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by Rob Brezsny

Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 What rewards do

you deserve for all the good living and hard work you’ve done since your last birthday? And what amends should you make for the mediocre living and the work you’ve shirked since your last birthday? If you choose this week to take care of these two matters with purposeful clarity, you will ensure the best possible outcomes. The reward you earn will be the right one, and the amends you offer will provide the proper correction.

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 Sometimes I fly in my dreams. The ecstasy is almost unbearable as I soar high above the landscape. But there’s something I enjoy dreaming about even more, and that’s running. For years I’ve had recurring dreams of sprinting for sheer joy through green hills and meadows, often following rivers that go on forever. I’m never short of breath. My legs never get tired. I feel vital and vigorous and fulfilled. Does it seem odd that I prefer running to flying? I think I understand why. The flying dreams represent the part of me that longs to escape the bonds of earth, to be free of the suffering and chaos here. My running dreams, on the other hand, express the part of me that loves being in a body and exults in the challenges of this world. Given your astrological omens, Taurus, I think you’re ready for whatever is your personal equivalent of running in your dreams.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 An interviewer asked me if there’s any special ritual I do before writing these horoscopes. I told her that I often say a prayer in which I affirm my desire to provide you with these three services: 1. that what I create will be of practical use to you; 2. that it will help you cultivate your relationship with your inner teacher; 3. that it will inspire you to tap into and use the substantial freedom you have to create the life you want. I hope I’m doing a good job, Gemini, because in the coming weeks your inner teacher will be overflowing with practical clues about the art of liberation. CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 “Spring dawn: Turning toward the storm cloud, I lost sight of the bird.” Let this haiku-like poem by Julius Lester serve as a cautionary tale, Cancerian. You’re at risk of getting so fearfully fixated on a storm cloud that you may lose track, metaphorically speaking, of a rare and beautiful bird. And the thing is, the storm cloud isn’t even harbouring that big a ruckus. It will pour out its flash and dazzle quickly, leaving virtually no havoc in its wake. That’s why it would be a shame for you to let your perverse fascination with it cause you to get separated from a potential source of inspiration. Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 Shock waves of toxic misinformation pulse through the internet on a regular basis. One of the latest infections attacked the subject of astrology. An astronomer in Minneapolis proclaimed that due to the precession of the equinoxes, everyone’s astrological sign is wrong. He was perfectly mistaken, of course, for reasons I explain here: bit.ly/AstroHoax. But few journalists in the major media bothered to check the accuracy of the sensationalist allegation before publishing it, and soon the collec tive imagination was on fire. Hundreds of thousands of people suffered unnecessary identity crises and felt emotions that were based on a fallacy. In the coming week, Leo, you should be on high alert for a comparable outbreak or two in your personal sphere. Be vigorously skeptical – not just of the stories other people tell, but also of the theories and fantasies that rise up in your own brain. Don’t believe everything you think.

VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 You are usually conscientious about attending to the details. It’s one of your specialties to take care of little necessities. You often know what to do in order to fix mistakes and messes caused by the imprecision of other people. For now, though, I encourage you to take a break from all that. In my opinion, you need to regenerate and replenish yourself, and a good way to accomplish that is to let your mind go blissfully blank. At least consider it, please. Give yourself permission to space out about the intricacies. Steep yourself in the primordial ooze where everything is everything. LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 I’ll be interested to

see how you shift your attitudes about love in the coming weeks, Libra. Fate will be bringing you good reasons to move away from long-held opinions about the nature of romance and intimacy. Your subconscious mind will be stirring with new dispensations about how best to deal with and express your life-giving longings. All in all, the process should be pretty enjoyable, especially if you relish psycho-spiritual riddles that impel you to probe deeper into the mysteries of togetherness.

registering the pleasant shock I’m trying to jolt you with and are awakening to the rampant possibilities. On your mark. Get set. Go!

pisCes Feb 19 | Mar 20 I’ve never been a

fan of gurus. My view is that everyone should be his or her own guru. But there was one guy whose antics were pretty entertaining. He was one of those crazy wisdom types who borrowed liberally from the trickster archetype. This is what he told his followers about how to interpret their dreams in which he appeared. “If you dream of me and I’m not kicking your butt, it wasn’t really me.” I’ll say the same thing to you, Pisces: The only teachers worth listening to, studying and dreaming about in the next two weeks will be those who kick your butt. 3

Homework: To read my response to the internet rumor that astrology is based on wrong assumptions, go here: bit.ly/AstroHoax.

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sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 “Dear Rob: I am a professional obsesser. I mean I obsess on things a lot. But here’s the thing. When I do obsess on something and work with manic intensity to achieve it, I am changed in the process – frequently to the point of no longer desiring what I was once obsessed by! This makes me crazy! Any advice? – Flagrant Scorpio.” Dear Flagrant: This is a gift, not a problem. Figuring out what you don’t want is a key factor in developing self-knowledge. And often the only way to do that is by pursuing what you think you want. Ultimately, you’ll be purged of your lesser longings and superficial wishes and be able to crystallize a clear vision of what you truly desire more than anything else. sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 “The

greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in such a way that will allow a solution,” said philosopher Bertrand Russell. In other words, the words you use to describe your dilemma are crucial. If you’re lazy or pessimistic about framing your big question, you minimize your chances of finding a useful answer. If you’re precise and creative, you’re more likely to attract the information and inspiration you need. This is always true, of course, but especially so for you right now.

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 A “karma whore” is someone who performs an abundant number of favours and acts of kindness in the hope of accumulating extra-good karma. Judging from the astrological omens, I’m thinking this week will be prime time for you to flirt with being such a person. Why? Because the blessings you bestow in the near future are more likely than usual to generate specific blessings coming back your way. You don’t necessarily have to go to ridiculous extremes – holding the door open for five people behind you, allowing 10 cars to merge in front of you on the highway, flinging out casual but sincere compliments with reckless abandon. But from what I can tell, the more help you dole out, the more you’ll get in return. AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 You may have no idea how much power you have right now to start fresh – to escape the muddle of murky old failures. Your imagination might not yet be sufficiently lubricated to glide you into the expansive version of the future you deserve. But I’m hoping that this little horoscope of mine changes all that. I’m praying that you are already

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performance of the Nicolas Billon play. Today and tomorrow 9 pm. Donation. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827. kniT-in (Streetknit) Help knit blankets, socks and mittens for the homeless (instruction, wool and needles provided). 6:15-8:15 pm. Free. Annette Library, 145 Annette. 416-3937521.

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The BoDy series Workshop and talk about

body image and race, plus screening of The Colour Of Beauty. 5:30 pm. Free. NFB Mediatheque, 150 John. Pre-register 416-973-3012. calling all arTisTs! Info session for artists on how to get your work displayed at the library. 6:30 pm. Free. Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View. torontopubliclibrary.ca. conversaTions in Design Douglas Coupland, John Winsor, Jason Bruges and others share experiences about crowdsourcing, social media and more. 8:30 am-5 pm. $150-$250, stu $75-$125. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. conversationsindesign.com.

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New members’ meeting 7 pm. Free. OISE, rm 12-274, 252 Bloor W. info@6nsolidarity.ca.

horMone harMony as a key To happy liFe

Lecture. 7-8:30 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth, rm 212. 416-466-2129, thebigcarrot.ca. inTerior Design shoW Talks and tips from experts, exhibits and more. To Jan 30. $22, adv $19, children free. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. interiordesignshow.com. lighT rail TransiT TTC Riders info meeting on what we risk losing if mayor Ford succeeds in cancelling Transit City. 7-9 pm. Free. Forest Hill Collegiate, 730 Eglinton W. ttcriders.ca. local MoTion Panel discussion on civic engagement. 7-9 pm. Free. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. chbooks.com. puTTing your Docs in a roW Panel discussion with filmmakers Min Sook Yee, Ed Barrevald and Angad Bhalla. 7-8:30 pm. Free. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. yorku.ca/finearts/ film/events. Queer sWing Dancing Beginner lesson and dancing. 7 pm. $5. 519 Church Community Centre. swinginout.ca. say yes To FooD Seminar on prioritizing healthy food. 4:10 pm. Free. U of T Centre for Environment, 4 Taddle Creek. environment. utoronto.ca.

Friday, January 28

Benefits

holiDay appeal For class-War prisoners

(Class-War Prisoners Stipend Fund) Music, food and speeches in solidarity with those in prison. 7-10 pm. $8, adv $5. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. partisandefense.org. live love large BeneFiT concerT (Toronto People with AIDS Fdn) Performances by Hooded Fang, Gentleman Reg and Kat Burns. 6:30 pm. $25. Metropolitan Community Church, 115 Simpson. livelovelarge.org.

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BreasT healTh Women’s wellness talk with

naturopathic doctor Dharam Kaur. 1-3:30 pm. $30. OISE, rm 2-286, 252 Bloor W. Pre-register cwse@utoronto.ca.

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works in installation, loops and proto-cinema devices. $5, festival pass $25. Trash Palace, 89B Niagara. the8fest.com. Jan 28 to 30 rWinTerFesT Dog sled races, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and more. $8, stu/srs $6, under 4 free. Kortright Centre, Pine Valley and Major Mackenzie (Kleinburg). 905832-2289. Jan 29 and 30 WinTerlicious Culinary festival with participating restaurants offering special prixfixe menus. toronto.ca. Jan 28 to Feb 12

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rMaharaja FesTival Festival celebrating

the exhibition Maharaja: The Splendour Of India’s Royal Courts, with a sitar demo by Anwar Khurshid, dance, henna tattooing, cooking demos, tours, kids’ activities and more. Free w/ admission. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. To Jan 30 The MozarT @ 255 FesTival Toronto Symphony Orchestra presents concertos, arias and symphonies. $22.50-$148. Roy Thom-

coMe up To My rooM 2011 Alternative design event featuring artists’ room installations, public space projects and curator’s tours. Today noon-8 pm; tomorrow noon-10 pm; Jan 30 noon-5 pm. $10.50. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. DeconsTrucTing Dinner Lecture by food activist/journalist Jon Steinman. 2:30-4:30 pm. Pwyc ($10 sugg). Centre for Social Innovation, 720 Bathurst. info@philosopheroffood.com. hoW To sTarT anD Manage your sMall/ hoMe-BaseD Business Info session. 7:15-9:30

pm. $10 or pwyc. Yellow Door Learning Centre, 6 St Joseph. Pre-register bahman@ canaglobe.ca.

Mapping local lanDscapes: coMMuniTy approaches To peace U of T peace and con-

flict studies conference with a keynote address, panel discussions and more. Today and tomorrow. $20, stu free. Pre-register peaceandconflict.ca/conference. naTional BriDal spring shoW Displays on wedding ideas, fashions, products and services. Today 5-9 pm; tomorrow 10 am-8 pm; Jan 30, 10 am-6 pm. $15. Direct Energy Centre, 100 Princes. nationalbridalshow.com.

proDucTion anD consuMpTion oF French ruM in The alanTic TerriTories in The MoDern age History conference on the clash be-

tween global and local economies (in French). 3:30 pm. Free. Alliance Française, 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014, alliance-francaise.ca.

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Dialogue with author Laura U Marks and media artist Willy Le Maitre. 7 pm. Free. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. tinars.ca. social econoMy cenTre Workshops on marketing in non-profit and other social purpose oganizations. 9:30 am-4 pm. $140. OISE, rm 5-240, 252 Bloor W. Pre-register 416-978-0022. sTayin’ alive Talk on how Canadians will work, play and find meaning in the second half of their lives by author Michael Adams. 1 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. The TroTsky Rebel Films screening and discussion. 7 pm. $4. OISE, rm 2-212, 252 Bloor W. 416-461-6942. rupper canaDa paTrioTs jr a hockey The Patriots face off against the Dixie Beehives. 8-10 pm. $1-$9. MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence, 400 Kipling. 416-815-2282.

Saturday, January 29

Benefits

Dragon Ball 2011 (Yee Hong Community

Wellness Fdn) Chinese Year of the Rabbit celebration with dinner, and live and silent auctions. 5:30-11 pm. $400. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. yeehongdragonball.org. eva john’s caBareT (Ride to Conquer Cancer)

St. Clement’s Church, 59 Briar Hill, Canon Nicholson Hall. 416-483-6664. yoga Wellness talk. 1-3:30 pm. $30. Centre for Women’s Studies, OISE, 252 Bloor W. Preregister cwse@utoronto.ca.

Monday, January 31 FooDie Drinks Good food movement get-

son Hall (60 Simcoe), Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge). tso.ca. To Jan 30

ToronTo inTernaTional Design FesTival

Festival celebrating local and international design with exhibits, symposiums, lectures and fairs. Various prices. Various venues. tidfonline.com. To Jan 30 u oF T neW Music FesTival Compositions in a wide gamut of genres by student, faculty and guest composers including Chen Yi and Mychael Danna plus lectures and presentaMusic by songwriter/recording artist Dan Hill, plus Jenni Burke and Charles Azulay. 8 pm. $50. Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick. 416-4511347, evajohnevents.com. Walk For MeMories (Alzheimer Society of Toronto) Stroll through the underground PATH system with live entertainment and prizes. 9 am-noon. Min $20 in pledges. Brookfield Place, 181 Bay. alzheimertoronto.org.

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BuilDing The Working-class MoveMenT

Labour Committee of Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly conference for activists. Today 7-9 pm; tomorrow 10 am-6 pm. $20 sliding scale, stu/unwaged pwyc. Ryerson Student Centre, 63 Gould. Pre-register workersassembly.ca/callout2011. chinese neW year celeBraTion A traditional Chinese party, a Chinese Mafia party and a bunny-style party. 9 pm-2 am. $15, women free. Augusta House, 152A Augusta. chinesecultureparty.com. Dj skaTe saTurDay nighTs Late-night skating with DJs spinning house, funk, soul, soca, reggae, bhangra and pop-rock. 8 to 11 pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre Ice Rink, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. ForT york FooD FighT Interpretive food tour of the fort, workshops and a chef competition. 1-6 pm. $30. Fort York, Garrison off Fleet. 416-392-6907.

lavenDer creek: sanDhill Topography eXploreD, geology Lost rivers walk. 2 pm. Free. Dufferin and Eglinton. 416-593-2656.

MarrichiWeu! Denouncing a g20 police sTaTe conspiracy Women’s Coordinating

Comm for a Free Wallmapu discussion. 7:30 pm. Free. Birge Carnegie Reading Rm, 95 Charles W. g20.torontomobilize.org. rproWling For oWls Illustrated talk by ornithologist Mark Peck. 3 pm. Free w/ admission. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. rsuper hero school Kids five to 12 create a secret identity. 1-4 pm. Free w/ admission. Scarborough Museum, 1007 Brimley. Preregister toronto.ca/torontofun. ToronTo inTernaTional Travel shoW Explore international and home-grown vacation opportunities. Today 10 am-6 pm; tomorrow 10 am-5 pm. $12, online $10; stu $6.50, children free. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. travelandleisureshow.com. ToronTo rock lacrosse The Rock play Buffalo. 7 pm. $15-$25. Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay. torontorock.com. ulTiMaTe Travel shoW Seminars, exhibits, entertainment, destinations and more. Today 10 am-6 pm; tomorrow 10 am-5 pm. $12, stu/ srs $6.50, kids free. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. travelandleisureshow.com.

tions. Free. Edward Johnson Bldg, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744, music.toronto.ca. To Feb 1

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forming Arts festival of indigenous performing arts including theatre, dance, spoken word, media art and film. $10/ night. Theatre Centre (1087 Queen W) and Native Canadian Centre (16 Spadina Rd). 416-538-0988, nativeearth.ca. To Jan 29

union sTaTion eXperience Tour of Canada’s busiest transportation hub. 11 am-1:15 pm. $10. Travellers’ Aid counter, Union Station, Front and Bay. 416-917-8220, trha.ca. WesTenD sTories Evening of storytelling. 7-9 p. Free. River Trading Company, 1418 Queen W. 647-295-5900. WriTing as connecTion Workshop on plot and structure with Thom Vernon. Noon-3 pm. $50. Tightrope Books, 602 Markham. Preregister tightropebooks.com. ryear oF The raBBiT Ring in Chinese New Year with lion dance, martial arts and more. Today 11 am, 2 & 4 pm; tomorrow 2 & 4 pm. Free. Scarborough Town Centre, 300 Borough, scarboroughtowncentre.com.

Sunday, January 30

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rsing your hearT ouT (Save a Child’s Heart) Performances by Jen Gould and Marky Weinstock. 9:30 am. $20, fam $65. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. saveachildsheart.ca.

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aBc leTTer nighT For g20 DeFenDanTs Write letters in support of G20 defendants. 6:30-9 pm. Free. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. g20. torontomobilize.org.

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Hands-on workshop. 1-4 pm. $25 (bring hardcover book). Todmorden Mills, Pottery E of Bayview. Pre-register 416-396-2819.

Big Discoveries MaDe in sMall laBoraTories-on-a-chip Lecture by chemist Eugenia Ku-

macheva. 3-4:30 pm. Free. Medical Sciences Bldg, 1 King’s College Circle. 416-977-2983. rcreaTive science Hands-on workshops for ages 14 and up. 1:30-3 pm. Free w/ admission. Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills. 416696-1000. jeWs on conTeMporary Tv Clips and lecture by Mark Clamen. 11 am-12:30 pm. $9. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. film@mnjcc.org.

rkeeping house: insiDe The FarM house When iT’s colD ouTsiDe Hearth-cooking and handcrafts demos. Noon-4:30 pm. Free w/ admission. Gibson House, 5172 Yonge. 416225-0146.

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together with Arlene Hazzan Green and Mark Green of Backyard Urban Farm Co. 7-10 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. pushfoodforward.com. never again For anyone Auschwitz survivor Hajo Meyer talks with Gina Csanyi and Alan Sears. 7 pm. $10 or pwyc. Friends House, 60 Lowther. neveragainforanyone.com. rainBoW ToasTMasTers The LGBT public speaking group holds an open house. 6:30 pm. Free. Metropolitan Community Church, 115 Simpson. rainbow.toastmastersclub.org. screaMing Queens Trans Inclusion Group screening and talk. 6-8 pm. Free. Centre for Women and Trans People, 563 Spadina. womens.centre@utoronto.ca.

surFing The neW Waves: conTeMporary neW Wave cineMa Film critic Adam Nayman

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Hajo Meyer discusses his book with Lee Maracle. 7 pm. $10/pwyc. Winchevsky Centre, 585 Cranbrooke. neveragainforanyone.com. parkDale sTreeT WriTers Ongoing writing group for youth 16 to 29 led by local authors, comic artists, filmmakers, hip-hop poets and artists. 5:30-7:30 pm. Free. Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen W. info@parkdalewriters.ca.

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Photo presentation with horticultural scientist Sean Fox. 7:30 pm. $12. Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence E. 416-631-4438. The relucTanT DoMinaTriX Women-only workshop. 7-9:30 pm. $33. Good for Her, 175 Harbord. Pre-register 416-588-0900.

Wednesday, February 2 aniMaTion MeeT-up Animators network and show their works in process. 7-9 pm. Pwyc ($5 sugg). Toronto Animated Image Society, 60 Atlantic. 416-533-7889, tais.ca. enTrepreneurship 101 Class on the nuts and bolts of starting a business. 5:30-6:30 pm. Free. MaRS Auditorium, 101 College. Preregister marsdd.com/ent101. haiTi: one year laTer Panel discussion on the aftermath of the earthquake with Toronto Star columnist Catherine Porter and others. 6:45 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. inTernaTional Folk Dancing Enjoy dances from different countries, all levels welcome. 7:30-10 pm. $7. Koffler Centre School of the Arts, 4588 Bathurst. 416-638-1881 ext 4364. leaDing The Way – in canaDa anD arounD The WorlD Eric Krause Memorial Lecture

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Gilberto ante Photography exhibition. To Mar 13. Art Gallery of York U, Accolade E Bldg, 4700 Keele. 416-736-5169. royal ontario MuseuM Institute for Contemporary Culture: painting/sculpture: El Anatsui, to Feb 27. Position As Desired/Exploring African Canadian Identity: Photographs From The Wedge Collection, to Mar 27. $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. kevin “rashid” Johnson Launching his book Defying The Tomb with a panel discussion and hip-hop party. 7-11 pm. $5. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org. ruined Obsidian Theatre and Nightwood Theatre present Lynn Nottage’s play about women struggling to survive and heal during the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Runs to Feb 12. $15-$35. Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence W. 416-533-2725.

Poet Adebe D.A. talks about her work February 1 at the Reference Library. ors discuss their work with Donna Bailey Nurse. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. pyraMids oF kush Talk on the art and architecture of this ancient Black African culture. 2 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. Wynton Marsalis Concert featuring Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. 8 pm. $39.50-$99.50. Massey Hall, 78 Victoria. 416-872-4255. rhythM deFines MoveMent Steelpan music, drumming and drama. 5 pm. Free. York Woods

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The Do Design team (L-R) Marie Collier, Julie Nicholson, Shaun Moore, Jerry Waese, Arounna Khounnoraj

Can-Do on DunDas Design event fills west end neighbourhood with local furniture and houseware pop ups

By Andrew SArdone

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the sleepy stretch of dundas west of Bathurst has been permanently branded as up-and-coming. The winds of change that blow so briskly on neighbouring Queen West, College and Ossington slow substantially here, tempered by long-standing and still-thriving Portuguese businesses and the stronger tides of change in those nearby areas. Its perpetually under-the-radar status makes the area perfect for the Design Week sneak attack being launched today by a group of aesthetically savvy locals. For the next four days, Do Design fills the storefronts of 29 shops, restaurants, cafés and galleries between Markham and Grace with locally made furniture and housewares. The goal is to lure in outsiders and enlighten locals by showing off the strip’s design chops. “The BIA was frustrated that the area is full of creative businesses but still struggles to draw traffic,” says MADE’s Julie Nicholson, who is on Do West’s committee with the store’s co-owner, Shaun Moore, plus Arounna Khounnoraj from Bookhou, Kia and Jerry Waese from R.A.D. and Sleeping Giant gallery’s

Josh Glover. “Do West Design is about getting people into the shops and restaurants as much as it’s about seeing the design work itself.” The first business to sign on was ML Lumber (856 Dundas West, 416603-7878) at the corner of Dundas and Manning. Walk by this weekend and you’ll see one of Jean Willoughby’s wood and concrete dressers in the window. Lunch spot Porchetta (825 Dundas West, 647-352-6611) displays Jill Allan’s glass piggy bank on its counter, and vegetarian Katherine Morley has created a collection of How To Eat Meat vases extolling nose-to-tail consumption for the Hoof Café (923 Dundas West, 416551-8854). “We’re taking pieces out of the design community bubble,” says Moore. “Placing them in a new context exposes the work to a larger audience.” Moore and Nicholson have a bit of experience turning people on to the once obscure Canadian design scene. The centerpiece of Do West is MADE At Home (867 Dundas West, 416607-6384), the duo’s four-year-old design show, renamed from Radiant Dark to reflect its new location in the apartment above their shop. The

single-floor flat is laid out like a local design lover’s dream apartment. Two blocks east, the new Capacity exhibition spotlighting female makers runs to February 6 at Bookhou (798 Dundas West, 416-203-2549). “Do West is great not only for the neighbourhood but for our show, too,” says Erin McCutcheon, who cocurated Capacity. “We’re all working together to cross-promote the events and make the area a hot spot during Design Week.” When the shows close, though, and the design crowd retreats, Nicholson hopes people who had never considered Dundas West a destination but experienced Do Design will come back. “I don’t believe design alone will make this a great neighbourhood,” she says. “But I believe it will encourage what Dundas has always done in an interesting, ad hoc fashion: reinvent itself for the diverse community living along its reaches.” Do Design runs Thursday to Sunday (January 27 to 30) on Dundas between Bathurst and Grace. Opening reception Saturday (January 29), 3 to 9 pm, at several venues. Free. dowest. ca. For more info on MADE At Home and Capacity, see page 30. 3

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Maybe his last name destined Michael Greenwood (greenwoodstudio.ca) to design and work wood sustainably. His Bow Lamp is made of laminated offcuts mounted on a salvaged metal base.

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Reclaimed piston valves look like massive nails when hammered into irregularly shaped wood offcuts to create Jason and Lars Dressler’s Hold Ups coat hooks (brothersdressler.com)

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The mix of a concrete shell and warm wooden drawers makes Jean Willoughby’s (jeanwilloughby.com) cabinet prototype our favourite material mashup of Design Week.

DESIGN WOODY The Interior Design Show turns us on with its lineup of product debuts in wood.

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Dylan McKinnon (dylanmckinnon.com), who won the Young Design Award at last year’s IDS, is back with the Edmond table, created with Public Displays of Affection for the Edmond Place community housing redevelopment in Parkdale.

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DOUBLE IDENTITY Xiaojing Yan checks into Come Up To My Room with her multifaceted installation very difficult for me to adjust to such a different environment,” says the Nanjing-born Yan. “The shock of arrival, the exhilaration of new experience, confusion of cultural belonging and longing for home have strongly impacted my life.” Her Come Up To My Room piece in Room 210 is called Face-to-Face. Through the online community rolia. net, Yan solicited 24 pairs of photographs from other Chinese Canadians, one of the person when he or she lived in China and another after immigrating here. She hand-painted the images on swatches of silk, layering the two sheer pieces on plastic discs suspended from the ceiling to create the feeling of

the two identities merging together and the group interacting as a whole. “Her work is immersive and engaging,” says the show’s co-curator, Jeremy Vandermeij. “Come Up To My Room tries to bridge art and design. All of Yan’s work seems to respond to [its exhibition] space.” Yan appreciates the blurred boundaries between disciplines but was really drawn to participate because of the location. “I like that the show is in a hotel,” she says. “It’s a place that’s your home but not your home, and that idea fits well with my work.” For Come Up To My Room info, see page 30. 3

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Artist Xiaojing Yan’s studio feels a world away from the Gladstone, where she’s unveiling her newest installation at Come Up To My Room, the hotel’s annual alt-design show. Located in the dim basement of her Scarborough townhouse, it’s a humble space where she builds grand artworks. Yan’s portfolio includes a dress wired together with a thousand wax Buddhas. She once hung 1,500 Chinese ceramic spoons from a gallery ceiling to create the three-dimensional silhouette of a bridge. But while her media may vary, the message is always about the interplay between identity and a sense of displacement. “When I first came to Canada, it was

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clude condo-scaled sectionals and sustainably manufactured housewares. SWIPE, 401 Richmond West, 1-800567-9473, swipe.com Swipe’s stacks of advertising and design reads are supplemented by the BUILT Books on Architecture shop-inshop. UMBRA CONCEPT STORE, 165 John, 416-599-0088, umbra.com The entire Umbra collection is housed in its pink plastic-clad flagship. UP TO YOU, 1483 Queen East, 416778-6487, uptoyoutoronto.com Set up like an apartment, this secondfloor store is outfitted with antlershaped wood coat hangers, designer doorstops and seat belt throw pillows.

UPCOUNTRY, 310 King East, 416-3667477, upcountry.com UpCountry’s latest import is the Timothy Oulton line of truly British tuffeted chesterfields and Union Jack trunks. URBAN MODE, 145 Tecumseth, 416591-8834, urbanmode.com This store’s prefab Blu Dot addition is one of our favourite retail spaces. VIRGINIA JOHNSON, 132 Ossington, 416-516-3366, virginiajohnson.com Johnson’s signature prints are made into bedding, decorative pillows and rugs. ZIGGY’S AT HOME, 794 College, 416535-8728, ziggysathome.com Litte Italy’s fave home boutique carries lighting, furniture and oodles of accessories. 3

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I might be a little biased (see surname in byline), but it’s hard to beat the contemporary look and sometimes fantastical functionality of Italian furniture. Take, for example, the Odyssey dining table in the King West showroom of Manzano-based Calligaris. Its walnut base supports a glass tabletop that rotates to reveal two leaves that twist into place, turning the six-seater into a set-up large enough for 12. Similarly modular items fill the store, from a condo-scaled walnut desk that hinges to square-footage-starved walls to the Inbox collection of storage cubes that can be mounted in myriad configurations.

Calligaris’s chairs might be its most iconic pieces. Though the company launched in 1923 with a wood ladder-back chair called the Marocca, the best seats in the collection today feature water-drop textures and space age forms in colourful plastic. Calligaris picks: Futuristic but comfy Area 51 chairs hang suspended from the showroom’s ceiling, $173; the expandable Odyssey table starts at $5,286; for a smaller space, try the Ascot coffee table that grows into dinner seating for six, $1,283. Look for: Statement lighting by Sillux, Lampade Italiane and Slamp. Hours: Monday to Friday 11 am to 8 pm, Saturday 10 am to 6 pm, Sunday noon to 5 pm.

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THE CONCEPT: Come Up To My Room’s curatorial team chooses the show’s designers based on their portfolios without seeing proposals for how they plan to outfit the Gladstone Hotel’s second-floor rooms and public spaces. Work by 2011’s lineup, including Dennis Lin, the Map Collective and J2D’s John Peterson, Jana Macalik and Diana Watters, is unveiled tomorrow (Friday, January 28). LOOK FOR: Come Up To My Room’s retrospective show helps mark the Gladstone’s 5th anniversary and fills the ground-floor Art Bar with images and objects from design shows past. THE PARTY: DJs Denise Benson and Joe Blow spin the crowd of pro and indie creative types into a tizzy at the original Design Week love-in on Saturday (January 29) from 10 pm. It all happens in the hotel’s ballroom under a cloud of flashing lights created by LeuWebb Project’s Christine Leu and Alan Webb. Friday to Sunday (January 28 to 30) at the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen West). General admission $10. Free admission for Design Talks and the Love Design Party.

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THE CONCEPT: After three years of presenting Radiant Dark, MADE’s Shaun Moore and Julie Nicholson are bringing their design show home to Dundas West, outfitting the apartment above their shop with new furniture, lighting and home accessories. The exhibition mixes returning designers like FELT Studio and Grant Heaps with new names including Sarah Nasby and John Webster. LOOK FOR: Elsworthy Wang’s hanging light fixture created by knitting together lengths of electro-luminescent wire that glows fluorescent yellow when plugged in. A table by Jason Wheeler mimics the simple shape of a matchbox, while 608 Design’s Evan Bare debuts his SMS modular sofa. Porcelain master Jeremy Hatch also has a piece in MADE’s cooler gallery downstairs. THE PARTY: Saturday’s (January 29) opening is spread out between 3 and 8 pm to accommodate the designcrowd crush in the smaller space. Stop by on Sunday (January 30) at 1 pm for a walk-and-talk tour of the apartment with select designers. Thursday (January 27) to February 12 at Upstairs at MADE (867 Dundas West). Free.

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CAPACITY, to February 6, at Bookhou (798 Dundas West). Katherine Morley and Erin McCutcheon curate pieces by 10 female designers including Arounna Khounnoraj and Michelle Ivankovic who work in ceramic, glass, textiles and more. capacitytoronto.com. IMAGINANDO LOTA, January 28, 4 to 8 pm at George Brown College (230 Richmond East). Students from George Brown’s Institute Without Boundaries reimagine the earthquake-damaged Chilean city of Lota. institutewithoutboundaries.com. NORTHERN LIGHTS, to February 3 at Atelier 688 (688 Richmond West). Designers focused on reworking found materials create light fixtures from milk bottles and salvaged signal lights. atelier668.com. TOOLS, to January 30 at The Department (1389 Dundas West). The team behind last year’s Heavy Metal exhibit focus on the instruments of design and manufacturing for 2011. toolstoronto.com. Toronto Design Offsite (todesignoffsite.com). Log on to this online local design hub and download a free iPhone app to help you navigate the week’s shows, parties and talks. 3

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“There’ll be a very large tapas menu, not that Susur would use the word,” says Bent. “The Lounge is for people who don’t want to stand in line and freeze their asses off, who just want to have a drink and maybe something quick to eat,” explains Lee. “There won’t even be knives and forks or napkins. They’re too much of an ordeal!” What next for the Bent-Lee’s? “Susur’s been approached to do something at the airport, so we have to get that pitch together, and there’s talk of another hotel in Miami,” says Bent, putting the last touches on the Lounge. “We know what we do well, and we leave each other alone,” says an unusually philosophical Lee. “We don’t have a formula,” agrees Bent. “At this point we just want to do what people like. As long as we like it, too, of course.” 3 stevend@nowtoronto.com

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toronto foodies will finally get a look at Susur Lee’s latest luncheonette when the superstar chef launches his long-in-the-works Lee Lounge (601 King West, at Portland, 416-6032205, susur.com) early next month. The iconoclastic cook has not only reconceptualized his signature EastWest fusion card and moved it significantly down-market, but he’s reinvented the rooms in which it’s served by knocking through the wall that literally separated his Susur from his Lee. The whole enchilada will now be called Lee, the new baby the muchballyhooed Lounge. To help him achieve this culinary vision, Lee’s enlisted his wife, Brenda Bent. A fashion-designer-turnedinterior-decorator, Bent first worked with Lee at his eponymous King West eatery 10 years ago. Remember the mood-shifting light organ and the Colonel Sanders dolls? “Brenda’s known me for 26 years, so she understands what I love,” says Lee, taking a break from a photo

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1 Mildred’s TeMple KiTchen 85 Hanna, at Snooker, 416-588-5695, templekitchen.com. The former Mildred Pierce ditches her dumpy medieval digs for a soaring room created by Du Toit Architects that could double as the VIP departure lounge at Paris’s Orly airport. 2 ByMarK 66 Wellington W, at York, 416-777-1144, bymark.ca. Yabu Pushelberg’s trademark sophistication adds an extra layer of polish ’n’ quirk to this Bay Street boîte’s Mies van der Rohe Modernist setting. 3 draKe BBQ 1142 Queen W, at Beaconsfield, 416531-5042, thedrakehotel.ca/bbq. Designed by its inhouse graphic team, the hip hotel’s offshoot ’cue shack mixes gritty Keith Haring-inspired grafitti with Southern bric-a-brac. 4 c5 100 Queen’s Pk, at Bloor, 416-586-7928, rom.on. ca. Perched at the apogee of Daniel Libeskind’s controversial reimagining of the ROM, II by IV’s elegant whiteon-white aerie outclasses the lacklustre Crystal below. 5 parTs & laBour 1566 Queen W, at Fuller, 416-5887750, partsandlabour.ca. Owned by design firm Castor and the folks behind the Social, this extremely offbeat resto/performance space transforms landfill-bound castoffs like burnt-out fluorescent tubes and fire extinguishers into functional lighting fixtures. 6 WoodloT 293 Palmerston, at College, 647-3426307, woodlotrestaurant.com. Dominated by a woodburning stove the size of a small apartment, this spectacular split-level space echoes owner/chef David Haman’s rustic comfort food card. 7 delica KiTchen 1440 Yonge, at St Clair, 416-5465408, delicakitchen.ca. Assisted by the Harbord Room’s Brad Denton, Devin Connell’s stylish midtown café is a master class in resto design. Dig that 60s Vogue Bodoni font! 8 Bar iTalia 582 College, at Clinton, 416-535-3621, bar-italia.ca. While the resto itself might have fallen off the foodie map a decade or so back, Ralph Giannone’s reinterpretation of Italian café society set the benchmark for his later work at Bar One (Toronto’s first communal table!) and the entire Terroni franchise.

9 Moroco 99 Yorkville, at Bellair, 416-961-2202, morocochocolat.com. As over-the-top as Karl Lagerfeld’s boudoir, this mirror-lined Yorkville bijoux layers glitz with Parisian chic. 10 peTer pan 373 Queen W, at Peter, 416-593-0917, thepeterpanbistro.com. Long before the nabe became a tourist attraction, this Queen West art deco original set the bar for local indie cafés. 3

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the scene THE VACCINES AND UNCLE BAD TOUCH at the Horseshoe, Tuesday, January 18. Rating: NNN Another day, another band hyped to high heaven by the British music press. The Vaccines made their first appearance on Canadian soil after recently exhausting the NME’s supply of superlatives. You have to wonder if the London “guitar band” (whatever happened to “rock and roll”?) is feeling the pressure; a quick glance around the room revealed a number of eagle-eyed industry types. But at only a little over 20 minutes, their set seemed a work in progress. The quartet showed its best side on short, energetic tunes like the Spectorfied Ramones stomp of Wreckin’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra) and the oldiesradio surf of Norgaard but lost the plot with distended Killers-style arena ballads. They’d be wise to stick with the former, though with rock stardom calling they might just head the other way. Not nearly as hotly tipped, Uncle Bad Touch made their mark in the follow-up slot. Guitarist Mikey Heppner earns his living in stoner metal band Priestess, but this side project’s lo-fi 60s vibe is more in line with Montreal’s garage rock RICHARD TRAPUNSKI scene, minus the sloppiness.

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Lauryn Hill hit the stage like an unstoppable force at her first Toronto concert in a decade, mic in one hand and hanky to wipe away the sweat from her furious rhymes in the other. Dressed in a black fur vest, beads and an embroidered turquoise tunic, the hip-hop legend seemed to step out of 1972 when she appeared to rapturous applause shortly before midnight. Her unrelenting energy made up for the underwhelming rearrangements of songs from The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill that dominated the two-hour show’s first half. Gone were their smooth, syncopated beats, replaced by abrasive, sometimes unwieldy hard rock and funk. The 10-piece band played fast, loose and very loudly to keep up with Hill as she waved her hanky commandingly and repeated lyrics, teasing out new meanings with each emotive ad lib. A string of Fugees hits during the second hour enlivened the capacity crowd and demonstrated that, 10 years on, being a Lauryn Hill fan still reKEVIN RITCHIE quires patience.

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tre, Saturday, January 22. ñSaturday, January 22. Rating: NNNN ñ Rating: NNNNN So many bands struggle to incorporate pre-recorded backing tracks into their live shows gracefully, but somehow Chromeo make it work by taking the simplest approach. Instead of burying their faces in laptops to remix and rearrange their loops, they cheerfully go the karaoke route and just play their hearts out over the rhythm tracks. This succeeds because both Dave 1 (vocals, guitar) and P-Thugg (keys, talk box, bass, percussion) are great musicians on top of being studio whizzes. Though they do little with the sequenced bits other than press play, they keep themselves occupied with actual instruments and rock star moves, making it easy to forget there are just two of them onstage. They didn’t focus too much on their recent Business Casual album, picking instead crowd-pleasing electro-funk workouts from their whole discography. Not the most serious band on the planet, but a helluva lot more fun live than the average earnest indie rock band.

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Sat, Feb. 12, 2011 8:00pm Koerner Hall Saxophonist Tim Ries, “a singular talent” (New York Times), has assembled Rolling Stones band members Bernard Fowler (vocals), Darryl Jones (bass), Ben Monder (guitar), and the University of Toronto Big Band to perform classic Rolling Stones tunes in jazz arrangements. “An engaging and imaginative outing that's deﬁnitely worthy of a listen.” (Jazz Times)

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Das Racist are pretty much the new Beastie Boys – a Brooklyn trio of hiphop outsiders as irreverent as they are skilled. The group’s second mixtape, last year’s Sit Down, Man, is a blizzard of word-associative references to pop, race, history and fashion. With a colourful palette provided by buzz bands Chairlift and Teengirl Fantasy, Diplo and veteran producer Dame Grease among others, it’s a step up from the also great Shut Up, Dude, released six months earlier. The strength of both albums has gone a long way toward proving that Das Racist aren’t mere “joke rappers,” as they were widely labelled after their first single, the novelty banger Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell, came out in 2008. But after releasing sharp, hysterical songs Fake Patois and Fashion Party, they’re sometimes still described that way. “I mean, rap is funny,” says Victor Vazquez, one-third of the group along with Himanshu Suri and hype man Ashok Kondabolu. “Intentionally funny, sometimes unintentionally funny. Rick Ross is pretty much the best joke rapper if you get down to it.” Their mission statement is best described by the lyrics of Hahahaha Jk?, produced by Toronto-based hitmaker Boi 1da: “We’re not joking / just joking, we are joking / just joking, we’re not joking.” Beneath the humour and referenceheavy one-liners is an undercurrent of commentary on the absurd aspects of consumerism and culture, rattled off at the pace of a Ritalin-fuelled Wikipedia spree. Of course, their lyrics could also mean nothing at all, though

they’ve invited a range of interpretations. Rappers who can make people pay attention to their words are doing something right. After a wealth of good press and end-of-year-list hype, the former Wesleyan University students have stirred up some industry excitement. But Vazquez doesn’t like discussing their label situation. “I’ve never been sure how to politely talk about this shit to the press, so I figure I’ll be like, ‘No, no, we’re still talking to folks,’” he says, describing his media strategy. He gave more insight to a Washington, DC, daily earlier this month, saying, “It would be interesting to have a major-label budget. But it’s really hard to convince major-label fools to take any type of risks.” For now, they’re not worrying too much about distribution. “We’re just making the next album as if we’re putting it out ourselves, and if something changes, we’ll do that,” Vazquez says. Das Racist is working on more songs with Patrick Wimberly of Chairlift as well as some of the producers from Sit Down, Man. They’re also booked until the end of May on a tour of North America and Europe, and not quite sure what to expect from this city. “What’s going on in Toronto? I seriously don’t know. Y’all got Snow, like the artist as well as the… meteorological phenomenon, and Drake,” he says. “But y’all got a good track record, man.” He promises Friday’s Wrongbar show won’t be a repeat of their notorious performance in Williamsburg almost exactly a year ago, when they reportedly played the Beastie Boys album Paul’s Boutique and kinda talked over it. “We have, like, 30 dancers,” Vazquez says. “We bring ’em everywhere. I’m MC Hammer.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

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Over the phone from frosty Regina, Gentleman Reg, aka Reg Vermue, is happy to be back on the road for the first time since 2009. While most of his West Coast dates opening for Sarah Harmer have been great, he was surprised to find the vibes in Nelson, BC, not nearly as chilled-out as you’d expect from a town with a hippie reputation. “Nelson was the least receptive,” Vermue says. “We live in the tour bus and have a generator that runs for heat, but people thought we were leaving the bus running. It’s such a small town, you could hear the bus all over. People were freaking out at us the entire time we were there.” His break from touring wasn’t deliberate, and he still regrets that he never made it to Europe to promote 2009’s Jet Black (Arts & Crafts). Like many musicians at his level, he was stuck in a Catch-22. He’s not well known enough to count on making money on tour, but it’s tough to reach the next level without putting in the time on the road. Hopefully this will change with his next album, which he began recording just before heading out west. Unlike on previous ones, he’s got far more material than he can use. “I was very focused on songwriting the past couple of years, taking it very seriously. I treated it like a job, basically. I used to just write whenever I felt like it, but this was a really different vibe. It was exciting to find out it actually worked.” He’s also started a new electronic project, Light Fires, with James Bunton of Ohbijou. The band provides a home

for the dance music influences that have crept into recent Gentleman Reg recordings, allowing Vermue to explore rock and new wave fantasies in his solo material. The Cars and Blondie are the refer-

ence points for the forthcoming album, which Chris Stringer (Timber Timbre) is producing. Expect loud guitars and big synth lines, and fewer dance beats and less folky strumming. 3 benjaminb@nowtoronto.com

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THIS WEEK

CASH FOR TORONTO CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISER

w/ Zeus, Jim Cuddy, Jason Collett, members of the Skydiggers, the Cash Brothers and more Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas West), tonight (Thursday, January 27) Andrew Cash campaign fundraiser.

LIVE LOVE LARGE: PEOPLE WITH AIDS BENEFIT

w/ Gentleman Reg, Hooded Fang, Kat Burns and more Metropolitan Community Church (115 Simpson), Friday (January 28) See preview, page 37.

HENRY ROLLINS ‘50’

DAS RACIST, BLAKE CARRINGTON, DJ PATRICK McGUIRE

THURS MARCH 24 THE GREAT HALL

w/ Magneta Lane, Fawn BC, Caff, Bangs & Blush and more Hard Luck Bar (812 West), Friday (January 28) See preview, page 40,

NEW VENUE

THE NUTBUSTERS BALL: DIAMOND EDITION

MAC MILLER

WED MARCH 2

THE OPERA HOUSE ALL AGES

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 22

YANN TIERSEN THE MOD CLUB

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26

MOTÖRHEAD

W/ CLUTCH & VALIENT THORR THE KOOL HAUS

SATURDAY MARCH 12

MEN (FEAT. JD SAMPSON)

SNEAKY DEE’S

MONDAY MARCH 21

CIVIL TWILIGHT W/ A SILENT FILM EL MOCAMBO ALL AGES

MONDAY MARCH 28

HOW TO DRESS WELL, GRIMES The Drake Hotel (1150 Queen West), Saturday (January 29) See preview, page 41.

THE BESNARD LAKES, SUUNS, VALLEYS

Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Saturday (January 29) See story, page 40.

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Queen Elizabeth Theatre 8 pm, $29.50-$49.50. RTH. February 10.

HIP-HOP KARAOKE

featuring Black Sheep, Abdominal, More or Les, DJs Numeric, Ted Dancin’ Revival doors 9 pm, $15-$20. hhktoronto. com. February 18.

HEY ROSETTA!

CD release Lee’s Palace doors 8 pm, $20-$25. HS, RT, SS, TM. February 23.

UNITED STEELWORKERS OF MONTREAL Lee’s Palace. March 3.

GOOD CHARLOTTE, FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS, THIS CENTURY CMF

Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 6:30 pm, all ages, $28. RT, SS, TM, UR. cmw.net. March 11.

BRITISH SEA POWER

Lee’s Palace doors 8:30 pm, $18.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. March 24.

HERE WE GO MAGIC

El Mocambo doors 9 pm, $13.50. RT, SS. April 2.

SPOOKY BLUES

Timber Timbre C Is For Cure is a two-part fundraiser for Bruce Peninsula’s Neil Haverty, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. Headlining the evening program are Timber Timbre, who’ve just announced a spring tour and the details of their highly anticipated new album, Creep On Creepin’ On. At the Music Gallery (197 John), Saturday (January 29), 3 pm matinee, 7 pm evening show. $20 advance (evening), pwyc (matinee). RT, SS, TW.

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 44, for venue address and phone number. = Critics’ pick (highly recommended) ñ 5= Queer night

B = Black History Month event How to place a listing

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

Thursday, January 27 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

SATURDAY MAY 21

BUY TICKETS AT

MACEO PARKER

Mod Club doors 8 pm, $19. LN, RT, SS, TW, UR. March 30.

THE CENTRAL Max Sennit Band 6 pm. THE CENTRAL Bank Machine 9 pm. CLINTON’S CD release Adam Jesin, Little Black

SOUND ACADEMY

Sound Academy (11 Polson), Tuesday (February 1) Folk rockers who love R.E.M. a lot.

JUST ANNOUNCED

DEVOTCHKA

ALLEYCATZ Graffiti Park. BOVINE SEX CLUB Kosmograd, Divine Ham-

CAKE

tickets THE DECEMBERISTS, WYE OAK

COPS AND ROBBERS

w/ DJ Assault, Cryogenetic, Flex Rock, DJ Stud400, Mighty D and more Nocturne (550 Queen West), Friday (January 28) See Q&A, page 39.

hot

w/ Evening Hymns, Austra, Timber Timbre, Snowblink and many more Music Gallery (197 John), Saturday (January 28) Afternoon and evening shows raising money for cancer research.

Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), Friday (January 28) See preview, page 34.

THE RESIDENTS THE OPERA HOUSE

C IS FOR CURE: BENEFIT FOR NEIL HAVERTY

mer, Teethmarks, DJ Cactus (rock).

Dress (rock).

DAKOTA TAVERN Elvyn, the Woodrunners, the

Ethers.

DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND The Breaking

Lakes, Jamie Flagg Band, the MacHams, Jsin doors 9 pm. THE GARRISON The Speakeasies, the Basement Project, Traptiger. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Funk Explosion (funk) 8 pm.

GRAFFITI’S Alex Beraldo, the Sun Harmonic, Reed Holland. THE HIDEOUT Clifton David Broadbridge (rock tribute). HORSESHOE Juice, Savanah, Excellerator, Zabeth D’Kos (alt rock) 9:10 pm. LEE’S PALACE Black Magick Fox, Mass Assembly, Teenage X, Skullfist 9 pm. LULA LOUNGE Cash For Toronto Campaign Fundraiser Zeus, Jim Cuddy, Jason Collett, members of the Skydiggers, the Cash Brothers 9 pm. THE PAINTED LADY Picturesound (Brit invasion/Madchester/pop noir/groovy) 9 pm. RANCHO RELAXO The Rest, Ketch Harbour Wolves, Blackbells, Beware! the Leopard doors 9 pm. ROC N DOC’S Druckfarben Jam (prog rock) 10 pm. SILVER DOLLAR Sky of Sound, Heavy Metal for Girls, the Red Informs, Tracking Nicely. SNEAKY DEE’S Fog Of Leprosy. SOUND ACADEMY The Man Comes Around: A Tribute To Johnny Cash doors 8 pm. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Skip Tracer (rock) 9:30 pm. THE WILSON 96 Samantha Martin & the Haggard (roots/rock) 9 pm.

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FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

AQUILA Steve Gleason (folk/blues). THE BEAN Signe Miranda, Joel Sweet & Sarah Greene 9 pm.

DAVE’S... ON ST CLAIR Uncle Herb’s Open Mic (folk/blues/country) 8:30 pm.

DOMINION ON QUEEN John T Davis B3 Hammond Organ 5:30 pm.

DOMINION ON QUEEN Latin Power Jam Alexander Brown 9 pm.

EMMET RAY BAR Box Full Of Cash (old country) 9 pm.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, MEGAFAUN Opera House doors 8 pm, $17.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. April 3.

CUT COPY, HOLY GHOST!

Sound Academy 8 pm, all ages, $30. PDR, RT, SS, TM. April 7.

HOLY OAK CAFE Thomas & Lowlands (folk) 10 pm. KENSINGTON CORNERSTONE RESTAURANT Songwriter Spotlight 8 pm.

THE LOCAL Kirsten Scholte & the Fancys. LOLA Brian Cober Double Slide 9 pm. LOU DAWG’S Mike Constantini 10 pm. SLACK’S Onstage Querkus, Peter Bloom, Elana Harte (singer/songwriters) 8 pm.

TEN FEET TALL Gary 17’s Acoustic Open Stage 9 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Bluegrass and Old-

time 7:30 pm.

UNDERDOWN PUB Jeff Barnes & Noah Zach-

arin (roots) 9 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

BACK ALLEY WOODFIRE BBQ & GRILL Textura (jazz/blues/contemporary) 7:30 pm. CLOAK & DAGGER PUB Halfbeat Mishap (jazz) 10 pm. EDWARD JOHNSON BUILDING WALTER HALL U Of T New Music Festival: Music By Chen Yi Peter Stoll, Annalee Patipatanakoon, Susan Hoeppner, Lydia Wong, Lorna MacDonald, Shauna Rolston noon to 1 pm. EDWARD JOHNSON BUILDING WALTER HALL U Of T New Music Festival: Music By Chen Yi & U of T Composers Midori Koga, Lydia Wong, Susan Hoeppner, Rachel Mercer, Beverley Johnston, Ina Henning and others 7:30 pm. THE GALLERY STUDIO CAFÉ Kirk MacDonald, Al Henderson Duo (jazz) 7:30 pm. GATE 403 Sam Broverman Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. GATE 403 Cyndi Carleton Jazz & Swing Band 9 pm. JANE MALLETT THEATRE Philharmonia Quartet Berlin 8 pm. OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR John Sherwood (solo piano) 7:30 pm. REPOSADO The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz).

PS I LOVE YOU

The Garrison 9 pm, $12.50. TW. April 7.

KING COBB STEELIE

Benefit for Ontario Hands & Voices Lee’s Palace doors 9 pm, $13.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. April 16.

THE PIXIES

Massey Hall 8 pm, $44.50-$79.50. April 18.

RON SEXSMITH

CD release Lee’s Palace doors 8:30 pm, $25. HS, RT, SS, TM. April 21.

JAMES BLUNT, CHRISTINA PERRI

Massey Hall 8 pm, $39.50-$79.50. LN, RTH, TM. April 26.

FOALS, FREELANCE WHALES, THE NAKED AND FAMOUS

Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 6 pm, $16.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. April 30.

THE KILLS, COLD CAVE, THE ENTRANCE BAND Sound Academy doors 7:30 pm, all ages, $22.50-$33.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. May 1.

PROTEST THE HERO, MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER, TESSERACT

Sound Academy doors 7 pm, all ages, $20. PDR, RT, SS, TM. May 6.

FRIENDLY FIRES

Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8 pm, $20. HS, RT, SS, TM. May 30.

KEREN ANN

Drake Hotel doors 8 pm, $16.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. June 28.

KATY PERRY

Air Canada Centre doors 6:30 pm, $29.50-$49.50. TM. June 30.

REX Kevin Quain 6:30 pm. REX The Story 9:30 pm. ROY THOMSON HALL Mozart Symphony 34

Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane (piano) 8 pm.

ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC MAZZOLENI HALL Discovery Series Cecilia String Quartet 7:30 pm.

SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Ghost Eye Dan

Gaucher, Steve Ward, Simeon Abbott (jazz/ experimental) 8 pm. TRANE STUDIO Terry Logan Trio 8 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Angela Morris Quintet (jazz) 10 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

ANNEX WRECKROOM Sexy Jams doors 10 pm. CENTURY ROOM Fam Glam Thursday DJ Crunch (house/hip-hop/club anthems).

CZEHOSKI Rock Sucker Thursdays DJs Kurtis B, Starboy 10 pm.

ETON HOUSE All Request DJ Phil (top 40s) 9 pm. FOX & FIDDLE WELLESLEY Royal Touch Video Remix Dance Party 10 pm.

GOODHANDY’S Wall To Wall T-Girls DJ T Klinck doors 8 pm.5

INSOMNIA DJ Adam Davis (house/nujazz). INSOMNIA DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house). KOS DJ Love Doctor (roots rock) 7:30 pm. MAISON MERCER The Immaculate Jed Dadson. LA PERLA Soft Focus DJ Wilkins (indie). RIVOLI BACK ROOM Beat Lounge Frank Dukes doors 9:30 pm.

Friday, January 28 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL ALLEYCATZ Graffiti Park. BAR ITALIA Shugga (funk).

CADILLAC LOUNGE The Jimmy Byron Band. THE CENTRAL Mike Butler 6 to 9 pm. THE CENTRAL Lonely Commotion 9 pm. EL MOCAMBO Phil Allister, Down by Riverside, the Responsables 9 pm.

ETON HOUSE Playback (R&R dance) 9 pm. THE GARRISON 30th Anniversary Bash Stark Naked & the Fleshtones, ñ Mamabolo, Garage Baby 9:30 pm.

GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR The Villanos 8 pm. GRAFFITI’S Paul Martin Rocks For Sick Kids Hos-

pital 5 to 8 pm. HEMINGWAYS Jan Albert (rock/country/blues/ jazz) 10 pm. THE HIDEOUT Disco Rebels (disco/funk). HIGHWAY 61 SOUTHERN BARBEQUE Dylan Wickens & the Little Naturals 8 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE High Horse (dance/funk) 10 pm. HORSESHOE The Queers, Apers, Riptides, the Swabs (pop punk) doors 9 pm. LAMBADINA Mars Rover (pop/hip-hop). LEE’S PALACE Blues in D, Old Crowns, Dildoniks (blues rock) 10 pm.

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH

Live Love Large Benefit Concert: People ñ With AIDS benefit Hooded Fang, Gentleman

Reg, Kat Burns doors 6:30 pm. See preview, page 37. MITZI’S SISTER The Sunfields. MONARCHS PUB Classic Rock Fridays Michael Danckert, Kevin Adamson, Danny Lockwood 7 pm. OPERA HOUSE The Ultimate Showcase Munkey Monroe, Mister E, Caitlin Bell, Matt Kusiba & you are i, Rammer and the Kings, Phrases & Phases, Chasing Eve, Thieving Birds, Dolmang & J-Tree, Ricky ELL (rock) 7 pm. PARTS & LABOUR The Elwins, Dilly Dally, the Svens, Le Woof 10 pm. THE PISTON Blanc & White, Black Devil Brigade, Cheap Speakers doors 9 pm. RANCHO RELAXO Backburner Jesse Dangerously, Thesis Sahib, Toolshed, More or Les, Wordburglar (rap) doors 9:30 pm. RIVOLI Indie Night In Canada Stephanie Driedger, Jon Travis Train, Most People, Vic Garden, Raquel, Rajasi, Amber Reigns 8 pm. ROC N DOC’S Darkest Side of the Moon (classic rock) 10 pm. ROCKPILE Neil Young Tribute Rust. SILVER DOLLAR The BB Guns, Polynesian Bride, La Casa Muerte, the Cool Hands doors 8 pm. BSOUND ACADEMY Reunion Dipset doors 8 pm, all ages. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Whitehouse (rock/funk) 10 pm. TATTOO ROCK PARLOUR Modernboys Moderngirls. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Kate Rogers (pop/ Pendulum rock/folk) 7:30 pm. WRONGBAR Das Racist, Blake Carrington, DJ Patrick McGuire 10 pm. See preview, page 34.

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Crino, David Hetherington, Ewa Sas 7:30 pm. GATE 403 The Café Ole 5 to 8 pm. GATE 403 Thyron Lee Whyte Jazz Band 9 pm. GLENN GOULD STUDIO Gabriela Montero (piano) 8 pm. HART HOUSE ARBOUR ROOM Sultans of String (jazz) 9 pm. LA MAQUETTE DeVaughn David 6:30-9:30 pm. OLD MILL INN Fridays To Sing About Terra Hazelton Trio, Nathan Hiltz, Jordan O’Connor 7:30 pm. QUOTES Fridays At Five Pat LaBarbera (saxophonist) 5 to 8 pm. REPOSADO The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). REX Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. REX Jazz Navigators (swing) 9:45 pm.

TORONTO CENTRE FOR THE ARTS GEORGE WESTON RECITAL HALL We Are One Jazz Project Barry Harris, Charles McPherson 7 pm.

TRANZAC The Foolish Things (jazz) 5 pm. WATERFALLS The Jim Heineman Trio (jazz)

6:30 pm.

YORK UNIVERSITY ACCOLADE EAST BLDG TRIBUTE COMMUNITIES RECITAL HALL Music @ Midday Susan Black, Melisande Sinsoulier 12:30 to 1:30 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

AME Break For Love DJs Chris La Roque, Tricky Moreira (classic house/rare grooves/UK soul). ANNEX WRECKROOM House Party Fridays DJ Millhouse (dance/top 40/mashups/90s) doors 10 pm. C’EST WHAT DJ Good Faux (indie/retro) 9 pm. CLINTON’S Dance Armstrong. CREWS/TANGO ZONE Club Lite DJ Relentless.5 CREWS/TANGO TANGOS DJ Roxanne Hector.5 DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Itzsoweezee, Smalltown DJs, Tom Wrecks, Demiggs doors 11 pm. EMMET RAY BAR Step N Groove (soul/funk/ rare groove) 10 pm. FLY Dance Camp: Circuit Classics DJ Mark Falco 10 pm.5 FOOTWORK Luv This City The Junkies, Jay Force, Kotov & Wilde, Rafwat & Chorniy doors 10 pm.

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Black History Month

Q&A DJ ASSAULT

(aka Craig De Sean Adams), booty bass music legend famous for his sex-obsessed beats, performing Friday (January 28) at Nocturne (550 Queen West) as part of the Nutbusters Ball

AQUILA It’s All About Dave (Again) B’Day Jam (mostly blues).

BOVINE SEX CLUB The Sure Things, the Strum-

bellas (folk/country/rock). DAVE’S... ON ST CLAIR The RED Revue The Pappy Johns Band (blues) 8 pm. GRAFFITI’S The Slocan Bluegrass Stringband. HUGH’S ROOM CD release Russell deCarle 8:30 pm. LOLA Shitkicker 8 pm. LOU DAWG’S Paige Armstrong (rockin’ blues) 10 pm. LULA LOUNGE Conjunto Lacalu (salsa/Cuban sonora) 10 pm. REX The Jivebombers (8-piece blues combo) 6:30 pm. TRANZAC TIKI ROOM Anhai 9 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Krasnogorsk (folk/ gothic/shoegaze) 10 pm. UNDERDOWN PUB JP (folk) 10 pm. VILLAGE VAPOR LOUNGE Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 9 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

BACK ALLEY WOODFIRE BBQ & GRILL Gram

Whitty Trio 7:30 pm.

DOMINION ON QUEEN Jorge and Sarah

Quartet.

EDWARD JOHNSON BUILDING WALTER

HALL U Of T New Music Festival: ElectroAcoustic Music Carol Gimbel, Rachel Mercer, Patrick Power, Joseph Philips and others noon to 1 pm. EDWARD JOHNSON BUILDING WALTER HALL U Of T New Music Festival: Trio sTREga Katarzyna Marczak, Erika

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Who’s your favourite black trailblazer? Harriet Tubman from the slavery era and Rosa Parks from the civil rights era. What black history-makers should we know more about? Malcolm X, because history focuses on him primarily as part of the Nation of Islam, but he broke away from that movement. He doesn’t get much credit in history studies for developing a new mentality. Should the N-word be buried? No. The N-word is more like a blackpeople slang term now. If we believe in ourselves and not the negativity associated with the N-word from the 50s and 60s, it holds no power. How do you mark Black History Month? I don’t really mark it as a onemonth thing. I try to get black people to see that ownership is one of the keys to equality. We generate lots of money for corporations and get paid millions for doing it, but we don’t own much.

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george’s PlAy DJ Oscar 11 pm.5 goodHAndy’s Pansexual Sex Party DJ Todd

Klinck doors 8 pm.5

HArd luCk bAr Cops And Robbers Fawn

BC, Caff, Bangs & Blush, Magneta Lane. ñ See preview this page.

Hot box CAfe High Grade Entertainment (reggae/R&B/oldies). levACk bloCk bACk room DJ Jerk Chicken (old skool) 10 pm. levACk bloCk front room DJ Rad McCool (hip-hop) 10 pm. midPoint Fondle Em Fridays DJ NV, DJ Standfast (hip-hop/funk/soul/rocksteady reggae) 9 pm. mod Club Arcade (electro/house). BnoCturne The Nutbusters Ball: Diamond Edition DJ Assault, Cryogenetic, Flex Rock vs. DJ Stud400, Mighty D (booty bass/ghetto-tech/juke) 10 pm. See preview, page 39. tHe PAinted lAdy DJ NV, Honey B Hind (greasy funk/soul/Motown/disco/ol’ hip-hop) 10 pm. lA PerlA Hypnotic Mindscapes DJs Elextra, Ana + One, Chicaiza. rAsPutin vodkA bAr El Niño Mr Tunes, DJ medicineman 10 pm. sneAky dee’s Rob Dyer Dance Party. sPorts Centre CAfe Raptor Fan Fridays DJ Colin Lee 7 pm. suPermArket Melting Pot Dance Triangle Isosceles, Ali Black, Dinamo Azari. tHymeless Vibes Monthly Louie Don, Reggie Niceness, Charlie Bobus (reggae/dub/lovers/ roots). woo’s lounge Heart.Of.The.City DJ J-Class, Kariz (hip-hop/R&B/reggae/oldschool) doors 10:30 pm.

Saturday, January 29 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

AlleyCAtz Graffiti Park. bAr itAliA Al Webster 10 pm. bovine sex Club Spitfire Rodeo, Iron League, the Rotten (rock).

CAdillAC lounge The Mashmen (folk/pop) eve. tHe CentrAl Jillian 6 to 9 pm. tHe CentrAl Blix 9 pm. Cornerstone Pub DJ Dazz (R&R) 10 pm. dAkotA tAvern Twilight Hotel. dominion on queen Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 4 pm.

drAke Hotel underground How to

Dress Well, Grimes (rock) doors 8 pm. ñ See preview, page 41.

eton House Playback (R&R dance) 4 to 7 pm & 9 pm.

tHe gArrison Crusades 9 pm. grAffiti’s Dodge Fiasco (rock) 4 to 7 pm. grAffiti’s Leon Russell’s SSW Night. tHe Hideout Day Drill, the Beggars. Holy oAk CAfe Words Around the Waist, Michael Holt (pop) 9 pm.

HorsesHoe Bella Clava, Playdeaf, Ola Roks,

Ape (alt R&R) 9:30 pm. lee’s PAlACe The Besnard Lakes, Suuns + Valleys doors 9 pm. See story, this page. mitzi’s sister Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party. mod Club White Lies, Dinosaur Bones doors 8 pm. musiC gAllery Benefit for Neil Haverty Lake Vernon Drowning, Steven McKay, the Deeep, Kith & Kin, Snowblink doors 3 pm. musiC gAllery Benefit For Neil Haverty, Part 2 Evening Hymns, Austra, Timber Timbre doors 7 pm. oPerA House Joshua Radin, Anya Marina, Andrew Allen (folk pop) doors 7:30 pm. tHe Piston Steamboat (indie rock) doors 9 pm. roC n doC’s Mike Daley (R&B) 5 pm, Topper (classic rock) 10 pm. roCkPile Metalfest Nexortus, Invitation to Die. silver dollAr CD release Your 33 Black Angels, Hot Kid, the Pow Wows 10:30 pm. sound ACAdemy Hysteria! Finals doors 5 pm, all ages. soutHside JoHnny’s Fourplay (rock) 10 pm. sPortster’s Nicola Vaughan (pop rock) 10 pm. trAnzAC mAin HAll Cabaret for the Ride To Conquer Cancer Dan Hill, Jenni Burke, Charles Azulay.

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Folk/Blues/Country/World

Crews/tAngo zone DJ Craig Domonic 10

music).

drAke Hotel underground Deep Fried DJs

AquilA The Gypsy Rebels (fusion/world CAdillAC lounge Mary & Micky (country)

3:30 pm.

CAmeron House Sue & Dwight 3 pm. CHurCH of tHe Holy trinity Heart Of Chant-

ing Bart Smit, Laurie Weinberg, Bridget LaMarche (inspirational music) 7 pm. Cyril ClArk librAry tHeAtre Indian Music And Dance Performances Swar Sadhana Music School 11:30 am-2 pm and 2:30-5 pm. dAkotA tAvern The Foggy Hogtown Boys (bluegrass) 3:30 to 7:30 pm. glAdstone Hotel melody bAr Country Saturdays Joanne Mackell & Tru Grit (folk/country) 7 pm. HigHwAy 61 soutHern bArbeque Mark Bird Stafford, Darran Poole (blues) 8 pm. HugH’s room Gregg Lawless (singer/songwriter) 8:30 pm. lolA Boothill Hellbillies 8 pm. lou dAwg’s Every Note Counts Eric Mattei (acoustic) 10 pm. lulA lounge Sonido Cubano (salsa) 10 pm. merCHAnts of green Coffee Angela Sande, Dive Sparrow, Orchards & Westaway 7 pm to midnight. rebAs CAfé Howard Gladstone (singer/songwriter) 4 to 7 pm.

riCHmond Hill Centre for tHe Performing Arts Chinese New Year Celebration: East Meets West Vocal Horizons Chamber Choir, Bin Huang 8 pm. silver dollAr Dan Mock & Take it Home (blues/folk/rock) 7 pm. tHe sixtH The Good Right Arm Stringband, Hugh & Rosie (old-time/roots) doors 9:30 pm. trAne studio World Music At The Trane: From Sudan To Cuba Benny Escalante & the All Cuban Ensemble. trAnzAC soutHern Cross Tich Maredza Band 9:30 pm. trAnzAC Jamzac (folk) 3 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

bACk Alley woodfire bbq & grill Denielle Bassels Quintet (jazz/blues/contemporary) 9 pm. CHAlkers Pub Lorne Lofsky Trio (jazz) 6 to 9 pm. College street united CHurCH The Tales Of Hoffman William Shookhoff, Jay Lambie, Nicole Bower, Henry Irwin, Ellen Vesterdal and others 7:30 pm. French w/ s-t. dominion on queen Noah Leibel Quartet 9 pm. edwArd JoHnson building wAlter HAll U Of T New Music Festival gamUT & U of T Concert Orchestra 7:30 pm. gAte 403 Bill Heffernan 5 to 8 pm. gAte 403 Jake Koffman Jazz Band noon to 3 pm. gAte 403 Wendy Weiler Jazz Trio 9 pm. HeliConiAn HAll Duos, trios and quintets from flute-friendly courts of 18th-century Prussia and France. Baroque Music Beside The Grange: Frederick’s Friends Kathie Stewart, Jacob Farnsworth, Roseen Giles, Emma Elkinson, Alison Melville 8 pm. lA mAquette Pater Mathers (classical guitar) 6:30 to 9:30 pm. tHe loCAl Jessica Stuart Few (indie/jazz/pop). old mill inn Piano Masters Brian Dickinson Trio, Jim Vivian, Ted Warren 7:30 pm. rex Danny Marks & Friends noon. rex Laura Hubert Band (jazzy pop) 3:30 pm. rex Richard Whiteman 7 pm. rex Adrean Farrugia’s Ricochet 9:45 pm. rex Late Show Rich Brown’s Rinse the Algorithm 12:30 am. roy tHomson HAll Mozart’s World Toronto Symphony Orchestra 7:30 pm. royAl ConservAtory of musiC koerner HAll Aspects Of Oscar: Oscar’s Trios Benny

Green, Peter Washington, Willie Jones III, Ulf Wakenius 8 pm. stAtler’s Water, Earth, Wind And Fire: Recap Chris Tsujiuchi, Guy Moreau (songs by Weill, Porter, Rogers/Hammerstein, etc) 9:30 pm. ten feet tAll Jill Peacock (jazz) 8 pm. yorkminster PArk bAPtist CHurCH Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Elora Festival Singers (classical) doors 2:30 pm.

danCe musiC/dJ/lounge

Annex wreCkroom ReMixed Saturdays

(electro/rock/dance/remix) doors 10 pm. tHe bArn Manhunt Party DJ Kid MK, Rolls Royce, Dr Baggie.5 CHevAl Just Cheval Saturdays DJ Undercover. CobrA lounge The New Disco Saturdays DJ Aadil.

pm.5

Linx, Riccachet doors 11 pm.

drAke Hotel lounge DJ Your Boy Brian doors

11 pm.

embAssy bAr Pressure Drop: Tribute To Studio One Chuck Boom, Guv’nor General, Morningside 116 (ska/rocksteady/reggae/funk) 10 pm. emmet rAy bAr No Requests (soul/funk/hiphop) 10 pm. fly DJ/producer Micky Friedmann, Shawn Riker, Mike Vieira (Tel Aviv/Berlin) 10 pm.5 fomo Mingle 9 pm. footwork Nick Curly, the Junkies, Nitin, Alicia Hush doors 10 pm. glAdstone Hotel bAllroom Love Design Party DJs Denise Benson, Joe Blow 10 pm. goodHAndy’s TNT Naked Dance DJ Sexy Pants doors 8 pm.5 guvernment Spin Saturday Paul Van Dyk. HArbourfront Centre iCe rink SK8 Night: Cumbia–Ice Cold Estilo Bakanchido 8 pm. insomniA Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep house). levACk bloCk bACk room DJ Teezdale & Dougie Boom 10 pm. levACk bloCk front room DJ Jerk Chicken (old skool) 10 pm. noCturne More Fiyah! Sixteenarmedjack, Ashes, Mighty Dreadnaut, Ramza, Spunone, Jawbone, ninjah Fareye, Capro, Subhuman, Link, Sidenote (dubstep/raggajungle/DNB). tHe PAinted lAdy DJ Phantastik (hip-hop/ reggae/80s) 10 pm. PArts & lAbour Bitch Craft DJs Blonde & Redhead (hip-hop). rePosAdo Mariachi Sundays 7 pm. revivAl Midnight Mix Skratch Bastid, P-Plus, J-Class 9:30 pm. rivoli Footprints: Open Format DJ Showcase General Eclectic, DJ Stuart, Jason Palma 10 pm. smiling buddHA Funky Flavours DJ Night The Brass Moustache, Jenny Treehorn, Klymlove (soul/funk/jazz/Afrobeat) 10 pm. sneAky dee’s Shake A Tail (60s pop/soul) 11 pm. tHe soCiAl Faktory SBTRKT. suPermArket Do Right Saturdays! DJs Fase, John Kong, MC Abdominal. sutrA The Bridge DJ Triplet (old skool hiphop). tAttoo roCk PArlour Gino Vs Hipster. tHis is london London Calling (top 40/ mashup). ultrA Signature Saturdays (mashup).

Sunday, January 30 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

dominion on queen Rockabilly Brunch 11 am.

T.O. musiC nOTes

See nowtoronto.com/daily/music for more music news and expanded versions of these stories. Cops And Robbers What’s the deal with theme parties? “They’re like regular parties but way more fun,” says Good Kids promoter Steve Rock, the brains behind local themed dance events 90s Party, Whatevs, Slayer Party and others. The idea for Friday’s Cops And Robbers is simple: dress up like a cop or robber and prepare to dance. Rock, a pro at engineering aesthetics and atmosphere, is already prepping the decor. “I’m making ‘fake drugs’ by wrapping flour in Saran, and burlap ‘money’ sacks for the robbers’ lair.” (He’ll be dressed as copper John McClane from Die Hard.) Cops And Robbers will split up Hard Luck’s two levels, with policethemed tunes (think Sabotage) and paraphernalia on the main floor and “nothing but gangsta rap” for the robbers in the basement. The solid DJ lineup includes Bangs & Blush, Fawn BC and Caff, though musical guests Magneta Lane might steal the spotlight. The indie darlings have been recording a follow-up to 2009’s Gambling With God and preparing for dates in the U.S. It’s been nearly four years since Rock debuted the first – and, until now, only – Cops And Robbers, which became legendary thanks to a mind-blowing set by then-rising troublemakers Crystal Castles. With no shortage of ways to spin this theme, Cops And Robbers looks poised to take dress-up fun to the legal limit. JordAn bimm

grAffiti’s Michael Brennan 4 to 7 pm. grinder Raven Shields. June HArlowe foods Cam Fraser 11:30 am

Besnard Lakes score Montreal space rock band the Besnard Lakes, led by husband/wife team Olga Goreas and Jace Lasek, recently scored the charming interactive web documentary Pine Point by Vancouver creative directors the Goggles (Michael Simons and Paul Shoebridge) for the NFB. Viewers can interact with the narrative and move through it at their own pace. Chronicling the story of a northern mining town demolished after the local mine closed, Pine Point focuses on the frozen nostalgia of the former residents’ memories. “We were approached by Mike, an old friend of Jace’s from high school,” says Goreas. “He told us about the project, and we liked the idea. We didn’t see any of the visuals from the website until it was finished, so we were creating from an imagined narrative.” The music they came up with is stripped-down, atmospheric and includes a dreamy reworking of Trooper’s classic rock hit We’re Here For A Good Time. “We’d been asked from the start about doing a version of that song because the creators really wanted it included. I remember it from my youth, kind of a high school graduation type of song, which works really well in this instance.” The band recently finished scoring another film, Memories Corner, about a French journalist who travels to Japan to write about earthquake survivors. They play Lee’s Palace on Saturday (January 29). benJAmin boles

to 3 pm.

mitzi’s sister Burning Boyz 5 to 7 pm. orbit room Horshack (rock/blues) 10:30 pm. tHe PAinted lAdy Medallions Monthly Meds

9 pm.

tHe Piston Full Band Sunday Night Residency

Patrick Robitaille, Brett Caswell doors 8 pm. relisH Open Jam Relish Stew 9:30 pm. roC n doC’s The Bottle Devils (rock) 9:30 pm.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

AquilA Sunday Junction Jam The New Mynah Birds, Sal Borg (mostly blues) 3:30 pm. duffy’s tAvern Ken Yoshioka (blues) 9:30 pm. gAte 403 Jeff Peacock Blues Duo 9 pm. glAdstone Hotel melody bAr Bluegrass Sundays Marc Roy & Houndstooth 5 pm. Hot box CAfe Dope Poets Open Mic (hip-hop) 7 pm. HugH’s room Ken Whiteley’s Gospel Matinee John Finley 2 pm. tHe loCAl Dan Boniferro noon. tHe loCAl Chris Coole (banjo) 5 pm. tHe loCAl Gord Zubrecki (folk/alt indie) 10 pm. lou dAwg’s Blues Brunch Mark Bird Stafford, Darran Poole (blues). lulA lounge Luis Mario Ochoa Cuarteto (Cuban son) noon and 1 pm. miles nAdAl JCC Al green tHeAtre Sing Your Heart Out Kids Concert: Benefit for Save A Child’s Heart Jen Gould, Marky Weinstock 9:30 am. nACo gAllery CAfe Winter Blues Andrea Ramolo, Cindy Doire 7 to 10 pm.

rebAs CAfé The Curries 1 to 4

lulA lounge Sicilian Jazz Project 8

rePosAdo Mariachi Sundays

rex Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon.

pm.

7 pm.

roC n doC’s Chuck Jackson & the All-Stars

(blues) 4 pm.

soutHside JoHnny’s Jam Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix Band 9:30 pm.

suPermArket Freefall Sundays Open Mic 8 pm. trAnzAC mAin HAll October Browne, Teresa

Doyle 7 pm.

trAnzAC soutHern Cross Morning Bell, Isla

Craig 7:30 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

tHe CentrAl Manor Few Weekly Cabaret 9 pm. CHAlkers Pub Norman Marshall Villeneuve

Quartet (jazz) 7 to 9 pm. Columbus Centre Shevchenko Choir, Vox Finlandiae 2 pm. drAke Hotel lounge The Elusive Casual Jam Night doors 8 pm. embruJo flAmenCo Winterlicious: Carmen (strolling RCM opera singers). emmet rAy bAr Jill Peacock (jazz vocalist) 9 pm. gAte 403 Hojin Jang Jazz Band noon to 3 pm. gAte 403 Brownman Acoustic Trio 5 to 8 pm. HeliConiAn HAll Austrian Composers: Afternoon In Vienna: The Birthday Series 2 pm. kingswAy ConservAtory of musiC Musical Matinee Trio sTREga 2 pm.

rex Elvis Bossa Nova 7 pm. rex Eric St Laurent Trio (jazz) 9:30 pm. rex Freeway Dixieland 3:30 pm. roy tHomson HAll Mozart’s World Toronto

Symphony Orchestra 7:30 pm.

royAl ConservAtory of musiC koerner HAll The River Esprit Orchestra 8 pm. royAl ConservAtory of musiC mAzzoleni HAll Discovery Series Kathleen Rudolph 2 pm. ten feet tAll Amy McConnell (jazz) 3:30 to 6:30 pm.

trAne studio Fred Engler & Irina 8 pm. trAnzAC Kyle Brenders Quartet & Eucalyptus

10:30 pm.

danCe musiC/dJ/lounge

beAver Bedroom Eyes DJs J Crosson, L Wild-

man.

bovine sex Club DJ Rockabilly Rob. Crews/tAngo zone Creamed Sundays DJ Ana Capella 10 pm.5

grAffiti’s Blackmetal Brunch DJ Murder Mike (black metal) 11 am to 5 pm.

HenHouse Nothing Matters DJ The Bud, DJ Disappointment 10 pm.

insomniA Retro Lounge Night DJ Doctor G. tAttoo roCk PArlour Trash Palace

(mashups).

gaTe 403 Blues Night Julian Fauth (barrel-

Monday, January 31

house) 9 pm.

electro-funk

PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

The CenTral Marcus 9 pm. Drake hoTel UnDergroUnD Elvis Monday Soupcans, New/France, Ghostwalk ñ Creek, People of Canada, Adrenechrome doors 9 pm.

Drake hoTel loUnge 86’D Boot Knives doors

10 pm.

The garrison Grown-ups Read Things. graffiTi’s Kevin Quain’s Gutbucket Lounge 6

to 9 pm.

harlem CarolynT (R&B/soul/jazz/funk) 8 pm. The hiDeoUT Black Market. horseshoe Shoeless Monday One Man’s

Opinion, Horses About Men 9 pm. miTzi’s sisTer Domestic Bliss Monday The Dishes (rock). roC n DoC’s Phil Naro & John Rogers (rock) 9:30 pm. T.s.T’s laUnCh PaD In a Nuts Shell with Mike Collinson (rock/talk/open mic) 9 pm, all ages.

Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

CaDillaC loUnge Open Stage Sam & Meghan

10 pm.

Cloak & Dagger PUb Alun Piggins (folk/pop) 9 pm.

Dave’s... on sT Clair The Monday Sessions

horseshoe The Vibes, Blackburn, Pink

Moth (indie folk) 9 pm. ñ revival Pacifika (Latin rhythms/dubwise

How to Dress Well Don’t call Tom Krell a pop experimentalist. He prefers the term “pop singer.” Under the moniker How to Dress Well, the 26-year-old philosophy grad student filters the sounds of 90s R&B through hazy lo-fi production to create what he calls “little, isolated pockets of pure expression.” It’s worlds removed from someone like The-Dream, but Krell claims he’s no less sincere. “I don’t worry about kitsch, because there’s no reflexive gap between this music and my soul,” he says. “If my music is kitschy, that means my soul is kitschy.” Like the dozens of free songs on his website, Krell’s debut LP, Love Remains (Lefse), is desolate and mournful, a sexless, cloistered take on vintage soul. To recreate the intensely personal nature of his recordings, he performs in darkness and fog, using only his voice and backing tracks. “It’s interesting that this approach is the same as that of proper pop singers,” he says. “No one expects Britney to play guitar. I want to be a pop singer, though an uncanny one.” riCharD TraPUnski

At the Drake (1150 Queen West), Saturday (January 29), 8 pm. $12. HS, RT, SS.

Open Jam Pete Eastmure 7:30 pm.

free Times Café Open Stage 7:30 pm. gaTe 403 Suyun Kim Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. gaTe 403 Ken McDonald Jazz Band 9 pm. The loCal Hamstrung Stringband (bluegrass/

country) 9:30 pm. olD niCk Elana Harte (folk rock) 7 pm. The PainTeD laDy Open Mic Mondays 9 pm. rePosaDo Mezcal Mondays Lucas Stagg & Chris Bennett. TranzaC soUThern Cross This Is Awesome 7 pm. TranzaC soUThern Cross Open Mic 10 pm.

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

embrUjo flamenCo Winterlicious: Carmen

(strolling RCM opera singers). olD mill inn Sound Of Jazz – Made In Canada Joe Sealy, Terry Clarke, Dave Young, Jane Bunnett 8 pm. The Wilson 96 The Monday Night Specials.

dance muSic/dJ/lounge

alleyCaTz Salsa Night DJ Frank Bischun. beaver Kicking And Screaming DJs Pat Ghostwolf, George Burt. bovine sex ClUb Moody Mondays Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

gooDhanDy’s T-Girls Go Wild DJ Cesar doors

8 pm.5

insomnia DJs Topher & Oranj (rock). The PisTon Junk Shop DJs Jorge & Jared 10 pm.

Tuesday, February 1 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

bovine sex ClUb Pink & Black Attack Pink & Black Attack.

C’esT WhaT Paint (rock) 10 pm. glaDsTone hoTel meloDy bar Video launch

Dirt Farmer, James Clark & Sarah Bunton 8 pm. graffiTi’s Basic English 8 pm. The hiDeoUT Spy vs Spy. korova milkbar Friendly Rich & the Lollipop People 10 pm.

The PainTeD laDy The LADY Turns 2! Rockin’

Anniversary Bash Julian Taylor Band 9 pm. The PisTon The Dead Tuesdays & Mercy Flight doors 9 pm. roCkPile Lynch Mob, Bone Trigger, London Swagger, Three Quarter Stone 7 pm, all ages. sUPermarkeT Album launch Mike Evin, the Pinecones.

Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

annex WreCkroom Drummers In Exile (drum

grooves).

roC n DoC’s Marshall Dane (new country/

pop) 9:30 pm. slaCk’s Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 9 pm. soUnD aCaDemy The Decemberists, Wye Oak (indie folk) doors 8 pm, all ages. Ten feeT Tall East End Open Stage: Finger Style Guitar 8 pm. TranzaC soUThern Cross Collette Savard 7:30 pm.

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Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

alleyCaTz Carlo Berardinucci Band (swing/ jazz) 8:30 pm. embrUjo flamenCo Winterlicious: Carmen (strolling RCM opera singers). foUr seasons CenTre for The Performing arTs riCharD braDshaW amPhiTheaTre

Franck & Poulenc Cello Sonatas Arnold Choi, Wonny Song (cello, piano) noon. gaTe 403 Kelsey McNulty Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. holy oak Cafe Josh Cole 4tet (jazz) 9 pm. Bmassey hall Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Wynton Marsalis 8 pm. reservoir loUnge Lara Solnicki, Lee Wallace, Brendan Davis 7 to 9 pm. rex Mr Marbles (jazz) 6:30 pm. rex Classic Rex Jazz Jam 9:30 pm. TranzaC soUThern Cross Notes and Noodles (jazz) 10 pm. TriniTy sT PaUl’s ChUrCh Love Letters Talisker Players (chamber music) 8 pm. UnDerDoWn PUb James Morrison & Grant Curle (piano/bass) 9:30 pm. york UniversiTy aCColaDe easT blDg Music @ Midday: New Works By Young Composers (classical) 12:30 to 1:30 pm.

dance muSic/dJ/lounge

CreWs/Tango Industry Tuesdays DJ

Quinces.5

gooDhanDy’s T-Girls Go Wild DJ Cesar doors

8 pm.5

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memphis molly rankin modern superstitions the wilderness

march 12

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reverend peyton’s big damn band

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saturday april 16

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elepHant 6 holiday surprise tour

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cAStlevieW WychWood toWerS ArtsWay: Health Arts Society of Ontario concert Members of the Canadian Opera Company (excerpts from The Magic Flute) 2 pm. chAlkerS PuB Girls’ Night Out Jazz Lisa Particelli (jazz) 8 pm. dominion on queen Corktown Uke Jam 8 pm. four SeASonS centre for the PerforminG ArtS richArd BrAdShAW AmPhitheAtre

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GoodhAndy’S T-Girls Go Wild DJ Cesar doors

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have an Eric’s Trip-meets-Chad VanGaalen vibe, with messy instrumentation (cardboard-box drums, distorted organ) enhanced by studio (or rather eight-track) experimentation. Mechanical 111 has great melodies and a bridge that takes the song to a new place near the end. On the 7-inch’s flip side, Lab Coast complement that sound with a similar lazily melodic 90s vocal style that leans closer to sunnier, cleaner Matthew Sweet. Like EHG’s, the two songs have a nice brevity to them, but that also means they don’t have time to go anywhere exceptionally interesting. 82 Will I Be You’s Byrdsy guitar riff and singalong chorus make for breezy, simple goodness. Top track: Mechanical 111 CARLA GILLIS

THE GET UP KIDS There Are Rules (Quality

CHARLES BRADLEY ñNNNN

No Time For Dreaming (Daptone/Dunham) Rat-

ing: When throwback soul label Daptone first discovered 62-year-old handyman Charles Bradley a couple of years back, it was immediately obvious to everyone who heard his plaintive, heartbreaking crooning that, after decades waiting for it, he deserved some studio time. While it took a little while for the magic to finally get laid down to tape, the results are worth the wait. Bradley’s pleasantly raspy voice sits

somewhere between James Brown’s passionate yelps and Otis Redding’s throaty wail. He’s backed up by the Menahan Street Band, who deliver their trademark classic R&B grooves with just the right amount of reverence. The instrumental track Since Our Last Goodbye sounds too modern and doesn’t make sense in the context of the rest of the album, but it’s still a good enough jam not to weigh down the record. Let’s hope it doesn’t take decades for Bradley to get a chance to follow up this impressive debut. Top track: No Time For Dreaming BENJAMIN BOLES

Pop/Rock

ñTHE EX NNNN

off apathy if anything’s going to change in the world. It’s impossible to not be struck by Katherina Bornefeld’s drumming. Perhaps more than any other element, her incorporation of rhythm into the songs’ very fabric is key to the Ex’s sound. Top track: Maybe I Was The Pilot JOANNE HUFFA

Catch My Shoe (Ex) Rating: After 30 years and 123 releases, Dutch art punks the Ex parted ways with singer G.W. Sok and replaced him with Arnold de Boer. While it’s rarely a good idea for a band to continue after the departure of such an important member, the change has not LAB COAST/EXTRA HAPPY GHOST!!! proved detrimental. (Saved by Radio) Rating: NNN Continually developing and evolving, Calgary bands Lab Coast and Extra Happy the Ex sound as vibrant as ever, and Catch Ghost!!! make lo-fi bedroom recordings at My Shoe has an enviably timeless feel. their most insular, 1 1/21/11 3:08 PM awkward best. Extra Lyrically, theyAd_Now_1-5 continue to200111.ai explore themes Happy Ghost!!!, led by Matthew Swann, of anti-capitalism and the need to shake

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Hill) Rating: NN On their fifth album, the Get Up Kids sound like a band who resent what made them popular in the first place. Fine, being credited with pioneering emo isn’t going to get you tons of respect. But their late 90s albums – Four Minute Mile, Something To Write Home About – feature great pop songwriting, especially considering the Kids’ young age, and an unbridled enthusiasm that contrasted with the dark days of Limp Bizkit and Korn domination. It was fun, anthemic rock, certainly nothing to run from. Let’s just skip the reunion narrative, since their breakup came a whopping four years before the recording of this angry mess of synths and beats. Opener Tithe sets an agitated tone, with Matt Pryor’s distinctive vocals distorted and buried under obtrusive keyboards that mask any chance of a melody. Regent’s Court is more jittery electro-rock, though with a decent chorus that gets abruptly cut short. Birmingham’s attempt at new wave is a low point, further confirming that this reunion wasn’t such a swell idea. Top track: Shatter Your Lungs Get Up Kids play the Phoenix March 8. JASON KELLER

BRITISH SEA POWER Valhalla Dancehall (Rough Trade) Rating: NNN Things get off to a rollicking start on the fourth album by Brighton’s British Sea Power. Who’s In Control? hooks listeners by combining screams with the wish that it were sexy to protest on a Saturday night. It’s indicative of the band’s tougher side, represented a little less frequently here than their artier, softer leanings. Always considered a smart band, BSP continue on a clever path lyrically and

the occasional electronic manipulation, while the cluttered mix overcompensates for repetitive songwriting. Without the vitality of youth, Gang of Four risk drowning in the sea of bands they inspired. Top track: I Party All The Time Gang of Four play the Phoenix February 4. RT

musically. The scathing Luna turns going to the disco into an activity for only the most loathsome rich people. Elsewhere, they use German military terminology and make arch comments about people’s conversational skills. The biggest flaw: the band attempts to cram too many ideas into a song (Cleaning Out The Rooms), particularly in the album’s second half. Top track: Who’s In Control? British Sea Power play Lee’s Palace on March 24. JH

YOUR 33 BLACK ANGELS Songs From The Near Bleak Future (Optical Sounds) Rating: NNN Toronto’s Optical Sounds has proven its skill at sniffing out quality underground psych rock, a pursuit that’s lately expanded below the border. Snatching up New York’s Your 33 Black Angels, the label has once again given an obscure band a platform (albeit a limited one) to increase its audience. In step with the label’s roster, the seven-piece is retro-leaning, though hardly flower pop fetishists. Their fourth album features spacey keyboard textures and groove-oriented arrangements, as on the ominous Heart Stone Metal Bone, while their penchant for laid-back Daniel Johnston vocals and warbly lo-fi riffs more closely resembles the classic college rock of Pavement and Built to Spill. The hallmarks are familiar, but Y33BA combine them in a way not easily reduced to an overarching genre signifier. Top track: Modern Girl Your 33 Black Angels play the Silver Dollar Saturday (January 29). RICHARD TRAPUNSKI GANG OF FOUR Content (Yep Roc)

Rating: NN Any time an influential band reunites, you’re forced to wonder if they really have something new to say or if they’re just back to pick up royalty cheques. It’s a question you’d rather not have to ask of Gang of Four, whose seminal 1979 debut was as notable for its strident left-wing politics as it was for laying down its essential post-punk blueprint. But as their anticonsumerist screeds now score Xbox commercials, the question is unavoidable. Judging from their first album of new material in over 15 years, the answer is unclear. The band’s staccato riffs and funk-punk rhythms recall their pre-disco beginnings, but they’re delivered without the urgency that once defined the Leeds four-piece. Jon King’s vocals sound especially diminished, a reality underscored by

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THE DECEMBERISTS The King Is Dead (EMI) Rating: NNN The concise arrangements and country rock tone of this album feel like a 180-degree turn from the sprawling, overly ambitious prog folk of the Decemberists’ divisive last album, The Hazards Of Love. It’s much more accessible, a fact that’s been reflected in strong sales but also lukewarm reviews from fans of the band’s more adventurous side. Main man Colin Meloy has said that R.E.M. were a big influence on The King Is Dead, and they even brought in Peter Buck to lay down some guitar tracks, but the results are much more conventionally twangy than anything the Athens, Georgia, band ever recorded. While it’s initially odd to hear them going for such a musically conservative vibe, The King Is Dead is very listenable. It’s a solid album with strong production and songwriting, but it won’t blow any minds. Top track: Dear Avery The Decemberists play Sound Academy Tuesday (February 1). BB

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Patina (independent) Rating: Like aging wood or metal, David Baxter’s work has improved with time. Despite being nominated as best new or emerging artist in the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards, he’s been in the business for 30plus years as a guitarist, producer and performer. No surprise that aging, time and mortality are recurring themes, and they’ve spurred him into action. Backed by Justin Rutledge, Treasa Levasseur, Jadea Kelly and Jack Marks, Baxter takes on a a variety of genres: country shuffle, honky-tonk, folk rock, roots. Magdalena, co-written by Christina Maria, channels Full Moon Fever, while Sherry Huffman helped write the soulful Charmaine and the zydeco-esque Rockin’ In The Cradle Of The South. The two duets with Catherine MacLellan – A Waltz Of Our Own and Loneliness Takes Time – are especially poignant. Top track: Loneliness Takes Time SARAH GREENE

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Eva is a 20 year old student from Arcata, California. She is a classically trained ballerina and her best friend is Sir Link, a strange looking Pharoah Hound. She is wearing the Cable Knit Pullover in Burgundy with cotton panties and the Unisex Nub Ribbed Knee-High Sock.

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Claire Brosseau’s candid about what pushes her buttons.

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Sex and the stand-up Comic actor and Manbbatical blogger gets down and dirty By GLENN SUMI CLAIRE BROSSEAU headlining at Yuk Yuk’s Downtown (224 Richmond West) through Saturday (January 29), Thursday-Saturday 8 pm, late shows Friday-Saturday 10:30 pm. $12-$20. 416-967-6425, yukyuks. com.

a few minutes into my interview with actor and comic Claire Brosseau, our Queen West server approaches and tells her he’s a Facebook friend. “I can’t believe we haven’t met in real life,” says the guy, an aspiring stand-up himself. “You’re very pretty. You know how sometimes girl comics have really nice headshots, but….” We all laugh, yet this little moment – not at all a set-up, Brosseau reassures me – brings up one of the unique things about the business. How to put it? Traditionally, female stand-up comics aren’t known for their hotness. There aren’t many hunky male stand-ups either, but for some reason, sexy women are even rarer. “It’s true – attractive women are considered threatening,” says Brosseau, whose French-Canadian, Italian and Irish background gives her a contemporary Anouk Aimée look. “And it affected me when I began doing comedy. I’d wear glasses, no makeup, a Tshirt and jeans. And I spoke like a dude, but in this babyish voice. It was all a way to deflect things.”

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Encouraged by Mark Breslin, founder of Yuk Yuk’s, where she headlines this week for the first time, and other comics like Shannon Laverty and the king of raunch himself, Mike Wilmot, she eventually found a way to be herself onstage. “This is who I am,” she says. “Take it or leave it. I try to get audiences on my side, obviously, like any comic. People are threatened by female comics to begin with, but because I’m 5-foot-9 and look the way I do….” she trails off. “Maybe that’s why I have so many problems in relationships, too.” Speaking of relationships, you may know Brosseau for Manbbatical (nowtoronto.com/lifestyle/manbbatical), her blog about swearing off sex, dating, flirting texts and more for a year. Two-thirds of the way through, she says she regrets beginning the project every day. “And yet every day I’m also grateful for it,” she adds, “because I know if I weren’t doing this, not much of my life would have changed, and I was going down a path I wasn’t happy about. Things are definitely changing for the better. “It’s just really hard – and I’m really, really horny.” The same sexual forthrightness characterizes her stand-up act. She’s candid about sexual turn-ons, -offs, open relationships and puts fresh

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spins on the Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus clichés. She’s comfortable using the word “splooge.” “Being as dirty as I am is a blessing and a curse,” she admits. “It sets me apart, but I don’t get a lot of TV specials or corporate work because of it. The corporate shows I do book are often for women and star me and some firemen.” What’s made her enforced celibacy so difficult has been meeting one of her comedy idols, the Kids in the Hall’s Dave Foley (called HIM in the blog), with whom she’s carried on a pretty intense flirtation. “He is the most caring, awesome, romantic man I’ve probably ever met,” she says. “He’s also a genius, which makes him a complete weirdo. But he’s been extremely forthcoming about his situation and what he’s able to offer and not offer. “The fact is, I’m on this manbbatical and I live in a different country. It cannot work right now.” But come May 18, when her Manbbatical’s up? “Who knows?” she says. “I was talking with a friend the other night, and she said wouldn’t it be a hilarious twist of fate if I couldn’t get laid?” 3 glenns@nowtoronto.com

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COMEDY Q&A PUSH... ONE MOTHER OF A SHOW Many funny and fabulous female comics have to take a break from their careers to raise children. Now four of the best have collaborated on a show that explores the mirth of birth and motherhood. Sisters Fiona and Sarah Carver (of the Atomic Fireballs), Erin Keaney (Death Of A Salesgirl) and Precious Chong (Zdenka Now!) bring their show to Kensington’s intimate Bread & Circus for a single show on Monday (January 31). See Comedy Listings, page 52.

Midwifery: pro or con? Pro. At this point in our lives we’re pro anything that makes a career out of focusing on our vaginas.

Favourite TV mom? Any mom who is age-appropriate and isn’t a size two. So Roseanne, but before the liposuction and plastic surgery.

Mother’s Day is a few months away. Any early requests? Why do we have to decide on everything?

Where are your maternity clothes now? In a high school lobby display promoting abstinence.

Your child tells you he or she wants to enter show business. Your response? Well... it’s better than showing your GLENN SUMI business, right?

Keaney (clockwise, from top left), Fiona Carver, Chong and Sarah Carver deliver.

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THE PARKDALE COMEDY EXPERIMENT The Shop Under Parts & Labour presents Deñ bra DiGiovanni, Tim Gilbert, Sexy Girl Party,

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Sex Trex, Steve Nelson and hosts Conor Holler and Sara Hennessey. 9 pm. $5. 1566 Queen W. partsandlabour.ca.

All listings are free. Send to: stage@nowtoronto.com, fax 416-364-1166 or mail to Comedy, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include title, producer, comics (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.

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

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Thursday, January 27 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Jason Laurans and

host Denis Grignon. To Jan 30, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat-Sun 8 pm (and Sat 10:45 pm). $10$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. AWKWARD: A SHOW OF EPIC FAILS Erin Rodgers presents stories, sketch and song depicting tales of humiliation w/ Sean Tabares, Brian Crosby, Ian MacIntyre and others. 8 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. BAD DOG THEATRE presents Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, an improvised re-imagining of the story. 8 pm. $10, stu $8. Portal, a mashup of two totally different improv sets. 9:30 pm. $10, stu $8. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com. THE BOOM SHOW: CHAPTER 32 Supermarket presents comedy w/ Nick Flanagan, Dom Pare and others. 9 pm. $10. 268 Augusta. boomcomedy.com. GAME PLAYA THURSDAYS John Candy Box Theatre presents longform improv by Rob Norman’s Game Of The Scene class. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270.

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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 a certain song parody as you leave. To Jan 30, Tue-Sat 8 pm (plus Sat 10:30 pm), Sun 7 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. NNNNN (GS) YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Claire Brosseau (see story, this page). To Jan 29, Wed-Sat 8 pm (and Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks. com. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Double Feature Night w/ two new comics. 8 pm. $20. 70 Interchange Way. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S WEST presents Double Feature Night w/ two new comics. 8 pm. $20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Friday, January 28 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 27. BAD DOG THEATRE presents That Friday Show,

a one-act play by BDT students. 7 pm (in Studio #2). Pwyc. Globehead 2011 improv tournament. 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Clara & Tim, an improvised romcom series. 10 pm. $12, stu $10. Micetro Impro, a Survivor-style improv compe-

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Sabryn Rock (left), Yanna McIntosh and Sophia Walker add power and dignity to Ruined.

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Ruined rivets war-set play is essential viewing By SUSAN G. COLE

Yanna McIntosh in a powerful perRUINED by Lynn Nottage, directed formance that’s nuanced when it has by Philip Akin (Obsisian/Nightto be and emotionally fraught when it wood) at the Berkeley Street Theatre (26 counts. Berkeley) to February 12. 416-368-3110. Savvy Mama runs her business See Listings. Rating: NNNN with an eye on profit. When her favourite travelling salesman, Christian a congolese brothel operating (the excellent Sterling Jarvis), offers at the height of a brutal civil war is the two young women for sale, she scoffs. last place you’d expect to find a shred They’re ruined, she says, meaning so of humanity, but Lynn Nottage does brutally raped that they cannot have exactly that in her play Ruined. sex. But she softens, hiring Sophie It helps that in this Obsidian(Sabryn Rock) as a singer and book23996_NOWdaveStPierre:Layout 1/21/11 1:19Salima PM Page 1 Nightwood co-production, the mad- 1keeper and hiding (Sophia am, Mama Nadi, is inhabited by Walker) from her soldier husband.

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All listings are free. Send to: stage@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Theatre, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include title, author, producer, brief synopsis, times, range of ticket prices (include stu/srs discounts and PWYC days), venue name and address and box office/info phone number. Listings may be edited for space. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.

Opening ARoUND ThE WoRlD IN 80 MINUTEs (Against

the Grain Theatre). Works by Chekhov, Vaughan Williams and others are presented through cabaret, poetry and music. Jan 28-29. $20. Fri, 8 pm, at The Inner Garden (401 Richmond W, suite 384); Sat, 7 pm, at Tranzac (292 Brunswick). againstthegraintheatre.com. BAREfooT IN ThE PARk by Neil Simon (Amicus Productions). A free-spirited woman clashes with her uptight husband and others in 60s NYC. Opens Jan 27 and runs to Feb 5, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mats Jan 29-30 at 2 pm. $20, stu/srs $18. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall. 416-860-6176, amicusproductions.ca. BARRyMoRE by William Luce (Barrymore Entertainment Limited). Christopher Plummer portrays legendary actor John Barrymore as he struggles with the role of Richard III and looks back on his life. Previews Jan 27-29,

opens Jan 30 (6:30 pm) and runs to Mar 9, Fri-Sat and Mon-Wed 8 pm. $55-$120. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge. 416-872-5555, barrymoretheplay.com. BUTTERflIEs ARE fREE by Leonard Gershe (Encore Entertainment). A blind man is caught between a free-spirited woman and his overprotective mother. Opens Jan 27 and runs to Feb 6, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $28-$29.50. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. 416872-1111, encoreshows.com. ETERNAl hyDRA by Anton Piatigorsky (Crow’s Theatre). Controversy surrounds the discovery of a long-lost literary masterpiece (see story, page 50). Opens Jan 27 and runs to Feb 13, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $28$40, stu/srs $23-$35, Sun pwyc. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971, crowstheatre.com. fAMIly sToRy by Aurora Stewart de Pena (Birdtown and Swanville). A young woman travels back in time in order to understand her family’s bad habits. Opens Feb 1 and runs to Feb 13, Tue-Sun 8 pm, mat Sun 2 pm. $15 (totix.ca). Double Double Land, 209 Augusta. birdtownandswanville.com. GREENlAND by Nicolas Billon (Roxanne Duncan). A man’s discovery of a new island mirrors his increasing distance from his family. Jan 27-28 at 9 pm. By donation (benefit for the Actors’ Fund of Canada). Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827. lovE lETTERs (Talisker Players). Actors read and musicians play various works related to the theme of love. Feb 1-2 at 8 pm. $30, srs $20, stu $10. Trinity St Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. 416-466-1800, taliskerplayers.ca. ThE MAGIc flUTE by WA Mozart (Canadian Opera Company). The opera about growing up and seeking ideals is performed in German. Opens Jan 29 and runs to Feb 25: Jan 29, Feb 1, 3, 8, 10, 16, 18, 23 and 25 at 7:30 pm, mats Feb 6 and 20 at 2 pm, Feb 12 at 4:30 pm. $62-$281. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, coc.ca. oUTTA ThE WooDs (Centre for Indigenous

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Though Mama does what she can to keep the war outside the brothel at bay – the soldiers must forfeit their ammunition at the door; no one can talk politics – its impact is everpresent, whether in the sound of bullets flying through the air or the haunted look in the eyes of her sex workers. This play is absolutely of the moment, its content, sometimes too literal, covering blood diamonds, child soldiers, gang rape and wartime profiteering. Ruined uncovers a universe where being drafted into prostitution is a form of rescue. To prepare the work, Nottage interviewed scores of Congolese. Salima’s devastating speech recounting her terrifying five-month ordeal as an army concubine sounds like the wordfor-word account of a survivor. But although the tension is almost unbearably high at times (you never know what’s going to happen when, thanks to Gillian Gallow’s clever set, you see a soldier thundering toward the brothel door), Ruined is not a horror show. Unlike Sarah Kane’s Blasted, it has no real desire to challenge. It’s an old-fashioned drama, with a huge heart and great characters brought to life by a superb cast under the direction of Philip Akin. Rock is compelling as a woman who can barely walk but finds some joy in song, and Walker embodies the heartbreak of wartime brutality. But the electrifying McIntosh is the stunner in this essential show. 3

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Liisa Repo-Martell tries to get to the truth of complex Eternal Hydra.

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Hydra power Actor returns to masterful mystery By JON KAPLAN ETERNAL HYDRA by Anton Piatigorsky, directed by Chris Abraham, with David Ferry, Sam Malkin, Liisa Repo-Martell and Cara Ricketts. Presented by Crow’s Theatre and Factory at Factory Mainspace (125 Bathurst). Opens tonight (Thursday, January 27) and runs to February 13, Tuesday-Saturday 8 pm, matinee Sunday 2 pm. $28-$40, Sunday pwyc, some rush and stu/sr tickets. 416-504-9971.

in anton piatigorsky’s eternal Hydra, Liisa Repo-Martell gets to play a trio of characters involved in truth, fiction and theft. The theft is not your usual stealing, but rather the taking of another’s voice. And since the play is set in the world of writers and publishers, it’s a pretty serious offence. Not only is the play richly plotted, but it has also been richly rewarded, having won a quartet of Doras two

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tition. 11 pm. $8, stu $5. 138 Danforth. 416491-3115, baddogtheatre.com. COMEDY ON THE DANFORTH Timothy’s World News Café presents improv with Better Than Nothing (David Boyce, Angela Brown). 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416-461-2668, comedyonthedanforth.com. THE GOD-AWFUL (COMEDY) SHOW Centre for Inquiry presents atheist-friendly comedy. 8:30 pm. $10, stu $7. 216 Beverley. 416-971-5676, cfiontario.org. KNOCKOUT COMEDY NIGHT TKO’s Pub presents Graham Borgfjord, Chris Brazeau, Luke Gordon Field, Todd Graham, Kevin MacDonald, Kirk Hicks, Jaimie O’Connor, Billy Osterberg, Ron Sparks and host Scott McCrickard. 10 pm. Free. 1600 Danforth. 416-466-1965. MARIA BAMFORD Comedy Bar and the Comedy Addict present the stand-up comic in a live show. To Jan 29, 8 and 10:30 pm. $20. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. NAKED FRIDAYS John Candy Box Theatre presents music, improv and sketch. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270.

SOMETHING WICKED AWESOME THIS WAY COMES See Thu 27. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 27. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Pete Zed-

ñlacher. To Jan 29, Fri 9 pm, Sat 7:30 & 9:45 pm. $20. 70 Interchange Way. 416-967-

6425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S WEST presents Chris Quigley. To Jan 29, Fri 9 pm, Sat 7:30 & 9:30 pm. $20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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years ago at its premiere. “Returning to a show is such a luxury, though I’ve had the fortune to do so several other times,” says RepoMartell during a rehearsal break. “The script is so multi-layered that I’m finding new ideas every day. That little connective tissue of thought is something you can explore when you’re working at a deep, relaxed level of comfort with a play.” The actor has a role in each of the three interrelated stories, first as contemporary academic Vivian Ezra, who has possession of Eternal Hydra, a lost manuscript by reprobate author Gordias Carbuncle; then as another scholar, Gwendolyn Jackson, who knew Carbuncle in 1930s Paris; and finally as a Southern belle, Sarah Briggs, a character in one of Hydra’s chapters. “I’d describe Vivian as an obsessive. Even though she’s extreme, and her passions for literature and Gordias

Saturday, January 29 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 27. ANNABELLE GETS IT BACK! Modern Attitudes

presents a musical sketch show by Morgonn Ewen, plus musical guests. 11 pm. Free. Old Nick, 123 Danforth. 416-461-5546. BAD DOG THEATRE presents Globehead 2011 improv tournament semi-finals. 8 and 10 pm. $12, stu $10. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com. MARIA BAMFORD See Fri 28. SELF ESTEEM PARTY Bread & Circus presents a night of songs and sketches by Alana Johnston about the issues that plague young women. 10 pm. $5. 299 Augusta. 416925-8898, breadandcircus.ca.

SOMETHING WICKED AWESOME THIS WAY COMES See Thu 27. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 27. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN See Fri 28. YUK YUK’S WEST See Fri 28.

Sunday, January 30 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 27. THE BENCH John Candy Box Theatre presents

upcoming improvisers picked by the Second City. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270. BIG LAUGHS IN LITTLE ITALY Public presents K Trevor Wilson, Kathleen McGee, Dom Pare and host Kris Bonaparte. 9 pm. Free. 596 College. 416-539-8890. KNIGHT TIME COMEDY presents weekly standup and sketch w/ host Jill Knight. 8 pm. $4. Remarks Bar & Grill, 1026 Coxwell. 416-4299889, knighttimecomedy.com.

lead her into questionable moral territory, I relate to her. Well, maybe not the questionable moral territory part,” she laughs. “But she’s such a fan of great literature, including Gordias’s, and I can understand that passionate life-anddeath relationship she has to art. She’s a real fan.” Fandom, notes the performer, is one of the key themes in the play. “It’s such a contemporary thing, though Vivian’s a fan of a 30s writer. I know so many people whose sense of themselves is expressed through identification with someone else. The situation isn’t a totally happy one, but it’s very human to identify yourself through who you like or dislike.” The other two characters RepoMartell plays are also fixated on a man, though Gwendolyn has a more clear-eyed view of Gordias because he’s not a figment of her imagination, as he is to Vivian. “Each act is slightly different in style,” adds the actor. “The first is heightened, comic and bantering – it reminds me of a 40s comedy, complete with a wink. The second, based on Gordias’s diary, is more serious, while the third is epic and Brechtian.” Those stylistic shifts echo the nature of the narrative as well as the audience’s reaction to the play’s characters. “Anton has written the play so that each scene advances the action in a surprising way, not answering questions posed in the previous scene. That’s unsettling in a dynamic way; it keeps the storytelling one step ahead of the viewer. “I think Eternal Hydra works best, in fact, when you don’t know whose side you’re on,” smiles Repo-Martell knowingly. 3 jonkap@nowtoronto.com

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LAUGH SABBATH presents The Hour Of Power! w/ Nick Flanagan, Chris Locke, Becky Johnson & Kayla Lorette, Avery Edison, Evan Desmarais, Rebecca Kohler and host Sara Hennessey. Doors 8:30 pm. $5. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. laughsabbath.com. LEGENDS OF ZELDA’S presents a weekly show w/ improv by the Eleventh Commandment plus guests. 8 pm. $5. Zelda’s, 692 Yonge. zeldas.ca.

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REVUE Yuk Yuk’s Downtown presents the monthly show w/ Ben Mathai, Brian Francis, Gilson Lubin, Matt Henry, Frank Spadone, host Kenny Robinson and Trixx headlining and recording his new DVD. 8:30 pm. $20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. SOMETHING WICKED AWESOME THIS WAY COMES See Thu 27. SUDDENLY SUNDAY Pantages Martini Bar pre-

sents a weekly comedy night w/ hosts Melissa Story and Jeff Clark plus musical guests. 9 pm. Free. 200 Victoria. 416-362-1777. SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons present an all-new sketch show every week w/ guest hosts and musical acts. 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com.

Monday, January 31 ALT.COMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli presents Winston Spear, Eddie Della Siepe, Fraser Young, Dom Pare, Tim Nasiopoulos, Geoff Hendry, Sean McKiernan, MC Mark DeBonis and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. DIRTY BINGO Zelda’s presents a weekly game with adult prizes w/ hosts Gloria Hole and

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Theatre). This collaborative student creation tells the story of crash survivors. Jan 28-29 at 8 pm. $10 or pwyc. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst. 416-506-9436, indigenoustheatre.com. ShINE (Movement Centre). New works in dance, comedy, music and theatre are performed by Miko Sobreira, Winston Spear, Honey Novick, Marcia Johnson, Rachelle Elie, Carolyn Bennett and others. Jan 28-29 at 8 pm. $10. 2480 Dundas W. movementcentre.com.

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ThE BIG LEAGuE by James Durham (Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People). A boy’s love of playing hockey with his friends is threatened by his competitive father. Previews Jan 31-Feb 2. Opens Feb 3 and runs to Feb 24, SatSun 2 pm, opening night 7 pm (see website for more days and times). $10-$20. 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, lktyp.ca. BILLy ELLIOT ThE MuSIcAL by Lee Hall and Elton John (Mirvish). A boy leaves boxing for ballet while his family struggles with economic troubles in small-town England. Previews Feb 1-28. Opens Mar 1 and runs to Jul 10, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 1:30 pm. $36-$130. Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. FOREvER yOuRS, MARIE-LOu by Michel Tremblay (Théâtre français de Toronto). Two sisters confront their tragic family history, caused by a failure to communicate. Previews Feb 2-3. Opens Feb 4 and runs to Feb 19, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mats Feb 12 & 19 at 3:30 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $33-$57, stu/srs $28-$57, Wed pwyc. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-5346604, theatrefrancais.com. OLEANNA by David Mamet (Soulpepper). A power struggle ensues when a female student accuses a professor of sexual harassment. Previews Jan 29-Feb 2. Opens Feb 3 and runs to Mar 5, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm (see website for other times). $28-$60. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416866-8666, soulpepper.ca.

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cOLLEEN cuRRAN (Playwrights Guild of Canada/Canada Council). The Montreal playwright reads from her current and past plays. Jan 30 at 2:30 pm. Free. Performing Arts Lodge, 110 the Esplanade. 416-777-9674. EvA JOhN’S cABARET (Eva John Events). This benefit for the Ride To Conquer Cancer features Dan Hill, Charles Azulay and Jenni Burke. Jan 29 at 8 pm. $50. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. 416-451-1347, evajohnevents.com.

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Victorian secret Bitchy repartee scores in Mamet play By JON KAPLAN BOSTON MARRIAGE by David Mamet, directed by Ted Dykstra (Le Salon Secret). At a secret location revealed when tickets are purchased online. To Saturday (January 29) at 8 pm. $25. lesalonsecret.com. See listings, below. Rating: NNN

according to an often-repeated story, Queen Victoria refused to sign a bill making lesbianism illegal in Britain. “Women,” she said, “do not do such things.” It’s clear the ruler never met Anna (Rebecca Northan) and Claire (Daniela Vlaskalic), the central figures in David Mamet’s Boston Marriage, set in a Victorian drawing room. The long-term lovers brim over with sensuality and passion, Claire especially, but couch most of their desires in the LA FEdELTà PREMIATA by Joseph Haydn (Opera

in Concert). Love triumphs over fickle nymphs and satyrs in this comic/pastoral opera. Jan 30 at 2:30 pm. $40-$58. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-366-7723, operainconcert.com. LITTLE cRIckETS by Douglas Campbell (Foundry Theatre Company). Romanian sisters in Paris meet a controlling Canadian expat in this play reading. Jan 31 at 7 pm. Pwyc. The Detour Bar, 193.5 Baldwin. firstdrafttoronto@gmail.com. ... MAkING OThER PLANS by Geoffrey Tyler (Peacock Productions). Tyler performs his French-style cabaret solo show. Jan 29 at 8:30 pm. $50, stu $35. Labspace, 2A Pape. 647-705-7247, peacockproductions.ca. OuT OF chARAcTER (Toronto Centre for the Arts). Michael Burgess performs hits from musical theatre shows. Jan 27 at 8 pm. $45$65. 5040 Yonge, George Weston Recital Hall. 416-872-1111, tocentre.com. PuSh... ONE MOThER OF A ShOw (Bread & Circus). This show takes an honest and comedic look at modern motherhood (see Q&A, page 48). Jan 31 at 8 pm. $20. 299 Augusta. 416-925-8898, breadandcircus.ca.

most proper and formal language. Mamet fills his play with wit and wicked innuendo. Some of the nastiest and funniest is launched at Anna’s poor parlour maid, Catherine (Julie Orton). The servant does her best to be heard but is regularly put down by her disdainful employer, who’s unable to get either her name or country of origin correct. Northan and Vlaskalic generate strong chemistry under Ted Dykstra’s direction, though in the first few scenes the rhythms of this drawing-room comedy aren’t as tight as they might be. The Wildean turns of phrase have to be delivered with lightness and glitter, but it’s only about a third of the way into the production that the dialogue begins to sparkle.

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by Tom Stoppard (Alumnae Theatre). Two of Stoppard’s one-act comedies are presented in this double bill. Runs to Feb 5, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, Wed 2-for-1, Sun pwyc. 70 Berkeley. 416-364-4170, alumnaetheatre.com. ANGELINA BALLERINA ThE MuSIcAL by Susan DiLallo and Ben Morss (Vital Theatre). Angelina and her friends dance to get a starring role in this all-ages show. Runs to Mar 19, Fri 4:30 pm, select Sat-Sun 1 pm (see website). $29.50$49.50. MNJCC Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina. angelinathemusical.com. ThE BIRd by Sonja Mills (Union Eight Theatre). In Mills’s disappointing follow-up to The Danish Play, half a dozen unlikeable characters at a cocktail party hash out jealousies, insecurities and family secrets. The titular stuffed bird is a metaphor for something, but it’s never clear what, and the show’s movement consists of twitching. A couple of okay performances can’t save it. Runs to Jan 30, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. Pwyc-$33. Buddies in Bad Times The-

Rebecca Northan (left), Julie Orton and Daniela Vlaskalic deliver Sapphic surprises in Boston Marriage.

Even earlier, though, a nice dramatic tension between the pair has been established. Anna has taken a male “protector” to ensure that she and Claire will be financially well off, while Claire has become infatuated with a young woman. Jealous, neither is happy about what the other’s done. The best part of the show is the bitchy repartee, a blend of Biblical al-

lusions, modern curses and withering put-downs. Orton holds her own as the practical but occasionally histrionic young maid, who proves surprisingly useful to the two women even though they make her life a vitriolic hell. Her compassionate character also helps move the script’s tone toward an unexpected tenderness. 3

atre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, unioneighttheatre.com. NN (Susan G Cole) BOSTON MARRIAGE by David Mamet (Le Salon Secret). Two female friends hatch schemes around money and relationships in this comedy (see review, this page). Runs to Jan 29, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $25. Le Salon Secret, location revealed after ticket purchase. lesalonsecret. com. NNN (JK) ThE dINING ROOM by AR Gurney (Down n’ Out Productions). A series of vignettes satirize the family life of bourgeois America. Runs to Feb 6, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $25. Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen W. 416-597-0227. dIRTy ROTTEN ScOuNdRELS – ThE MuSIcAL by Jeffrey Lane and David Yazbeck (Hart House Theatre). Two con men try to outwit each other in this comedy based on the 1988 film. Runs to Jan 29, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $25, stu/srs $10-$15. 7 Hart House Circle. 416978-8849, uofttix.ca. ThE LAST dAyS OF JudAS IScARIOT by Stephen Adly Guirgis (Theatre @ York). Mother Teresa, Sigmund Freud and others testify at the trial

of the notorious sinner in this comic drama. Runs to Jan 29, nightly at 7:30 pm, mat Fri 1 pm. $17, stu/srs $12. York University, 4700 Keele, Joseph G Green Studio. 416-736-5888, yorku.ca/perform. ThE MILL PART 2: ThE huRON BRIdE by Hannah Moscovitch (Theatrefront). Part 2 of the play cycle returns in conjunction with the premiere of Part 4. Runs to Jan 27, Thu 8 pm. $30, stu $20. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. theatrefront.com. ThE MILL PART 3: ThE wOOdS by Tara Beagan (Theatrefront). Part 3 of the play cycle returns in conjunction with the premiere of Part 4. Runs to Jan 28, Fri 8 pm. $30, stu $20. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416866-8666, theatrefront.com. ThE MILL PART 4: ASh by Damien Atkins (Theatrefront). The concluding segment of Theatrefront’s play cycle lays the epic ghost story’s spirit to rest, specifically the malevolent Lyca, haunting an unusual family in a barren world. First-class performances and design give Atkins’s spare script exactly the fine

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production it deserves. Runs to Jan 29, Fri 8 pm, Sat 2 pm. $30, stu $20. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, theatrefront.com. NNNN (JK) THE MISANTHROPE by Molière, adapted by Martin Crimp (Tarragon Theatre). Crimp’s adaptation of Molière’s satire moves the action to contemporary London, its characters celebrity movie stars, playwrights, reviewers and hangers-on. The writing is witty and the actors know how to deliver acidic lines, but it takes a while for the work’s humanity to emerge in director Richard Rose’s production. Runs to Feb 6, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats SatSun 2:30 pm. $23-$46, rush $10. 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. NNN (JK) ODYSSEY (Why Not Theatre/Theatre Ad Infinitum). A man seeks revenge and to reunite with his family in this adaptation of Homer’s epic. (See review at nowtoronto. com/stage). Runs to Jan 30, Thu-Sun 8 pm, mat Sun 2:30 pm. $20. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, theatreadinfinitum.co.uk. NNNN (JK) OH MY IRMA by Haley McGee (Theatre Passe Muraille). This cute and disturbing solo show centres on Mission Bird (Haley McGee), a nerdy and intensely awkward girl whose sleuthing convinces her that an old man is somehow connected to her dead mother. McGee’s rich and descriptive script offers up a twisted adventure and a darkly funny character study of a mind dominated by neuroses and anxiety. Runs to Jan 29, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $25-$30, mat pwyc. 16 Ryerson, Backspace. 416-5047529, passemuraille.on.ca. NNNN (Jordan Bimm) 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 May 29, Sat-Sun 1 pm. $29.50-$39.50. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-642-8973, vitaltheatre.ca.

TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB Hear what the Irish buzz band

has to say about relationships, songwriting, and Glee in this interview and concert footage. 6:57

NEW COUNTRY REHAB An electrified country band

gets the crowd at El Mocambo dancing with their upbeat violin medleys and fun country flare. 3:23

QUESTO BUIO fEROCE (THE wILD DARKNESS) (Compagnia Pippo Delbono/

ñ Harbourfront World Stage). Modern Italian

theatre uses words and images to tell a story inspired by the essays of Harold Brodkey. Runs to Jan 29, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $15-$49. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. BRUINED by Lynn Nottage (Obsidian Theatre/Nightwood Theatre). Women struggle to survive and heal during the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (see review, page 49). Runs to Feb 12, TueSat 8 pm, mats Wed 12:30 pm, Sat-Sun 2 pm (Sunday Tea Talks to benefit the Fistula Foundation at 1 pm, by donation). $15-$35. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416368-3110, obsidian-theatre.com. NNNN (Susan G Cole)

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ZANNE AND THE TAxIMAN by Jane A. Shields/ Rosemary Doyle (And the Co-op). Two oneact plays are featured on this double bill. Runs to Feb 6, Jan 28, 30 and Feb 3-6 at 7 pm. $14. Bread & Circus, 299 Augusta. 416336-3399. wEESAGEECHAK BEGINS TO DANCE fESTIVAL xxIII (Native Earth Performing Arts). New

works by Aboriginal creators include a play by Keith Barker, dance by Yvonne Chartrand, spoken word, Young Voices artists and more. Runs to Jan 29, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $10, festival pass $30. Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416-538-0988, nativeearth.ca. wINGfIELD: LOST AND fOUND by Dan Needles (Mirvish). Needles’s latest show about Bay Street CEO-turned-farmer Walt Wingfield concerns a months-long drought, a dried-up well and a “water witch” diviner now living in a retirement home. Rod Beattie skillfully plays a dozen characters, but the second-rate script is skimpy on character and theme and heavy on Don Cherry-approved rants about text messaging, omega-3 eggs and ecological footprints. Runs to Jan 30, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $25-$60. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-872-1212, mirvish. com. NN (GS) wITCHES AND BITCHES adapted by Patrick Young (Theatre Erindale). Shakespearean and other female Elizabethan characters are featured in this collage play. Runs to Jan 29, Thu 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $15, stu/srs $10. Erindale Studio Theatre, 3359 Mississauga Rd N. theatreerindale. com. 3

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Lena Over. 8:30 pm. Free. 692 Yonge. zeldas.ca. HARD TIMES AT THE HARD LUCK Impulsive Entertainment presents a weekly new material night for singers, poets, comics and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. Hard Luck Bar, 812 Dundas W. impulsiveentertainment.com. IMPERIAL COMEDY Imperial Pub presents weekly Pro/Am comics w/ host Eric Bud. 9:30 pm. Pwyc. 54 Dundas E. imperialcomedy.com.

LES IMPROBABLES PRÉSENTENT: UNE SOIRÉE D’IMPROVISATION DE COMPETITION Bad Dog

Theatre and Alliance Française de Toronto present competitive improv in French. 8 pm. $12, stu $10. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com. PUSH... ONE MOTHER Of A SHOw Bread & Circus presents an all-female show that takes an honest and comedic look at modern motherhood (see Q&A, page 48). 8 pm. $20. 299 Augusta. 416-925-8898, breadandcircus. ca. $#*! MY MAYOR SAYS Second City presents current-events comedy about our city. 8 pm. $12. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. wHEEL Of IMPROV John Candy Box Theatre presents competitive improv. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270.

Tuesday, February 1 IMPATIENT THEATRE CO presents improv by its students. 6:30 pm. Free. Harold Night, the improv form created by Del Close. 8 pm. $5. The Incubator, a showcase of up and coming improv teams. 9 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-238-7337, impatient.ca. IMPROV NIGHT IN CANADA John Candy Box Theatre presents the ultimate improv faceoff. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270. SKETCHCOMEDYLOUNGE Rivoli presents The Headline Series w/ Fratwurst, Statutory Jape, Lonely Cake, Newsdesk with Ron Sparks, MC Ryan Belleville and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. sketchcomedylounge.com. SPRING ’11 MAINSTAGE REVIEw Second City presents a new show poking fun at the everchanging world we live in. Tue-Sat 8 pm (plus Sat 10:30 pm), Sun 7 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

STANDING ON THE DANfORTH: JO-ANNA’S BIRTHDAY SHOw Eton House presents ñ Tony Krolo, Chuck Byrn, Kate Davis, Johnny

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country band perform on the El Mocambo stages. 3:21

Gardhouse, Cleve Jones and Terry McGurrin, plus live music. 9 pm. Free. 710 Danforth. 416466-6161. THE TUESDAY NIGHT SPECIAL Drake Hotel presents stand-up w/ Nick Beaton, Hunter Collins, Steve Scholtz, David Andrew Brent, Julia Hladkowicz, Barry Taylor and host Helder Brum. 10 pm. $10. 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. YUK YUK’S DOwNTOwN presents the Humber

School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up Amateur Night at 9:30 pm. $4. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Wednesday, February 2 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am night w/

Denis Grignon, Allen Yiu, Bev Ellis, Jon Schabl, Steve Davis, Adrian Sawyer and host Dave Paterson. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-4867700, absolutecomedy.ca. BAD DOG THEATRE presents The League, fast, competitive improv. 8 pm. $8, stu $5. The Mullet, improv scenes that are short in the front, long in the back. 9:30 pm. $8, stu/first show patrons $5. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com. COMEDY AT THE OSSINGTON presents Nick Flanagan, David Dineen Porter, Leah Mac, Adam Christie, hosts Sara Hennessey, Steph Kaliner, Jeremy Mersereau and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. The Ossington, 61 Ossington. 416-850-0161. CORKTOwN COMEDY Betty’s presents an open mic w/ Eric Clifford, Rose Giles, Jen Broxstein, host Brian Coughlin and others. 9 pm. Free. 240 King E. 416-988-2675, corktowncomedy. com. THE DOOR PRIZE SHOw Zelda’s presents a weekly talent contest w/ host Vicki Licks. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 692 Yonge, upstairs. zeldas.ca. HOUSE PARTY Comedy Bar presents longform by experienced comedians, w/ Sean Tabares, WDWMKR, Julie Dumais, Big in Japan, El Fantoma and others. 8 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. IMPATIENT THEATRE CO presents improv by its students. 6:30 pm. Free. House Party, scenes by ITC teams. 8 pm. $10. Munchausen, rapidfire improv based on true stories. 10 pm. Free. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-238-7337, impatient.ca.

THE QUANTUM QOMEDY SHOwQASE Double Deuce Saloon presents stand-up ñ w/ Hunter Collins, Aaron Eves, Nick Flanagan,

Garrett Jamieson, Pat Thornton and hosts Linda Ellis, Mack Lawrenz, Phil Moorehead and Jon Perrault. 9 pm. Free. 1168 Queen W. 647349-8245.

SPIRITS OPEN MIC: THE HANGOVER SHOw presents Rob Pue, Mark Walker, Cal Post, ñ Marco Bernardi, Ted Morris, Natalie Norman, Gavin Sweeney and Todd Graham. 9 pm. Free. Spirits Bar & Grill, 642 Church. 416-967-0001. SPRING ’11 MAINSTAGE REVIEw See Tue 1.

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Underdown Pub presents pro and up-andcoming comics w/ host Timothy Allen. 10:30 pm. Free. 263 Gerrard E. 416-927-0815. STUDENTS ROCK THE NITE John Candy Box Theatre presents improv and sketch by Second City Training Centre students. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270. YUK YUK’S DOwNTOwN presents Rick Shapiro. To Feb 6, Wed-Sun 8 pm (and Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-9676425, yukyuks.com. 3

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Ballet Jörgen presents a dance showcase featuring works by Bengt Jörgen, Malgorzata Nowacka, Robert Desrosiers and others. Jan 28-29 at 8 pm. $27-$65. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis. 416-415-5000, balletjorgencanada.ca. LES BALLETS JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL presents modern, jazz and hip-hop dance, featuring works Rossini Cards and Zip Zap Zoom. Jan 28 at 8 pm. $47-$54. Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts, 171 Town Centre. 905-305-7469, markhamtheatre.ca. THE POwER Of GESTURE The Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre presents Peggy Baker discussing and demonstrating various dances. Jan 27 from noon to 1 pm. Free. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. coc.ca. SERIES 8:08 presents a choreographic performance workshop featuring Susan Lee/Tracey Norman, Julia Male, Maxine Heppner, Lisa Weiler and Simcoe Contemporary Dancers. Jan 29 at 8:08 pm. $10, stu $8. Pia Bouman School, 6 Noble. series808.ca.

STARRY NIGHTS HOUSE CONCERT Stand Up

Dance presents a night of dance, storytelling and clown by Meagan O’Shea. Jan 29 at 8 pm. $14. Venue revealed w/ ticket purchase. starrynightsmeaganoshea.eventbrite.com.

UN PEU DE TENDRESSE BORDEL DE MERDE! (A LITTLE TENDERNESS fOR CRYING OUT LOUD!) Harbourfront World Stage presents a

piece about love and the human form by Dave St-Pierre, with 20 nude dancers. Opens Feb 2 and runs to Feb 5, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $15-$49. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. wORD AND BEYOND #7 coexisDance and Element Choir present music by Suzanne Farkas and dance by Julie Lassonde. Feb 2 at 8 pm. $8. Somewhere There Studio, 227 Sterling. myspace.com/coexisdance.

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INDANCE Art Gallery of Ontario presents a

performance as part of the exhibition Maharaja: The Splendour Of India’s Royal Courts. Jan 29 from 1:30 to 2:15 pm. Free w/admission. 317 Dundas W. indance.ca.

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Native Earth presents dance, theatre and multimedia performances, including Stories From The St. Laurent, a dance piece by Yvonne Chartrand. Runs to Jan 29, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $10, festival pass $30. Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416-538-0988, nativeearth.ca. 3

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PAINTING

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Spooky Dorland

Deft Dickner

New paintings go to the darker side By DAVID JAGER KIM DORLAND at Angell Gallery (12 Ossing ton), to February 19. 416-5300444. Rating: NNN

it’s been four years since kim Dorland won the RBC Canadian Painting Competition for his brutally thick impasto landscapes that drew heavily on his rural Alberta youth. Dorland’s new work at Angell is even darker and has taken a distinctively psychological turn. The searing oranges and pinks have given way to thick blacks, greys and pale phosphorescent greens. His gritty rural adolescent vibe has morphed into more ooky-spooky fare in a midnight forest furtively alive with spectral creatures, skeletal trees and shadowy forms. In the show’s central painting, The Girl Disappears, a female figure, floating between two ghostly trees and

dissolving into phosphorescent blobs, radiates a palpable, low-budget-horror unease without being exactly clear: is this an epiphany or a horrible supernatural death? The eeriness continues in a room of glow-in-the-dark paintings, Dorland’s earnest bid to make work that can be viewed in two different kinds of light. The results are mixed, though Tree, a knotted trunk against a glowing sky, shows that he still has solid drawing instincts. His untitled skeletal drawing of a girl, in which he seems to be channelling morbid existential angst directly from Edvard Munch, is also truer to his tough painterly form. He’s also laughing through some of it. His antagonistic relationship to traditional Canadian landscape painting resurfaces in the tongue-in-cheek figure of Tom Thomson leering as a ghoul and a decayed skull in three

MUST-SEE SHOWS ANGELL Painting/photos: Kim Dorland and

Bonnie Baxter, to Feb 19. 12 Ossington. 416-530-0444. BEZPALA BROWN GALLERY Potpourri: Our Paris Salon, to Jan 28, auction Jan 28. Last In January group show, Jan 29-30, reception noon-2 pm Jan 29. 17 Church. 416907-6875. BOOKHOU Capacity: 10 Toronto Designers (Design Week offsite project), Jan 27-Feb 6. 798 Dundas W. 416-203-2549. CHRISTOPHER CUTTS Painting: Harold Town, to Jan 29. 21 Morrow. 416-5325566. CLARK & FARIA Landscapes group show, to Feb 6. 55 Mill, bldg 2. 416-703-1700. CLINT ROENISCH Painting/sculpture: Hugh Scott, Jan 27-Mar 5, reception 7-9 pm Jan 27. 944 Queen W. 416-516-8593. GENDAI GALLERY Residency In RMB City: Adrian Blackwell, Yam Lau and

GestureCloud, to Jan 29, closing reception 2-5 pm Jan 29. Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond. 647-200-6161. GEORGE BROWN SCHOOL OF DESIGN Imaginando Lota – Institute Without Boundaries (Design Week offsite event), Jan 28-30, reception 4-8 pm Jan 28. 230 Richmond E. 416-4155000 ext 2103. GLADSTONE HOTEL Design Week offsite events: Design Talks, 11 am-2 pm Jan 29; Love Design Party, 10 pm-2 am Jan 29; Come Up To My Room, Jan 27-30; Come Up To My Room Retrospective, to Jan 30. Carpets: Bev Hisey, to Feb 28. Textiles: Hard Twist 5: Chroma!, to Jan 30. 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. KATHARINE MULHERIN Painting/drawing: Michael Caines, Oscar De Las Flores and Balint Zsako, to Feb 6. 93 ‘Til Infinity group show, to Jan 30. 1082/1086 Queen W. 416-993-6510. LEO KAMEN Painting: Alex Livingston and John Kissick, to Feb 12. 80 Spadina #406. 416504-9515.

APOCALYPSE FOR BEGINNERS by Nicolas Dickner (Vintage), 254 pages, $22 paper. Rating: NNN

Kim Dorland’s new show has an eerie vibe, but this Tree House lightens it up.

paintings, appearing to be one more ghost in a growing collection of spectres Dorland wants to exorcise. Yet his most successful work still takes place in something closer to daylight. Tree House, with its stunning cobalt blue sky, is the strongest painting in the show and the one least preoccupied with things that go bump in the mind’s dark forest. 3 art@nowtoronto.com

MERCER UNION Out Of Print group show; projects: Paul Chan, James Carl, to Feb 26. 1286 Bloor W. 416-536-1519. NICHOLAS METIVIER Painting/mixed media: David Shapiro and Michael Smith, to Jan 29. 451 King W. 416-205-9000. RED HEAD GALLERY Peter Dykhuis, Feb 2-26. Installation: Lynn Christine Kelly, to Jan 29. 401 Richmond W #115. 416-5045654. PENTIMENTO Salon group show, to Feb 27. 1164 Queen E. 416-406-6772. SUSAN HOBBS Sculpture: Robert Wiens, Jan 27-Mar 5, reception 7-9 pm Jan 27. 137 Tecumseth. 416-504-3699. TORONTO FREE GALLERY AIR (Alphabet City Festival), to Feb 26. 1277 Bloor W. 416913-0461. VTAPE Video: Susan Britton, Jan 29-Feb 26, reception/curator’s talk 1-5 pm Jan 29. 401 Richmond W. 416-351-1317. WYNICK/TUCK Painting: Gerald Ferguson and Monica Tap, to Feb 19. 401 Richmond W, #128. 416-504-8716.

obsession can kill you. then again, it can also motivate people to seek new knowledge and get to know the world. Both things are true in Nicolas Dickner’s Apocalypse For Beginners. Teenager Hope Randall comes from a family driven by the idea that the world will end in their lifetime. They each have their own method for predicting the actual date of the apocalypse, and most of the Randalls have some kind of mental breakdown when the date passes and the earth survives. Hope uses science, a passion for ramen and admiration for David Suzuki, among other things, to make her doomsday prediction. Freckled, with fiery red hair, she’s mostly ignored by

THIS WEEK IN THE MUSEUMS ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA Visual Arts

Mississauga, to Feb 26. 300 City Centre (Mississauga). 905-896-5088. ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Installation: Laurel Woodcock, to Jan 30 (Young Gallery, free). Photos: The Grange Prize, to Jan 30. Sculpture/ drawing: Henry Moore, to Feb 6. Inuit Modern, to Feb 13. Savage And Sublime: Animal Prints From The 1700s, to Mar 20. Aesop And Other Fables, to Mar 27. Maharaja: The Splendour Of India’s Royal Courts, to Apr 3 ($22, stu $12.50). Work Notes: Betty Goodwin, to Apr 24. Illustration: Walter Trier, to Apr 25. $18, srs $15, stu $10, under 25 free, free Wed 6-8:30 pm. 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. ART GALLERY OF YORK UNIVERSITY Centre for Incidental Activisms; photos: Gilberto Ante, to Mar 13. Performance/installation: Alex Wolfson and Bojana Stancic, Jan 28-Mar 14, performance 7:30 pm Jan 28-29, to Mar 12. 4700 Keele, Accolade E bldg. 416-736-5169. BATA SHOE MUSEUM 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. BLACKWOOD GALLERY Installation: Thérèse Mastroiacovo, to Mar 6. U of T Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga N (Mississauga). 905-8283789.

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to Mar 27. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-3636121. DORIS McCARTHY GALLERY Inbetween group show, to Feb 20, curator’s tour noon Feb 2. 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007.

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Breaking Boundaries group show, to ñ Jan 30. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-

price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. JUSTINA M. BARNICKE Painting: Ron Terada, to Mar 20. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398. McMICHAEL CANADIAN ART COLLECTION Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution Of The Group Of Seven, to Jan 30. Illustration: Clarence Gagnon, to Feb 27. Traditional Stories: Unikkaaqtuat/Modern Stories: Unikkaat, to May 8. Painting: George McLean, Jan 29-May 22. $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121. MUSEUM OF INUIT ART Sculpture/prints/ drawing from the collection, ongoing. $6, stu/srs $5. 207 Queens Quay W. 416-6037591. OAKVILLE GALLERIES Un-home-ly group show, to Feb 20. Centennial Sq, 120 Navy; Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore E

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READINGS THIS WEEK Thursday, January 27 REX DEVERELL Reading from his plays. 7 pm.

Free. Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park. 416-338-7258.

IAIN REID/ALISON PICK/SHEILA HETI/ZOE WHITTALL Reading. 7 pm. Free. Sneaky Dee’s, 431 College. anansi.ca.

MICHAEL WINTER/LAURIE D GRAHAM/SHANNON MAGUIRE/MATTHEW HARRIS Reading.

7:30 pm. Free. Magpie Tavern, 831 Dundas W. 416-916-6499.

Friday, January 28 ISABELLE SAINT-PIERRE The Montreal slam poet

performs in French. 7:30 pm. Free. Alliance Française, 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2010. TORONTO GRAFFITI Launch. 7-9 pm. Free. Mascot, 1267 Queen W. torontograffiti.ca.

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(Oakville). 905-844-4402.

her peers. She’s definitely a bit strange, but her best friend, Mickey – her only friend, actually – is falling for her big time. Once past high school and facing post-graduation pressures, Hope abandons her pal and flies off to Japan to seek Charles Smith, the bestselling author who’s chosen the same day as she for the end of the world. Dickner, who won the 2010 Canada Reads contest for his novel Nikolski, continues to pursue his themes of how young people connect. Hope is a great character – slightly mad, but smart and compelling – and Dickner brings Tokyo to vivid life in the section tracking her pursuit of the mysterious Smith. Unfortunately,a when Mickey and Hope separate, the story loses some of its emotional drive. But Dickner eventually recovers it, making Apocalpyse a quirky and fun ride.

artist read from their collaborative work, The White Tortoises. Today and tomorrow 3 pm. ree. Loop, 1273 Dundas W. 416-516-2581.

Lodge, 110 the Esplanade. debjlhale@ sympatico.ca. DONALD ZIRALDO Reading from his book Icewine: Extreme Winemaking. $90-$99 (includes dinnner). Rosewater, 19 Toronto. Reserve rosewaterroom.com.

Monday, January 31 ALL-FEMALE POETRY SLAM Competition to

determine the Toronto rep for the Women Of The World Poetry Slam. 8 pm. $5. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. 416-312-3865.

GROWNUPS READ THINGS THEY WROTE AS KIDS Open mic reading. 8 pm. $5. Garrison, 1197 Dundas W. garrisontoronto.com. HAJO MEYER The Auschwitz survivor discusses his book Never Again For Anyone, joined by Gina Csanyi and Alan Sears. 7 pm. $10 or pwyc. Friends House, 60 Lowther. canada@ ijsn.net, neveragainforanyone.com. WHITNEY PORT The designer/reality star signs copies of True Whit: Designing A Life Of Style, Beauty And Fun. 7 pm. Free. Indigo Eaton Centre, 220 Yonge. chapters.indigo.ca.

ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Institute for Tuesday, February 1 Contemporary Culture: painting/sculpñ KIM ECHLIN/DEVYANI SALTZMAN/JOSÉ PICK Reading from her novel Far ture: El Anatsui, to Feb 27. Position As DeLATOUR Reading. 1-2:30 pm. Free. Nichoñ To Go. 2 pm. Free. Locke Library, 3083 ñALISON sired/Exploring African Canadian Identity: las Hoare Books, 45 Front E. Pre-register 416Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

Photographs From The Wedge Collection, to Mar 27. Ragmala: Garland Of Melodies, to Mar 20. Fryderyk Chopin & The Romantic Piano, to Mar 27. Playful Pursuits: Chinese Traditional Toys And Games, to May 13. Painting: Jane Ash Poitras, to Sep 1. $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 Sculpture: Kai Chan, to May 1. Drawing With Scissors: Molas From Kuna Yala, to Feb 13. Beauty Born Of Use: The Fibre Rain Cape, to May 1. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ART CENTRE University College Collection; North Korean Images At Utopia’s Edge, to Mar 19. 15 King’s College Circle. 416-978-1838. VARLEY ART GALLERY Sculpture: Kai Chan, to Jan 30. $5, stu/srs $4. 216 Main. 905-4779511. 3

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when vikram jayanti got word that the BBC was looking to commission a documentary about Phil Spector’s murder trial, he knew he had to be the one to make it. “I sort of specialize in films about geniuses in trouble,” Jayanti explains from his Los Angeles home. “Some people call it my American Monsters series.” A few months before the trial

began in 2007, Jayanti sent Spector a letter requesting an interview. Spector, who’d seen some of Jayanti’s documentaries, invited him over. The result is The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Phil Spector, a sort of subjective deposition in which Jayanti lets the legendary Wall of Sound producer tell his life story as he perceives it. “I realized that I wanted just to let Phil be Phil,” Jayanti says. “I figured all the negatives would be taken care of by the prosecution in the trial, which I knew I was gonna use. I just thought, ‘How would someone like him want to be heard? What would he say?’ I didn’t challenge him on some of the sort of slightly out-there

stuff he said, because I wasn’t looking to prove him wrong or anything. I wanted to find out what was inside him.” What’s inside Spector turns out to be a megalomaniac with a massive persecution complex. The documentary alternates his self-serving stories about his career with footage from the trial, backed by his indelible pop songs. “I would watch Phil [during the trial],” Jayanti says, “and I kept thinking, ‘He’s not really here. He’s listening to his greatest hits in his head, thinking, ‘Don’t they know who I am?’ I wanted to get that into the film, the sense that these songs are

running through his head while the trial is progressing.” Spector’s head seems like a fairly noisy place. His anecdotes are selfaggrandizing and full of attacks on people he’s convinced have wronged him (Tony Bennett is a frequent, inexplicable target), painting a picture of a man who can never be happy with his own success. “What’s interesting to me is that he’s not comfortable with feeling he’s earned it,” Jayanti says. “He has to feel that everyone disrespects him. He’s a guy who will endlessly feel hard done by, and unfortunately that has fuelled the sort of behaviour that makes it self-fulfilling.” That behaviour – indulged by sycophants and hangers-on over the decades – also leads directly to Lana Clarkson, the woman found dead of a gunshot wound in Spector’s hallway on the morning of February 3, 2003. “We think of artists and we think of geniuses as rather specialized types of human beings,” Jayanti says. “We make allowances for them that we don’t make for, say, the mailman. I think Phil was sitting in court thinking, ‘Wait, I wrote You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling. So what are these people talking about?’” The first prosecution ended in a mistrial; the documentary ends with a text screen explaining that Spector was convicted of second-degree murder in a 2009 retrial and sentenced to 19 years to life. I have to ask Jayanti what he thinks of the result. Does he think Spector killed Clarkson, or was it a terrible accident, as Spector claims? “My personal, visceral response,” he says, choosing his words carefully, “is that I couldn’t stop seeing the terribly damaged little boy who was driven to try to make things right for himself by making sublime music that gave the soundtrack to a generation. But I think that night is the great Hollywood Babylon story. For all my compassion for him, what happened that night wouldn’t have happened anywhere else but in his house.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com

MOVIE REVIEW THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF PHIL SPECTOR (Vikram Jayanti) Rating: NNN How do you make a documentary about the murder charge that ended Phil Spector’s legendary career without passing judgment on his guilt or innocence? Vikram Jayanti does just that, letting Spector speak directly to the camera and intercutting the producer’s self-aggrandizing, paranoid stories with footage from his first trial, with Spector’s pop hits serving as the trial’s soundtrack. It’s a deliberately frustrating tactic, since Jayanti chooses not to call Spector on any of his obviously delusional tales of personal grudges and professional slights (he even lets Spector get away with his claim that his famous wigs are his own meticulously teased hair), and that’s sure to infuriate anyone hoping for a straight-up look at either Spector’s career or his murder trials. I can’t fully dismiss it, though, because Jayanti does for Spector what James Toback does for Mike Tyson in his doc Tyson: peels back layer after layer of privilege and disconnection to reveal the self-deluded man within. Spector may be a paranoid loon with blood on his hands, but he’s also a fascinating, tragic case study in splendid isolation. I love his music, NW and I couldn’t look away.

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Oscar’s usual suspects, with some surprises By GLENN SUMI take that, golden globes. after being completely shut out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Coen brothers and True Grit, their fine remake of the John Wayne western, got lots of Oscar love last Tuesday, winning 10 nominations including deserving nods for best picture, director, adapted screenplay, lead actor (Jeff Bridges) and, although it’s really a lead performance, supporting actress (Hailee Steinfeld). It, along with The King’s Speech (12 nominations), The Social Network (8) and Black Swan (5), were the predictable names on the list. Canadians can all breathe a little easier now that Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies has made the cut for best foreign-language picture – although come February 27 it may have a tough time beating Biutiful, which also scored a surprise nomination for actor Javier Bardem. (Looks like Julia Roberts’s campaign for her Eat Pray Love co-star paid off.) Golden Globewinner Paul Giamatti didn’t get a best-actor nomination for the Canuck-made Barney’s Version, but the film did get a nod for best makeup, which, come to think of it, was one of the most convin-

cing things about the movie. The biggest overall Oscar surprise was the strong showing by Winter’s Bone, a quiet, intense picture about poverty in the Ozarks released way back in June. Lead actress Jennifer Lawrence’s nomination was pretty much a given, but nominations for picture, supporting actor John Hawkes and adapted screenplay were unexpected. Not that any of them will win. It was good to see Mark Ruffalo and Oscar co-host James Franco score first-time nominations, the former for his charming supporting turn as a sperm donor in The Kids Are All Right, the latter as mountain climber Aron Ralston in 127 Hours. There were some disappointments in the director category. Best-picture nominees 127 Hours and Inception are completely director-driven vehicles, but neither Danny Boyle nor Christopher Nolan got any credit. Strangely, Nolan’s Inception, with its bravura cutting between three or four storylines, missed out on an editing nomination, yet The King’s Speech got one. I’m also disappointed

The Mechanic directed by Simon

that none of the supporting actors from The Social Network – Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake or Armie Hammer – got noticed for their work. Garfield was the obvious pick, but JT was campaigning awfully hard to have the “Oscar-nominated…” tag before his name. Speaking of supporting actors, it was also sad not to see Matt Damon’s turn in True Grit acknowledged. His great timing adds a lot of comic relief to the film. On the subject of comedy and relief, let’s all be grateful that the Golden Globe-nominated Burlesque was completely shut out, even in the bestsong category. On the plus side, that means no Cher or Xtina performance; on the minus side, it means no Cher red-carpet roadkill moment. For a complete list of nominees, see nowtoronto.com/daily. 3 glenns@nowtoronto.com

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West, written by Richard Wenk and Lewis John Carlino from a story by Carlino, with Jason Statham, Ben Foster and Donald Sutherland. An Alliance Films release. 92 minutes. Opens Friday (January 28). For venues and times, see Movies, page 58. Rating: nnnn

jason statham doesn’t stretch much as an actor. He doesn’t have to. His taciturn delivery and bullet-headed intensity make him the perfect star for the current amped-up trend in action movies. He’s a guy who gets the job done with ruthless efficiency, stopping to do the right thing only when he absolutely has to. In movies like the Transporter trilogy, The Bank Job, the two Cranks and that remake of Death Race, Statham has refined this persona down to a nub. Now all we have to do is see him walk into a room in that coiled, predatory manner to know everything about him. He’s so focused, he negates the need for exposition. A remake of Michael Winner’s 1972 actioner, which starred Charles Bronson and Jan-Michael Vincent, The Mechanic finds Statham squarely in his comfort zone, playing a no-bullshit assassin who helps a hotheaded youngster (Ben Foster) get over his

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father’s death by taking him on as his apprentice. What the hit man somehow neglects to mention is the fact that he killed the kid’s father. Eventually that’s going to be a problem, but the movie takes its time getting there, spacing out the assignments to let its characters develop. The action sequences are nicely done, but they’re not the point of the film; the movie’s real interest lies in the way Statham and Foster negotiate one another as men. Simon West’s filmography includes the gleeful Con Air and the godawful General’s Daughter, but he’s working here at a slower boil than usual, trusting his actors to carry their scenes without anything blowing up in the background. Statham comports himself admirably, and Foster continues to develop that damaged-cherub thing he did in The Messenger. I wish the script had been a little more finely tuned, though, and that Richard Wenk had found a way around a certain plot point that downshifts The Mechanic from unpredictable thriller to generic actioner in the final reel. It doesn’t ruin the movie, but it’s unnecessary – and the story’s themes of guilt and responsibility would have been much more interesting without it. 3

The Rite

(D: Mikael Håfström, 127 min) After 2010’s The Last Exorcism, movies about demonic possession are hot again. The Rite, about an exorcism school, stars serious actors like Anthony Hopkins, Ciarán Hinds and Toby Jones, who will all add gravitas while heads spin and mouths spew vomit. Opens Friday (January 28). Screened after press time – see review January 28 at nowtoronto.com/movies.

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Casino JaCk (George Hickenlooper). 108 minutes. Opens Friday (January 28). For venues and times, see Movies, page 58. Rating: nnn

Once you get past the clichés, the un fortunate screenplay with its depen dence on expository dialogue and even some of the lesser performances, Casino Jack is a lot of fun. The late George Hickenlooper’s final film sticks close to the facts to recount how Washington power lobbyist Jack Abramoff (an indelible Kevin Spacey) bribed politicians, scammed native Americans and finally got caught with millions of other people’s dollars. He’s aided by a part ner (Barry Pepper) who wags his tail at money and the women it affords, and a greasylooking mattress salesman (Jon Lovitz in the best thing he’s done in years) who becomes frontman to Abramoff’s far from legitimate casino business. Casino Jack is no Thank You For Smoking, which was a more pointed satire about lobbying on Capitol Hill. But it seems to have enough on its plate just trying to keep a bombastic, scattershot and largerthanlife figure like Abramoff contained within the frame. The film ends up being just as eager to entertain as its main charac ter, lobbying for laughs and distracting from the point at hand. Hickenlooper does an adequate job detailing how currency moves in Washington. But, really, we’re just here to watch Spacey overact and throw down some of his finest tantrums since American Beauty.

The second film in the Royal’s mini festival of new Greek cinema, Giorgos Lanthimos’s Dogtooth arrives with an improbable Oscar nomination for best foreignlanguage film. It doesn’t have a chance of winning – it’s just so damn weird – but it’s amazing that the Academy would even con sider something this bizarre and idio syncratic for the honour. The movie is set almost entirely in the remote home of a Greek family, where – for no articulated reason – a couple (Christos Stergioglou and Michele Valley) have decided to raise their three children in neartotal ig norance of the outside world. Now in their late teens, the kids believe that

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house cats are flesheating monsters, airplanes are toys zooming just out of reach overhead and the words “sea” and “telephone” refer to a type of armchair and a salt shaker respective ly. It’s not a perfect existence. Re pressed rage has a way of bursting out – the eldest daughter (Aggeliki Papoulia) reacts to a squabble with her brother (Hristos Passalis) by slash ing him with a butcher knife – and there’s also the matter of the boy’s sexual desires, which his father tries to quell by bringing in a willing secur ity guard (Anna Kalaitzidou) to sleep with him. But when she starts as serting her power over the daughters – and trading videotapes of 1980s blockbusters for intimate services – she sows the seeds of the household’s destruction. Lanthimos presents all of this in a series of flat, visually monotonous tableaux. Any metaphor or theme is left for us to divine. It plays as a cau tionary tale of helicopter parenting

Aggeliki Papoulia (left) and Mary Tsoni sink their teeth into Oscar-nominated Dogtooth.

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This ﬁlm about King George VI’s stammer leads the Academy Awards nominations with 12, including one for Helena Bonham Carter, who plays the future Queen Mum.

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Movie listings are comprehensive and organized alphabetically. Listings include name of ﬁlm, director’s name in brackets, a review, running time and a rating. Reviews are by Norman Wilner (NW), Susan G. Cole (SGC), Glenn Sumi (GS), Andrew Dowler (AD) and Radheyan Simonpillai (RS) unless otherwise speciﬁed. The rating system is as follows: NNNNN Top 10 of the year NNNN Honourable mention NNN Entertaining NN Mediocre N Bomb

Ñ= Critics’ pick (highly recommended) Movie theatres are listed at the end and can be cross-referenced to our ﬁlm times on page 62. THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF PHIL SPECTOR (Vikram Jayanti) 102 min. See

interview and review, page 54. NNN (NW) Opens Jan 27 at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

ANIMAL KINGDOM (David Michôd) is an engaging but inconsistent Melbourne gangster drama whose most intense exchanges take place in the Ma Barker-style family’s living room. Michôd handles high drama and sudden shootouts like a pro, but loses confidence when his plot runs thin. 112 min. NN (RS) Carlton Cinema

Queen in a star-making production of Swan Lake at Lincoln Center. It’s a rich, weird experience – and a little over the top, which is the only way to make a movie this ambitious and impassioned. 110 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

BLUE VALENTINE (Derek Cianfrance) charts the beginning and end of a marriage in heartbreaking detail. Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams deliver superb, natural performances as the endearing yet rougharound-the-edges couple who long ago seemed perfect for each other but can now barely carry on a conversation without breaking a few things. Cianfrance’s film often feels overly schematic. Its tidy time-jumping structure doesn’t do justice to the messiness of the characters’ lives and clouds their spontaneous relationship with a pervading mood of inevitability. Still, it’s a beautiful romance filled with so many intimate and wistful moments – look out for Williams’s tap dance – that even though you know it will end, you still can’t help but hope otherwise. 120 min. NNN (RS) Canada Square, Colossus, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

ñBREATHLESS

(Yang Ik-joon) finds writer/director/star Yang telling a strong story with sharply rendered charANOTHER YEAR (Mike Leigh) is the acters, played out against an entirely unkind of film that makes you want to sentimental portrayal of a society seethgo out and hug old people. Tom and Gerri ing with violence. Starring as a thuggish (Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen) are that debt collector whose surrare happy couple in ly world view is shaped their twilight years by a history of domestic who routinely invite EXPANDED REVIEWS violence, he’s matched less fortunate friends nowtoronto.com step for step by Kim Kotand family over for bi as an equally damaged dinner, tea and occastudent. As they navigate their separate sionally a lot of wine. If Leigh’s film feels lives – which turn out to be interwoven in unhurried, plotless and schematic, well, more ways than they know – Yang steers that’s kind of the point. During these nathis movie toward a grim finale that’s no uralistic and rudimentary proceedings, less powerful for its predictability. Somethere are dramatic moments when minor times, a formula plot is exactly what discomforts and awkwardness, and even drama requires. Subtitled. 130 min. NNNN manifestations of class consciousness, (NW) threaten the couple’s strictly sustained Carlton Cinema pleasantness. As the conflicted and notably less educated friend who might make BURLESQUE (Steve Antin) cribs from any the wheels fall off life’s cycle, Lesley Mannumber of trashy pictures about showbiz, ville delivers an awards-calibre performbut it’s not nearly as much fun as Showance masking pain and vulnerability with girls. A small-town entertainer (Christina drunken eccentricity. 130 min. NNNN (RS) Aguilera) tries to make it as a dancer/singGrande - Yonge, Varsity er in a nightclub, but first she must win

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BARNEY’S VERSION (Richard J. Lewis) is simultaneously ambitious and pedestrian, a radically simplified adaptation of Mordecai Richler’s final novel looking back at the life and loves of a deteriorating Montreal television producer (Paul Giamatti). It’s serviceable, though it sacrifices the complexity of Richler’s novel (and any subtlety in Giamatti’s performance) in order to cram as many characters and incidents as possible into its two-plus hours. 132 min. NNN (NW) Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity

ñBLACK SWAN

(Darren Aronofsky) is a deliriously operatic tale of a ballerina (Natalie Portman) who starts to lose her mind when she wins the role of the Swan

over the club’s owner (Cher), even as the place is going under. The silly plot is really an excuse to stage repetitive Broadwaystyle numbers that are more fun to watch than listen to. 100 min. NN (GS) Interchange 30

CARLOS (Olivier Assayas) covers some 20

years in the career of the Venezuelan-born terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal (played bluntly by Domino’s Edgar Ramírez) as he criss-crosses Europe and the Middle East, lobbing grenades, taking hostages and trying to blow up airplanes for the Palestinian cause – always making sure the newspapers know what he’s doing. Produced for French TV as a threepart miniseries, Assayas’s ambitious biography features some spectacular filmmaking and well-considered performances. But screened as a five-and-a-halfhour theatrical presentation, the top-heavy construction and exhausting

min. See review, page 57. NNN (RS) Opens Jan 28 at Cumberland 4.

CHASING LEGENDS is a high-def sports

documentary about the Tour de France. 95 min. Feb 2 at Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER (Michael Apted)

finds the two youngest Pevensie siblings (Skandar Keynes and Georgie Henley) whisked – along with their obnoxious cousin (Will Poulter) – to the oceans of Narnia, joining King Caspian (Ben Barnes) in a quest to find some missing lords and restore balance to his magical land. That is, until the movie drops all pretence of entertainment and turns into Walden Media’s creepiest proselytization yet. 112 min. NN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

THE COMPANY MEN (John Wells) stars Ben

Affleck as Bobby, a cocky exec whose comfy life is upended when he’s downsized from his Boston firm. Intent on keeping up appearances, he believes he’ll find another job quickly, but soon his savings run out, his wife (Rosemarie DeWitt) takes up her old job, and he’s forced to work for her brother’s (Kevin Costner) construction company to feed the family. Meanwhile, his superiors at the firm, including Chris Cooper’s middle-aged manager, get their pink slips as well, while company bigwigs Tommy Lee Jones and Craig T. Nelson argue over whether they should be serving the shareholders or the employees. There’s lots of potential in this recessionary tale, but writer and first-time filmmaker Wells oversimplifies everything, reducing Nelson’s CEO to a one-note villain and romanticizing both the salt-ofthe-earth people Bobby meets at his job retraining centre and the glories of bluecollar work. The acting is okay but there’s little originality, except in a brief subplot involving an affair between Jones and the corp’s executioner (Maria Bello). 115 min. NN (GS) Canada Square, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

COUNTRY STRONG (Shana Feste) stars

Gwyneth Paltrow as a country singer who’s trying to make a comeback after being sprung from rehab – too soon – by her manager husband (Tim McGraw). Writer/director Feste pushes every button possible, but the thing remains emotionally empty. That’s because we get no idea why Kelly was driven to drink in the first place. 117 min. NN (SGC) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge

THE DILEMMA (Ron Howard) marks the

latest step in Howard’s attempt to recapture his past glory as a populist filmmaker, and apparently that involves making a terrible Vince Vaughn comedy. Only it’s not exactly a comedy. Vaughn’s character finds out that the wife (Winona Ryder) of his best friend and business partner (Kevin James) is having an affair and twists himself into knots trying to decide whether to spill the beans. Howard keeps trying to play the sitcommy premise for something approaching drama. But no one’s told Vaughn, who sticks to his usual motormouth-hustler thing, or Jennifer Connelly, who brings an inappropriate gravity to the thankless role of Vaughn’s girlfriend. There is exactly one laugh. It involves a dead fish. 111 min. N (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30,

but the emotional depth winds up pushing against the broader nature of the increasingly cartoonish plot. 95 min. NNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Interchange 30

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EVANGELION: 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE is a screening of the sequel to

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS (Rob Letterman) is a

the hugely successful anime feature, a story about a teen who battles increasingly difficult elements to save the universe. 109 min. Canada Square

THE FIGHTER (David O. Russell) is the story of working-class Massachusetts boxer Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg, who toils in the shadow of his older brother Dicky (Christian Bale), a former fighter who’s since spiralled into crack addiction. It’s is an underdog story that plays out just like Rocky, only in this version Adrian has an outgoing personality and Paulie is on the pipe. 115 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Cumberland 4, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

THE GREEN HORNET (Michel Gondry) finds

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(Giorgos Lanthimos) 97 min. See review, page 57. NNNN

Opens Jan 28 at Royal (see Indie & Rep Film, page 65).

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 L.A. Downey gives a great performance,

Gondry and writer/star Seth Rogen collaborating on a big-budget update of a character best known from a 1960s TV series starring Van Williams as playboy avenger Britt Reid and Bruce Lee as his versatile sidekick, Kato. Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s script reimagines Reid as a wealthier version of Rogen’s usual chatty dolt. Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou mostly projects impatience as the hyper-capable Kato, who handles the fighting and driving duties while Reid throws out wisecracks in the passenger seat. The opening sequence, which introduces Christoph Waltz as an eccentric crime lord, belongs in a far sharper picture, and the film’s climax is built around a novel, thoroughly Gondryesque idea – though it’s preceded by one of the sloppiest car chases in memory, made even worse by the added darkness imposed by the 3-D conversion process. 118 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres

modern adaptation that completely departs from Jonathan Swift’s classic novel. Gulliver, a loud mailroom slacker at a Manhattan newspaper, finds himself magically transported to Lilliput, a land with bite-sized people who seem straight from the Georgian era. Black’s typical shtick isn’t funny, but the movie has some choice gags and a hilarious supporting cast. 85 min. NNN (RS) Courtney Park 16, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga

POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1 ñHARRY

(David Yates) is nearly two and a half hours long, doesn’t have an ending and introduces characters and situations that won’t pay off until the second half reaches theatres next summer – and none of that matters. This is the most satisfying and confident Harry Potter movie yet. 146 min. NNNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

marvel of anthropomorphism.) And like Triplets, what appears to be a modest little entertainment ends on a piercing note of emotional honesty – though in this case at least some of the credit must go to Tati. 80 min. NNNN (NW) Cumberland 4, Grande - Yonge

ñINCENDIES

(Denis Villeneuve) is based on Wajdi Mouawad’s Scorched, one of the most powerful plays of recent years. Director Villeneuve’s (Polytechnique) adaptation does the epic story justice, even if it inevitably loses a bit in translation. Sometimes the suggestion of an event onstage – especially something violent – will haunt your imagination more than seeing it played out realistically. The multi-layered mystery is set both in Canada and somewhere in the Middle East. At the reading of their mother, Nawal’s, will, twins Simon (Maxim Gaudette) and Jeanne (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin) are asked to find a brother continued on page 60 œ

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HOW DO YOU KNOW (James L. Brooks) follows the fortunes of two very nice young people (Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd) as they cope with major life changes. It’s presented as a fluffy romantic comedy, but Witherspoon and Rudd are trying to play real people with real problems, and for their efforts they’ve been locked in an indifferently shot, awkwardly paced Very Special Episode of Friends. 116 min. NN (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20

ñTHE ILLUSIONIST

(Sylvain Chomet) finds the creator of The Triplets Of Belleville turning an unproduced script by Jacques Tati into a marvellously dry, rewardingly subtle comedy about an aging French stage magician who befriends a Scottish village girl and takes her with him to a performance in the big city. As in Triplets, dialogue is minimal; the characters’ exquisite faces do most of the storytelling. (The magician’s rabbit is a tiny

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farmer (Brenda Blethyn), who, in the wake of the 2005 tube bombings, goes to London to find her daughter Jane. When a Muslim African (Sotigui Kouyaté) seeking his estranged son Ali tells her that their two children are connected, she reacts with fear and suspicion. The script, cowritten by French Algerian director Bouchareb, is a savvy meditation on racism and the tendency of parents to think the worst. Blethyn is superb as the mother repelled by the idea that her daughter might love a Muslim. And INSIDE JOB Kouyaté, whose emotions (Charles Ferrun deep, is a deserving EXPANDED REVIEWS guson) takes a very winner of the best actor nowtoronto.com complex subject – prize at the 2009 Berlin the story of the Festival. This small film global economic coltakes its time. But in this case, small is lapse triggered by the 2008 failure of sevbeautiful. Some subtitles. 86 min. NNNN eral American financial institutions – and (SGC) explains it in terms so easily understood TIFF Bell Lightbox that if you’re not furious by the time you LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (Edward Zwick) leave the theatre, you were probably starwants to be a frothy romantic comedy ing at the floor with your fingers in your about a Pfizer pharmaceutical rep (Jake ears. Which a number of U.S. economists, Gyllenhaal) who falls into a no-strings lobbyists and politicians would apprecisexual relationship with a doe-eyed ate. 108 min. NNNN (NW) Parkinson’s patient (Anne Hathaway). But Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kingsway it just tries so damn hard to win you over Theatre, Mt Pleasant, Regent Theatre that it’s exhausting. 113 min. NN (NW) THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (Lisa Cholodenko) Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Scotiais a feeble comedy about lesbian couple bank Theatre Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne MADE IN DAGENHAM (Nigel Cole) is a Moore), whose two children want to meet feminist crowd-pleaser from the director their sperm donor. Enter Paul (Mark Rufof Calendar Girls that tracks female workfalo), who’s attracted to Jules. The plot is ers, led by Rita O’Grady (an excellent Sally ridiculous. Bening, however, is terrific. 104 Hawkins), striking for equal pay at a UK min. NN (SGC) Ford plant. It presses the women’s solidarCarlton Cinema ity button almost too hard, but there’s THE KING’S SPEECH (Tom Hooper) some great writing, and the period detail turns the relationship between the is exquisite. 113 min. NNN (SGC) stammering prince who would become Canada Square, Interchange 30, Kingsway George VI (Colin Firth) and his expat Theatre Australian speech trainer (Geoffrey Rush) MARWENCOL (Jeff Malmberg) is a into a charming little period piece. Direcdocumentary about outsider artist tor Hooper uses inventive staging and Mark Hogancamp, who’s constructed an surprising visual choices to goose the elaborate scale-model world in his backstraightforward material and brings out yard as a way to cope with the afterthe best in Firth, Rush and co-star Helena effects of a brutal beating that left him Bonham Carter. 118 min. NNNN (NW) with a brain injury and memory loss. 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, When Hogancamp’s dynamic photoColossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town graphs of Marwencol come to the attenCentre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, tion of a Greenwich Village art gallery, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Raineverything changes – and director bow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Malmberg probes still deeper into his SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, subject’s complicated, wounded soul. It’s SilverCity Yonge, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas absolutely thrilling to watch the camera 24 push Hogancamp closer and closer to conLITTLE FOCKERS (Paul Weitz) arrives six fronting some elements of himself that he years after Meet The Fockers for more obviously doesn’t want to discuss, and predictable in-law-from-hell hijinks. Now what happens after that is even more raising five-year-old twins with his wife amazing. This is one of the best movies Pam (Teri Polo), Gaylord “Greg” Focker you’ll see all year; please don’t let anyone (Ben Stiller) once again raises the suspiruin it for you. 83 min. NNNNN (NW) cions of Pam’s dad, retired CIA agent Jack Regent Theatre (Robert De Niro), who’s come for the THE MECHANIC (Simon West) 92 twins’ birthday party. Various storylines min. See review, page 56. NNNN about an erectile dysfunction pill, a sexy (NW) drug rep (Jessica Alba) and Pam’s ex Opens Jan 28 at 401 & Morningside, Beach (Owen Wilson) clumsily intersect, creating Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, some funny moments. The actors are fine Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, enough – Stiller makes a great straight Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande man, and Wilson takes his airhead act to a - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensblissful new level – but the script is a way, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity mess. The writers set up situations that Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity never pay off, including a preschool run by Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale. a hyperactive Laura Dern and a bad contractor situation that reunites De Niro NO STRINGS ATTACHED (Ivan Reitman) with his Taxi Driver/Mean Streets co-star wrangles some appealing actors, gives Harvey Keitel. Director Weitz doesn’t them some potentially entertaining know what to do with them, which is things to do and proceeds to play everysimply Focked up. 98 min. NN (GS) thing out well beyond the point of ex401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Colihaustion. Elizabeth Meriwether’s screenseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, play is a novel reversal of When Harry Met Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Sally…, with Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Portman refusing to let their feelings get Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy in the way of their boinking. But MeriCommons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodwether hasn’t bothered to give her bine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity characters the intellectual and emotional Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale synchronicity that made Nora Ephron’s evolving love story so endearing. For a LONDON RIVER (Rachid Bouchareb) movie about people who have a great deal follows a small-minded Guernsey they didn’t know they had and a father they have long believed dead. Their individual journeys are interwoven with flash backs to Nawal’s (Lubna Azabal) harrowing experiences as a student activist, prisoner and survivor. Villeneuve’s control over the material, André Turpin’s vivid cinematography, and committed performances make this modern-day Greek tragedy feel timeless. Subtitled. 130 min. NNNN (GS) Grande - Yonge, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Varsity

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of sex, this is awfully frustrating. 110 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

ñNOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT

(Patricio Guzmán) looks at the intersection of astronomy and archaeology in Chile’s remote Atacama desert. It can make you swoon at a glorious high-definition image that seems to be a desert landscape, and turn that awe to horror as you understand what you’re really seeing. It can make you feel the haunted sorrow of a 70-year-old woman who’s been searching for her vanished husband for half her life. And it can make you wonder at the idea that the mysteries of outer space might be a convenient distraction for a nation terrified, even now, to cast its gaze inward. What an exhilarating, wonderful, invaluable piece of work. Subtitled. 90 min. NNNNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

ñ127 HOURS

(Danny Boyle) tells the story of Aron Ralston (James Franco), who spent the eponymous span of time trapped under a boulder in a Utah canyon before hitting on a particularly horrible solution. Franco is terrific as a guy with a powerful will to live. And yes, the climax is exactly as gruelling as you’ve heard. 93 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Courtney Park 16, Cumberland 4, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (Tod Williams) sticks reasonably close to the elements that made the original so effective, and feels like a genuine companion piece to the first picture. It’s still scary, but the scares seem more predictable. 91 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30

ñRABBIT HOLE

(John Cameron Mitchell) tracks bereaved parents Becca and Howie in a moving meditation on grief. Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart are sensational, as is Dianne Wiest as Kidman’s mother. 91 min. NNNN (SGC) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20

THE RITE (Mikael Håfström) 127 min. See Also Opening, page 56. Opens Jan 28 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale. SEASON OF THE WITCH (Dominic Sena) should offer considerably more entertainment value, given that it stars Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman as world-weary Crusaders delivering an accused witch (Claire Foy) to trial. But this particular project is one dull slog through a series of medieval clichés. 94 min. N (NW) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñTHE SOCIAL NETWORK

(David Fincher) turns the nuts and bolts of the 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. It’s tremendously entertaining, an endlessly clever creation myth produced with immense skill and peppered with great one-liners. 122 min. NNNNN (NW) Canada Square, Cumberland 4, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30,

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MP_Biutiful_NOWad:Layout 1 12/01/11 9:33 AM Page 1 Kevin (Jeff Bridges) and his estranged son Sam (Garrett Hedlund) feel very analog. When they aren’t involved in light cycle chases or flinging shiny frisbees around, they deliver the kind of stilted dialogue that belongs in the original TRON. 125 min. NN (RS) Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

ñTRUE GRIT

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SOMEWHERE (Sofia Coppola) finds

the director of Lost In Translation returning to familiar territory, examining the loneliness of superstars from the perspective of a jaded Hollywood actor (Stephen Dorff) trying to reconnect with his young daughter (Elle Fanning) when her mother leaves her in his care. But there’s more to Coppola’s movie than showing us what it’s like to run into Benicio Del Toro at the Chateau Marmont; it’s a measured, thoughtful and ultimately moving study of a lost soul trying to reassess his priorities because he likes his kid and there’s nothing good on TV. 97 min. NNNN (NW) Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Varsity

ñTANGLED

(Nathan Greno, Byron Howard) is a fleet, fun and splendidly realized digital fantasy designed to look like a Disneyland attraction come to life. The best performance is delivered by the animators of Maximus, a guardsman’s horse clearly modelled on Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive – but funnier, obviously, because he’s a horse. 101 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

THE TOURIST (Florian von Donnersmarck) finds the Oscar-winning director of The Lives Of Others going Hollywood by making a generic studio picture that feels 40 years past its sell-by date. Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp look great but have no chemistry. They somehow negate one another in the frame, leaving us stuck with paper-thin characters and a movie that has no idea where it’s going or how to get there in an entertaining fashion. 103 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview

(Joel Coen, Ethan Coen) is a lot of things, but quaint isn’t one of them. It’s mean as a snake, and has no illusions about the Glorious West. There’s a grave seriousness at the movie’s heart – it’s a story about the harshness of death, and the illusory promise of revenge and redemption. And if Jeff Bridges does end up snatching another Oscar away from Colin Firth this year, no one could possibly hold it against him. 109 min. NNNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

UNSTOPPABLE (Tony Scott) sends Denzel Washington and Chris Pine after a runaway train speeding out of control toward an elevated 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. 98 min. NN (NW) Interchange 30

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(Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim) tracks Brazil’s prime artistic export, Vik Muniz, who collaborates with garbage pickers to create astonishing pieces and changes his subjects’ sense of themselves. Except that

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ANIMAL KINGDOM (14A) Fri-Wed 1:20, 7:10 BREATHLESS Thu 1:15, 4:00, 6:50, 9:35 COUNTRY STRONG (PG) Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:00, 6:50, 9:35 THE DILEMMA (PG) Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:15, 7:15, 9:20 THE GREEN HORNET (PG) 1:45, 4:05, 6:40, 9:10 INSIDE JOB (PG) 1:30, 4:35, 6:55, 9:25 THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (18A) 1:25, 3:55, 7:20, 9:45 LITTLE FOCKERS (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:15, 7:15, 9:20 NO STRINGS ATTACHED (14A) 1:50, 4:30, 6:45, 9:05 RABBIT HOLE (14A) 2:00, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 THE RITE Fri-Wed 1:55, 4:10, 7:00, 9:15 THE TOURIST (PG) Thu 1:55, 4:10, 7:00, 9:15 YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER (PG) 4:25, 9:30 Thu 1:20 mat, 7:10

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

BARNEY’S VERSION (14A) Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:30, 6:55, 9:40 THE DILEMMA (PG) Thu 12:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 THE FIGHTER (14A) Thu 1:15, 3:55, 6:55, 9:25 Fri-Wed 1:15, 7:00 THE GREEN HORNET (PG) 12:30, 4:05, 6:45, 9:15 Thu 11:35 late Fri-Sat 11:30 late THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) 12:35, 3:50, 6:40, 9:10 NO STRINGS ATTACHED (14A) Thu 3:45, 7:10, 9:35 Fri-Sat 1:05, 3:45, 7:10, 9:35, 11:45 Sun-Wed 1:05, 3:45, 7:10, 9:35 THE RITE 12:50, 4:15, 6:50, 9:20 Fri-Sat 11:35 late TRUE GRIT (14A) Thu 12:50, 3:30, 6:50, 9:20, 11:25 Fri-Wed 3:55, 9:30

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

BARNEY’S VERSION (14A) Thu 12:30 3:30 6:30 9:30 FriWed 12:30, 3:20, 6:10, 9:10 BLUE VALENTINE Thu 12:30, 1:50, 3:10, 4:30, 6:20, 7:10, 9:00, 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER 3D (PG) Thu 12:40, 3:20, 6:00, 8:50 FriSat 12:40, 3:15, 6:00, 8:45 Sun 12:40, 3:15 Mon-Wed 12:40,

3:15, 6:00, 8:40 COUNTRY STRONG (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:40, 10:00 THE FIGHTER (14A) Thu 1:15 4:20 6:50 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 6:50, 9:40 LITTLE FOCKERS (PG) Thu 1:20, 3:45, 6:10, 8:40 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) Thu 1:10, 3:50, 6:40, 9:15 THE MECHANIC Fri-Wed 1:50, 2:30, 4:30, 5:10, 7:10, 7:50, 9:40, 10:30 NO STRINGS ATTACHED (14A) Thu 1:30 2:10 4:10 5:00 6:45 7:40 9:20 10:20 Fri-Wed 1:20, 2:15, 4:20, 5:20, 6:40, 7:40, 9:20, 10:15 127 HOURS (14A) Thu 3:00, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:50 THE RITE Fri-Wed 1:30, 2:00, 4:10, 4:45, 6:45, 7:30, 9:30, 10:20 THE TOURIST (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:50, 7:20, 9:45 Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:50, 6:15, 8:50 TRON: LEGACY 3D (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 TRON: LEGACY: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 WWE ROYAL RUMBLE - 2011 Sun 8:00

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

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

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3:50, 4:50, 5:30, 7:20, 8:10, 9:20, 10:00, 10:50 THE GREEN HORNET 3D (PG) Thu 1:30, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 Fri, Wed 1:45, 3:15, 4:00, 4:30, 6:00, 7:00, 7:30, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15 Sat-Sun 10:45, 12:30, 1:15, 1:45, 3:15, 4:00, 4:30, 6:00, 7:00, 7:30, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15 Mon 1:45, 3:15, 4:30, 6:00, 7:00, 7:30, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15 Tue 1:45, 3:15, 4:30, 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15 THE GREEN HORNET: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:45, 8:00, 10:45 Fri, Mon-Tue 2:15, 5:00, 8:00, 10:45 Sat-Sun 11:00, 2:15, 5:00, 8:00, 10:45 Wed 2:15, 10:45 THE GREEN HORNET (PG) Thu 2:45, 6:00, 9:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:20, 5:15, 8:00, 10:50 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:20, 5:15, 8:00, 10:50 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1 (PG) Thu 2:15, 5:30, 8:45 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 2:35, 5:45, 9:00 Sun 10:50, 2:35, 5:45, 9:00 THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) Thu 1:45, 3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:45, 9:45, 10:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:45, 3:40, 4:40, 6:45, 7:45, 9:00, 9:40, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:00, 12:45, 1:45, 3:40, 4:40, 6:45, 7:45, 9:00, 9:40, 10:30 NO ONE KILLED JESSICA (14A) Thu 3:05, 6:35, 10:05 SEASON OF THE WITCH Thu 3:30, 6:15, 8:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:25, 5:50, 8:15, 10:35 Sat-Sun 10:45, 1:00, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15, 10:35 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 Sat-Sun 10:55 mat TANGLED (PG) Thu 1:35 4:05 6:35 Fri-Wed 1:35, 4:05, 6:30 Sat-Sun 10:55 mat TRUE GRIT (14A) Thu 1:45, 3:45, 4:30, 6:30, 7:15, 9:15, 10:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:40, 2:40, 4:20, 5:20, 7:05, 8:05, 9:50, 10:40 Sat-Sun 11:40, 1:40, 2:40, 4:20, 5:20, 7:05, 8:05, 9:50, 10:40 YAMLA PAGLA DEEWANA (PG) Thu 2:35, 6:05, 9:35

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

BLACK SWAN (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:10 Fri 4:00, 6:45, 9:15 SatSun 1:30, 4:00, 6:45, 9:15 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:00 BLUE VALENTINE Thu 5:00, 7:40 Fri 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 SatSun 1:55, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:50 THE COMPANY MEN (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:30 Fri 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 Sat-Sun 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:10 COUNTRY STRONG (PG) Fri 4:15, 6:55, 9:35 Sat-Sun 1:35, 4:15, 6:55, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:45 EVANGELION: 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE Thu 4:10, 6:45 MADE IN DAGENHAM (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:00 127 HOURS (14A) 5:00, 7:30 Fri 9:55 Sat-Sun 2:30 mat, 9:55 RABBIT HOLE (14A) Thu 5:15, 7:50 Fri 4:45, 7:00, 9:20 SatSun 2:10, 4:45, 7:00, 9:20 Mon-Wed 5:20, 7:40 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:20 Fri 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:20 TANGLED (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:30 Fri 4:10, 6:30 Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:10, 6:30 Mon-Wed 4:10 TRON: LEGACY (PG) Fri-Sun 9:00 Mon-Wed 6:30

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

BARNEY’S VERSION (14A) Thu 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 9:55 Fri 12:45, 3:45, 6:50, 9:55 Sat 12:30, 3:45, 6:50, 9:55 Sun 12:30, 3:45, 6:50, 9:50 Mon-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:50, 9:50 COUNTRY STRONG (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:35, 6:20, 9:05 THE DILEMMA (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Tue 12:50, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 Wed 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 THE FIGHTER (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 THE GREEN HORNET 3D (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 10:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) Thu 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 Fri-Sat 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:45 Sun-Tue 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30 Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30

THE MECHANIC Fri-Sat 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:10 Sun-Wed 2:15, 5:00, 7:30, 9:55 NO STRINGS ATTACHED (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Sun-Tue 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 Wed 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 THE RITE Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 TRON: LEGACY 3D (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 TRUE GRIT (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:35

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COUNTRY STRONG (PG) Fri-Wed 9:20 GULLIVER’S TRAVELS Fri-Wed 11:00 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1 (PG) Fri-Wed 12:40 INSIDE JOB (PG) Fri-Wed 5:10 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) Thu 5:00 MADE IN DAGENHAM (14A) Thu 3:00 Fri-Wed 3:15 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) 7:15 Thu 12:55 mat THE TOURIST (PG) Thu-Fri 9:20

QUEENSWAY (CE)

1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 BARNEY’S VERSION (14A) Thu 12:30, 3:45, 6:55, 10:15 Fri-Tue 12:35, 3:45, 6:55, 10:05 Wed 3:55, 6:55, 10:05 BLACK SWAN (14A) Thu 1:20 4:10 7:00 9:55 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 BLUE VALENTINE Thu, Sun-Tue 1:05, 4:00, 6:50, 9:25 FriSat 1:35, 4:25, 7:25, 10:20 Wed 4:00, 6:50, 9:25 CHASING LEGENDS Wed 7:00 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:25, 6:30, 9:20 Fri-Sat, Mon-Tue 12:30, 3:20, 6:30, 9:20 Sun 12:30, 3:20, 6:30 Wed 12:30, 3:20, 9:20 THE COMPANY MEN (14A) Thu 1:10 4:05 7:10 10:00 FriWed 1:10, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 THE DILEMMA (PG) Thu 12:40 3:40 6:40 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:30, 6:40, 9:35 THE FIGHTER (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 THE GREEN HORNET 3D (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:10, 6:50, 9:10, 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45 THE GREEN HORNET (PG) Thu, Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25 GULLIVER’S TRAVELS 3D Thu 12:35, 3:10 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1 (PG) Thu 8:55 THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 LITTLE FOCKERS (PG) Thu 12:55, 3:30, 6:20, 9:05 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 12:55, 3:25, 6:20, 9:10 Sun 12:55, 3:25, 9:10 THE MECHANIC Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 NO STRINGS ATTACHED (14A) Thu 12:40 3:40 6:45 9:45 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:40, 6:45, 9:40 127 HOURS (14A) Fri-Tue 1:00, 3:30, 6:20, 9:05 Wed 1:00, 3:30, 6:20, 9:30 THE RITE Fri-Wed 12:45, 4:05, 7:05, 10:00 SEASON OF THE WITCH Thu 1:45, 4:20, 7:00, 9:35 Fri-Wed 9:00 TANGLED 3D (PG) 12:50, 3:35, 6:15 Thu 9:00 TRON: LEGACY 3D (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:55, 7:05, 10:05 FriWed 9:15 TRUE GRIT (14A) 1:05, 3:50, 6:35, 9:30 WWE ROYAL RUMBLE - 2011 Sun 8:00 YOGI BEAR (G) 1:25, 4:00, 6:25

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BLACK SWAN (14A) Thu 6:30, 9:15 Fri 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 SatSun 1:00, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:10 THE DILEMMA (PG) Thu 7:10, 10:00 THE FIGHTER (14A) Thu 6:40, 9:30 THE GREEN HORNET 3D (PG) Thu 7:00, 9:50 Fri 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Mon-Wed 7:10, 10:00 THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) 6:50, 9:40 Fri 4:00 mat Sat-Sun 1:10, 4:00 mat THE MECHANIC 7:20, 9:50 Fri 4:50 Sat-Sun 1:50 mat, 4:50 NO STRINGS ATTACHED (14A) Thu 7:20, 10:00 Fri 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Mon-Wed 6:40, 9:20 THE RITE 7:00, 10:00 Fri 4:10 Sat-Sun 1:20 mat, 4:10

North York EMPIRE THEATRES AT EMPRESS WALK (ET) 5095 YONGE ST, 416-223-9550

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER (PG) 1:45, 4:20 THE FIGHTER (14A) Thu 1:35, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:35, 11:59 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:35 THE GREEN HORNET 3D (PG) Thu 1:50, 2:30, 4:40, 5:40, 7:30, 8:30, 10:15 Fri-Wed 2:00, 5:00, 7:50, 10:30 THE GREEN HORNET (PG) 6:30, 9:20 Thu 3:45 mat Fri-Sat 11:45 late HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1 (PG) Thu 4:05, 7:10 Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:05, 7:10, 10:20 LITTLE FOCKERS (PG) Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:50 THE MECHANIC 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:45 Fri-Sat 11:50 late 127 HOURS (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:50, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Sat 2:10, 5:10, 7:35, 9:55, 11:55 Sun 2:10, 5:10, 7:25 Mon-Wed 2:10, 5:10, 7:35, 9:55 RABBIT HOLE (14A) Thu 10:20 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 SOMEWHERE (14A) Thu 2:15, 5:00, 7:40, 10:00 THE TOURIST (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Sat 7:00, 9:30, 11:40 Sun 9:30 TRON: LEGACY 3D (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:25 TRUE GRIT (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 9:15 Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:00, 6:40, 9:15, 11:35 Sun-Wed 1:10, 4:00, 6:40, 9:15 WWE: ROYAL RUMBLE Sun 8:00

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

ANOTHER YEAR (PG) Thu 3:30 6:40 9:30 Fri-Wed 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:30 mat BARNEY’S VERSION (14A) 3:20, 6:20, 9:20 Sat-Sun 12:20 mat BLACK SWAN (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 Fri 4:20, 7:15, 10:05 Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:05 Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 BLUE VALENTINE Thu, Mon-Tue 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Fri 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Wed 4:30, 10:00 CHASING LEGENDS Wed 7:00 THE DILEMMA (PG) Thu, Mon-Tue 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 Fri 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Sat 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 Wed 4:10, 9:50 THE ILLUSIONIST 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:50 mat INCENDIES (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:50, 9:55 Fri 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 Sat 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 9:45 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:50, 9:45 THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:45 mat LITTLE FOCKERS (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:15, 9:40 NO STRINGS ATTACHED (14A) 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:00 mat THE RITE Fri 4:40, 7:30, 10:30 Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:30 Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 SEASON OF THE WITCH Thu 9:40 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:10

SILVERCITY FAIRVIEW (CE)

FAIRVIEW MALL, 1800 SHEPPARD AVE E, 416-644-7746 BLACK SWAN (14A) Thu 12:50 3:40 6:40 9:20 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 6:20, 9:10 THE DILEMMA (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:50, 6:50, 9:30 THE GREEN HORNET 3D (PG) Thu 1:00 4:00 7:00 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:00 THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 LITTLE FOCKERS (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:05 THE MECHANIC Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:20 Sun-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:05 NO STRINGS ATTACHED (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 9:55 THE RITE Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 TANGLED (PG) Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:20, 6:30 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:20, 6:30 THE TOURIST (PG) Thu 9:10

JANUARY 27 - FEBRUARY 2 2011 NOW

tron: leGacy 3d (PG) Thu 12:40 3:30 6:50 9:45 Fri-wed 12:40, 3:30, 6:40, 9:40 trUe Grit (14A) Thu 1:10, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30 Fri-wed 9:20

kennedy CommonS 20 (amC)

SilveRCiTy yoRkdale (Ce)

airPlane! Sat 12:30 Tue 7:00 barney’S verSion (14A) 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 black Swan (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Fri, mon-wed 2:05, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:05, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 blUe valentine Thu 1:45, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 Fri, mon-wed 1:55, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:10, 1:55, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 tHe comPany men (14A) Thu 2:35, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 Fri, monwed 2:25, 5:00, 7:35, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:50, 2:25, 5:00, 7:35, 10:10 coUntry StronG (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Fri, mon-wed 2:05, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 Sat-Sun 11:20, 2:05, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 dHobi GHat (mUmbai diarieS) (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 Fri, mon-wed 2:55, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Sat-Sun 12:20, 2:55, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 GUlliver’S travelS 3d Thu 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 Fri, monwed 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 Sat-Sun 11:35, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 How do yoU know (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 tHe kinG’S SPeecH (PG) Thu 1:30, 2:15, 4:10, 5:10, 7:00, 8:00, 9:45 Fri, mon-wed 1:45, 3:55, 4:40, 6:45, 7:30, 9:35, 10:20 Sat-Sun 11:00, 1:05, 1:45, 3:55, 4:40, 6:45, 7:30, 9:35, 10:20 little FockerS (PG) 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 Sat-Sun 11:15 mat manmadan ambU Thu 2:05, 5:35, 9:15 tHe mecHanic 2:15, 3:15, 4:45, 5:45, 7:15, 8:15, 9:45, 10:40 Sat-Sun 11:45, 12:45 mat no one killed JeSSica (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 127 HoUrS (14A) Thu 2:40, 4:55, 7:35, 10:05 Fri, mon-wed 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 rabbit Hole (14A) Thu 2:50, 5:10, 7:25, 9:50 SirUtHai Fri-wed 2:00, 5:30, 9:00 tHe Social network (14A) Thu 7:25, 10:10 Fri-wed 7:20, 10:05 tHe toUriSt (PG) Thu 2:05, 4:50, 7:20, 10:00 Fri, Sunmon, wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Sat 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Tue 1:50, 4:30, 9:30 tron: leGacy 3d (PG) Thu 2:15, 5:15, 8:15 Fri, mon-wed 1:40, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 Sat-Sun 11:00, 1:40, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 trUe Grit (14A) Thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Fri, mon-wed 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Sat-Sun 11:40, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 yamla PaGla deewana (PG) Thu 2:10, 5:30, 9:00 Frimon, wed 2:10, 5:40, 9:25 Tue 2:10, 9:25 yoGi bear (G) Thu 2:45, 5:05 Fri, mon-wed 2:50, 5:10 Sat-Sun 12:35, 2:50, 5:10 yoGi bear 3d (G) Thu 3:25, 5:35, 7:45, 9:55 Fri, mon-wed 2:00, 4:15, 7:05, 9:20 Sat-Sun 11:35, 2:00, 4:15, 7:05, 9:20

3401 duFFeRin ST, 416-787-4432

black Swan (14A) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Fri 3:40, 6:45, 9:40 Sat-wed 12:50, 3:40, 6:45, 9:40 tHe dilemma (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 mon-wed 1:15, 4:00, 6:55, 9:55 tHe FiGHter (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 10:05 mon-wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 tHe Green Hornet 3d (PG) Thu, mon-wed 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 9:50 little FockerS (PG) Thu 12:55 3:45 6:30 9:30 Fri-wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:30, 9:30 tHe mecHanic Fri 12:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 mon-wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 no StrinGS attacHed (14A) Thu 1:00 4:00 7:00 9:55 Fri-wed 1:00, 3:50, 6:50, 9:45 tHe rite Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 mon-wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 SeaSon oF tHe witcH Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 Friwed 6:20, 9:20 tron: leGacy 3d (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 yoGi bear (G) Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:20 mon-wed 12:55, 3:20

Scarborough 401 & moRninGSide (Ce) 785 milneR ave, SCaRboRouGH, 416-281-2226

black Swan (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 mon-wed 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 tHe dilemma (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:45, 10:15 Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:25, 10:00 mon-wed 4:40, 7:25, 10:00 tHe FiGHter (14A) Thu 3:45, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:30, 6:20, 9:00 mon-wed 3:45, 6:20, 9:00 tHe Green Hornet 3d (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 mon-wed 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 tHe Green Hornet (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 tHe kinG’S SPeecH (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 mon-wed 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 little FockerS (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:20, 8:45 Fri-Sun 12:55, 3:20, 6:10, 8:50 mon-wed 3:55, 6:15, 8:50 tHe mecHanic Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 mon-wed 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 no StrinGS attacHed (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 9:45 mon-wed 4:30, 7:20, 9:45 tHe rite Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 mon-wed 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 SeaSon oF tHe witcH Thu 5:00, 7:25, 9:40 Fri-wed 9:10 tanGled (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:40 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:50, 6:40 mon-wed 4:15, 6:40 tHe toUriSt (PG) Thu 9:00 trUe Grit (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:35, 10:05 Fri-Sat 2:10, 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 Sun 2:10, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 mon-wed 5:00, 7:35, 10:00

ColiSeum SCaRboRouGH (Ce) SCaRboRouGH Town CenTRe, 416-290-5217

tHe cHronicleS oF narnia: tHe voyaGe oF tHe dawn treader (PG) Thu 1:10 4:10 7:15 10:05 Fri-wed 1:10, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 tHe dilemma (PG) 1:30, 4:20, 7:30, 10:20 tHe FiGHter (14A) Thu 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Sat, mon-wed 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:25 Sun 1:20, 4:15, 7:10 tHe Green Hornet 3d (PG) Thu 12:30, 1:00, 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:00, 9:30, 10:00 Fri-wed 12:45, 1:15, 3:40, 4:10, 6:40, 7:15, 9:40, 10:10 Harry Potter and tHe deatHly HallowS – Part 1 (PG) Thu 12:55 4:30 8:30 Fri-wed 12:55, 4:25, 8:30 little FockerS (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:55 no StrinGS attacHed (14A) 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:15 tHe rite Fri-wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 SeaSon oF tHe witcH Thu-Sat, mon-wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 Sun 1:25, 4:05, 10:30 tanGled 3d (PG) Thu 12:45 3:25 6:45 9:25 Fri-wed 12:50, 3:35, 6:45, 9:25 wwe royal rUmble - 2011 Sun 8:00

eGlinTon Town CenTRe (Ce) 1901 eGlinTon ave e, 416-752-4494

barney’S verSion (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:50, 9:55 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:40, 6:35, 9:35 mon-wed 3:40, 6:35, 9:35 black Swan (14A) 4:25, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:20 mat cHaSinG leGendS wed 7:00 tHe dilemma (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:25, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:05, 6:50, 9:55 mon-wed 4:05, 6:50, 9:55 tHe FiGHter (14A) Thu, mon-wed 3:35, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:35, 6:40, 9:40 Sun 12:40, 3:35, 6:40 tHe Green Hornet 3d (PG) 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:20, 10:20 Fri-Sun 12:30, 1:35 mat Harry Potter and tHe deatHly HallowS – Part 1 (PG) Thu 9:05 tHe kinG’S SPeecH (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:10, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:25, 3:25, 6:20, 9:30 mon-wed 3:25, 6:20, 9:30 little FockerS (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:45, 9:25 Fri-wed 9:05 tHe mecHanic 4:35, 7:25, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:40 mat no StrinGS attacHed (14A) 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:00 mat 127 HoUrS (14A) Fri-Sun 12:55, 3:45, 6:45, 9:25 mon-Tue 3:45, 6:45, 9:25 wed 3:45, 6:45, 9:15 tHe rite 4:10, 7:10, 10:05 Fri-Sun 1:10 mat SeaSon oF tHe witcH Thu 4:20, 6:55, 9:30 Fri-Sat, monTue 6:55, 9:15 Sun 9:15 wed 9:25 tanGled (PG) Thu 3:55 Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:20 mon-wed 4:20 tHe toUriSt (PG) Thu 6:35, 9:15 tron: leGacy 3d (PG) 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 Fri-Sun 12:35 mat trUe Grit (14A) Thu 4:05, 7:05, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:05, 4:40, 7:05, 9:45 mon-wed 4:40, 7:05, 9:45 wwe royal rUmble - 2011 Sun 8:00 yoGi bear 3d (G) Thu 3:45, 6:25 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:55, 6:25 mon-wed 3:55, 6:25

kennedy Rd & 401, 416-335-5323

GTA Regions mississauga

ColiSeum miSSiSSauGa (Ce) SquaRe one, 309 RaTHbuRn Rd w, 905-275-3456

tHe cHronicleS oF narnia: tHe voyaGe oF tHe dawn treader (PG) Thu-Sat, mon-wed 12:20, 3:10, 6:00, 9:00 Sun 12:20, 3:10, 6:00 dUe date (14A) Thu 1:50, 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 tHe FiGHter (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:45, 6:45, 9:50 Fri-Tue 1:05, 3:45, 6:45, 9:50 wed 3:45, 6:45, 9:50 tHe Green Hornet 3d (PG) Thu 12:50 1:30 3:50 4:30 6:50 7:20 9:45 10:15 Fri-wed 12:15, 1:30, 3:15, 4:30, 6:10, 7:20, 9:10, 10:15 tHe Green Hornet (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:15, 6:10, 9:10 Fri-Sat, mon-wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:45 Sun 12:50, 3:50, 9:45 Harry Potter and tHe deatHly HallowS – Part 1 (PG) 1:10, 4:50, 8:30 little FockerS (PG) Thu-Tue 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 wed 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 tHe mecHanic Fri-wed 1:15, 4:05, 7:15, 10:05 127 HoUrS (14A) Fri-wed 1:50, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 tanGled 3d (PG) 12:40, 3:30, 6:20, 9:20 tHe toUriSt (PG) 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:10 tron: leGacy 3d (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 tron: leGacy: an imaX 3d eXPerience (PG) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 trUe Grit (14A) 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 wwe royal rUmble - 2011 Sun 8:00

CouRTney PaRk 16 (amC)

110 CouRTney PaRk e aT HuRonTaRio, 888-262-4386 airPlane! Sat 12:30 Tue 7:00 barney’S verSion (14A) 2:00, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45 Sat-Sun 11:00 mat

black Swan (14A) 2:35, 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat tHe cHronicleS oF narnia: tHe voyaGe oF tHe dawn treader 3d (PG) Thu 2:20, 7:20 coUntry StronG (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:35, 10:25 tHe dilemma (PG) Thu 3:20, 5:50, 8:15, 10:45 Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:20, 5:50, 8:30, 11:05 Sun 12:10, 2:50, 5:20, 8:00, 10:35 mon-wed 2:50, 5:20, 8:00, 10:35 tHe FiGHter (14A) Thu 2:25, 5:00, 7:45, 10:25 Fri-Sat 12:35, 3:20, 6:00, 8:45, 11:25 Sun-wed 1:45, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 tHe Green Hornet 3d (PG) 1:55, 4:25, 7:00, 9:35 Sat-Sun 11:10 mat tHe Green Hornet: an imaX 3d eXPerience (PG) 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat tHe Green Hornet (PG) Thu 3:05, 5:40, 8:20 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:25, 11:10 Sun 12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:25 mon-wed 3:05, 5:40, 8:25 GUlliver’S travelS 3d Thu 5:10, 9:55 tHe kinG’S SPeecH (PG) Thu 2:05 4:40 7:30 10:05 Friwed 2:05, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Sat-Sun 11:15 mat little FockerS (PG) Thu 1:55, 4:15, 6:55, 9:15 tHe mecHanic Fri 12:15, 1:20, 2:45, 3:35, 5:15, 5:55, 7:45, 8:30, 10:10, 11:15 Sat 11:00, 12:15, 1:20, 2:45, 3:35, 5:15, 5:55, 7:45, 8:30, 10:10, 11:15 Sun 11:00, 12:15, 1:20, 2:45, 3:35, 5:15, 5:55, 7:45, 8:20, 10:10, 10:40 mon-wed 1:30, 2:45, 3:40, 5:15, 5:55, 7:45, 8:20, 10:10, 10:40 no StrinGS attacHed (14A) 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 SatSun 11:05 mat 127 HoUrS (14A) 2:55, 5:15, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:20 mat tHe rite Fri 12:05, 2:00, 3:00, 4:45, 5:45, 7:35, 8:25, 10:25, 11:05 Sat 11:20, 12:05, 2:00, 3:00, 4:45, 5:45, 7:35, 8:25, 10:25, 11:05 Sun 11:20, 11:50, 2:00, 2:45, 4:45, 5:30, 7:35, 8:10, 10:15, 10:45 mon-wed 2:00, 2:45, 4:45, 5:30, 7:35, 8:10, 10:15, 10:45 SeaSon oF tHe witcH Thu 3:00, 5:20, 7:55, 10:20 tanGled 3d (PG) Thu 4:20 Fri 12:15, 2:50, 5:10 Sat, mon, wed 2:50, 5:10 Sun 11:55, 2:50, 5:10 Tue 2:20, 4:40 tHe toUriSt (PG) Thu 7:00, 9:30 tron: leGacy 3d (PG) Thu 2:15, 5:05, 8:00, 10:45 Frimon, wed 7:30, 10:15 Tue 10:15 trUe Grit (14A) 3:00, 5:25, 8:00, 10:35 Fri-Sun 12:25 mat yoGi bear 3d (G) Thu 2:00

SilveRCiTy miSSiSSauGa (Ce) Hwy 5, eaST oF Hwy 403, 905-569-3373

barney’S verSion (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:40, 9:55 mon-wed 3:40, 6:40, 9:55 black Swan (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:30, 9:15 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:50, 6:20, 9:10 mon-wed 3:50, 6:20, 9:10 cHaSinG leGendS wed 7:00 tHe comPany men (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 mon-wed 4:50, 7:40, 10:00 coUntry StronG (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:10, 9:55 tHe dilemma (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 10:10 mon-wed 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 GUlliver’S travelS 3d Thu 4:50, 7:40, 9:50 Harry Potter and tHe deatHly HallowS – Part 1 (PG) Thu 6:15, 9:30 tHe kinG’S SPeecH (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:40 mon-wed 3:30, 6:30, 9:40 tHe mecHanic Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:40, 6:50, 7:30, 9:30, 10:05 mon-wed 4:40, 6:50, 7:30, 9:30, 9:55 tHe rite Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:00, 7:20, 10:10 mon-wed 4:00, 7:20, 10:00 tanGled 3d (PG) 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Sun 1:20 mat trUe Grit (14A) Thu, mon-Tue 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:50 wed 4:20, 9:45 yoGi bear (G) Thu, mon-wed 3:30 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:20

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search of a new life. She finds a loving fiancé and a job working with kids, but hypocrisy and sleaze intervene. Fuller uses these noirish melodramas as blunt indictments of what he calls the American lie: attitudes around race, sex and nuclear terror in Shock Corridor; hypocrisy in The Naked Kiss. They were radical in their day and still pack a considerable punch. Fuller goes for emotional realism, but he’d been a reporter and kept his absolute commitment to story and a direct, journalistic style. The result is propulsive movies that keep the action in your face and carry an ever-present threat of impending violence. Both movies come with the Criterion label’s usual high-quality extras with thoughtful analysis and lots of onscreen Fuller. The best of them is Shock Corridor’s hour-long doc. EXTRAS Corridor: Towers interview, Fuller doc, essay booklet. Kiss: Towers interview, three TV Fuller interviews, essay booklet. Both films widescreen, b&w; English audio and subtitles.

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(Criterion/ eOne, 1963) D: Sam Fuller, w/ Peter Breck, Constance Towers. Rating: NNNNN; DVD package: NNNNN

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(Criterion/ eOne, 1963) D: Sam Fuller, w/ Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley. Rating: NNNNN; DVD package: NNNNN Samuel Fuller is one of America’s most creative, courageous and influential directors. These are two of his best. In Shock Corridor, an arrogant reporter has himself committed to an asylum in the hope of solving a murder. The Naked Kiss features a prostitute who goes to a new town in

The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Alliance, 2010) D: Daniel

Enter The Void (eOne, 2009) D: Gaspar Noé, w: Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta. Rating: NNNNN; DVD package: NNN

Alfredson, w/ Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace. Rating: NNNN; DVD package: none

There’s no other movie like it. About 80 per cent of Enter The Void is overhead point-ofview shots from the perspective of the soul of a small-time Tokyo drug dealer murdered in a nightclub washroom. While Oscar, the dead guy, examines his past – most notably his incesttinged love for his sister – and spies on the aftermath of his death, the camera swoops and glides, rises and falls, warps the image, goes for city-spanning long shots and close-ups of swimming sperm. Every so often, Oscar disappears into a light and the visuals go abstract while we wonder whether he’ll move on to a higher plane or opt for reincarnation. A buddy’s rant on the Tibetan Book Of The Dead provides the premise. Colour, movement and composition suggest Oscar’s emotions. The effect is alternately disorienting, eye-popping, tedious and serene, but ultimately fascinating and likely to get more so on repeated viewings. The extras offer an effects overview but nothing to explain how this extraordinary movie came to be made. EXTRAS Visual effects doc, trailers, more. Widescreen. English, French audio. English subtitles.

This makes a fine conclusion to the trilogy begun with The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire. Watch those two first, not only for the ongoing plot, but also for the way the elements of corrupt officialdom and personal sadism that have blighted the life of Lisbeth Salander merge into a powerful social indictment. In the wake of the bloodbath that ends GWPWF, brilliant and psychologically damaged Lisbeth (Noomi Rapace) faces an attempted murder charge engineered by shadowy government men. Crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) starts digging, and the shadowy men get nasty. It’s a long movie with lots of plot, so the tension builds slowly, but after an hour a pervasive dread kicks in that mounts steadily to the courtroom climax. Lisbeth spends most of the movie as an invalid or a prisoner, but Rapace keeps her fierceness intact and never plays to our sympathy. Even after three movies, it’s still a remarkable performance. There are no extras. I’m guessing they’re saving them for the trilogy box

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set that’s sure to come along. EXTRAS Widescreen. Swedish, English audio. English subtitles.

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(eOne, 2010) D: Robert Schwentke, w/ Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren. Rating: NNN; DVD package: NNNNN As featherweight fluff goes, you could do worse. Bruce Willis plays a lonely retired CIA black ops guy with a crush on the woman who processes his pension cheques (Mary-Louise Parker). When a hit squad shoots up his house, they go on the run to work out who’s trying to kill him. Other spy business retirees get involved. Guns, bombs, fists and complicated schemes ensue. It’s a dream cast: Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Brian Cox and Morgan Freeman all have grand fun staying just this side of farce and letting the gags sell themselves. There’s a 10-minute effects tour hidden on the special features menu, but the big treat is the commentary by reallife ex-CIA agent Robert Baer, who alternately sounds like he’s telling the truth and making it all up. EXTRAS Commentary cast interviews, visual effects doc, CIA doc. Widescreen. English, French audio and subtitles.

Coming Tuesday, February 1 Conviction (Fox, 2010) Hilary Swank stars as a high school dropout who puts herself through law school so she can fight her brother’s wrongful murder conviction.

Never Let Me Go (Fox,

2010) In an alternate-reality 1980s England, the friendship of three children crashes into romance and jealousy when they grow up. Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield star as the adults.

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films includes 8mm, Super 8 and 9.5mm, installations, loops and zoetropes. $5, festival pass $25. FRI 28 – Go East, Young West, Go East! films from Calgary’s $100 Film Festival. 7 pm. Zinger: Tales From The Funnel, Volume 2. 9 pm. Bageroo, Fore! Part 1: recent submissions include films by Pixie Cram, Paul Julien Tanti, Rick Bahto, Mie Kurihara and others. 11 pm. SAT 29 – Introduction To 8mm Filmmaking workshop. 1-5 pm Free (registration required). Personal Cinema: films by women from the 60s-80s. 7 pm. Within Mirrors: multimedia performance by Paul Clipson and Chandan Narayan. 9 pm. Chapter And Perverse: Linda Feesey’s Fuckhead Film Cycle. 11 pm. SUN 30 – John Porter’s Toy Catalogue: screening with Porter in attendance. 4 pm. A History Of Toronto In 8 Millimetres, a compilation of home movies from the 30s to the 70s. 7 pm. Bageroo, Fore! Part 2: recent submissions include films by Rob Cruickshank, Maria Kubysh, Nathan Cyprys and others. 9 pm.

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THU 27 – Baraka (1992) D: Ron Fricke. 4:30 pm.

Starship Troopers (1997) D: Paul Verhoeven. 7 pm. A Clockwork Orange (1971) D: Stanley Kubrick. 9:30 pm. FRI 28 – The Warriors (1979) D: Walter Hill. 4:30 pm. House (1977) D: Nobuhiko Obayashi. 7 pm. Delicatessen (1991) D: Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro. 9 pm. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) D: Jim Sharman. 11:30 pm. SAT 29 – Starship Troopers. 4:15 pm. Stanley Kubrick x 2: A Clockwork Orange (1971). 7 pm. The Shining (1980). 9:40 pm. SUN 30 – Seven Samurai (1954) D: Akira Kurosawa. 3 pm. House. 7 pm. The Warriors. 9 pm. MON 31 – Delicatessen. 4:30 pm. B-Movie Fest x 2: Freaks (1932) D: Tod Browning. 7 pm. Vampire Circus (1972) D: Robert Young. 9 pm. TUE 1 – Tamara Drewe (2010) D: Stephen Frears. 4:30 pm. You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger (2010) D: Woody Allen. 7 pm. Inside Job (2010) D: Charles Ferguson. 9:10 pm. WED 2 – Hot Docs Doc Soup series presents Thunder Soul (2010) D: Mark Landsman. 6:30 & 9:15 pm. $12. hotdocs.ca.

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SAT 29 – Chloe (2009) D: Atom Egoyan. 3 pm. Free.

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THU 27 – Canada’s Top Ten X 2: Splice D: Vincenzo Natali. 3:15 pm. ñ(2009)

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Thunder Soul, this month’s Doc Soup entry, has potent politics, a powerful emotional through line and some of the best musical performances ever seen on film. Here’s the kicker: the players are high schoolers. Mark Landsman’s documentary follows the alumni of Houston’s all-black Kashmere High School Stage Band when they reunite for a concert to honour their musical director, Conrad O. “Prof” Johnson. As the 50-year-olds gather and prepare for the concert (some of them haven’t played their instruments in 30 years), Landsman offers footage of the band’s early years. At the time, school stage bands wearing tacky suits performed Trigger (2010) Bruce McDonald. 9 pm. FRI 28 – Canada’s Top Ten X 2 : Trigger. 3:15 pm. Last Train Home (2009) D: Lixin Fan. 6:30 pm. SAT 29 – Canada’s Top Ten: The High Cost Of Living (2010) D: Deborah Chow. 9 pm. SUN 30 – Canada’s Top Ten: Les Amours Imaginaires (2010) D: Xavier Dolan. 3:15 pm. TUE 1 – Canada’s Top Ten: Splice. 6 pm. WED 2 – The Free Screen presents From Ecstasy To Rapture: Arrebato (Rapture) (1980) D: Iván Zulueta. 7 pm.

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THU 27 – Inside Job (2010) D: Charles Ferguson. 7 pm. Winter’s Bone (2010) D: Debra Granik. 9:15 pm. FRI 28 – Love And Other Drugs (2010) D: Edward Zwick. 7 pm. The Tourist (2010) D: Florian Henckel von Donnersmack. 9:15 pm. SAT 29-SUN 30 – Yogi Bear (2010) D: Eric Brevig. 2 pm. Love And Other Drugs. 4 & 7 pm. The Tourist. 9:15 pm. MON 31 – Love And Other Drugs. 7 pm. The Tourist. 9:15 pm. TUE 1-WED 2 – Check website for schedule.

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B WED 2 – Free Favourites At Four: Nollywood Babylon (2008) D: Ben Addelman. 4 pm. Free. Green Screens: The Refugees Of The Blue Planet (2006) D: Hélène Choquette and Jean-Philippe Duval. French w/ s-t. 7 pm. Free.

mostly mainstream jazz standards. But with Sly Stone, Bootsy Collins and George Clinton making their mark on pop culture, Johnson added the funk factor to his compositions, including cool choreography. The Kashmere Band became a sensation and was the first all-black band to win the national championship. The film works as a snapshot of the early 70s – wild clothes, spectacular afros – and of a new generation of black youth who had pride and new opportunities. It’s also testimony to the influence of Prof Johnson, who instilled in his students a sense of purpose and personal responsibility. Now when you watch the Grammys and hear all those pleadings to restore funding for school music programs, you realize what’s at stake. These aren’t the squirm-inducing bands and

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Doc Soup entry Thunder Soul reverberates on several levels.

orchestras I recall from my school days, but brilliant, professionallevel artists – that goes for the white school bands, too – whose involvement in music programs changed their lives. Take a ride on this soul train. Screens Wednesday (February 2) at the Bloor, followed by a Q&A with director Landsman. SUSAN G. COLE

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Splice (2009) D: Vincenzo Natali. Q&A w/ ﬁlmmakers to follow. Doors 6 pm. $12, stu/ srs $5. Dogtooth. 9:30 pm.

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I’m from the other sIde of the country, but I’m sitting in my lover’s San Francisco apartment wondering what I’m doing. I flew out here to spend five glorious days with her. We connect sexually (she’s a dom stone-butch top, I’m a queer femme sub), we connect intellectually, and we make each other laugh. I’m head over heels for her and for this city. But she’s literally twice my age. In no way does this bother me. She’s handsome and wonderful, and I’m so proud to be with her. But she frets that she’s too old for me and will die before me and it isn’t fair to have the feelings we do. I can hang on to this ledge, Dan, and not let myself utterly fall for this woman so that she doesn’t break my heart when she says we must part as friends. I think that is what is coming. But I know she feels conflicted, and I can’t see anything wrong with the two of us enjoying what time we have together. The future is unfixed for everyone; you never know what will happen tomorrow. Why deny something we both want if it’s what we both want? If I have to just walk away from this with a slew of great memories of a loving introduction to the greatest city on earth, there are certainly worse things. But I wish I could convince her to at least let us have a chance. How can I do that, Dan? What on earth can I say? Lost In Fog Everyday Start with the clichés – ”Age is just a number,” “I could get hit by a bus tomorrow,” “Someone’s gotta change your diapers” –

and finish with a grace note: you love her, and you want to be with her, and you hope you’ll always be close, whatever she ultimately decides. That said, and forgive me for this, LIFE, it’s possible that although this woman is what you want, you’re not what she wants – for reasons that have nothing to do with age. She may be pointing to the obvious age discrepancy because it’s a convenient, face-saving out, a way for her to pull the plug while sparing your feelings. So a word of warning: If she wants out and cites age, you may be tempted to press your case – and you should, up to a point – but press your case too far and she may wind up telling you the inconvenient, face-squandering, feelings-spearing truth.

I’m a bI male In a long-dIstance, longterm and hypothetically poly relationship,

and I’m going to a speed-dating event soon. Our relationship is “hypothetically” poly in that my boyfriend and I have not had a third in a few years. I’ve had a couple of dates in that time (with both guys and girls), disclosed, introduced them to my boyfriend, etc, and done everything a good poly boy is supposed to do. I didn’t end up dating any of them, just from lack of personality/sexual compatibility. I’ve never been to a speed-dating event before, though, so I’m not sure about protocol. I think that bringing up bi/poly would make the whole five minutes (or whatever) about that, and I’d really rather talk about mutual interests, etc. Sexual orientation is a rather

overdone topic to me, and talking about only that wouldn’t let me figure out if I’m even interested in the other person. I’m not embarrassed by it at all (I’m completely uncloseted); I’d just rather talk about more interesting things. So should I disclose during a speed date that I am (1) poly and/or (2) bisexual, or should I save it for a follow-up date? Speed Disclosure I tried to contact a few speed-dating businesses, but couldn’t find one with a contact phone number on its website – and that fact, coupled with the Mountain-Dew-swilling-teenager-on-MySpace quality of the sites themselves, kind of makes commercial speed-dating services look a little tawdry. Anyway, SD, disclosure is called for when a routine, obvious and logical assumption is incorrect. Since most people are straight, the onus is on the gay person to come out. Since most gay people aren’t morons, the onus is on members of GOProud to identify themselves before getting disrobed. Other speed daters are going to make the reasonable assumption that you are (1) single and (2) gay or straight, depending on whether we’re talking about a gay or straight speed-dating event. That said, SD, due to prejudices beyond your control – biphobia, polyphobia – you may omit the bi/poly info about yourself on that first five-minute date. But you’re obligated to disclose before a second date is arranged. Not to spare the women and/or men you might wind up dating from the unspeakable horrors of going out with a bi/poly dude, but

to avoid wasting time on women and/or men who can’t handle it.

I am a 19-year-old straIght male who is only attracted to chubby girls, though I myself am rather skinny. It took a while, but I’ve learned to embrace this (though at first it seemed almost as scary as if I were to come out as gay). However, the problem I seem to have now is that the girls I find attractive – big girls – don’t think of themselves as attractive, and that is a turnoff for me. Despite what seems like constant effort on my part to raise my exes’ confidence in themselves, they never got any better and the relationships always ended. I’m not exactly bursting with confidence myself either, but I tried my best to be a loving and supportive boyfriend. Yet time and time again, their images of themselves somehow seemed to actually turn worse, not better. I attribute a lot of their initial insecurity to the media, but I can’t help but believe I somehow screw up and exacerbate it. Troubled Horndog In Need You’re young and you’ve accepted your attraction to bigger girls, THIN, and that’s great. But the girls you’ve dated – presumably close to your own age – are doubtless still struggling with all the shit that’s been thrown at them about their bodies. To grow confident about something that caused you a lot of pain – to say nothing of being with someone who’s attracted to you in large part because of that something-thatcaused-you-pain – can take time.

That said, THIN, if all the bigger girls you’ve dated emerged from your relationship feeling worse about themselves and their bodies, you might be doing something wrong. Were you treating your girlfriends like human beings and talking about their bodies in a way that made them feel attractive? Or did you treat them like fetish objects and talk about their bodies in a way that made them feel disgusted with themselves – and with you?

I’m a gay college student who’s Into bondage and kink. I’m also very involved with the Episcopal Church and want to become a leader in my church. I don’t think my predilection for bondage and my desire to pursue ordained ministry conflict, especially because I am fairly monogamous. Is there a conflict? Wannabe Ordained Kinkster I don’t see a conflict, WOK, but I am not now, nor have I ever been, the Archbishop of Canterbury. If you can meet and marry a nice boy who shares your kinks, and you remain successfully monogamous, and you have no desire to go to the Folsom Street Fair or post play pictures of yourself on kinky personal sites, I don’t see how your coreligionists will learn about your sexual interests, much less be scandalized by ’em. That said, WOK, um… I have nothing more to add. Fuck Sarah Palin, go Bears, preorders: tinyurl.com/4f2g524. Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage. mail@savagelove.net

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