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weights debate religion in politics. Sold out, but watch the video feed at the Toronto Reference Library. 7 pm. $5. munkdebates.com. WholE liFE Expo The three-day show of green products and ideas starts today at the Metro Convention Centre. $8-$50. wholelifeexpo.ca.

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we, the people of toronto, know now that the G20 was all about totally outfitting all cops with new gear in cluding cameras (NOW, November 18 24), but what we really want along with the new cops, Mr. Ford, is a test for all cops to ferret out the sadists. Nothing wrong with cops as calm community diplomats, not armed bullies. Barbara Klunder Toronto

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jacob sheier appears to have conflated the controversy around his

This led to Smith’s agent benefiting economically from privileged infor mation, because the agent sold it to an English publisher before the short list was announced. I was not commenting on gossip or secondhand reports but on a leak confirmed by the prizewinner. Susan Swan Toronto

2008 Governor General’s Award po etry win with my comments on Ali Smith breaking jury protocols as a 2010 Giller juror (NOW, November 18 24). In his situation, the charge of con flict of interest is much harder to prove. The world of Canadian poetry is small, and it would be hard to find jurors who know none of the poets. In the case of the Giller jury, it is much clearer. The Giller winner, Jo hanna Skibsrud, herself confirmed that Smith recommended The Senti mentalists to her agent prior to the list being announced.

how ironic is letter-writer austin Whitten’s suggestion (NOW, Nov ember 1117) that readers educate themselves with respect to Israeli made products sold at Mountain Equipment Coop (NOW, November 1824)? Does he own a cellphone or any product using computer chips? Does he eat fruits and vegetables? Has he ever been treated by mod ern medical technologies? Does he watch TV? In short, does he live a life en hanced by science and technology, or is he a caveman using Stone Age tools? There is virtually no part of mod ern life that hasn’t had some inputs from Israel and Israeli scientists, which, of course, are not used only in Israel. Luckily, brain power is in plentiful supply there. Kudos to NOW readers for recom mending MEC. It’s a great store with wonderful products made in many great countries. T. Koren Toronto continued on page 11 œ

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regarding pro-life, prohatred, by Susan G. Cole. Can this be the same Cole who blasted Pride for not allowing statements comparing Israel’s occupation to apartheid? Either you’re for free speech or you’re not. And, yes, sometimes it’s ugly and messy. Like comparing Israel to South Africa or showing pictures of aborted fetuses. No one said democracy was easy. Paul

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surely now magazine could have used a panorama of downtown from this century in the Waterfront On Edge feature (NOW, November 18-24). In your main photo, the Skydome doesn’t exist, no Scotia Plaza either. FYI, construction on Scotia Plaza began in 1985, so this photo is at least 25 years old. You wouldn’t be using an outdated photo to manipulate your argument, would you? JNHowland Toronto

On Hitchens vs. Blair

the tipsheet in your recent issue (NOW, November 18-24) lists a debate on religion between “two heavyweights,” Tony Blair and Christopher Hitchens. The Munk Debate is sold out, but we are invited to watch a video feed of

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The courage to remember

thanks to susan g. cole for having the courage to speak out with an alternative perspective on Remembrance Day (NOW, November 11-18). For a long time now, I too have been disturbed by the tendency to sentimentalize war and to brand anyone who doesn’t buy into this as

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it seems that 90 per cent of your food reviews are of restaurants in the downtown and west end. The other 10 per cent might be east of Yonge but rarely east of Broadview. If you drive around the east end, which includes Scarborough, there are a hell of a lot of restaurants. They can’t all be bad but never seem to get reviewed. Why do these establishments not get the same attention as the downtown ones? John Dunlop Beaches 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.

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After a summer of rotating strikes, hotel workers brace for more labour strife By ENZO DiMATTEO meet (insert name of visible minority woman here). She’s a hotel housekeeper. She makes more than minimum wage, anywhere between $13 and $17 an hour, but has to clean 15 rooms a day, sometimes more. Which means she has to work fast, at times being left with little more than 15 minutes to clean a room, according to UNITE HERE Canada, the union representing her. The to-do list for housekeepers is a long one: make beds, scrub and clean the toilet bowl, bathtub and all bathroom surfaces, dust, vacuum, empty the trash and change linens, among other things. A simple thing like fitted sheets would save her from repeatedly lifting heavy mattresses to make beds. Long-handled mops and dusters instead of rags would let her clean floors without getting down on hands and knees and to reach high surfaces without climbing on bathtubs. But disparities between hotels mean those tools aren’t always available, says UNITE HERE Insert Name of Visible Minority Woman Here is a pseudonym, but her story is not fictitious. After a summer of rotating strikes at six hotels, about 2,000 of the city’s 5,500 unionized hotel workers will be bargaining for new contracts in the coming year. Recent contract talks have resulted in hotel workers winning better salaries and pension benefits. But with hotel chains eyeing a fragile economic recovery, the forecast is for more labour strife. Complicating matters from the union’s point of view is the fact that those bargaining for new contracts work for hotels owned or operated by one of the largest hoteliers on the planet and the biggest hotel owner in Canada, Westmont Hospitality Group.

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It’s back-wrenching work. Pushing a heavy cart over carpeted floors adds to the load. Over time, injuries can occur, on occasion leading to permanent disability. Hotel employees are 40 per cent more likely to be injured than workers in other service industries. In a 2010 study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 91 per cent of more than 600 hotel housekeepers in the U.S. and Canada reported work-related pain; 77 per cent said their workplace pain interfered with routine activities; 66 per cent took pain medication to get through their daily quota. According to UNITE HERE, hotel chains have steadily reduced the number of workers providing services to guests since the late 1980s. Westmont principals are known for their philanthropy and work with charitable organizations, including the Aga Khan Foundation, but the company’s hotels have also been the target of UNITE HERE boycott efforts. And more than a few American film stars have joined employees on the picket line while in town. Westmont did not respond to NOW’s requests for comment on this story. Partnerships with major financial institutions and big-time real estate investors have helped Westmont dominate the Canadian hotel industry. Among the corporation’s business associates is InnVest REIT, Canada’s largest hospitality real estate investment trust, which has an ownership stake in 145 hotels in Canada, totalling more than 19,000 rooms. InnVest says in its recent financial report that it expects an upward trend in occupancy and revenue to continue into 2011. Additionally, it’s looking to shore up its bottom line through a restructuring that may exempt the company from certain taxes, a move UNITE HERE terms “risky and unnecessary.” 3 enzom@nowtoronto.com

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It’s not a solution to train an army for a government in Afghanistan that lacks credibility with its people.

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There’s something better to do with our cred than send more soldiers By ELLIE KIRZNER the nato meeting in lisbon has can see why many are tempted to see ended, the Liberals have been safely this mentoring of Afghan soldiers tucked into bed with the Tories on and police officers as a nice bit of clothe post-2011 Afghan mission, and sure, a sort of gift to nerve-racked Afnow we’re supposed to fete a military ghan civilians. training presence limited to Kabul But, sorry, I don’t think we can. and (purportedly though not actualSome people look back fondly at ly) devoid of blood and risk. our mission in Kabul in the early If only we could celebrate. Leaving 2000s as a kind of peacekeepy venaside Stephen Harper’s much-preture. But our Afghan project was saged turnaround (most defence ex-1 10-11-22 hardly laudable even then; shopAGO_NOW_nov25_fa_Layout 10:27 AM Page 1 we were perts had this pegged a year ago), I there to enforce the Bonn Agree-

ment, which excluded willing Taliban elements from the new government and thus set the stage for a ferocious insurgency. Could the new Afghan authority have accommodated enough of the old regime to forestall the horrors to come? We’ll never know. But it’s an easy guess that thousands of lives were lost to this negotiative failure. Things only got worse in the 2006 Kandahar search-and-destroy opera-

tion. So let’s not pretend troop training won’t be guided by the same precepts, limitations and lethal disregard for the fact that we’re smack in the middle of a nationalist uprising. We’re outsiders. We’re Westerners. We’re under U.S. command despite the NATO fig leaf, backing a fragile, despised regime representing one faction in a civil conflict. And we’re killing and dying in a mission on which the consensus is stunning: it can’t be won. Ever-subtle Lib Foreign Affairs critic Bob Rae certainly doesn’t talk in terms of victor and vanquished. It was he who negotiated the missionextending pact – three years, 1,000 military personnel – with the Tories in a singular case of cooperation and bipartisanship. (What does it mean when the two leading parties find such effortless consensus on foreign military expeditions?) Rae tells me everyone knows there won’t be an exclusively military solution. “I’m not someone who says we have to fight this thing until we win. The world of politics isn’t just about choosing the easy option; there isn’t one. A friend who works for the UN said, ‘It’s not a war we can win; but it’s not a war we can afford to lose.’ To let the Taliban run over the population would be a terrible mistake.” But what is this sacred ground between winning and losing anyway? We’ve certainly seen enough rightwing military strategists pronouncing the doom of counter-insurgency. In 2007, Edward Luttwak of the Center for Strategic and International Studies identified it as “military malpractice.” “The majority of Afghans... believe their religious leaders. The alternative would be to believe what for them is entirely unbelievable: that

foreigners are unselfishly expending blood and treasure in order to help them,” he wrote. A year later, a research brief by the Rand Corporation concluded that only 7 per cent of disbanded insurgent groups over the last 40 years were defeated militarily. Most were demolished by local police and intelligence penetration or through peaceful political accommodation. So if the future is already written – there will be no blast-and-bullet triumphs – isn’t there something better to do with our cash and cred? Scott Taylor of military mag Esprit De Corps asks the question another way: “There’s 275,000 Afghans in the security force, and the best guesstimate for the number of insurgents is 15,000. So why aren’t we winning?” continued on page 18 œ

“I’m not someone who says we have to fight this thing until we win. The world of politics isn’t just about choosing the easy option; there isn’t one.”

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AFGHANISTAN TIMELINE October 2001 U.S. invades Afghani stan. January 2002 Canadian forces ar rive. April 2002 American friendly fire kills four Canadian soldiers. February 2006 Canadian forces begin Kandahar mission instead of withdrawing in 2006 as planned. February 2007 First allegations surface that prisoners handed over by Canucks to Afghan authorities were tortured.

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The soldier-turned-journalist, who has visited Afghanistan several times, is bitterly disappointed that the feds have chosen the training getaway option, given the Afghan skill and literacy gap. The way things are, he says, “the next generation will either be security forces or insurgents, and round and round it goes. The last thing Afghanistan needs is more soldiers.” Instead of increasing the man/gun ratio, our feds should fund teams of Afghan expats to teach carpentry, plumbing and reading, he offers. “What if we made sure each police recruit has Grade 4 literacy? What if we said, ‘This is our contribution.’ We could start somewhere and teach them at least to read ID cards.” Turning out more soldiers, he says,

March 2008 Tory motion to extend the military mission into 2011 passes, with Liberals in tow. November 2009 Diplomat Richard Colvin testifies that Afghan detainees were tortured as early as 2006 and that he had warned Ottawa. January 2010 Harper states that after

2011 Afghanistan will be a “strictly civil ian mission.” November 2010 Harper announces that after 2011 Canada will send up to 1,000 military personnel to Kabul as trainers. November 2010 NATO sets 2014 as withdrawal date from Afghanistan.

is a lost cause. The best warriors are taken for the private warlord armies. Most sign-ups are paycheque-only. “But the other guys are prepared to blow themselves up and drive us out of the country,” he says. “It won’t matter how many guys we train to fire Kalashnikovs – it’s not going to tip the balance in favour of Karzai.” The NDP makes a similar point. “Is it a solution to train an army for a government that lacks credibility with its people?” asks Defence critic Jack Harris. His alt-proposal is to go strictly development. The best way to honour our soldiers’ sacrifice, he says, is to unite war-divided Canada around a humanitarian mission. Walter Dorn at the Royal Military College backs the Tories’ training concept, but he has an intriguing twist. He thinks Canada should engage Afghan officers, not the ranks, even bringing them here, and he’s got a particular curriculum in mind. “You need to educate [them] about the way peace processes unfold, how

to stop brush fires from becoming major antagonisms, and the role of mediation, negotiation and peacekeeping,” he says. This is further to his belief that Canada should be contributing more directly to a framework for reconciliation. He’s been pushing for a Muslim UN peacekeeping force. “What you would need is a peace process and consent from all the major parties. You wouldn’t require the end of hostilities,” he says. There are ongoing talks between insurgent leaders and Afghan officials, now formally admitted to by NATO, but as Dorn drily notes, “This is only because we can’t win militarily, so we have less moral authority.” So here’s the issue: between deserting Afghanistan and blowing it up, there are options that would certainly find their way into the national discussion – if, and only if, the Liberals free themselves from this damaging deal and press for a parliamentary debate. 3 ellie@nowtoronto.com

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NOW was assumed to be backing Hall even this far from voting day. She had been a decent downtown mayor for the old city of Toronto and seemed to have the best chance of erasing the humiliating and debilitating legacy of Bad Boy, original megacity mayor Mel Lastman. I was polite to Hall, who created a mini-stir, but I was driven to give the less-sought-after Miller some wine-

infused advice, basically blurting that since he was so far off the radar, his best hope was to keep trumpeting ideas he believed in. And coincidentally, that’s what he did. David Miller, who leaves office December 1, did such a good job at the helm of this city that he made us forget the horrible years and the fools that preceded him. That, ultimately, may have been his problem: we were left to judge Miller against an exacting standard – himself. More than a broom, Miller and his council needed a shovel to remove all the crap that had piled up in Toronto’s new super-sized civic government. We’re arguing nuance and details these days, but before Miller the city was a mess of slashed services, decaying neighbourhoods, grime, greased palms and bursting boatloads of gravy. Cronyism ruled, and citizens were so distanced from decision-making that they barely bothered registering a complaint. Opposition seemed pointless given the civic forces mustered behind closed doors and in slick steak houses rather than council chambers and municipal forums. City-defining decisions were made in secret on private planes jetting off to playoff hockey games, in country clubs and at big-buck off-Broadway shows. And spending routinely ballooned without explanation, often to the upside of councillors’ supplier friends. The inquiry into bloated MFP computer spending by the city was still in play when Miller took City Hall. Mil-

Rob Ford’s outsiders Mayor-elect Rob Ford’s transition team has handed out its plums, putting the finishing touches on councillor appointments to the city’s various committees Tuesday, November 23. No surprises yet, although we’re still waiting to see who’ll sit on the important Police Services Board. More interesting but less talked about have been the three top appointments to the mayor-elect’s staff: chief of staff Nick Kouvalis, director of policy Mark Towhey and press secretary Adrienne Batra. Our briefing notes:

TTC holus-bolus to private interests. Noteworthy Global youth development work. President, TOWHEY Consulting Group Inc., which has developed crisis management plans and training programs for the Department of National Defence, RCMP, UN Peacekeeping forces, major banks and global corporations. Character sketch Slight obsession with Tiger Woods and why adultery shouldn’t matter in politics but does (his last tweet). Recently spotted at Local Motion book launch. Twitter descriptor: “CrisisTweeter.”

Adrienne Batra

Nick Kouvalis

Home base Windsor, Ontario Claim to fame Part of the group that stuck it to John Tory when he was Tory leader. Noteworthy Principal and chief operating officer for market research firm Campaign Research. Military background. A lot thinner than he used to be. Favourite book: How To Make Friends And Influence People. Exonerated in 2007 for uttering a death threat against Essex MP Jeff Watson. (The judge in the case suggested the charge against him may have been politically motivated.) Character sketch Likes to play dirty

little campaign tricks and brag about them later. Doesn’t like to lose at anything. Nothing is more important than loyalty. Twitter descriptor: “Thunder with style.”

Mark Towhey

Home base Etobicoke (but has spent a whack of time overseas on work for his consulting company). Claim to fame Crisis management. He’s the guy who mused in a blog during the campaign about selling off the

Home base Toronto by way of Winnipeg via Saskatoon. Claim to fame The one cracking the whip at press conferences when it looked like Ford might say something he’d regret later. Former provincial director Canadian Taxpayers Federation in Manitoba. Researcher and policy adviser for the Saskatchewan Party. Noteworthy Regular contributor to the Winnipeg Sun before she joined Ford’s team. Masters in public administration. Character sketch Ayn Rand fan. Big believer in “taxpayers are customers, not citizens” mantra and the Ruby Principle, the “soul promise” dispensed by spiritual guide, mystic and ENZO DiMATTEO psychic Ruby Bedi.

lions of unexplained dollars were at stake, not the pittance of councillors’ expense accounts. But unfortunately, the election we just finished was a race without longterm memory, one that only looked at the last seven years and not the decades of deceit that preceded them. For this we can thank media fixations and the shortcomings of Joe Pantalone and progressive members of the departing council. The truth is, we live in a revitalized city. Just don’t try telling that to the

Toronto Star. Count the ways: there’s a lobbyist registry and strict controls on civic spending; we’re a world-class green city; the arts rule; Transit City is poised to kick-start the connection between the suburbs and the downtown; priority neighbourhoods have been given a boost; and there’s citywide tree planting. Before Miller, hidden-agendawielding politicians tried to distract us with promises of megaprojects. On Miller’s watch, the city itself became the megaproject. Have you

been to the waterfront lately? And nobody is wondering if any Miller buddies got rich from the contracts for this work. No one ever accused this mayor of lining his pockets or those of his friends while he wore the chain of office. No hidden children have showed up looking for their dad. There were no hysterical calls for the army or cringing about cannibalism. And unlike the incoming mayor, Miller was never dragged from his car and busted, never thrown out of the ACC for drunken-

ness, never had his tearful wife call the police for help. I was in Miller’s office the day after he announced he wouldn’t be running for re-election. The less-thansuccessful handling of the city workers strike was a recent memory, but it was quickly clear Miller wasn’t running away from office, but toward his family. As he explained his decision to step down, he recalled being brought up by his beloved single mother, Joan Miller. She had only relatively recent-

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ly passed away, and the wound was still raw. He wanted to be the father for his children that he’d never had. As he wiped away real tears, I couldn’t imagine how the city would fare without him in the power chair. But I felt privileged to have been served by someone with the character to give it all up to be the man he knew he had to be. Maybe someday we will again have a mayor with a heart and a vision as big as those of David Miller. 3 michaelh@nowtoronto.com

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Where did the Dufferin Jog go? What is this Dufferin underpass? I would normally know more on the subject of new underpasses in my city, but my favourite source of information, Wikipedia, hasn’t been updated yet, so I’m left wondering. (Of course I jest. Wikipedia isn’t really meant for breaking news.) What I wonder about more than the absence of an entry for the underpass, though, is why Toronto has so few active Wikipedians. The update-ityourself encyclopedia is an invaluable resource for anyone who cares about underpasses, jogs and other city-level minutiae. And so much more. For this reason, you’ll find me on Wikipedia every single day. After watching almost any movie, I check its entry. Wikipedia usually covers more than any film database and skips unimportant details like key grips in favour of fascinating anecdotes. For instance, did you know that

McGill has the right idea, and the step up on University of Toronto. While Wikipedia isn’t exactly an official source on anything, its goals are lofty and altruistic: it promotes the free flow of information around the world to anyone with access to the internet – this, notably and nobly, without advertising or other sources of potential conflicts of interest. And it works. Last month, a man in Kenya built an airplane using an article on the site. Writing or contributing to an article isn’t hard either. In fact, if you have any interesting details about the Dufferin Jog, go to Wikipedia’s homepage and search WP:YFA for an article on creating your first entry. Or take it even further. There are local chapters of Wikipedians in almost 30 countries around the world, but none in Canada. Who wants to start one with me? joshuae@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/joshuaerrett

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Thursday, November 25

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chrisTmas bazaar (St Christopher House) Crafts, a white elephant table, cafe and more. Today and tomorrow 10:30 am-4:30 pm. Free. 248 Ossington. 416-532-4828 ext 114. give a nighT (Give a Day Campaign) World AIDS Day gathering for young professionals. 8 pm. $25, adv $20. This Is London, 364 Richmond W. giveanight.ca.

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ing, accessories, furniture, crafts, toys, gifts and more plus hands-on workshops. To Dec 5, weekdays and Sat 10 am-9 pm, Sun 10 am-6 pm. $10, stu/srs $6.50, children free. Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place. oneofakindshow.com. The PrivaTizaTion of reserve lanDs Discussion on the assimilation of status Indians. 7-9 pm. Free. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. harthouse.utoronto.ca/accessibility. QuanTum magic for everyone Lecture. 7:30 pm. Free. Medical Sciences Bldg, rm 3154 1 King’s College Circle. 416-977-2983. will you be There for me when i’m olD? Discussion on our aging population’s impact on the health care system with Christopher Patterson. 6:30 pm. Free. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. cafescientifique.ca.

Friday, November 26 chilDren’s Dreams (Art Building Children’s

DiP DiP & swing: film, viDeo & new meDia Programming in a DigiTal worlD Panel dis-

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about his work. 7 pm. $25. Mercer Union, 1286 Bloor W. 416-536-1519. aDel abDessemeD Artist talk on the future of decor. 8 pm. Free. OCAD, 100 McCaul. 416977-6000.

bowel DisorDers anD how To Deal wiTh Them Lecture. 7-8:30 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348

Danforth. 416-466-2129.

communiTy garDens anD local farmers’ markeT in warD 13 Town hall meeting. 7:30

cussion with Vtape creative director Lisa Steele and others. 7-8:30 pm. Free. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. 416-736-5149.

The environmenT & canaDa’s DeParTmenT of naTional Defence Lecture by Scott Stevenson. 1:10-2 pm. Free. Bahen Centre, rm 1220, 40 St George. environment.utoronto.ca. sPencer j harrison The anti-homophobia activist/visual artist presents Canada’s first painted PhD dissertation. 6:30-9:30 pm. Free. Georges Vanier Secondary School, 3000 Don Mills. bententertainment@rogers.com. green heroes Volunteer orientation meeting for people interested in the environment. 7 pm. Free. Centre for Social Innovation, 215

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Holiday light show with a tour of animated displays. Wed to Sun 6-11 pm. Walkthrough $8, child $4 or $20/car. Downsview Park, 35 Carl Hall. downsviewpark.ca. Nov 26 to Jan 2 rkiDzfesT Entertainment by Splash n’ Boots, an interactive wild animals show, rides and kids’ activities. Free. YongeDundas Square. wintermagic.ca. Nov 27 and 28 winTer woofsTock Dog festival with wiener dog races, Santa pictures, canine fashions and more. $10, adv $8, srs $5, children free. Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place. winterwoofstock.com. Nov 27 and 28

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fesTival Films exploring issues affecting workers. Free. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. 416-970-2543, festival@labourfilms.ca. To Nov 28 euroPean union film fesTival Twentytwo films from 21 countries (all films w/ subtitles). Free. Royal Cinema, 608 College. 416-977-1661 ext 32, eutorontofilmfest.ca. To Nov 30 sounDPlay NAISA festival of new media PainT like a man: genDer anD Disguise in The work of granT wooD Discussion led by Tripp Evans. 2-4 pm. Free. Munk School, rm 108N, 1 Devonshire. csus@utoronto.ca. Piecework Pop-up show and sale of textile and fibre arts. 11 am-6 pm. Free. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

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Stop the War holds a rally at the Tony Blair/ Christopher Hitchens debate. 6-7 pm. Free. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. nowar.ca. rchrisTmas TreaTs walk Visit the animals and watch them get their seasonal treats. 10 am-5 pm. Free w/ admission. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929. inTo The hearT of borneo Talk on Gunung Mulu National Park by curator Chris Darling. 6 pm. Free w/ admission. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. manfreD brausem Discussing the architect as an agent for change with Martin Liefhebber. 6 pm. Free. OCAD Auditorium, 100 McCaul. goethe.de/toronto.

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with taiko drummer Roy Hirabayashi. 7-9 pm. Free. U of T Faculty of Social Work, 246 Bloor W, 3rd fl Student Lounge. young@ ragingasianwomen.ca. say cheese! say cheers! Winter beer- and cheese-tasting event. 7-9 pm. $30. Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1000 Murray Ross. 416-6676284.

sTriPPing, laPDancing anD sexual seDucTion Women-only workshop. 7-9:30 pm. $33.

Good for Her, 175 Harbord. Pre-register 416588-0900. Tony blair vs chrisToPher hiTchens Live broadcast of the Munk debate. 7 pm. $5, stu

ABostonterriergetsintothespiritfor WinterWoofstock. and sound art with performances, installations, workshops, screenings and more. Free$15. Wychwood Barns (601 Christie), Gladstone (1214 Queen W). soundplay.ca. To Nov 27 $4. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. munkdebates.com.

Traffic: concePTualism in canaDa International conference with lectures, screenings, panels and more. To Nov 28. $100, artists $50, stu free. Justina M. Barnicke, 7 Hart House. Pre-register uoftix.ca/view.php?id=720. whole life exPo Speakers, workshops and exhibits on natural health, alternative medicine and green living. Today 4-9 pm; tomorrow 11 am-8 pm; Nov 28, 10 am-6 pm. $8 exhibit pass, $15 lectures pass, $40 workshop. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. wholelifeexpo.ca.

Saturday, November 27

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arT bus Bus trip to see current exhibitions at Oakville Galleries, the McMaster Museum and the Art Gallery of Hamilton. 11:30 am-5:30 pm. $10. OCAD, 100 McCaul. Pre-register artbus@oakvillegalleries.com. arTisans’ gifT fair One-of-a-kind and handmade gifts. Today and tomorrow noon-6 pm. Free. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. artisansgiftfair. com. baroQue menTors Tafelmusik masterclass with fortepianist Richard Egarr. Free. Trinity-St

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(Sleeping Children Around the World) Performances by Toronto All Stars Steel Orchestra, Folklorico Filipino and others. 5-7 pm. $15, child $2. St Paul’s Bloor Street Anglican Church, 227 Bloor E. 416-640-5525 ext 230. fa la la bazaar (Forte – The Toronto Men’s Chorus) The men’s chamber choir performs at a gift bazaar. 10 am-3 pm. Free. The 519 Church Community Centre. 647-218-4322. The firkin mousTashios (Movember) Fundraiser for prostate cancer research with entertainment, auctions and more 7-10 pm. No cover. Churchmouse & Firkin, 475 Church. 416-476-4730. gPs scavenger hunT (Movember prostate cancer research) Track down prizes following clues from David Thomas’s new book Songs Of Submission. 9 am. $8 (includes book). Grenadier Café parking lot, High Park. Preregister songsofsubmission.com. josé feliciano (Epilepsy Cure Initiative) Concert with Feliciano and Margaret Maye. 7 pm. $55-$150. Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 90 Princes’. 1-877-700-3130, ticketwindow.ca. kingsway chrisTmas house Tour (Canadian Cancer Soc) Tour homes decked out by professional decorators. 9 am-4 pm. $45. kingswaychristmashousetour.ca. ocaP – 20 years fighTing To win (Ontario Coalition Against Poverty) Community dinner, re-enactments, music and the OCAP Awards. 6:30 pm-1 am. Free-$100 sliding scale. Cecil Street Community Centre, 58 Cecil. ocap.ca.

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Program) Performances by Liberty Silver and Gary Beals plus a silent auction. 6 pm. $125. Pantages Hotel, 200 Victoria. prosperityball. eventbrite.com. brainsgiving 2010 (Toronto Rehab NeuroRehabilitation Program) Comedy fundraiser with Chelsea Manders, Andrew Ivimey, Sara Hennessey and others. 9:30 pm. $20. Eton House, 710 Danforth. 416-597-3422 ext 3757. Dmrf funDraising Dinner (Dystonia Medical Research Fdn) Songs from Judy Marshak, a silent auction and more. 6:30 pm. $55. Hazelton Place, 111 Avenue Rd. dystoniacanada.org.

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Dreams) A Latin dance party helps the children of Kilimanjaro. 6:30-11 pm. $50. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. abcdreams.ca. holiDay gifT fair (Central Eglinton Community Centre) Pie-baking contest, used books, hand-crafted gifts and more. 10 am-2 pm. Free. 160 Eglinton E. 416-392-0511 ext 225. PhoTorama (Gallery TPW) Sale of photography by Robert Burley, Dyan Marie, Geoffrey James and others. Today 6-9 pm; tomorrow noon-7 pm; Nov 30 to Dec 4 noon-7 pm. Free. Gallery TPW, 56 Ossington. 416-645-1066. recePTion To rebuilD haiTi (Pierspective Entraide Humanitaire for Haiti) Talks, a Mad Men-themed silent auction and more. 6-9 pm. $23. Drake Hotel,1150 Queen W. ubcto.com/ events.

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Cities fOr life – Cities against the death Penalty Lecture by sister Helen Prejean, poetry

and music. 6:30 pm. Free. St James Cathedral, King and Church. aito.ca/citiesforlife. gil PenalOsa Forum on increasing walkability and cycling in the city with transporation advocate Penalosa and bike union members. 1-5 pm. Free. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. evergreen.ca. inseCts in Winter Illustrated talk by entomologist James Kamstra. 1:15 pm. Free. U of T Victoria College, 73 Queen’s Park Cres. ontarioinsects.org. rMOndO Bazaar Hand-crafted bags, jewellery, graphic Ts, cards and more, plus fair trade goods and kids’ crafts. 10 am-5 pm. Free. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. mondobazaar.wordpress.com.

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with food researcher Harriet Friedmann, Corporate Knights managing editor Melissa Shin and others. Noon-5 pm. $45. U of T campus. Pre-register darcy@pushfoodforward.com. rOBert JaCksOn Celebrity chef cooking event. 1-3 pm. Free. Terminal Bldg S Atrium, 207 Queens Quay W. qclub@terminal.com. stOrM Film screening and discussion on human rights in Europe with Mark Kingwell. 4:30 pm. Free. Royal Cinema, 608 College. goethe. de/toronto. rthis is silly! Illustrator/toy designer Gary Taxali signs his new children’s book. 2 pm. Free. Indigo Books, 55 Bloor W. chapters. indigo.ca. 3d fOr real Stereoscopic 3D workshop for documentary filmmakers. Today and tomorrow 9 am-5:30 pm. $100. NFB Mediatheque, 150 John. Register 3dforreal.eventbrite.com. Westend stOries Evening of storytelling. 7-9 pm. Free. River Trading Company, 1418 Queen W. 647-295-5900.

Sunday, November 28

Benefits

pm. Free w/ admission. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. BruCe trail at sPeyside Bus trip for a hike with Toronto Bruce Trail Club. 9 am. $23. Clarence Square, Spadina S of King. torontobrucetrailclub.org. rfunday sunday – hadassah Bazaar Performances by Doo Doo the Clown, a skateboard challenge, clothing market and more. 9 am-5 pm. $12, child $8. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. fundaysunday.ca. green neighBOurs 21 eCO-energy fair See the latest in draft-proofing, insulation, efficient furnaces, solar solutions and more. 1-4 pm. Free. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. pantze@yorku.ca. grey CuP Party Performance work by artist David Frankovich. 6:30 pm. Free. Drake, 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042.

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activism in Toronto. 2-5 pm. Donation. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. 647-726-9500. rWhy dO things sPin and fly? Activities for kids six to 12. 3-4 pm. Free. Macleod Auditorium, 1 King’s College Circle. 416-977-2983.

Monday, November 29

Benefits

COve guardian fundraiser (Sea Shepherd

Conservation Soc) Music by Little Winter, Dyniss and others plus an art auction. 6:3011:30 pm. $5. Supermarket, 268 Augusta. 416840-0501. heart & MusiC (Teal Heart Scholarship Fund for Ovarian Cancer Research) Music by Alana Bridgewater, Ma-Anne Dionisio and others. 6-11 pm. $41-$99. Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge. heartandmusic.com. rising frOM rOses (North York Women’s Shelter) Evening of art and action to end violence against women. 7-9 pm. $10 or pwyc. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. t.O. yOur MO (Prostate Cancer Canada) Movember student wrap party with BF Soul and the Crash Bang Booms. 8 pm-12:30 am. $10. El Mocambo, 464 Spadina. toyourmovember. com.

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rhullaBalOO (Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People) Performance of A Year With Frog And Toad, auctions and more. 12:30-4:30 pm. $100, child $50. Lorraine Kimsa Theatre, 165 Front E. 416-363-5131 ext 238. niCk drake triBute night (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) Performances by Emm Gryner, Stephen Fearing, Mary Margaret O’Hara and others. 7 pm. $35. Trinity St Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor W. ticketpro.ca.

Talk and discussion led by Noel Sturgeon. 4-6 pm. Free. Munk School, rm 108N, 1 Devonshire. csus@utoronto.ca. Buildings in COntext Architectural talk with professors Sheila Bonde and Clark Maines. 4:30 pm. Free. University College, rm 140, 15 King’s College Circle. 416-978-3160.

geOrge saWa, suzanne Myers-saWa & MiChael franklin Musical exploration of con-

nections and intersections among Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Noon1:30 pm. $30, stu/srs $25 (bag lunch included). Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park. Preregister gardiermuseum.on.ca.

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turing an interactive webcast conversation with Stephen Lewis. 8 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. Pre-register office@ stephenlewisfoundation.org. the MisanthrOPe Talk on the Molière play by Tarragon Theatre’s Andrew Lamb. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-395-5577. nextMedia Digital media event wth speakers including Facebook Canada managing director Jordan Banks, workshops and more. Today 9 am-5:30 pm; tomorrow 8:30 am-6 pm. $150 and up. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. Pre-register nextmediaevents.com/toronto. POst a letter sOCial aCtivity CluB Letterwriting gathering. 7-11 pm. Pwyc stamps and stationary. Naco Gallery Cafe, 1665 Dundas W. 647-347-6499.

PuBliC-seCtOr uniOnisM, austerity and the left Teach-in with Canadian labour analyst

Sam Gindin. 3 pm. Free. York U Student Centre, rm 321, 4700 Keele. opirg.org. rOBert lantOs The film director talks and shows clips from Barney’s Vision. 7:30 pm. $37. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-366-7723. WOMen in MythOlOgy/fairy tales Feminist reading circle. 6:30-8:30 pm. Free. Centre for Women Studies in Education, rm 2-225, 252 Bloor W. cwse.oise@gmail.com.

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ONE OF A KIND CHRISTMAS

Toronto’s annual explosion of handmade gifts has more than 800 artisans selling their creations, at the Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place, from November 25 to December 5. www.oneofakind.com

OPEN DOOR

The Open Door Festival of Music includes Ron Sexsmith, Kinnie Starr, and Madison Violet, with proceeds going to the Red Door Family Shelter, November 24 at the Mod Club, 722 College. www.opendoorfestival.com

CAVALCADE OF LIGHTS

The lighting of Toronto’s official Christmas tree is celebrated with fireworks, ice skating, and live performances by Divine Brown, Shawn Desman and Sarah Slean, November 27 at Nathan Phillips Square. www.toronto.ca/cavalcade

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Counts) NOW Talk with the Good Brothers and Dan Hill, hosted by entertainment editor Susan G Cole. 6:30 pm. $5. NOW Lounge, 189 Church. nowtoronto.com.

MARGARET ATWOOD/JOY FIELDING/KAREN CONNELLY (Read for the Cure) Reading. 6:30 pm. $85. Liberty Grand, Exhibition Place. readforthecure.ca.

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BENT TREATS Evening of queer expressions

with a panel discussion about sex featuring Dana Shaw, David Findlay and others. 8-10 pm. Pwyc ($5 sugg). O’Grady’s, 518 Church. themarsbar.com. BREAKING THE SILENCE Screening and talk on the international war crimes tribunal on Japanese military sexual slavery. Noon. Free. Centre for Women’s Studies in Education, rm 2-227, 252 Bloor W. cwse@utoronto.ca.

BREAKING THE SILENCE: VETERANS’ UNTOLD STORIES FROM THE GREAT WAR TO AFGHANISTAN Presentation by author Ted Barris. 7:30

pm. Free. S Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park. 416-429-7821.

HALF THE KINGDOM: THE NEXT GENERATION

Film screening and reunion of film participants including Michelle Landsberg and rabbi Elyse Goldstein. 6 pm. $20. Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor W. 416-516-2330. LET’S TALK AIDS Student-led discussion about combatting HIV/AIDS. 5-7 pm. Donation. Medical Sciences Bldg, rm 3153, 1 King’s College Circle. cih.utoronto.ca. NUIT BLANCHE Info session for potential artists on how to participate. 6-9 pm. Free. City Hall Committee Rm 2, Queen and Bay. scotiabanknuitblanche.ca.

ance of the Marcia Johnson play adapted from the novel. 7 pm. $20. Theatre Direct, 76 Wychwood. 416-537-4191 ext 224. INJUSTICE SPEAKS (Assoc in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted) Cocktails and a talk by Omar Khadr’s Canadian lawyer Dennis Edney. 5-7 pm. $100. Arcadian Court, Simpson Tower, 401 Bay. 416-504-7500 ext 221, aidwyc.org. SHOWCASE PARTY (Angiosarcoma research) Performances by Jamie Flegg, Lewis Moorman and You Vs Me. 9 pm. $6. Horseshoe, 368 Queen W. 416-598-4753. VOICES OF HOPE (Casey House) World AIDS Day concert with the Nylons and Dr Draw, drag performer Christian Jeffries and others. 7-8:15 pm. Donation ($20 sugg). Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen E. caseyhouse.com.

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Former British PM Tony Blair is coming to town to debate religion with fellow Iraq war booster Christopher Hitchens, and the Toronto Coalition to Stop the War is preparing a little “reception.” In an action called Blair Lied. Iraqis Died., activists will highlight the ex-PM’s weapons of mass destruction obfuscations. Remember all that? A British inquiry is currently investigating. The rally takes place Friday (November 26), 5:30 pm, outside Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. nowar.ca.

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KATHY BUCKWORTH The author talks to women about dealing with the daily grind. 6-9 pm. $20. Urban Barn, 275 King E. blissfulbits. eventbrite.com. CLIMBING KILIMANJARO Travel talk. 6:30 pm. Free. Adventure Travel, 408 King W. Pre-register toronto@atcadventure.com. CONDOM-STUFFING PARTY Volunteer to help combat HIV/AIDS. 5:30-8 pm. Free. AIDS Committee of Toronto, 399 Church. 416-340-8434 ext 254. ENTREPRENEURSHIP 101 Class on the nuts and bolts of starting a business. 5:30-6:30 pm. Free. MaRS Auditorium, 101 College. Pre-register marsdd.com/ent101. OWNING AFRICA Panel discussion with journalist Doug Saunders, Globe And Mail European bureau chief John Schram and others. 7 pm. $12. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. rom/on/ca. SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE WITH A DRAG QUEEN Dance competition starring YURA. 9

pm. Free. Crews/Tango, 508 Church. 416-9721662. THIS WORKSHOP IS BROKEN Workshop with ORGANIC GARDENING AND PERMACULTURE musician/journalist Stuart Berman. 7 pm. Free. Presentation and discussion with mushroom Danforth/Coxwell Library, 1675 Danforth. farmer Bruno Pretti. 7-9 pm. $20-$30. Friends torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com. Meeting House, 60 Lowther. Pre-register 11/15/10 9.833x5.562-2010.qxd:ExpoAd 12:32 PM Page 1 TORONTO BABEL Practice a new language gardenjane.com. and meet people from around the globe. 7:30 pm. Free. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. torontobabel.com. U OF T WORLD AIDS DAY 2010 CondomBINTI’S JOURNEY (World AIDS Day) Performdecorating, a photo exhibit, research expo,

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OCAP’S CASH CALL

Sure, they’re annoying, but imagine what we’d lose if the Ontario Coalipanel discussion and the largest humanmade red ribbon. 9 am-3 pm. Free. Health Sciences Bldg (155 College), Hart House (7 Hart House Circle), Back Campus Field. cih. utoronto.ca.

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ARTIST PROOF SALE & OPEN HOUSE (Open Studio) Print studio fundraiser with printmaking demos and a sale. 6-9 pm. Pwyc (sugg $10). Open Studio Gallery, 401 Richmond W. 416504-8238. COUNTDOWN TO ZERO (Seriously, Time to Stop Education Program) Film screening. 7 pm. $10,

tion Against Poverty weren’t out and about agitating on behalf of the poor. On Saturday (November 27), the org celebrates its 20th anniversary with a community dinner, music, toasts and roasts. OCAP is fiercely independent and needs funds to carry on its noisy mission, so the entrance fee is $100, but the sliding stu $5 or pwyc. Revue, 400 Roncesvalles. 416532-5697.

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(PEN Canada/Toronto Public Library Fdn) Ondaatje quizzes Wachtel on 20 years of CBC Radio’s Writers & Company. 7 pm. Price tba. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-395-5577. SUPPORT, DON’T DEPORT (U.S. War Resisters) Mr. Rick & the Biscuits, Darren Eedens and others. 8:30 pm. $30, adv $25. Prohibition Gastropub, 696 Queen E. thejamblog.com. ’TIS THE SEASON CABARET (Toronto Youth Theatre) Sneak previews of upcoming shows. 7 pm. $20. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. torontoyouththeatre.org. WAR RESISTERS CONCERT (War Resisters Support Campaign) Music by Jon Brooks and a talk

scale starts at $0. 6:30 pm. Cecil Street Community Centre, 58 Cecil. ocap.ca.

NATIVE LAND ON THE BLOCK

As part of Indigenous Sovereignty Week, Defenders of the Land hosts a panel on Privatization Of Reserve Land And The Threat To Aboriginal Title – a reference to the attempt by Tory-friendly forces to push a rethink of native communities. Participants include Arthur Manuel, former chief of the Neskonlith First Nation, and Armand Mackenzie, Innu lawyer for the Council of Nitassinan, and others. Tonight (Thursday, November 25), 7 pm. Free. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. defendersoftheland.org. by Iraq war resister Jeremy Hinzman. 8 pm. $20 or pwyc. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307.

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Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 Should you rely on

hard facts or soft feelings? Would it be advisable to trust your tried-and-true medicine or else a potion brewed from the tongue of a snake, the feather of a crow and a mandrake root? Can you get better results by mingling with staunch allies or with rebel upstarts who have a knack for shaking things up? Only you can decide on these matters, Aries. My opinion? You’ll probably generate more interesting developments by going with the feelings, the mandrake root and the upstarts.

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 “We cannot have any unmixed emotions,” said poet William Butler Yeats. “There is always something in our enemy that we like, and something in our sweetheart that we dislike.” I hope that’s OK with you, Taurus. In fact I hope you regard that as a peculiar blessing – as one of the half-maddening,

half-inspiring perks of life on earth. The fact is, as I see it, that you are in the thick of the Season of Mixed Emotions. The more graciously you accept that – the more you invite it to hone your soul’s intelligence – the better able you’ll be to capitalize on the rich and fertile contradictions that are headed your way.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 Louisiana porn

star Stormy Daniels considered running for a U.S. Senate seat in 2010, although she eventually dropped out because it was too expensive. I admired one of her campaign strategies: She went on a “listening tour,” travelling around her state to hear what potential constituents might want to tell her. I encourage you to embark on your own listening tour in the coming weeks, Gemini. It will be prime time for you to find out about everything you don’t even realize you need to know. Adopt a mode of maximum receptivity as

thing she does through the lens of her horoscope. Now I urge you to do what I’ve just done, Cancerian: Express your appreciation for something in your life that provides beauty and power, even as you also critique its downsides.

Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 Bees pollinate apples. you ask a lot of questions. Wipe your mind clean of assumptions so you can get all of the benefits possible from being innocent and curious.

CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 I love astrology. It excites my imagination and helps ensure that my relationship with the world is never too literal or prosaic. It anchors me in the paradoxical insight that although many things are out of my control, I have huge amounts of free will. My study of the mysterious meanings of planetary omens provides guidance, keeps me humble and is a constant reminder that poetry provides an understanding of reality that’s as useful as science. On the other hand, astrology sometimes feels oppressive. I don’t like any system, even one as interesting as astrology, to come between me and the raw truth about reality. I aspire to see the actual person who’s in front of me, not be interpreting every-

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Butterflies perform the same service for lilies and moths do it for tobacco. Horse chestnut requires the help of hummingbirds to pollinate, wild ginger needs flies, and oak trees depend on the wind. The world’s largest flower, the rafflesia, can be pollinated by elephants’ eyebrows as the beasts use their trunks to search for nectar. My point is that in the natural world, fertilization is species-specific. Bees don’t pollinate lilies and butterflies don’t pollinate horse chestnut. A similar principle holds true for you, Leo. Can you name the influences that fertilize you? Now’s a good time to get very clear about that, and then seek out a more focused connection with those influences.

VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 Native Americans

took care of the land better than the white people who appropriated it, but they were by no means masters of sustainability. Recent research reveals they had a sizable carbon footprint, pumping lots of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as they cleared and burned forests. (More info at tinyurl.com/NativeCarbon.) Taking a cue from that little shock, I’m encouraging you to see if there are aspects of your personal past that should be reinterpreted. The astrological omens suggest that you’d be wise to revise some of the stories you tell about what happened to you way back when.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 British engineer John Reid wants to translate dolphins’ speech into human language. For years, he has been working on the Cymascope, a machine that will help him analyze the basic patterns of dolphin grammar and vocabulary. I encourage you to be inspired by his efforts, Libra. It is now an excellent time for you to devote your ingenuity to improving the way you communicate with alien species like black sheep, fallen angels, feral mavericks, your mother-inlaw, odd ducks, co-workers who resemble raccoons and bears, and zombies who don’t share your political views. sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 An African prov-

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erb says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” I think that sums up the choice you have before you. There is something to be said for going fast; it may be that you can get as far as you need to go by starting immediately and speeding along by yourself. On the other hand, the distance you have to cover may be beyond your ability to estimate in the early days. If you think that’s the case, you might want to opt for the slower-paced power of a joint operation.

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ment with Your Self-Image Week – a time when it would be invigorating to shift and play with your identity. During this reinvention phase, you might find you can change yourself on the inside simply by rearranging yourself on the outside. So have fun wearing clothes you’ve never donned before. Entertain yourself with a new hairstyle. Speak in foreign accents or use words you don’t usually utter. Amuse yourself with a variety of novel approaches to walking, laughing, gesticulating and moving your face. Think of your persona as a work of art that you love to tinker with.

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 “It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t,” said physician James Gordon. “It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.” That’s why you may soon appear to the casual observer, Capricorn, as someone who’s able to call on enormous reserves of willpower. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you are now more amenable to change than you’ve been in a long time. In fact, I suspect that in the coming weeks you’ll be willing and even eager to initiate transformations that seem heroic to people who are addicted to the status quo. AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 All belief

systems, ideologies, philosophies and religions are mostly wrong, even though many of them have chunks of useful information that contribute to the common good. Said another way, absolutely no one has the whole truth, but pretty much everyone has a part of the truth. Now it so happens, Aquarius, that your little fraction of ultimate wisdom is currently clearer and stronger than usual. That makes you especially valuable to your gang, family or tribe. It doesn’t mean you should be the supreme arbiter of correct thinking forever, but it does suggest that right now you should exert extra leadership with forceful grace.

pisCes Feb 19| Mar 20 Think back over the

course of your life and identify any worthy ambitions that got irretrievably blocked or frustrated or squandered. Once you’ve named those lost chances, do a ritual in which you completely let go of them. As much as possible, give up all regrets. Flush the sadness. Forgive anyone who interfered. Wipe the slate clean. Only by doing this can you open the way to an opportunity that’s lurking just outside your awareness. And what exactly is that opportunity? Even if I told you, you wouldn’t know what I was talking about. Your ability to find it requires you to do the preliminary work of purging your remorse for missed opportunities.

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Too much or too little time in Nodland can affect well-being By elizaBeth Bromstein i’m one of those people who can’t get by on less than eight hours’ sleep a night. But I know there are some who happily go about day after day on a mere four or five. So they claim, at least.

Nevertheless, there sure is a heap of stuff on offer for insomnia sufferers. Besides over-the-counter and prescription meds, you can try supplements, yoga, meditation, recordings of humpback whales, lavender

pillows, white noise, hot milk and good old booze. But how hard should we work to get our shut-eye? And how dangerous is it to catch too many Zs or not enough?

What the experts say “In a review of several studies, we found that sleep plays a major role in the consolidation of emotional memories rather than neutral ones. Sleep seems to help us select out the parts of our memories we should hold onto in the long run. Your sleeping brain seems to be making calculations as to what’s important to remember. How it’s doing that we don’t know. I’m comfortable saying that the implications of this research are that if you lose sleep you’re shortchanging your ability to remember things in the long run.” JESSICA PAYNE, professor of psychology, U of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana “We followed 69,000-plus nurses for 20 years and examined the relationship between reported sleep duration and incidence of stroke. We found an increased risk of stroke in women with

the highest sleep durations – 10 hours and longer. One explanation may be that there is an underlying unmeasured factor that influences both risk of stroke and the tendency toward longer sleep. Other studies have found risk at the lower end for other outcomes like heart disease and diabetes, but we did not find an increased risk of stroke in our low-sleep groups.” ALAN FLINT, research scientist, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston “The prevalence of major depression has been increasing, and we know that people have been exposed to increasingly elevated amounts of artificial light at night. We wanted to see if we could link these two. We exposed hamsters to either a standard light-dark cycle where they had total darkness at night or to a dim light cycle so they had

a dim light during the nighttime. We tested them for depression-like behaviours. Hamsters living with the dim light at night showed more depression-like behaviour. We also looked at the hippocampus and found changes to the cells. It’s possible that the same things are going on in humans. We suspect exposure to light at night suppresses the secretion of the hormone melatonin, which has anti-depressant properties.” TRACY BEDROSIAN, doctoral student, neuroscience, Ohio State U, Columbus “Statistically, seven to eight hours is associated with the lowest risk of ill health. But there is a tremendous range. Some people sleep four to five hours and are perfectly healthy. The long sleepers may regularly sleep nine or 10 hours a night. There’s nothing

wrong with them. One of the best tests is how you feel the next day. It’s mostly thoughts that keep people awake. You need to interrupt what’s going on in your head. I suggest reading. It occupies your mind, tires your eyes and allows the sleep system to engage.” EVA LIBMAN, Department of Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal “People at the lower extremes of sleep duration have higher levels of inflammatory markers C-reactive protein (CRP), IL- 6 and fibrinogen. Studies show that higher levels of CRP are associated with increased cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. So we think that CRP alone is an independent risk factor for heart disease. We know inflammation is a driver of cardiovascular disease. The question we were asking was, if sleep

has been shown to be related to cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality, is a higher level of inflammation from poor sleep one of the mediators of that relationship?” ALANNA MORRIS, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta “Sleep is related to hypertension, type 2 diabetes, obesity, cancer, skin problems. Deprivation has serious consequences: Our reaction time slows. We can be anxious and clinically depressed. It has tremendous consequences for cognitive processing. Some things will allow you to sleep less. Going to bed and getting up at the same time, including weekends, will lessen your need for sleep.” JAMES MAAS, professor of psychology, Cornell U, author, Power Sleep and Sleep For Success!, Ithaca, New York 3

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strategically placed tweets on opening night and there are lineups out the door. No wonder so many startups hire social network coordinators before cooks. Build that buzz, baby! That’s not to imply that Woodlot is purely an exercise in hype. Simply put in 140 characters or less, Woodlot is one of the most innovative nosheries to open locally since the Black Hoof made loving offal lawful. But first, the gorgeous two-storey space itself, a one-time garage transformed into a sophisticated supper club by night, a more casual bakery and coffee bar by day. From the upper-level dining room, a dozen or so coveted candlelit tables overlook a ragtag kitchen and a woodburning stove the size of a small igloo that not only warms the room but also cooks virtually everything on coowner chef David Haman’s two fourcourse cards, one vegetarian, the

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Rating : NNNNN WHERE: Niagara Peninsula WHY: If I were to awake on the morning of December 25 and find this awaiting me under our glittering silver metallic tree, the one that looks like Gaga going undercover as a Great Pyramid, much cheer would pervade. Nervy strains of acidity and minerality discipline the wine’s opulent creamy, honeyed qualities. Contrast this to the price of French or California Chardonnays of equal quality and your inner Scrooge will rejoice. PRICE: 750 ml/$35.20 AVAILABILITY: At selected Vintages outlets (product #68817) 3 drinks@nowtoronto.com

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1033 Bay, at Irwin, 416-923-8784, crownprincessfinedining.com. Sister of the equally OTT Crown Prince in Scarborough, this opulent Chinese dining room – think Versace does Versailles – may be pricey at dinner but offers substantial value earlier in the day, especially before 11 am, when most dim sum dishes are only $3.10. Servers in French maid costumes and Strauss waltzes on the soundsystem only add to the luxury. Best: translucently wrapped dumplings stuffed with chopped scallops;

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1376 Queen W, at Brock, 416-5328191. Dick and Suzanne Bacchus escape the Restaurant Makeover curse with a luxe new space – banquettes! upside-down lampshade chandeliers! – and its ecclectic veggie-friendly card intact. Save room for dessert! Best: unorthodox made-to-order roti combos like curried shrimp with squash, spinach and cheese; tender butter chicken in minimal sauce with curried potato and chickpeas; vegan green beans, squash and spinach, all on lightly grilled whole wheat paratha; to side, skinny sweet potato frites or retro creamy coleslaw; to finish, insanely rich peanut butter cookies; old-fashioned strudel-like currant roles; layered spice cake topped with sticky caramel pudding; to take home, roti skins and jars of X-rated hot sauce. Complete meals for $20 per person, including all taxes, tip and a Moosehead. Average main $10. Open Tuesday to Saturday 11 am to 9 pm. Closed Sunday, Monday, holidays. Licensed. Access: barrier-free. Rating: nnnn

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330 King W, at John, 647-288-4710, oliverbonacini.com. Oliver and Bonacini (Canoe, Jump, Auberge et al.) certainly know how to give the public exactly what it wants, here a moderately priced all-day café on the first floor of the new TIFF tower. A quintessentially Toronto view from the wraparound streetside patio and inexpensive breakfast sandwiches to go make up for sometimes robotically cheerful service. Best: at breakfast, Thuet-calibre croissants stuffed with maple-smoked back bacon, sunny-side-up eggs and Canadian cheddar with tangy house-made ketchup; from midday, Thai coleslaw in sweet nam prik vinaigrette; heirloom beet salad with hazelnuts and tarragon; perfunctory grilled flank steak with terrific Parmesan-dusted frites. Complete lunches for $25 per person (breakfasts $20/dinners $40), including all taxes, tip and unlimited sparkling Q water. Average main $10/$18. Open for breakfast weekdays 7 am to 10 am, weekends and holidays 8 am to 2 pm; lunch and dinner weekdays from 11 am till close, weekends from 3 pm till close. Licensed. Access: barrier-free. Rating: nnn

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1285 Bloor W, at Lansdowne, 416-5302999, thebloordalepantry.com. Despite its somewhat chi-chi handle, Rose Guarnieri and ex-Bodega and the Fifth sous Anthony Menna’s west-side luncheonette sticks to its diner roots, its vintage diner decor intact. A short all-day card updates the classics with local ingredients and expert plating. Best: Banquet Burgers, 6 filler-free ounces of lean chuck on a whole wheat bun dressed with bacon, cheddar, lettuce, tomato and pickles, sided with hand-cut Yukon Gold fries and peppery slaw; multiculti panini like grilled chicken breast, roasted peppers, sautéed onions, wilted spinach and mozzarella on pressed Italian ciabatta from Portuguese bakery Paris; pumpkin pancakes with maple whipped cream; fresh-pressed cranberry apple cider. Complete meals for $25 per person, including all taxes, tip and a domestic beer. Average main $13. Open Tuesday to Friday 8:30 am to 10 pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 10 pm, brunch till 3 pm. Closed Monday, holidays. No reservations. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: nnn

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3116, akramsshoppe.com. Now reopened after a lengthy renovation, this Middle Eastern grocery store/self-serve café in Kensington Market specializes in healthconscious salads and wraps at prices the cash-strapped will appreciate. Daily low-fat and vegan-friendly stews sided with salad and rice go for $4.99. Best: made-to-order fava, soy and mung bean falafels in whole wheat pitas spread with tahini and dressed with tomato, parsley, shredded purple cabbage and optional pickled turnip, pomegranate jam and slow-burn hot sauce; specials like chicken biryani stew or chunky vegan chowder with artichoke rice and fatoush salad; soul-warming bowls of vegan lentil soup; whole-wheat-crusted veggie pizza slices topped with zataar-spiked tomato sauce, leafy spinach and crumbled haloumi cheese. Complete meals for $7 per person, including all taxes and a bottle of water. Average main $5. Open Monday to Saturday 11:30 am to 11 pm,

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1056 Gerrard E, at Jones, 416-778-0111, greatburger.ca. Though it might be a clone of Burger Shoppe, Gourmet Burger Company et al, Ted and Mary Koutsogiannopoulos (ex-Joy Bistro, current Church Street Wine Bar) and Jim Grontis (Johnny G’s) know how to deliver quality product. If upscale burger joints are the first sign of gentrification, there goes the neighbourhood! Best: the basic model, 5 ounces of ground naturally raised Cumbrae brisket and chuck on a Brick Street Bakery bun grilled to order and dressed with lettuce, tomato, onion, and mayo – hold the mustard and ketchup; Voodoo burgers topped with guacamole, salsa and optional pickled jalapeños; Danforth-style lamb burgers with red peppers, feta and tzatziki; house-made veggie patties run through the garden; to side, correctly crisp Yukon Gold fries; a proper Greek salad with tangy kalamata olives; avoid doughy onion rings. Complete meals for $15 including all taxes, tip and a soda. Average main $7. Open daily 11 am to 11 pm. Unlicensed. Access: two steps at door, no washrooms. Rating: nnn

the inevitable siu mai upgraded with foiegras-like goose liver mousse and black caviar; classic shrimp har gow and pan-fried turnip cake with Chinese sausage; Chiu Chow dumplings with ground pork, chives and crunchy peanuts; ridiculously tender octopus tentacles in five-spice powder; to finish, perfectly flaky milk custard tarts with birds’ nest; by the pot, Iron Buddha oolong tea. Complete dim sum meals for $20 per person, including all taxes, tip and tea. Open daily for dim sum 9 am to 4 pm, à la carte menu 11 am to 11 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free. Rating: nnnn

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This pantry-print tea towel ($24, Mjölk, 2959 Dundas West, 416-551-9853, mjolk.ca) will catch the eye of the canning-crazed.

Buckle Bennie and Olive’s cougar luggage tag ($18, Labour of Love, 242 Carlton, 416-923-8988, thelabouroflove.ca) to your winter getaway bag.

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Create a handsome custom bow tie ($69$99) for your favourite dandy dresser at Dolbeau.ca. Rizzoli’s MUJI book ($76, Drake General Store, 1144 Queen West, 416531-5042 ext 101, and others, thedrakehotel. ca/dgs) chronicles the rise of the minimalist Japanese lifestyle brand.

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A family vacation in Nova Scotia in a cottage on a cliff overlooking the sea. The cottage was designed by one of Canada’s most talented contemporary architects, Brian MacKay-Lyons. The marriage of the rugged landscape with the clean contemporary architecture accompanied by baa-ing sheep and foghorns was absolutely breathtaking.

Motor-driven, the Silverlit Build-a-Robot can walk, kick objects and dodge obstacles, and features opposable thumbs, which will come in handy when it eventually takes over the world ($49.99, The Source, 777 Bay, 416-586-0826, and others, thesource.ca).

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Mad-for-Marimekko types will love taking tea with this printed pot ($85, Good Egg, 267 Augusta, 416-593-4663, goodegg.ca).

On my last visit to Los Angeles I had the opportunity to meet one of my father’s favourite artists, John Baldessari. I bought the catalogue raisonné of his prints and multiples (from 1971 to 2007) and had him make it out to my dad.

What’s on your list this year?

A kitchen by Italian manufacturer Scavolini (starting at $15,000, Dekla, 1220 Yonge, 416-961-2929, dekla.ca). I saw the Scenery model in black glass at the Eurocucina fair in Milan and fell in love. What better way to bring in a new year than by cooking while surrounded by your friends and STEFANIA YARHI family?

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Zombie-bashing games are everywhere but Dead Rising 2 (Xbox, PS3, PC) shambles to the head of the pack with a fun new co-op mode and the ability to craft esoteric weapons to fight the zombie hordes ($29.99$59.99, Best Buy, 65 Dundas West, 416-642-8321, bestbuy.ca).

Covert Cold War operations are the backdrop for the latest entry in Black Ops, the Call Of Duty (Xbox, PS3, PC) franchise. The multi-player is where it’s at and Black Ops delivers ($29.99-$59.99, Future Shop, 325 Yonge, 416-971-5377, futureshop.ca). It’s hard to resist Fallout New Vegas’s (Xbox, PS3, PC) journey back into the world of Fallout – especially when it’s set against the dirty underbelly of post-nuclear Las Vegas ($59.83, Walmart, 900 Dufferin, 416537-2561, walmart.ca). In Minecraft’s (PC) pixel-friendly world you mine materials to make more materials and then you build stuff. What kinds of stuff? How about a working CPU, a life-size Starship Enterprise or a giant statue of Deadmau5. Intrigued? You should be! ($32, available for download at minecraft.net.). See reviews at nowtoronto.com/games.

Billed as the first real robot for girls, the Bossa Nova Penbo Interactive Penguin Robot walks, dances, chirps, plays games and even lays an egg, out of which comes Bebe, a second robot that both Penbo and your daughter can interact with ($59.99, Robot Shop, robotshop.ca).

Shannon Gerard creates the gift green and not so green thumbs alike can enjoy, a cactus soft sculpture ($80, Magic Pony, 694 Queen West, 416-861-1684, magic-pony.com) for her Plants You Cannot Kill series.

This serving board is made from planks reclaimed from winery barrels ($69.99, Grassroots, 372 Danforth, 416-466-2841, and other, grassrootsstore.com).

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What’s the best gift you’ve ever received?

My sewing machine. It’s an old Singer that was my mom’s. Like everything else I treasure, it came from the trash and was repurposed. It’s still in my parents’ basement in Brazil.

What’s the best gift you’ve ever given?

A ring that I made for my ex. I made it with gold that came from his grandparents, who were jewellers. It was the perfect combination of the past and the future.

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Tanner updates its classic belt ($108, Uncle Otis, 26 Bellair, 416920-2281, uncleotis. com) with a matte black buckle.

Switch up been-theredone-that Breton stripes with Line’s shadow-banded crewneck ($175, Body Blue, 199 Danforth, 416778-7601, and other, bodybluedenimlab.com).

Guys (and handsome gals) don’t always get to indulge in festive footwear, but these plaid Fluevog CBC oxfords ($249.99, Balisi, 711 Queen West, 416-2032388, and others, balisi.com) are seasonally stylish. The Sandalman’s Cory Bernatt doesn’t just breath new life into well-loved leather goods. He’s also created a collection of yoga bags, including vinyl options ($125, One of a Kind Show, booth O-19, Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place, and the Sandalman, 621 Delaware, 416-533-6335, sandalman.com) for limber vegans.

Designed to be small in size and big on entertainment, Apple TV lets you rent HD movies from iTunes and stream photos and music from your computer to TV ($119, Carbon Computing, 772 Queen East, 416-535-1999, carbonation.com).

To encourage your budding inventor to better the world (and make an assload of cash doing it), Horizon FCT H-Racer 2.0 kit teaches how to build and operate a hydrogen fuel cell car ($132.62, Robot Shop, robotshop.ca). Serious pedal pushers can take a seat in Gilbert Vanden Heuvel’s bicycle chair ($500, One of a Kind Show, booth P-38, Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place, oneofakindshow.com).

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Rating: NNNN Hammering rain and breakneck winds didn’t stop fans of Christine Fellows and the Weakerthans’ John Samson from tucking into the Great Hall to see what the Winnipeg power couple can do with a chamber ensemble. Touted as a hipster symphony (which doesn’t do it justice), the six-member Correction Line Ensemble uses snippets from Bartók and Bach, among others, to segue into Samson’s simple folk rock tunes and Fellows’s arty piano pieces, embellishing them with strings, extra voices and percussion. Complex compositions by Brooklyn member/pianist Robert Honstein and stunning marimba-heavy work by local percussionist Ed Reifel (TSO, Tafelmusik) also peppered the two-set concert. It all sounds fairly pretentious on paper – and veered that way when Samson picked up a three-hole punch

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as a prop for a confetti-centric spokenword piece. Yet his from-the-heart lyrics (usually about hockey and love) and Fellows’s joyous singalongs kept everything in check. By the end, we were left swept away by the program’s variety, seamlessness and, most of all, CARLA GILLIS beauty.

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TENSNAKE at Wrongbar Rating: NNNN Hamburg disco-techno whiz kid Tensnake (aka Marco Niemerski) doesn’t see himself as much of a DJ, but you wouldn’t guess that based on his party-rocking performance at Wrongbar’s third-anniversary party. Granted, his use of MIDI controllers and laptop tricks makes his approach closer to a live rather than vinyl-based set. That distinction matters more to the local DJs crowded around the booth than to the partiers on the dance floor, and many of those beatheads were too busy thanking him for

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playing and remixing their tracks to worry about whether his approach was purist enough. After years of clubs being dominated by brutish electro riffs and distorted drums, it was incredibly refreshing to hear kick-ass dance music that revels in musicality and subtlety and gets asses shaking at a fairly relaxed tempo. Niemerski may not have taken the flashiest approach to performance, but when the tunes are this good, who BENJAMIN BOLES cares?

NO AGE with HENRI FABERGE AND HIS NAVY ACADEMY MARCHING BAND, JOHN MILNER YOU’RE SO BOSS and LUCKY DRAGONS at the Great Hall

Rating: NN A trio of disparate local openers gave No Age’s show at the Great Hall the feel of an underground music festival – appropriate considering that the L.A. punk band is synonymous with allages, community-minded fun. Unfortunately, the lineup – a campy marching band, a screamy hardcore group

and an ambient laptop act – proved too incongruous to sustain serious momentum. Coupled with swampy sound and orgiastic rave cave lighting during the headliners’ set, it all made for a surprisingly tedious, impersonal vibe. No Age hit the stage after midnight, ploughing through their songs with aggressive intensity, seemingly indifferent to the deadening effect the cavernous room had on their densely nuanced noise punk. Instead of playing an encore, they headed to Queen West boutique Ruins to play an intimate after-hours set for the tipsy crowd celebrating Bad Day Magazine’s issue launch. After a quick set-up, they did what good punk bands do: got down KEVIN RITCHIE to business.

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BLOODSHOT BILL with BOYS WHO SAY NO and YOUTH CRIME at the Silver Dollar Rating: NNN

We knew there was something odd about rockabilly maniac Bloodshot Bill,

bouncy indie pop band Boys Who Say No and lo-fi garage rockers Youth Crime sharing a bill, so it’s not surprising that it was a non-musical angle that brought them together. Turns out the show was a fundraiser for an independent short film. Judging from the number of 50sinspired outfits and pompadours, most in the crowd were there for Montreal one-man band Bloodshot Bill. Jon Spencer told us recently that Bill is one of the few contemporary acts doing anything interesting and authentic with rockabilly, and we’re inclined to agree. Stomping away on a kick drum and hi-hat while slashing at his battered guitar, he punctuated his singing with bizarre snorts, whinnying and insane cackling. His set sounded a bit like one long, strange song, but he slipped in enough surprisingly tender moments to suggest he’s destined for more than BB 3 novelty status.

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Honouring Nick Drake Folksinger Luke Johnson pays homage to revered late musician By CARLA GILLIS NICK DRAKE TRIBUTE with LUKE JACKSON, EMM GRYNER, STEPHEN FEARING, MARY MARGARET O’HARA , DAVE CELIA , KEVIN KANE and others at Trinity-St. Paul’s Church (427 Bloor West), Sunday (November 28), 7 pm. $35. RT, SB, SS, SSB, TPR.

Tribute nights are a dime a dozen. But when the artist of honour is Nick Drake, well now, the idea takes on a novel twist. British-Canadian folk musician Luke Jackson put together his first one six years ago at the Rivoli, on the 30th anniversary of the revered English singer/songwriter’s death. “I’m not necessarily a huge fan of tribute nights or of covering songs,” explains Jackson. “But Nick Drake is someone who died without playing many shows, and his stuff never gets played live. It’s a very different vibe than, say, a Neil Young or a Beatles night.” That first show featured musicians playing Drake’s three albums in their entirety, plus a screening of the doc A Skin Too Few: The Days Of Nick Drake. Indicating his enduring posthumous popularity, the show completely sold out and raised $2,000 for a breast cancer support centre. For the 35th anniversary of Drake’s death, Jackson upped the ante by commissioning British string arranger Robert Kirby to conduct the eight-piece orchestra that would accompany the performers. Kirby did the strings on Drake’s Five Leaves Left (1969) and Bryter Layter (1970), as well as on Jackson’s recent And Then Some album. Tragically, he died a week before the show was announced. “I was absolutely gutted by his death,” says Jackson. “But also I had been planning this show for a long time and spent a week mournfully dismantling it. As the months went by, people kept saying, ‘You should do the show. Do it as a tribute to Robert.’” A year later, he is. Performers include Jackson, Mary Margaret O’Hara, David Celia, Emm Gryner, Stephen Fearing, Kevin Kane and many others (including a mystery special guest). Gryner is especially excited. “What I love about Nick Drake is that he never conformed even when he wasn’t recognized,” she says. “He was a true artist, making complex and

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beautiful music. His story constantly reminds me that you have no time to waste. You need to live now, live kindly, live boldly.” It’s an outlook Jackson also embraces. His concert is growing to epic proportions. Kirby’s son Henry, who will attend, generously donated the use of his father’s string scores, so the eight-piece orchestra is still intact, conducted by Kevin Fox. Fearing and Kane

will perform two songs with string arrangements Kirby wrote after Drake’s death that were never recorded and have only been performed once before. Jackson’s goal is to raise $20,000, this time for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, a fitting charity considering Drake’s struggles with mental illness. (His death by overdose is considered a probable suicide.) Ultimately, though, the night celebrates an incredible artist gone too soon. “They are fantastic, timeless songs,” Jackson says. “Hearing them performed live is going to be magic.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

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indie rockers with electronic influences snag international fans and a deal with a hip American label (Secretly Canadian) before their hometown (in this case Montreal) catches up. The big difference between Suuns and so many of those disappointing MySpace sensations is that they’re proficient players who’ve built their rep on solid live shows without laptop assistance. Plus, their blend of post-punk and dance music is miles away from what you’re probably imagining. They’re unafraid of classic rock bombast, yet their synth textures avoid overblown electro clichés. Maybe there’s still life in the traditional method of proving yourselves onstage after all. “Is there a better way of doing it?” asks lead vocalist/guitarist Ben Shemie. “I’d like to see what a MySpace band actually sounds like live.” Of course it helps that Suuns’ debut, Zeroes QC, perfectly captures their gritty, minimalist live sound, so there’s little chance of being disappointed if you hear them on record first. It was produced by Besnard Lakes’ Jace Lasek, and the process was quick and straightforward; Suuns aren’t the kind of band who show up to the studio with vague ideas and half-finished songs. “When we did the record, we didn’t track anything that required extra hands to play. It was a bit of a challenge, but when we play live, there’s nothing missing.” Formerly known as Zeroes, the fourpiece had to change its name this summer due to legal problems. It didn’t turn out to be a setback. The newly christened band turned a lot of heads, opening for and acting as Land of Talk’s backing band and getting a head start on most Canadian acts by jumping into American tours before conquering their homeland. Immigration regulations usually make that a tough leap for Canuck indie bands, but Suuns have some genetic advantages at the border. “Three of us have American passports because of our parents,” explains Shemie, “so it’s been so much easier to tour the States. It can be really expensive [getting work visas] otherwise, and you end up losing a ton of money.”

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NOVEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 1 2010 NOW

clubs&concerts MY DARKEST DAYS, BLEEKER RIDGE Opera House doors

8 pm, all ages, $17.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. December 23.

Performing Arts doors 7 pm, $49.50-$85.50. TM. January 22.

ROBYN Rescheduled; original tickets honoured. Sound Academy $tba. 416-461-3625. January 26.

pm, all ages, $30.50-$43.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. February 1.

THIS TUESDAY

JIM BRYSON & THE WEAKERTHANS BAND Lee’s Palace

FUN

doors 9 pm, $17.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. February 4.

BEST COAST, WAVVES, NO JOY Phoenix Concert Theatre doors

6 pm, all ages, $18. HS, RT, SS, TM. February 6.

LINKIN PARK, PENDULUM, DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH? Air Canada Centre doors 7 pm, $43.50-$73.50. TM, UR. February 8. UNDEROATH, THURSDAY, ANIMALS AS LEADERS,

Ticket Index

CZ – CLUB ZONE clubzone.com. HS – HORSESHOE 370 Queen W. 416-598-4753, horseshoetavern.com.

this week How to find a listing

Music listings appear by day, then by genre, then alphabetically by venue. Event names are in italics. See Music Club Index, page 54, for venue address and phone number. = Critics’ pick (highly recommended) ñ 5= Queer night

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

Thursday, November 25 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

BOVINE SEX CLUB Spitfist, Naughty Girls, Hotkid. CADILLAC LOUNGE Donna Ferra. C’EST WHAT Blair Packham (pop) 9:30 pm. CLINTON’S The Roses. CROCODILE ROCK Open Jam Night Thursdays

Sonic Playground 9 pm. GARRISON Donlands & Mortimer, Charlotte Cornfield, THOMAS 9 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Thursday Night Confidential Man Made Hill, Safe Word & Sylvermayne 8 pm. GRAFFITI’S Miracle Whip, Amorak 8 pm. HARD LUCK BAR More English, Poor Young Things. HARLEM Follow Your Instinct Showcase Movement Band, DJ Muziklee Insane. HEMINGWAYS Jan Albert (rock/country/ blues/jazz) 9 pm. THE HIDEOUT A Primitive Evolution, the State of Things, Gobs the Zombie, Hunter Eves (hard rock) doors 9 pm. HMV In-store performance Fran Healy (Travis singer) 6 pm.

THE MOD CLUB - ALL AGES

LEVON HELM, LUCINDA WILLIAMS Ramble On The Road

THIS WEDNESDAY

MELISSA ETHERIDGE, SERENA RYDER Massey Hall doors 7 pm,

DOOMTREE

Massey Hall 8 pm, $54.50-$79.50. RTH, TM. March 4 and 5. $49.50-$99.50. RTH, TM. March 11.

WIRE Lee’s Palace doors 9 pm, $22.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. April 1. ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE, SHILPA RAY & HER HAPPY HOOKERS El Mocambo doors 9 pm, $15. HS, RT, SS, TM. April 8. LYKKE LI Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8 pm, all ages, $27.50. PDR, RT, SS, TW. May 22.

HORSESHOE The Wilderness of Manitoba, Leif Vollebekk, Olenka ñ Krakus 8:30 pm. See preview online at

LOU DAWG’S Mike Constantini 10 pm. LULA LOUNGE David Buchbinder’s Odessa Ha-

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

AQUILA UPSTAIRS Melodius (New Orleans blues) 9 pm. THE BEAN Acoustic Open Stage 7:45 pm. THE BEAN Signe Miranda, Dante Matas & Joel 9 pm. CAMERON HOUSE Patrick Brealey (folk rock/ roots) 6 pm. CAMERON HOUSE Shotgun Wedding Band 10 pm. GLENN GOULD STUDIO Bahamas (folk rock) 8 pm. THE GREAT HALL Joey Wright. HOLY OAK CAFE Anna Linda Siddall, DJ Poor Pilgrim (folk) 9:30 pm. HUGH’S ROOM Katherine Wheatley, Barbara Lynch, John Timmins 8:30 pm. LEE’S PALACE Noams Alk, Black Horse Troop, Madincraft 9:30 pm. THE LOCAL The Stagger Lee’s, Kitgut. LOLA Brian Cober (double slide guitar) 8 pm.

vana (Jewish Cuban world jazz) 9 pm.

MONARCHS PUB Jerome Godboo, Jack De Keyzer, Al Duffy, Gary Taylor.

SMILING BUDDHA The Fish Under The Sea

Dance The McFlys, the Pinheads, Nitemarket 12 & the Starlighters, DJ Tough as Nails 9 pm. SUPERMARKET Album release NessaV (Brazilian hip-hop/R&B/samba/capoeria/maracatu) doors 9 pm. TORONTO CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Lunch At Allen’s Murray McLauchlan, Cindy Church, Marc Jordan, Ian Thomas 8 pm. TOUCHÉ Mistura Fina, Aline Morales (Brazilian music) 10:30 pm. UNDERDOWN PUB Jeff Barnes & Noah Zacharin (blues/folk) 9 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

BACK ALLEY WOODFIRE BBQ & GRILL Textura

(jazz/blues/contemporary) 7:30 pm. BLACK MOON LOUNGE Cuban Havana Night Joaquin Hidalgo Trio (cuban music). CHINA HOUSE The Nancy Walker Quartet, Ted Quinlan 7:30 pm. CLOAK & DAGGER PUB Halfbeat Mishap (jazz) 10 pm. DOMINION ON QUEEN John T Davis (organist) 5:30 pm. DOMINION ON QUEEN Tony Quarrington 8:30 pm. EDWARD JOHNSON BUILDING Music In The Afternoon New Zealand String Quartet, James Campbell, Paul Stewart (clarinet, piano) 1:30 pm.

EDWARD JOHNSON BUILDING MACMILLAN THEATRE Hansel And Gretel U of T Opera Division

7:30 pm.

FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS RICHARD BRADSHAW ñ AMPHITHEATRE Cuban Contradanzas Jane

Bunnett, Hilario Durán (flute/soprano sax) noon to 1 pm. GALLERY 345 F&M (singer/songwriters) 8 pm. GATE 403 Julian Cleveland Jazz Band 5 pm. GATE 403 Cyndi Carleton Jazz & Swing Band 9 pm. GEORGE’S PLAY Kendall (piano) 5 to 8 pm.5 LA MAQUETTE DeVaughn David 6:30-9:30 pm. METROPOLITAN UNITED CHURCH Noon At Met Senan Whelan (organ) 12:15 to 12:45 pm. OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR Thursdays With John Sherwood 7:30 pm.

FEATURING/ P.O.S & DESSA WEDNESDAY DEC 1 SNEAKY DEE’S ON SALE NOW

BRIAN WILSON Massey Hall 7:30 pm, $55-$85. RTH, TM. June 18. RTH – ROY THOMSON HALL/GLENN GOULD/MASSEY HALL 60 Simcoe/250 Front W. 416-872-4255, roythomson.com. SB – SHANTI BABA 546 Queen W. 416-504-5034. SB – SONIC BOOM 512 Bloor W. 416-532-0334, sonicboommusic.com. SS – SOUNDSCAPES 572 College. 416-537-1620, soundscapesmusic.com.

W/ STEEL TRAIN & THE POSTELLES TUESDAY NOV 30

A SKYLIT DRIVE Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 6:30 pm, all ages, $23. HS, RT, SS, TM. February 13.

LN – LIVE NATION livenation.com. PDR – PLAY DE RECORD 357 Yonge. 416-586-0380, playderecord.com. RCM – ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC 273 Bloor W. 416-408-0208, rcmusic.ca. RT – ROTATE THIS 801 Queen W. 416-504-8447, rotate.com.

nowtoronto.com/music. LI’LY Real Funk, Come Get It! Chris Rouse & the Arousal (R&B/funk/soul) 9 pm. MITZI’S SISTER Charge of the Light Brigade. THE PAINTED LADY Picturesound (Brit invasion/madchester/pop noir) 9 pm. PROJECT 165 A Nice Evening With Friends Pat Le Poidevin, Dog Is Blue, Tiny Mountains doors 8 pm. RANCHO RELAXO Zores, Paper Maps, Mooseblood. REVUE CINEMA Naked Frames 4: Hot Animation & Music Video Series Gentleman Reg 9 pm. RIVOLI The Beat Lounge 9:30 pm. ROC N DOC’S Druckfarben Jam (rock) 9 pm. SILVER DOLLAR Suburban Smith, the Steve Murphy Band, Eric Mattei & the Lonely Commotion doors 8:30 pm. SLACK’S Caitlin Burgess, Whoa Nellie, Elana Harte 8 pm. SNEAKY DEE’S Manitoba Music Showcase Imaginary Cities, Royal Canoe, the Lytics, Del Barber doors 8 pm. SOUND ACADEMY Saga 8 pm. UNDERGROUND GARAGE The Strangers. THE WILSON 96 Smantha Martin & the Haggard (roots/rock) 9 pm.

LET THE CHILDREN DIE: THE FUNERAL

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W/ MUNESHINE & 9TH UNO SATURDAY NOV 27

ROBERT PLANT & THE BAND OF JOY, NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS Sony Centre for the

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THIS SATURDAY

HAUSCHKA

TM – TICKETMASTER 416-870-8000, ticketmaster.ca. TMA – TICKETMASTER ARTSLINE 416-872-1111, ticketmaster.ca. TW – TICKETWEB ticketweb.ca. TWIN – TICKET WINDOW 1-877-700-3130, ticketwindow.ca. WT – WANT TICKETS wanttickets.com.

TUESDAY JAN 18

THE PADDOCK Jake Wilkinson Quartet 10 pm. REPOSADO The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). REX Kevin Quain 6:30 pm. REX John Escreet Quartet w/ Dave Binney

9:30 pm.

ROY THOMSON HALL Beethoven Symphony 8

Toronto Symphony Orchestra 8 pm. TRANE STUDIO Santerias & Rakakkat 8 pm. WINCHESTER STREET THEATRE Masque Of The Muses Teri Dunn, Margaret Gay, Kathleen Kajioka, Alison Melville and others 8 pm.

YORK UNIVERSITY ACCOLADE EAST BLDG TRIBUTE COMMUNITIES RECITAL HALL York Univer-

ON SALE NOW

BUKE & GASS W/ TALK NORMAL & DOLDRUMS SATURDAY DEC 4

sity Symphony Orchestra 7:30 pm.

SNEAKY DEE’S

YORK UNIVERSITY ACCOLADE EAST BLDG MARTIN FAMILY LOUNGE Music @ Midday R&B En-

ON SALE NOW

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

BUN B

semble 12:30 to 1:30 pm.

ANDY POOLHALL Burner Thursdays Barletta,

Paul David (house/electro/rock) 10 pm. CAMP 4 Switched On DJs Jaime Sin, Pammm (90s indie rock) 10 pm. CENTURY ROOM Fam Glam Crunch (house/ hip-hop/club anthems) doors 10 pm. CHEVAL Brand’d Thursdays Monsieur Cedric. COBRA LOUNGE Funkagenda Manzone & Strong, Adam Kyron, Joee Cons. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND The Mole, Nacho Lovers, Noah Pred doors 9 pm. ETON HOUSE DJ Phil (top 40s) 9 pm. GOODHANDY’S Wall To Wall T-Girls DJ T Klinck doors 8 pm.5 INSOMNIA Martini Madness DJ Ron Jon (funk/ soul/house). LA PERLA Soft Focus DJ Lauren Wilkins (lo-fi/ post punk/psych-funk). SAMOVAR All That Salsa DJ Hector 5 pm till midnight. TATTOO ROCK PARLOUR Retro Dance Party DJ Lazarus 11 pm. THIS IS LONDON Give A Night 2010: Benefit for Stephen Lewis Foundation and Dignitas International 8 pm.

Friday, November 26 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

BAR ITALIA Shugga (funk) 9:30 pm. BOVINE SEX CLUB The Creeps, Victim Party, Drunk Hussy.

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W/ MICKEY FACTZ SUNDAY DEC 12 THE OPERA HOUSE

ON SALE NOW

CHROMEO

W/ THE SUZAN & MNDR SATURDAY JAN 22 THE OPERA HOUSE FRIDAY JANUARY 14

BOB SAGET

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CADILLAC LOUNGE 20th Anniversary The Royal Crowns doors 9 pm. ETON HOUSE Turning Point 9 pm. THE GARRISON Quest for Fire, Saffron Sect, Blood Ceremony, Pony Da Look. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Hot August Knights: Live Neil Diamond Experience 7 pm. GRAFFITI’S Rocking For Sick Kids Paul Martin (classic covers) 5 to 7 pm. HARD LUCK BAR DC Music Showcase Central Blvd, Zpittz, Monkey Monroe, 20 Amp Sound Child, Caught Off Guard. HARD LUCK BAR BUNKER Mediocre, Frenemy, July, Oh, the Scenery, Thief Dialect, Goldieluxx. HEMINGWAYS Jan Albert (rock/country/ blues/jazz) 10 pm. HIGHWAY 61 SOUTHERN BARBEQUE Dylan Wickens & the Little Naturals 8 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE Sam Cooke Tribute Band 10 pm. HORSESHOE Cuff the Duke, Library Voices, Hoof the Heal (alt country) doors 9 pm. KOOL HAUS Blind Guardian, Holy Grail, Seven Kingdoms doors 7 pm, all ages. LAMBADINA Canadian Independent Music Fridays (open mic/freestyle competition) 9 pm. LEE’S PALACE Lukas Rossi, the Piggot Brothers doors 9 pm. LIVING ARTS CENTRE La Bohème Opera Kitchener 7:30 pm. LOLA Chris Crossroads 8 pm. MASSEY HALL Barenaked Ladies doors 7 pm.

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Knock on Wood Royal Wood overcomes his onstage shyness and learns to open up By JOANNE HUFFA ROYAL WOOD with HANNAH GEORGAS at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (190 Princes’ Boulevard), Friday (November 26), 8 pm. $15-$35. RTH.

Arriving early for his interview in a Toronto coffee shop dressed in the vest, shirt and tie that have become his signifiers, Royal Wood knows the importance of making a good impression. “It’s terrific,” Wood says about life these days. “There’s nothing better than being able to play with my own band behind me.” The introspective singer/songwriter – who describes his younger self as “the one everyone would come to when they had something they wanted to talk about” – graduated from playing tiny venues like the Cameron House to opening for David Gray and Sarah Slean and headlining a twomonth theatre tour, his current order of business. He credits his development as a performer to eight years of playing solo or as a duo. “When I started out, I was silent

when not singing,” he explains. “I’d come to the end of the song and stand there, then eventually mumble, ‘Thank you.’ “But now I like to tell a little story about each song before it starts. It’s important to set songs up, give some background for what they’re about or what I was thinking when I wrote them. I want people to leave with more than they came in with.” Interestingly, Wood’s lyrics have become more intimate and emotionally intense just as he’s begun playing venues where there’s a gap between the stage and seats. On his third album, The Waiting (Maple), his songs examine love in a more direct way, most obviously in the single On Top Of Your Love. “On earlier records, I hid behind a lot of poetic metaphors,” Wood says. “I was talking about real events but trying not to get into specifics. “This is the first time I’ve been so direct in my lyrics. I’m not hiding anything.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

MISSISSAUGA CENTRAL LIBRARY NOEL RYAN AUDITORIUM The Mississauga Official Talent Show 6 to 8 pm.

MITZI’S SISTER Will Crum, the High Tides, SHBTI.

MOD CLUB Fran Healy doors 6 pm. MONARCHS PUB Classic Rock Fridays Michael

Danckert, Kevin Adamson, Danny Lockwood 7 pm. QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE Royal Wood, Hannah Georgas 8 pm. See preview, page 50. RANCHO RELAXO Microbunny, Bulletproof Tiger, Loopsy Dazy. RIVOLI Pop With Brains #29 Secrettes, Chiara Young, Isle of Dogs, R.A.P.E. Tazer, Jimi Maze, Harrigan, the FranDiscos doors 9 pm. ROC N DOC’S Doorsmen (rock) 10 pm. SILVER DOLLAR Suuns, Little Girls, Tezeta doors 9 pm. See preview, page 48. THE SIXTH CD release Good Right Arm Stringband (old time/bluegrass) 7:30 and 10 pm. SONIC BOOM In-store performance Revolvers 8 pm. SOUND ACADEMY Wolf Parade, Ogre You Asshole doors 8 pm, all ages. UNDERGROUND GARAGE Red Light Customers. VELVET UNDERGROUND Sour Diesel doors 7 pm.

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FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

AQUILA UPSTAIRS Layla Zoe (blues) 9 pm. ASPETTA CAFFE Fred Gardiner, Slaves of

We purposely left in things like outside noises and breaths. Sometimes you don’t want the songs to sound perfect. The Wilderness of Manitoba

Read complete story online at nowtoronto.com/music

NOVEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 1 2010 NOW

Rhythm, RYL CDN, Thief in the Night (folk/ rock/indie/alternative) 7 pm. CAMERON HOUSE David Celia (folk/rock) 6 pm. CAMERON HOUSE Kayla Howran 10 pm. GRAFFITI’S The Slocan Ramblers Old Time Country Band. HUGH’S ROOM Heart Of Saturday Night: Tom Waits Tribute Kevin Breit, Burke Carroll & Greg Cockerill, Treasa Levasseur, Ryan Driver Quartet, Harlan Pepper, Alfie Smith, Chris Whiteley & Diana Braithwaite, Ivy Mairi & Anne Bourne 8:30 pm. LOU DAWG’S Paige Armstrong 10 pm. LULA LOUNGE Small World Music Society Wilbur Sargunaraj doors 8 pm. LULA LOUNGE Rosita Stone, Ojos Negros, the Toronto Boys Club, DJ Sol Caliente, DJ Sonico 10 pm. NAPOCA RESTAURANT Sean Pinchin (singer/ songwriter) 7 pm. NOT MY DOG Jen Lane, Amy Campbell, Smokekiller. UNDERDOWN PUB JP & Friends (acoustic blues/jazz) 10 pm. VILLAGE VAPOR LOUNGE Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 9 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DOWNTOWN Vues Du

Saint Laurent Carole Therrien, Yves Léveillée, Alain Bédard (jazz trio) 7:30 pm.

BACK ALLEY WOODFIRE BBQ & GRILL Gram Whitty Trio 7:30 pm. CHALKERS PUB Tony Monaco (jazz) 7 pm. DOMINION ON QUEEN CD release Jorge Gavidia, Sarah Begin Quintet 9 pm. EDWARD JOHNSON BUILDING MACMILLAN THEATRE Hansel And Gretel U of T Opera Division

7:30 pm.

GATE 403 Apres Work Jazz & Blues Linda Carone Jazz Band 5 pm, The Vandelays 9 pm. OLD MILL INN Fridays To Sing About Shannon Butcher Trio 7:30 pm. QUOTES Fridays At Five Dave Caldwell (saxophone) 5 to 8 pm. REX Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. REX Leah State 6:30 pm. REX Run Stop Run 9:45 pm. ROSE THEATRE Adi Braun 8 pm.

ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC KOERNER HALL Royal Conservatory Orchestra 8 pm. SONY CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Bar-

bie At The Symphony Kitchener Waterloo Symphony (Princess movie screenings to classical music scores) 7 pm. TRANE STUDIO The Kahil El Zabar Quartet, the Young Lions of Chicago 8 pm. WATERFALLS Jim Heineman Jazz Trio 6:30 pm. WINCHESTER STREET THEATRE Masque Of The Muses Teri Dunn, Margaret Gay, Kathleen Kajioka, Alison Melville and others 8 pm.

YORK UNIVERSITY SANDRA FAIRE & IVAN FECAN THEATRE What A Time! York University Gospel

Choir 7:30 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

ANNEX WRECKROOM House Party DJ Jasper

(dance/top 40/mashups/90s mixes) 10 pm.

BOAT Yacht Rock. CANADIAN CORPS LEGION HALL Vintage

Cuts: The British Summer Fair General Eclectic (vintage swing DJ party) 10 pm. C’EST WHAT DJ Good Faux (indie/retro rock) 9 pm. CLINTON’S Dance Armstrong: Music For Winners (rock/pop/soul/punk/indie jazz). COBRA LOUNGE The Fix Fridays Hennie V (house/hip-hop/club anthems). DISGRACELAND A Fistful Of Metal DJ Miss Barbrafisch (extreme metal) 9:30 pm. DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE DJ Your Boy Brian doors 10 pm. EMMET RAY BAR DJs Step ‘n Groove (soul/ funk) 10 pm. FLY Dance Camp Megahits! DJ Mark Falco 10 pm.5 FOMO Love & Slap DJs G Spence, DomB (triphop/house) 9 pm. FOOTWORK Sydney Blu doors 10 pm. GEORGE’S PLAY DJ Oscar 11 pm.5 GOODHANDY’S DJ Todd Klinck doors 10:30 pm.5 GUVERNMENT Projek Night Life 5 Andy C, MC Armanni Reign, Mystical Influence, Lush Vs Everfresh doors 10 pm. INSOMNIA DJ Adam Davis (house/breaks). OUR HOUSE BAR Fossil Fridays: Poundhouse 12 Year Anniversary Hali & Rod G, Matrix, Jam IE Watts, Jason Hynes, Paul Hogan. THE PAINTED LADY DJ Phantastik, Anatasia (old school hip-hop/reggae/80s) 10 pm. PARTS & LABOUR Cocksucker Blues DJs Matt, Travis & Richard (rock/punk/glam/disco) 10 pm.5 LA PERLA Bohemian Nites DJ Noloves (funky Latin/jazz). PRESS CLUB Queer Social Holiday Edition – Filthy Cabaret DJs 4est, Mizz Mwah, Peachy Keen 9 pm.5 SUPERMARKET Tear It Like A Ferret! DJ No Big Deal. TERANGA Pop Lobster. THIS IS LONDON Sasha. THRUSH HOLMES EMPIRE Bruno Pronsanto, Alicia Hush, Talal & Zoi, Zaid Edghaim, Cee Cee Cox. THYMELESS Vibes Monthly Ninja Ryders, Typhoon Sound, Louie Don, Reggie Niceness. ULTRA Flock Fridays (mashup).

Saturday, November 27 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

AIR CANADA CENTRE Ozzy Osbourne, Halford doors 6:30 pm.

BLACK SWAN Normal for Once, Jennifer LFO,

Vaughn Passmore. BLUE MOON Bone Trigger. BOVINE SEX CLUB The Mudmen, Chris Colepaugh, the Cosmic Crew. CADILLAC LOUNGE Darker Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd tribute). DC MUSIC THEATRE DC Music Metal Showcase I

Spit on Your Grave, Hardships, Stories from the Weekend, Sinthetik, Gatling and others all ages. DOMINION ON QUEEN Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 4 pm. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Ruins & Relics doors 8 pm. EL MOCAMBO The Unsettlers, Cloven Path Ministries, the Speaking Tongues 10 pm.

GRAFFITI’S Dodge Fiasco (rock) 4 to 7 pm. ñ GRAFFITI’S Russell Leons SSW Night.

HARD LUCK BAR Skull Fist, Heavy Filth, DJ Ian

Killa-Patrick, DJ Sharon Toxic, Toxic Vision Babes (heavy metal covers) 10 pm. HIGHWAY 61 SOUTHERN BARBEQUE CD release party Adam Solomon 8 pm. HORSESHOE D-Sisive, Let the Children Die, the Funeral, KC Roberts & the Live Revolution, Muneshine, 9th uno (funk/hiphop) doors 9 pm. LEE’S PALACE Humber College Music Night Juice, Your New Friends 9:30 pm. LOLA Son of Bronto 8 pm. MILLCREEK RESTAURANT Cancer Bats, the Chariot, Stray From The Path. MITZI’S SISTER The Marvelous Beauhunks,Skaface, Teenage X. MOD CLUB Luke Doucet & the White Falcon, the Beauties doors 7 pm. NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE Cavalcade Of Lights Wade O Brown, Divine Brown, Shawn Desman, Sarah Slean 7 to 10 pm. PARTS & LABOUR Medallions, Mirror Phase, DJ Brian Ireland (dance rock) 10 pm. LA PERLA Album release Ryan Fields, Bob Loblaw. THE PISTON Danny Laj, the Caraways, Paul Emery & the Dickens 10 pm. THE POOR ALEX CD release Royce Birth, Vibrasonic Sessions doors 8:30 pm. THE PORT Rambunctious (horn band party music) 11 pm. REVIVAL CD release The Jimmy Swift Band, the Wax, Scientists of Sound 9 pm. ROC N DOC’S Dan Walek (R&B) 4 pm. ROC N DOC’S Plugged In Phil & John 10 pm. ROY THOMSON HALL Meet The Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra 1:30 & 3:30 pm. SILVER DOLLAR Beekeepers Society, Belgrave, the Old Crowns 10:15 pm. TORONTO UNDERGROUND CINEMA The Ruby Spirit, Heartbeat Hotel, Hands & Teeth.

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FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

AQUILA UPSTAIRS Big Tobacco & the Pickers (country rock) 9 pm.

ASPETTA CAFFE Raptured, Brittany French,

Luke Vajsar, the Dishes (indie/alternative/ techno-rock/pop) 7 pm. CADILLAC LOUNGE Mary & Micky (country) 3:30 pm. CENTRE MATONGE Malage de Lugendo (Congolese music) 10 pm. C’EST WHAT The Starfires (Michael Kaler) (folk rock) 10 pm. CREAM TANGERINE CAFÉ The Acoustics (world/ roots/folk). FREE TIMES CAFÉ Steve Raiken, Marisa Clare 8 pm. GATE 403 Ben Raftus (blues) noon to 3 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Country Saturdays Laura Repo Country Band 7 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE Andy Swan (folk) 7:30 pm. HUGH’S ROOM Old Man Luedecke (banjo). LAMBADINA Ethiopiques Tomas Ewnetu & Meseret Addis, DJ AfroSonic (Afrobeat/disco/ top 40) 11 pm. THE LOCAL Nicaragua Fundraiser. LOU DAWG’S Eric Mattei (acoustic) 10 pm. LULA LOUNGE Salsa Saturday Salsotika, DJ Giovanni Torres (salsa) 10 pm. MASSEY HALL Women’s Blues Revue Alana Bridgewater, Kellylee Evans, Robin Banks and others 8 pm. QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE Benefit Concert For Epilepsy José Feliciano, Margaret Maye 7 pm. REBAS CAFÉ Ania Ziemirska, Bunmi Adeoye 4 to 7 pm. REX Brunch Matinee Danny Marks (blues) noon. SILVER DOLLAR Danny Marks (blues) 6 to 10:15 pm. SOUND ACADEMY Juan Formell Y Los Van Van, Pedrito Calvo (Cuban orchestra) doors 8:30 pm. ST NICHOLAS ANGLICAN CHURCH Acoustic Harvest Garnet Rogers 8 pm. ST PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH An Evening With Lynette: Benefit for Sleeping Children Around The World Cosburn Middle School Band & Choir, Toronto All Stars Steel Orchestra and

others 5 to 7 pm.

TRINITY ST PAUL’S CHURCH Small World Music

Society: Celebrate! Holidays Of The Global Village Chris McKhool, Shannon Thunderbird, Suba Sankaran, Aviva Chernick, Maryem Hassan Tollar and others (family concert) 1 pm. ULTRA Ultra Rio Samba Squad, DJ Aristotle (Brazilian music).

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

519 CHURCH STREET COMMUNITY CENTRE Fa La

La Bazaar Forte – The Toronto Men’s Chorus (chamber choir) 10 am to 3 pm. BACK ALLEY WOODFIRE BBQ & GRILL Denielle Bassels Quintet (jazz/blues/contemporary) 9 pm. CHALKERS PUB Tony Monaco (jazz) 7 pm. CHALKERS PUB Jazz Workshop Tony Monaco (jazz) 2 to 4 pm. DOMINION ON QUEEN Nudie Blues (burlesque) 8 pm. DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE The Ed Vokurka Ensemble (jazz) doors 8 pm.

EDWARD JOHNSON BUILDING MACMILLAN THEATRE Hansel And Gretel U of T Opera Division

7:30 pm.

GATE 403 Bill Heffernan 5 pm. GATE 403 Real Time Jazz Ensemble 9 pm. GLENN GOULD STUDIO Fred Hersch & Norma

Winstone 8 pm. LA MAQUETTE Pater Mathers (classical guitar) 6:30 to 9:30 pm. LIVING ARTS CENTRE Longworth Plays SaintSaëns Mississauga Symphony Orchestra, Peter Longworth (piano) 8 pm. MOMIJI SUSHI BISTRO J&V The Duo (jazz/ pop/R&B/easy rock/Latin) 7 pm. OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR Piano Masters Bruce Harvey Trio 7:30 pm. REX CD release Pat Murray 3:30 pm. REX Fender Rhodes Trio 7 pm. REX Jason Logue 9:45 pm.

ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC KOERNER HALL New Orleans Nights

Allen Toussaint, Nicholas Payton and Joe Krown (jazz/world) 8 pm.

SONY CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Barbie At The Symphony

Kitchener Waterloo Symphony (Princess movie screenings to classical music scores) 1 pm.

SONY CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Distant

Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy video game series Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony 8 pm. TEN FEET TALL Alex Samaras (singing Sondheim) 8 pm. TRANE STUDIO The Kahil El Zabar Quartet, the Young Lions of Chicago 8 pm.

TRANE STUDIO

Kush Upendo 9 pm.

WILLOWDALE UNITED CHURCH

Vocal Horizons Chamber Choir (choral concert) 7:30 pm.

WINCHESTER STREET THEATRE Masque Of The Muses Teri Dunn, Margaret Gay, Kathleen Kajioka, Alison Melville and others 8 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

ANNEX WRECKROOM Massive Saturdays DJ

Mixnmatch, DJ Death by Awesome 10 pm.

CHEVAL Just Cheval Saturdays DJ Undercover. CLINTON’S Shake, Rattle & Roll Bangs & Blush

(soul/rock & roll). COBRA LOUNGE The New Disco Saturdays DJ Aadil. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Itzsoweezee DJs Jr Flow, Tom Wrecks, Demiggs doors 10:30 pm. DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE DJ Johnny Hockin doors 10 pm. EMBASSY BAR Pressure Drop Chuck Boom, Guv’nor General, Morningside 116 (ska/rocksteady/reggae/funk). EMMET RAY BAR DJ Jude (soul/classics) 10 pm. FLY DJ Addy, DJs Shawn Riker, Matty Ryce 10 pm.5 FOMO Mingle 9 pm. FOOTWORK Timo Maas, Jamie Kidd, Jeff Button doors 10 pm. GEORGE’S PLAY DJ Oscar 11 pm.5 GOODHANDY’S Boy Party! DJ Todd Klinck doors 10 pm.5 GUVERNMENT Spin Saturdays Andy Moor (house/trance).

GUVERNMENT/KOOL HAUS Ultraspin Paul

Oakenfeld, Chuckie, Nervo, Mark Oliver, Roger Sanchez, Sidney Samson, Manzone & Strong and others doors 10 pm. INSOMNIA Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep house). LOL LOUNGE DJ Kai Alce, Pablo & Royale, Adam Khan (house) 10 pm. THE PAINTED LADY DJ Salazar (funk/soul/ hip-hop/R&R) 10 pm. PROJECT 165 Tussle & Flow Appollo Creed, Soul Custody, More or Les, garbageface, Joe Law 9 pm.

RIVOLI Footprints 10 pm. ñ SNEAKY DEE’S Shake A Tail

(60s pop and soul) 11 pm. THE SOCIAL Felix Cartel, Gingy, Poupon doors 10 pm. SUPERMARKET Do Right Saturdays! DJs Fase, John Kong, MC Abdominal 11 pm. SUTRA The Bridge DJ Triplet (classic/hip-hop).

TATTOO ROCK PARLOUR

DJs Trevor & Orly (dance rock). THIS IS LONDON London Calling (top 40/mashup). TIME NIGHTCLUB Fixation Jed Harper, DJ Dlux doors 10 pm. ULTRA Signature Saturdays (mashup).

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT

Pop Machine DJ Shane Percy, Alessandro doors 10 pm.

Sunday, November 28 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

CADILLAC LOUNGE Songwriters Expo Monique Barry, Marc Meriläinen, the Soles, Blair Packham & the Sleepers 4 to 7 pm. DOMINION ON QUEEN Rockabilly

Brunch 11 am to 3 pm. EMMET RAY BAR NALA (soul) 9 pm. GRAFFITI’S Blackmetal Brunch 11 am to 4 pm. GRAFFITI’S Michael Brennan 4 to 7 pm. HARD LUCK BAR Movember Show. HORSESHOE The Zoobombs 8:30 pm.

MITZI’S SISTER Laura Hubert 5 to 7 pm. PROHIBITION Seasonal CD release Sonia Funk

3 to 5 pm.

ROC N DOC’S The Bottle Devils (rock) 9 pm. ROCKPILE Frank Soda Benefit Van Leer, the Hinges w/ Gino Scarpelli 2 pm, all ages.

RUSSET & EMPIRE Bows & Arrows: In-Store Ser-

enade Hands & Teeth, Tender Lion, Mothers of Brides 3 to 7 pm, all ages. SOUND ACADEMY Hot Boxxx Best Of 2010 Vegas, Last Outlaw Society, Glassampp, the Box Tiger, Riding Shotgun, Camp X and others doors 6 pm. WRONGBAR Midnight Juggernauts, Apache Beat 8 pm.

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

AQUILA Sunday Junction Jam The New Mynah Birds 3:30 pm. CLOAK & DAGGER PUB Dani Nash (country/ folk) 9 pm. EARL BALES PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE Russian Duo Tamara Volskaya & Anatoliy Trofimov (domra, bayan) 4:30 pm. ELLINGTON’S CAFE Open Mic: Poetry & Music Ruben ‘Benny’ Esguerra 11 am to 2 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Bluegrass Sundays Marc Roy & Houndstooth 5 to 8 pm. GROSSMAN’S Acoustic Jam Nicola Vaughan (acoustic jam) 4 pm. GROSSMAN’S Blues Jam Brian Cober 9:30 pm. HUGH’S ROOM Old Man Luedecke (banjo). HUGH’S ROOM Ken Whiteley’s Gospel Matinee. THE LOCAL Dan Boniferro noon. THE LOCAL Chris Coole (banjo) 5 pm. THE LOCAL Gord Zubrecki Band 10 pm. LULA LOUNGE Sunday Salsa Luis Mario Ochoa Quartet (Cuban Son/salsa) noon and 2 pm. NOT MY DOG The Country Sundays 9:30 pm. THE PAINTED LADY Will Crum (folk rock) 10 pm. POUR BOY PUB Open Mic 2 to 7 pm. REBAS CAFÉ Hotcha (roots/old-time/country) 1 to 4 pm. ROC N DOC’S Chuck Jackson & the All-Stars (blues) 4 pm. SUPERMARKET Freefall Sundays Open Mic 8 pm. UNDERDOWN PUB Open Mic Porter 9:30 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

ALIZE Ori Dagan 6 to 9 pm. ALL SAINTS KINGSWAY ANGLICAN CHURCH A

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FAIRMONT ROYAL YORK HOTEL Sing Loo! sing-athon Toronto Children’s Chorus noon to 4 pm. GATE 403 Michael De Grussa (solo piano) noon to 3 pm. GATE 403 Brownman Acoustic Trio 5 pm. GATE 403 Jan Koel Jazz Band 9 pm. GEORGE’S PLAY Carlotta’s Cabaret 9 pm.5 GLENN GOULD STUDIO Tea With The Mighty Four, Music Of The Wind Allison Angelo, EveRachel McLeod, Erica Iris Huang, Marie Berard, Katie Norman, Joan Watson 2 pm. HARBOURFRONT CENTRE BRIGANTINE ROOM

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JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

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ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC KOERNER HALL Stewart Goodyear (piano) 3 pm. ST PATRICK’S CHURCH Messiah Mississauga

Choral Society 3 pm. TEN FEET TALL Sunday Jazz Terry Logan Trio 3:30 pm. TRANE STUDIO Harambee Wanawake Moussou Folila 8:30 pm. TRINITY ST PAUL’S CHURCH Nick Drake Tribute Night Benefit For CAMH Kevin Fox, Emm Gryner, Stephen Fearing, Kevin Kane, Tom Wilson, Mary Margaret O’Hara, David Celia, Kurt Swinghammer, Don Kerr, Maury Lafoy 7 pm. See preview, page 47.

YORK UNIVERSITY ACCOLADE EAST BLDG TRIBUTE COMMUNITIES RECITAL HALL York University Wind Symphony 3 to 5 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

BOVINE SEX CLUB DJ Rockabilly Rob. CHEVAL She’s With Us Sundays. CHURCHILL Tighten Up DJ Cozmic Cat (jazz/ soul).

INSOMNIA Retro Lounge Night DJ Doctor G. TATTOO ROCK PARLOUR Trash Palace

(mashups).

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ñMike.

Monday, November 29 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

AIR CANADA CENTRE Usher, Trey Songz, Miguel. ñ DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Elvis Monday

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FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

CADILLAC LOUNGE Open Stage Sam & Meghan

10 pm.

CLOAK & DAGGER PUB Brendan Albert, Tones, Jessica Speziale (folk/pop) 9 pm.

EMMET RAY BAR Ron Leary (folk) 9 pm. FREE TIMES CAFÉ Open Stage Jeff Kahl 7:30 pm. GATE 403 Tim Bastmeyer (solo blues) 9 pm. GENERAL MOTORS CENTRE Great Big Sea doors 7 pm.

GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Rising From

Roses: North York Women’s Shelter benefit Matadanze, Amai Kuda & Unity Charity 7 pm. HARD LUCK BAR Hard Times Open Stage. HUGH’S ROOM CD release Jerry Leger 8:30 pm.

GATE 403 Jeffrey Hewer Jazz Trio 5 pm. OLD MILL INN Sound Of Jazz Ian Shaw 8 pm. REX Peter Hill Quintet 6:30 pm. REX John MacLeod’s Rex Hotel Orchestra 9:30

pm.

SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Panic! Hannah Dean, Steve Ward& Lia Pas, Chris Cawthray (experimental/jazz) 8 pm. YORK UNIVERSITY ACCOLADE EAST BLDG MARTIN FAMILY LOUNGE York University Jazz Festival York University Jazz Combos 7:30 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

BOVINE SEX CLUB Moody Mondays Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE 86’D DJ Johnny Strych-

nine doors 7 pm, 86’D Boot Knives doors 10 pm. GOODHANDY’S T-Girls Go Wild DJ Cesar doors 8 pm.5 INSOMNIA DJs Topher & Oranj (rock).

Tuesday, November 30 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

CADILLAC LOUNGE Scott McCord & the Bonafide Truth 9 pm. EL MOCAMBO Stornoway w/ Franz Nicolay and Major General doors 8:30 pm. HORSESHOE Nu Music Nite Sweetfire, Atlantic Pacific, Brave Station, Montague Street 9:10 pm. KOROVA MILKBAR Friendly Rich & the Lollipop People, Clarinet Panic 9 pm. MITZI’S SISTER Jen Lane, Kevin Kane, Smokekiller. MOD CLUB Fun, Steel Train, the Postelles doors 7 pm, all ages. SUPERMARKET Short Shorts Comedy & Variety Show SidePonyNation doors 7:30 pm. UNDERGROUND GARAGE Jukebox Hero.

ñ ñ

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

ANNEX WRECKROOM Drummers in Exile (drum circle) 8:30 pm.

CAMERON HOUSE Jadea Kelly 6 pm. C’EST WHAT Canary Mine, the Sweet Mack 10 pm.

CLOAK & DAGGER PUB Steve Gleason 10 pm. FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS RICHARD BRADSHAW AMPHITHEATRE

Café Méditerranée noon to 1 pm. GATE 403 Blues Night Julian Fauth (barrelhouse) 9 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Chelsea Crites & Jeff Brown 8 pm. HUGH’S ROOM Double CD release John Watson & Valerie Shearman 8:30 pm. THE LOCAL Kirty Scholt, Ben Ziakin. THE PAINTED LADY Songwriters You Should Know About Part Two 9 pm. ROC N DOC’S Marshall Dane (new country/ pop) 9 pm. THE WILSON 96 Ron Leary (country folk).

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

DOMINION ON QUEEN Corktown’s Django Jam 8:30 pm.

GALLERY 345 Duo Contempera David Heth-

erington, Joseph Petric (cello/accordion) 8 pm.

GATE 403 Jeff Larochelle Jazz Band 5 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE Oots Nada (jazz) 9:30 pm. MUSIC GALLERY Jazz Avant Series Keith Rowe, Oren Ambarchi, Crys Cole, Pink Saliva 8 pm.

THE PADDOCK Kevin Quain 9 pm.

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rex Richard Whiteman Trio 6:30 pm. Somewhere there Studio Kyle Brenders

Quartet (experimental/jazz) 8 pm.

yorK univerSity ACColAde eASt Bldg mArtin FAmily lounge York University Jazz Festival: Jazz Choirs 12:30 pm, Small Ensembles 8:30 pm.

smarter than you think MON 29th

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DANCE MuSiC/DJ/LOuNGE

Bovine Sex CluB One Win Choice, Brutal Youth, Hands of the Few.

goodhAndy’S T-Girls Go Wild DJ Cesar doors

8 pm.5

rePoSAdo Alien Radio DJ Gord C. the Stirling room Eastside The London

Street Wankers, DJ Damon Rush, Kai*zen (old school hip-hop/Chicago house) 9 pm.

Wednesday, December 1 POP/ROCK/HiP-HOP/SOuL

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CAdillAC lounge The Neil Young’uns 8:30 pm. CloAK & dAgger PuB Charms (pop/folk) 8:30

pm, Derby Widow Wednesdays (rock) 10:30 pm.

dAnForth/Coxwell liBrAry RUN NOV 25 & DEC 2 Make Some lion’s den T.O.’s best authentic Noise: This Workshop Is Broken Stuart Berman

reggae party w/ Julion and co.

7 pm.

TUeS 30th indie

horSeShoe Angiosarcoma Fundraiser Jamie Flegg, Lewis Moorman, You Vs Me 9 pm.

social the best people,

the best music.

sT PresenTs coMedy aT The ossingTon Laugh ‘til you’re

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thirsty.

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Dignan, Samantha Martin and the Haggard, Jack Marks and the Lost Wages doors 7:30 pm. metroPolitAn united ChurCh Voices Of Hope World AIDS Day Benefit for Casey House The Nylons, Jean Stilwell, Dr Draw,Forte-The Toronto Men’s Chorus, and others 7 pm. mod CluB Ra Ra Riot, Most Serene Republic, Imaginary Cities (indie rock) doors 8 pm. oPerA houSe Nonpoint, In This Moment, Taking Dawn, No Asembly Required 6:45 pm. the PiSton Selina Martin, Bidiniband 9 pm. rAnCho relAxo Plague Windows, Matthew Hornel & the Diamond Mines, Lavender Orange. roC n doC’S Krista & Maxine (R&B) 4 pm. SneAKy dee’S Doomtree, Dessa (hip-hop supergroup) doors 7 pm. SuPermArKet Wednesdays Go Pop! F&M, Patchwork Collective, Wool & Howl, the Coppertone doors 9 pm. underground gArAge Bluespoon.

FOLK/BLuES/COuNTRY/WORLD

AquilA Martin Aucoin (folk/blues) 9 pm. george’S PlAy The Steve Roseland Show: Big

Country Steve Roseland, Al Kenny, Gary Morin, Cindy Smith, Mark Jacob 9 pm.5 grAFFiti’S Kitgut Oldtime Stringband 7 pm. groSSmAn’S Rockin’ Blues Jam Ernest Lee & Cotton Traffic 9 pm. hArd luCK BAr WestBlack. highwAy 61 Southern BArBeque Paul Reddick (blues) 7 pm. the hole in the wAll Luke Vajsar 8:30 pm. hugh’S room Darrell Scott 8:30 pm.

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Finding Home Julie Michels, George Koller (vocals, bass) 5:30 to 6:30 pm. mezzettA Andy Scott, Jake Wilkinson (guitar/ trumpet) 9 pm. nAwlinS JAzz BAr Jim Heineman Jazz Trio 7 pm. rex Griffith/Hiltz Trio 6:30 pm. rex Kirk MacDonald Quartet 9:30 pm. roy thomSon hAll Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Christian Tetzlaff, Toronto Symphony Orchestra 8 pm. trinity St PAul’S ChurCh Mozart And Haydn Programme Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Richard Egarr (fortepiano) 7 pm. underdown PuB Rita di Ghent (nu-jazz/soul) 7 pm. viCtory CAFé The Hot Jazz String Quartet 9 pm.

yorK univerSity ACColAde eASt Bldg mArtin FAmily lounge York University Jazz Festival: Vocal & Instrumental Ensembles 12:30 & 7:30 pm.

DANCE MuSiC/DJ/LOuNGE

BlondieS OVRFLO Wednesdays gaDJet, Nikola, Chico Pacheco (deep house/classics) 9 pm.

Bovine Sex CluB DJ Nina Arson. BrASSAii Les Nuits DJ Dlux, DJ Undercover. Fomo Hybernate Vinny Grüvhunter (soulful house) 9 pm.

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She’s a black Barbie, a bad bitch, Lil Wayne’s protege and the most gay-friendly rapper in the game. She also happens to own the most ferocious voice in hip-hop. Meet the woman who put the pink wig on rap music’s head. By Joshua Errett

Nicki Minaj “shout out to queens!” She intended it as a love note to her neighbourhood of Jamaica, Queens, New York, but as soon as her acrylic pink nail hit send on that tweet, Nicki Minaj found a bunch of new followers. And not all of them from New York. Intentionally or not, she’d become the black Barbra Streisand, an idol for gay men everywhere. “I never would’ve predicted it,” Minaj tells me, “but I’ve become someone they impersonate. They’re usually very over-the-top, especially the boys. They can have fun being me. They live vicariously through me.” Impersonating Nicki Minaj means talking in at least three different accents and wearing neon-pink wigs, a Barbie chain and outfits so hyper-feminine they make Lady Gaga look like a truck driver. Being Minaj, however, means owning one of

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the most eccentric, arresting and creative voices in rap. It also involves moving the genre toward a more gay-friendly, woman-empowering and eclectic place. And until this week’s release of Pink Friday (Universal/Cash Money), her debut, she did all that with no album out. Her game is crazy, as in completely insane. First things first, she’s built up a cult-like audience that adheres to the weirdest set of fan rituals. Whenever she’s spotted in public, women ask her to autograph their breasts. Minaj has a Sharpie devoted only to this. If you’re a Nicki Minaj fan, you’re a Barbie. But Nicki Minaj is also a Barbie. (“It’s Barbie, bitch!” is her trademark on songs.) This was mildly confusing when I greeted her. I said, “Hi, Barbz,” to which she replied, “Hi, Barbz.” “It’s a movement,” she says. “When girls get all dressed up and made up, they look like dolls.

So I call them that.” The Barbies are all over Twitter, posting pictures of themselves dressed as Minaj, showing off their signed boobs or making animated GIFs of Minaj blinking or making psychotic faces. Then, on record, she’ll eat your brains. Her flow is a mess of emotion, volatility and energy. Take the music away and she’s a raving lunatic. Put a beat behind her and she’s every woman’s inner monologue. The rage and desire in her lyrics represent what’s pent up in the female psyche. Minaj has already upstaged Jay-Z, Kanye West, Eminem, Drake, Ludacris, Will.i.am (no big deal there, but still…) and every other rapper with whom she’s appeared in a song. She’ll call up her Trinidadian patois as in Sean Kingston’s Letting Go or throw on her pretend British accent to narrate Kanye West’s 35minute video for Runaway or talk like a de-

ranged little girl as on Young Money’s BedRock single. But mostly she raps like a bad bitch, in her estimation. “I feel like right now it’s a girl power movement. I’m being recognized as an emcee, not just the girl in the crew. I’m someone who can hold my own and go toe-to-toe with the best of them.” At one point, her name appeared seven times on Billboard’s Top 100, a record-setting feat. “I’ve worked with all my idols already.” In this sense, Ms. Minaj’s career trajectory has been a lot like that of her mentor, platinumselling rapscallion Lil Wayne. “Wayne is one of the most animated rappers of my time. I thought it was really clever what he was doing,” she says of his countless guest spots and mixtapes in the run-up to his Tha Carter III. It was Lil Wayne who spotted Minaj. At the

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A flood of huge new releases hit the streets this holiday season. NOW’s holiday disc guide separates the winners from the duds.

Hip-hop NNNN ñNICKI MINAJ

Pink Friday (Cash Money/Universal) Rating: On past mixtapes and guests spots, Nicki Minaj took on a gang of different personas, some British, some Caribbean, others plain maniacal. On her debut album, there’s a new one: the mainstream pop star. That’s another way of saying Minaj’s colourful personalities are toned down to a lull, presumably to gain a larger audience. For those who’ve followed her many lyrical outbursts over the past year, this is a torching disappointment. But for those to whom Pink Friday is an introduction, it’s as thrilling a pop album as anything out today. All of hip-hop’s biggest names are here, from Kanye West to Rihanna to A Milli producer Bangladesh. In most cases, Minaj’s outsized rapping style makes them look small. On Roman’s Revenge, listening to Eminem is like killing time between her verses. With Em, though, she at least sounds comfortable. Can’t say the same about her stints with Will.i.am and other straight-up pop stars. The saccharine hooks never quite mix with her salty wordplay, and her outsider appeal completely evaporates when she starts to sound like Fergie. Though the mainstream gloss doesn’t suit, Minaj wears the album’s darker hues well. Overall, Pink Friday is a good look for an introduction. Top track: Did It On ’Em JOSHUA ERRETT

more online nowtoronto.com/music See the online version of this article to hear Nicki Minaj talk about her sexuality, dream collaborations and next moves. And on Friday, check NOW’s Daily section to download exclusive Nicki Minaj mixes. Plus more! time, she was sitting in a Lamborghini wearing a leather jacket and rapping over Notorious B.I.G. beats. That was in a talent-seeking hip-hop DVD series called Come Up. “It’s been about three years since I did a Come Up DVD,” she says. “I’ve grown up since then.” This is another way of saying Minaj has left behind the stereotypical female rapper she once was. Three years ago, at 22, she was another tough, predatory, overtly sexual woman trying to rap the way her male peers do but exploiting her sexuality in the same breath. Like a little Lil Kim. Just Google “Nicki Minaj” and you’ll find the evidence: a picture of her crouched down in a bikini sucking on a lollipop. Minaj is off that now.

“I don’t feel compelled to do what everyone else wants me to or to be a hard chick,” she tells me. “It’s okay to be feminine. It’s okay to be a girly girl. It’s okay to be smart. It’s okay to smile.” She’s not okay, though, with the aforementioned Lil Kim – the old guard of female rap – who has tried to lure her into a feud on more than one occasion. Minaj’s strength is unabashed confidence in her self, or many selves. Like when she summons Roman Zolanski (no relation to the director Roman Polanski, she assures me), a fierce bitch inside her mind that speaks in a British accent that sounds regal. It’s her favourite character, one she describes as fearless. It’s not unprecedented for pop stars to take on alter egos (Beyoncé as Sasha

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Fierce, Eminem as Slim Shady, Drake as the kid on Degrassi), but Minaj does it on other people’s songs. She introduced her Roman character on the Trey Songz single Bottoms Up, though it had nothing to do with the song. Gaining such a cult following for being weird on other artists’ songs is proof that her fans support all her craziness and madness, she says. Whatever she does or raps, her success always comes back to her relationship with her listeners. The worship, she says, goes both ways. “Like, I wasn’t going to not do the cover of a gay magazine,” says Minaj. “I wasn’t not going to do a performance at a gay club. They’re my fans. I love them.” 3 joshuae@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/joshuaerrett

Pop/Rock ROBYN Body Talk (Konichiwa) Rating: NNNN Fifteen years into her career, Robyn stands apart from most pop ñ acts thanks to her ability to connect with listeners without the crutch of

an alter ego. Her latest is the culmination of an album trilogy begun in June to enliven her creative process and produce dance music that works in a live context. The experiment worked: Body Talk is the year’s best pop album. Robyn takes a range of styles from dancehall and rap to house and disco and melds them with her big pop sound featuring four-to-thefloor beats and thoughtful, unsentimental lyrics about love and loneliness. No other track attains the instant-anthem status of opener Dancing On My Own, an impassioned war cry for the outsider on the dance floor, but its self-assured swagger carries through all of Body Talk’s beautiful melodies. Top track: Dancing On My Own KEVIN RITCHIE

FEFE DOBSON Joy (Universal) Rating: NN

The convoluted backstory behind this long-delayed album gives you a pretty good idea of what went wrong. Back in 2006, Dobson was days away from releasing her second album, Sunday Love, when Universal suddenly got cold feet and dropped both her and the album. Four years later, she’s back with her old label, and after moving the release date back multiple times, they have an album they think they can promote. And that’s the problem. Despite never having been released commercially, the leaked album got some fairly positive reviews, but now all the charming rough edges have been polished away, and most of the catchy pop-punk hooks are buried in what someone in a boardroom must have imagined was radiofriendly production gloss. There’s a handful of good guitar-fuelled anthems, but they’re grossly outnumbered by bland mid-tempo pop tunes that go nowhere. Maybe a mixed-race rocker chick from Scarborough is a tough thing for a major label to know how to market, but trying to turn her into a third-rate Rihanna is not the answer. Top track: Joy BENJAMIN BOLES

GOOD CHARLOTTE Cardiology (Capitol/EMI) Rating: NN

Toward the end of Good Charlotte’s fifth album, there’s a love song to the year songwriters Joel and Benji Madden were born, 1979, and to all the great music that was around back then. Ironically, they praise AC/ DC’s Highway To Hell while writing off the Bee Gees’ Stayin’ Alive in a song that owes far more to post-disco dance music production than to anything resembling metal. To make listeners’ hearts melt, there’s a lullaby for Joel’s daughter, Harlow, a bit of a cynical move when most of the album is about sleeping with other radio stars, getting wasted like it’s your birthday and getting wasted, sleeping with someone, blacking out and thinking it was the best night of your life. Top track: Let The Music Play JOANNE HUFFA

KE$HA Cannibal (Sony) Rating: NN In the most widely quoted lyric from her Cannibal EP, Ke$ha namechecks serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. (Meanwhile, rappers have been shouting him out for years.) The nü-electroclash pop-rapper with ’tude must be thanking her lucky glitter that the press has picked this up as a talking point; there’s little else to say about her new release. It’s nine new songs her label can tack onto her first album, Animal, to get doubledip action right around the time Santa goes Christmas shopping for the world. With her raunchy style and vapid rhymes, Ke$ha is an easy target. But

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if her music, which sounds like it was created using a supercomputer analyzing months of market-research-driven algorithms determined by the texting and internet search habits of suburban females aged 12 to 18, sets out to be catchy, slick, radio junk food – mission accompli$hed. Top track: Grow A Pear Ke$ha plays the Kool Haus April 6. JASON RICHARDS

NEIL DIAMOND Dreams (Sony)

Rating: NNN After years of getting the Rick Rubin career reboot treatment, which proved enormously effective on 2008’s surprise smash Home Before Dark, the golden-voiced American singer takes it easy on himself on Dreams, a stripped-down covers record, the one exception being I’m A Believer (though most assume it’s a Monkees song anyway). Diamond’s song selection will hardly shake anyone’s world – two each by the Beatles and Randy Newman – but he has the vocal power to make many cuts his own. Jim Weatherly’s Midnight Train To Georgia

and Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah are standouts, while Diamond found a way to further mellow out the Eagles’ Desperado. Enjoyable but not essential. Top track: Desperado JASON KELLER

BLACK DUB (Sony) Rating: NNN

Near-death motorcycle accidents, recording Neil Young albums and putting together this new dub-soul project have added up to a hectic year for Daniel Lanois. To sit back and smell the roses obviously isn’t on his agenda. Recorded partially at his new Toronto studio, with Lanois on guitar, this latest endeavour perhaps suffers from the producer’s heavy workload. Though the cast is solid, including belting newcomer Trixie Whitley (daughter of songwriter Chris Whitley), it sounds like the product of a band who met just prior to recording. Whitley’s voice can soar, but it doesn’t always meld with Lanois’s tasteful, atmospheric guitar style. And while Nomad and Silverado find comfortable dub grooves, it’s hard to shake the feeling that you’re

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Rating: NN Five albums into her career, hip-hop’s hardest-working hook singer chooses swagger over subtlety on Loud, a scattered, sporadically satisfying effort that lives up to its title. Rihanna boasts a sharp, strident voice, a take-charge attitude and some of the top songwriters in pop. What her songs lack is character, not always essential on a hook or number-one hit, but after 11 tracks of ear-splitting vocals you begin to wonder if the 22-year-old is overcompensating. Take 80s AM radio ballad California King Bed. RiRi starts off like Lisa Loeb, but hardly a minute in she’s blaring like an uptight air horn. Cheers (Drink To That) admirably tries for definitive drinking anthem, but her shrill vocal interplay with a grating Avril Lavigne sample sounds more like the world’s worst hangover. The record’s best moments aim low rather than loud, with spacious, skittery beats that let loose Rihanna’s Caribbean cadence. Top track: What’s My Name KR

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Live In Vancouver 1970 (Warner) Rating: NNNN The summer of 1970 wasn’t a happy one for Jim Morrison and the Doors. The singer had his Miami obscenity charges hanging over his head, with an impending trial in August, and the band had nearly come undone while recording Morrison Hotel a few months earlier. Curiously, the Doors’ music was getting stronger during this time, starting with their hit from that year, Roadhouse Blues, and then their outstanding final album with Morrison, L.A. Woman. This unearthed live document, recorded at Vancouver’s Pacific Coliseum, captures the band in this tail-end creative spurt and features a lengthy guest appearance by legendary blues guitarist Albert King. Morrison sounds reserved early on but comes out of his shell when King arrives, perhaps to prove he isn’t just a teen idol and can sing the blues with the best. A must for Canadian Doors fans. Top track: The End JK

THE HIGH DIALS Anthems For Doomed Youth (Rainbow Quartz) Rating: NNN The High Dials get labelled psychedelic revivalists, but that’s a bit misleading. Sure, they’re obviously indebted to 60s hippie culture, but their sound adheres much more closely to typical power pop structure than most bands saddled with the psych label. With so-catchy-it’s-infuriating hooks dressed up with Byrdsy guitar jangle and multipart vocal harmonies, the Montreal band continues its knack for easy-to-like, hard-to-love songwriting. They’re certainly consistent, but at times we wish they’d expand their palette. It’s so easy to pick apart the band’s nostalgic influences – Big Star melancholy, upbeat Zombies pop rock – that the occasional modern flourish, like lyrics about

profile pictures and status updates in I’m Over You (I Hope It’s True), summons some serious cognitive dissonance. Doesn’t sound like the formula will be updated any time soon. Top track: Chinese Boxes RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

Hip-hop KANYE WEST My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Universal) ñ Rating: NNNNN GARTH HUDSON Presents A Cana-

dian Celebration Of The Band (Sony) Rating: NNNN Unlike 2007’s Endless Highway, Garth Hudson’s new tribute to the Band is so Canadian that contributor Neil Young asked for Neko Case’s vocals to be removed from This Wheel’s On Fire. (She’s American.) Other musicians include Blue Rodeo, Bruce Cockburn, Hawksley Workman and Great Big Sea, with Hudson playing piano and keys throughout. In the spirit of the Band, the Sadies back up Mary Margaret O’Hara and Neil Young and play an energetic cover of The Shape I’m In. Material from Dylan collab The Basement Tapes includes the Cowboy Junkies’ conversational delivery of Clothes Line Saga and Kevin Hearn’s delicate treatment of You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere. The album is not a best-of – Up On Cripple Creek and The Weight are notably absent – but does cover a lot of ground, including later and lesser-known material. Chantal Kreviazuk’s soulful piano and voice on Tears Of Rage and the Road Hammers’ dirty country version of Yazoo Street Scandal illustrate vastly different but equally valid aspects of the Band. Top track: The Shape I’m In SARAH GREENE

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Let The Sparks Fly (independent) Rating: Suckerpunch are one of the most fondly remembered Toronto bands of the 90s. Sexy, swaggering and charged with electricity, they left audiences sweating, shaking and begging for more. In the 14 years since the band broke up, singer/multi-instrumentalist Christopher Dignan has kept busy fronting Dodge Fiasco. On his first solo album, he takes us on a tour of dance halls and bedrooms where rock ’n’ roll brings salvation and Auto-Tune was never invented. A thrilling journey through musical history, it references the rockabilly, garage and classic punk that have long marked Dignan’s sound. Tap On Your Window recalls Ricky Nelson, with intimately whispered lyrics bolstered by smooth backing vocals. By the time he reveals the title track at album’s end, the sparks are definitely flying. Top track: Say There Beautiful Christopher Dignan plays the Lula Lounge Wednesday (December 1). JH

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Kanye West is a man eternally ablaze. He’s a rapper, producer and pop artist intent on expressing himself in the most ostentatious way, and whether you want to or not, you feel his fire. Conjured from his depths, his fifth disc has an unfiltered ferocity few of his contemporaries can match. An ornately orchestrated pop epic built on a classic hip-hop foundation, Twisted Fantasy is his best since his debut. It’s packed with memorable posse raps, inspired sampling and soaring melodies (namely All Of The Lights and Runaway) designed to rocket the whole of hip-hop beyond the stadium rafters. In a single verse he’ll tackle uncomfortable social issues, excoriate himself or a woman in his life and aggrandize his inflated ego. He celebrates his contradictions with such musical flair, it’s a thrilling listen from beginning to end. Top track: All Of The Lights KR

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Pilot Talk II (Def Jam/ Universal) Rating: NNNN Sometimes a sequel can outdo the original. That’s the case with Curren$y’s follow-up to Pilot Talk, thanks largely to stepped-up production by Ski Beatz, whose beats sound like a minute hasn’t passed since he worked on Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt. As for Spitta, the New Orleans-born rapper is consistent, still flowing like he’s got his feet up, firing off relaxed witticisms about a lush lifestyle flooded with money, women, cars and so much weed that he does “Kush ups.” The album often finds him surrounded in blaxploitation horns, but he’s best in slow-flow mode, as on the ghostly Silence. Raekwon closes the album with a 36 Chambers-worthy verse on Michael Knight (Remix). Too bad that Erykah Badu feature Curren$y promised isn’t here. Top track: Silence JR

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GIRL TALK All Day (Illegal Art) Rating: NNN

With 373 uncleared samples, Girl Talk’s fifth album (available for free on his label’s website, illegalart.net) lives up to its press release: “His most epic, densely layered and meticulously composed musical statement to date.” The album also reaches the limit of mashup culture. After taking the all-encompassing genre to a hyperbolic extreme, Girl Talk has nowhere further to go. That said, the novelty of hearing two songs’ disparate worlds collide is still exciting, and All Day is full of genius combinations. M.O.P. yelling “kidnap that fool!” over Miley Cyrus’s Party In The U.S.A., for instance. Ol’ Dirty Bastard paired with Radiohead’s Creep. T.I. talkin’ greasy on Cyndi Lauper’s Time After Time. All Day is a more complicated mix than Girl Talk’s previous albums, with more to notice on repeat listens. And just like everything else he’s done, it’s an exhausting experience. Top track: That’s Right JR

RÖYKSOPP Senior (MB3) Rating: NNN Since debuting in the late 90s, Norwegian electro duo Röyksopp have clocked an average of four years between albums. Until now. Appearing just 18 months after 2009’s well-received Junior, Senior is a slower, darker, entirely instrumental companion work, more in step with 2001’s Melody A.M. One of the things we liked best about Junior was that Svein

Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland had finally tapped into their uptempo pop potential, as on monster club hit The Girl And The Robot (featuring Robyn). By comparison, the patient, thoughtful strokes here are sometimes interesting but rarely exciting. The plodding Coming Home is hospitalwaiting-room boring, though the more propulsive The Fear could score a cool spy thriller. Top track: The Fear Röyksopp hit up the Guvernment March 18. JORDAN BIMM

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KILLING JOKE Absolute Dissent (Spine-

farm/Universal) Rating: NNN The idea to reform long-running industrial rock machine Killing Joke was conceived at the funeral of former bassist Paul Raven, who died in 2007. Somehow this is morbidly appropriate for these British gothpunk pioneers; they’ve always been a gloomy lot with songs about apocalyptic doom. Their 14th studio album in an off-andon 30-year career doesn’t deviate from Jaz Coleman and company’s previous work, and notably includes bassist Martin “Youth” Glover back in the fold. The tracks are long, grinding and relentlessly angry about the state of the world. But instead of “we’re all going to die” songs, we’re getting specifics: environmental contamination (The Great Cull), futuristic fascism (Absolute Dissent), 2012-induced pandemonium (Here Comes The Singularity). Enjoy the record while you can, because apparently we’re all done for soon. Top track: Here Comes The Singularity Killing Joke hit the Phoenix December 7. JK

Metal DIO At Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987 (Niji) Rating: NNNN ñ This posthumous Ronnie James Dio two-

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MIGUEL All I Want Is You (Sony) Rating: NNN In a year when the top male R&B performers seemed stuck on repeat, 24-yearold newcomer Miguel Jontel Pimentel’s spooky summer single All I Want Is You – with its hard, slightly sinister beat courtesy of producer Salaam Remi, dissonant guitar riffs and J. Cole guest verse – reminded us that romance, whether meaningful or fleeting, is possible without the aid of a Patrón-soaked nightclub. While Miguel’s lyrics are sometimes syrupy and clumsy, his youthful energy is refreshingly devoid of weighty emotional baggage. Producers Remi, Fisticuffs, Happy Perez and Ivan & Carvin create a sparse, heady atmosphere that nods to classic hip-hop and funk while accentuating Miguel’s silky-smooth falsetto. The album’s clubbier moments are a bit hamfisted but hardly offensive compared to the cold synth cynicism that’s infected many of his peers. Top track: All I Want Is You KR

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It seems that R&B superstar Ne-Yo is feeling a bit jealous of all the attention Lady Gaga and Kanye West’s high-concept pop projects have been getting, so he’s come up with his own so-crazy-it-just-mightwork concept. Drawing on his affection for comic books, he’s imagined a bizarre narrative involving garbage men with superpowers that’s supposed to serve as a metaphorical meditation on fame, money and love. Yeah, we’re not sold on it either. Thankfully, the goofy storyline doesn’t intrude too much on the music itself. In fact, if you didn’t read the press release, you wouldn’t even notice the half-baked fantasy. Musically, Ne-Yo spends most of his time here worshipping the throne of Michael Jackson ballads, which suits his falsetto crooning quite well. However, it’s the handful of upbeat techno-influenced speakerthumpers that stand out most, revealing his potential to be a much more versatile artist. Top track: Cause I Said So BB

disc set is quite the time capsule. Recorded live at the Monsters Of Rock festival at Castle Donington in 83 and 87, the pristine remastered tracks capture both Dio and the metal genre in their invigoratingly grandiose heyday. While tens of thousands of fans chant “Dio,” the greatest heavy metal singer in history bellows and wails in perfect pitch, taking breathers only to let equally epic guitar solos (by current Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell on disc one, little-known Craig Goldy on disc two) compete for the spotlight. There’s something extraspecial about the 1983 disc. Ronnie James, who died of stomach cancer this May, was unveiling his new band and debut album in 83. He’d already made his mark in Rainbow and Black Sabbath (tracks from both appear here), but was striking out on his own for the first time. It’s hungry, historic and heavy as hell. Top track: Holy Diver CARLA GILLIS

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Mix tape mashups New show comes from actors recording their lives on audio tape By JON KAPLAN 300 TAPES co-created by Ame Henderson and Bobby Theodore with actors Joe Cobden, Frank Cox-O’Connell and Brendan Gall, directed by Henderson (Public Recordings/ Alberta Theatre Projects/Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen West). Opens Wednesday (December 1) and runs to December 12, Tuesday-Saturday 8 pm, matinee Sunday 2 pm. $22, stu/srs/art workers $15. 416-538-0988. actor joe cobden loves storytelling, even when the stories are lies. Coming from what he describes as a long line of social storytellers, Cobden sees storytelling as an art form, making both the teller and the listener feel good. That’s one of the reasons he signed on for 300 Tapes, Public Recordings’

two-year journey that had three actors – Cobden, Frank Cox-O’Connell and Brendan Gall – record episodes from their lives on 100 audio analog tapes each. “We all have some funny stories, full of moving and shaking,” laughs the performer. “There’s something confessional about autobiography, but we’ve been surprised to discover that the stories we felt were the least exciting are in fact the most revealing. “I have some embarrassing shit in my past and like to talk about it, but it turns out that the story about the guy at the gas station who mistakenly poured gas onto the street is a better one than my first sex scene on film.” Co-created by director Ame Henderson and Bobby Theodore, the

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production has the trio of actors putting individual cassettes into playback tape machines, listening on headsets and sharing the results with the audience. Sometimes they choose their own tape, sometimes someone else’s. Whose story gets told is up for grabs. “At first I was worried about the vanity and self-centredness of this kind of work,” admits Cobden, a newvaudevillian busker whose stage work includes The Eco Show. “But then I realized that on the internet, everyone’s documenting everything and putting their lives on display.” “What the production does is examine the idea of a person’s repeatability in the world, looking at how people exist in this electronic age,” adds Theodore, a TV story editor and

playwright whose work includes translations of The Leisure Society and 15 Seconds. “What is the relationship between truth and fiction in what people talk about, what they remember? That’s something that Ame and I wanted to talk about. Linked to it is the question of narrative in theatre, which is something she and I have argued about for years.” It’s a daunting task to try to put one’s life on tape, acknowledge Theodore and Cobden. “The result, even in the rehearsal space as we’ve put this show together over two years of workshops, continues to confuse me and grab my interest,” notes the actor. “Nothing’s blocked out” – there’s a kind of running storyboard with Post-It notes that shows who’s doing what and when – “and every performance is different. “Most theatre doesn’t get as heated as this does, and in comparison my time on movie and TV sets has been polite and civil. There’s something at stake and intense about this production, not least because some of my best stories are filled with lies.” “In fact, one of the inspirations of the show is the lie inherent in verbatim theatre,” interjects Theodore. “We really pay attention when someone says, ‘This is a true story, it really happened.’ A stage piece is artificially arranged; 300 Tapes is choreographed storytelling, where reconstructing and reassembling people’s lives has an enhanced effect.” And at the centre of the performance are those tapes, intentionally analog rather than digital. “The tapes erode over time, just like our memories,” smiles Cobden. “It’s a show about being sweet on the past without being trapped in it. A modern look at nostalgia.” 3 jonkap@nowtoronto.com

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Opening FROSH: THE MUSICAL 1.5 by Jeff Baker, Melody

Thompson and Joel Torrens (Tyndale University College). This musical follows a student through the ups and downs of first year at university. Nov 26-27 at 2 and 7 pm. $10. 25 Ballyconnor. 416-226-6620.

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DREAMCOAT by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (Stage West). This musical reinvents the Biblical story of Joseph and his brothers. Opens Nov 25 and runs to Feb 14, 2011, TueSat 6:30 pm, Sun 5 pm, mats Wed and Sun 11 am. $53-$88 (includes buffet). 5400 Dixie, Mississauga. 905-238-0042, stagewest.com. LAST DANCE by Sedina Fiati (Diva Day Productions). Fiati performs a workshop of her solo cabaret about love, dance and acceptance. Opens Nov 26 and runs to Dec 4, Fri-Sat 8 pm. $10. Turning Point Fitness, 593 Yonge. sedinashow.webs.com. LITTLE WOMEN: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL by Allan Knee, Jason Howland and Mindi Dickstein (Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts). This musical is based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Opens Nov 30 and runs to Dec 4, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $22 (Dec 2: Sunnybrook Foundation benefit $75). Bathurst Street Theatre, 736 Bathurst. 416-8721111, randolphacademy.com.

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If you’ve been in the theatre doldrums and productions haven’t been exciting you, The Cure For Everything should make you feel better. Maja Ardal’s solo show, sensitively directed by Mary Francis Moore and developed by Contrary Company in association with Theatre Passe Muraille, follows the adventures of Elsa, whom audiences first met in the award-winning You Fancy Yourself. Elsa’s now in her early teens, still concerned with peer acceptance and also fixated on boys, particularly one Brian Baxter. It’s the early 60s, the time of the Beatles, the Mersey beat and the Cuban missile crisis. They all colour Elsa’s desire to lose her virginity, get drunk, MasqUE OF THE MUsEs (Toronto Masque Theatre). This multidisciplinary performance features music, dance, poetry and film. Nov 25-27 at 8 pm. $15-$30. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. 416-410-4561, torontomasquetheatre.com. THE ONE-MaN HIT PaRadE (Mirvish). Impressionist/comedian André-Philippe Gagnon presents a multimedia show. Opens Dec 1 and runs to Dec 5, Wed and Fri-Sat 8 pm, Thu 7 pm, Sun 2 pm. $50-$99. Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. PaRadIsE BY THE RIVER by Vittorio Rossi (Shadowpath Theatre). This drama looks at the internment of Italian-Canadian men during WWII. Opens Nov 25 and runs to Dec 5, Thu-Sun 8 pm, mat Sat 4 pm. $25, stu/srs $20. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-915-6747, shadowpaththeatre.ca. PaRTY G IRl! (Tallulah’s Cabaret). Sharron Matthews performs a cabaret-style show to launch her debut CD. Nov 26-27 at 8 pm. $20, stu $15. 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, sharronmatthews.com.

Maja Ardal shares her teenage dreams.

have a baby and become famous, though maybe not in that order. Ardal populates the Backspace of Theatre Passe Muraille with her vocally and physically vibrant characters, slidsHREK: sTOMPIN’ THE swaMP (Sphere Enter-

tainment). The Dreamworks character and his friends put on an all-ages show. Opens Nov 27 and runs to Jan 2, 2011, daily at 10:30 & 11:30 am, 12:30, 2 & 3 pm (note: no shows Dec 25). $12.50-$22. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416923-1171, casaloma.org. THE sIlICONE dIaRIEs by Nina Arsenault (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre). Transsexual Arsenault performs her solo show about cosmetic surgery. Opens Nov 25 and runs to Dec 11, Tue-Sun 8 pm. $19-$33. 12 Alexander. 416975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com.

sTUdIEs IN MOTION: THE HaUNTING s OF EadwEaRd MUYBRIdG E by Kevin Kerr (Canadian

Stage Company/Electric Company Theatre). This play looks at the life and work of the 19th-century photographer. (See preview at nowtoronto.com/stage.) Opens Nov 25 and runs to Dec 18, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mats Wed 1:30 pm, Sat 2 pm. $22-$99. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-368-3110, canadianstage.com. The Globe and Mail 300 TaPEs (Public Recordings/Alberta Theatre Projects). Three performers use

ing easily from one to the other with a turn of the head, a lowered voice, a raised lip, a slinky walk. Moving back and forth between the insecure, short Elsa and the cool, confident Sheena, a breathy, Twiggy-like seducer of every man she meets, Ardal captures comedy and compassion for both. The writing in this second instalment of Elsa’s tale is more poetic than the first, for the teen now has time for reflection and a clearer idea of what she wants – and doesn’t want – in her life. There’s a nuanced movement from Elsa’s romantic dreams to shattered hopes of love, but also a sharplogo assessHorizontal Black ment of the others in her life. David DeGrow’s atmospheric lighting and Lyon Smith’s sound design (a blend of 60s music and static-filled radio broadcasts of President Kennedy talking about the missile crisis) help create period and mood, while the collaboration between Moore and Ardal turns Julia Tribe’s intentionally minimalist set into a world of Edinburgh locales. JK Take the Cure. It’s worth it. movement and sounds to bring taped archives to life (see story, page 60). Opens Dec 1 and runs to Dec 12, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $22, stu/srs $15. Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416-538-0988, theatrecentre.org. THE wONdERFUl wIzaRd OF Oz by L Frank Baum (Civic Light Opera Company). This musical is based on the children’s novel. Opens Dec 1 and runs to Dec 19, Wed 7 pm, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mats Sun (and Dec 18) at 2 pm. $25. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall. 416-755-1717, civiclightoperacompany.com.

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BEaUTY aNd THE BEasT: THE saVaG ElY sIllY FaMIlY MUsICal by Lorna Wright and Nicholas Hune-Brown (Ross Petty Productions). A Faustian deal leads to trouble in this farcical version of the fairy tale. Previews Nov 25-Dec 1. Opens Dec 2 and runs to Jan 2, 2011, ThuSat 7 pm, see website for other times. $27$85. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge. 416-872-5555, rosspetty.com.

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“Gripping, measured and magical.” The Globe and Mail

“McKenna and Didion a magical team.” Toronto Star

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New performance added Sunday, Dec. 12th @ 7pm!

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion | starring Seana McKenna | A Belfry Theatre Production

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Breaking the mould victor Quijada stretches genres to their limits in Loan Sharking By GLENN SUMI Victor Quijada and Anne Plamondon get flexible in RUBBERBANDance.

dance star victor quijada owes a big debt of gratitude to a one-time burnt-out Hollywood writer/director. A couple of decades ago, Quijada was a high school student in Baldwin Park, a largely Mexican immigrant city in Los Angeles County. He’d been breakdancing since the age of eight – when he got the nickname “Rubberband” – and he and his B-boy crew trained whenever they could, just for the competitive joy of it. Then came a theatre class led by Mark Israel, who went on to write and direct TV series like CSI: Miami and Saving Grace. “He needed to get out of Hollywood, so he decided to teach some Mexican kids for four years to clean his palate,” says Quijada, on tour with his RUBBERBANDance Company in Vermont. “I caught him there in his final year, and he was the real deal. He couldn’t believe we were so passionate about our dancing. It’s all we had – it was our identity and our power. He reached out and opened our eyes to affecting people through our presence, through our art.” It’s a philosophy Quijada’s kept all his life, through his years with New York’s Twyla Tharp Dance and Mont-

real’s Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and later with RUBBERBANDance, one of the world’s foremost practitioners of urban moves mixed with ballet and contemporary. Quijada laughs when I talk about genres and hybrids. “I know there needs to be a catchphrase,” he says. “People need labels. But sometimes I feel that reducing it like that does a disservice to the work and the audience. People might come expecting to see some classical and Bboy hip-hop moves. To me, it’s like genetics. When two people have a child, you don’t literally have one parent’s nose or mouth. It’s something entirely new.” Whatever you call it, the dance has caught on. These days, dancers train in ballet, jazz and hip-hop rather than ballet, jazz and tap. Dance-based real-

ity shows have made breaking part of the mainstream, and every season there’s a different uplifting underdog movie about some breakdance battle. Did Quijada think the form would be so enduring? “I entered dance as this street kid with a big chip on his shoulder,” he says. “When I became a professional and travelled all over the world, we were doing this stuff that was supposed to be super-innovative, risky and exciting. I remember going back to these spots in L.A., watching what was going on and realizing there was nothing as exciting and dangerous as what was going on there. “I remember what our crew’s mantra was back then,” he says. “‘Show me something I haven’t seen before.’ It still holds true.” 3 glenns@nowtoronto.com

One-Nighters La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini (Opera Kitchener). A poet and a seamstress have a tragic love affair in the Latin Quarter of Paris. Nov 26 at 7:30 pm. $35-$70. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts, Mississauga. 905-306-6000, livingartscentre.ca. La Dame BLanche by François-Adrien Boïeldieu (Opera in Concert). This popular operacomique is based on works by Sir Walter Scott. Nov 28 at 2:30 pm. $29-$40. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-366-7723, operainconcert.com. heart anD music (Darrin Bast/Susan Antonacci/Lee Poulin). This gala benefit for the Teal Heart fund for ovarian cancer research features musical theatre artists, dancers and more. Nov 29 at 8 pm (VIP 6 pm). $41-$99. Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge. heartandmusic.com. the heretic by Lea Daniel (Foundry Theatre Company). Daniel’s play about an independent woman in medieval France gets a reading. Nov 29 at 7 pm. Pwyc. The Rearview Mirror, 193 Baldwin. firstdrafttoronto@gmail.com. huLLaBaLoo (Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People). This funder for LKTYP features a performance of A Year With Frog And Toad and more. Nov 28 at 12:30 pm. $100, child $50. 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, lktyp.ca. impromptu spLenDor (National Theatre of the World). An improvised play is presented in the style of Tony Kushner. Nov 28, Playreading Series at 7:30 pm, show at 9 pm. $12. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson, Mainspace. thenationaltheatreoftheworld. com. mots (Mississauga Arts Council). The Mississauga Official Talent Show features music, dance, poetry and more. Nov 26 at 6 pm. $10. Mississauga Central Library, 301 Burnhamthorpe W, Auditorium. 905-615-4278. no Bonus this Year (Goethe-Institut). Moritz Rinke’s play The Vineta Republic gets a dramatic reading, followed by discussion. Nov 26 at 4 pm. Free. 100 University, North Tower, suite 201. 416-593-5257, goethe.de/toronto. the nuDie BLues (The Firecrackers). The burlesque troupe performs a revue. Nov 27 at 9 pm. $10-$15. Dominion on Queen, 500 Queen E. firecrackersnudieblues.eventbrite.com.

paprika FestivaL Does DouBLe Digits (Paprika Festival). Past works by Rosñ amund Small, Damien Atkins, Johnnie Walker

and others are performed. Nov 28 at 8 pm. $20. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman. 416-5311827, paprikafestival.com.

an unexpecteD evening oF shakespeare

(Against the Grain Theatre). Dramatic and operatic excerpts of works inspired and written by the Bard are performed. Dec 1 at 8 pm. Pwyc. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton. againstthegraintheatre.com.

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Medical miss Bethune imagineD by Ken Gass (Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst). Runs to December 12. $23-$40, some Sundays pwyc. 416504-9971. See Continuing, page 63. Rating: nn

In his program notes to Bethune Ima gined, writer/director Ken Gass admits no play could encapsulate the “complex and multi-faceted life” of great Canadian surgeon, innovator, artist and social activist Norman Bethune. True enough. But I’m not sure this one brings the Gravenhurst, Ontario-born man’s life into significant dramatic focus. In 1936 Montreal, Bethune (Ron White) treats tuberculosis patients and champions socialized medicine. He keeps his Communism private, along with his affairs with Marian Dale Scott (Irene Poole), wife of poet F.R. Scott, and the young Marxist student Margaret (Sascha Cole). The play covers the six months before Bethune leaves for Spain to help fight fascism. During this time, his rela-

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the Enwave (231 Queens Quay West). Friday and Saturday (November 26-27) at 8 pm. $33.50, stu/srs $22.50. 416-9734000, danceworks.ca.

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the seDina show (Sedina Fiati). Fiati performs with Cat Bent in this cabaret show. Nov 28 at 7 pm. Pwyc. The Central, 603 Markham. sedinashow.com. the sweetest sounDs (Acting Up Stage). Songs from Rodgers to Guettel are performed by Adrian Marchuk, Sara Farb and others. Nov 28 at 7 pm. $25-$45. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. tocentre.com. the tempest anD the Birch tree by Jonathan Kline (Theatre Caravel). The play about a messy divorce gets a workshop production. Nov 28 at 8:30 pm. Pwyc. Harbord House, 150 Harbord, Upstairs. theatrecaravel.com.

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(See Saw Live Productions). This evening features words and music by Areta, Dwayne Morgan, Lishai and others. Nov 27, doors 8 pm. $10-$15. The Annex Live, 296 Brunswick. seesawlive.com.

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AbrAhAm LincoLn VA Au ThéâTre by Larry Tremblay (Théâtre français de Toronto). A director seeks to re-enact the famous assassination in this play about American society. Runs to Nov 28, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 3:30 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $33-$57, stu/srs $28-$57. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-534-6604, theatrefrancais.com. beThune imAgined by Ken Gass (Factory Theatre). This drama looks at the medical pioneer and three women in his life (see review, page 62). Runs to Dec 12, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $25-$40, Sun pwyc. 125 Bathurst. 416-5049971, factorytheatre.ca. nn (GS)

beyond The moors (Shaista Latif/Sarah Behl). A different improvised show based on the novels of Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters is performed each week. Runs to Nov 27, Sat 8 pm. $15. Annex Theatre, 736 Bathurst. beyondthemoors.wordpress.com. binTi’s Journey adapted by Marcia Johnson (Theatre Direct). A young African girl seeks her grandmother after losing her family to HIV/AIDS. Runs to Dec 4, Wed and Sat 7 pm, mats Sat 4 pm, Sun 2 pm. $10$15; Wed show $20 (World AIDS Day benefit). Wychwood Theatre, 76 Wychwood. 416-5374191 ext 224, theatredirect.ca. The cure For eVeryThing by Maja Ardal (Theatre Passe Muraille). Ardal’s character from You Fancy Yourself returns as a teenager in this solo show (see review, page 61). Runs to Dec 4, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $30-$35, mat pwyc. 16 Ryerson. 416504-7529, passemuraille.on.ca. nnnn (JK)

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equus by Peter Shaffer (Hart House Theatre). A psychiatrist tries to understand why a boy blinded six horses. Runs to Nov 27, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $25, stu/srs $10-$15. 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-8849, uofttix.ca. FrAnkie And Johnny in The cLAir de Lune by Terrence McNally (Apuka Theatre). A man and a woman debate if their date is more than a one-night stand. Runs to Nov 28, Thu-Sun 7:30 pm. Pwyc. Suite 223, 276 Carlaw. apukatheatre.AD@gmail.com. The gondoLiers by Gilbert & Sullivan (Clarkson Music Theatre). Mistaken identities create complications in this comic operetta. Runs to Nov 27, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $26, stu/srs $24. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 Montevideo, Mississauga. 905-615-4720,

clarksonmusictheatre.com.

The greAT WAr: The hisTory oF The ViLLAge oF The smALL huTs, 1914-1918

ñ by Michael Hollingsworth (VideoCabaret).

Hollingsworth’s black-box style engulfs the audience in total darkness, then reveals fastpaced, highly-stylized, comedic vignettes about Canada’s involvement in World War One. The cast, made to look like ghoulish versions of historical figures, does a stellar job of switching in and out of multiple characters, while meticulous attention to detail, use of vivid colours and fluid storytelling creates the feel of a graphic novel come to life. Limited run, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $15-$30. Cameron House, 408 Queen W. 416-7031725, videocab.com. nnnn (Jordan Bimm)

hAL’s kiTchen: WhAT’s burning? (Mysteri-

ously Yours). A famous chef seeks the perfect menu in this interactive mystery. Runs to Dec 31, Fri-Sat 8 pm (dinner from 6:30 pm); see website for other times. $43-$83. 2026 Yonge. 416-486-7469, mysteriouslyyours.com. heddA gAbLer by Henrik Ibsen (Alumnae Theatre). Ibsen’s 19th-century classic about an unhappily married woman is re-imagined by Judith Thompson. Runs to Nov 27, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20. 70 Berkeley. alumnaetheatre.com. PinkALicious, The musicAL by Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann and John Gregor (Vital Theatre). A girl turns pink after eating too many cupcakes in this family musical. Runs to Dec 29, Sat 11 am and 1 pm, Sun 1 pm. $29.50-$39.50.

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2010/11 Season Fiona Byrne and Ron White’s characters are weakly Imagined.

Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. DW185 November 26 – 27, 2010, 8pm RUBBERBANDance Group (Montreal) Loan Sharking and production are so traditional. All scenes are confined to Bethune’s apartment (an unremarkable set by Marian Wihak), and the emotional stakes never get raised. Politics are brought into the mix via pronouncements. The play’s setting means Bethune’s historic work in Spain and China is still to come. Still, White captures the quicksilver quality of a man who thrives in chaos believably attracting three different women, while Poole and Cole do their best to give depth to their underwritten parts. Byrne adds warmth and glamour to her small but crucial role.

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tionships with the two women become as turbulent as his drinking, and a third woman, Frances (Fiona Byrne), whom he married and divorced twice, reappears. Gass provides fascinating insights into the era’s art, politics and, especially, women’s roles. The most satisfying character arc concerns Marian’s conflict between her bourgeois upbringing, her ambition to be a painter and the demands of family life. She and Scott had an open marriage, and her relationship with Bethune was platonic. For as innovative a figure as Bethune, however, it’s a shame the script

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Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-642-8973, vitaltheatre.ca. Play Reading Week (Tarragon Theatre). New plays by d’bi.young, Asha Jain and Ravi Jain, Don Hannah, Deborah Pearson, Matthew Heiti and others get a staged reading. Runs to Nov 27, Thu-Sat 8 pm. Free. 30 Bridgman, Near Studio. 416-5311827, tarragontheatre.com.

Queen Of The deseRT The Musical by Stephan Elliott and Allan ñPRiscilla Scott (Mirvish). This musical adaptation of the 1994 movie about two drag queens and a

transexual who travel in the titular bus through Australia’s outback features some strong performances, eye-popping designs and familiar pop tunes (heavy on 70s disco). Sadly, the unfabulous book skimps on character and merely acts as a bridge between production numbers. Tony Sheldon adds warmth and realness to Bernadette, his transsexual of a certain age, and the other performers have the pipes and physicality to show off the show’s best asset: the candy-coloured costumes. Runs to Jan 2, 2011, Tue-Sat 8 pm, SatSun and Wed 2 pm. $20-$130. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. nnn (GS) ROck Of ages by Chris D’Arienzo (Mirvish). Mashed together from the 80s glam rock

catalogue, this critic-proof jukebox musical is essentially a glorified version of rock week at American Idol. It’s well sung and played, but the story – about an aspiring actor (Elicia MacKenzie) and musician (Yvan Pedneault) in L.A. – is silly without being witty. A narrator (Aaron Walpole) keeps popping in to remind us that we’re watching a cheesy musical. Mamma Mia! and We Will Rock You have affection for the genre, but RoA mocks it, which leaves a nasty aftertaste. Runs to Jan 2, 2011, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 7 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $28-$99. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish. com. nn (GS) ROshni by Anusree Roy (Theatre Passe Muraille). Two youths beg, steal and

dream of a better life at a Calcutta train station. Runs to Dec 11, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $30-$35, mat pwyc. 16 Ryerson. 416504-7529, passemuraille.on.ca. The sleePing BeauTy by Norman Robbins (Peel Panto Players/Samuel French Inc.). This British-style panto is based on the classic fairy tale. Runs to Nov 28, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun (see website for times). $11.75. Lester B. Pearson Theatre, 150 Central Park, Brampton. 905-874-2800, peelplayers.com. sPenT by Michele Smith, Dean Gilmour, Ravi Jain and Adam Paolozza (Theatre Smith-Gilmour/Why Not Theatre/ TheatreRUN). A pair of Bay Street traders finds their world changed with the economic crash and, in a series of fantasy episodes, discovers what it means to be without. A fine blend of clown, physical comedy and sharp satire on the world’s self-impressed movers and shakers make this show one of the liveliest in town. Runs to Nov 28, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $18-$28, stu/srs $15-$24, Sun pwyc. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Studio. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. nnnn (JK)

sWing in The nighT: a VaudeVille caBaReT

(Ladyluck Productions). This cabaret features burlesque, music, acrobats, comedy and more. Runs to Nov 28, Sun 7 pm. $25-$30. Revival, 783 College. ladyluckproductions.ca. Wicked by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman (Mirvish). This musical about the land of Oz before Dorothy tells the back story of Elphaba, later the Wicked Witch of the West, and Galinda, later Glinda the Good. This touring production could be stronger in some supporting roles, and Chandra Lee Schwartz’s Galinda is better with comic than serious moments, but she and Jackie Burns’s splendid Elphaba capture the vital magic between the two witches. Runs to Nov 28, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun 1:30 pm. $35-$129. Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria. 416-872-1212, mirvish. com. nnn (JK) Wide aWake heaRTs by Brendan Gall (Tarragon Theatre). Niceness never intrudes in this witty, sexy new work by the multi-talented Brendan Gall. As two confused couples attempt to make a movie together, their artistic choices begin to bleed into their reality. Gina Wilkinson’s often thrilling direction brings out the psychosexual tension between the characters, and Lorenzo Savoini’s cockeyed, sheer-curtained set makes the show

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as striking to the eye as it is to the ear. Runs to Dec 12, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $23-$44, Fri & Sun rush $10. 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. nnnn (Naomi Skwarna) The yeaR Of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Tarragon Theatre). Didion’s adaptation of her memoir dealing with her family tragedy is contained and epigrammatic, but actor Seana McKenna and director Michael Shamata give it powerful emotional nuance that goes beyond the coolness of the words. Masterfully performed and staged. Runs to Dec 12, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $23-$44, Fri & Sun rush $10. 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre. com. nnnn (JK) a yeaR WiTh fROg and TOad by Robert Reale and Willie Reale (Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People). Cheerful Frog and grumpy Toad go through the four seasons in this play for kids (see review at nowtoronto. com/stage). Runs to Dec 30, see website for schedule. $10-$20. 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, lktyp.ca. nnnn (JK) 3

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All listings are free. Send to: stage@nowtoronto.com, fax 416-364-1166 or mail to Comedy,NOWMagazine,189Church, TorontoM5B1Y7. Include title, producer, comics (host/headliner/sketch troupe members), brief synopsis, days and times, range of ticket prices, venue name and address and box office/info phone number/website. Listings may be edited for space. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.

Thursday, November 25 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Ward Anderson,

Ben Mercer and host Ben Mathai. To Nov 28, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat-Sun 8 pm (and Sat 10:45 pm). $15-$18. 2335 Yonge. 416-4867700, absolutecomedy.ca. BAD DOG THEATRE presents Next Big Thing, new and veteran improvisers perform scenes. 8 pm. The Jam, an open improv jam session. 9:15 pm. $5. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com.

Todd Van Allen and others. 9 pm. $5. 124 Church. 416-364-9698. COMEDY @ COCONUTS New Reach Creative presents comedy followed by hip-hop, R&B and reggae w/ host Ricky ‘rudeboy’ Singh and various comedic acts. 9 pm. Free. Coconuts Restaurant & Lounge, 2180 Steeles W. 905532-0504, newreachcreative.com. THE PARKDALE COMEDY EXPERIMENT The Shop Under Parts & Labour presents Conor Holler, Sara Hennessey, Nick Flanagan, Kathleen Philips, Inessa Frantowski & Sarah Hillier, Punch Drysdale and others. Doors 8:30 pm. $3. 1566 Queen W. partsandlabour.ca.

SOMETHING WICKED AWESOME THIS WAY COMES Second City SC presents its 66th ñ sketch comedy revue, and it’s the most con-

sistently funny show in years. Director Chris Earle has a theatrical eye, edgy sense of humour and knows which topical references will capture the zeitgeist yet also remain classic. The talented, versatile cast takes on G20 protests, tech annoyances and pushes the limits of comedy with a ballsy scene about the Israel/Palestine situation. The final moments are a brilliant nod to several earlier sketches, and you’ll be humming Caitlin Howden and Matthew Reid’s song parody as you leave. TueSat 8 pm (plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm), Sun 2 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. NNNNN (GS) THE STAND-UP Comedy Bar presents Marco Bernardi, DJ Demers, Dylan Gott, Andrew Hamm, Miriam Verberg, K Trevor Wilson and

comics growing moustaches w/ Dave Kemp, Andrew Hamm, Eli Jakeman, Jamie O’Connor, Joe Ianni, Jeff Elliott, Kristian Reimer, host

Canada presents an open class with company dancers for intermediate ballet students and spectators. Nov 28 at 11 am. $40 per class, $10 to watch (must pre-register). Walter Carsen Centre, 470 Queens Quay W. national.ballet.ca. BOMBAY BELLYWOOD Bellydance Superstars present a show that incorporates Bollywood and Bhangra styles. Nov 29 at 8 pm. $39.50$49.50. Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 190 Princes’ Blvd. 416-872-4255, masseyhall.com. ESPEjO DE ORO Harbourfront NextSteps and Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company present flamenco dance and music showcasing Spanish culture. Nov 25-28, ThuSat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm. $20-$43. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, flamencos.net. THE FOUR BEAUTIES OF CHINA Little Pear Garden Collective presents classical and modern dance and opera about four powerful women in Chinese history. Nov 26-27 at 8 pm. $25-$40, srs/stu $18. MNJCC Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina. 416-504-6429 ext 21, littlepeargarden.com. LOAN SHARKING Harbourfront NextSteps, DanceWorks and RUBBERBANDance Group present Victor Quijada’s fusion of dance, theatre and technology (see story, page 62). Nov 26-27 at 8 pm. $22.50-$33.50. Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-

Friday, November 26 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 25.

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COMEDY ABOVE THE PUB: THE MOVEMBER SHOW McVeigh’s Irish Pub presents local

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hosts Joel Buxton and Stacey McGunningle. 8 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Dana Alexander. To Nov 27, Thu-Sat 8 pm (and Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents the Rising Stars Of Comedy double feature. 8 pm. $12. 70 Interchange Way, Vaughan. yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S WEST presents the Rising Stars Of Comedy double feature. 8 pm. $12. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

MY LAST TEACHER Ismailova Dance Theatre

presents a dance-theatre piece about the last days of childhood. Nov 26 at 8 pm. Pwyc. Unity Church, 173 Eglinton W. 647-829-4839, ismtheatreofdance.blogspot.com. SERIES 8:08/TAKE TWO presents a monthly choreographic performance workshop with Jennifer Dallas, Kendra Hughes, Bee Pallomina, Mor Bar-Zakai and Heather Saum. Nov 27 at 8:08 pm. $10, stu $8. Pia Bouman School, 6 Noble. series808.ca. VIVA LA DANzA V The school of Arte Flamenco presents a student performance. Nov 27 at 8 pm. $18. Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College. 416978-7986, arteflamenco.com.

—The Times (London)

Continuing CHROMA/SERENADE/EMERGENCE National Ballet of Canada presents works by ñ Wayne McGregor, George Ballanchine and

Crystal Pite. Runs to Nov 28, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $25-$210. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-345-9595, national.ballet.ca. RYERSON DANCES 2010 Ryerson Theatre School presents works by Robert Glumbek, Kate Hilliard, Vicki St Denys and Heidi Strauss, performed by students. Runs to Nov 27, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $18, stu $14. Ryerson Theatre, 43 Gerrard E. 416-9795118, ryersontheatre.ca. 3

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BAD DOG THEATRE presents Troubadour, com-

petitive musical improv. 8 pm. $10-$12. That Friday Show, a one-act play by BDT students. 8:30 pm (in Studio #2). Pwyc. Macro Neato, improv variety including games and plays. 10 pm. $10-$12. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com. COMEDY ON THE DANFORTH Timothy’s World News Café presents improv with Dan’s Mix ‘95 (Dan Hershfield, Ralph MacLeod and others). 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416-461-2668, comedyonthedanforth.com.

KNOCKOUT COMEDY NIGHT: 2ND ANNIVERSARY TKO’s Pub presents Boyd Banks,

ñ Timothy Allen, Andy Boorman, Martha O’Neill, Kevin MacDonald, Ron Sparks, Winston Spear, Pete Zedlacher and host Scott McCrickard. 10 pm. Free. 1600 Danforth. 416-466-1965.

THE SECOND CITY’S DYSFUNCTIONAL HOLIDAY REVUE Second City presents a holiday-themed show of scenes and songs. To Dec 17, Fri and Wed 1 pm (evening shows begin Dec 6, Mondays at 8 pm, to Jan 3, 2011). $20. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

SOMETHING WICKED AWESOME THIS WAY COMES See Thu 25. TOKE & JOKE Village Vapor Lounge presents a

weekly show w/ host Dred Lee. 7:30 pm. Free. 66 Wellesley E. 416-972-9500. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 25. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Stewart Silver and Gavin Stephens. To Nov 27, Fri 9 pm, Sat 7:30 & 9:30 pm. $20. 70 Interchange Way. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S WEST presents David Merry. To Nov 27, Fri 9 pm, Sat 7:30 & 9:30 pm. $20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. yukyuks.com.

Saturday, November 27 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 25. BAD DOG THEATRE presents Theatresports,

competitive improv. 8 pm. Key Party, sexy comedy with real and fake couples. 10 pm. $10-$12 each. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com. BRAINSGIVING Toronto Rehab Foundation presents a benefit for the NeuroRehabilitation Program w/ Vest of Friends,

Chelsea Manders, Andrew Ivimey, K Trevor Wilson, She Said What, Sara Hennessey and Paradis Parker. 9:30 pm. $20. Eton House, 710 Danforth. 416-597-3422 ext 3757. DOCTOR WHOM Bigger on the Inside Productions presents an improvised tribute to the sci-fi TV show w/ Scott Montgomery, Ashley Botting, Aurora Browne, Chris Gibbs and others. To Dec 18, 8 pm. $15. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. ticketweb.ca. LAST STOP COMEDY Fitzgerald’s Pub presents weekly Pro/Am comedy with people talking loudly and hosts Jordan Foisy and Matt Shury. 9 pm. Pwyc. 2298 Queen E. 416-698-8588. MARTY TOPPS HOUSE PARTY SHOW Isaac Winter presents a comedy/variety show and dance party w/ Tim Gilbert, Eric Andrews, the Barf Bags, Marty Simsovic and hosts Marty Topps and DJ T-Bot. 10:30 pm. $10. Bread & Circus, 299 Augusta. martytopps.ca. ONCE UPON A PUPPET John Candy Box Theatre presents an improvised puppet fairy tale for all ages. 1 pm. $5, family 6-pack $20. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270.

SOMETHING WICKED AWESOME THIS WAY COMES See Thu 25. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 25. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN See Fri 26. YUK YUK’S WEST See Fri 26.

Sunday, November 28 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 25. GHOST JAIL THEATRE Clinton’s presents weekly

improv, monologues and more. 7:30 pm. $5$6. 693 Bloor W. ghostjail.com. KNIGHT TIME COMEDY presents weekly standup and sketch w/ host Jill Knight. 8 pm. $4. Remarks Bar & Grill, 1026 Coxwell. 416-4299889, knight.time.comedy@gmail.com. LAUGH SABBATH presents The Hour Of Power w/ Nick Flanagan, Mark Debonis, Georgea Brooks-Hancock, Mack Lawrenz, Ron Josol, Dylan Gott, Peter Stevens, Chris Locke and host Sara Hennessey. 9 pm. $5. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. laughsabbath.com. LEGENDS OF ZELDA’S presents a weekly show w/ the Eleventh Commandment plus guests. 8 pm. $5. Zelda’s, 692 Yonge. zeldas.ca. NOVEMBERFEST NBAcomics present Keith Pedro, Anthony Mlekuz, Barry Taylor, Patrick Coppolino, James Kersley, Nicholas Rizzi, Alex Brovedani, Chris Roberts and host David An-

Esmeralda Enrique

Spanish Dance Company presents

“A SUBLIME CHRISTMAS CAROL”

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–Toronto Star

Mirror of Gold

With international guest artists

Juan Ogalla José Valle “ Chuscales ” Niño de Elche Manuel Soto Fleck Dance Theatre Harbourfront Centre 207 Queens Quay W, 3rd Floor

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sents an open mic w/ host Melissa Story. 8:30 pm. Free. 200 Victoria. 416-362-1777.

Monday, November 29 ALT.COMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli presents Debra DiGiovanni, Dave Merheje, Todd ñ Van Allen, DJ Demers, Dwayne Hill, Martha

O’Neill, Monty Scott, Alan Kliffer, MC Winston Spear and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. IMPERIAL COMEDY Imperial Pub presents weekly Pro/Am comics w/ host Eric Bud. 9:30 pm. Pwyc. 54 Dundas E. imperialcomedy.com. SECOND CITY presents Live In 3D, sketch comedy featuring scenes and songs from SC history, plus new material. 8 pm. $12. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

Tuesday, November 30 I HEART JOKES Evan Desmarais presents weekly comedy and fun. Doors 7:30 pm. Pwyc. The Central, 603 Markham. 416-913-4586.

PARKER AND SEVILLE’S NO GIRLS ALLOWED ALL GIRLS REVUE Hard Luck Bar presents Stephanie

Kaliner, Bea Arthur, Adam Ward and Simon Pond, Dylan Gott, Chris Locke and Tim Gilbert. 9 pm. $5. 812 Dundas W. hardluckbar.com. SHORT SHORTS Supermarket presents a variety show with short films and comedy w/ Jeffrey Danson, Kirk Hicks and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. 268 Augusta. shortshorts.webs.com. SKETCHCOMEDYLOUNGE Rivoli presents The Headline Series, w/ Frenzy, a Classy Affair, Sex T-Rex, Newsdesk with Ron Sparks, MC Adam Christie and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. sketchcomedylounge.com.

SOMETHING WICKED AWESOME THIS WAY COMES See Thu 25. STANDING ON THE DANFORTH Eton House

presents Rob Pue, Dana Alexander, Dave Martin, Suzan Mazur, John Hastings, Andrea Mitchell, Will Norris, Cal Post and host JoAnna Downey. 9 pm. Free. 710 Danforth. 416466-6161. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Amateur Night, w/ Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up newbies at 9:30 pm. $3. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am night w/ Joey Elias, Jamie Murray, Andrew Ivimey, Ben Mercer, Brendan McKeigan, Dave Merheje, Frank Spadone and host Ryan Maglunob. 8:30 pm. $10. 2335 Yonge. absolutecomedy.ca. BAD DOG THEATRE presents previews of new improv shows: The League, fast, competitive improv. 8 pm. The Mullet, teams reinvent a classic improv challenge. 9:30 pm. $5 for one or both shows. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com. THE CARNEGIE HALL SHOW The National Theatre of the World presents a weekly variety show. 9:30 pm. Pwyc. Bread & Circus, 299 Augusta. thecarnegiehallshow.com. COMEDY AT THE OSSINGTON presents Steph Kaliner, Sara Hennessey, Greg Alsop, Jeremy Mersereau, Nick Beaton, Matthew Lyons, David Kemp and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. The Ossington, 61 Ossington. 416-850-0161. CORKTOWN COMEDY Betty’s presents an open mic w/ Marty Simsovic, Darren Pyle, Hannah Hogan, host Brian Coughlin and others. 9 pm. Free. 240 King E. 416-9882675, corktowncomedy.com. THE DOOR PRIZE SHOW Zelda’s Living Well presents a weekly talent contest w/ host Vicki Licks. 8 pm. Pwyc. 692 Yonge, upstairs. 416-922-2526, zeldas.ca.

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“JOSEPH ZIEGLER COULDN’T POSSIBLY BE BETTER AS SCROOGE”

drew Brent. 9 pm. $15-$20. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

Post, host Jo-Anna Downey and others. 9 pm. Free. Spirits Bar & Grill, 642 Church. 416-967-0001. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Bob Keele. To Dec 5, Wed-Sun 8 pm (and Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-9676425, yukyuks.com. 3

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Shrink rap GROWING UP JUNG: COMING OF AGE AS THE SON OF TWO SHRINKS

by Micah Toub (Doubleday Canada), 261 pages, $29.95 cloth. Rating: NNNN

although it sounds like a straight-up, laugh-out-loud memoir from a kid with a weird family, Growing Up Jung reads much deeper. Micah Toub is unflinchingly honest about his childhood, including the breakup of his parents. He includes relevant details from Jung’s own life, from his collaboration and eventual rivalry with Freud, to his struggles with scientific credibility. Near the end, Toub weaves in a narrative that explores the reactions his parents had to the first manuscript of this tell-all tale. They were not happy. Who can blame them? Toub quotes his own mum as saying, for example, that she

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couldn’t grow old with a man who owns a tarot deck. Much of Toub’s recollections centre around sex, from the requisite tale of finding Dad’s porn stash to a heated debate with university buddies over which would make a better sexual partner, a dog or a spider. (Toub guns for the spider.) He can’t help but fall back on the toolkit handed to him in childhood: the old koan WWJD (What Would Jung Do?). It’s clear that his feelings about Jung are tied up with his complex feelings for his parents. Although he doesn’t take Jung’s work as gospel, he is touchingly offended when a friend suggests that Jungian psychoanalysis has long been discredited. Instead of writing the book chronologically, Toub arranges chapters by Jungian themes (The Shadow, Anima, etc.). This makes it feel more kinetic than a regular memoir, as he juggles his childhood memories, linking events to Jungian theory.

ROBERT J SAWYER Talking about his book

ñWatch. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-395-5577.

SPEAKEASY Meaghan Strimas, Matt Lennox and others. 7:30 pm. Free. Magpie Tavern, 831 Dundas W. 416-916-6499. HAROLD TROPER Discussing his book on identity, politics and the Canadian Jewish community in the 60s. 7:30 pm. Free. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. 416-924-6211. DEREK WALCOTT The Nobel Laureate poet/playwright reads. 7-9 pm. Free. Ryerson Library Bldg, 350 Victoria. 416-9795000 ext 4630.

Friday, November 26 KATE MORTON Reading from The Distant Hours. 7 pm. Free. Indigo, 55 Bloor W. 416925-3536. MORITZ RINKE Dramatic reading by the German playwright. 4-5:30 pm. Free. GoetheInstut, 100 University. goethe.de/toronto. 22 REASONS TO FEAR THE FUTURE Comic book series launch party. 9 pm. $10. Garrison, 1197 Dundas W. twentytworeasons.com.

Saturday, November 27 JULIE KIRKPATRICK Reading from The Camino

Letters. 7:30 pm. $20 or pwyc. Trinity-St Paul’s, 427 Bloor W. info@pyxispress.com. ANNA MARIA SPARKS Signing Breakfast Without Tiffany. 4 pm. Free. Origo Books, 49 Lower Jarvis. 416-703-3535. VICARIOUSLY Dwayne Morgan, Jemeni and others. 8 pm. $15, adv $10. Annex Live, 296 Brunswick. seesawlive@gmail.com.

Sunday, November 28 DRAFT 6.2 Afua Cooper, Susan Helwig and

Toub is still a young man so we never find out what effect such a hyper-analyzed childhood has on someone 60 or 70 years removed from the events. Can’t wait for the JOSEPH WILSON sequel. Micah Toub appears at MaRS December 3 as part of Treehouse Talks. treehousetalks.com

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READINGS THIS WEEK Thursday, November 25

Those of us familiar with Myrna Kostash Kostash’s career were not surprised that she copped this year’s Writers Trust Matt Cohen prize, awarded to an author who has dedicated his or her life to writing as a primary pursuit. For over 30 years she has helped define creative non-fiction, writing passionately about culture, radical politics and her Ukrainian roots. Her new memoir, Prodigal Daughter: A Journey To Byzantium ($35.25, University of Alberta), launching Tuesday (November 30) at St. Vladimir Institute, tracks her spiritual journey from her home in Edmonton, through the Balkans to a new understanding of Byzantium. See Readings, this page. SUSAN G. COLE

tion Place. readforthecure.ca.

versary edition of Lives Of The Saints with art critic Gary Michael Dault. 8 pm. $5. Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen W. 416531-4635. TRIBUTE TO NELSON MANDELA Andrew Moodie, Dionne Brand and others read from Mandela’s memoir, Conversations With Myself. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-395-5577.

DAVID CLINK/LEANNE AVERBACH/DAVE MARGOSHES Poetry. 8 pm. Free. Clinton’s, 693 Bloor

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Tuesday, November 30 MARGARET ATWOOD/JOY FIELDING/ KAREN CONNELLY (Read for the Cure) ñ Reading. 6:30 pm. $85. Liberty Grand, Exhibi-

W. artbar.org.

MYRNA KOSTASH Launch for Prodigal Daugh-

ter. 7-9 pm. Free. St Vladimir Instit, 620 Spadina. stvladimir.ca. POETRY SLAM FUNDRAISER Relevant, Kiki, David Delisca and Fraser. 7:30 pm. $10. Boat, 158 Augusta. 416-312-3865. NINO RICCI Ricci and artist Tony Urquhart discuss the illustrated 20th-anni-

DARREN BIFFORD/JIM JOHNSTONE/ANTONY DI NARDO Reading. 8 pm. Pwyc. Press Club, 850

Dundas W. pivot.readings@gmail.com. CHARLES FORAN Talking about his biography Mordecai. 6:30 pm. Free. Munk School, 1 Devonshire. munkschool.utoronto.ca. ANITA SHREVE Discussing her novel Rescue with CTV’s Paula Todd. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-395-5577. 3

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join the conversation. A Tribute to Nelson Mandela

Suhana Meharchand, Brian Stewart, Andrew Moodie, Molly Johnson and M.G. Vassanji read from Mandela’s new memoir, Conversations with Myself.

Tuesday, November 30, 7 pm

Anita Shreve

The author of The Pilot’s Wife on her new novel, Rescue. With CTV’s Paula Todd.

Wednesday, December 1, 7 pm torontopubliclibrary.ca/appelsalon Doors open at 6 pm

others. 3 pm. $5 (includes copy). Merchants of Green Coffee, 2 Matilda. 416-433-4170.

Monday, November 29 AMY SEDARIS Signing copies of Simple

Times. 7 pm. Free. Chapters, 126 John. chapters.indigo.ca. ADAM SEELIG Launching Every Day In The Morning (Slow). 7 pm. Free. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. 416-924-6211 ext 154.

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While travelling eastbound on the Dundas streetcar, the Juno-nominated foursome perform an acoustic jam-out. 4:30

TWIN SHADOW This buzz band opened for Glasser in Toronto, but after the show it was tough to say whose show it really was. 3:23

NAOMI KLEIN The Toronto activist makes an impassioned plea for financial and legal help for those charged during the G20. 7:45 DJ SHADOW Watch the seminal DJ scratch his way through the Shadowsphere, his latest art/DJ show. 1:30 HOODED FANG Local indie ensemble Hooded Fang drum up support for their new album with a gig at Sonic Boom. 3:26

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Print Annex with editions of five or fewer for under $100. December 2-11, reception 6-9 pm December 2. Promoter of site-specific artwork Mercer Union (1286 Bloor West, 416536-1519, mercerunion.org) presents its All Inclusive members’ show, where everything costs $169.99. December 7-11, closing party/sale 5 pm December 11. Works in Hang Man Gallery’s (756 Queen East, 416-465-0302 416, artistsnetwork.ca) BowsArt in various media by members of the Artists’ Network – the east-end org responsible for the Riverdale Art Walk and Little Art Show – are under $500. December 7-24, reception 2-6 pm December 11. Paul Petro (980 Queen West, 416979-7874, paulpetro.com) puts on his annual Christmas Spice December 1023, with a tree by Sandy Plotnikoff and multiples and small works by Maura Doyle, Amy Bowles, Jay Isaac and Olia Mishchenko, among others. In the provincial government’s Macdonald Block, non-profit John B. Aird Gallery (900 Bay, 416-928-6772, airdgallery.org) holds its annual Mistletoe Magic fundraising auction of small

works from $50 to $300. Preview from Tuesday (November 30), silent auction hosted by CBC’s Kevin Sylvester 6-9 pm December 9. The Creation exhibit at Queen Gallery (382 Queen East, 416-361-6045, queengallery.ca), which shows many Persian artists, has 30 works from $60 to $3,700 that explore origin stories in Western and Eastern traditions. December 2-22, reception with musical performance 2-6 pm December 4. The Gladstone (1214 Queen West, 416-531-4635, gladstonehotel.com) holds its annual celebration of textiles with juried exhibit Hard Twist 5: Chroma Friday (November 26 to January 30) and pop-up sale PieceWork (reception 6-10 pm November 26, to November 28) of objects, wearables and home decor items. Show & Tell, an open house by the artists and artisans at Artscape’s Case Goods Warehouse in the Distillery District (55 Mill, casegoodswarehouse. com), includes presentations by Le Labo, Dish Gallery, encaustic painter David Brown and others, plus a silent auction to benefit Art City at St. James

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BlAckwood GAllery Traffic: Conceptual Art

’Tis the season to reward the art lovers on your list with gifts that support visual artists, galleries and charities, many at more reasonable prices than you’d pay for art at other times of year. At five artist-run centres, members offer affordable works to raise funds for programming. Photography/timebased media venue Gallery TPW (56 Ossington, 416-645-1066, gallerytpw. ca) holds its 24th annual Photorama, with 100+ works, some under $600, by the likes of Sara Angelucci, Deanna Bowen, Edward Burtynsky, Suzy Lake, Nina Levitt, Vincenzo Pietropaolo and others. Friday (November 26), reception 6-9 pm, to December 4. At 401 Richmond West, printmaking hub Open Studio’s (416-504-8238, openstudio.on.ca), Artist Proof Sale offers etchings, lithographs, screen and relief prints ranging from $50 to $300, from December 2 – when an open house, 6-9 pm (pwyc, sugg $10), features printmaking demos – to December 18. Also at 401, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography’s (416-979-3941, gallery44.org) annual Wall To Wall has members’ work plus a

Art GAllery of MississAuGA Sculpture:

Abraham Anghik Ruben, to Dec 23. 300 City Centre (Mississauga). 905-895-5088. Art GAllery of oNtArio Installation: Allyson Mitchell, to Nov 28 (Young Gallery, free). Mixed media: Shary Boyle, to Dec 5. Film/ painting: Julian Schnabel; photos: The Grange Prize; sculpture/painting: Eva Hesse, Betty Goodwin and Agnes Martin, to Jan 2, 2011. Sculpture/drawing: Henry Moore, to Feb 6, 2011. Inuit Modern, to Feb 13, 2011. Maharaja: The Splendour Of India’s Royal Courts, to

author gets into it onstage for NOW’s lecture series, NOW Talks. In two parts!

Apr 3, 2011 ($22, stu $12.50 ). $18, srs $15, stu $10, under 25 free, free Wed 6-8:30 pm. 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. Art GAllery of york u Video/performance/photos: Terrance Houle, to Dec 5. 4700 Keele, Accolade E bldg. 416-736-5169. BAtA shoe MuseuM Juno Sole: Celebrating 40 Years Of The Juno Awards, to Nov 30. Beauty, Identity, Pride: Native North American Footwear; Socks: Between You And Your Shoes, ongoing. $12, srs $10, stu $6. 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799.

In Canada 1965-1980, to Nov 28. U of T Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga N (Mississauga). 905-828-3789. desiGN exchANGe Constructions: Contemporary Norwegian Design & Craft, to Jan 23, 2011 (free). Design Exchange Awards, to Jan 30, 2011. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-3636121. doris MccArthy GAllery Traffic: Conceptual Art In Canada 1965-1980, to Nov 28. 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007.

GArdiNer MuseuM of cerAMic Art Breaking Boundaries group show, to ñ Jan 30, 2011. Twelve Trees Of Christmas, to

Dec 12. Hot Commodity: Chinese Blue And White Porcelain, to Jan 9, 2011. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. JustiNA M. BArNicke Traffic: Conceptual Art In Canada 1965-1980, to Nov 28. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398.

YUKON BLONDE Catch two clips of the BC rock band playing the basement of Sonic Boom. AUTHORS ON eBOOKS

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Snap up Robert Canali’s RGB Vanitas at Gallery TPW’s Photorama.

Town. December 4-5. Creative Works Studio (793 Gerrard East, 416-465-5711, creativeworksstudio.ca), a program of St. Michael’s Hospital Inner City Health and Good Shepherd Non-Profit Homes, launches its fundraising calendar, Reflections On Joy, with the Blues Art Exhibit by program participants. Launch 5-8 pm December 2, to December 4. Arts building 401 Richmond’s annual Artisans Marketplace features pottery, clothing, stained glass, edibles and more. Musical instrument shop Musideum and Swipe/Built Books also take part. December 9-12. (401 Richmond West, 401richmond.net). 3 art@nowtoronto.com

Painting: Bruno Bobak, to Dec 5. Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution Of The Group Of Seven, to Jan 30, 2011. Traditional Stories: Unikkaaqtuat/Modern Stories: Unikkaat, to May 8, 2011. $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121. MoccA Installation: David Hoffos, to Dec 31. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067. MuseuM of iNuit Art Sculpture/prints/drawing from the collection, ongoing. $6, stu/srs $5. 207 Queens Quay W. 416-603-7591. oAkville GAlleries Un-home-ly group show, Nov 27-Feb 20, 2011, ARTbus tour 11:30 am-5:30 pm from OCADU Nov 27 ($10). Centennial Sq, 120 Navy; Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore E (Oakville). 905844-4402. the Power PlANt Painting/tapestry/video: Ian Wallace and Pae White, to Jan 2, 2011. $6, stu/srs $3, free Wed 5-8 pm. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. royAl oNtArio MuseuM Institute for Contemporary Culture: sculpture: El

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Anatsui, to Feb 27, 2011. Touched By Fire group show (Mood Disorders Assoc), 6:30 pm Nov 25. Playful Pursuits: Chinese Traditional Toys And Games; The Warrior Emperor And China’s Terracotta Army, to Jan 2, 2011 ($31, stu/srs $28, child $19.50; Wed after 3 pm $15, child $11.50). Fryderyk Chopin & The Romantic Piano; Position As Desired/Exploring African Canadian Identity: Photographs From The Wedge Collection, to Mar 27, 2011. Painting: Jane Ash Poitras, to Sep 1, 2011. $22, stu/srs $19; $11, stu/srs $9.50 Fri 4:30-9:30 pm; free Wed 4:30-5:30 pm. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA Drawing With

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the tim burton exhibition at TIFF Bell Lightbox looks exactly like you’d expect a Tim Burton exhibition to look. It’s squiggles and stripes all the way down. Burton’s movies have a distinctive stylistic continuity; there’s always something with a curlicue, or a prop that recalls an Edward Gorey sketch, or someone with a big head and a tiny body. (That’s usually Johnny Depp.) Burton really only has the one thing – the collision between fanciful Edwardian carnival motifs and dour German Expressionism – but when he’s in his groove, the results can be spectacular. The exhibition, opening Friday, is only one element of TIFF’s Burton celebration. The Lightbox is running Burtonthemed weekend workshops for kids (and parents) to the end of the year. A limited run of Edward Scissorhands opens December 2. And then there’s the Burton Blitz, which will screen all of his features in chronological order from 6:30 pm Friday to about 10 am Sunday (November 28). Check Friday’s web column at NOW Daily for a more detailed look at that. It’s the exhibition that’s the star attraction, of course. Originally curated for the Museum of Modern Art in New York, with a focus on Burton’s drawings,

paintings and animation work, it’s been reworked for its Lightbox run to bring Burton’s filmography to the fore. That reworking hasn’t been executed as well as I’d hoped. The depth of inquiry rises and falls like a tide as the show moves in roughly chronological order through Burton’s movies. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Scissorhands and Mars Attacks! get lavish displays of production artwork, costumes, sketches and props, while other studio projects like Sleepy Hollow, the disastrous Planet Of The Apes remake and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory are shrugged off with a couple of items apiece. Okay, those aren’t his most popular pictures, but why is there more material on display from projects Burton merely oversaw, like Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, James And The Giant Peach and Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, than from his openly personal films like Ed Wood and Big Fish? (And while I’m asking questions, how does Henry Selick feel about being omitted from any discussion of The Nightmare Before Christmas when he actually directed the movie?) Fortunately, the exhibition’s shortcomings can be rectified by screenings of the

movies themselves. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure is one of the best children’s movies ever made. Beetlejuice is the closest anyone’s ever come to a perfect anarchic comedy. It moves like a runaway train, and the relationship that develops between Winona Ryder’s “strange and unusual” Lydia Deetz and the frustrated ghosts played by Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin gives it a rich emotional foundation. Batman and Batman Returns straddle the line between the camp attitude of the franchise’s Adam West days and the psychological realism of Christopher Nolan’s reboots. Mars Attacks! is a demented funhouse ride through the 1950s sci-fi cheapies Burton devoured as a child. And Ed Wood salutes the people who made those cheapies – even when their efforts resulted in some of the worst cinema America has ever seen. Then there’s Edward Scissorhands. Burton’s first collaboration with fellow traveller Depp remains the director’s most personal and profoundly touching work – the one movie where absolutely every element works all the way through to the end. TIFF is screening Burton’s features to the end of December, pairing each with a film that influenced or inspired him. Scissorhands is matched with Delbert Mann’s Marty, another story of misfits looking for love

(Monday, November 29). Other double bills include Batman Returns preceded by Roman Polanski’s Repulsion (December 3 and 4), and Mars Attacks! is paired with Ishiro Honda’s Gojira (December 10 and 11). On December 12, Ed Wood is accompanied by Edward D. Wood Jr.’s Bride Of The Monster. That program alone is reason to mount the exhibition – even if all it gives us of Ed Wood are some prop doors and one sad little angora sweater. 3 normw@nowtoronto.com

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Sally Hawkins

If the shoe (or role) fits, Sally Hawkins will wear it.

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Sally Hawkins gets Oscar buzz in political Made In Dagenham By SUSAN G. COLE MADE IN DAGENHAM directed by Nigel Cole, written by William Ivory, with Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson and Bob Hoskins. 113 minutes. A Maple release. Opens Friday (November 26). For venues and times, see Movies page 75.

i sometimes get the impression that for female film stars, it’s all about the shoes. Amanda Seyfried teetered into an interview for Dear John, sank into her chair and almost wept with relief when she could finally remove her 6-inch heels. Fourteen-year-old Trust star Liana Liberato’s heels were so high she just never bothered to stand up. While waiting for Made In Dagenham star Sally Hawkins to arrive at the Intercontinental, I am informed that she’s caught in a traffic jam and can’t get here from the Four Seasons. “Why doesn’t she just walk over?” I grumble. I find out when I get a gander at her footwear: another pair of 6-inchhigh wonders. “How are you managing in those?” I ask. “With difficulty,” she says. “I don’t have to walk – I’m being carried.” It’s an ironic beginning to a conversation about her role in Made In Dagenham, in which she plays the Ford Motors machinist Rita O’Grady, who leads her female co-workers’ charge for equal pay in 1968. Though the costumes are vintage 60s, Rita is no fashion plate. “What I got from talking to the real women who worked at Ford (Rita’s a composite character, but the GM strike actually took place) was that they spoke with no frills and were down-to-earth.” Hawkins is plainly a gifted actor. On film, she can breeze through dialogue. But in conversation, the gangly, almost gawky woman speaks in fits and starts, gulping constantly

as she struggles to release a sentence. She’s best known to audiences as the bright, irresistible Poppy in Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky, for which she won a Golden Globe, beating out Meryl Streep. Poppy knows herself, is completely irrepressible and has no problem imprinting on every situation around her. Rita’s completely different. She

REVIEW MADE IN DAGENHAM (Nigel Cole) Rating: NNN Nigel Cole’s (Calendar Girls) drama about female workers striking for equal pay at the UK Ford plant in Dagenham in 1968 is a feminist crowdpleaser. Rita O’Grady (an excellent Sally Hawkins) leads the workers’ charge, taking on big industry and her craven union bosses and risking alienation from her sweet husband, Eddie (Daniel Mays), and the male workers at the shop. Enter unlikely allies, including a major Ford exec’s wife (Rosamund Pike) and the shit-kicking minister of labour (Miranda Richardson), to help save the day. This is a film that presses the women’s solidarity button almost too hard. And the men, except for Rita’s husband (Daniel Mays) and union brother (Bob Hoskins), are all pretty icky. But there’s some great writing, and the period detail is exquisite. SGC

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doesn’t see herself as an ordinary woman who can do the extraordinary. She’s full of self-doubt and has to learn to lead. “It was quite important to me that she found her voice,” Hawkins explains. “She isn’t a political animal. She doesn’t have that language at the end of her tongue.” But once Rita gets on a roll, there’s no stopping her. “That’s what I love about her. When somebody says something so incredibly dismissive and undermining and belittling and outrageous, she stops and grabs it by the throat. She shook Ford to the core.” Riveting in the role, Hawkins is generating early Oscar buzz. Her costar, Miranda Richardson, who gives a blistering performance as Barbara Castle, the cabinet minister who supports the women workers, says part of what makes Hawkins successful is her nerve. “In Britain, there’s a very workmanlike attitude on film sets,” says Richardson in a separate interview (wearing really hot Betty Jackson shoes, by the way). “Time and money constraints are much more obvious than over here. [There’s pressure] to nail it in one take. “Sally, on the other hand, refuses to let something go. So she’ll say, ‘No, I think I can do something better,’ taking the time, having the courage to do that.” Hawkins is gearing up to star in The Roaring Girl, the Bernadette Devlin biopic. “Another amazing woman,” Hawkins enthuses, “and another weighty responsibility. She was a ferocious, brilliant, political animal. I love playing great women.” 3

Muniz’s subjects are unusually beautiful people. Was that a coincidence or did you look for people who were easy on the eyes? That was a surprise. We were expecting garbage monsters, scary people who weren’t human – which made us confront our own prejudices. You actually see the process by which we met the characters and that’s really how it happened. We weren’t casting for attractive people – they came and found us. We found the people who were ripe for this collaboration. It’s amazing to watch garbage pickers do that work and maintain their dignity. If you’re down on your luck, you can choose between prostitution, drugrunning and picking recycled materials in a garbage dump. The people who choose the third don’t want to hurt anyone and don’t want to prostitute themselves. It’s clear that the workers’ experience with Muniz changed them. But what did your subjects teach you? You go to the garbage dump expecting to find the world’s most damaged people and instead you get a fantastically inspired lecture on recycling that makes you feel horrible about your own ridiculous habits.

The movie includes intense personal changes Muniz went through during the filming. Why? I didn’t want Vik to be the narrator, the god, and everybody else to be the subject. I wanted to show that everybody is affected and lives are always changing. It would have been unfair to everyone else if we didn’t include the changes in his life. As gorgeous as the art finally is, your subjects do have to return to their lives sorting garbage. I don’t like faking things. Sometimes it’s more interesting when you can’t point to changes. Life is always complicated and beautiful and I like representing that in my movies. If there are easy answers, why aren’t we emSUSAN G. COLE ploying them every day?

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ñ(Lucy Walker) Rating: NNNN Brazil’s prime artistic export, Vik Muniz, specializes in photos tricked out with found objects. Lucy Walker’s camera follows him as he takes his practice to new heights at the world’s biggest landfill, where the artist engages garbage pickers in his process. He finds workers – must say, they’re exceptionally beautiful to look at – who ply their trade with relish while maintaining their dignity. By photographing them and inviting them to incorporate the materials they gather for recycling into the work itself, Muniz creates astonishing pieces and changes his subjects’ sense of themselves. Except that they all have to return to work in the landfill. Still, a moving testimony SGC to the power of art.

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Love & Other Drugs wants ever so much to be a frothy romantic comedy about a Pfizer pharmaceutical rep (Jake Gyllen haal) who falls into a no-strings sexual relationship with a doe-eyed Parkinson’s patient (Anne Hathaway). But it tries so damn hard to win you over that the experience becomes exhausting. A lot of things about this movie should be, well, fun: the satirical take on the pharmaceutical industry, the casual but not exactly raunchy attitude toward sex, the reunion of Gyllenhaal and Hathaway in a storyline that gives them a chance at a happier ending than Brokeback Mountain allowed. Maybe another director could have knit those elements together in a more appealing way. But we’re stuck with Ed

challenge Church authority on sexual and political matters and to create a complex choral music centuries ahead of its time. Vision: From The LiFe oF hiLdegard But in director Margarethe von Von Bingen (Margarethe Von Trotta). Trotta’s dull screenplay, von Bingen is 111 minutes. Subtitled. Opens today little more than a proto-feminist icon (Thursday, November 25) at the TIFF repeatedly confronting her superiors Bell Lightbox. Times, page 79. over some piece of cloister busiRating: nn ness and then being praised for her fortitude by her fellow Vision: From The Life Of nuns. Hildegard Von Bingen turns Vision comes briefly to life an extraordinary woman into in its examination of the a symbol. What she’s symbolcomplex relationship beizing, though, remains frustween von Bingen and tratingly opaque. novitiate Richardis von The formidable Bar Stade (Hannah Herz bara Sukowa, who has sprung), but again, enough gravitas for that has more to do three films, plays the with the actors’ 12th-century Gercommitment to man nun whose vistheir roles than ions of a “living with von Trotta’s light” gave her spiritengineering of ual and practical guidtheir scenes. There’s nun greater than ance. They led her to Barbara Sukowa. norman WiLner

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After spending a decade in prison, Johnson’s steely avenger gets out, is given an awesome muscle car, a very large gun and a list of five names. Billy Faster (George Tillman Jr.). 98 minutes. Bob Thornton and Johnson’s Race To Now playing. For venues and times, see Witch Mountain co-star Carla Gugino Movies, page 75. Rating: NNN are the homicide detectives who pick up his trail, and Oliver Jackson-CoA straight-up revenge thriller starhen is a high-powered assassin ring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hired to stop Johnson before he as a California ex-con on a miscan finish the job. sion of violent retribution, Faster Director George Tillis a grim, lean piece of work man Jr., who made the that feels like it crawled out entirely undistinof a 1978 double feature. guished Men Of HonAnd that’s a good thing. or and Notorious, Joe and Tony Gayton’s finally finds a genre screenplay reaches back that works for him, to minimalist American embracing the grindthrillers like Vanishing house attitude of the Point, The Getaway and The Gaytons’ script. Faster Driver to build its sun-baked isn’t a watershed film, universe of terse characters and in a year’s time I excarrying deep reservoirs of guilt pect no one will even reand regret. (Or not, as in the case member it, but it does Dwayne Johnson of at least one key player.) what it does just fine. moves Faster. The story is classically simple. NormaN WIlNer

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Cher the pain burlesque (Steve Antin). 100 minutes. Now playing. For venues and times, see Movies, page 75. Rating: NN Burlesque cribs from any number of trashy pictures about showbiz, but it’s not nearly as much fun as Showgirls. A small-town entertainer (Christina Aguilera) tries to make it as a dancer/singer in a floundering nightclub, but first she must win over the club’s owner (Cher), piss off the drunken diva (Kristen Bell) and flirt with the sexy bartender (Cam Gigandet). When she finally shows everyone her star quality, a smouldering suit (Eric Dane) gets interested even as he’s negotiating to buy the club. Despite the familiar material, Burlesque leaves you with more questions than answers. What kind of nightclub is this, and who are its patrons? (It’s not a strip club, and it’s not a Las Vegas-style show.) Why

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don’t any of the performers have other aspirations? If business is so bad, how can they afford the sets and costumes for their Broadway-style numbers? Why didn’t Bob Fosse get a credit for the derivative choreography? How does Cher, in her mid-60s, look so amazing? Will she thank her personal trainer and/or plastic surgeon when she wins a Razzie? Why does Alan Cumming, who won a Tony playing Cabaret’s emcee, get so little screen time?

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(Rodrigo Cortés) takes place entirely within the confines of a coffin in which a man (Ryan Reynolds) has found himself buried with little more than a lighter, a flask and a cellphone. Reynolds is riveting, and you’ll appreciate Cortés’s bravura cinematic accomplishment after you catch your breath. 95 min. NNNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

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of the Met’s new production (directed by Canada’s Robert Lepage) of the first opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle. 170 min. Nov 29, 6 pm, at Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga

CONVICTION (Tony Goldwyn) reduces the undeniably powerful true story of Betty DESPICABLE ME (Chris Renaud, Pierre Anne Waters (Hilary Swank), who put herCoffin) stars Steve Carell as the voice of a self through law school and spent nearly sneering schemer who adopts three girls two decades fighting to clear her brother as part of an elaborate scheme to steal the (Sam Rockwell) of a murmoon. That subplot der conviction, to a munprovides the movie dane movie-of-thewith its most engaging EXPANDED REVIEWS week. 106 min. NN (NW) and entertaining monowtoronto.com Carlton Cinema, Grande ments; the other stuff, - Yonge, Kennedy Comwith Gru’s tube-shaped mons 20, Yonge & Dundas minions jumping around at us in 3-D, is a 24 lot less interesting. 95 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30 COOL IT (Ondi Timoner) 89 min. See review, page 74. NN (NW) DEVIL (Drew Dowdle, John Erick Dowdle) Opens Nov 26 at Cumberland 4. is a modest supernatural thriller that uses DAS RHEINGOLD is an encore presentation a brisk pace and fluid editing to provide mild entertainment, but that can’t dis-

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(Ben Wheatley) plays like an episode of The Sopranos directed by Mike Leigh, plopping itself down in a Brighton household where a young man and his parents cope with the demands of everyday family life while running some sort of criminal syndicate. Director Wheatley, who wrote the script with co-star Robin Hill, shifts the movie’s tone expertly throughout, and fans of Edgar Wright’s Spaced will be delighted to see Julia Deakin and Michael Smiley showing some real dramatic range. Like the movie itself, they’re a lot more complex than they first appear. 93 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema

DUE DATE (Todd Phillips) is basically just

an update of Planes, Trains & Automobiles, with control freak Robert Downey Jr. and clueless chaos-bringer Zach Galifianakis racing from Atlanta to Los Angeles. The actors could have coasted on the odd-couple script, but they both dig deep into their characters; Downey, in particular, gives what would be an Oscarcalibre performance in a just universe. (Really, he’s amazing.) But the emotional depth winds up pushing against the broader nature of the plot, which gets more cartoonish as it goes along. Due Date is much more satisfying when it keeps things real. 95 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity continued on page 76 œ

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THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (Daniel Alfredson) adapts the third

and final book in Stieg Larsson’s bestselling trilogy. It’s basically a dreary court procedural in which Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) stands trial for her father’s murder. See it to complete the story, but know that the film doesn’t cut it as a stand-alone. Subtitled. 146 min. NN (SGC) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre

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(Niels Arden Oplev) is a superb adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s mega-seller about disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist, who’s working with punk computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) to find the niece of a corporate magnate, lost over four decades ago. Great tension and superb performances, especially by Rapace as the pansexual girl with the tattoo. Subtitled. 152 min. NNNN (SGC) Regent Theatre

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(Charles Ferguson) takes a very complex subject – the story of the global economic collapse triggered by the 2008 failure of several American financial institutions – and explains it in terms so easily understood that if you’re not furious by the time you leave the theatre, you were probably staring at the floor with your fingers in your ears. Which a number of U.S. economists, lobbyists and politicians would appreciate. 108 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Cumberland 4, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Varsity

JACKASS 3D (Jeff Tremaine) is exactly like the two previous features and TV series, except for the 3-D, which is so feeble you’ll barely notice it. Johnny Knoxville and cohorts pee, puke, poop, fart, get hit and take a lot of falls in a non-stop string of simple gags and stunts. They laugh like loons when someone else gets nailed and look genuinely miserable when it’s their turn. The relentless repetition quickly generates mind-numbing boredom. 90 min. N (AD) Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre

Lasky’s fantasy novels into an intense, kinetic and slightly insane action movie populated entirely by photo-realistic owls who don helmets and battle gloves. It’s technically dazzling, but the story races from one incident to the next with such speed that the characters aren’t the only ones left breathless. 94 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre

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(Matt Reeves) successfully adapts Tomas Alfredson’s Swedish chiller Let The Right One In, transferring the action to New Mexico. A bullied teen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and an enigmatic neighbour (Chloë Grace Moretz) bond as a series of murders sweep their apartment complex. Writer/director Reeves honours Alfredson’s original from the very first frames. 115 min. NNNN (NW) Interchange 30

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (Greg Berlanti) stars Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel as coguardians of the orphaned baby of their deceased best friends. The idea that parents would leave their child with such an irresponsible pairing and not tell them is the movie’s first stupid plot point, and it continues in poor taste from there. 115 min. NN (RS) Coliseum Mississauga, Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24

LOUIS C.K.: HILARIOUS (Louis C.K.) is a live concert film recorded last year at the Pabst Theatre in Milwaukee by one of the best stand-up comics around. 83 min. Nov 25, 9:30 pm, at Coliseum Scarborough, Eglinton Town Centre, SilverCity Mississauga LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (Edward Zwick) 113 min. See review, page 73. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity MADE IN DAGENHAM (Nigel Cole) 113 min. See interview and review, page 72. NNN (SGC) Opens Nov 26 at Varsity. MAO’S LAST DANCER (Bruce Beresford) is

a lead-footed, melodramatic biopic about Chinese dancer Li Cunxin, who visits America as Communism’s ballet prodigy but then refuses to return home, to the dismay of the Chinese Consulate. Beresford touches too briefly on some of the story’s ambiguities. At least there’s some fancy dancing. Some subtitles. 117 min. NN (RS) Mt Pleasant

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(Jeff Malmberg) is a documentary about outsider artist Mark Hogancamp, who’s constructed an elaborate scale-model world in his backyard as a way to cope with the after-effects of a brutal beating that left him with a brain injury and memory loss. When Hogancamp’s dynamic photographs of Marwencol come to the attention of a Greenwich Village art gallery, everything changes – and director Malmberg probes still deeper into his subject’s complicated, wounded soul. It’s absolutely thrilling to watch the camera push Hogancamp closer and closer to confronting some elements of himself that he obviously doesn’t want to discuss, and what happens after that is even more amazing. This is one of the best movies you’ll see all year; please don’t let anyone ruin it for you. 83 min. NNNNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

MEGAMIND (Tom McGrath) has some

great ideas flying around, but they never quite make it onto the screen. The villainbeats-hero premise is ingenious, but it’s executed with parts cribbed from Shrek, Despicable Me, The Incredibles and Monsters Vs. Aliens. Sure, Will Ferrell is a great choice for the role of an insecure super-

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genius, and David Cross is great fun as his talking-fish sidekick, but they’re trapped in a formula storyline that follows some very familiar beats. When Ferrell plays with a malapropism or improvises the perfect capper to a scene, the movie glows with madcap invention, but mostly it just sits around basking in its borrowed production design and retread concept. 96 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: BORIS GODUNOV ENCORE the Met’s live high-def broadcast of Mussorgsky’s masterpiece, conducted by Valery Gergiev and starring bass René Pape as the Russian tsar. 325 min. Nov 27, noon, at Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge

MONSTERS (Gareth Edwards) sends a pair

of American citizens (Scoot McNairy and Whitney Able) stumbling through a Mexico infested by beasts from a crashed space probe. It’s a border-crossing movie: Sin Nombre with giant space octopods. It’s also a one-man production: writerdirector-cinematographer-production designer Edwards also takes credit for the CG animation. The movie should guarantee him a career as an effects artist, but everything else is beyond his reach. The leads are stick figures who spend all their screen time spouting risible platitudes about how America sure looks different when you see it from the other side of a wall. I love a giant-monster movie as much as the next guy – more, probably – but even I can’t get behind this. 94 min. NN (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Scotiabank Theatre

THE NEXT THREE DAYS (Paul Haggis) finds the Oscar-winning button-pushing director remaking the 2008 Eurothriller Pour Elle, with family man Russell Crowe deciding to break his wife (Elizabeth Banks) out of prison after she’s convicted of murder. Haggis’s schematic approach to screenwriting becomes more and more annoying as the movie unfolds: everything Crowe’s character does can be justified by the argument that he really loves his wife. It makes for a clear-cut moral universe, sure, but it also an utterly predictable movie. 133 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Cumberland 4, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga

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(Danny Boyle) finds the notoriously kinetic filmmaker telling the story of Aron Ralston, who spent the eponymous span of time trapped under a boulder in a Utah canyon before hitting on a particularly horrible solution. Boyle brings his usual flair to the action, jumping into flashbacks, fantasies and hallucinations to give the movie some shape. It’s the cinematic equivalent of restless leg syndrome, but serves to convey Ralston’s unravelling state of mind. In a compelling solo performance, James Franco turns his natural charisma and playfulness into character flaws. Ralston’s overconfidence and casual approach to mountaineering put him in harm’s way, yet his ingenuity and powerful will to live redeem him. And yes, the climax is exactly as gruelling as you’ve heard. 93 min. NNNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity

(Sam Taylor-Wood) is a character study of John Lennon (Aaron Johnson) as an angry Liverpool kid who’s wrenched wide open when he reconnects with his long-lost mother (AnneMarie Duff) to the disapproval of his protective aunt (Kristin Scott Thomas). It feels like it could be a Mike Leigh movie about PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (Tod Williams) the birth of the Beatles – and that’s a comsticks reasonably close to the elements MST00014_SONY_BUR.1125.NOW 11/23/10 Page and 1 pliment. 97 min. NNNN (NW) that made the11:11 original AM so effective,

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(Elizabeth Allen) doesn’t just honour the world of Beverly Cleary’s books; it develops that world into a smart, winning and engaging movie that will appeal as much to parents as to the kids who’ve dragged them to the megaplex. 104 min. NNNN (NW) Interchange 30

RED (Robert Schwentke) doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but as all-star action movies go it’s a lot more fun than The Expendables. The starry cast have a fine time sending themselves up as his fellow codgers, and Schwentke’s sprightly direction keeps the mayhem at a comic-book remove. 111 min. NNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Cumberland 4, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24

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Harrison Ford as an aging newshound forced to take a gig co-hosting a struggling New York morning show. Rachel McAdams is the 28-year-old executive producer who brings him aboard, and Diane Keaton the vain has-been with whom he now must share a desk. Ford scowls like a pro, and McAdams probably smiles more than she has in her entire off-camera life. It’s pleasant enough fluff – particularly during a lively midsection when McAdams starts putting her talent in increasingly absurd situations to boost ratings – but nothing more. 106 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity White) plops Emma Thompson’s magical British governess down at Maggie Gyllenhaal’s rundown farm to help five cousins learn to work together, respect one another and appreciate the delights of digitally enhanced farm animals. It may be disposable entertainment, but it’s still entertaining. 109 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30

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movie. We deserve better. 122 min. N (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre

SKYLINE (Colin Strause, Greg Strause) is

War Of The Worlds with five people in an apartment building. The monsters look previous Saws, except it’s in nothingcool and things pick up in the last halfspecial 3-D. Characters try to escape from hour, but acting, writing, elaborate death traps set directing and CG are adby either a secret acequate at best. 92 min. complice of dead serial EXPANDED REVIEWS NN (AD) killer John Kramer (To401 & Morningside, nowtoronto.com bin Bell) or crooked cop Beach Cinemas, Carlton Hoffman (Costas ManCinema, Colossus, Eglinton dylor). A disappointing Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande series finale. 91 min. NN (AD) Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Coliseum Mississauga, Interchange 30 Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow WoodSECRETARIAT (Randall Wallace) is the true bine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississtory of the colt that won the Triple Crown sauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, in 1973. Owner Diane Lane coasts on a Yonge & Dundas 24 beaming smile and a trembling lower lip, THE SOCIAL NETWORK (David Finchwhile trainer John Malkovich sports a serer) turns the nuts and bolts of the ies of truly hideous outfits. It’s that kind of nowtoronto.com/movies creation of Facebook into a thrilling, rippling comedy of manners about male vanity, social mores and the utter impossibility of transparency in the modern age. Is it the best American movie of the year? Maybe not. But it’s tremendously entertaining, an endlessly clever creation myth DAILY SHOWS produced with immense skill and pepMARGARETHE pered with great one-liners. 122 min. VON TROTTA’S LUCY WALKER’S NNNNN (NW) Canada Square, Grande - Yonge, InterWinner - Audience Award change 30, Kennedy Commons 20, QueenOfficial Selection - Sundance Film Festival Toronto International sway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge, - Berlin Film Festival Film Festival, 2009 Varsity - Vancouver International

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as a hard-case Detroit parole officer flummoxed by his latest applicant (Edward Norton), who claims to be in the middle of a spiritual rebirth. It’s hard to say which element of this risible drama is sillier – Angus MacLachlan’s portentous screenplay, cobbled together from half a dozen of Jim Thompson’s lesser potboilers, or Norton’s sustained impression of Bubbles from The Wire. 105 min. N (NW) Interchange 30

SUMMERHOOD (Jacob Medjuck) is coming-of-age summer camp story with stilted dialogue, meaningless emotional conflict and lots of gross-out poopy jokes. Strictly for eight-year-olds. 96 min. N (SGC) Yonge & Dundas 24 TAMARA DREWE (Stephen Frears) plops us

down at a pastoral writers’ colony disrupted by the return of a young woman (Gemma Arterton) to her family home. Director Frears pitches it as a classic British drawing-room comedy. Pleasant enough, but it doesn’t amount to much. 111 min. NNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema

TANGLED (Nathan Greno, Byron

Howard) is a fleet, fun and splendidly realized digital fantasy designed to look like a Disneyland attraction come to life. Mandy Moore and Chuck’s Zachary Levi contribute sprightly turns as the voices of Rapunzel and her would-be suitor, but the best performance is delivered by the animators of Levi’s nemesis Maximus, a guardsman’s horse clearly modelled on Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive – but funnier, obviously, because he’s a horse. Pity they couldn’t figure out a way to give him a song. 101 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough,

Ralph Fiennes needs some nasal spray in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 1. Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

THE TOWN (Ben Affleck) finds Affleck directing himself as the brains behind a crew of Boston bank robbers who’s caught between the life and the heat when he falls for a hostage (Rebecca Hall) from his last job. Affleck struggles to reconcile his own dramatic interests with the demands of the heist genre. The result is an impeccably crafted but tonally wobbly studio picture that’s at war with itself. 125 min. NNN (NW) Canada Square, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24 BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES ñUNCLE

(Apichatpong Weerasethakul) is a lovely magic-realist study of a dying Thai man (Thanapat Saisaymar) who welcomes visits from friends and relatives both living and spectral. There’s a generosity and warmth here that practically radiates off the screen; you can’t help but be pulled along as the director takes his odd, wonderful journey. Subtitled. 108 min. NNNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema

UNSTOPPABLE (Tony Scott) sends Denzel Washington and Chris Pine after a runaway train speeding out of control toward a trestle over which it will surely plummet, smack in the middle of a city of tens of thousands of people. The movie has a certain momentum, but it’s no fun at all. Director Scott plays the whole thing straight, resulting in a fast-moving but disappointingly serious disaster movie. The train growls when it shoots past the camera, which gives us hope that proper hysteria could break out at any moment. But it never does. 98 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Cumberland 4, Eglinton Town

Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

VISION: FROM THE LIFE OF HILDEGARD VON BINGEN (Margarethe von Trotta) 111

min. See review, page 73. NN (NW) Opens Nov 25 at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS

(Oliver Stone) tracks America’s looming financial disaster through the eyes of a bright-eyed, morally upstanding money manager (Shia LaBeouf) engaged to the daughter of Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), whom you may remember from the last movie as something of a schemer. It’s all a little obvious, especially as interpreted through LaBeouf’s sad-puppy gaze. 132 min. NN (NW) Kennedy Commons 20

ñWASTE LAND

(Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim) 98 min. See Q&A and review, page 72. NNNN (SGC) Opens Nov 25 at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

YOU AGAIN (Andy Fickman) isn’t nearly

the guilty pleasure its premise promises. Kristen Bell plays Marni, a successful woman whose brother is marrying her high-school nemesis, Joanna (Odette Yustman). Meanwhile, Marni’s mom (Jamie Lee Curtis) is shocked to discover that Joanna’s aunt (Sigourney Weaver) is her own high school rival. With the exception of Yustman, the leads do their best with the soggy material, even though there’s little motivation, character or real comedy. 105 min. NN (GS) Interchange 30

WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER ñYOU

(Woody Allen) is a sly entry tracking the desires and anxieties of people who go the distance – and a bit too far – to chase their dreams. Great ensemble cast, especially Naomi Watts and Josh Brolin as a couple with problems. 98 min. NNNN (SGC) Cumberland 4, Kingsway Theatre, Regent Theatre 3

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CONVICTION Thu 1:50, 4:00, 6:45, 9:00 Fri-Wed 1:40, 9:15 DOWN TERRACE Thu 1:15, 3:15, 5:10, 7:15, 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:35, 3:30, 7:05, 9:00 DUE DATE (14A) Thu 1:35, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35, 9:40 Fri-Wed 3:40, 5:35, 9:45 FASTER (14A) Fri-Wed 1:25, 3:25, 5:20, 7:25, 9:30 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (14A) FriWed 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:35 HEREAFTER (PG) Fri-Wed 7:10, 9:40 I WISH I KNEW Thu 1:40, 4:20, 6:55, 9:25 MEGAMIND (PG) Thu 1:25, 3:20, 5:15, 7:10, 9:10 Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:20, 5:15 NEVER LET ME GO (14A) Thu 1:20, 9:35 Fri-Wed 3:45, 7:00 NOWHERE BOY (14A) Thu 3:25, 5:25, 7:30 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:10, 7:15, 9:25 RED Fri-Wed 1:30, 7:35 SKYLINE (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:10, 7:00, 9:15 TAMARA DREWE Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:20, 6:55, 9:10 TILL MY HEARTACHES END Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:30 UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES Thu 2:00 4:35 6:50 9:45 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:15, 6:50, 9:05

CUMBERLAND 4 (AA) 159 CUMBERLAND AVE, 416-646-0444

COOL IT Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:10, 6:30, 9:00 INSIDE JOB (PG) Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 THE NEXT THREE DAYS (14A) 12:20, 3:30, 6:45, 10:00 RED Thu 12:50, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER (PG) 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45

RAINBOW MARKET SQUARE (I) MARKET SQUARE, 80 FRONT ST E, 416-494-9371

BURLESQUE (PG) 12:55, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20 Fri-Sat 11:40 late DUE DATE (14A) 4:00, 9:00 Fri-Sat 11:15 late HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) 12:30, 3:35, 6:45, 9:40 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) 1:10, 3:55, 7:15, 9:35 Fri-Sat 11:45 late MEGAMIND (PG) Thu 1:25, 3:50, 6:55, 9:15 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:00, 5:10, 7:20, 9:30 MORNING GLORY (PG) 1:15, 6:40 Thu 4:05 mat, 9:30 late SKYLINE (14A) Thu 1:10, 3:55, 6:30, 9:00 TANGLED (PG) 12:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:10, 9:25 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:50, 9:10

SCOTIABANK THEATRE (CE) 259 RICHMOND ST W, 416-368-5600

Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: BORIS GODUNOV ENCORE Sat 12:00 MONSTERS (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 MORNING GLORY (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:20, 6:50, 9:25 THE NEXT THREE DAYS (14A) Thu 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:45 127 HOURS (14A) Thu 1:50 4:30 7:20 10:10 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:40 mat RED Thu 2:40, 5:30, 8:30 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) Thu 1:00 3:50 6:45 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:00, 6:45, 9:40

TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX (I) 350 KING ST W, 416-968-3456

I WISH I KNEW 8:30 MARWENCOL 6:15 VISION: FROM THE LIFE OF HILDEGARD VON BINGEN Thu-Sun, Tue-Wed 2:30, 6:00, 8:45 Mon 6:00, 8:45 WASTE LAND Thu-Sun, Tue-Wed 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:00 Mon 6:30, 9:00

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55 BLOOR ST W, 416-961-6304 BURLESQUE (PG) Thu 12:50, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 FAIR GAME (PG) Thu 1:10 4:10 7:10 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:00 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu 12:00 3:30 7:00 10:15 Fri-Wed 12:00, 3:30, 7:00, 10:30 INSIDE JOB (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:20, 6:20, 9:10 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 MADE IN DAGENHAM (14A) Fri-Wed 12:20, 12:55, 3:10, 4:05, 6:20, 6:55, 9:20, 9:45 MORNING GLORY (PG) Thu 12:40 4:00 6:50 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 127 HOURS (14A) 12:10, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:20 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) Thu 12:30, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Tue 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:50 Wed 12:50, 3:50, 9:50

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HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu 12:05, 1:05, 3:15, 5:00, 6:35, 8:45, 9:55 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:05, 1:35, 3:15, 4:55, 6:25, 8:45, 9:55 Mon 12:05, 1:35, 3:15, 4:55, 8:45, 9:55 MORNING GLORY (PG) Thu 12:35, 3:25, 6:15, 9:05 127 HOURS (14A) Thu 12:15, 2:25, 4:45, 7:15, 9:35 Fri-Wed 12:35, 3:25, 6:15, 9:05

YONGE & DUNDAS 24 (AMC) 10 DUNDAS ST E, 416-335-5323

AFTER THE BREAK 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:20 Sat-Sun 11:00 mat BURIED (14A) Thu 5:25, 10:05 CONVICTION Thu 3:05, 7:40 EASY A (14A) Thu 3:25, 5:40, 8:10, 10:25 FAIR GAME (PG) Thu 1:50 4:30 7:05 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:35, 7:05, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:25 mat GUZAARISH (PG) Thu 3:45 7:00 10:00 Fri-Wed 3:50, 7:10, 10:00 Sat-Sun 10:05 mat HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 5:15, 5:45, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:45, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:45, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 5:15, 5:45, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:45, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 Sat-Sun 10:15, 10:45, 11:15, 11:45, 12:15, 12:45, 1:45, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 5:15, 5:45, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:45, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) Thu 1:15 4:45 8:15 11:30 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:30, 8:00, 11:15 Sat-Sun 10:00 mat HEREAFTER (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:55, 7:50, 10:50 Fri-Wed 2:00, 7:30

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG) Thu 2:20 5:15 8:00 10:35 FriWed 2:20, 5:10, 8:00, 10:35 Sat-Sun 11:20 mat THE NUTCRACKER IN 3D (G) 1:45, 4:25, 7:00, 9:35 Sat-Sun 11:10 mat PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (14A) 3:10, 5:20, 7:35, 10:10 Sat-Sun 10:40, 1:00 mat RED 4:55, 10:20 Sat-Sun 11:10 mat SKYLINE (14A) 2:30, 3:30, 5:00, 6:00, 7:30, 8:30, 9:55, 10:55 Sat-Sun 10:50, 12:10, 1:10 mat SUMMERHOOD Thu 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 TANGLED (PG) 3:45, 6:15, 9:00 Sat-Sun 10:15, 1:00 mat TANGLED 3D (PG) 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:45, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 9:30, 10:15, 11:00 Sat-Sun 10:45, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30 mat TERE ISHQ NACHAYA 3:20, 6:30, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:50 mat THE TOWN (14A) Thu 1:55 4:50 7:40 10:40 Fri-Wed 1:55, 4:40, 7:40, 10:40 Sat-Sun 11:05 mat UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 2:30 3:15 5:00 5:45 7:30 8:15 9:45 10:45 Fri-Wed 2:15, 3:15, 4:50, 5:50, 7:20, 8:20, 9:45, 10:45 Sat-Sun 11:40, 1:00 mat

10:20 Mon 12:45, 3:45, 9:45 Wed 12:45, 3:45, 10:00 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Sun, Tue 11:30, 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Mon, Wed 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:15 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45

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

FAIR GAME (PG) Thu 4:25, 7:05 Fri 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Sat-Sun 2:00, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:30 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (14A) Thu 4:00, 7:15 I DO (PG) Fri-Sun 3:30, 6:40, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:35 INSIDE JOB (PG) 4:10, 6:50 Fri 9:30 late Sat-Sun 1:30 mat, 9:30 late MEGAMIND (PG) Thu 4:10, 6:30 MORNING GLORY (PG) Fri 3:50, 6:30, 9:00 Sat-Sun 1:20, 3:50, 6:30, 9:00 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:15 THE NEXT THREE DAYS (14A) Thu 4:15, 7:20 Fri 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 Sat-Sun 1:10, 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:05, 7:00 RED Thu 4:40, 7:40 Fri 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 Mon-Wed 5:15, 7:50 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:00 TAMARA DREWE Thu, Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:30 Fri 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 THE TOWN (14A) Thu 7:30 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Fri 4:45, 7:20, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:45, 7:20, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:25, 6:45

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REGENT THEATRE (I) 551 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-480-9884

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18A) Sat 9:00 YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER (PG) 7:00 Fri 9:00 late Sun 4:30 mat

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

BURLESQUE (PG) Fri, Sun, Tue 11:45, 3:15, 6:30, 9:30 Sat 11:40, 2:20, 6:30, 9:30 Mon, Wed 12:15, 3:15, 6:30, 9:30 DUE DATE (14A) Thu 2:00, 5:00, 7:45, 10:10 Fri, Sun, Tue 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Sat 12:10, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Mon, Wed 2:00, 5:00, 7:45, 10:15 FASTER (14A) Fri-Sun, Tue 1:15, 5:00, 7:30, 10:10 Mon, Wed 1:45, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu 12:00, 1:00, 3:30, 4:30, 7:00, 8:00, 10:15 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:00, 2:30, 3:30, 6:15, 7:00, 9:45, 10:30 Mon 12:00, 1:00, 3:30, 4:30, 7:00, 8:00, 10:30 Wed 12:00, 3:30, 4:30, 7:00, 8:00, 10:30 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) Thu, Mon 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 10:00 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:45, 4:00, 6:50, 10:00 Wed 3:50, 7:15, 9:45 MEGAMIND 3D (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:00, 6:30, 9:00 Fri, Sun, Tue 12:30, 3:45, 6:45, 9:15 Sat 12:30, 3:45, 6:40, 9:15 Mon, Wed 12:30, 3:00, 6:20, 9:00 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: BORIS GODUNOV ENCORE Sat 12:00 MORNING GLORY (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:15, 6:40, 9:30 SKYLINE (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:45, 7:30, 9:55 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) Fri-Sun, Tue 1:00, 4:20, 7:20,

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1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 BURLESQUE (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:45, 6:55, 10:05 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Mon 12:15, 3:00, 6:50, 10:00 Wed 3:55, 6:50, 10:00 DAS RHEINGOLD Mon 6:00 DUE DATE (14A) Thu 1:30 4:15 7:05 9:45 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:40 FAIR GAME (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 FASTER (14A) Thu 12:50, 3:40, 6:45, 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu 11:30, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 12:00, 1:00, 1:50, 2:45, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:15, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:30 Sun 12:00, 1:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:15, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:30 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) Thu 12:45, 4:05, 7:15, 10:20 Fri-Tue 12:50, 4:05, 7:10, 10:10 Wed 4:05, 7:10, 10:10 THE MALTESE FALCON Sun 1:00 MEGAMIND (PG) Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:45 MEGAMIND 3D (PG) Thu 11:15, 2:10, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 FriWed 11:45, 2:15, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: BORIS GODUNOV ENCORE Sat 12:00 MORNING GLORY (PG) Thu 1:50 4:45 7:40 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25 THE NEXT THREE DAYS (14A) Thu 11:45, 3:25, 6:50, 10:10 Fri-Wed 12:05, 3:20, 6:45, 10:15 127 HOURS (14A) Fri-Wed 2:10, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 RED Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 Fri, Sun, Tue-Wed 12:10, 9:20 Sat 9:20 Mon 12:10, 9:55 SKYLINE (14A) Thu 11:40, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 Fri-Wed 6:20, 9:05 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) Thu 11:50, 3:10, 6:15, 9:25 Fri, Sun, Tue-Wed 3:10, 6:10 Sat 6:10 Mon 3:10 TANGLED (PG) Thu 12:05, 3:15, 6:35, 9:20 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:35, 6:30, 9:10 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 12:40 3:35 6:25 9:15 Fri-Wed 12:35, 3:25, 6:25, 9:15

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BURLESQUE (PG) Thu 1:15, 2:40, 4:00, 5:40, 6:40, 8:30, 9:30 Fri-Sat 1:10, 2:00, 4:00, 4:50, 6:40, 7:40, 9:30, 10:30, 11:55 Sun-Wed 1:10, 2:00, 4:00, 4:50, 6:40, 7:40, 9:30, 10:30 DUE DATE (14A) Thu 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, 10:30 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:00, 9:20, 11:25 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:00, 9:20 FASTER (14A) Thu 2:50, 5:20, 7:45, 10:05 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40, 11:50 Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 Fri-Sat 1:00, 1:50, 3:15, 4:15, 5:10, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:50, 10:45, 11:40 Sun-Wed 1:00, 1:50, 3:15, 4:15, 5:10, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:50, 10:45 MEGAMIND 3D (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35 Fri-Wed 3:00, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 127 HOURS (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Fri-Sat 2:10, 5:00, 7:20, 10:00, 11:59 Sun-Wed 2:10, 5:00, 7:20, 10:00 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:30, 6:50, 9:20 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:25, 6:50, 9:15, 11:30 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:25, 6:50, 9:15

GRANDE - YONGE (CE) 4861 YONGE ST, 416-590-9974

CLIENT 9: THE RISE AND FALL OF ELIOT SPITZER Thu 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 Fri 3:20, 6:40, 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:20, 6:40, 9:40 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:40, 9:40 CONVICTION Thu 4:20, 7:25, 9:55 Fri, Tue-Wed 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 Sat 7:30, 10:10 Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 Mon 9:55 DAS RHEINGOLD Mon 6:00 FAIR GAME (PG) Thu 4:25, 7:20, 10:05 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:20, 9:20 Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:30, 6:20, 9:20 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) Thu 4:30 7:30 10:15 Fri-Wed 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:30 mat THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: BORIS GODUNOV ENCORE Sat 12:00 MORNING GLORY (PG) Thu 4:05, 7:05, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:15, 9:55 Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 9:55 THE NEXT THREE DAYS (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:10, 10:20 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 SKYLINE (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:40, 10:10 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) Thu 4:15, 7:15, 10:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 10:05 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:05 TANGLED (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 3:30 6:30 9:30 Fri-Wed 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 Sat-Sun 1:10 mat continued on page 80 œ

BURLESQUE (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun, TueWed 12:30, 1:20, 3:20, 4:10, 6:20, 7:10, 9:10, 10:10 Mon 12:30, 1:20, 3:15, 4:10, 7:10, 7:30, 10:00, 10:30 DAS RHEINGOLD Mon 6:00 DUE DATE (14A) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:50, 10:20 Fri-Wed 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:00 FASTER (14A) Thu 2:10 5:15 8:00 10:35 Fri-Wed 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:50 mat JACKASS 3D (18A) Thu 2:20, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 Fri, Mon-Tue 2:20, 5:00, 7:50, 10:15 Sat 7:50, 10:15 Sun, Wed 5:00, 7:50, 10:15 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:50, 1:50, 3:50, 4:40, 6:30, 7:30, 9:20, 10:20 Mon 12:50, 1:50, 3:50, 4:40, 6:30, 9:20, 10:20 THE MALTESE FALCON Sun 1:00 MEGAMIND 3D (PG) Thu 1:00 3:30 6:20 9:00 Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:30, 6:10, 9:00 MEGAMIND: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) Thu-Fri,

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THE TOWN (14A) Fri, Tue-Wed 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Sat 6:45, 9:45 Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Mon 9:45

SILVERCITY FAIRVIEW (CE)

FAIRVIEW MALL, 1800 SHEPPARD AVE E, 416-644-7746 BURLESQUE (PG) Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:05, 10:00 Sun 12:40, 4:00, 7:05, 10:00 Mon-Wed 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:50 DUE DATE (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:50, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:40, 10:20 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 FASTER (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:15, 7:30, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:40, 7:45, 10:10 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu 12:00, 1:00, 3:30, 4:30, 7:00, 8:00, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:00, 2:30, 3:30, 6:15, 7:00, 9:45, 10:30 Mon-Wed 12:00, 1:00, 3:30, 4:30, 7:00, 8:00, 10:30 THE MALTESE FALCON Sun 1:00 MEGAMIND 3D (PG) Thu 1:20, 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 Fri-Sun 11:45, 2:10, 4:45, 7:10 Mon-Wed 1:15, 3:15, 6:30 MORNING GLORY (PG) Thu 12:40, 3:40, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Wed 9:40 THE NEXT THREE DAYS (14A) Thu 12:20, 3:20, 6:50, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:20, 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 Sun 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 MonWed 12:15, 4:00, 7:20, 10:20 SKYLINE (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:20, 9:40 TANGLED 3D (PG) Fri-Sun 11:30, 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 Mon-Wed 12:30, 3:20, 6:50, 9:20 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:20, 3:45, 6:45, 9:20 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:30, 10:00

SILVERCITY YORKDALE (CE) 3401 DUFFERIN ST, 416-787-4432

BURLESQUE (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:45, 7:10, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:45, 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 Sun-Wed 12:45, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 DUE DATE (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:45, 7:40, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 Sun-Wed 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:05 FASTER (14A) Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:20, 10:10 FOR COLORED GIRLS (14A) Thu 12:30 3:40 6:50 10:00 Fri-Wed 12:10, 3:20, 6:40, 10:00 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 12:00, 1:00, 3:30, 4:30, 7:00, 8:00, 10:15 Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:30, 3:30, 6:15, 7:00, 9:45, 10:30 Sun 12:00, 2:30, 3:30, 6:15, 7:00, 9:45, 10:15 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 MEGAMIND 3D (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:30, 9:15 MORNING GLORY (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:40 SKYLINE (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:30, 9:50 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:10, 6:50, 9:40 Fri-Sun 11:30, 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Mon-Wed 12:40, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:50, 6:50, 9:30

Scarborough 401 & MORNINGSIDE (CE) 785 MILNER AVE, SCARBOROUGH, 416-281-2226

BURLESQUE (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:15, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:10, 9:55 DUE DATE (14A) 3:50, 6:10, 8:45 Fri-Sun 12:45 mat FASTER (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:40, 10:05 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:40, 7:40, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:30, 9:50

Love & Other Drugs

FOR COLORED GIRLS (14A) Thu 3:35, 6:30, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:10, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:30, 9:30 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu 3:30, 5:00, 6:45, 8:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:00, 2:00, 3:20, 6:00, 6:45, 9:15, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:30, 4:45, 6:45, 8:00, 10:00 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:20, 9:10 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 MEGAMIND 3D (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:30, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:20, 9:40 MORNING GLORY (PG) Thu 3:50, 8:45 THE NEXT THREE DAYS (14A) Thu 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:20, 4:10, 7:20, 10:20 Mon-Wed 3:45, 7:05, 10:05 SKYLINE (14A) Thu 6:10 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:55, 9:15 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:50, 7:50, 10:25 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:45, 10:10

COLISEUM SCARBOROUGH (CE) SCARBOROUGH TOWN CENTRE, 416-290-5217

BURLESQUE (PG) Thu 1:20 4:10 7:05 9:55 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 DUE DATE (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:20, 6:30, 9:15 FASTER (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:25, 10:15 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:25 FOR COLORED GIRLS (14A) Thu 12:00, 2:50, 10:25 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu 12:00, 12:20, 1:00, 3:25, 3:45, 4:30, 6:50, 7:10, 8:10, 10:10, 10:30 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:15, 12:30, 1:00, 3:30, 3:50, 4:30, 6:55, 7:10, 8:00, 10:15, 10:30 Sat 12:00, 12:15, 12:30, 3:30, 3:50, 5:20, 6:55, 7:10, 9:00, 10:15, 10:30 LOUIS C.K.: HILARIOUS Thu 9:30 MEGAMIND 3D (PG) Thu 12:30 3:10 6:10 8:50 Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:10, 6:10, 8:50 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: BORIS GODUNOV ENCORE Sat 12:00 THE NEXT THREE DAYS (14A) Thu 12:40, 3:50, 10:20 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:25, 3:40, 6:50, 10:10 Sat 3:40, 6:50, 10:10 TANGLED (PG) Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 12:10 2:50 6:45 9:20 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:55, 6:45, 9:20 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:55, 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05

EGLINTON TOWN CENTRE (CE) 1901 EGLINTON AVE E, 416-752-4494

BURLESQUE (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:45, 10:35 Fri-Sun 12:10, 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 DAS RHEINGOLD Mon 6:00 DUE DATE (14A) Thu 4:15, 7:10, 10:20 Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 6:50, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:50, 9:35 FASTER (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:50, 10:40 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:45, 7:30, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:30, 10:20 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu 3:00, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 12:00, 1:00, 1:50, 2:40, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:15, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:30 Mon 2:40, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:30 Tue-Wed 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:15, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:30 LOUIS C.K.: HILARIOUS Thu 9:30 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) Thu 3:15, 6:50, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:20, 3:45, 7:20, 10:10 Mon-Wed 3:45, 7:20, 10:10 THE MALTESE FALCON Sun 1:00 MEGAMIND (PG) Thu 3:10, 6:15 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:40 MonWed 3:40 MEGAMIND 3D (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Sun-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 MORNING GLORY (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:45, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:30, 4:00, 7:05, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:05, 10:05 THE NEXT THREE DAYS (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:40, 10:45 Fri-Sun 11:50, 3:10, 6:20, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:10, 6:20, 9:30 SKYLINE (14A) Thu 3:45, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Wed 6:55, 9:20 TANGLED (PG) Thu 3:20, 6:55, 9:35 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:20, 6:30, 9:10 Mon-Wed 3:20, 6:30, 9:10 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Sun 11:30, 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:40, 10:25

KENNEDY COMMONS 20 (AMC) KENNEDY RD & 401, 416-335-5323

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AFTER THE BREAK 4:05, 6:55, 9:35 Sat-Sun 1:10 mat CONVICTION Thu 3:10 5:30 7:50 10:10 Fri-Wed 3:10, 5:30, 7:45, 10:10 Sat-Sun 12:50 mat FAIR GAME (PG) Thu 2:20 4:50 7:20 9:50 Fri-Wed 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:35 mat THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (14A) Thu 3:30 6:35 9:40 Fri-Wed 3:25, 6:35, 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:20 mat GOLMAAL 3 (PG) 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:45 mat GUZAARISH (PG) 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Sat-Sun 12:50 mat INCEPTION (PG) Thu 3:10, 6:25, 9:35 INSIDE JOB (PG) Thu 2:40 5:10 7:40 10:10 Fri-Wed 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 10:10 Sat-Sun 12:00 mat JACKASS 3D (18A) Fri-Wed 6:55, 9:35 LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE 3D (PG) 2:05, 4:25 Thu 6:55, 9:35 late Sat-Sun 11:25 mat LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) 2:10, 4:00, 4:45, 6:40, 7:25, 9:20, 10:05 Sat-Sun 11:20, 1:35 mat MONSTERS (PG) 2:35, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 Sat-Sun 11:50 mat MORNING GLORY (PG) 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15 Sat-Sun 11:30, 12:15, 1:15 mat NOWHERE BOY (14A) Thu 2:55, 5:10, 7:35, 9:55 127 HOURS (14A) 2:40, 5:10, 7:30, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat RED Thu 2:00 4:25 7:05 9:45 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:20 mat SECRETARIAT (G) Thu 4:25 7:20 10:00 Fri-Wed 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:25 mat SKYLINE (14A) 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Thu 2:45, 5:00 mat, 7:15, 9:30 late Sat-Sun 11:00, 1:15 mat THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) Thu 4:30 7:10 10:00 Fri-Wed 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:05, 1:50 mat TERE ISHQ NACHAYA 3:15, 6:20, 9:25 Sat-Sun 12:05 mat WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:55, 9:55

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wants to make your heart beat Faster.

COLISEUM MISSISSAUGA (CE) SQUARE ONE, 309 RATHBURN RD W, 905-275-3456

BURLESQUE (PG) Thu 12:30 3:40 6:50 9:45 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:10 DUE DATE (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:10, 6:40, 9:30 FASTER (14A) Thu 12:45 3:50 7:30 10:25 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:50, 7:45, 10:25 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu 1:00, 2:00, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:30 Fri-Wed 11:45, 1:00, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:15, 7:00, 8:00, 9:45, 10:30 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) 12:00, 3:20, 6:45, 10:00 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG) Fri-Wed 9:00 THE MALTESE FALCON Sun 1:00 MEGAMIND (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:45, 6:20 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:10, 3:00, 6:20 Sat 6:20 MEGAMIND 3D (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: BORIS GODUNOV ENCORE Sat 12:00 127 HOURS (14A) Fri-Tue 1:30, 4:20, 7:40, 10:20 Wed 4:20, 7:40, 10:20 SAW 3D (18A) Thu 1:45, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 TANGLED (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:00, 6:30, 9:20 Fri-Tue 12:20, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 Wed 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:00, 7:15, 10:10 Fri-Sat 11:30, 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:50, 7:40, 9:10, 10:15 FriSat, Mon-Wed 1:10, 4:00, 7:30, 10:15 Sun 4:00, 7:30, 10:15

COURTNEY PARK 16 (AMC)

110 COURTNEY PARK E AT HURONTARIO, 888-262-4386 BURLESQUE (PG) 2:10, 5:10, 8:00, 10:55 Fri-Sun 11:10 mat DUE DATE (14A) 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35 Fri-Sun 11:25 mat FASTER (14A) Thu 12:25, 2:20, 2:45, 4:50, 5:05, 7:25, 7:55, 10:10, 10:45 Fri-Sat 11:00, 12:00, 1:30, 2:20, 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00, 11:25 Sun 11:00, 12:00, 1:30, 2:20, 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:30, 2:20, 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) 12:00, 1:30, 2:00, 3:25, 4:55, 5:25, 7:25, 8:25, 8:55, 10:15 Fri-Sat 10:45 mat, 11:30 late Sun 10:45 mat HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) 1:00, 4:10, 7:25, 10:45 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 1:20, 2:25, 4:25, 5:20, 7:05, 8:05, 10:00, 11:00 Fri 10:40, 11:35, 1:20, 2:25, 4:25, 5:20, 7:05, 8:05, 10:00, 11:00 Sat 10:40, 1:20, 2:45, 4:25, 5:20, 7:05, 8:05, 10:00, 11:00 Sun 11:35, 1:20, 2:25, 4:25, 5:20, 7:05, 8:05, 10:00, 11:00 MEGAMIND 3D (PG) 2:35, 5:00, 7:40, 10:05 Fri-Sun 11:50 mat MORNING GLORY (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Fri, Sun 11:05, 1:45, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Sat 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 THE NEXT THREE DAYS (14A) 1:25, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 Fri-Sun 10:35 mat TANGLED (PG) Thu 1:40, 3:50, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Sat 11:00, 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:15, 11:35 Sun 10:30, 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:15 Mon-Wed 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:15 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 2:50, 5:30, 7:50, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:45, 2:25, 5:15, 7:50, 10:30 Mon-Tue 5:15, 7:50, 10:30 Wed 2:25, 5:15, 7:50, 10:30

SILVERCITY MISSISSAUGA (CE) HWY 5, EAST OF HWY 403, 905-569-3373

DAS RHEINGOLD Mon 6:00 FAIR GAME (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:30 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:30, 10:15 Mon 4:10, 10:05 Tue-Wed 4:10, 7:30, 10:05 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:00, 1:00, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:15, 7:00, 8:00, 9:45, 10:30 LOUIS C.K.: HILARIOUS Thu 9:30 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:20, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:30, 1:15, 3:40, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:30, 10:10 Mon-Wed 3:40, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:30, 10:00 MORNING GLORY (PG) Thu 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 THE NEXT THREE DAYS (14A) Thu 3:50, 7:10, 10:10 Fri-Sun 12:15, 3:50, 6:50, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 SKYLINE (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:40, 10:00 TANGLED (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 9:55 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:20, 6:40, 9:15 Mon-Wed 3:20, 6:40, 9:15 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Sun 11:30, 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 9:45

North COLOSSUS (CE) HWY 400 & 7, 905-851-1001

DUE DATE (14A) Thu 1:50 5:00 7:50 9:45 10:45 Fri-Wed 1:50, 5:00, 7:50, 9:30, 10:45 FAIR GAME (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:35, 6:30, 9:15 FOR COLORED GIRLS (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 10:35 FriWed 1:10, 4:10, 7:45, 10:40 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu 12:30, 1:00, 2:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 9:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:45, 1:00, 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:15, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:30 MonWed 1:00, 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:15, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:30 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1: THE

IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) 12:00, 3:20, 6:45, 10:00 JACKASS 3D (18A) Thu 1:40 4:55 7:55 10:25 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:55, 7:55, 10:45 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) Thu 12:50, 4:15, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Sun 12:30, 1:30, 3:35, 4:20, 6:40, 7:25, 9:20, 10:35 Mon-Wed 12:30, 1:30, 3:35, 4:20, 6:50, 7:25, 9:55, 10:35 MEGAMIND (PG) Thu 12:45 3:40 6:50 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:40, 6:20 MEGAMIND 3D (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Sun 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Mon-Wed 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 MORNING GLORY (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:25, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:45, 7:30, 10:10 THE NEXT THREE DAYS (14A) Thu 12:40, 3:50, 7:15, 10:40 Fri-Sun 12:15, 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 Mon-Wed 12:20, 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (14A) Thu 2:10 5:10 8:10 10:45 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:45, 8:10, 10:35 SKYLINE (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:35, 7:35, 10:05 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:15, 7:40, 10:25 TANGLED (PG) Thu 12:10, 3:10, 6:30, 9:10 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 Mon-Wed 12:10, 3:10, 6:30, 9:00 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Sun 11:30, 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Mon-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 7:10, 9:45 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:15, 3:55, 6:55, 10:15

INTERCHANGE 30 (AMC)

30 INTERCHANGE WAY, HWY 400 & HWY 7, 416-335-5323 ACTION REPLAYY (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:05, 10:00 BURLESQUE (PG) Thu 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:00, 9:30, 10:00 Fri 1:25, 3:35, 4:20, 6:30, 7:15, 9:30, 10:15 Sat-Sun 10:30, 12:35, 1:25, 3:35, 4:20, 6:30, 7:15, 9:30, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:35, 4:20, 6:30, 7:15, 9:30, 10:15 CLIENT 9: THE RISE AND FALL OF ELIOT SPITZER Thu 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:35, 9:25 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:40, 6:35, 9:25 DESPICABLE ME 3D (PG) Thu 5:30, 7:45, 9:45 Fri 2:10, 4:35, 6:55, 9:15 Sat-Sun 11:40, 2:10, 4:35, 6:55, 9:15 Mon-Wed 4:35, 6:55, 9:15 DEVIL (14A) Thu 3:40, 5:50, 8:00, 10:05 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:25, 5:35, 7:45, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:10, 3:25, 5:35, 7:45, 10:00 EASY A (14A) Thu 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Fri 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:05, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 EAT PRAY LOVE (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:25, 6:25, 9:35 Sat-Sun 12:10, 3:25, 6:25, 9:35 FAIR GAME (PG) 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Fri 1:45 mat Sat-Sun 10:55, 1:45 mat FASTER (14A) Thu 4:45, 5:15, 7:15, 7:45, 9:45, 10:15 Fri 1:40, 2:25, 4:20, 5:05, 7:00, 7:45, 9:30, 10:15 Sat 11:00, 1:40, 2:25, 4:20, 5:05, 7:00, 7:45, 9:30, 10:15 Sun 11:00, 11:45, 1:40, 2:25, 4:20, 5:05, 7:00, 7:45, 9:30, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:20, 5:05, 7:00, 7:45, 9:30, 10:15 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:35, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:55, 3:30, 6:35, 9:45 GUZAARISH (PG) Thu 3:25 6:45 9:50 Fri-Wed 3:45, 6:45, 9:55 Sat-Sun 12:50 mat HEREAFTER (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:15, 10:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:50 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:50, 6:40, 9:50 INCEPTION (PG) Thu 3:30 6:35 9:40 Fri-Wed 3:30, 6:35, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:55 mat LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE 3D (PG) Thu 5:30, 7:45, 10:05 Fri 1:55, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 SatSun 11:15, 1:55, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 LET ME IN (14A) Thu 4:35, 7:05, 9:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 Sat-Sun 10:35, 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:30, 9:30 Fri, MonWed 3:40, 6:25, 9:20 Sat-Sun 12:55, 3:40, 6:25, 9:20 MONSTERS (PG) Thu 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Fri 2:50, 5:20, 7:40, 10:10 Sat-Sun 12:25, 2:50, 5:20, 7:40, 10:10 MonWed 5:20, 7:40, 10:10

NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS (G) Thu 3:50, 6:20 Fri, MonWed 3:50, 6:25, 9:10 Sat-Sun 10:35, 1:15, 3:50, 6:25, 9:10 127 HOURS (14A) 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Fri 2:05 mat Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:05 mat RAMONA AND BEEZUS (G) Thu 4:15, 6:40, 9:05 RED Thu 5:00, 7:30, 10:15 Fri 1:35, 4:05, 6:55, 10:00 SatSun 10:50, 1:35, 4:05, 6:55, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:05, 6:55, 10:00 SALT (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:30 SAW 3D (18A) Thu 4:30, 5:00, 7:00, 7:30, 9:30, 10:00 Fri 2:15, 2:45, 4:40, 5:10, 7:05, 7:35, 9:35, 10:05 Sat-Sun 11:50, 12:20, 2:15, 2:45, 4:40, 5:10, 7:05, 7:35, 9:35, 10:05 MonWed 4:40, 5:10, 7:05, 7:35, 9:35, 10:05 SECRETARIAT (G) Thu 3:35, 6:15, 9:15 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:40, 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:45, 6:40, 9:40 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) 4:05, 7:10, 10:05 Sat-Sun 10:40, 1:20 mat THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:20, 9:55 STONE Thu 4:30, 7:10, 10:05 Fri 2:00, 4:50, 7:25, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:25, 2:00, 4:50, 7:25, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:25, 10:10 TERE ISHQ NACHAYA 3:25, 6:30, 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:15 mat THE TOWN (14A) Thu 3:45, 4:45, 6:25, 7:30, 9:15, 10:10 Fri 1:30, 3:30, 4:10, 6:20, 6:50, 9:20, 9:50 Sat-Sun 12:40, 1:30, 3:30, 4:10, 6:20, 6:50, 9:20, 9:50 Mon-Wed 3:30, 4:10, 6:20, 6:50, 9:20, 9:50 YOU AGAIN (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:10 Fri, Sun 1:50, 4:25, 7:05, 9:50 Sat, Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:05, 9:50

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PROMENADE MALL, HWY 7 & BATHURST, 905-764-3247 BURLESQUE (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 9:30 Mon 4:10, 7:05, 9:30 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) 12:30, 3:35, 6:45, 9:40 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 MEGAMIND 3D (PG) 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 MORNING GLORY (PG) Thu 1:15, 3:55, 6:40, 9:20 THE NEXT THREE DAYS (14A) Thu 12:45 3:45 6:50 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:40, 9:25 TANGLED (PG) 1:20, 4:00, 7:10, 9:15 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 9:25

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BURLESQUE (PG) Thu 3:40, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:55, 9:45 Mon-Wed 3:50, 7:00, 9:45 DUE DATE (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:15, 4:10, 6:45, 9:15 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:30, 9:15 FASTER (14A) Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu 3:30, 4:30, 7:00, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 12:00, 2:30, 3:30, 6:30, 7:00, 10:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 3:30, 4:30, 6:50, 8:00, 10:10 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:25, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:45, 9:30 MEGAMIND 3D (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:20, 9:05 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:20, 9:05 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:20, 9:05 MORNING GLORY (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:30, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:30, 6:40 Mon-Wed 6:40 SKYLINE (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:35, 10:20 Fri-Wed 4:00, 9:25 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 4:15, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Sun 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:55, 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:25, 4:20, 7:10, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 9:35 3

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Mon 29 – The Rest Is Silence (2007) D: Nicolae Caranfil. 6 pm. tue 30 – Hector (2004) D: Gracia Querejeta. 6 pm.

Cinemas bloor Cinema

506 bloor w. 416-516-2330. bloorCinema.Com

thu 25 – A Film Unfinished (2010) D: Yael Hersonski. 4 pm. Vancouver Interñ national Mountain Film Festival Best Of The

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Men’s synchronized swimming was ruined for me forever by that Saturday Night Live sketch where an early version of Christopher Guest’s Corky St. Clair coaches brothers Harry Shearer and Martin Short in the hopeless pursuit of their Olympic dreams. It seems the sketch didn’t make it to Europe, where men’s synchro is taken seriously enough that national teams travel to Milan every year for a fierce competition. Dylan Williams, a Welshman living in Sweden, joined the Stockholm Art Swim Gents in an attempt to expand his social circle. In addition to building up a tolerance to chlorine, Williams discovered that many of the members were just like him: pushing 40, trying to come to terms with the loss of their youth and looking for a way to keep participating in group male activities without seeming desperate or weird. How to find a listing

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Festivals Canadian labour international Film Festival innis town Hall, 2 sussex. labourFilms.Ca

Sat 27-Sun 28 – Films exploring issues affecting workers. Free. Sat 27 – Struggles & Victories: Looking Back: Betrayed: The Story Of Canadian Merchant

Williams chronicles his own anxieties along with his teammates’ in this charming documentary, this month’s Doc Soup presentation. Just 70 minutes long, it manages to paint an intimate portrait of the shifts in priorities and values that come with early middle age, without condescending to its subjects or their sport of choice. And the climax – when the SASG take on their imposing Czech and German rivals in Milan – is genuinely absorbing. Men Who Swim plays like a submerged version of Mika Ronkainen’s Freetime Machos, which screened at Hot Docs earlier this year. If you caught that, you’ll be intrigued by the subtle sociological differences between Williams’s swimmers and Ronkainen’s inept Finnish footballers. If you missed it, Men Who Swim works awfully well without the comparison. Screens Wednesday (December 1) at the Bloor. See listings, this page. norMan Wilner Seamen (2005) D: Elaine Brière, and Defying The Law (1997) D: Marta Nielsen-Hastings, David Wesley and Micheal Allder. 2 pm. Beneath Black Skies (2009) D: Sandra Pres. 5 pm. The Coca-Cola Case (2009) D: German Gutiérrez and Carmen Garcia, and short film The Union Song. 7 pm. Sun 28 – Struggles & Victories: Here & Now, Home & Away: Angadi Theru (2010) D: Vasanthabalan. 2 pm. Special Pass (2009) D: Vicknesh Varan, REplace (2010) D: Sven Jense, and short films Sudden Wake and Work In Progress. 6:15 pm.

european union Film Festival royal Cinema, 608 College. 416-977-1661 ext 32, eutorontoFilmFest.Ca

thu 25-tue 30– Documentaries, features, shorts and experimental cinema ñ from 21 countries. Free. thu 25 – Landscape No. 2 (2008) D: Vinko

Monderndorfer. 6 pm. How To Draw A Perfect Circle (2009) D: Marco Martins. 8:30 pm. Fri 26 – Small Crime (2008) D: Christos Georgiou. 6 pm. Surviving Life (2010) D: Jan Svankmajer. 8:30 pm. Sat 27 – Storm (2009) D: Hans-Christian Schimd. 6 pm. What No One Knows (2008) D: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. 8:30 pm. Sun 28 – Music (2007) D: Juraj Nvota. 6 pm.

Fest Tour, eight films about outdoor adventrues. 7 pm. $18, $15 adv from Mountain Equipment Co-op (400 King W), or goclimbon@yahoo.ca. Chris Alexander’s Film School Confidential: Blow Out (1981) D: Brian De Palma. 9:30 pm. $10. Fri 26 – You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger (2010) D: Woody Allen. 4:30 pm. Nowhere Boy (2010) D: Sam Taylor-Wood. 7 pm. The Town (2010) D: Ben Affleck. 9:15 pm. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) D: Jim Sharman. 11:45 pm. Sat 27 – Nowhere Boy. 4:30 pm. You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger. 7 pm. The Town. 9:15 pm. Sun 28 – La Danse: Le Ballet De L’Opera De Paris (2009) D: Frederick Wiseman. 3 pm. You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger. 6:15 pm. The Town. 8:30 pm. Mon 29 – The Town. 4:15 pm. You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger. 7 pm. Nowhere Boy. 9:05 pm. tue 30 – You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger. 3:45 pm. Half The Kingdom: The Next Generation (1989) D: Francine Zuckerman and Roushell Goldstein, about the role of women in Judaism. 6 pm. Panel discussion to follow screening. $36, stu $20. halfthekingdom. eventbrite.com. The Town. 9:30 pm. Wed 1 – Hot Docs Doc Soup presents Men Who Swim D: Dylan Williams. 6:30 & 9:15 pm. $12. hotdocs.ca.

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Sat 27 – Chinatown (1974) D: Roman

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thu 25 – The Maltese Falcon (1941) D: John Huston. 6:30 pm. Wings Of Desire ñ (1987) D: Wim Wenders. 9 pm. Fri 26 – Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962) D: Agnès Varda.

6:30 pm. All About My Mother (1999) D: Pedro Almodóvar. 9 pm. Tim Burton Blitz: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985). 7 pm. Beetlejuice (1988). 9 pm. Batman (1989). 10:45 pm. Sat 27 – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) D: Sergio Leone. 2:30 pm. Bringing Up Baby (1938) D: Howard Hawks. 6:30 pm. Breaking The Waves (1996) D: Lars Von Trier. 9 pm. Tim Burton Blitz: Edward Scissorhands (1990). 1:30 am. Batman Returns (1992). 3:45 am. James And The Giant Peach (1996). 6:30 am. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) D: Henry Selick. 9 am. Ed Wood (1994). 11:30 am. Mars Attacks! (1996). 3:15 pm. Sleepy Hollow. 5:15 pm. Planet Of The Apes (2001) D: Tim Burton. 7 pm. Big Fish (2003) D: Tim Burton. 10:30 pm. Sun 28 – The Lives Of Others (2006) : Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. 3 pm. Blue Velvet (1986) D: David Lynch. 6:30 pm. Tim Burton Blitz: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (2005). 1:15 am. Corpse Bride (2005). 3:45 am. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (2007). 5:30 am. Alice In Wonderland (2010). 9 am. Mon 29 – Marty (1955) D: Delbert Mann. 6:30 pm. Edward Scissorhands (1990) D: Tim Burton. 9 pm. tue 30 – Earth (1930) D: Alexander Dovzhenko. Silent film w/ live piano accompaniment. 4 pm. Andrei Rublev (1969) D: Andrei Tarkovsky. 6:30 pm. Wed 1 – Schindler’s List (1993) D: Steven Spielberg. 6 pm. 8½ (1963) D: Federico Fellini. 6:30 pm. Beetlejuice. 9:30 pm.

thu 25-Fri 26 – Day After Disaster.

Fox tHeatre

2236 Queen e. 416-691-7330. FoxtHeatre.Ca

thu 25 – Buried (2010) D: Rodrigo Cor-

tes. 9 pm. Force Of Nature: The David ñ Suzuki Movie (2010) D: Sturla Gunnarsson. 9 pm.

Fri 26 – The Town (2010) D: Ben Affleck. 7 pm. Inception (2010) D: Christopher Nolan. 9:15 pm. Sat 27-Sun 28 – Nanny McPhee Returns (2010) D: Susanna White. 1:45 pm. Inception. 4 pm. The Town. 7 pm. Buried. 9:15 pm. Mon 29 – The Town. 7 pm. Nowhere Boy. 9:15 pm. tue 30 – Nowhere Boy. 7 pm. The Town. 9 pm.

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national Film board 150 JoHn. 416-973-3012. nFb.Ca/mediatHeQue

thu 25-Wed 1 – More than 5,000 NFB films available at digital viewing stations. Tue-Wed noon-7 pm, Thu-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Free. Sat 27 – WILDSound Short Toronto Film Festival including Miracle Fish D: Luke Doolan and others. 7 pm. Free. wildsound.ca. Wed 1 – Examined Life (2008) D: Astra Taylor. 4 pm. Free. Green Screens presents Up The Yangtze (2007) D: Yung Chang, 7 pm. Free.

ontario sCienCe Centre

770 don mills. 416-696-3127. ontariosCienCeCentre.Ca

CbC museum, CbC broadCast Centre, 250 Front w, 416-205-5574. CbC.Ca

thu 25-Wed 1 – Continuous screenings 9 am

thu 25 – Legends Of Flight. 11 am, 2 & 3 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. IMAX Hubble. 1 pm. Fri 26 – Legends Of Flight. 11 am, 2, 3 & 9 pm.

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Under The Sea. Noon. IMAX Hubble. 1 & 8 pm. SAT 27 – Legends Of Flight. 11 am, 1, 3 & 9 pm. Under The Sea. 2 pm. IMAX Hubble. Noon, 4 & 8 pm. SuN 28 – Legends Of Flight. 11 am, 1 & 3 pm. nder The Sea. 2 pm. IMAX Hubble. Noon & 4 pm. MON 29-WED 1 – Legends Of Flight. 11 am, 2 & 3 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. IMAX Hubble. 1 pm.

revue cinema

400 roncesvalles. 416-531-9959. revuecinema.ca

Thu 25 – It’s Kind Of A Funny Story (2010) D: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. ñ 6:45 pm. Naked Frames Animation And Music

Video Series presents Autumn Madness, a program of animation and music videos. Gentleman Reg is the musical guest. 9 pm. nakedframesfest.ca. FRi 26 – Laughology (2009) D: Albert Nerenberg. 7 pm. $10, child $7. Benefit screening for Howard School grounds rejuvenation. Advance tickets 416-300-3324. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) D: Oliver Stone. 9:25 pm. SAT 27– Toy Story 3 (2010) D: Lee Unkrich. 1:45 pm. The Town (2010) D: Ben Affleck. 4 & 9:25 pm. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. 6:45 pm. SuN 28 – Toy Story 3. 1 pm. The Shining (1980) D: Stanley Kubrick. 3 pm. The Town. 7 pm. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. 9:25 pm. MON 29 – Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. 1 & 9:20 pm. The Town. 6:45 pm. TuE 30 – Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. 6:45 pm. The Town. 9:20 pm. WED 1 – Jack Goes Boating (2010) D: Philip Seymour Hoffman. 7 pm. The Town. 9 pm.

the royal

608 college. 416-534-5252. theroyal.to

Thu 25-TuE 30 – European Union Film Festival. See listings, this page.

WED 1 – Dish: Women, Waitressing & The Art Of Service D: Maya Gallus. 7 pm.

toronto underground cinema 186 spadina ave, basement. 647-992-4335, torontoundergroundcinema.com

Thu 25 – Sixteen Candles (1984) D: John Waters. 7 pm. Princess Mononoke (1997) D: Hayao Miyazaki. 9 pm. FRi 26 – Buried (2010) D: Rodrigo Cortés. 7 pm. SAT 27 – Buried. 5 pm. SuN 28 – Princess Mononoke. 7 pm. WED 1 – Buried. 7 pm.

The CN Tower presents The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D. Continuous screenings daily 11 am to 7 pm. 301 Front W. 416868-6937, cntower.ca. Thu 25-WED 1 – Casa Loma presents The Pellatt Newsreel (2006) D: Barbra Cooper, a film and permanent exhibit on the history of Casa Loma and Henry Pellatt. Daily screenings 10 am to 4:30 pm. Included w/ admission. 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, casaloma.org. Thu 25 – The York University Vegetarian Environmentalist Group presents Earthlings (2005) D: Shaun Monson. 7 pm. Free. 4700 Keele, Room Vari Hall B. 416-939-8343. FRi 26 – Planet In Focus Mixed Greens presents Bird’s Nest (2008) D: Ning Jingwu. 6:45 pm. Pwyc, $7 suggested. Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park. 416-531-4689, gardinermuseum.on.ca. Pleasure Dome presents Niagara Strikes Again: Recent Films From The Niagara Custom Lab. 8 pm. $8, stu $5. CineCycle, 129 Spadina, down the lane. 416-656-5577, pdome.org. TuE 30 – Lula Music and Arts Centre presents Emilio Fernández and Gabriel Figueroa’s Mexico including a screening of La Perla (1947) D: Emilio Fernández. 7 pm. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307, lula.ca. The Centre For Women’s Studies In Education presents Breaking The Silence: The Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal For The Trial Of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery (2000) D: Zhou Sun. Noon. Free. 252 Bloor W, rm 2-227. cwse@utoronto.ca. 3

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This is one of those rare instances of the remake being better than the original – not good, mind you, just better. For one thing, it’s got Traci Lords in her very first nonporn job. She plays a nurse hired to give daily transfusions to the mysterious Mr. Johnson (Arthur Roberts), who looks like an aging blues brother but is actually an alien sent to Earth to collect human blood and test subjects. Lords takes her clothes off a lot. So do the hookers and a stripogram girl who conveniently show up as victims. Other assets include Lenny Juliano hamming it up as Johnson’s sleazoid factotum, a sense of humour, a brisk pace and a title theme that’s a cheese masterpiece. Lords shows up for a new commentary to spend time pulling director Jim Wynorski’s leg, which is what Juliano does on the original commentary, also included. EXTRAS Two commentaries, Lords interview. Widescreen. English audio. No subtitles.

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Mississauga 1 Bdrm + DEN Suite W/2 Balconies & Spectacular Views. Hrwd Flrs, Granite Kit Counter Top W/Breakfast Bar & Stylish S/S Kit Appliances. Fridge, Stove, B/I Dishwasher, B/I Microwave, Washer, Dryer, All Electrical Light Fixtures. $650 jammes.muisti@hotmail.com

Queen/Gladestone One Bedroom Basement newly renovated, laundry, air conditiong, no smoking/no pets, $1050 util incl. Avail. Dec. 1. Call 647-838-6822

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Woodbine/Danforth One bdrm. apt. En-suite laundry, eat in kitchen, living room, hardwood floors, ceramic tiles, skylight, A/C, 4 appliances. 1 minute walk to Woodbine subway and everything (15-20 minute ride to Downtown). No dogs please. Avail. Jan. 1st., $1040+ util., Call Susan 416-421-9374

for rent - 2 bdrm Vic Park/Lawrence North York, 2 bdrm. in a house bsmt. apt. sep. ent., TTC at door, all amen. lrg. backyard, lrg. drive way. $975 incl. 416-759-6322, 416-371-8755

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Dufferin/Wilson 2 bdrm., subway, prkg., lndry. $955/mo. incl. Dec.1st. 416-451-2469

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I’m a 23-year-old female college

student whose life consists of going to class and going to the gym. I got hurt in my last relationship, so I’ve been staying away from dating for a while. I’m attractive, and I notice guys checking me out – making the gym a second home does have benefits! – but I’m afraid I come off as unapproachable. I’ve noticed this fine guy at the gym. From the way he looks at me, I can tell he’s interested, but I have no idea why he hasn’t approached me. We make a lot of eye contact while we work out, and some days he’ll walk by my treadmill and awkwardly smile, but we’ve talked only once. Is he shy? Should I try to talk to him again? How can I come off as more approachable? I’m finding myself obsessing over him (like I said, he is fine), but the more I do, the more pathetic I feel. Pathetic Shy Girl With A Crush We’ll get to your issues in a moment, PSGWAC, but first.… Don’t you hate it when you’re working on a column that’s way overdue and you have a horrible headache and you grab the bottle of pills from your suitcase – a travel selection of Excedrins, Advils and 222s – and you pour the pills into your hand and pick out a couple of 222s (they’re the ones that don’t have an “E” on them and aren’t green) and you toss the 222s in your mouth while you click through a few emails and then nearly choke to death? Don’t you hate that? And don’t you hate it even more when you’re sitting there wondering how you nearly choked to death on a couple of 222s – they’re skinny! You conquered that gag reflex in middle school! – and then you remember that your boyfriend put four of his massive, easy-to-choke-on Vicodins in with your pills the last time he came along on a trip? Don’t you hate that? Okay, I had better get to it, huh? Soon I won’t be

fit to operate the remote for the TV in my hotel room, much less dole out sex advice to my love-, clue- and orgasm-lorn readers. But before we begin: My apologies to anyone unlucky enough to find their letter in this week’s column. Okay, PSGWAC, a lot of guys – fine and otherwise – have been led to believe that hitting on girls who aren’t in bars or on personals websites is tantamount to sexual harassment. Because, you see, for the last 20 years, fine and otherwise guys have been told that it’s not nice to hit on girls at work, on the bus, at the gym or in class. Girls are still getting hit on at work, on the bus, at the gym and in class, of course, just not by nice guys. The guys who approach girls at work, on the bus, etc., are, for the most part, fine and otherwise assholes. So I’m thinking Fine Boy is either a nice, polite, clueless straight dude who doesn’t want to make you feel uncomfortable, or he’s a fag who stares because he thinks your skin is flawless and is sincerely curious about what product you use in your hair. Here’s how you find out whether Fine Boy is straight and polite or gay and product-curious: Approach Fine Boy – take it from me, nothing makes you seem more approachable than physically approaching someone – and tell him you’d love to hang out sometime outside the gym, outside your clothes, etc., and see what he says.

I’m gay, but I’m just a normal guy.

The most stereotypical gay thing about me is that I’m a musical-theatre major. But I can fix a car, I don’t enjoy dancing (in clubs), I hate the bar scene and I never use the word “fabulous.” I’m not attracted to faggy men. Can you assure me that there are non-faggy gay men out there? Straight Actor There are no non-faggy gay men out there, SA. Or there are no other non-faggy gay men out there, I should say, because you’re non-faggy

– I’m taking your word for it, SA – and there you are, all non-faggy and majoring in musical theatre! But you’re the only fabulously masculine gay man in America! You’re like Will Smith in I Am Legend, only you have to sing and dance and blow loads on guys instead of running and screaming and blowing away loads of zombies. But there may be a few homos out there masculine enough to meet with your approval. Look around the tech department of your theatre program, SA, and if you see someone in paint-spattered jeans, carrying a power tool, with a pack of smokes tucked in a back pocket, ask that butch dyke out. She’s your only hope.

I’m the type of guy who always has a lot to drink because I need to have the courage to hit on girls, and also because I don’t want to look like one of those assholes who stays sober so he can have the pick of the most wasted girls. However, when I do end up with a girl in my bed, I can’t get it up. Tactfully saying “Let’s wait till morning” is not much fun. It Does Work, I Swear Advice Seeker: “Dan, Dan! My dick doesn’t work when I go like this.” Advice Columnist: “Don’t go like that.”

I’ve been wIth my husband for nearly eight years. When we met, he weighed about 140 pounds, which wasn’t bad on his fivefoot-ten frame. Since then, he’s ballooned to 230 pounds! I know I should just be a grownup and tell him it would improve our sex life if he lost the weight. The problem is this: I am a recovering anorexic. My husband knows and has been nothing short of wonderful, understanding, and caring about it since the beginning. Due to my issues, he would never make a disparaging comment about my weight – so how can I make one about his? But his weight is killing my desire for him! It feels so horrible

sasha

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and shallow to say, but I just want to be fucked by someone who isn’t so fat. He’s great in every respect except for his weight. I’m at the point where I’m about to take up an invitation from an ex in town for the weekend just so I can have sex with someone who doesn’t have a belly. Is it wrong for me to ask my husband to lose the weight after everything I’ve put him through with my own issues? Former Annie-Rexic Presumably, your husband wouldn’t hesitate to speak up if you began starving yourself to death again, FAR, so I don’t – in my condition – see why you shouldn’t hesitate to speak up now that he’s eating himself to death. Unless, of course, that would tear open your foodrelated wounds. So speak up. Thank him, once again, for the way he’s supported your efforts to keep the weight on and explain how you’re going to support his efforts to take the weight off.

I am a woman In my early 20s and ave been in a happy hetero relationship for h

several years. My boyfriend has a foot fetish, and I have no problem doing what satisfies him. The problem is that the same is not true for him. He doesn’t like sex at all, and he’s barely even tried to go down on me. He has never come during intercourse. It’s as if he’s repulsed by my vagina. I should also mention that, unlike other foot fetishists, he enjoys being in control, i.e., tying me up, holding me down, etc. Is there anything I can do to make sex more enticing and enjoyable? Starting To Get Fed Up Have it with someone else.

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