why watching the movie didn’t drag her back to that devastating period. She’s never really left it. “It gets more emotional every time I see it. Matt’s laughing and talking with his friends, and then the movie’s over and he’s just gone again. But both Dennis and I speak on the issues all the time, so there is no distance. It feels like it happened yesterday.”

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REVIEW MATT SHEPARD IS A FRIEND OF MINE (Michele Josue) Rating: NNN It’s hard to believe that it’s been 17 years since Matthew Shepard was gay-bashed and left to die tied up to a fence in Laramie, Wyoming. Michele Josue not only revisits the tragedy but draws a full portrait of the very human young man – friends knew him as Matt – who became a national symbol. Josue talks to Shepard’s colleagues, high school pals, teachers and fellow gay activists about the real, complex Matt, his depression after being gang-raped, his love of life, his passion for politics and the way his death galvanized the LGBTQ movement in the U.S and inspired his mother Judy’s new-found activism. There’s nothing new here in terms of documentary form, and there are too many filler scenes shot from inside cars driving down Wyoming’s highways. But this is an important, emotionally SGC powerful story. Matt Shepard Is A Friend Of Mine sheds light on a very human victim of tragedy.

The doc paints a complete portrait of Matthew, much like the Shepards’s 2009 book, The Meaning Of Matthew: My Son’s Murder In Laramie, And A World Transformed. “The Matthew people were talking about, the perfect icon, was not our Matt. He was just a young man in search of his life. He had big dreams, but he also had issues. It wasn’t fair to Matt that people not know that.” By “issues,” Judy is referring, in part, to Matthew’s depression after he was raped in Morocco. When I gently ask if she wondered why a sexual assault survivor would walk out of a bar with strangers, she answers undefensively. “I wondered that at the time. But then I thought back to my own college days. Everyone took rides from people they didn’t know because it was Laramie. You just trusted people to take care of you, and 99 per cent of the time you’d be right.” Since the murder, she agrees that there has been a shift in attitudes toward gay rights in America. But only up to a point. “People understand that the gay community has been denied basic equal rights. But they don’t necessarily approve of public displays of affection, and that’s shocking still. The larger the city population base, the more accepting it is, but in places with no diversity based on race and religion, it hasn’t changed enough.” The final irony? Judy helped draft a national hate crimes law, the Matthew Shepard And James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, that extends protection to people based on their gender, disabilities and sexual orientation. States have similar laws, but Wyoming isn’t one of them. “In Wyoming you can get married,” she allows, “but you can be fired for being gay.” 3

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seven stylin’ women over 60 who are devoted to all things fashionable. They’re all delightful and fascinating in their own way, but you don’t get enough of any them, and the film has no narrative arc. Pleasurable, though. 72 min. NNN (SGC) Revue

AMERICAN SNIPER (Clint Eastwood) turns

the alpha-male autobiography of Navy SEAL turned Iraq War sniper turned rightwing poster boy Chris Kyle into a dull, bythe-numbers war drama. A bulked-up, bearded Bradley Cooper does a fine job of showing us how deeply uncomfortable Kyle is stateside, but Eastwood’s disconnected direction means we spend the entire movie with a man in stasis. At 84, he’s earned the right to coast – but we don’t have to pretend he’s still making good movies. 132 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress

AWAKE: THE LIFE OF YOGANANDA (Paola di Florio, Lisa Leeman) is the kind of hagiography you’d expect to find in a gift shop at a New Age store. With serene talking heads, plenty of sitar plucking but not much tension, it tells the story of Paramahansa Yogananda, who brought Eastern religion to the West. 87 min. NN (GS) Kingsway Theatre

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(Madeleine Grant) concerns former untouchables who, while still at the bottom of India’s social hierarchy, are studying at Shanti Bhavan School to pass college entrance exams. Director Grant focuses on three students, all nuanced characters, alongside inspiring principal Lalita Law, and builds powerful tension as we root for the kids to succeed. Winner of last year’s Audience Choice Award at Hot Docs. Some subtitles. 91 min. NNNN (SGC) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

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(Don Hall, Chris Williams) centres on 14-year-old robotics genius Hiro Hamada (voiced by Ryan Potter), who “upgrades” himself and four college-aged scientists to battle an emerging super-villain. Directors Hall and Williams find new angles on the required action beats, but their real focus is on Hiro’s bond with his initial subject, a marshmallowy medical droid called Baymax (30 Rock’s Scott Adsit). The world in which it all takes place is a production designer’s dream. 108 min. NNNN (NW) Revue

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influenced adaptation of the Broadway musical about an orphan searching for her parents and being taken in by a wealthy tycoon. The writing and direction are execrable. This is a cynical, heartless ode to greed. 119 min. N (GS) Colossus

BIG EYES (Tim Burton) reunites the director with Ed Wood screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski for the story of Margaret Keane (Amy Adams), who obsessively painted sad-eyed children, and her husband (Christoph Waltz), who became a minor celebrity by selling her art as his own. It’s stronger and more interesting than Alice In Wonderland or Dark Shadows, but Burton can’t or won’t engage honestly with the tale’s darker turns. 106 min. NNN (NW) Regent Theatre, Royal

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Iñárritu) is a near-total fiasco from a filmmaker bent on impressing the world with his prodigious talent, a show-offy drama about a former superhero actor (Michael Keaton) making his Broadway debut by writing, directing and starring in a drama

A dispute between a hotheaded family man and the corrupt mayor of a Russian ﬁshing village leads to tragedy in this pic nominated for the best foreign-language Oscar.

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based on the stories of Raymond Carver. It’s a godawful mess. 119 min. NN (NW) Cineplex VIP Cinemas Don Mills, Colossus, Kingsway Theatre, Regent Theatre, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

BLACK OR WHITE (Mike Binder) is a dreadful race-relations film with no shades of grey. Alcoholic WASP attorney Elliot (Kevin Costner) battles salt-of-the-earth black entrepreneur and earth mother Rowena (Octavia Spencer) for custody of their cute grandchild. It’s movie-of-the-week material, with only Costner’s salty, unselfconscious turn as a cranky codger making the film almost bearable. 121 min. NN (GS) Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Kingsway Theatre THE BOY NEXT DOOR (Rob Cohen) is a latenight W Network slot filler in which Jennifer Lopez’s high school teacher is seduced and then stalked by her student. Everyone involved in this piss-poor Fatal Attraction-style thriller seems confident that they’re making a terrible movie, so the actors adjust their performances for camp, while director Cohen slyly shoots his reveals from the most unexpected places so audiences can stifle laughs instead of shrieks. 90 min. N (RS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Richard Linklater) is the best American movie I’ve seen in years – and one of the very best movies about America ever made, capturing the maturation of Texas kid Mason (Ellar Coltrane) from first grade through leaving

Albert Shin’s expertly plotted drama is set in South Korea, where a well-to-do city woman moves in with an elderly farm woman and her pregnant teen with the intention of adopting the child.

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Ryan Reynolds is fantastic as a small-town factory worker who tries to be a nice guy but gets messages from his cat to kill people. Great supporting work by Gemma Arterton and Anna Kendrick.

for college. If I see another movie more ambitious, more honest or more illuminating this year, I’ll be stunned. 164 min. NNNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Cineplex VIP Cinemas Don Mills, Fox, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant, Yonge & Dundas 24

CAKE (Daniel Barnz) stars Jennifer Aniston as a deeply damaged woman who becomes fixated on understanding the suicide of a woman in her chronic-pain group (Anna Kendrick, wasted). Aniston is terrific, but director Barnz surrounds her with stereotypes, cheap psychological gimmickry and at least two of the plot lines from 2010’s far more successful Rabbit Hole. 102 min. NNN (NW) Kingsway Theatre

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(Laura Poitras) chronicles the eight days Edward Snowden spent in a Hong Kong hotel room with filmmaker Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald, where he blew the whistle on America’s secret data-collection programs and the complicity of foreign governments in those efforts. It’s as unnerving as any espionage thriller. Some subtitles. 114 min. NNNN (NW) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, Fox

DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES: LIVE IN DUBLIN is a high-def broadcast of the rock

duo’s sold-out concert at the Olympic Theatre from July 2014. 97 min. Opens Feb 19 at Scotiabank Theatre

THE DUFF (Ari Sandel) 101 min. See interview and review, page 55. NNN (NW) Opens Feb 20 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (Sam Taylor-Johnson) adapts the wildly successful novels into something so slow it hurts. Dakota Johnson as the innocent virgin lured into a BDSM relationship is watchable, but almost nothing happens. The pic, which boasts a laughably clichéd soundtrack – Beast Of Burden, anyone? – is plainly a cash-grabbing set-up to promote a full trilogy. 124 min. NN (SGC) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Cineplex VIP Cinemas Don Mills, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñFinding ViVian maier

(John Maloof, Charlie Siskel) sifts through some of the 100,000 photographs shot by nanny and compulsive hoarder Vivian Maier, constructing a compelling portrait of a mysterious artist who refused to be seen. 83 min. nnnn (RS) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

ñForce majeure

(Ruben Östlund) follows a picture-perfect Swedish family’s skiing vacation in the French Alps, where the father (Johannes Kuhnke) panics in a moment of potential crisis, destroying his standing as benevolent patriarch and sending him into a spiral of self-justification. The deeper he digs, the funnier Force Majeure gets, and the more perceptive and uncomfortable it becomes. Some subtitles. 118 min. nnnn (NW) Kingsway Theatre

FoxcatcHer (Bennett Miller) finds director Miller returning to the chilly tone of his debut feature Capote for another real-life tale of interpersonal tensions and murder. All three leads wear distracting prosthetics, which work against Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo’s naturalistic performances and make Steve Carell’s precise, creepy turn as the self-absorbed, deluded John du Pont seem far too obviously unhinged. 134 min. nnn (NW) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant girl Walks Home alone at ñanigHt

(Ana Lily Amirpour) follows a vampire (Sheila Vand) as she cruises the streets of a fictional Iranian city inviting men to chat her up, make a move, bring her home. Shooting in black-andwhite widescreen, writer/director Amirpour has built a marvellous world that shares its DNA with Godard, Jarmusch, Lynch, Tarantino and Bigelow. Subtitled. 99 min. nnnnn (NW) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, Royal

ñtHe grand budaPest Hotel

(Wes Anderson) finds director/ co-writer Anderson building a magnificent playhouse, populating it with actors he knows and trusts – among them Ralph Fiennes, Adrien Brody, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Jeff Goldblum and Edward Norton – and running riot. And when moments of genuine emotion pierce that perfectly constructed artifice, they hit as powerfully as ever. 100 min. nnnn (NW) Cineplex VIP Cinemas Don Mills, Revue, Yonge & Dundas 24

tHe Hobbit: tHe battle oF tHe FiVe armies (Peter Jackson) is the climax of

the director’s gargantuan adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s slender prequel to The Lord Of The Rings, and most viewers will be struggling with Middle-earth fatigue. At two hours and 24 minutes it’s the shortest of the trilogy, but it still feels longer than it needs to be, especially since the Smaug-related cliffhanger is resolved 15 minutes in. Some subtitles. 144 min. nn (NW) Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Scotiabank Theatre

Hot tub time macHine 2 (Steve Pink) 93 min. See Also Opening, page 56. Opens Feb 20 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale tHe Hunger games: mockingjay – Part 1 (Francis Lawrence) keeps the fran-

chise in a holding pattern, focusing on Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) while she

wrestles with whether she wants to be the Mockingjay, the public face of the rebellion against the Capitol and evil President Snow (Donald Sutherland). It’s very well made and Lawrence is riveting, as usual, but it’s all just set-up for the grand finale. 123 min. nnn (SGC) Scotiabank Theatre

tHe imitation game (Morten

Tyldum) stars Benedict Cumberbatch as mathematician and cryptanalyst Alan Turing, who’s hired by the British government to crack the Germans’ Enigma code during the Second World War. He must collaborate with a team of misfit

geniuses and keep their work a secret. Also secret is his homosexuality. The film explores fascinating moral issues, and Cumberbatch is revelatory as Turing. 114 min. nnnn (GS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Cineplex VIP Cinemas Don Mills, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Revue, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Albert Shin) is an expertly plotted drama that packs a paralyzing emotional gut punch. In rural

South Korea, a well-to-do city woman moves in with an elderly farm woman and her pregnant teen with the intention of adopting the child. Societal demands and class differences are just two of the factors that stir this dramatic pressure cooker. Subtitled. 115 min. nnnn (RS) Carlton Cinema

in tHe gallery – rembrandt takes you through the major show about the Dutch artist hosted by London’s National Gallery and Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. 85 min. Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Paul Thomas Anderson) is a giddy adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s detective novel about a sometime detective (Joaquin Phoenix) fumbling further and further into an elaborate (and frankly insane) conspiracy in 1970 L.A. Phoenix makes an excellent tour guide to the Pynchon/Anderson funhouse, and the director’s casual mastery of image and sound is here to be admired, as always. It’s a fantastically dense movie worthy of repeat viewings. 149 min. nnnn (NW) Scotiabank Theatre

interstellar (Christopher Nolan) is a stunning visual accomplishment in service of a story that’s pretty dopey if you think about it for even a microsecond. Matthew McConaughey plays an astronautturned-corn-farmer who pilots a mission into a wormhole in hopes of finding a new home for the human race, but director/co-writer Nolan undercuts the hard-SF premise with a weirdly goopy reliance on primal concepts like destiny and the power of love. 169 min. nnn (NW) Colossus, Kingsway Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24 into tHe Woods (Rob Marshall) is an awkward adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s witty and profound musical mashup of fairy tales. Sondheim’s musicals are constructed for the theatre. His clever wordplay, complex rhythms and harmonies, the way his stories intersect and unfold – none of these things translates easily to film. There’s poignant material here about parents and children, loss, commitment and forgiveness, but in Marshall’s film, the plot seems convoluted and the language laboured. The less time spent in these woods the better. 125 min. nn (GS) Fox, Yonge & Dundas 24 juPiter ascending (Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski) is kind of goony and more than a little cheesy as space operas go, but it has some absolutely spectacular highs, including an astonishingly complicated chase over and through Chicago that seems continued on page 60 œ

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like the reason IMAX 3D was invented. Some subtitles. 127 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queenway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow

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(Joan Tosoni) 180 min. See review, page 55. (GS) Feb 20, 7 pm, at Cineplex Cinemas Empress

Vaughn) is an action fantasy built around all the things people love about the Roger Moore-era Bond movies: unflappable gentleman heroes, megalomaniac villains, apocalyptic plots, awesome gadgets. And for a while, that’s enough. But an unironic celebration of such films means accepting their creepy white-men-as-conquerors undertone, leading the movie to some very uncomfortable places in the service of in-

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stant gratification. Some subtitles. 129 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Cineplex VIP Cinemas Don Mills, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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nedy) looks at the absolute chaos of the final weeks of America’s presence in the convulsing nation. Documentarian Kennedy and her crew collect stories from Americans and Vietnamese who were there and match them to archival footage to construct a narrative that’s as close to definitive as possible. It’s a fascinating story of institutional denial and personal commitment. 98 min. NNNN (NW) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

the LaSt five yearS (Richard LaGravenese) is an adaptation of the off-Broadway musical in which a young couple (Anna Kendrick, Smash’s Jeremy Jordan) recount the ups and downs of their relationship in song – she moving backwards from the bitter end, and he going forwards from the optimistic beginning. Kendrick has never had a better showcase; she’s always been a vivid screen presence, but when she sings she’s absolutely electric. 90 min. NNNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

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(Andrey Zvyagintsev) is an epic drama set in a small Russian town where a property dispute between a hotheaded family man (Alexey Serebryakov) and the venal local mayor (Roman Madyanov) leads to a series of escalating confrontations. And it plays equally well as slow-motion domestic tragedy and a study of the internalized corruption of post-Soviet Russia. Subtitled. 141 min. NNNNN (NW) Canada Square, Revue, TIFF Bell Lightbox

Love, roSie (Christian Ditter) attempts to prove yet again that attractive straight people can’t be best friends. Brits Rosie (Lily Collins) and Alex (Sam Claflin) have been besties since the age of five, but a drunken teenage kiss sends them reeling apart, resulting in years of pining and bad relationship choices. The leads have no chemistry and nothing interesting to do or say. 103 min. N (GS) Carlton Cinema matt Shepard iS a frieNd of miNe

(Michele Josue) 89 min. See interview and review, page 56. NNN (JT) Opens Feb 20 at Carlton Cinema

mcfarLaNd (Niki Caro) 129 min. See

review, page 56. NNN (NW) Opens Feb 20 at 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Yonge & Dundas 24

the metropoLitaN opera – die meiSterSiNger voN NürNberg eNcore

is a high-def production of Wagner’s comic opera about a group of Renaissance master singers competing in a contest, conducted by James Levine. 370 min. Feb 23, 6 pm, at Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge

mortdecai (David Koepp) is a godawful caper picture that continually reminds you how godawful it is every moment that its star is on screen. Johnny Depp has lost himself in annoying characters before, but what he does here is unparalleled in its self-indulgence and wrong-headedness. God knows I’ve seen worse films, but I’m not sure I’ve seen a worse performance. 107 min. N (NW) Scotiabank Theatre

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(J.C. Chandor) is a moody character study of an entrepreneur (Oscar Isaac) who spends a month in the winter of 1981 trying to put his heating-oil business on a solid finan-

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(Matthew Warchus) is an excellently played crowd-pleaser based on the true story of a London gay and lesbian grassroots organization that offers to support striking mineworkers against Margaret Thatcher’s vicious regime. It gets a bit too warm and fuzzy – bordering on manipulative – at the end, but this is an important story proving that activists with ingenuity can build improbable political coalitions. 119 min. NNNN (SGC) Kingsway Theatre

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do for the time travel movie what Josh Trank’s Chronicle did for superheroes, adopting the found-footage gimmick while slapping a backpack on the genre and adding teen hormones and angst. The disorderly and often derivative space-time frolic never reaches Chronicle’s heights, but it still manages to have fun with scenes where kids use the space-time continuum to cheat on tests and catch up on Lollapalooza. 106 min. NNN (RS) Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Queensway

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Stars Jeremy Jordan and Anna Kendrick will make you fall in love with The Last Five Years. cial footing while someone keeps hijacking his trucks in broad daylight. As a study of corruption and lawlessness in pre-comeback New York City, it bears comparison to Dog Day Afternoon and Prince Of The City for its sense of place and time, and to the first Godfather for its depiction of a man who places himself at a moral crossroads. Some subtitles. 124 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Colossus, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity

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Lavery’s adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s beloved adventure novel. 180 min. Feb 21, 12:55 pm, at Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Scarborough, Queensway, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24

Night at the MuseuM: secret of the toMb (Shawn Levy) occasionally amuses

Morris’s ballet about love and heartbreak in turn-of-the-century Paris. 143 min. Feb 22, 12:55 pm, and Feb 25, 7 pm, at Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Queensway, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24; Feb 24, 4 pm, at Yonge & Dundas 24

thanks Ben Stiller and his cohorts, who manage to be funny despite the lazy screenplay. In the franchise finale, Stiller’s night watchman and his crew head to the UK to battle more reanimated relics. For all the CGI whizz-bang and encyclopedia of historical figures, director Levy still hasn’t figured out how to make the proceedings exciting. 98 min. NN (RS) Colossus

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(Mike Leigh) stars Cannes best actor winner Timothy Spall as painter J.M.W. Turner at the peak of his fame. Dick Pope shoots the landscapes that inspired the paintings spectacularly, but writer/director Leigh also conveys the impact of reality – slave ships, the rise of the steam engine – on the artist’s otherworldly masterpieces. An art film in every sense of the word. 150 min. NNNNN (SGC) Canada Square, Kingsway Theatre, Revue

PaddiNgtoN (Paul King) is perfect.

Kline as a penniless, middle-aged loser who travels to Paris to claim a sprawling apartment in the Marais bequeathed him by his dad. But under the viager system, the previous owner (Maggie Smith) and her daughter (Kristin Scott Thomas) can still live there. The plot’s telegraphed in the first 10 minutes, but the stars are watchable. 107 min. NN (GS) Kingsway Theatre

Writer/director King’s remarkable adaptation of Michael Bond’s beloved children’s books spins the story of the lost little bear from Darkest Peru into a thoughtful and genuinely moving metaphor for the immigrant experience. It’s cartoonish in precisely the right way, situating its talking, marmalade-loving, tragically accident-prone protagonist (voiced by Ben Whishaw) in a lush, just slightly exaggerated universe of delightful British actors. I’d have loved this when I was a kid. Hell, I love it now. 95 min. NNNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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puts the noted doc director’s fly-on-the wall camera inside London’s National Gallery. For the most part, very knowledgeable docents guide gallery-goers through the venerable institution’s impressive collection of Old Masters, shedding light on the storytelling powers of painting. Too bad Wiseman he wasn’t shooting during a particularly interesting period. 180 min. NNN (SGC) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

nell, Simon J. Smith) is a deflated return to the franchise’s blah beginnings, where the antic humour and infectious Red Bull energy of Europe’s Most Wanted make only brief cameos. This Madagascar spinoff focuses on those super-smart and self-serving penguins, who must step up from scene-stealers to characters with an arc, becoming derivative in the process. 92 min. NN (RS) Regent Theatre

(Gabe Polsky) is a pleasantly off-centre look at the Soviet Union’s fanatical pursuit of ice hockey superiority, which culminated in the socalled Red Army team of the 80s. Polsky, a veteran producer making his first documentary, has fun with the archival material and tells compelling stories about how stars like Vladislav Tretiak and Slava Fetisov balanced their beautiful game with the insane political situation back home. Some subtitles. 85 min. NNNN (NW) Kingsway Theatre, Regent Theatre

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along, it features some of the most artistic designs outside of Studio Ghibli. 93 min. NNN (RS) Kingsway Theatre

mankind. We root for her in the hopes that there won’t be a sequel. She vamps and camps it up, seemingly aware that the only way to liven up the dreadful material is by trying to out-wicked the Wicked Witch of the West. 102 min. N (RS) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale

the SpoNgeBoB Movie: SpoNge out of Water (Paul Tibbitt) has Nickelodeon’s

daft deep-sea burger flipper uncharacteristically surfacing on shore in CG and 3D, playing superhero in a live-action environment opposite a mugging Antonio Banderas as a villainous pirate. Thankfully, these unimaginative enhancements are limited to the final act. The bulk of the movie stays submerged, hand-drawn and Banderas-free, still delivering coy wit, surrealism and absurdity with SpongeBob’s childish whimsy. 93 min. NNN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, Silver-

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SoNg of the Sea (Tomm Moore) draws

from Gaelic folklore to tell the story of young children discovering magic and peril. The animation is imaginative and rich, but the sluggish plot and characters left me wanting a bit more Pixar-brand pizzazz. Though the adventure drags

Still aliCe (Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland) follows a woman slowly losing her mind to early Alzheimer’s and succeeds because the script focuses less on Alice’s (Oscar favourite Julianne Moore) relationships with family and more on the ingenious strategies she uses to keep the ravages of her disease at bay. It does have a predictable trajectory – how could it not? – but it’s certainly not movie-of-theweek fare. 99 min. NNN (SGC) Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Eglinton Town Centre, Fox, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Varsity takeN 3 (Olivier Megaton) forces Liam Neeson’s glowering security expert Bryan Mills into a clumsy reworking of The Fugitive. Director Megaton can’t cut an action scene coherently, screenwriters Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen seem to have assembled this script by cutting and pasting from the previous ones, and Dougray Scott is so embarrassingly miscast that he might as well have been digitally superimposed from old Mission: Impossible II footage. Some subtitles. 109 min. N (NW) Colossus, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, cotiabank Theatre

the theory of everythiNg (James

Marsh) takes the remarkable, complex story of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and imprisons it in the inspirational treacle of a disease-of-the-week movie about a young couple struggling with life-altering illness. Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones make it worth watching, but Anthony McCarten’s script sees them only as noble sufferers waiting for the next challenge. 123 min. NNN (NW) Canada Square, Cineplex VIP Cinemas Don Mills, Eglinton Town Centre, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

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is a surprisingly gentle movie, given that it’s about Islamic militants imposing sharia law upon a small community that doesn’t particularly want it. There are no cartoon villains here, just people who’ll do the worst thing possible while thinking they’re being eminently reasonable. Subtitled. 97 min. NNNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

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Dardenne, Luc Dardenne) is another excellent working-class drama from the Dardenne brothers, starring the magnificent Marion Cotillard as a depressed woman whose co-workers voted to eliminate her factory job to save their bonus.

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uNBrokeN (Angelina Jolie) tells the story

of how Louis Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) survived a Japanese prison camp during World War II, where he was unremittingly brutalized by the camp commander (Takamasa Ishihara, who’s excellent). But there’s no point here, beyond measuring Zamperini’s endurance. Strictly for sadists. 137 min. NN (SGC) Fox

the WeddiNg riNger (Jeremy Garelick) gives Kevin Hart material to work with, unlike those movies that simply drop him in a scene, pull the string on his back and let him loose. Jimmy, who pinch hits as a best man for friendless grooms, is an emotive character with some decent punchlines instead of the usual hot air of Hart’s act. As the groom who hires his services, Josh Gad also clicks as Hart’s straight man, making it easy to overlook how lazy, predictable and mildly offensive The Wedding Ringer often is. 101 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 What We do iN the ShadoWS

(Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi) is a giddy, mostly improvised mockumentary about a quartet of vampire flatmates living in Wellington, New Zealand. Its sense of humour falls somewhere between deadpan and bloody hysterical, as the centuries-old predators annoy each other with petty personal tics and egotistical attempts to out-cool one another. 85 min. NNNN (NW) Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

WhiplaSh (Damien Chazelle) is a battle of wills between a drummer (Miles Teller) who challenges a monstrous conductor (J.K. Simmons) for a potentially lifechanging spot in his school’s jazz orchestra. Teller and Simmons commit completely, but Chazelle’s plot twists grow increasingly ridiculous – to the point where the final act has the feel of a fever dream. I just couldn’t go with it. 106 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex VIP Cinemas Don Mills, Colossus, Fox, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24 Wild (Jean-Marc Vallée) stars Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl Strayed, who walked 1,100 miles solo along the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995. What could have been a mawkish and sentimental true-life story plays as intelligent drama thanks to the sure hand of director Vallée, and Witherspoon is entirely credible as the worn-down Strayed. 115 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema

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BIG EYES (PG) Thu 6:15 BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (14A) Thu 8:30 Fri 6:15 Sat 2:00, 6:30 Sun 2:00 Tue 6:30 PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR (G) Fri, Wed 4:00 Sat 12:00 RED ARMY (PG) Fri, Tue 8:45 Sat 4:30, 8:45 Sun 4:30

SCOTIABANK THEATRE (CE) AMERICAN SNIPER (14A) Thu 12:20, 3:15, 6:40, 10:00 FriSat 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 10:10 Sun-Tue 12:55, 3:50, 7:00, 9:55 Wed 1:10, 4:05, 7:00, 10:10 DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES: LIVE IN DUBLIN Thu 7:30 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (18A) Thu 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:50, 7:45, 10:30 SunWed 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:20 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES 3D (PG) Thu 3:25, 6:30, 9:35 Fri-Sat 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 Sun, Tue-Wed 4:00, 7:10, 10:05 Mon 4:00, 7:00, 10:05 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (PG) Thu 12:20 Fri-Sat 1:00 Sun-Wed 12:55 HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2 (14A) Thu 10:30 Fri-Sat 1:05, 2:25, 3:15, 4:40, 5:35, 6:50, 7:55, 9:10, 10:20 Sun, Tue-Wed 1:00, 2:10, 3:10, 4:30, 5:25, 6:45, 7:45, 9:00, 10:00 Mon 1:00, 2:10, 3:10, 4:30, 5:25, 6:50, 7:45, 9:10, 10:00 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:55, 9:45 Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Sun, Tue 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Mon 1:10, 10:20 Wed 1:00, 3:45, 6:35, 9:30 INHERENT VICE (14A) Thu 12:30, 3:45, 7:10 Fri-Sat 12:55, 4:05, 7:20, 10:30 Sun, Tue 12:45, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 Mon 1:55, 5:10, 8:30 Wed 12:45, 3:50, 9:20 INTERSTELLAR (PG) Thu 3:00, 10:10 Fri-Sat 2:35, 6:10, 9:50 Sun, Tue-Wed 2:20, 6:00, 9:45 Mon 2:20, 6:10, 9:45 KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (14A) Thu 12:30, 1:30, 2:00, 2:45, 3:25, 4:30, 5:00, 5:45, 6:20, 7:30, 8:00, 8:45, 9:15, 10:20 Fri-Sat 1:35, 2:15, 2:45, 3:30, 4:30, 5:20, 5:45, 6:30, 7:30, 8:20, 8:50, 9:40, 10:30 Sun, Tue 1:20, 2:00, 2:40, 3:25, 4:20, 5:10, 5:40, 6:20, 7:20, 8:05, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15 Mon 1:20, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:20, 5:10, 5:45, 7:20, 8:05, 8:50, 9:30, 10:15 Wed 1:20, 2:00, 2:40, 3:25, 4:20, 5:10, 5:40, 6:20, 7:20, 8:05, 8:45, 9:40, 10:15 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA – DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG ENCORE Mon 6:00 MORTDECAI (14A) Thu 12:40 A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 SEVENTH SON 3D (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:35, 6:10, 8:55 Fri-Sat 2:05, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 Sun, Tue 1:35, 4:05, 6:35, 9:10 Mon 1:35, 4:05, 6:35 Wed 12:55, 3:50, 9:55 TAKEN 3 (14A) Thu 3:35, 9:55 WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50 Fri-Sat 12:55, 3:00, 5:05, 7:20, 9:30 Sun, Tue 12:45, 2:50, 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 Mon 2:40, 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 Wed 12:45, 2:50, 5:00, 7:10, 10:20

LEVIATHAN (14A) Thu 5:00, 8:00 MCFARLAND (G) Fri 4:00, 7:15, 10:05 Sat-Sun 1:05, 4:00, 7:15, 10:05 Mon-Wed 5:15, 8:15 A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (14A) Thu 5:40, 8:30 MR. TURNER (14A) Thu 5:00, 8:10 Fri 5:00, 8:20 Sat-Sun 1:40, 5:00, 8:20 Mon-Wed 5:00, 8:05 RUSSELL MADNESS Sat 11:00 SELMA (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:30, 8:30 Fri 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 Sat-Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 SEVENTH SON (PG) Thu 5:20, 7:50 THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (PG) Thu 5:10, 8:00 Fri 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Mon-Wed 5:25, 8:35 WHIPLASH (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:50, 8:20 Fri 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 WILD (18A) Thu 5:30, 8:10

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

STILL ALICE (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:30, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Sun 1:15, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (PG) Thu, Mon-Tue 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:15, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15 Wed 12:30, 4:10, 7:00, 10:05

VIP SCREENINGS

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (18A) Thu, Mon-Wed 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 THE IMITATION GAME (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (14A) Thu, Tue-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:20, 9:20 Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Mon 3:00, 9:20 STILL ALICE (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 12:45, 3:15, 6:00, 9:00 Fri-Sun 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00

YONGE & DUNDAS 24 (CE) 10 DUNDAS ST E, 416-977-9262

AMERICAN SNIPER (14A) Thu-Sun 2:00, 5:30, 9:00 MonWed 2:10, 5:30, 9:00 BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (14A) Thu 2:05, 2:30, 4:50, 7:50, 10:40 Fri 2:05, 5:05, 7:50, 10:40 Sat 11:20, 2:05, 5:05, 6:20, 7:50, 10:40 Sun 11:20, 2:05, 5:05, 7:50, 9:50, 10:40 Mon-Wed 7:50, 10:40 THE BOY NEXT DOOR (14A) Thu 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Sun 6:55, 9:55 Mon-Tue 7:20, 9:55 Wed 9:55 BOYHOOD (14A) Fri 4:00, 6:00 Sat 9:45 Mon 2:00, 7:15 Tue 7:00 Wed 1:45 C’EST SI BON Thu 12:45, 3:40, 6:30, 9:40 THE DUFF Thu 7:10, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:20, 5:50, 8:20, 10:50 Mon-Wed 2:50, 5:25, 8:20, 10:50 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (18A) Thu 3:10, 4:00, 4:30, 6:00, 6:15, 7:00, 7:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 Fri-Sun 12:15, 12:50, 1:15, 1:50, 3:30, 3:50, 4:30, 4:50, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, 10:15, 11:00, 11:15 Mon-Wed 1:15, 2:00, 3:45, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, 11:00

MOULIN ROUGE – ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET Sun 12:55 Tue 4:00 Wed 7:00 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: TREASURE ISLAND Sat 12:55 PADDINGTON (G) Thu-Fri 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:25 Sat-Sun 11:20, 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:25 Mon-Wed 6:50, 9:25 RUNNING MAN (PG) Thu 12:00, 2:15, 4:45 SELMA (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:25, 6:20, 7:00, 9:20 Fri 12:30, 3:25, 6:25, 9:20 Sat 12:30, 3:10, 3:25, 6:25, 9:20 Sun 12:15, 12:30, 3:25, 6:25, 9:20 Mon-Tue 1:30, 4:25, 7:30, 10:35 Wed 1:15, 4:35, 7:30, 10:35 SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW (PG) Thu-Sun 12:20, 3:45, 6:35, 9:35 Mon-Wed 1:35, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER 3D (G) Thu 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 9:45 Mon-Wed 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 9:45 THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER (G) Thu-Tue 1:25, 3:55 Wed 4:10 THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (PG) Thu, Sat 12:10, 3:00, 6:10, 9:15 Fri 12:10, 3:00, 6:10, 9:15, 9:50 Sun 12:10, 3:00, 3:20, 6:10, 9:15 Mon-Wed 6:45, 9:35 TRIUMPH IN THE SKIES Fri-Tue 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:10 Wed 1:30, 4:00, 7:15, 9:45 THE WEDDING RINGER (14A) Thu-Sun 12:25, 3:05, 5:40, 8:10, 10:45 Mon-Wed 8:10, 10:45 WHIPLASH (14A) Sat 9:50 WWE – FAST LANE Sun 8:00

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

ENGLISH ONLY, PLEASE Fri 4:20, 6:45, 9:20 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 6:45, 9:20 Mon-Wed 5:40, 8:10 THE IMITATION GAME (PG) Fri 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 Mon-Wed 5:45, 8:25 JUPITER ASCENDING 3D (PG) Fri 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 Mon-Wed 5:05, 8:00

AMERICAN SNIPER (14A) Thu 12:55, 3:50, 6:45, 9:55 Fri, Mon 12:45, 3:50, 7:10, 10:20 Sat-Sun 4:10, 7:10, 10:20 Tue 12:45, 4:10, 7:10, 10:15 Wed 12:45, 4:10, 10:15 THE DUFF Fri, Mon 12:50, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:45 Sat 12:50, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:40 Sun 12:50, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:30 Tue 1:50, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Wed 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (18A) Thu 1:00, 1:50, 3:45, 4:40, 6:40, 7:30, 9:45, 10:20 Fri-Sat, Mon 12:30, 2:10, 3:40, 5:00, 6:50, 7:50, 9:50, 10:45 Sun 12:30, 1:20, 3:40, 4:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:50, 10:20 Tue-Wed 12:30, 1:20, 3:40, 4:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:50, 10:15 HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2 (14A) Fri-Mon 12:40, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Tue 1:40, 4:40, 7:20, 10:15 Wed 4:40, 7:20, 10:15 THE IMITATION GAME (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 JUPITER ASCENDING 3D (PG) Thu 12:50, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 KING LEAR (STRATFORD FESTIVAL) Thu 7:00 KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (14A) Thu 12:45, 1:30, 3:35, 4:30, 6:30, 7:35, 9:25, 10:30 Fri-Mon 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:40, 10:30 Tue-Wed 12:30, 1:05, 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 10:10 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA – DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG ENCORE Mon 6:00 MOULIN ROUGE – ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET Sun 12:55 Wed 7:00 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: TREASURE ISLAND Sat 12:55 PADDINGTON (G) Thu 1:20, 4:10, 10:40 Fri-Sun, Tue 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 Mon 12:40, 3:20 Wed 1:10, 4:00, 10:15 THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER 3D (G) Thu 4:30, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Sat, Mon 3:20, 5:50, 8:20, 10:45 Sun, Tue-Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:15 THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER (G) Thu 1:40 Fri-Wed 1:00

Metro West End HUMBER CINEMAS (I) 2442 BLOOR ST. WEST, 416-769-2442

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (18A) Thu 3:45, 6:40, 9:30 JUPITER ASCENDING (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (14A) Thu 4:05, 6:30, 9:15 THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER (G) Thu 3:55, 6:50, 9:00

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

AWAKE: THE LIFE OF YOGANANDA (G) Thu 11:15 Fri, Sun, Tue 5:00 BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (14A) Thu 1:00, 7:25 Fri-Wed 7:30 BLACK OR WHITE Fri, Sun, Tue 3:20 BOYHOOD (14A) Thu 5:00 Fri-Wed 7:05 CAKE (14A) Sat, Mon, Wed 3:15 DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS (R) Thu 9:30 Sat, Mon, Wed 9:45 ELSA & FRED (PG) Fri, Sun, Tue 1:15 FITZWILLY Thu 11:25 Fri-Wed 11:30 FORCE MAJEURE (14A) Sat, Mon, Wed 5:00 FOXCATCHER (14A) Thu 2:45 A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (14A) Thu 7:45 Fri, Sun, Tue 9:45 continued on page 64 œ

NOW FEBRUARY 19-25 2015

movie times œcontinued from page 63

Interstellar (PG) Thu 9:30 Sat 9:35 a Most VIolent Year (14A) Fri, Sun-Wed 9:35 Mr. turner (14A) Thu 3:00 Fri-Wed 12:40 MY old ladY (PG) Thu 12:45 Fri, Sun, Tue 3:15 PrIde (14A) Sat, Mon, Wed 1:15 red arMY (PG) Sat, Mon, Wed 3:20 selMa (PG) Fri, Sun, Tue 5:25 song of the sea (PG) Fri-Wed 11:00 WhIPlash (14A) Thu 5:35 Sat, Mon, Wed 5:25

QueenSWay (Ce)

1025 The QueenSWay, QeW & ISlIngTon, 416-503-0424 aMerIcan snIPer (14A) Thu 1:10, 3:15, 4:10, 6:30, 10:35 Fri 1:10, 2:45, 4:20, 6:00, 7:30, 9:10, 10:40 Sat 11:40, 1:10, 2:45, 4:20, 6:00, 7:30, 9:10, 10:40 Sun 11:40, 12:50, 2:45, 4:00, 6:00, 7:10, 9:10, 10:15 Mon-Tue 12:50, 3:15, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:45, 10:15 Wed 12:45, 3:45, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10, 10:15 the BoY next door (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:40 Sat 9:40 Sun, Tue-Wed 9:15 the duff Thu 7:40, 10:10 Fri 2:40, 5:20, 8:10, 10:55 Sat 12:10, 2:40, 5:20, 8:10, 10:55 Sun 11:55, 2:40, 4:55, 7:50, 9:10 Mon 2:15, 7:50, 9:25 Tue 2:15, 5:00, 7:50, 10:20 Wed 5:00, 7:50, 10:20 fIftY shades of greY (18A) Thu 12:35, 1:40, 2:45, 3:40, 3:45, 4:35, 6:00, 6:40, 7:00, 7:30, 9:00, 9:35, 10:10, 10:30 Fri 12:50, 1:50, 3:50, 4:50, 6:50, 7:00, 7:50, 8:00, 9:50, 10:15, 10:50, 11:15 Sat 12:25, 12:30, 1:50, 3:30, 3:50, 4:50, 6:50, 7:00, 7:50, 8:00, 9:50, 10:15, 10:50, 11:15 Sun 12:30, 1:05, 1:50, 3:30, 3:50, 4:30, 4:50, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 9:30, 10:15, 10:25, 11:15 Mon-Tue 12:35, 1:30, 2:45, 3:25, 3:45, 4:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:10, 10:25 Wed 12:30, 1:30, 2:45, 3:20, 4:15, 4:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:00, 9:55, 10:25, 10:30 hot tuB tIMe MachIne 2 (14A) Thu 9:45 Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:35 Sun 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 10:00 Mon-Tue 2:35, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 Wed 4:40, 7:40, 10:05 the IMItatIon gaMe (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:05, 6:55, 9:50 Fri 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Sat 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 Sun 3:55, 6:45, 9:35 Mon-Tue 1:05, 3:55, 6:45, 9:35 Wed 12:50, 3:45, 9:30 JuPIter ascendIng 3d (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:50, 6:50, 10:00 Fri 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:25 Sat 1:20, 4:30, 7:25, 10:25 Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:20 Mon 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:20 Tue-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:15 KIng lear (stratford festIVal) Thu 7:00 KIngsMan: the secret serVIce (14A) Thu 12:15, 1:05, 3:15, 4:15, 6:20, 6:30, 7:10, 7:30, 9:25, 9:45, 10:15, 10:40 Fri 12:30, 1:00, 3:10, 3:15, 4:10, 4:15, 6:20, 6:30, 7:20, 7:30, 9:30, 9:45, 10:30, 10:45 Sat 12:00, 1:00, 3:10, 3:15, 4:10, 4:15, 6:20, 6:30, 7:20, 7:30, 9:30, 9:45, 10:30, 10:45 Sun 12:00, 12:40, 1:00, 3:00, 3:15, 3:50, 4:15, 6:10, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:20, 9:45, 10:10, 10:45 Mon-Tue 12:45, 1:20, 3:00, 3:15, 3:50, 4:15, 6:10, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:20, 9:45, 10:10, 10:40 Wed 12:40, 1:20, 3:00, 3:15, 3:45, 3:50, 6:10, 6:30, 7:00, 9:20, 9:45, 10:10 Mcfarland (G) Thu 7:20, 10:25 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:40, 7:00, 10:10 Sun 12:15, 3:20, 6:40, 9:50 Mon-Tue 12:30, 3:35, 6:40, 9:50 Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 9:45 the MetroPolItan oPera – dIe MeIstersInger Von nürnBerg encore Mon 6:00 a Most VIolent Year (14A) Thu 3:20, 6:25 MoulIn rouge – roYal WInnIPeg Ballet Sun 12:55 Wed 7:00 natIonal theatre lIVe: treasure Island Sat 12:55 PaddIngton (G) Thu 1:30, 4:00 Fri 1:20, 4:00, 6:40 Sat 11:00, 1:30, 4:00, 6:40 Sun-Tue 1:00, 3:40, 6:20 Wed 1:15, 3:40, 6:20 the PIrates Who don’t do anYthIng: a VeggIetales MoVIe (G) Sat 11:00 ProJect alManac (PG) Thu 9:20 Fri 9:40 selMa (PG) Thu 12:25 seVenth son 3d (PG) Thu 12:55, 3:30, 6:10, 8:45 the sPongeBoB MoVIe: sPonge out of Water 3d (G) Thu 12:40, 3:05, 5:35, 8:00, 10:20 Fri 3:25, 5:50, 8:20, 10:45 Sat 11:15, 12:50, 3:20, 5:50, 8:20, 10:45 Sun 12:35, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:30 Mon-Wed 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:30 the sPongeBoB MoVIe: sPonge out of Water (G) Thu 1:50, 4:25, 7:00 Fri 2:10, 4:40, 7:10 Sat 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10 Sun 1:50, 4:20, 6:50 Mon-Tue 12:40, 4:20, 6:50 Wed 12:35, 4:20, 6:50 stIll alIce (PG) Thu 2:20, 5:00 Fri 2:50 Sat 12:15 Sun 12:05 Mon-Wed 2:45 taKen 3 (14A) Thu 9:20 Fri-Sat 9:10 Mon-Wed 8:50 the WeddIng rInger (14A) Thu 2:30, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Fri 5:40, 8:30, 11:00 Sat 2:50, 5:40, 8:30, 11:00 Sun 2:30, 5:05, 10:30 Mon 5:20, 11:00 Tue 5:20, 8:00, 10:35 Wed 5:20, 8:00, 10:30 What We do In the shadoWs (14A) Fri 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 Sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:40, 10:05 Sun 11:55, 2:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:45 Mon-Tue 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:45 Wed 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40 WWe – fast lane Sun 8:00

RaInboW WoodbIne (I)

WoodbIne CenTRe, 500 Rexdale blvd, 416-213-1998 aMerIcan snIPer (14A) Thu 6:30, 9:25 the BoY next door (14A) Thu 1:15, 7:00 the duff Fri-Wed 1:15, 3:50, 6:50, 9:30 fIftY shades of greY (18A) Thu 12:55 3:50 6:45 9:35 Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:45, 6:45, 9:35 hot tuB tIMe MachIne 2 (14A) Thu 9:00 Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:55, 7:00, 9:45 JuPIter ascendIng (PG) 6:40, 9:40 Thu 12:50, 3:45 mat KIngsMan: the secret serVIce (14A) Thu 12:45 3:40 6:35 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:35, 6:35, 9:30 Mcfarland (G) Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:25 PaddIngton (G) 1:10, 4:05 seVenth son (PG) Thu 1:05, 3:55, 6:50, 9:15 the sPongeBoB MoVIe: sPonge out of Water (G) 1:00, 4:00, 6:55, 9:20 the WeddIng rInger (14A) Thu 4:10

february 19-25 2015 NOW

Revue (I)

indie film spotlight Carol Kaye and Bill Pitman get their due in The Wrecking Crew.

400 RonCeSvalleS ave, 416-531-9959 adVanced stYle (PG) Wed 7:00 BIg hero 6 3d (PG) Sat-Sun 1:00 dIrtY sIngles (14A) Fri 9:00 Sat 9:30 the grand BudaPest hotel (14A) Thu 7:00 the IMItatIon gaMe (PG) Fri, Tue 6:30 Sat 3:00 Mon 9:15 Wed 2:00 leVIathan (14A) Mon 6:30 Tue-Wed 9:00 Mr. turner (14A) Thu 9:00 oscars 2015 Sun 7:00 the Waltz of the useless Sun 3:30

East End beaCh CIneMaS (aa) 1651 Queen ST e, 416-699-1327

aMerIcan snIPer (14A) Thu 9:20 the duff 7:00, 9:50 Fri 4:30 mat Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:30 mat fIftY shades of greY (18A) Thu 7:00, 9:45 Fri 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Mon-Wed 6:40, 9:40 hot tuB tIMe MachIne 2 (14A) 7:30, 10:10 Fri 4:00 mat Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:00 mat the IMItatIon gaMe (PG) Thu 6:30, 9:10 Fri-Wed 9:00 JuPIter ascendIng 3d (PG) Thu 7:10, 10:00 KIngsMan: the secret serVIce (14A) Thu 7:20, 10:10 Fri 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 Mon-Wed 7:10, 10:00 PaddIngton (G) Thu 6:50 Fri 3:30, 6:30 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:30, 6:30 Mon-Wed 6:30 the sPongeBoB MoVIe: sPonge out of Water 3d (G) Thu 6:40, 9:00 Fri 3:50, 6:50, 9:10 Sat-Sun 2:45, 5:00, 7:20, 9:30 Mon-Wed 6:50, 9:10 the sPongeBoB MoVIe: sPonge out of Water (G) Sat-Sun 12:30

Fox (I)

2236 Queen ST e, 416-691-7330 BoYhood (14A) Fri-Sat, Mon 9:10 cItIzenfour (PG) Wed 7:00 Into the Woods (PG) Sat-Sun 1:30 oscars 2015 Sun 7:00 selMa (PG) Thu 9:30 stIll alIce (PG) Fri, Mon 7:00 Sat 4:00, 7:00 Sun 4:00 Tue 9:30 unBroKen (14A) Thu 6:45 WhIPlash (14A) Wed 9:20

North York CIneplex CIneMaS eMpReSS Walk (Ce) 5095 yonge ST., 416-847-0087

aMerIcan snIPer (14A) Thu 3:45 Fri 3:55, 6:55, 10:15 Sat 12:45, 4:10, 7:05, 10:15 Sun 4:10, 7:05, 10:15 Mon-Tue 3:35, 6:35, 9:50 Wed 3:35, 10:00 c’est sI Bon Thu 4:50, 7:45, 10:30 Fri-Sat 3:50, 6:40, 9:45 Sun 12:40, 6:40, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:05, 10:00 the duff Fri 4:30, 7:40, 10:05 Sat 11:25, 1:50, 4:25, 6:55, 9:20 Sun 12:45, 3:55, 7:40, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:35, 10:00 fIftY shades of greY (18A) Thu-Fri 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 SatSun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:15, 10:00 fIftY shades of greY: the IMax exPerIence (18A) 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:30 mat hot tuB tIMe MachIne 2 (14A) Fri 5:10, 7:25, 9:55 Sat 12:15, 2:50, 5:10, 7:25, 9:55 Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:25, 9:55 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:50, 9:45 the IMItatIon gaMe (PG) Thu 3:40 JuPIter ascendIng 3d (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:25, 10:25 Fri, Sun 3:40, 6:50, 10:05 Sat 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 10:05 Mon 3:45 Tue-Wed 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 KIng lear (stratford festIVal) Thu 7:00 KIngsMan: the secret serVIce (14A) Thu-Fri 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 the MetroPolItan oPera – dIe MeIstersInger Von nürnBerg encore Mon 6:00 MoulIn rouge – roYal WInnIPeg Ballet Sun 12:55 Wed 7:00 natIonal theatre lIVe: treasure Island Sat 12:55 russell Madness Sat 11:00 seVenth son (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:30, 9:30 the sPongeBoB MoVIe: sPonge out of Water 3d (G) Thu 3:30 Fri 4:55, 7:50, 10:10 Sat 3:55, 6:45, 9:10 Sun 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:25, 9:55 the sPongeBoB MoVIe: sPonge out of Water (G) Thu 6:45, 9:10 Sat 11:00, 1:30 Sun 12:35 stIll alIce (PG) Thu 5:20, 8:00, 10:30 Fri 4:45, 7:35, 10:10 Sat 11:15, 1:40, 4:45, 7:35, 10:10 Sun 1:40, 4:45, 7:35, 10:10 Mon 3:30, 6:45, 9:15 Tue-Wed 3:55, 6:20, 9:20

CIneplex vIp CIneMaS don MIllS (Ce) 12 MaRIe labaTTe Road, 416-644-0660

aMerIcan snIPer (14A) Thu 2:00, 10:30 Fri 5:00, 8:10, 11:15 Sat 2:00, 5:00, 8:10, 11:15 Sun 2:00, 5:00, 8:10 Mon 2:30 Tue-Wed 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 BIrdMan or (the unexPected VIrtue of Ignorance) (14A) Fri 9:10 Sat 12:00

Musicians on the record THE WRECKING CREW (Denny Tedesco) Rating: nnn Did you love all those mid-60s American rock and roll bands? Turns out the Byrds, the Association, even the Beach Boys weren’t playing their own instruments. That’s one of the revelations in The Wrecking Crew, a film about the backup musicians who were key to the hit records cranked out of Los Angeles. Director Denny Tedesco reunites five of them and finds a ton of archival footage to tell the story. It’s a variation on the The Funk Brothers and the Oscar-winning 20

Feet From Stardom, but can’t quite duplicate those cinematic feats. It lacks the political sinew of 20 Feet and can’t, like The Funk Brothers, make the claim that one session group dominated the scene. By the time Tedesco name-checks multiple bass players, guitarists and drummers, it’s not clear who the Wrecking Crew actually is. But the doc does have its own virtues. Girls Rock Camp grads will love bassist Carol Kaye, who laid down the bass line for Sonny and Cher’s The Beat Goes On and other tracks in ways that define the songs. Tedesco’s guitarist dad, Tommy – seen in

interviews recorded elsewhere and the film’s inspiration – is a great character. And if you know the tunes, you’ll love this. Given the fact that few of the players, though well paid, got actual credit on the LPs, the issue of how fans were fooled becomes an important one. For the (ahem) record, some bands were pissed that session players took over, but Brian Wilson wanted them on Good Vibrations because he demanded only the best. Opens Friday (February 20) at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema.

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the huMan BodY 12:00 Tue 1:00 mat Island of leMurs: Madagascar (G) Thu-Fri, MonWed 11:00, 2:00 Sat-Sun 11:00, 4:00 rocKY MountaIn exPress Sat-Sun 3:00 under the sea Sat-Sun 1:00

JuPIter ascendIng 3d (PG) Thu 1:10 4:00 7:00 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:25, 7:15, 10:00 KIngsMan: the secret serVIce (14A) Thu 1:20 4:15 7:15 10:15 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 PaddIngton (G) Thu 2:10 the PIrates Who don’t do anYthIng: a VeggIetales MoVIe (G) Sat 11:00 seVenth son 3d (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 the sPongeBoB MoVIe: sPonge out of Water 3d (G) Thu 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 Fri-Wed 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 the sPongeBoB MoVIe: sPonge out of Water (G) 2:00 Sat 11:30 mat the WeddIng rInger (14A) Thu 4:55, 7:30, 10:10 FriWed 9:50

onTaRIo SCIenCe CenTRe oMnIMax (I) 770 don MIllS Rd., 416-429-4100

great WhIte sharK Sun 12:00 huBBle Thu-Fri, Mon, Wed 1:00 Sat-Sun 2:00

SIlveRCITy FaIRvIeW (Ce)

FaIRvIeW Mall, 1800 SheppaRd ave e, 416-644-7746 aMerIcan snIPer (14A) Thu 12:55, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 FriWed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 the duff Fri, Sun-Tue 2:10, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 Sat 11:40, 2:10, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 Wed 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 fIftY shades of greY (18A) Thu 1:00 1:50 3:45 4:45 6:40 7:35 9:30 10:20 Fri-Wed 1:05, 1:45, 4:00, 4:40, 6:50, 7:30, 9:40, 10:20 Sat 11:00 mat hot tuB tIMe MachIne 2 (14A) Fri, Sun-Tue 2:20, 4:45, 7:40, 10:05 Sat 11:50, 2:20, 4:45, 7:40, 10:05 Wed 4:45, 7:40, 10:05 the IMItatIon gaMe (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:05, 7:05

susan g. cole

SIlveRCITy yoRkdale (Ce) 3401 duFFeRIn ST, 416-787-2052

aMerIcan snIPer (14A) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:45, 9:50 FriSat 3:45, 6:50, 9:50 Sun-Wed 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 the BoY next door (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:40, 10:05

The Duff Fri 2:45, 5:15, 8:00, 10:30 Sat 12:00, 2:45, 5:15, 8:00, 10:30 Sun 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 9:55 fifTy ShaDeS of Grey (18A) Thu 12:45, 1:45, 3:45, 4:40, 6:50, 7:30, 9:40, 10:20 Fri 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:10, 7:50, 9:30, 10:45 Sat 11:15, 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:10, 7:50, 9:30, 10:45 Sun 12:50, 1:30, 3:50, 4:30, 6:50, 7:30, 9:40, 10:20 Mon-Wed 1:00, 1:40, 3:45, 4:30, 6:40, 7:20, 9:10, 10:15 hoT Tub Time machine 2 (14A) Fri 2:30, 5:30, 8:10, 10:40 Sat 12:45, 3:00, 5:30, 8:10, 10:40 Sun 12:50, 3:00, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 Mon-Wed 2:15, 5:00, 7:50, 10:15 JupiTer aScenDinG 3D (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:40, 7:40, 10:35 Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:40, 9:50 MonWed 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 KinGSman: The SecreT Service (14A) Thu 12:45, 1:15, 3:40, 4:10, 6:40, 7:10, 9:40, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:30, 1:15, 3:30, 4:15, 6:40, 7:20, 9:40, 10:20 Sun 12:20, 1:00, 3:15, 4:00, 6:20, 7:00, 9:20, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:00, 3:00, 4:00, 6:20, 7:00, 9:20, 10:00 paDDinGTon (G) Thu 2:30 Fri 12:45 Sat 12:15 Sun 1:15 Mon-Wed 1:10 The piraTeS Who Don’T Do anyThinG: a veGGieTaleS movie (G) Sat 11:00 SevenTh Son 3D (PG) Thu 2:15, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 The SponGebob movie: SponGe ouT of WaTer 3D (G) Thu 4:20, 6:50, 9:20, 10:00 Fri 4:30, 7:00, 10:00 Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:00, 10:00 Sun 2:15, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 MonWed 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 The SponGebob movie: SponGe ouT of WaTer (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 1:30 Fri 1:45 Sat 11:30 Sun 12:00 The WeDDinG rinGer (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:50, 10:15 Fri 2:15, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Sat 11:45, 2:15, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Sun 1:45, 4:15, 7:20, 10:05 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:05

Scarborough 401 & MorningSide (Ce) 785 Milner Ave, SCArborough, 416-281-2226

american Sniper (14A) Thu, Mon, Wed 5:00, 7:50 Fri-Sat, Tue 3:50, 6:55, 9:55 Sun 3:50, 6:55, 9:45 The boy nexT Door (14A) Thu 5:45, 8:15 The Duff Fri, Tue 5:00, 7:40, 10:05 Sat 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:05 Sun 2:00, 5:00, 7:30, 9:55 Mon, Wed 5:15, 7:40 fifTy ShaDeS of Grey (18A) Thu 5:15, 7:20, 8:00 Fri, Tue 3:40, 4:45, 6:50, 7:30, 9:40, 10:20 Sat 12:40, 1:50, 3:40, 4:45, 6:50, 7:30, 9:40, 10:20 Sun 12:50, 1:50, 3:40, 4:45, 6:45, 7:25, 9:25, 10:05 Mon, Wed 5:40, 7:20, 8:20 hoT Tub Time machine 2 (14A) Fri, Tue 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Sat 12:55, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Sun 12:55, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 Mon, Wed 5:50, 8:10 The imiTaTion Game (PG) Thu 5:35, 8:05 Fri-Sat, Tue 4:05, 6:40, 9:20 Sun 4:05, 6:40, 9:10 Mon, Wed 8:05 JupiTer aScenDinG 3D (PG) Thu 5:25, 8:20 Fri, Tue 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 Sat 1:35, 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 Sun 1:35, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 Mon, Wed 5:30, 8:15 KinGSman: The SecreT Service (14A) Thu 5:05, 7:10, 8:10 Fri, Tue 3:30, 4:15, 6:30, 7:10, 9:30, 10:10 Sat 12:15, 1:20, 3:30, 4:15, 6:30, 7:10, 9:30, 10:10 Sun 1:20, 2:45, 4:15, 6:30, 7:10, 9:20, 10:00 Mon, Wed 5:10, 7:10, 8:00 mcfarlanD (G) Fri, Tue 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sat 11:10, 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Mon, Wed 5:05, 7:55 paDDinGTon (G) Thu 4:55 Sat-Sun 1:05 Mon, Wed 5:05 The piraTeS Who Don’T Do anyThinG: a veGGieTaleS movie (G) Sat 11:00 Selma (PG) Thu 5:30 Sat-Sun 1:10 Mon, Wed 5:20 SevenTh Son 3D (PG) Thu 5:10, 7:40 The SponGebob movie: SponGe ouT of WaTer 3D (G) Thu 7:30 Fri-Sat, Tue 7:35, 9:50 Sun 7:35, 9:45 Mon, Wed 5:15, 7:30 The SponGebob movie: SponGe ouT of WaTer (G) Thu 5:20 Fri, Tue 5:15 Sat 11:20, 12:45, 3:00, 5:15 Sun 12:45, 3:00, 5:15 Mon, Wed 4:55 The WeDDinG rinGer (14A) Thu 8:20

The SponGebob movie: SponGe ouT of WaTer (G) Thu 2:40 Fri 12:25 Sat 11:05, 11:40, 12:20 Sun 12:50, 2:40 Mon-Wed 12:55, 2:40 The WeDDinG rinGer (14A) Thu 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10:05 Fri 2:15, 4:50, 7:30 Sat 4:50, 7:30 Sun 4:50, 7:25 Mon-Tue 2:15, 4:50, 7:25 Wed 1:20, 4:25, 10:20 WWe – faST lane Sun 8:00

eglinTon ToWn CenTre (Ce) 1901 eglinTon Ave e, 416-752-4494

american Sniper (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:45, 10:00 Fri 12:45, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 Sat 12:20, 3:25, 6:40, 10:00 Sun 12:55, 4:15, 6:45, 9:00 Mon 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 Tue-Wed 4:10, 7:20, 10:25 blacK or WhiTe Thu 3:45 The boy nexT Door (14A) Thu 3:00, 5:25, 7:45, 10:05 Fri 9:15 Sat 9:50 Sun-Wed 10:15 The Duff Thu 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:45 Sun 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:25 Mon-Wed 5:15, 7:45, 10:25 fifTy ShaDeS of Grey (18A) Thu 2:05, 3:40, 4:50, 6:40, 7:40, 9:50, 10:30 Fri 1:05, 2:10, 3:55, 5:00, 6:45, 7:50, 9:45, 10:45 Sat 1:05, 2:10, 3:55, 5:00, 6:50, 7:50, 9:45, 10:45 Sun 12:50, 1:35, 3:40, 4:25, 6:35, 7:15, 9:25, 10:10 Mon-Wed 3:40, 4:25, 6:35, 7:15, 9:25, 10:10 The hobbiT: The baTTle of The five armieS (PG) Thu 3:20 Fri 10:15 Sat 9:10 Sun-Wed 9:55 hoT Tub Time machine 2 (14A) Thu 10:10 Fri 12:55, 3:20, 5:45, 8:05, 10:40 Sat 12:25, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Sun 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 7:50, 10:20 Mon 5:25, 7:50, 10:20 Tue-Wed 4:55, 7:35, 10:05 The imiTaTion Game (PG) Thu 2:50, 6:00, 8:40 Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:35, 6:20, 9:05 Sun 12:30, 3:20, 6:15 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 JupiTer aScenDinG 3D (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:05, 10:10 Fri, Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 10:20 Sat 1:35, 4:35, 7:35, 10:40 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:25, 10:20 KinGSman: The SecreT Service (14A) Thu 3:05, 4:05, 6:10, 7:10, 9:15, 10:20 Fri 12:40, 1:30, 3:35, 4:30, 6:35, 7:30, 9:40, 10:35 Sat 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:35, 10:35 Sun 12:20, 1:30, 3:25, 4:30, 6:25, 7:30, 9:30, 10:30 Mon-Wed 3:25, 4:30, 6:25, 7:30, 9:30, 10:30 mcfarlanD (G) Thu 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:20 Sun 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:55, 10:00 paDDinGTon (G) Thu 2:10, 4:35, 7:20 Fri 2:00, 4:25, 6:50 Sat 11:40, 2:05, 4:40, 7:10 Sun 12:25, 2:50, 5:20, 7:45 Mon-Wed 5:20, 7:45 The piraTeS Who Don’T Do anyThinG: a veGGieTaleS movie (G) Sat 11:00 proJecT almanac (PG) Thu 9:45 SevenTh Son 3D (PG) Thu 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Fri 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:25 Sat 11:55, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:25 Sun 1:25, 4:05, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:05, 6:45, 9:35 The SponGebob movie: SponGe ouT of WaTer 3D (G) Thu 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 Fri 4:15, 6:40, 9:10 Sat 4:30, 7:00, 9:25 Sun 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 The SponGebob movie: SponGe ouT of WaTer (G) Thu 2:20 Fri 1:50 Sat 11:10, 11:35, 2:00 Sun 12:15, 2:40 STill alice (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 Fri, Sun 1:00, 3:30, 6:10, 8:45 Sat 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 MonWed 3:45, 6:20, 8:55 The Theory of everyThinG (PG) Thu 4:05, 7:00 Fri 1:15, 4:10, 7:10 Sat 12:15, 3:15, 6:10 Sun 1:05, 4:00, 7:00 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00 The WeDDinG rinGer (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 Fri 2:45, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30 Sat 12:35, 3:05, 5:35, 8:05, 10:40 Sun 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 WWe – faST lane Sun 8:00

WoodSide CineMAS (i) 1571 SAndhurST CirCle, 416-299-3456

aneGan 12:30, 4:15, 7:15, 10:30 baDlapur Fri-Wed 3:30, 9:30 roy (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:30, 6:30 ShamiTabh (PG) Thu 1:00 yennai arinDhaal (14A) 1:00, 3:30, 7:00, 10:30

ColiSeuM SCArborough (Ce)

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american Sniper (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 FriSat 10:10 Sun-Wed 10:05 The boy nexT Door (14A) Thu 10:35 The Duff Fri 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Sat 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30 Sun-Wed 2:35, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 enGliSh only, pleaSe Fri-Sat 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 SunWed 1:30, 4:20, 7:05, 9:55 fifTy ShaDeS of Grey (18A) Thu, Sun-Wed 1:35, 3:30, 4:35, 6:30, 7:35, 9:30, 10:35 Fri-Sat 1:00, 1:45, 4:00, 4:45, 7:00, 7:45, 10:00, 10:45 hoT Tub Time machine 2 (14A) Fri-Sat 12:35, 3:05, 5:35, 8:05, 10:35 Sun-Wed 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 i (14A) Thu 1:45 5:45 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:40, 5:40, 9:40 JupiTer aScenDinG 3D (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Sun 1:15, 4:05, 10:15 MonWed 1:10, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 KinG lear (STraTforD feSTival) Thu 7:00 KinGSman: The SecreT Service (14A) Thu, Mon-Tue 1:05, 3:10, 4:10, 6:15, 7:15, 9:20, 10:20 Fri-Sat 12:40, 1:25, 3:45, 4:30, 6:50, 7:35, 9:55, 10:40 Sun 1:05, 1:45, 4:10, 4:45, 7:10, 7:15, 9:45, 10:20 Wed 1:05, 3:20, 4:10, 7:00, 7:15, 10:20 moulin rouGe – royal WinnipeG balleT Sun 12:55 Wed 7:00 naTional TheaTre live: TreaSure iSlanD Sat 12:55 paDDinGTon (G) Thu 1:55, 4:20 The piraTeS Who Don’T Do anyThinG: a veGGieTaleS movie (G) Sat 11:00 SevenTh Son 3D (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:25, 7:05, 9:50 SomeWhere only We KnoW (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sat 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25 Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 Mon-Tue 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 Wed 1:00, 4:00, 6:55, 9:45 The SponGebob movie: SponGe ouT of WaTer 3D (G) Thu 12:55, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Fri-Sat 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 Sun-Wed 5:10, 7:40, 10:10

North ColoSSuS (Ce)

SCArborough ToWn CenTre, 416-290-5217

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tionship with a girl (18, cisgender, bisexual, also in college) for a little more than two months, and the sex is not frequent enough for me – we’ve had sex three times total. The core of the issue is that I’m a 20-year-old guy with a typically high libido, and her libido is low to nonexistent. When she’s drunk, she suddenly gets very horny and craves my dick. When she’s sober, she’s very mellow. I suspect she has some barriers up and alcohol disinhibits her. She has body issues, a history with a rapist, an emotionally abusive ex-boyfriend and depression. With the barriers down, I suspect she has a high sex drive. Alcohol, however, is obviously not a long-term solution, especially because if it doesn’t make her horny it can make her have a depressive episode. Do you think there is anything I can do to coax the barriers down while she’s sober? I like her a lot, so I’m not willing to dump her over this. Libido And Alcohol Problems Is your girlfriend seeing a therapist? Because if she isn’t, LAAP, she should be – and I suspect she isn’t, because you probably would’ve mentioned it. Horny, 20-year-old boyfriends are wonderful things – I remember what those were like – but a horny, 20-year-old boyfriend (and the sexual hopes, expectations and pressures that come bundled with one) may not be the best thing for a young woman struggling with body issues and the double head zap of having been both raped and in an emotionally abusive relationship. I don’t think you

should dump her because she’s not putting out at the clip you’d like – don’t present it that way, LAAP, because you don’t want her fucking you under duress – but you should have a conversation about what she really wants from you. If she wants a fully intimate relationship, i.e., a romantic connection that’s both emotional and sexual, her inhibitions (her traumas) are preventing her from having that, and you’re right that booze isn’t a realistic long-term fix. And as boozing is as likely to lead to a depressive episode as it is to waken her libido, it’s not a great short-term fix either. But working with a therapist is a realistic fix – a good therapist can help her find the strength inside herself that she’s currently finding in a pitcher of margaritas. But if all she wants from you is your time, your attention and your emotional support, LAAP, tell her she can have all of that without the pressure of being your “girlfriend.” The last thing you should want – and the last thing she needs – is for her to be getting strategically drunk so she can fuck you just enough to keep you by her side. Reassure her that you’ll be at her side whether you’re her boyfriend or not – but say that only if you mean it – and encourage her to get the professional help she needs.

Did son give TMI to mum? i read last week’s coluMn with

disbelief progressing to full-on incredulity. Full marks to PANICKED – the mom whose son is looking at violent porn –

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for trying to be a good, understanding parent, but what the fuck was her 15-year-old son thinking when he shared his violent gang-rape fantasies with his parents? I was enjoying bondage porn at 15, but I certainly didn’t talk to my mother about it – nor did I speak with her about the many illegal drugs I was consuming or my masturbation routines. There are some things that parents don’t need to know! Transitioning to adulthood means not telling Mommy everything – and the idea of growing up into a safe, sane, sensible BDSMer under Mommy’s watchful eye seems icky to me. Some things you just gotta do by yourself. Sane Adult Consenting Kinkster Thanks for sharing, SACK, but let’s cut this kid some slack: PANICKED’s son may have opened up to Mommy because he was freaked out by his desires and wanted help. And speaking of help, here are two more recommendations from Savage Love readers: Scarleteen (scarleteen. com), a sex-positive, kink-positive, queerinclusive sex-ed resource/oasis-of-sanity for teenagers and young adults, and the terrific book When Someone You Love Is Kinky, by Dossie Easton and Catherine A. Liszt. On the Lovecast, Dan and author Johann Hari discuss our silly little drug war: savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

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