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RECLAIMIng ThE CITy Panel on architect and planner as ecourbanist, with Berlin planner Stephan Lanz and Tower Renewal Toronto’s Graeme Stewart. 6 pm. Free. OCAD Auditorium. goethe.de/toronto.

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FEMI KUTI The Nigerian musician brings his spirited Afrobeat to the Opera House. 7:30 pm. $30. RT, SS, TM.

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Factory. 416-504-9971. zOLA jESUS Nika Roza Danilova’s goth rock stylings hit the Garrison. 8:30 pm. $14. RT, SS. BULLET FOR ADOLF Play co-written by Woody Harrelson about working construction and friendships starts previews. To May 7 at Hart House. 8 pm. $18-$32. 416-978-8849.

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ROn SExSMITh Local musician’s new Long Player Late Bloomer has hit potential. Lee’s Palace.

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Award-winning doc screens, plus discussion of prevention and toxins. 7 pm. Pwyc. Centre for Social Innovation. womenshealthyenvironments.ca.

AnDREW PyPER Author of cool haunted-house story The Guardians reads at the Gerrard/Ashdale Library. 2 pm.

Free. 416-393-7717. +20/20 vISIOn Kaeja d’Dance fetes 20 years with a quartet of new works. To Apr 16 at 8 pm. $27-$38. Enwave Theatre.

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WOODy hARRELSOn Actor and eco-activist talks with NOW publisher Michael Hollett. 7 pm. $10. Drake Underground.

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ThE FIRST LP Alias Dance Project opens a set of urban dances. To Apr 17, 8 pm. $18-$20. Lower Ossington Theatre. 416-2041082.

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8:30 pm. $18.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. hAL nIEDzvIECKI Local author launches Look Down: This Is Where It Must Have Happened, at Supermarket. 7:30 pm. Free. 416-840-0501.

TOROnTO ART ExPO SickKids benefit, with Matsutani Takesada, Jane Bunnett and more, opens the four-day fest. $25 (reg adm$12, kids free). Metro Convention Centre. torontoartexpo.com.

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DW187 ShARED PROgRAM Lucy Rupert’s Blue Ceiling Dance and Marc Boivin premiere new works. To Apr 9 at 8 pm. $22.50-$33.50. Fleck Dance Theatre. 416-973-4000. +KABOOM Gregg Araki’s canny apocalypse pic plays the TIFF Bell Lightbox. 7:30 pm. $8.50$12. TIFF.net.

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OUR CITy, OUR SERvICES Day Of Action hosted by labour orgs and activist groups focuses on defending good jobs, public services and greener cities. 1 pm. Free. City Hall. ofl.ca.

FUCKED UP Hardcore heroes play a live score for silent film West Of Zanzibar, part of the Images fest. Underground.

8:30 pm. $12-$15. RT, SS. PAPER SERIES David Yee’s program of six short dramedies about love and loss closes tonight. Young Centre. 2 and 8 pm. $10-$30. 416-866-8666.

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ThE LAST 15 SECOnDS Multimedia show about the relationship between a suicide bomber and his victim ends today. 2 and 7:30 pm. Pwyc$35. Passe Muraille. 416-5047529.

BLACK LIPS Atlanta punks play the Phoenix, w/ Brooklyn’s Vivian Girls. 8 pm. $18.50. HS, RT, SS, TM.

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Not enjoying Ford fuss

while i am not a big fan of rob Ford, I thoroughly enjoyed the doctored photos of the mayor. I really enjoy making fun of people with possibly life-threatening disabilities, so I thought the faux Ford photos were right on! Keep up the good work!

When can we expect a doctored

cover photo of Jack Layton limping exaggeratedly along on his injured hip while comically waving his cane around? Now, there’s one we could all enjoy.

Phil Gillies Toronto

Assault on political sense

given the seriousness of ford’s assault on so many vital services and his lack of an inclusive vision for the sustainability of the city of Toronto, your decision to mock the man was counter-productive.

Educating the electorate requires exposing policy flaws and how they will affect ordinary citizens. Alienating those you need to reach is simply stupid and probably served to increase his popularity.

The city is under attack, public transportation is under attack, livability is under attack. The list is long.

The right-wing agenda to prop up the rich and ignore the rest of us deserves thorough, thoughtful and provoca-

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it’s about time a media source got tough on this runaway train of a politician.

I am so dismayed at politicians constantly trying to run government like private business. Government is not in the business of making profit.It is in the business of taking care of its people.

This taxpayer is behind you folks 100 per cent.

Sean Donovan Toronto

Censorship is child’s play

i just attended my kindergarten grandson’s school talk on sexuality, and the nurse who conducted the talk showed graphic pictures of male genitalia. The children took it in stride, albeit with much giggling that was promptly admonished. If the mayor wants censorship, he should run somewhere else, not in Canada!

Ted Alcuitas Burnaby, B.C.

F-bombs away

i have a complaint about your recent article on Mayor Rob Ford. I accept your left-wing take on him, but I noticed an F-word in your article.

Where was the disclaimer on the front page? Music and other books show a disclaimer. Just wondering.

Warren Yanish Toronto

Mez, for the love of Ford

naked rob ford. amazing. thanks for that. But my teeny lefty heart sank when I read that David Meslin is a Ford convert (NOW, March 31-April 6).

I couldn’t believe it.

Meslin, who put a gazillion hours into inspiring citizens to be active in their own democracy? I was disappointed to find out he so admires Rob Ford. Fortunately, before Photoshopping him out of my wedding pictures, I called Meslin and he explained it to me.

The short story is this: Meslin works at advancing the issues. He makes it his business to reach out. It’s how the system works. Please, NOW Magazine, don’t be like Tea Party crazy people.

Meslin is no enemy of intelligent people, but I agree with you that Ford may be.

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regarding scenes from slut walk (NOW Daily, April 4). This is how the left do their crap: simply repackage the same tired socialist crap with some new gimmick and then hit the streets. Boring. Sluts do not exist. They might as well be dressed up as leprechauns.

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Ford’s light rail phobia

regarding snubbing the suburbs (NOW Daily, April 3). Rob Ford’s phobia of surface rail should not set the direction for transit in Toronto. The price of gasoline is going up, and we need to be prepared. We need a hybrid of light rail and heavy rail, but to cancel Finch West now will mean no help for transit users in that area of Toronto. Same in Scarborough east of the Scarborough City Centre. wklis

Argument for subways

regarding transit “deal” a slap in the face (NOW Daily, March 31). I think Rob Ford is a full of it.

That aside, it does not make sense to build only LRTs in a city this size and growing. Fact: LRTs do not carry as many people as subways and are not as reliable (not that the subway we currently have runs well). However, LRTs are cheaper.

But like it or not, LRTs would have to be replaced in 30 years by subway lines when the density of the city has grown. But I will admit the province’s “deal” is crap!

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How-to on Stephen Harper

in her article in contempt of Canada (NOW, March 24-30), Alice Klein expertly details the horrors of Harperland, to the point that she compares our situation to what’s happening in northern Africa. They are fighting and dying for democracy, while we passively let Harper continue to destroy ours. Klein ends with “We have to invent a way to make sure he gets the life lesson this time.”

Well, we already have a way of ridding ourselves of Harper: it’s called strategic voting. Simply put, deny Harper the seats to form a majority by voting for the candidate in your riding with the best chance of beating the Harper candidate. In my High Park riding, since Gerard Kennedy is the incumbent, he has the best chance and gets my vote.

Instead of leaving us all dressed up with nowhere to go, NOW Magazine can show its readers what to do with our 63 per cent anti-Harper vote.

You don’t have to sell us on the need to defeat Harper. He’s already done that himself. You just need to show us how.

Howard Weeks Toronto

Turbine logic for the birds

letter-writer david townson brings up an old argument about wind turbines killing off birds (NOW, March 30-April 6).

While that is true, it takes a quick Google search to find that while turbines kill roughly 108,000 birds a year, 550 million birds die each year from hitting buildings.

Power lines kill about 130 million a year, and cats kill roughly 10 million.

As an animal lover, which I assume Townson is as well, I would be more than willing to rally to stop investment in cats in order to quell this horrible genocide.And on the topic of the

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Art start

i’m writing to you in regard to Fran Schechter’s art review of Gordon Monahan’s show at the Doris McCarthy Gallery (NOW, March 24-30).

Full disclosure: Gordon is a friend of mine.

Schechter ties up her review (mostly descriptive) by saying, “I’m not sure what it all means, but the monograph essayists will undoubtedly cook up some art jargon to tell you.” Not only does that come across as hostile toward art in general, but completely lazy on her part as a journalist. Isn’t it her job to attempt to figure it out?

The artists who present their work in this city deserve better. I also realize by writing to you that I jeopardize any chance of having my current show reviewed, but if Schechter is the best NOW can do, that’s a risk I’m willing to take.

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Barometer West End Food Co-op The Parkdale area co-op releases All You Can: The Community Cannery Toolkit, a hands-on guide to starting a neighbourhood preserving facility. Bring on the tomatoes.

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Back to the drawing board for the city’s proposed Tall Buildings Downtown Project? The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario is asking the premier and Mayor Rob Ford to commit to a “time out” on development in the core in order to study the proposal and its effects on historic views of the skyline. ACO president Lloyd Alter says heights envisioned for buildings under the plan would mess with views of Queen’s Park and possibly the old and new City Halls.

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Transit City David Miller’s plan to link the core to the burbs with a 52-kilometre network of light rail is officially buried. The province agrees instead to Rob Ford’s plan to put the Eglinton Crosstown completely underground. Finch West gets lost in the shuffle. Two posts on this story at nowtoronto.com

Toronto schools Pattison Outdoor, the billboard corp., has a new target: kids in school. At press time Wednesday (April 6), the Toronto District School Board’s finance committee was scheduled to debate a proposal that, if passed, would allow Pattison’s newly acquired Onestop Media to advertise on TV screens in the hallways of Toronto schools.

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Cats and humans have enjoyed a close friendship for almost 10,000 years – a cross-species bond widely considered the closest in the animal kingdom.

In the neolithic era, cats would be buried alongside their human companions in death. The Prophet Muhammad cherished his favourite feline, Muezza, and consequently cats are held in high esteem in the Islamic faith. Ancient Egyptians were in awe of cats, depicting them in paintings and sculptures.

In Belgium, a yearly parade, Kattenstoet, or Festival Of The Cats, is dedicated to cats. (I plan on attending someday.)

At Toronto Animal Services, however, there’s been a sharp break from that cat-loving tradition. I found this out recently when I asked the association for help with a feral cat living in my backyard. The animal had been involved in a nasty tangle with some raccoons, who tore apart his leg.

It was still sub-zero temperatures out, so my wife and I built a hut for the little guy to recover in. But soon it had been invaded by the raccoons, and my feral friend was left more homeless than before.

This was all very funny to the TAS staffer who mocked us when we phoned for advice. ”We need to help this injured cat in our backyard,” I said.

I plan on attending Festival Of The Cats someday.

“Oh yeah? How do you plan to do that?” he asked sarcastically. He didn’t give us so much as a clue what to do.

I’ve since figured out where I can take the cat to get cared for and neutered, no thanks to TAS. It should be obvious by now that I care about these creatures. I do realize feral cats are considered lowly critters and a nuisance to the city. (There are anywhere from 100,000 to 250,000 such animals in Toronto.) I know they’e not people.

But as wild and unsociable as feral cats are, they’re a step up from the guy who answered the phone at TAS. Whatever your views on animal welfare, it’s next to impossible to look out your window at a starving, frozen, battered and bleeding cat and not do anything to help it. That is a rare form of ruthlessness.

Through this experience, though, I’ve gained the utmost appreciation for the many volunteer-run organizations like Annex Cat Rescue and the thousands of people helping ferals survive.

I’ve also taken up the cause for the city to fund low-cost spay and neuter clinics – truly the only solution.

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We need to dump the partisan ego trip trouncing democracy By ALICE KLEIN we are a bunch of losers right now, in more ways than one. Our political league doesn’t seem to have the bench strength to make it into the playoffs, let alone the Cup. But the grassroots movement to stop the Harper victory lap is showing signs of newfound energy and innovation. As in the last election, Facebook pages, political groups, arts collaborations, panel discussions and online initiatives are starting to join the game. The season isn’t over – it has just begun.

A revolution for democracy is spreading in the Middle East and Af-

Getting the vote out demands new models of cooperative citizen participation. rica, across boundaries, even continents. How about Haiti, which just elected an artist for president? Winds of change are stirring. What’s happening here on the home front?

Well, this week I have had way too much of an up-close-and-personal experience with how democratic consciousness is dimming in our own near and dear democracy.

Of course, there’s the ongoing Harper campaign, which continues to show its contempt for democracy almost daily: suggesting only the Liberals be included in the televised

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election debate, announcing his government’s plan to withdraw votebased subsidies for political parties, restricting press access, and then even excluding ordinary Canadians from his gatherings based on surveillance of their Facebook photos.

OMG. That feels creepy.

But it was also just last Thursday that I was shaken by the news that our Naked Truth About Rob Ford issue had been ordered to the shredder (or at least to the red confidential bin) by the mayor’s office (who later claimed it was all a misunderstanding; tell that to the integrity commissioner, I say).

News flash: NOW isn’t the only entity to get pushed around by the mayor’s office. Some of these actions hit the news, but lots don’t.

Most people and organizations up against the Fords are not blessed with the kind of publicity our issue received. I’ll just say that this week I heard many examples in off-the-record phone calls from City Hallers, along with some other valuable tidbits.

Feeling City Hall power coming at you is visceral and intimidating. But, hey, this guy got elected, so that’s just A-okay with a lot of voters. But why didn’t we have more voters than he did?

We need to be thinking about this, because a radical, petro-state-pushing social conservative is heading toward another period in power, possibly with a majority this time.

Yeah, the electors may vote Harper in. Why is that? Democracy, it turns out, isn’t just a date with the ballot box. It is a living process. If we don’t figure out how to make it work for us

instead of against us, what chance do our brethren across the seas have of advancing from the chaos of revolution into good government?

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Winning actual democracy requires engaged citizens motivated to get involved. And we who align toward the left of the political universe haven’t drawn them in.

Obvious as the nose on our face is the fact that if we champions of democratic ideals and progressive social values don’t find a different approach, we’ll keep getting the same result.

First, I have to say, we are good people. We are loyal and committed.

Some of our hearts are stirred by NDP heroes like Stephen Lewis or legends like Liberal Pierre Trudeau, or perhaps the now seemingly extinct but praiseworthy red Tories like former Toronto mayor David Crombie.

Our political affiliations feed us in a different but oddly related way to how our family heritage feeds us.

Like our family stuff, it’s a bit complicated. We park our egos and identities with our politics. Too often, this combo packs a self-righteous certainty that’s unattractive to the uncommitted we need to inspire into electoral action.

Non-voters are good people, too –

but they don’t have their egos invested in cut-throat partisan politics.

What they do have is something that can save us from ourselves. We need a bit of their cynicism about political choices. Party loyalists are all about the ways their candidate is best. Non-loyalists have bullshit detectors.

Come on. How often is there really a best candidate? Politicians are destined to disappoint. Reality check: there are only shades of better and worse. But that’s okay. That’s meaningful and adult.

In every other tight situation in life, we head toward the best outcome we can achieve. Getting your first choice is wonderful, but it’s a rare treat. Only spoiled children demand that they always get their first choice.

Transforming our approach to engaging those who aren’t politically intrigued will mean pushing past our entrenched partisan clichés to embrace their truthful cynicism.

And in politics, as in the schoolyard, healthy cynicism values cooperation over correctness.

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“I’m not saying to go out and shoot NOW’s editors…”

TALKING BACK TO FORD NATION

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The mayor’s supporters would like nothing more than to turn the NOW blow-up into a “fat joke” By ENZO DiMATTEO for the record, i am not a “fag” or a “fag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Nor do I relish the thought of being found somewhere “naked with a bullet hole in the head.”

But some Rob Ford supporters who took exception to our cover art of the mayor in boxers last week – and those delicious shots inside – wanted to know, so I thought I’d deliver that message directly to Ford Nation, just in case that info is important to you, too.

Whether I’m gay or came over on a boat (it was a plane) seems to matter to more than a few Fordists, like the “Canadian nurse” who felt compelled to email to say she’s “white” and tired of Caucasians being “picked on.”

But they weren’t the only ones going off half-cocked on The Naked Truth About Rob Ford. Newstalk morning host Jerry Agar, a Ford fan, was pulling the trigger on some pretty peculiar advice for his listeners. “I’m not saying to go out and shoot NOW’s editors….”

Way to go, Jerry. Real smart.

As the author of the article at the centre of this shit storm, I suppose a small dead furry animal hanging from the light on my porch lies somewhere in my future. That’s about the level of it with Ford Nation.

Maybe the backlash was an April Fool’s joke. Maybe they were only pretending to take such grave exception to a few snaps of their fearless leader in the semi-buff with can of gravy placed just so. I distinctly remember Ford once telling Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby that she was a “waste of skin,” but that’s another story.

His Worship’s office sure moved like a bat out of hell to trash any evidence of the visuals (and story with it), issuing a directive to “remove and dispose… all NOW newspapers from

all City of Toronto locations/facilities ASAP.” That’s called censorship in most countries. The mayor’s press secretary, Adrienne Batra, called it “a misunderstanding,” the mistake of a slightly overzealous staffer inquiring into rules around newspapers and magazines on city property.

Of course, we’ve got the internal email from Lorraine Pickett, supervisor, custodial service at City Hall, that puts the lie to that line. The socalled “misunderstanding” was more like an orchestrated effort to sweep NOW from every rack on city property.

That would be some 125 locations.

We received reports of City Hall security ordering staff to dump copies of NOW in the red confidential bins that end up in the shredder so there would be no evidence that they’d been trashed.

The mayor’s people had to say something so it wouldn’t look like Fordo was stepping all over that weird notion known as press freedom – or mobilizing the thought police on the taxpayers’ dime (horrors!) just because he happened to take exception to some photos in a newspaper.

Think about that last bit for a second. Has it sunk in yet? In case Ford didn’t notice, the fallout from his boner made it onto the news in L.A. There’s a compelling reason for that: it’s not every day that the mayor of the fifth-largest city on the continent decides freedom of the press is something that can be, well, tossed in the bin.

The mayor’s supporters would like nothing more than to turn last week’s blow-up into one big, “fat joke.” I imagine a few of them laughed uproariously when the Sun made David Mil-

ler out to be Hitler a few years back.

The truth is, Ford’s latest assault on our good sense isn’t an isolated incident. It’s been his modus operandi from day one.

Not so coincidentally, the Government Management Committee moved last week, for example, to tighten the noose around the City Hall press gallery by limiting reporters’ access to the councillors’ secondfloor offices.

The measure is being spun as something that’s required for the “protection” of councillors.

Journalists on press row, including Ford’s number-one fan, the Sun’s Sue-Ann Levy, see it as a ham-handed attempt not only to control access but also to plug potentially embarrassing leaks. What next? Messages from our humble leader over loudspeakers in the square?

Ford’s never been interested in the complexities of governance. In that regard, the events of the last week suggest nothing much has changed since Rob Ford, councillor for Ward 2, became Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto.

In his former political incarnation, Ford would show he didn’t care about anything but his agenda by acting out, violating ethics rules and calling people names. Now that he’s got the power, he expresses his complete lack of interest in the democratic process by doing whatever he feels like.

Given those parameters, seems to me people who think Ford & Co. can be reasoned with are kidding themselves.

His reaction to a few over-the-top photos proves that in spades – and hopefully shattered a few illusions about the man everybody calls Rob. 3

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Fast-forward to green Lessons in sustainability for T.O. from a fabled Scottish golf course By DAVID MILLER st. andrews, scotland i’m standing at the 18th g reen of the Old Course on an unseasonably beautiful day in late March, watching golfers from around the globe finish their rounds at the most famous golf course in the world.

St. Andrews is the home of golf, but it’s also a municipal course with open access to everyone, including walkers and dogs. Historically maintained by grazing sheep, the course still prides itself on minimal upkeep, eschewing the massive use of water,

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pesticides and other expensive North American techniques in favour of world-leading environmental practices.

St. Andrews Links Trust, which operates the Old Course and six others, is a big employer in the area – part of the tourism industry that is one of Scotland’s top three employers, along with oil and gas and distilling. (Best of all, residents pay only £180 per year ($280) to play at these courses.

As my cabbie puts it, “We are all socialists here.”)

As a guest of the Scottish Council for Development and Industry, I’m in the city to speak about green-city initiatives and how empowered municipalities can help create new, sustainable jobs. Some vested interests in North America have spread the lie that the environment and the economy are opposed, but nothing could be farther than the truth. Smart countries, and smart cities, get it.

Like here in Scotland, where the theme of the SCDI 2011 forum (the org was founded during the Great Depression) is Fast Forward: Acceler-

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that can open the door to meaningful accomplishment. And with the Ford affair as a backdrop, I’ve been doing my own bit, along with many others, to get some action going.

I’ve focused my efforts on the launch of the new, content-rich website ProjectDemocracy.ca (we go live on Friday) that aims to deny Harper his majority. Its easy-access tools foster well-informed cooperative voting.

I know. Most people call that “stra-

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ated Change. And the key question is, how does Scotland create future-oriented, sustainable work?

The first speaker and head of Shell UK, James Smith, speaks passionately about the need to address climate change, find new green-energy sources (tidal and wind are receiving significant investment here from public and private sources) and consequently create new jobs.

At first I wonder if it’s the jet lag.

But, no, the head of a major oil company is not just acknowledging the need for climate change action but also expressing urgency. I share Smith’s pressing concerns; it’s important not only for our environment but also for our economy and particularly for the next generation.

Where will people work? And how will there be decent well-paid jobs for all, not just some?

The same urgency is felt by international organizations like the World Bank and the OECD, both of which I am working with to craft strategies for creating green jobs in cities.

We know some of the answers. In fact, we developed them in Toronto and internationally in partnership with a coalition of cities. What is required? First, committed leadership from governments. The main sources of emissions in cities are the heating and cooling of buildings, transportation and energy generation. Addressing each can create huge numbers of jobs.

The government in Scotland, in the run-up to an election, has made a series of announcements about massive investments in tidal and wind power that would usher in significant green employment in a country with an engineering heritage but a manufacturing base that has never recovered from the cuts of Margaret Thatcher.

Around the world, it’s often cities that lead. In Toronto, for example, Transit City would have provided rapid transit for neighbourhoods that need it most and would have been the impetus for massive private sector investment in mid-rise development along the rail lines. Furthermore, it would have supported highquality Ontario manufacturing due to the made-in- Canada policies we passed for the vehicle procurement.

And Toronto’s Tower Renewal project will create 30,000 construction

jobs; the unions are ready to train people in the necessary skills. Leadership by cities is why the World Bank and the OECD are extremely interested in their work.

But besides governmental action, there’s a need for committed support from our financial sector. Although there are some success stories, not nearly enough is being done in Canada to provide venture funding to early-stage companies – a huge problem if we want to use innovation from our universities and hospitals to create new sustainable businesses.

(It’s an issue I will be working on in my new capacity as counsel, international business and sustainability, at Aird&Berlis LLP).

We also need businesses to take a longer-term view. Building retrofits often don’t get financed because the payback period is 10 years and the industry standard is four. This is a straight financing issue; the technologies exist and the energy-andgreenhouse gas savings are real, as are the jobs. We simply need our financial institutions, like our pension funds, to become more futureoriented.

Finally, we must also look to ourselves. We can’t afford to be complacent. We need to challenge the falsehoods. In Toronto, at least, people are awakening and fighting against the lunacy of cancelling Transit City. But how much better it would have been if we had stopped Premier McGuinty last year from shamefully deferring the funding for the Finch LRT, which would have improved lives in JaneFinch and Rexdale.

We also have to speak up to businesses in our private transactions.

Any honest commercial landlord in downtown Toronto will tell you that buildings have to be LEED-certified because tenants are demanding it.

We should all be so demanding. And if business won’t listen, we should create our own models and social enterprises that will.

And we know these can be successful, like the ones in St. Andrews. An ancient publicly owned golf course, so old its architect is unknown, shows us that sustainable action can not only work, but become a huge part of a modern economy that operates on behalf of people and the planet. 3

tegic voting.” In my book, that term embodies the old-school partisan mentality that’s sinking us. It’s overly complicated and doesn’t express a meaningful end-game.

It’s time to go back to the future.

The party that housed progressives in the 30s and 40s (and birthed the NDP) was called the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. That has a modern ring.

As we work in this election and beyond, we need meaningful new models of citizen engagement that make us winners instead of losers.

ProjectDemocracy.ca, the evolution of last election’s VoteForEnvi-

ronment.ca, facilitates voter cooperation across party lines so we can express our party preferences yet also build strength through bridging our differences.

And there are other important postpartisan initiatives. LeadNow.org is creating a cross-country Declaration Of Change, Catch22campaign.ca is working on the ground in swing ridings, DepartmentofCulture.ca is identifying cultural responses to the race through a dynamic mapping process.

And thank goodness. Because cooperation is the only hope we have of reviving our democracy.

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MINING THE DATA

25,000 Approximate number of registered delegates to the PDAC convention $32 billion Amount Canada’s mining industry contributed to Canada’s GDP in 2009 3.5 Percentage of Canada’s GDP accounted for by mining 306,000 Number of Canadian employees in mining extraction, processing and manufacturing 10,000 Number of worldwide exploration and mining projects led by Canadian companies 75 Percentage of the world’s exploration and mining companies located in Canada in 2009 (1,800) 100 Number of nations in which Canadian mining firms are active 81 Percentage of global mining equity transactions handled by the TSX and its venture exchange Sources: PDAC, Mining Association of Canada

Mining fool’s gold Canuck resource giants talk up DIY social responsibility By SAUL CHERNOS among the many election issues thrown up in the dust of this federal campaign, we have yet to hear the parties position themselves on the fateful defeat of Bill C-300 in October, an attempt to regulate Canadian mining companies abroad.

But in early March, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, still basking in the glow of the bill’s defeat – by a mere six votes – attempted at its annual convention to sell its alternative: a full package of voluntary standards.

Is it fool’s gold or the real thing?

The Metro Toronto Convention Centre meet featuring workshops on everything from geophysics to tax incentives, plus a shocking climatechange denial keynote by Energy Probe International’s Lawrence Solomon, was so jam-packed with agenda items on corporate social responsibility that many of these sessions ran concurrently. Talk about a rush to self-regulate.

Mining activists who plead for government enforcement of standards have little faith in these DIY monitoring efforts, and I’m admittedly skeptical myself, but PDAC speakers did drill down into the mechanics of a range of rights violations.

Several from the consulting firm AECOM Canada walked delegates through basic concepts like due diligence and risk management, explaining how companies can avoid polluting ecosystems and hiring local security guards who might be mixed up in political unrest or corruption.

Another consultant, Susan Joyce of On Common Ground, said governments of host countries don’t always meet basic human rights or enviro standards. She mentioned the Marlin Mine in Guatemala, owned by Toronto-based Goldcorp, which has

been accused of intimidating community members. Her point: “Companies need to be proactive and develop their own policies” to address the accountability gap.

At times, as participants worked through basic legal concepts, the sessions felt elementary. When Guatemala-Canada Chamber of Commerce president Peter Gregg asked if human rights extend to mining companies, Lloyd Lipsett of LKL International consultants patiently said no; such rights, he said, are uniquely held by individuals, and there’s a reluctance to recognize the human rights of corporations beyond property ownership and legal and investment protections.

At a session on fraud, Mike Savage of Ernst & Young warned that bribery can begin with a free lunch and quickly escalate to “something that won’t survive the cold light of day.”

Savage said supply chain audits and other reviews can keep firms from lending vehicles to police or disbursing cash that can end up offshore.

One bright note was the fairly frequent mention of free and prior informed consent – the right of local people to refuse a proposed development. But let’s be clear: the words “consultation” and “consent” were used interchangeably, a sign that mining firms aren’t necessarily willing to lose their investments. I heard much open acknowledgment that consent is a controversial concept.

At sessions addressing water contamination and local ecosystems, the environment also received attention. Justina Ray of the Wildlife Conservation Society, speaking of the mineral-rich Ring of Fire in northern Ontario, warned that it is one of the last intact areas of boreal forest.

In keeping with progress made in

the past few years, there was considerable aboriginal participation at the convention. In fact, PDAC seems way ahead of the curve. Glenn Nolan, a vice-president of the org, is chief of the Missanabie Cree First Nation and an executive with Noront Resources, a company active in the Ring of Fire.

He’s poised to become PDAC’s firstever aboriginal president next year.

“The Ring of Fire has tremendous potential,’’ said Assembly of First Nations chief Shawn Atleo in his speech.

He cautioned, however, that First Nations “are not anti-development but do not believe in development at any cost.” Three years ago, the AFN signed a memorandum of understanding with PDAC, a process that continued at the convention with smudging ceremonies.

At a separate session about uranium exploration on First Nations lands, the panel of six aboriginal Canadians was almost uniformly pronuclear – no surprise given the program blurb citing the recent rise in “anti-uranium rhetoric”.

While a discussion of ethics has begun, in the context of an open understanding that the industry has a troubled past, there was little mention of actual issues. A few activists gathered outside with signs referring to various cases, including that of Adolfo Ich Chamán, a Guatemalan Mayan leader who was hacked and shot to death by security forces. His widow has filed a lawsuit in Ontario against HudBay Minerals, HMI Nickel and their Guatemalan subsidiary.

Three protesters walked inside with leaf lets but were quickly turfed.

No recognition here that without the years of protest there would have been no corporate social responsibility talk at all.

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OpenTable reservations YOUR ANTIDOTE TO ANOTHER HARPER GOVERNMENT Does the online reservation service help or hurt?

“Dog-eat-dog” is a gross way to deProjectDemocracy.ca scribe the restaurant scene in Toronto – eating a dog and all – but it’s accurate. This city is preoccupied with dining out.

Survival, then, means using OpenTable, a slick web and mobile service that arranges reservations in a matter of clicks.

For the restaurant-obsessed, OpenTable is wonderful: easy, efficient, 24/7 and free. It’s like the antiTicketmaster, since the restaurant incurs the costs instead of the consumer.

ProjectDemocracy.ca But there’s a growing revolt among restaurants against the company.

Starting in San Francisco and spreading east, restaurant owners have called OpenTable monopolistic, expensive and bad for the industry.

Yet diners are flocking to it, raising

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the eternal question: can 200 million users be wrong?

Making a reservation used to be a three-step process. Look up a number, dial it and plead your case to a rushed maître d’. OpenTable boils that down to just one button on your phone.

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side, OpenTable acts as a middle man, a position detested by the internet.

Why use a third party when you can make a reservation on your own?

The fundamental complaint from restaurants is the price. In addition to an installation fee and monthly bill, restaurants pay $1 for every diner who uses OpenTable to reserve a seat (meaning $2 for every couple). Noshows included. Fees can apparently climb to $1,000 a month.

“It’s an investment, for sure,” says Theresa Suraci of Oliver & Bonacini, a local upscale chain that uses OpenTable across all its locations.

That’s probably why the list of Toronto restaurants using the service is pretty corporate. With profit margins in restaurants already razor-thin, who has money for a middle man?

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pany has been positive, but many smaller restaurants complain about the price structure.

“The beauty of OpenTable is that the economics make sense regardless of the size of the restaurant,” says Mike Dodson, a VP at OpenTable.

He says smaller restaurants benefit from placement on the site next to more well-known spots.

A more serious allegation is that OpenTable is monopolistic. If a restaurant wants to compete, it has no choice but to play ball. This idea was put forth by Mark Pastore, the owner of Incanto, a successful head-to-tail spot in San Francisco. He let his frustrations fly in a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed, noting that OpenTable has nearly a 90 per cent market share on online reservations.

Pastore argues that the restaurant

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industry will suffer in the long term.

“By permitting a third party to own and control access to the customer database, restaurants have unwittingly paid while giving away one of the crown jewels of their business: their customers,” he wrote.

Dodson has said most reservations – about 92 per cent – are made over the telephone. And UrbanSpoon, maker of a famous iPhone app of the same name, is prepping a rival site.

Meanwhile, OpenTable is about to add coupons to its suite of services, which could shoot it into a Grouponlike stratosphere.

For diners who just want to find an open table, though, the OpenTable debate might as well be happening in the kitchen. joshuae@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/joshuaerrett

By alexander joo

Doing what it did for vacuum cleaners and hand dryers, Dyson takes another mundane household appliance and kicks the shit out of it. The Dyson Air Multiplier is unlike any other fan ever built, expelling an uninterrupted stream of smooth, cool air rather than the buffeting chop-chop-chop of traditional propeller fans. $379.99 from The Bay, thebay.com.

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By ADRIA VASIL

When you’re addicted to the planet If I were to give up one habit for April, what should it be?

The Western world ain’t particularly good at abstaining from anything.

There’s a scene in an old Seinfeld that encapsulates this perfectly – the one where a flight attendant in first class asks Jerry, “More anything?” To which he responds gleefully without missing a beat, “More everything!”

That’s us.

We’re the “more everything” culture. And we’re smothering the planet with the ramifications of manufacturing, consuming and tossing all that everything. That’s why I love the idea of a carbon fast for Lent dreamt up by a couple earth-loving bishops in England a few years ago. UK churches are huge on it.

But Lent’s a tough sell for nonChristians, which is why it’s so awesome that this year the peeps at Earth Day have kick­started Give It Up For Earth Day. Anytime in April (like say, right now), you can sign up 1 FINAL.pdf 4/5/2011 to give up Now oneMagazine habitAd that’s damag­ ing the planet for the rest of Earth

Month (earthday.ca/giveitup). They’ll even let you promise to give it up for as little as a week. To make things easy, they suggest one of four moves.

One option: stop shopping. Vow to give up buying stuff you don’t actually need for the rest of the month.

This is a seriously tough one for the vast majority of us. Canadian households are fabulous consumers. We spend about $13,000 a year on nonessential items, all the stuff that falls outside of keeping the heat, water and lights on, getting from A to B, and health and education costs.

Since households contribute 46 per cent of Canada’s greenhouse gases, and two-thirds of that C02 actually comes from the making of those products and services we use, we’ve seriously got to pare it down where we can.

If you need something fresh, go to Freecycle, Kijiji or Craigslist (and 10:56:33 the AM posers selling new stuff). avoid Hold a swap night with friends. Try

upcycling something old into some­ thing new. Host a Story Of Stuff mo­ vie night and maybe inspire friends to join your pledge.

A second option on the table for the month is to give up all TV – per­ haps an even harder task for most.

The average Canadian watches up to 25 hours of telly a week. Start by throwing a blanket over your television, and, no, this doesn’t mean live-streaming shows on your laptop instead. Unplug, and pull out a good book. Sign up for a new class, be it belly dancing or swing, pottery or kung fu. Go for more walks. Go to more talks. Get out into the world and connect with your friends, neighbourhood, city.

Probably the easiest pledge on the list is to give up toxic cleaners.

There’s such a sea of greener cleaners on the market today, there’s no excuse for even the most strident vinegar-hater to scrub with chemicals.

Still, the average Canadian family uses anywhere from 20 to 40 litres of toxic cleaning products a year, so this is a good starter pledge to encourage family members to sign onto.

Or, finally, go full veg or vegan.

Kicking up my mostly vegetarian/ conscious pescetarian diet to 100 per

Sign up Earth Day folks want you to commit to ditching one earth-destructive habit (think TV) for a month. cent vegan is my personal challenge for the rest of April (and one I’ve admittedly never attempted.) That means no goat cheese sandwiches, sardines or hangover eggs. Since veganism has the smallest eco footprint in town, tofu scramble it is (as long as it’s organic and Canadiangrown, of course).

For more ideas on all kinds of planet­friendly diets, look for NOW’s special Earth Day issue coming out

next week. And in the meantime, good luck abstaining. I recommend trying one main resolution for the month and experimenting with others for a week or two. And you don’t have to stick to these four. Invent your own and run with it. May the earth be with you.

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Thursday, April 7

Benefits

coc Fine wine auction (Canadian Opera Co)

Live auction of wines from private collections.

6 pm. $85. Crush, 455 King W. 416-977-1234.

Japan criSiS (Canadian Red Cross) Live music, artists, a silent auction and more. 6 pm-2 am.

Zemra, 778 St Clair W. 416-651-3123.

Events

alex SainSbury and margaret Zeidler Discussing non-profit spaces for artists. 7:30 pm. $10, stu/srs $7. Prefix, 401 Richmond W. 416591-0357. creatiVe communitieS Meeting for people interested in developing an action plan for the city’s cultural sector. 6-8:30 pm. Free. City Hall Council Chambers, Queen and Bay. Pre-register 416-392-6833.

FaShionconnect t.o. Industry execs and consumers get together to discuss fashion. 6:3010 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. the great canadian appathon Student developers scramble to create the next great mobile game. 11 am-1 pm. Free. Yonge-Dundas Square. ydsquare.ca. how to boil a Frog Screening of the ecocomedy followed by a Q&A. 7-8:30 pm. Free.

Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. 416-466-2129. maSS exoduS 2011: Zenith + nadir Fashion event showcasing work by fourth-year Ryerson fashion and design students, with a runway show (tomorrow 6 & 8:30 pm) and exhibit (today and tomorrow 10 am-9 pm). $20-$30, exhibit free. Ryerson Theatre, 43 Gerrard E (runway show), POD-250 Podium Bldg, 350 Victoria (exhibit). massexodus.ca. nerd nite toronto Presentations on the nanoworld, rocket science in the home and the clashes of music genres. 7 pm. Free. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. toronto.nerdnite.com.

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rSprocketS Festival of international

films for children and youth. $12, stu/srs $9.50, child $8.50, family 10-pack $75. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. 416-599-8433, tiff.net/sprockets.

Apr 7 to 17 VeggieliciouS More than 20 local restaurants offer deals on meatless meals that are eco-friendly and cruelty-free. veggielicious.ca.

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Rally For A Toronto For Everyone and a discussion. 6:30-9:30 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. labour.solidarity.works@gmail.com.

how to Start and manage your Small/ home-baSed buSineSS Info session. 7:15-9:15

continuing

imageS Showcasing contemporary mov-

ing image culture with screenings, performances, talks and concerts. $8-$15, closing night $15, some pwyc. Various venues. imagesfestival.com.

To Apr 9 reelworld Screening of films and videos celebrating diversity. $10-$40, pass $125.

Scotiabank Theatre (259 Richmond W), Canada Square (2200 Yonge). reelworld.ca.

To Apr 10

toronto Silent Film FeStiVal Silent films

Demonstrations, pancakes, wagon rides and more. $9, srs/child $6.50. Kortright Centre, Pine Valley and Major Mackenzie (Kleinburg). 416-667-6299, maplesyrupfest.com.

To Apr 10

with live musical accompaniment. $13-$15.

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. 416-461-9287, torontosilentfilmfestival.com.

Mar 30 to Apr 7 27 artS FeSt Visual arts, dance, music and theatre events happen across the city. Free and

ticketed events. toronto.ca/celebrate27.

To Apr 30 ViVa el teatro Festival of plays in Spanish (with English translation), live dance and more. $20, pass $65. Palmerston Library Theatre, 560 Palmerston. festivalinspanish.ca.

To Apr 30

noam chomSky The political activist/author

60 St George. astro.utoronto.ca. warm up with mayan art Presentation by Mexican art history professor Elizabeth Iturbe.

7 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. woody harrelSon The actor and writer discusses his career and new project as director of the play Bullet For Adolf. 7 pm. $18.75, stu/ srs $15. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. tiff. net/woody. youth Food Fair Youth connect with Toronto’s leading food organizations. 6-9 pm. Free.

New College, 40 Wilcocks. tyfpc.ca.

food tastings, an auction of designer-inspired denim jackets and more. 7 pm-1 am. $150. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. 416-216-2119. deSign hope toronto art auction (Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre) Art auction and raffle. 7-10 pm. Donation. St John’s Parish Hall, 186 Cowan. designhopetoronto.ca. international roma day (Roma Community Centre) Romani bands, an art exhibit and book launches. 4 pm-midnight. $10-$20. Rhino, 1249 Queen W. 416-535-8089. night oF rightS (Journalists for Human Rights) Performances by Running Red Lights and DJ DLUX, speakers and more. 7:30 pm. $70-$100. 99 Sudbury. night4rights.com.

rSugarbuSh maple Syrup FeStiVal

talks about the threat to freedom and survival posed by the state-corporate complex. 1 pm. $20, stu $10. Hart House Great Hall, 7 Hart House Circle. harthouse.ca.

reclaiming the city: the architect/planner aS eco-urbaniSt Conversation with Berlin urban planner Stephan Lanz and Tower Renewal Toronto’s Graeme Stewart. 6 pm. Free.

OCAD, 100 McCaul. goethe.de/toronto.

Social media For Social cauSeS Panel discussion with Médecins Sans Frontières communications director Avril Benoît, WWF social media specialist Sara Falconer and others. 7 pm. Free. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. Pre-register socialmediacause.eventbrite.com.

SpeakeaSy Spring craFt Show Handcrafted items. 7-11 pm. Pwyc. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. taking the twinkle out oF the StarS Talk on the rise of telescopes with adaptive optics and giant lasers plus telescope observing. 8:10-10 pm. Free. McLennan Physical Labs, rm MP 203,

life ecologist Douglas Tallamy talks about looking at gardens in a completely different way. 6-7 pm. Free w/ admission. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. claSSic car auction Collector car auction.

Today noon-8 pm; tomorrow 9 am-8 pm; Apr 10, 9 am-5 pm. $15-$25. International Centre, 6900 Airport. ccpauctions.com.

From wiSconSin to toronto: workerS Say enough iS enough! Banner-making for the

Friday, April 8

Benefits

SurViVal oF the indigenouS Spirit with leS

art auction & raFFle (Design Hope Toronto)

An auction of one-of-a-kind artwork helps the homeless. 7-10 pm. Free. St John’s Parish Hall, 186 Cowan. designhopetoronto.ca. blue JeanS and bling (Second Base Youth Shelter) Fundraising renovation gala, with

Stroud (Rights of Passage) Fundraiser for youth programs with musician/survival expert Stroud and elder Dave Courchene. 7 pm. $30. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. 416-537-0928.

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pm. $10 or pwyc. Yellow Door Learning Centre, 6 St Joseph. Pre-register bahman@canaglobe. ca. king tut’S curSe Soc for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities talk by Steven B Shubert. 7 pm.

Free. Earth Sciences Bldg, rm 142, 5 Bancroft. thessea.org. made in dagenham Rebel Films screening and discussion. 7 pm. $4. OISE, 252 Bloor W. 416-535-8779. rnational poStage Stamp Show Today 11 am-6 pm; tomorrow 10 am-5 pm; Apr 10, 10 am-4 pm. Free. Queen Elizabeth Bldg, Exhibition Place. csdaonline.com. reel pr Learn how to promote a film. 1 pm.

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art For goodneSS’ Sake (local charities) Art

show and sale. 10 am-4 pm. Free. KingswayLambton Church, 85 the Kingsway. kingswaylambton.ca/art. carmen unZipped (Women’s Art Assoc of Canada) Performance with Jean Stilwell, Patti Loach and others plus cocktails and dinner.

6:30 pm. $150. Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm. 416-922-2060. comedy night at the barnS (Wychwood Barns Community Assoc) Performances by the Second City Improv All Stars and others. 7:30 pm. $40. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. wychwoodbarnscommunity.ca.

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by Heather Hartt-Sussman. 2-3 pm. Free. Type Books, 427 Spadina Rd. 416-487-8973. run Your MouTh Mayworks workshop with spoken word artist Donna-Michelle St Bernard. 1-5 pm. $35. 519 Church Community Centre. Register registration@mayworks.ca.

SPring cleAn-uP Join High Park Stewards to help uncover the boulevard beds and prepare sites for the upcoming burn. 10:30 am-12:30 pm. Free. Grenadier Restaurant, High Park. highparknature.org.

SundAY Scene Tour the current exhibition with Marnie Fleming. 2 pm. Free. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949.

The Sakura Ball honours David Suzuki on April 9.

JAM 4 JAMAicA (scholarships for six Jamaican

students) Party for a cause. 10:30 pm. $25, adv $20. Toula, 1 Harbour Sq, 38th Floor. 416-4325568.

SAkurA BAll (Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre) Gala evening honouring environmentalist/scientist David Suzuki. 5 pm. $500.

Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond. 416-441-2345. wonder woMen (Canadian Women’s Fdn) Music by Madette, Arlene Paculan and others.

9 pm. $8. Smiling Buddha, 961 College. 416516-2531.

YogA dAY For huMAn righTS (Amnesty International) Yoga class in support of human rights. 11 am-noon. $20-$29. Amnesty Offices, 1992 Yonge. 416-363-9933 ext 330.

Events

ABBAS AkhAvAn The Iranian-born artist talks

about his exhibition Hawkers. 2-4 pm. Free.

Trinity Square Video, 401 Richmond W. 416593-1332.

BellYdAnce clASS & oPen houSe A class with Yasmina Ramzy and demos. 4-5 pm. Free. Arabesque Dance Studio, 1 Gloucester, suite 107.

416-920-5593, arabesquedance.ca.

Bike-Building PArTY People with mechanic expertise help build and repair bikes for the

Hawaiian Healing Weekend

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co Fire, new York ciTY, 1911) Spadina heritage walk. 6:15 pm. Free. Spadina and Adelaide.

416-593-2656.

Monday, April 11 youth-led enterprise. 10 am-4 pm. Free. Charlie’s Bike Shop, 242.5 Queen E. zoe@ charliesfreewheels.ca.

Blogging And SociAl MediA BASicS Workshop. 10 am-1 pm. $50. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. Pre-register 416-9734000.

Building Your cAreer in The good Food MoveMenT Workshops and speakers. 11:30

am-5 pm. $50. OISE, rm 5260, 252 Bloor W. Pre-register pushfoodforward.com. cAMBridge-PAriS rAil TrAil Bus trip for a hike with Toronto Bruce Trail Club. 8:30 am. $23.

Clarence Square, Spadina S of King. torontobrucetrailclub.org.

cAnAdA ouT oF AFghAniSTAn! Bring The TrooPS hoMe now! Toronto Coalition to Stop

the War/Afghan for Peace rally and march.

Noon. Free. U.S. Consulate, 360 University. nowar.ca. reASTer TrAdiTionS Egg-colouring, an egg hunt and more. Today and tomorrow noon-4 pm. Free w/ admission. Colborne Lodge, High Park. 416-392-6916.

FrAnk o’deA The once-homeless Second Cup $275 • APRIL 15-17 co-founder talks about hope, vision and acFri 7-9pm Sat & Sun 9:30am-5:30pm tion. 7:30 pm. $20, yth $10. Bloordale United Church, 4258 Bloor W. 416-621-1710.

CALL FOR DETAILS gregg ArAki The indie filmmaker talk about his films. 7 pm. $18.75, stu/srs $15. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. tiff.net. www.shamanicbodywork.com PATrioTS And MArTYrS oF The reBellion His222 THE ESPLANADE torical walk of Rebellion sites led by historian Bruce Bell. 2 pm. $15. For location email Free Book Signing/Introduction news6850@gmail.com.

PreServing cAnAdA’S ArcTic norTh World Thursday, April 14 (5pm – 7pm) Healing Project conference with a talk by Origo Books, 49 Jarvis St David Suzuki. 10 am-1 pm. $45-$60. Metro 255PM Front W. 1-855-45624075_MrtvolkaHatch:Layout 1 Convention 4/1/11 Centre, 2:16 Page 1 8967, schoolofetherichealing.com.

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rAllY For A ToronTo For everYone Rally to

help stop cuts, closures, user fees and privatization, and a march to city hall. 1 pm. Free.

Yonge-Dundas Square. respecttoronto@ gmail.com.

SPring MoTorcYcle Show All types of bikes and scooters, rider training info and more. Today 10 am-9 pm; tomorrow 10 am-5 pm. $16, yth $5, under 6 free. International Centre, 6900 Airport. supershowevents.com.

ToronTo roller derBY Gore-Gore Roller Girls vs Chicks Ahoy! 6:30 pm. $18, adv $12. Downsview Park Hangar, 75 Carl Hall. torontorollerderby.com.

Sunday, April 10

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hAiTi orPhAnAge FundrAiSer (Les Enfant Demunis Orphanage) Music by Rodrigo Wilde, Jaffa Charles, the Effens and others. 9 pm. $8.

Rancho Relaxo, 300 College. 416-920-0366.

Pogo run/wAlk (Pediatric Oncology Group of Ont) A 10K run and 5K run/walk raise money for children with cancer. 10 am. $40, adv $35. Sunnybrook Park, Leslie north of Eglinton. cadillacfairviewrun.ca.

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collAge AniMATion Master class with Halifax-based artist James MacSwain. 10 am-5 pm. $50. Toronto Animated Image Society, 60 Atlantic. Pre-register tais.ca. lgBTQ volunTeer FAir Info on volunteering opportunities with LBGTQ-positive organizations. Noon-4 pm. Free. 519 Church Community. adminvolunteer@the519.org.

Mining in cenTrAl AMericA Open study session. 2-4 pm. Free. OISE, 252 Bloor W. torontoboliviasolidarity@gmail.com. rnoni SAYS no Launch for a children’s book

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ShiATSu TherAPiSTS uniTe For JAPAn

(Japanese Red Cross) Receive a shiatsu treatment and help support victims of the earthquake. 8 am-5 pm. Donation. Hart House Music Rm, 7 Hart House Circle. jcc.on.cac/ japan_earthquake_relief_fund.htm.

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AddicTion: The hidden ePideMic Lecture by

New York Times author Pam Killeen. 7-10 pm.

Free. T & M Sidewalk Cafe, 1342 Danforth.

416-465-2012.

BooTSTrAPPin’ Digital start-up networking event. 7 pm-12 am. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. children oF holocAuST SurvivorS Info evening about a support group for adult children of survivors. 6:30-8:30 pm. Free. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. harrietw@mnjcc.org. converSATionS on The green Theatre producer David Mirvish talks with radio personality Ralph Benmurgui. 7:30 pm. $37. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-366-7723. dAncing BeTween idenTiTieS Talk by Canadian studies prof Julie Mehta and book signing with Judy Fong Bates. 6 pm. Free. University College, rm 140, 15 King’s College Circle. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

The FilMS oF cATherine BreillAT Film critic Adam Nayman looks at the controversial director’s career. 7-9 pm. $12, stu $6. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. 416-924-6211.

FroM Freud To ProzAc Lectures series on American psychiatry in the 20th century. Today, tomorrow and Apr 13, 4:30 pm. Free. University College, rm 140, 15 King’s College Circle. 416-978-3160.

TerriTorieS Film and discussion on parallels between the isolation of Palestinians and efforts to prevent illegal U.S. immigrants, with author Jimmy Johnson. 7 pm. Pwyc. Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor W. 416-9662815.

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Daniela Sneppova & Penn Kemp A multimedia spectacle using techniques of 19th century phantasmagoria. ($12 for students/seniors/arts professionals)

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Wednesday, April 13

Benefits

SAnTe (Prostate Cancer Canada) Perform-

ances by R&B/soul artists including Liberty Silver and new issue launch. 7 pm. $20. Embassy, 117 Peter. rsvp@kimgraham.ca.

STeP in The SPoTlighT (STEP) Fundraising reception for youth after-school programs.

6-10 pm. $50. The Local, 511 Danforth. 647348-4969.

Events

AlYxAndrA hArveY The Out For Blood

author talks to girls 13 to 17. 6:30 pm. $30 (includes book). Mabel’s Fabels, 662 Mt Pleasant. 416-322-0438.

The cAncer neTwork Panel discussion on the disease, the patients and the researchers with scientist Meredith Irwin and others.

6-8 pm. Free. Duggan’s Brewery, 75 Victoria. cafe.scientifique@sickkids.ca. chinA Travel talk. 6:30 pm. Free. Adventure Travel Co, 408 King W. 416-345-9726.

downSTreAM: The oil SAndS induSTrY And The AThABAScA river Discussion on

the role of pollution from the oil sands industry in causing cancer deaths. 7 pm. $15.

Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park.

416-586-5897, rom.on.ca/water.

educATing eliTeS: clASS Privilege And educATionAl AdvAnTAge Panel discussion

with professor Jane Kenway and others. 10 am-1 pm. Free. OISE, rm 5-250, 252 Bloor W. womensbookstore.com. enTrePreneurShiP 101 Class on the nuts and bolts of starting a business. 5:30-6:30 pm. Free. MaRS Auditorium, 101 College.

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exPloring The occuPATion: iSrAel’S PAciFicATion induSTrY Talk by Israeli security and arms industry expert Jimmy Johnson.

7:30 pm. $10 or pwyc. Friends House, 60 Lowther. negedneshek.org.

clASSic SiMPSonS TriviA nighT 8-11 pm. Free.

Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-5314635.

Amateur porn screening, DJ Sasha Van Bon Bon and more. 8 pm. Free. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. goodforher.com.

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Saturday, April 9, 7pm, $15 Government Site Partners

discussion with the director and/or producer. 7-9 pm. Pwyc. Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina. womenshealthyenvironments.ca. heirlooM id clinic Have your family heirlooms or garage finds identified by experts.

10 am-noon. $20/first object, $10 second and third objects. Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. how To: PorTFolio reviewS Photographers have their portfolios reviewed. 7-9 pm. $70. Gallery 44, 401 Richmond W #120. Preregister 416-979-3941.

SAMuel lounT Film screening and talk by historian Randall White. 7 pm. Free. City Hall, Queen and Bay. 416-653-4747.

Soil And Soil heAlTh Organic gardening and permaculture discussion and workshop. $20-30. Quaker House, 60 Lowther. gardenjane.com.

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Gordon Smith The special effects expert introduces Adrian Lyne’s film Jacob’s Ladder and discusses the challenges of building the props. 7 pm. $12. Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles. 416-531-9959. matthew teitelbaum on PaterSon ewen

The AGO director/CEO talks about the painter’s work. 7-8:30 pm. $19.50, stu $12. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. Pre-register ago.net. woody harrelSon The actor and writer talks about his career with NOW publisher Michael Hollett. 7 pm. $10. Underground @ the Drake, 1150 Queen W. 416-364-1300, nowtoronto.com/nowtalks.

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Thursday, April 14

Benefits

Canada roCkS 4 JaPan (Canadian Red

Cross) Concert featuring an all-star cast of Canadian musicians. 7 pm. $20. Sound Academy, 11 Polson. canadarocks4.com. an eveninG of aweSome (Child Development Instit) Performances, dinner and more.

6:30 pm. $75-$150. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. 416-603-1827 ext 2248. a GutSy affair (Crohn’s & Colitis Fdn) Martinis and dancing. 7:30-10 pm. $60, adv $50.

Revival, 783 College. agutsyaffair.com. maSSive Party (Art Gallery of Ontario) Contemporary art with installations, entertainment and more. Art Gallery Of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6628. new labelS (Toronto Fashion Incubator) Fashion show of finalists’ designs and a preshow reception. 6 pm. $60. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. fashionincubator.com. noah’S Children (Friends of NOAH) Music

by African Guitar Summit, a drum session and African art auction benefit children orphaned by AIDS. 6:30 pm. $150. Berkeley Church, 315 Queen E. ticketscene.ca/noah.

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environment 101 for freelanCe writerS

Seminar with environmental journalist Stephen Leahy and others. 7-9 pm. $20, adv $15. U of T Health Sciences Bldg, rm 106, 155 College. pwac.ca.

nature, Culture and reSilient Commun-

itieS Presentation and storytelling with cultural mentor Mark Morey. 6-9 pm. Donation (sugg $10). OISE, 252 Bloor W. Pre-register pineproject.org. toronto art exPo More than 200 artists and galleries representing 12 countries. Today 6-10 pm; tomorrow noon-9 pm; Apr 16, 10 am-7 pm; Apr 17, 11 am-6 pm. $12, stu/srs $8, opening night $25. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. torontoartexpo.com.

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The week’s news, views and sales Student Fashion Week

it’s Mass Exodus time at Ryerson University again. The annual student-produced runway extravaganza, curated this year by FLARE fashion director Elizabeth Cabral, takes place tonight (Thursday, april 7) at 6 and 8:30 pm, and Friday (april 8) at 6 pm.

This year’s show is titled Zenith+Nadir and introduces a magazine by the same name featuring the work of communications and design students. Tickets range from $20 to $30. Find more info at massexodus.ca.

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ies should check out Rock ’n’ Rogue, a retro menswear pop-up at *Hotshot (181 augusta) until Sunday (april 10). Organized by lost+found and Stacked vintage, the event offers shoppers ties, jackets and T-shirts, plus limited-edition, handcrafted jeans by North Carolina’s Raleigh Denim. The launch happens tonight (Thursday, april 7) from 7 to 11 pm. RSvP rockandrogueshop@gmail.com.

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Balisi (711 Queen west, 416-203-2388, and others, balisi.com) has just introduced Shoewards, a loyalty program that guarantees footwear fanatics get into a fresh pair sooner than usual. For every $100 you spend on full-priced heels, boots and flats, you re-

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On the heels of fashion week, Franke designer Kendra Francis (iamfranke.com) celebrated a decade in fashion with a fall 2011 collection presentation and photo exhibit at Mercer Street’s AME on april 4. The exhibit features local women known for their unique style, including MuchMusic’s Sarah Taylor, performer Pastel Supernova and GotStyle owner Melissa Austria, who posed in pieces from past collections. The photos were auctioned off to benefit Dr. Roz’s Healing Place.

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store of the week DOMISON 35 Jarvis, 416-203-2687, domison.com

After teasing furniture fans with their DOMISON home line at the Interior Design Show this past January, Thien and My Ta Trung open their Toronto showroom today (Thursday, April 7).

The brother-sister duo call the collection the ready-to-wear sibling to their higher-priced, more experimental Periphere pieces known for horizontal shapes and pops of colour.

The industrial store space, with slick white walls juxtaposed against steel columns and a polished concrete floor, is stocked with sectionals, low-profile credenzas and statement accent pieces. Check out the Tarantula chair, its floating seat suspended from a gilt frame, or the Lollipop table with a juicy yellow top mounted on a chrome base.

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At DOMISON’s Saint-Laurent flagship in Montreal, Thien and My commission and create grand installations out of everyday materials – one a sculptural wave made of socks, another wood planks layered into a three-dimensional egg shape – to lure shoppers. They’ll mount similar window displays here, starting with an improvised piece in cardboard and paper.

DOMISON picks:: The Baltic sectional’s cover slips off for easy cleaning and upholstery switch-ups, $2,150; a console mixes walnut shelves with a powdercoated metal frame, $1,400; Thien calls the bright colour options for the top of the Lollipop table “electric,” $750.

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alt health Creature comforts Can communion with furry, cuddly beings heal? By elizaBeth Bromstein when you’re feeling freaked out, cranky or edgy, should you add a friendly furry being to your list of alt tonics?

Sure, some folks are cat/dog allergic or phobic, but in general, research

supports the idea that petting a cute, warm, congenial creature changes brain chemistry temporarily for the better. Claims are even being made about the benefits of swimming with dolphins. That’s the foundation of

pet- or animal-assisted therapy.

But not everyone believes there’s clinical evidence that communing with the animal world creates calm and cheer. How much of all this pans out?

What the experts say “We see the visible relaxation that therapy dogs offer in our in-patient and outpatient psychiatry unit. When people feel vulnerable, a dog provides a distraction and allows [patients] to feel safer discussing issues from their past. We’ve been able to document both psychological and physiological reductions in anxiety and stress. We also found a reduction in fear before a serious medical procedure. We need more research in the area.”

SANDRA B. BARKER, professor of psy­ chiatry, Bill Balaban chair in human­ animal interaction, Virginia Common­ wealth University, Richmond

possibly be used to conclude that dolphin therapy is effective. Autism is one of the targets of this industry, so there are desperate parents trying anything they can. That is ethically indefensible.

My general understanding of other forms of animal therapy with cats, dogs, rabbits is that there may be some positive effects, but they don’t last. But these animals are not abused the way dolphins are, and they’re not asking people to mortgage their homes.”

LORI MARINO, senior lecturer, neuro­ science and behavioral biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

“We focused on dolphin-assisted therapy, looking at all the papers in peerreviewed literature. We found the studies were so weak that they couldn’t

“In our study, using a person’s own dog, an unfamiliar dog and a robotic dog, cortisol [levels in subjects] were quite different depending on the situation.

astrology freewill

by Rob Brezsny

Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 When he was

three years old, actor Charlie Sheen got a hernia from yelling too much and too loud. I definitely don’t encourage you to be like that. However, I do think it’s an excellent time to tune in to the extravagant emotions that first made an appearance when you were very young and that have continued to be a source of light and heat for you ever since. Maybe righteous anger is one of those vitalizing emotions, but there must be others as well – crazy longing, ferocious joy, insatiable curiosity, primal laughter. Get in touch with them; invite them to make an appearance and reveal the specific magic they have to give you right now.

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 The hydro-

chloric acid in our digestive system is so corrosive it can dissolve a nail. In other words, you contain within you the power to dematerialize solid metal. Why is it so hard, then, for you to conceive of the possibility that you can vaporize a painful memory or bad habit or fearful fantasy? I say you can do just that, Taurus – especially at this moment, when your capacity for creative destruction is at a peak. Try this meditation: Imagine that the memory or habit or fantasy you want to kill off is a nail. Then picture yourself dropping the nail into a vat of hydrochloric acid. Come back every day and revisit this vision, watching the nail gradually dissolve.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 Now and then I include comments in these horoscopes that might be construed as political in

nature. For instance, I have always endorsed a particular candidate in the American presidential elections. Some people are outraged by this, saying, in effect, “How dare you?! What do your political opinions have to do with my life?!” If you feel that way, you might want to stop reading now. It’s my sacred duty to tell you that the twists and turns of political and social issues will be making an increasingly strong impact on your personal destiny in the months ahead. To be of service to you, I will have to factor them into my meditations on your oracles. Now let me ask you: Is it possible that your compulsive discontent about certain political issues is inhibiting your capacity for personal happiness?

CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 If you were a poker player, the odds would now be far better than usual that you’d be voted one of the “50 Sexiest Poker Players in the World.” If you were a physician volunteering your services in Haiti or Sudan, there’d be an unusually high likelihood that you’d soon be the focus of a feature story on a TV news show. And even if you were just a pet groomer or life coach or yoga teacher, I bet your cachet would be rising.

Why? According to my reading of the omens, you Cancerians are about to be noticed, seen for who you are or just plain appreciated a lot more than usual.

Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 No other country on the planet has a greater concentration of artistic masterpieces than Italy. As for the place that has the most natural wonders and inspiring scenery per square

Sometimes owners were worrying about whether their dog was behaving properly. And in the case of the unfamiliar dog, people were a little unsure of the dog, so we did not have the enormous cortisol drops [seen in earlier studies.] The changes were beneficial but not as robust. Interacting with a dog is potentially stress-relieving. We know that blood pressure and heart rate decreases. We had significant decreases within 15 minutes of interacting with the dogs.”

REBECCA A. JOHNSON, director, Research Center for Human­Animal Interaction, College of Veterinary Medi­ cine, University of Missouri, Columbia “There is a little bit of evidence that pet therapy does decrease the biological stress response. A lot of data

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mile: That’s more subjective, but I’d say Hawaii. Judging from the astrological omens, Leo, I encourage you to visit one or both of those two hotspots – or the closest equivalents you can manage. (If you already live in Italy or Hawaii, you won’t have far to go.) In my opinion, you need to be massively exposed to huge doses of staggering beauty. And I really do mean that you NEED this experience – for your mental, physical and spiritual well-being.

VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 Healer Caroline

Myss coined the term “woundology.” It refers to the practice of using our wounds to get power, sympathy and attention. Why give up our pain when we can wield it to manipulate others emotionally? “I am suffering, so you should give me what I want.” When we’re in pain, we may feel we have the right to do things we wouldn’t otherwise allow ourselves to do, like go on shopping sprees, eat tasty junk food or sleep with attractive people who are no good for us. In this scenario, pain serves us. It’s an ally. Your assignment, Virgo, is to get touch with your personal version of woundology. Now is a good time to divest yourself of the so-called “advantages” of holding on to your suffering.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 As an American who has lived most of my life in the U.S., I write these horoscopes in English. But for years they have also been translated into Italian for the zesty Italian magazine, Internazionale. Over the years, my readership there has grown so sizable

“Dogs, that have been given maybe 24 hours to live are taken from shelters for our dog cell program. That alone is a powerful psychiatric tool for [prison]

inmates. They know they saved a life.

They empathize with the dogs, because a lot of times the dogs are castoffs. We promote an understanding of and respect for animals that carries over into respect for fellow humans. The psychiatric staff consider it a major event when the men and women begin to tear up, because most have never shown any emotion. We also have teams involved in stress relief programs with college students at exam time. A lot of universities are requesting therapy dogs.”

BRIAN MULLIGAN, director, K9 Buddies, Durham, North Carolina 3

that an Italian publisher approached me to create an astrology book for Italians.

Late last year Robosocopo appeared in Italy but nowhere else. It was an odd feeling to have my fourth book rendered in the Italian language but not in my native tongue. I suspect you’ll be having a comparable experience soon, Libra. You will function just fine in a foreign sphere – having meaningful experiences, and maybe even some success, “in translation.”

gian film Twigson is about a boy who feels so friendless and isolated that he seeks companionship with a talking twig.

In the coming weeks, I encourage you to be equally as proactive in addressing the strains of your own loneliness. I’m not implying that you are lonelier or will be lonelier than the rest of us; I’m just saying that it’s an excellent time for taking aggressive action to soothe the ache. So reach out, Capricorn. Be humbly confident as you try to make deeper contact.

sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 You can gain

AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 During one of 2010’s Mercury retrograde phases, astrologer Evelyn Roberts wrote on her Facebook page that she was doing lots of things you’re “not supposed to do” during a Mercury retrograde: buying a new computer, planning trips, making contracts, signing documents. Why? She said she always rebels like that, maybe because of her quirky Aquarian nature.

More importantly, she does it because what usually works best for her is to pay close attention to what’s actually going on rather than getting lost in fearful fantasies about what influence a planet may or may not have. During the current Mercury retrograde, Aquarius, I recommend her approach to you.

shows that the social support of other humans helps decrease stress levels. I would guess, though I don’t have data, that the presence of pets would decrease stress in the same way. The caveat is that not everybody is a pet person. I would be a little bit careful about pet therapy for everyone.’’

RAJITA SINHA, professor of psychiatry and child studies, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

more power – not to mention charisma, panache and love – by losing some of your cool. This is one time when too much self-control could actually undermine your authority. So please indulge in a bit of healthy self-undoing, Scorpio.

Gently mock your self-importance and shake yourself free of self-images you’re pathologically attached to. Fool with your own hard and fast rules in ways that purge your excess dignity and restore at least some of your brilliant and beautiful innocence.

sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 This week

will be a time when you might want to get a hold of a toy you loved when you were a kid, and actually play with it again; a time when you could speak so articulately about an idea you’re passionate about that you will change the mind of someone who has a different belief; a time when you may go off on an adventure you feared you would regret but then it turns out later that you don’t regret it; a time when you might pick out a group of stars in the sky that form the shape of a symbol that’s important to you, and give this new constellation a name; and a time when you could make love with such utter abandon that your mutual pleasure will stay with you both for several days.

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 The Norwe-

pisCes Feb 19| Mar 20 Damon Bruce is a San Francisco sports talk show host I listen to now and then. He told a story about being at a bar and seeing a guy with a tattoo of a life-sized dollar bill on the back of his shaved head. Bruce was incredulous. Why burn an image of the lowest-denomination bill into your flesh?

If you’re going to all that trouble, shouldn’t you inscribe a more ambitious icon, like a $100 bill? My sentiments exactly, Pisces. Now apply this lesson to your own life.

Homework: Compose a sincere prayer in which you ask for something you think you’re not supposed to. Testify at freewillastrology.com.

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BRUNCH over 100 reviews

By STEVEN DAVEY

East sidE Bonjour Brioche

812 Queen E, at Degrassi, 416-406-1250, bonjourbrioche.com. Show up early – 9:15 am, say – if you expect to snag a seat at master baker Henri Feasson and partner Lori Feasson’s long-running Parisian patisserie without waiting in a lengthy lineup. Better yet, go Tuesday. Best: beautifully smoked salmon and chive-dressed scrambled eggs over crisp potato rosti dolloped with caviar and creamed horseradish, sided with housebaked baquette; Croque Madam sandwiches of ham and Gruyère on house-baked brioche topped with fried eggs; to drink, iced latte.

Saturday and Sunday 8 am to 4 pm. Cash only. $ Rating: nnnz

Frankly

1118 Queen E, at Caroline, 647-350-1611, franklyeatery.com. Does the Leslieville strip really need another brunch spot? It most definitely does when the card is this unique, the soundtrack – T.Rex, Roxy Music, the Smiths – this artfully curated and the service so charming. Shame there are only 18 seats.

Best: Indo-inspired mains like gobi parantha, thick whole wheat crepes stuffed with al dente cauliflower sided with sour cream raita, spicy house-made sausage and coriander chutney; corn tortillas piled with tandoori-style pulled pork, perfectly scrambled free-range eggs and roasted tomato salsa lashed with avocado cream. Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 4 pm. Unlicensed. $$ Rating:

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GloBe Bistro

124 Danforth, at Broadview, 416-466-2000, globebistro.com. See Globe Earth, page 38.

lady MarMalade

898 Queen E, at Logan, 647-351-7645, ladymarmalade.ca. Forget the weekend! Hard to believe, but regulars patiently stand in line every day of the week for a table at this hectic (read extremely noisy) BC-based breakfast café. Best: savoury waffles stuffed with spinach and aged white cheddar in lemony Italian-style tomato sauce dressed with rashers of bacon; open-faced BLT-style Bennys with free-run poached eggs, bacon, roasted tomato, red onion, chipotle mayo, home fries and house organic greens. Saturday, Sunday and holiday Mondays 8 am to 3 pm. Unlicensed. Cash only. $$ Rating: nnn

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Now that the Hoof Café has dished up its last suckling pig eggs Benny, the title for Hogtown’s most over-the-top weekend breakfast has been up for grabs. We’ve diligently strapped on the feed bag to find the best of the bunch. Psychic brunch, metal brunch, vegan brunch. UK soccer, Coronation Street and brunch every day of the week. Barrier-free and all-you-can-eat. Who’s open holiday Mondays? Reservations? Stuff yourself silly NOW! 30

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1870 Danforth, at Albright, 416-422-1870, melaniesbistro.ca. Full houses every Saturday and Sunday morning attest that there’s nothing like this pleasant storefront café for miles. Shame the cruise-ship-slash-hotelbuffet-quality grub – anchovy-free Caesar salads, wimpy salsas – doesn’t match the welcoming and attentive service. Best: panfried Newfie-style potato ’n’ cod cakes with poached eggs in dilled hollandaise sided with scoops of grilled home fries, fruit salad

BrUnCh CrUnCh RESERVATIONS: Restaurants do NOT take reservations unless noted.

LICENSED: Restaurants are licensed for alcohol unless noted.

CASH: Restaurants take credit/debit cards unless noted. $ Average main under $10 $$ Average main $10 to $13 $$$ Average main over $13 BARRIER-FREE ( ): Restaurants have at least one entry where there are no steps, tables are reasonably spaced and washrooms are located on the same floor, although not necessarily equipped with assistance.

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Table 17

782 Queen E, at Boulton, 416-519-1851, table17.ca. A shabby-chic French country room – paper-topped trestle tables, rickety chandeliers, pitchforks galore – affable service and short Euro carte draw the local gentry. Best: slow-poached Neapolitan-style eggs in Italian-style tomato sauce over thickly sliced ciabatta; Spanish potato frittata sided with cherry tomato salsa and organic house greens; to drink, $5 Caesars and mimosas. Sunday 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. $$ Rating: NNNz

More east side aUlD SPOT

347 Danforth, at Hampton, 416-406-4688, auldspot.ca. Neighbourhood pub with made-from-scratch menu. Also: 633 College, at Grace, 416-645-0285. Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 2 pm. $$ z

eDwarD leveSqUe’S KiTcheN

1290 Queen E, at Hastings, 416-465-3600, edwardlevesque.ca. Leslieville pioneer chef’s eco-friendly card features organic veggies grown on his own farm. Warning: no strollers! Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 3 pm, holiday Mondays 10 am to 3 pm. $$

JOy biSTrO

884 Queen E, at Booth, 416-465-8855, joybistro.com. Venerable resto-lounge right on Jimmy Simpson Park. Saturday and Sunday 8 am to 4 pm, holiday Mondays 9 am to 4 pm. $$ z

lalibela

1405 Danforth, at Monarch Park, 416-6450486, lalibelaethiopianrestaurant.com. Ethiopian breakfast platters of foul, fitfit and firfir seven days a week. Also: 869 Bloor W, at Roxton, 416-535-6615. Daily from 10 am. $

ONly café

972 Danforth, at Donlands, 416-463-7849, theonlycafe.com. This ragtag saloon serves up heapin’ cowboy breakfasts to a soundtrack of 60s and 70s rock. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. $z

le PaPillON ON The ParK

1001 Eastern, at Woodfield, 416-649-1001, lepapillonpark.com. French crepes and quiche on a rooftop deck overlooking Ashbridges Bay. Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. Reservations accepted. $$$ z

PrOhibiTiON

696 Queen E, at Broadview, 416-406-2669.

Riverside gastropub and oyster bar. Saturday, Sunday and holiday Mondays 10 am to 3 pm.

Reservations accepted. $$

West side beaST

96 Tecumseth, at Whitaker, 647-352-6000, thebeastrestaurant.com. Once the cramped side-street storefront home to Susur Lee’s legendary Lotus, Ex-JKWB vets Scott and Rachelle Vivian’s neighbourhood bistro (beast-ro?) goes the snout-to-tail route. Best: naturally raised Beast burgers with mayo, peameal, aged Quebec cheddar and fried free-range egg, sided with house organic greens in roasted jalapeño vinaigrette and “tater tots”; gnocchi poutine dressed with wild boar and crème anglaise; to drink, sparkling apple cider in champagne flutes; French-pressed coffee with digital timers.

Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. $$ Rating: NNNz

blOOrDale PaNTry

1285 Bloor W, at Lansdowne, 416-530-2999, thebloordalepantry.com. Despite its somewhat chi-chi handle, Rose Guarnieri and exBodega and the Fifth sous Anthony Menna’s west-side luncheonette sticks to its diner roots, its vintage diner decor and jukebox soundtrack intact, while updating the classics with local ingredients and expert plating. Best: eggs Benny on house-baked scones layered with Norwegian smoked salmon, sid-

ed with organic greens and potato-onion hash; pumpkin spice pancakes finished with maple whipped cream, sliced bananas and fresh berries; to drink, freshpressed cranberry apple cider. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. $$ Rating: NNN

braD’S

325 Roncesvalles, at Grenadier, 416-5332723, bradstakeouteatery.com. Since its launch three years ago, Brad Krawchuk’s laid-back beanery has brought downtown style to Pierogi Row. Snag a table in the sunny back room if you can. Best: shredded brisket with poached eggs; spicy Spanish chorizo ’n’ potato frittata; portobello mushroom omelettes thick with rapini, oven-dried tomato and crumbled chèvre; all above sided with Fred’s multigrain toast and either crispy cubed home fries or organic greens in red wine Dijon dressing; on the side, parsley-freckled potato rosti. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. $ Rating: NNN

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1564 Queen W, at Sorauren, 416849-1095, cowbellrestaurant.ca. Vegetarians beware! Mark Cutrara and Karin Culliton’s sophisticated Parkdale bistro has little for you here. Instead, those who like a side of meat with their meat main course will find much to love, including informed service and a relaxed early morning vibe. Best: to start, house-baked buttermilk biscuits; to follow, sweetly pulled pork Eggs Benny topped with deepfried ducks’ eggs and sided with sautéed southern-style collard greens; corned beef hash layered with a whisky-laced omelette; baked eggs in baked potato skins with nutty Frere Jacques cheese, Savoy cabbage coleslaw on the side; to drink, beermosas. Saturday 10 am to 2 pm, Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. $$$ Rating:

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and multigrain toast; candied pecan- and cornflake-crusted French toast with caramelized peaches and crème anglaise. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. $$ Rating:

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92 Ossington, at Humbert, 416-5370134, deluxrestaurant.ca. See page 32.

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1645 Queen W, at Roncesvalles, 416-5374893, easybreakfast.ca. Plastered with Easy Rider posters, Peter Morrison’s always busy all-day bruncheonette attracts an arty crowd for its eclectic mix of TexMex morning classics. Don’t do queues?

Then head around the corner to the Easy Express in the old King Street Diner weekends from 11 am to 3 pm. Best: Huevos Divorciados, two eggs topped with both red and green salsas and sided with refried beans, guacamole, home fries and toasted baguettes spread with homemade ancho chili jam; mini Belgian waffles topped with strawberry compote, blueberry coulis and whipped cream; jumbo Bloody Caesars. Daily 9 am to 5 pm. $$ Rating: NNN 

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1371 Dundas W, at Rusholme, 647351-0423. Helena Kosikova’s cozy 20-seat café on the hip Dundas West strip spotlights a short all-day card that’s often gluten-free as well as vegan, and always made from scratch and low in sodium.

Best: massive spelt Belgian waffles the size of oven mitts dolled up with maple syrup, whipped cream and stewed strawberries; Huevos Yelapa with either two eggs or garlicky baked tofu plus refried beans, toasted cornbread and in-yer-face salsa; to take home, wild blueberry scones and quinoa chocolate chip cookies. Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 4 pm. Unlicensed.

Cash only. $ Rating: NNNN

Gayley’S

1424 Dundas W, at Gladstone, 416-5383443. This brick-lined casual café fitted out with moulded plywood Eames-style chairs, a few pews and bare-topped tables is a west-side secret. Rarely too crowded, the relaxed room always has stacks of newspapers to read, and its competent kitchen whips up a respectable all-day breakfast for only $6.95. Bonus: kidfriendly. Warning: kid-friendly. Best: blueberry or chocolate pancakes sided with fresh fruit or bacon; fruit crepes with

extreme brunch

The P&L BreakfasT maple Madeira reduction and a heap o’ gratDon’t get him wrong. Matty Matheson ed hash browns ($14). likes breakfast. He’s just not that fond of PARTS & LABOUR, “When I was touring with punk bands in fried eggs.

1566 Queen West, at “I’ll eat the yolks, but that’s about it,” Fuller, 416-588-7750, the States, we’d always stop for the dollar says the tattooed Parts & Labour chef. “I Sunday 11 am to 4 pm. breakfasts at Waffle House,” says Matheson.

Reservations “The hash browns were the best part. Nocall them God’s natural hollan-daise.” accepted. body makes them up here. They all do home That hasn’t stopped him from plopping partsandlabour.ca. fries.” two of the things – sunny-side up yet! – on $$$  z The former La Palette and Le Select chef is top of the Parkdale supper-club’s namerating: NNNNN about to launch a new menu later this spring. sake Sunday-morning pancakes. They’re Anything unusual in the cards? joined by a cube of seared Perth County SD “Headcheese beignets.” pork belly confit, a veritable moat of diced trotters in a

whipped cream; from the kiddie card, Pigs In Blankets and mini-pancakes. Saturday 7 am to 6 pm, Sunday and holiday Mondays 7 am to 4 pm. $ Rating: NNN

ñGOeD eTeN

188 Ossington, at Dundas W, 416533-3213, goedeten.ca. The Belgian waffles at Johan Maes and Tanya Reid’s Le Petit Dejeuner on King East (see page 35) have proven so popular, the couple opened this west-side café exclusively devoted to them. Best: made-to-order Belgian waffles simply dressed with confectioners’ sugar or dressed to the nines with maple syrup, candied strawberries and house-made wild blueberry, Belgian chocolate or gingerbread ice cream; superb twice-cooked Belgian frites topped poutine-style with Bolognese sauce and

squeaky Pasquale Brothers cheese curds.

Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 8 pm, Sunday 10 am to 4 pm. Unlicensed. $ Rating:

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haDley’S

940 College, at Dovercourt, 416-588-3113, hadleys.ca. Situated in a former Portuguese sports bar, Eric Hadley and Lex Taman’s friendly, unpretentious spot oozes potential, particularly at brunch when the southern U.S. ’cue meets its perfect match. Best: the Remedy, a pair of deep-fried poached eggs slathered with hollandaise, smoked cheddar and gently pulled pork over hash, baked navy beans and tart Asian slaw; savoury bread pudding over leeks, portobello mushrooms and smoked Emmenthal sided with Green Goddess salad. Sunday 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. $$ Rating: NNN

heNhOUSe

1532 Dundas W, at Dufferin, 416-5345939, henhousetoronto.com. Owned by Katie Sketch and Jenny Smyth of the late Vancouver Morrissey-obsessed combo the Organ, this lesbo musician-friendly bar breaks out the eggs every weekend. Coolest jukebox in town? Best: scrambled eggs layered with curried organic tofu, zucchini and onion sided with hash browns, mesclun in balsamic and marbled rye toast; cheesy frittatas thick with cremini mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes and roasted red peppers sided with house greens; sugar-dusted buttermilk pancakes sided with fruit, veggie bacon and more scrambled eggs. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 3 pm.

Cash only. $$ Rating: NNN

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JUNE HARLOWE FOODS

1627 Dupont, at Dundas W, 416-8481984, juneharlowefoods.ca. This laid-back upper Junction Triangle café-slashcatering-outfit might be a bit out of the way for most, but for those who live in this brunch-starved nabe it’s a godsend.

Best: grilled peameal bacon eggs Benny in light, lemony hollandaise sided with both fruit and Caesar salads; the Country Cottage breakfast, two fried or scrambled eggs paired with fried tomatoes, peppery home fries and multigrain toast; house burgers dressed with Brie and avocado and sided with freshly cut fries. Sunday 11 am to 3 pm. $ Rating: NNN✺

LA HACIENDA

640 Queen W, at Palmerston, 416-7033377, lahacienda.ca. Established in 85, this long-running cow-punk café is one of the last remaining original Queen West restos.

Pretty much everything’s as it was back in the day: mismatched 50s kitchen furniture, the Cramps on the boombox, and that familiar Mexican-via-California card.

Best: Eggs Diablo, a pinto ’n’ black bean casserole topped with two runny fried eggs and melted mozzarella, sided with house-baked cornbread; a cheesy hash of home fries, eggs and spicy Segovia sausage; house-finished croissant French toast with bourbon-soaked apples and bananas in raspberry coulis; Margaritas by the litre.

Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 4 pm. $ Rating: NNN✺

ñLIBERTY BELLE BISTRO

133 Jefferson, at King W, 647-3523553, libertybellebistro.com. Not to be confused with the nearby Liberty Bistro, ex-Le Select chef Aidan Pascoe’s postcardperfect French café on the edge of the warehouse district is as comfortable as an

old pair of slippers. But tastier! Best: to start, baked-to-order croissants; mains like Crepe Quebecoise stuffed with Westphalian ham, scrambled free-range Mennonite eggs and aged Gruyére in maple syrup, sided with organic greens and grease-free potato rosti; meaty house burgers of veal, lamb and pork sided with fabulously crisp frites; house-baked cinnamon French toast in sticky pecan sauce.

Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 4 pm. $$ Rating: NNNN✺

LIVE BLUEGRASS BRUNCH @ THE DAKOTA TAVERN

249 Ossington, at Dundas W, 416-8504579, thedakotatavern.com. This westside basement saloon may be better known as a rootsy live music venue, but every Sunday morning it’s home to one of the rockin’-est brunches in town. For $14 (kids in Ramones T-shirts $7), the happening honky-tonk dishes up substantial allyou-can-eat platters at communal tables against a backdrop of live bluegrass. Best: to start, orange and grapefruit juices; good coffee-shop joe; obligatory fruit salad; perfectly fluffy scrambled eggs; unusually meaty bacon; crisply griddled home fries; unlimited stacks o’ flapjacks with maple syrup. Sunday 11 am to 3 pm. $$$ Rating: NNN

MILDRED’S TEMPLE KITCHEN

85 Hanna, at Snooker, 416-588-5695, templekitchen.com. Donna Dooher and Kevin Gallagher’s popular Mildred Pierce rematerializes as a chic space-age supper club. While the room now oozes sophistication, its no-reservations policy and lineups remain. Best: black currant scones and buttermilk biscuits with whipped butter and peppery plum compote; old favourites like Huevos Monty, a baked tortilla sandwich stuffed with refried black beans

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and cheddar topped with a pair of runny sunny-side-up eggs, mild house-made salsa, creamy guacamole and crème fraîche; Veda’s Choice, a Clafouti croissant layered with poached eggs, smoked salmon and Béarnaise. Saturday, Sunday and holiday Mondays 10 am to 3 pm. $$$ Rating:

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PARTS & LABOUR

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1566 Queen W, at Fuller, 416-5887750, partsandlabour.ca. See page 31.

907 Dundas W, at Bellwoods, 416703-7368. Because it only seats 20, Monica Miller’s minimally appointed café is bedlam on weekends. Show up early, or add your name to the list and wait outside on the bench with everyone else. Best: corn cakes with chili-fired mango chutney and greens dressed with sun-dried tomato vinaigrette; chalkboard specials like frittata with fresh corn, butternut squash and Gouda, or pizza-style phyllo tarts layered with spring asparagus, new potato and sun-dried tomato. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 3 pm, Monday to Friday 9 am to 3 pm. $ Rating: NNNN✺

biscuits piled with runny fried eggs, peppery Jack and back bacon; Gooey Four Cheese Soufflé plated in a cast-iron skillet with house greens and white ’n’ sweet potato home fries; to drink, strong Illy coffee.

Saturday, Sunday and some holiday Mondays 9:30 am to 4 pm. $$ Rating:

Fry, a smoked Oyster Boy oyster frittata coupled with crisp home fries and homemade seven-grain toast; the inevitable eggs Benedict unusually topped with spinach and mildly smoked trout or spicy capicolla. Saturday, Sunday and holiday Mondays 10 am to 3:30 pm. $$ Rating: NNN

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89 Roncesvalles, at Marion, 416-530-5885, tinto.ca. Part coffee house, part activist art gallery, this airy two-story space features all-day South American-inspired wraps and St. John’s Bakery desserts. Best: to begin, toasted whole wheat organic English muffins spread with house-made raspberry jam and organic cream cheese; grilled Burrito al Trote stuffed with mashed sweet potato, black beans and cheddar; tortilla de patatas (aka Spanish omelette) with potato and eggs pan-broiled with organic canola oil, sided with house-made salsa, terrific hot sauce or organic ketchup. Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 6 pm. $$ Rating:

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892 Queen W, at Crawford, 416-5320452. Long before it was a shopping mall, Queen West was a strip of retrofitted luncheonettes like Damian Heath and crew’s endearingly quirky diner. Untouched since the 40s, the room’s the perfect setting for grub as old-school as the decor. Best: to start, half a grapefruit with brown sugar; continue with Hangtown

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3015 Dundas W, at High Park, 416-761-9991, sites. google.com/site/agoracafe2. Fair trade joe in biodegradable cups, a short, mostly organic card and Mom’s desserts make Ciara Bracken-Roche’s eco-concious Junction café a delicious mix of old and new.

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924 Queen W, at Shaw, 416-535-1655, bar-one.com.

Now into its second decade, Aldo and Marcello Barone’s stylish Italian trat puts a contemporary spin on comfort food classics. Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 4 pm. Reservations accepted before 11 am. $$z

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2945 Dundas W, at Pacific, 416-916-2368, thebeet. ca. Eco-minded café in the Junction with a mostly organic and regionally produced menu. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 4 pm. $ z

Haute Leaside patisserie - La Patisserie Cigogne (see page 40) is about to launch a second outlet on the east side in the now-defunct Casa di Giorgio pizzeria at Danforth and Monarch Park.

The new café should open in mid-May and will feature an identical menu as well as a chic curbside patio.

Down in Riverside, Le Rossignol (686 Queen East, at Broadview, 416-461-9663, lerossignolbistro.com) begins weekend brunch service once patio season kicks in. The 20-seat backyard grotto doubles the slammed bistro’s capacity.

A few blocks east, The Roy (894 Queen East, at Logan, 416-465-3331, theroy.ca) has always been a favourite with Coronation Street fans,

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678 Queen W, at Tecumseth, 416-366-6787, czehoski.com. Sprawling resto-bar in former butcher shop. Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 3 pm. $$z

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894 Queen W, at Crawford, 416-913-2720, freshrestaurants.ca. Ruth Tal Brown’s veggie haven draws a health-conscious crowd. Also: 336 Bloor W, at Spadina, 416-531-2635; 147 Spadina, at Queen, 416599-4442. Saturday and Sunday 10:30 am to 3 pm. $$ z

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Kensington indie dance bar the Boat (158 Augusta, at Dundas, 416-593-9218, theboatrestaurant.com) has its first Retro Hangover Brunch Sunday (April 10) from 11 am. Expect mixed grills, a DIY omelette station and Shirley Temple mimosas served to a soundtrack of 50s, 60s and 70s rock.

Over in the meat-packing district, Anton Potvin’s Niagara Street Café (169 Niagara, at Wellington, 416-703-4222, niagarastreetcafe. com) bucks the trend and has stopped doing brunch. Seems the numbers just weren’t there. Same sitch at Debu’s Nouvelle Indian Cuisine (552 Mount Pleasant, at Belsize, 416927-9340, debusaha.com), which now no longer offers its stellar $20 multi-course prix fixe brunch, through it’s still available Monday sd through Saturday at lunch.

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1132 Dundas W, at Ossington, 416-8508886, thelakeviewrestaurant.ca. Art deco diner open 24/7 in the heart of Oz. Daily round the clock. $$z

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3080 Dundas W, at Quebec, 416-6043474. Former Okay Okay owner Carey Wesenberg takes on the Junction. Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 4 pm. Unlicensed. $$

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1585 Dundas W, at Brock, 416-588-0307, lula.ca. This small cantina in the popular Latin concert club offers a $25 all-youcan-eat buffet followed by salsa lessons!

Sunday at 11 am and 1 pm. $$$

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1610 Queen W, at Callender, 647-4352688. Low-profile neighbourhood spot comes complete with Goodwill castoffs and an Indo-inspired menu. French toast with chai-poached pears, anyone? Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. $z

Prague fine food emPorium

638 Queen W, at Palmerston, 416-5045787, theprague.ca. Despite the new name, this landmark Old World deli sticks to rib-sticking mitteleuropean specialties like slow-roasted duck with doughy dumplings doused in gravy and sweet shredded cabbage. Saturday 7:30 am to 6 pm, Sunday 10 am to 5 pm. $$

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61A Bellevue, at Nassau, 647-3408224. Quirky Kensington Market café with an all-day brunch ’n’ lunch card from exArlequin and Joso’s chef Joseph Senisi.

While service can be quick, the tiny kitchen can understandably lag, particularily at peak feeding times. Best: to start, chocolate, banana and jalapeño smoothies – think melted Fudgsicles; the Unusual, a platter of diner-style eggs, Grace Meats’ sausage, whole wheat toast, pickled beets, stewed berries and kimchi; grilled flank steak and eggs sided with sautéed apples, potato Dauphinoise and Texan’s biscuits; the Squirrel, an omega-3-rich sandwich of canned sardines, peanut butter, Vietnamese hot sauce and aged white cheddar on rye sided with Cuban-style black beans, salsa and avocado. Tuesday to Sunday 10 am to 4 pm. $$ Rating: NNNNz

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170 Baldwin, at Kensington, 416506-6699, graffitisbarandgrill.com.

Relocated from Planet Kensington, Linda Dawson’s (ex-Southern Accent, Bellair Café) punk rock spread comes with kickass sides of Rammstein. Best: specials like mini-cheeseburgers on grilled garlic calabrese topped with poached eggs and lemony hollandaise and sided with organic greens in a berry vinaigrette and fried sweet potato “homies.” Sunday 11 am to 5

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478 Queen W, at Denison, 416-504-5127, herbivore.to. Sister of Kensington’s Urban Herbivore, Stephen Gardner’s comparatively luxurious resto uses vegan ingredients to dramatic effect. Best: sweet potato and corn fritters over celery root slaw sided with nippy salsa, smooth guacamole, refried beans and house-baked organic multigrain bread; wheat-free spelt, barley and berry-infused pancakes topped with stewed seasonal fruit and organic maple syrup; western tofu omelettes stuffed with bell peppers and gluten “ham”; tapas combos of marinated fava bean foule, tabouleh and spicy jicamamango salad. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. Reservations accepted. $$ Rating:

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4 Gilead Pl, at King E, 647-288-0680, jamiekennedy.ca. Organic guru Jamie Kennedy regroups at this low-key Cork-

town beanery. Has the groundbreaking chef ever been so on track? Best: baskets of house-baked pastries – flaky croissants, savoury scones, buttery brioche – spread with crème fraîche and strawberry jam; smoked Ontario whitefish over Red Fife pancakes, with pickled red onion and sour cream over organic greens; chef’s flawless frites with fried eggs, artisanal sausage and Indo ketchup; bacon-laced rosti topped with super-cheesy scrambled eggs; to drink, house-distilled agua fresca.

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191 King E, at George, 416-703-1560, petitdejeuner.ca. An unassuming eastside storefront outfitted with sparkly naugahyde booths and perpetual lineups weekends, Johan Maes’s ridiculously popular café features a first-rate breakfast card that reflects his Belgian roots. Best: six types of waffles, both sweet and savoury; croque monsieur, broiled challah layered with ham, melted Gruyère and Dijonnipped béchamel; Toast Champignon, toasted bagels piled with grilled ’shrooms, bacon, onion and a runny poached egg, sided with rosti and pickled veggies over apple julienne; to drink, hot house-made apple cider. Saturday 9 am to 3 pm, Sunday 10 am to 3 pm, Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm. $$ Rating: NNN

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seared scallops dressed with hollandaise sided with spring asparagus spears; foie gras terrine with wine pairings; farmer’s sausage with eggs and rosti; braised cabbage choucroute with ham, pork hock and sausage. Saturday, Sunday and holiday Mondays 11:30 am to 4 pm. Reservations accepted. $$$ Rating: NNNNz

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457 King E, at Gilead Place, 416-7034728, morningglorycafe.ca. The unofficial offshoot of Aunties and Uncles offers a similar all-day breakfast-slash-soup-’n’sandwich lineup but focuses more on the first meal of the day. Best: the always astounding muffin du jour; whopping omelettes with havarti ’n’ leek or Brie paired with pear, sided with house-baked toast and rosti; Breakfast Butties, Britstyle Egg McMuffins with scrambled eggs, bacon and optional house-made ketchup.

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107 King E, at Church, 416-603-8009, origintoronto.com. Famed for his culinary experiments in molecular gastronomy at nearby Colbourne Lane, Claudio Aprile’s latest offshoot moves slightly downmarket but remains as over-the -top as ever. And surprise! The noisiest resto in town is a lot more civilized minus the Bay Street suits. Best: to start, devilled eggs with upright bacon soldiers; meaty mains like baguette French toast heaped with shredded duck confit, blueberry compote, whipped cream and vanilla maple syrup; egg-white frittata whipped with pesto

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cream cheese (“not the same as the old Mandel’s on Baldwin, but close”) and house-made blueberry jam (“I’m a blueberry fanatic!”).

Douse them in real maple syrup (“not the crappy stuff”) and give them a dusting of confectioner’s sugar before draping them with several fat-free rashers of jerky-like beef belly bacon (“we cure it ourselves in the basement,” $13 with fruit salad).

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and sun-dried tomato and dolloped with buttery burrata; fried duck eggs over dense potato rosti. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. $$$ Rating: NNN  z

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492 Queen W, at Portland, 416-929-4900, lapalette.ca. Having abandoned his Kensington Market digs, Shamez Amlani resurfaces with a new-look French bistro a few blocks south in the former Taro Grill.

Bonus: one of the best beer selections in town. Best: to start, Fromage Tiede, almond-crusted Camembert with arugula shoots and black grape coulis; mains like the Croque Madame, Black Forest ham and Provolone on grilled challah topped with a fried egg; Omelette Espagnole, spicy Segovia chorizo stewed in stout and sautéed with marinated onion, roasted spuds and Dutch Chimay Gouda; tender duck leg confit with stellar frites. Daily 11 am to 4 pm. $$$ Rating: NNN

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208 Queen W, at Duncan, 416-598-4719, queenmothercafe.ca. The doyenne of Queen West perseveres after more than 30 years, dishing up savvy Thai specialties and vegetarian mains in definitive digs.

High-backed booths, cool tunes and a private backyard deck make this the perfect spot for a cheap first date. Best: to start, St. Viateur bagels with cream cheese and lox; follow with legendary Cosmic veggie burgers of high-protein grains, nuts, herbs and mushrooms in whole-wheat pita dressed with spiked mayo; crepe du jour with home fries, salad and doublesmoked bacon. Sunday 11:30 am to 4:30 pm. $$ Rating: NNNz

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504 Adelaide W, at Portland, 416-7772343, myspace.com/sadiesdiner. Decked out with kitschy cow creamers and a wall of Pez dispensers, this earnest, eco-conscious vegetarian café mixes organics with a classic greasy spoon card. Best: huevos rancheros layered over crisp corn tortillas, over-easy eggs, chunky house guacamole, lightly pickled salsa, bland refried pintos and shredded cheddar; vegan breakfast burrito with scrambled tofu and soy cheese; first-rate veggie burgers piled with lettuce, tomato, pickle and mayo, sided with fab fries; organic squeezed-to-order juices like carrot with beet and pomegranate. Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 4 pm. Unlicensed. $$ Rating: NNN

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309 King W, at John, 416-740-6622, dhaba.ca. Upscale Indian all-you-can-eat $12.95 buffet with excellent salad bar and omelette stations. Saturday, Sunday and holiday Mondays 11 am to 3 pm. Reservations accepted. $$

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Karine’s

109 McCaul, at Dundas W, 416-591-0863, karines.ca. All-day breakfast spot in the Village by the Grange food court with lots of veggie options – from the owner of the original Maggie’s on College. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm. Unlicensed. $

Marben

488 Wellington W, at Portland, 416-9791990, marbenrestaurant.com. Locavore salads and grills in a converted warehouse. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. Reservations accepted. $$ z

Mill street brew Pub

55 Mill, at Trinity, 416-681-0338, millstreetbrewpub.ca. House microbrews and Bennys in the historic Distillery District.

Saturday, Sunday and holiday Mondays 10:30 am to 3 pm. $$ z

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225 Queen W, at Simcoe, 416-599-6200, originalmotorcycleburgers.com. Bennys and burgers close to the opera house. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. $$

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333 King W, at Peter, 416-599-6585, paeseristorante.com. The motto: “Inspired by Italy, made in Canada.” Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 3:30 pm. Reservations accepted. $$

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35 Elm, at Yonge, 647-347-2712, queenandbeaverpub.ca. Satellite soccer from the UK in a Victorian gastropub. Saturday and Sunday 9 am (or earlier) to 3 pm. Reservations accepted. $$z

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538 Queen W, at Bathurst, 416-203-6623, shanghaicowgirl.com. This Bovine Sex Club sibling specializes in retro greasyspoon grub updated with soul food twists.

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431 College, at Bathurst, 416-603-3090, sneaky-dees.com. Dirt-cheap Bennies in a student-friendly Tex-Mex cantina. Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 4 pm, holiday Mondays 10 am to 4 pm. $ z

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100 Queen’s Pk, at Bloor, 416-5867928, rom.on.ca. Located at the pinnacle

of the ROM’s new Crystal addition, this swanky supperclub spotlights chef Teddy Corrado’s snout-to-tail carte as well as fabulous rooftop views facing the downtown skyline and points west. Bonus: a separate five-course bacon menu! Best: lobster omelettes on house-baked English muffins garnished with pork loin peameal bacon, Gruyère and wilted rapini, sided with cucumber celery slaw; unusually light pancakes stuffed with cherry-woodsmoked bacon and finished with peach compote, candied walnuts, maple chantilly and foie gras torchons; sticky toffee pudding with cognac prune purée and blue cheese ice cream. Sunday 11:30 am to 2:30 am. Reservations accepted. $$$ Rating: nnnnn 

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Best: skillets of baked duck eggs, spicy chorizo and spuds garnished with slivered scallion and sided with house organic greens with nut brittle in a lemon vinaigrette; house-baked ’n’ grilled brioche draped dramatically with smoked salmon over lemon-dill scrambled eggs; massive coconut waffles stuffed with lemon curd and blueberry coulis; pancakes laced with double-smoked bacon and carmelized onion; extravagant desserts. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm. $$$ Rating: nnnn

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320 College, at Robert, 416-967-1078, freetimescafe.com. One of the last hippie holdout’s in town, Judy Perly’s cozy beanery’s first-rate Jewish-grandmother-style all-you-can-eat (and eat and eat and eat) spread goes for all of $19.95. Bonus: live klezmer bands! Best: Urbain bagels spread with cream cheese; plump ricotta-stuffed

7 Hart House Circle, at Wellesley, 416-978-2445. If you’re out to impress, the restaurant in Hart House’s Great Hall – once a private U of T faculty club – is bound to wow, all soaring Gothic Revival stonework, Mission-style furniture and coat-of-arms china. Chef Suzanne Baby’s seasonally shifting card is just the icing on the cake. Best: to begin, cheesy gougères with house-made almond butter; locally sourced mains like roasted Georgian Bay whitefish over spicy apple ’n’ scallion salad in Berkshire bacon vinaigrette; housemade lamb merguez sausage in apple cider sauce over lemon ricotta pancakes; to finish, Hart House Farm maple syrup crème brûlée. Sunday 11 am to 2 pm. Reservations required. $$$ Rating: nnnnn 

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six kinds of pork including double-smoked bacon, maple crackling and Quebecois creton and “lots of toast, no salad.” Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 5 pm (Yonge). Sunday 11 am to 2 pm (Danforth). Reservations accepted. $$$ Rating: NNN  z

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488 Parliament, at Carlton, 647-347-6567, theflyingbeaver.ca. Big Mamma’s Boy and Slack Alice’s Heather Mackenzie and comic Maggie Cassela launch a pub-slash-cabaret in the old Paradise Bar and Grill. Sunday 10 am to 4 pm. Reservations accepted. $$

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124 Harbord, at Major, 416-962-8284, tatibistro.com. Ex-Teatro chef Laurent Brion keeps it traditionally French in one of the south Annex resto row’s loveliest rooms. Strong coffee, a gorgeous rooftop deck under a spreading chestnut come summer and ol’ Misery Guts Morrissey moaning on the stereo make it one of the busiest, too. Best: to start, house-baked pain au chocolat straight from the oven; Tati turnovers, puff pastry vol au vents sauced with bacon, mushrooms and Gruyère; frisée salad with chunky bacon alardons, blue cheese and an exceptionally poached egg; house charcuterie platter with cornichons. Sunday 11 am to 3 pm. $$ Rating: NNNz

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321 Bloor W, at St George, 416-585-2233, barmercurio.com. The streamlined offshoot of Bar Mercurio across the street offers student-friendly breakfasts on the ground floor of U of T’s Woodsworth College. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 4 pm.

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634 Church, at Hayden, 416-966-3991, lolascommissary.com. Although it changed hands last fall, little else about this rambling Victorian has changed: same menu, same 80s soundtrack and same easy-going scene. Best: eggy challah French toast stuffed with orange and vanilla cheesecake (!) finished with crushed apple pie, maple syrup and dustings of confectioner’s sugar; Eggs Lola, runny poached eggs over shredded ancho chicken and soft tortillas dressed with Mexican sheep’s milk crème fraîche, sliced ripe avocado and Italian tomato-basil fresca, sided with “sexy” roasted sweet potatoes. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. Reservations accepted. $$ Rating: NNNz

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3 Charles E, at Yonge, 416-935-0240, wishintoronto.com. Briefly Black Skirt, Renda Abdo’s whitewashed South Beachstyle resto-lounge returns to its original mandate. Better yet, she’s overhauled the kitchen and lowered prices, too. Best: to start, grilled grapefruit with raw sugar; mains like eggs Charlotte, a pair of expertly poached eggs in Parmesan and leek fondue over smoked salmon on whole wheat Ace Bakery muffins, sided with organic greens in red wine vinaigrette; grilled Nutella sandwiches; to finish, Callebaut chocolate brownies straight from the oven dolloped with real whipped cream. Saturday

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More Midtown 554 Parliament, at Amelia, 416-927-1593, carolinesdiningroom.com. The one-time Big Mamma’s Boy returns with new owners and a similar health-conscious roster.

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4 Dundonald, at Yonge, 416-915-0113, local4relaxstation.com. This unpretentious spot just off Yonge features a firstrate people-watching patio out front and a casual card of comfort food classics. Saturday and Sunday 11:30 to 4 pm. Reservations accepted. $$z

221 Carlton, at Parliament, 647-344-7676, stoutirishpub.ca. New Cabbagetown watering hole in the old Brass Taps. Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 2:30 pm. $$

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174 Eglinton W, at Lascelles, 416-4853447, boombreakfast.com. Home of the all-day brekkie, this modish diner has the buzz of a frantic Fran’s. Waiting in line?

Have a free muffin! Also: 1036 St Clair W, at Glenholme, 416-657-3447, 808 College, at Ossington, 416-534-3447. Best: huevosrancheros-style whole wheat wraps stuffed with salsa-fied scrambled eggs, refried beans, guacamole and sour cream; Bennys topped with smoked salmon and lemony hollandaise; lassi-like yogurt fruit smoothies. Daily 7 am to 4 pm (Eglinton, St Clair), 6 am to 4 pm (College). $ Rating:

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999 Eglinton W, at Glen Cedar, 416-7872221, fridarestaurant.ca. taking its inspiration from Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, this decidedly modish cantina – red velvet banquettes, bare black laquered tables, cool halogen light fixtures overhead – is not only sombrero-free, but Jose Hadad’s upscale card eschews all Tex-Mex clichés as well. Best: the honourary Frida Y Diego omelette stuffed with red and green peppers and sauced with both salsa verde and salsa roja, sided with refried black beans and crumbled queso fresca; shredded chicken breast in spicy pibil sauce wrapped in soft tacos topped with pickled red onion. Sunday 10:30 am to 2 pm. Reservations accepted. $$$ Rating: NNN

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699 St Clair W, at Christie, 416-658-9666, thestockyards.ca. Tom Davis’s southern U.S.-style barbecue shack is a zoo at the best of times and even more so come weekend mornings. Limited counter seating means that groups larger than two might be more comfortable somewhere else. Best: warm buttermilk biscuits spread with house-made blackberry jam; Eggs Tommy, house-cured Cajun sausage, shrimp and poached then deep-fried eggs over biscuits in hollandaise sided with oven-baked home fries in porchetta jus; pastrami hash with chive-laced sour cream and more of those terrific deepfried eggs; shirred eggs with smoked lardons, collard greens and aged cheddar; sugar-dusted dulce de leche beignets. Partial menu Saturday 9 am to 3 pm, full menu Sunday 9 am to 3 pm. Unlicensed. $$ Rating: NNNN

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619 Mt Pleasant, 416-483-8933, simplebistro.com. French omelettes and crepes from ex-JOV and the Fifth chef Masayuki Tamaru. Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 3pm. $$$

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770 St Clair W, at Arlington, 416-7923313. Olive & Lemon’s Giancarlo Carnevale and Marlene Simone bring downtown brunch to the Corso Italia. Sunday 11 am to 3 pm. $$

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They obviously haven’t squandered money on sophisticated branding, it’s made right next door, it’s independently owned, it tastes like vodka and it’s cheap. This last feature allows you to generously fortify such brunchy faves as the Caesar, the Bloody Mary and that drink with the coolest name, the screwdriver.

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Shows that rocked Toronto last week PETER ELKAS with the PINECONES and REBEKAH HIGGS at the Dakota, Tuesday, March 29.

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Peter Elkas made a warm, inviting record in his latest, Repeat Offender, and he brought that cozy intimacy to the final night of his month-long Dakota residency. Though the crowd was oddly staid, the former Local Rabbit and current Joel Plaskett sidekick delivered a smooth career-spanning set of effortless soul-pop.

Horn players augmented the solid four-piece band partway through, adding a Sam Cookish good-times factor. Standouts like Melody and Cool Thing To Do showcased Elkas’s classic songwriting skills. His arrangements are fantastically subtle, his voice a weary croon and his guitar solos bathed in fuzz. He ended with a cooking cover of Huey Lewis’s The Heart Of Rock And Roll that somehow sidestepped cornball.

Earlier, the Pinecones, now a three-piece with once-leader Brent Randall in more of a backseat role, went straight for the jugular with loud Byrdsy power pop, while Rebekah Higgs captivated with a batch of brand new loop-pedal-happy songs heavy on melody CARLA GILLIS and mood.

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night of the show), many in attendance were likely hearing it for the first time.

Though the Palm Desert, California, five-piece has largely abandoned the debut’s repetitive robot-rock style for more radio-friendly neo-classic rock, that didn’t stop them from delivering raw, heavy riffage with the requisite youthful abandon, enhanced by Josh Homme’s unrivalled swagger.

Their encore of mostly newer material bypassed hits like No One Knows in favour of non-album “deep cuts” like Infinity, proving QOTSA weren’t about to pander to casual fans. They may be revisiting their history, but they’re not resting on their laurels. RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

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Starting with Chinatown from new album Kaputt, Destroyer’s Dan Bejar – joined by seven bandmates – seemed happy to be in Toronto. But then he cut short Blue Eyes because he thought the soundman had motioned for him to stop. He made a joke about hallucinating before kicking back into the song, which references New Order lyrically and musically.

Considering Bejar’s mercurial onstage reputation, it was fun to see him so relaxed. The brief 10-song set stuck closely to the new material, with nothing older than 2004’s Your Blues making the cut.

Saxophone and effects-laden trumpet were high in the mix, resulting in a sound more avant-garde than the pop-jazz heard on the record.

Appleblim played it safe at the Drake on Saturday for Avant_Mutek.

Keyboard-heavy Bay Of Pigs was the somewhat surprising encore song. Building from an ambient intro to add vocals, bass and finally the full band for its 80s disco conclusion, the epic tune embodies much of what makes Destroyer’s new music so good. A fitJOANNE HUFFA ting end to the night.

APPLEBLIM with BOWLY as part of AVANT_MUTEK at the Drake, Saturday, April 2.

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The annual Mutek festival attracts a ton of visitors to Montreal each year for five days of forward-thinking electronic music. For the past three years, Avant_Mutek events have previewed the fest in other cities, like the one that brought critically acclaimed UK producer/DJ Appleblim to the Drake on Saturday.

Appleblim is best known for cofounding the now defunct Skull Disco label, which gave a home to the subtler dubstep sounds that have since been pushed aside by the chainsaw bass lines of the “brostep” generation. This gig wasn’t really about dubstep, though; Appleblim’s much more focused on 2-step rhythms and house influences these days.

Unfortunately, he stuck to the safer end of that spectrum, which worked reasonably well for the randoms who pack the Drake on the weekend but didn’t thrill the heads. In contrast, Montreal producer Bowly rocked a much more adventurous vibe in an opening set that had some inspiring moments even if he didn’t get many asses shakBENJAMIN BOLES ing.

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Timber Timbre

Taylor Kirk tackles the new challenge of writing for a large fan base By RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

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For the first time in his career, Taylor Kirk is writing for an audience.

“Previously I was making music for myself, so I never really cared what other people thought,” says the Timber Timbre singer/songwriter over the phone from Montreal. (He recently moved the band there from Toronto.)

“I didn’t have to gauge anyone’s reaction, because not many people were going to hear it. It’s strange to think that there’s kind of a built-in [fan base] now.”

Kirk’s first two self-recorded, selfreleased albums went relatively unnoticed, but his third, 2009’s eponymous Timber Timbre, gained enough traction to keep him on the road for the better part of two years.

Timber Timbre’s newest, Creep On Creepin’ On (Arts & Crafts), is their first since gaining significant international attention.

Kirk admits that gave rise to some anxiety in the studio, but it certainly doesn’t come through. Creep On’s mix of doo-wop, classical music and free jazz broadens the band’s rich gospelblues vocabulary, while the clean production style demolishes their former

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It takes confidence to make music so unabashedly weird, yet Kirk is softspoken and guarded, seemingly uncomfortable in the spotlight. You almost wonder if he added two members – violinist Mika Posen and multi-instrumentalist Simon Trottier – to the once solo project partly to avoid being the centre of attention.

“As much as I like performing, I don’t feel like I’m a real song-and-dance man,” he says. “I’m just not a showman. At least not the kind of showman you regularly see at a rock and roll show. So I try to take myself out of the equation as much as I can and let the music speak for itself.”

Ironically, Kirk’s timidity enhances the live Timber Timbre experience. The band shrouds itself in dim lighting, avoids eye contact and replaces between-song patter with eerie ambient interludes.

“We care more about atmosphere than stage presence. It’s all about tension and release. Things like big moves and stage banter are fine, but they deflate that tension.

“It’s important not to come off too self-serious, but for music like this to work we have to remain as earnest as possible. It’s a tough balance.”

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Cut Copy ElEctro rock

Australian pop band finds inspiration in isolation and Herzog By KEVIN RITCHIE

CUT COPY with HOLY GHOST! at Sound Academy (11 Polson), tonight (Thursday, April 7), 8 pm. $30. PDR, RT, SS, TM.

Australia apparently isn’t isolated enough for Cut Copy. When the Aussie pop band began work on their third album, Zonoscope (Modular), they holed up in a warehouse on the outskirts of their native Melbourne. They had no phone or internet access and avoided their friends in an attempt to reimagine their creative process.

“The whole album was about experimenting and finding new ways to record,” says frontman/producer Dan Whitford. “Being isolated was important in that respect, because you’re not sitting there thinking about what everyone else is thinking about. You’re going off on your own tangents, and that’s the best way to approach making a record.”

What started as a weekly lease at the warehouse turned into a sixmonth residency during which the band played around with percussion, analog synths, weird guitars and effects units and vibed out to Werner Herzog’s metaphysical Amazonian adventure, Fitzcarraldo, which they projected onto a wall.

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of their music from adding more painterly detail to the lyrics, bigger crescendos and more diverse rhythms, to undertaking an ambitious world tour that sees the band playing their most treasured analog synthesizers live for the first time. They’ve also expanded from a trio into a four-piece.

In the album’s liner notes, they thank Herzog “for introducing us to the zonoscope,” which Whitford describes as an escapist tropical dream world where classic pop songwriting collides with epic dance music.

The idea that the past and future are inextricably linked permeates the album, and is most bluntly expressed on Strange Nostalgia For The Future, an instrumental “score” written while watching a section of Fitzcarraldo and named after a 1982 Brian Eno quote.

“It’s not like something new can only come from the here and now.

Often, to create something new and interesting, you almost need to go back and revise your thinking,” explains Whitford.

“There are as many interesting ideas, qualities and techniques in music from the past as there are in music now. I always feel like our music is a sort of patchwork or collage of music from all eras.”

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El Mocambo (464 Spadina), Saturday (April 9) Folk-rock duo with a dream-pop edge.

THE GO! TEAM, DOM

CUT COPY, HOLY GHOST!

Sound Academy (11 Polson), tonight (Thursday, April 7) See preview, page 46.

BRAIDS, TORO Y MOI

Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, April 7) Two blog-hyped bands on one bill.

Opera House (735 Queen East), Sunday (April 10) 2011’s buzz band with 2005’s big hope.

SHARON VAN ETTEN Drake Hotel (1150 Queen West), Tuesday (April 12) Promising Brooklyn singer/songwriter.

YUKON BLONDE, THE PAINT MOVEMENT, MEGAN BONNELL †

Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Friday (April 8) Classic rock-inspired Vancouver rock.

MAD PROFESSOR

Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Friday (April 8) UK dub reggae legend, remixing live.

TRUST, MAUSOLEUM, DJ SCHRAMM, DJ MIKEY APPLES Parts & Labour (1566 Queen West), Friday (April 8) See preview, page 49.

TIMBER TIMBRE, TASSEOMANCY

Trinity-St. Paul’s Church (427 Bloor West), Friday (April 8) See preview, page 45.

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PS I Love You Kingston duo PS I Love You have been getting a lot of attention for their driving guitar pop, which features unorthodox use of heavy-metal shredding techniques. Be

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

Thursday, April 7 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

ALLEYCATZ Graffitti Park.

AQUILA UPSTAIRS Trevor Finlay.

ASPETTA CAFFE Red Nightfall (rock) 8 pm.

BAR ITALIA UPSTAIRS Music For The Soul Chick-

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BOVINE SEX CLUB The Fairmounts, Dildoniks, the Ambivalents, DJ Cactus.

CADILLAC LOUNGE Scott McCord & the Bonafide Truth 8:30 pm.

CROCODILE ROCK Sonic Playground 10 pm.

DAKOTA TAVERN Album preview Dave Borins, Slocan Ramblers (folk rock) doors 9 pm.

EL MOCAMBO thesideb.com Sunreels, History

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warned: they can be very loud. Make sure you arrive at the Garrison early enough to catch the debut of Matters, the new incarnation of the D’Urbervilles.

At the Garrison (1197 Dundas West), tonight (Thursday, April 7), doors 9 pm. $12.50 RT, SS, TW.

& Memory, Best Man 9 pm.

THE GARRISON PS I Love You, Matters (indie rock) doors 9 pm.

GRAFFITI’S CCRR: Creedence Clearwater -Revival Revival!.

HORSESHOE The Dirty Mags, Give Us the Daggers, the Speaking Tongues, Thee Commandeers.

LEE’S PALACE Liam Finn, the Luyas doors 8:30 pm. See preview, page 50.

ORBIT ROOM CD release Josh Taerk 7 to 9 pm.

THE PAINTED LADY The Hatchetmen (countrified rock) 9 pm.

PARTS & LABOUR Girl & the Machine, Portraits, Most People 10 pm.

THE PISTON Dancuff the Duke 10 pm.

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CLOAK & DAGGER PUB Darin Yorston (bluegrass/folk) 10 pm.

DAVE’S... ON ST CLAIR Uncle Herb’s Open Mic 8:30 pm.

GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR CD release

ñWRONGBAR Braids, Toro Y Moi.

Steve Dawson (blues) 8 pm.

THE GREAT HALL Live showcase and video shoot Shannon Micol (singer/songwriter) 9 pm.

HUGH’S ROOM CD Release Craig Cardiff 8:30 pm.

LOLA Brian Cober (double slide) 9 pm.

LOU DAWG’S Call In Sick Friday Mike C (acoustic) 10 pm.

LULA LOUNGE Small World Music Lenka Lichtenberg, Roula Said (Jewish-Arabic fusion) 9 pm.

MONARCHS PUB Delta Blues Thursdays Dylan Wickens & the Grand Naturals 9 pm.

NOT MY DOG Draw the Outs (honest country) 10 pm.

RIVOLI MonoLisa, Larra Skye, Trevor Campbell 8:30 pm.

SLACK’S Elana Harte, Noise Level, Andrew Victoria (folk rock) 8 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Bluegrass & Oldtime 7:30 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS EP release Andrew Vincent, Andre Bluteau, Jenny Omnichord 10 pm.

Event Justyn Wesley & Band 6 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

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RICHMOND HILL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Classic Albums Live: Rumours (Fleetwood

Mac tribute) 8 pm.

SOUND ACADEMY Cut Copy, Holy Ghost! (indie rock) 8 pm, all ages. See preview, ñ page 46.

SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Skip Tracer (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm.

VELVET UNDERGROUND White Fire Reed, the Aviators 9 pm.

ZEMRA Japan Crisis Fundraiser and Variety

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

CAMERON HOUSE Corin Raymond 6 pm.

CAMERON HOUSE Greg Cockerill (folk rock/ American/roots) 10 pm.

CAMERON HOUSE BACK ROOM Dan Kosub.

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BLU RISTORANTE & LOUNGE Acoustic & Jazz Sentiments @ Blu Christopher Barton (guitar, vocals) 6:30 pm.

BLU RISTORANTE & LOUNGE Acoustic & Jazz Sentiments @ Blu Terrance Gowen (piano, vocals) 9 pm.

erts JUST ANNOUNCED THE DEATH SET, WIN WIN

Steelworkers Hall 8 pm, all ages, $12.

RT, SS, TW. May 3.

PAUL SIMON

Sound Academy doors 7 pm, $55. TM. May 7.

SOCALLED

Small World Music Lula Lounge 10 pm, $15-$20. May 19.

CRYSTAL STILTS

Sneaky Dee’s doors 8:30 pm, $13.50.

RT, SS. May 22

MERZBOW

Horseshoe 8:30 pm, $15. RT, SS, TW. May 23.

STORNOWAY

El Mocambo doors 8:30 pm, $13.50.

RT, SS. May 24.

ANNA CALVI

El Mocambo doors 9 pm, $12. HS, RT, SS, TM. May 27

BELL X1

Mod Club doors 8 pm, $20. RT, SS, TM, UE. June 1.

SUPERTRAMP

Molson Amphitheatre doors 7 pm, $29.50-$109.50. TM. June 12.

THE ANTLERS

Mod Club doors 8 pm, $17.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. June 14.

OWL CITY, MAT KEARNEY, UNWED SAILOR

Kool Haus doors 7 pm, all ages, $25.

RT, SS, TM. June 21.

PETER GABRIEL & THE NEW BLOOD ORCHESTRA

Molson Amphitheatre 8 pm, $53.50$179. LN, TM. June 22.

DEF LEPPARD, HEART

Molson Amphitheatre doors 6 pm, $39.50-$89.50. TM. August 16.

CHINA HOUSE Lorne Lofsky Quartet.

DOMINION ON QUEEN John T Davis (organist) 5:30 to 8 pm.

EDO Tony Quarrington, Chris Robinson, Neil Swainson (jazz) 7:30 pm.

FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS RICHARD BRADSHAW AMPHITHEATRE

Collaborations Artists Of The COC Ensemble Studio and Atelier Lyrique de L’Opéra de Montreal noon.

GATE 403 John Mason, Mark Kieswetter Jazz Duo 5 to 8 pm.

GATE 403 Elizabeth Martins Jazz Trio 9 pm.

JANE MALLETT THEATRE Adam Sherkin 8 pm.

LATINADA Evaristo el Primo (Cuban jazz).

METROPOLITAN UNITED CHURCH Noon At Met Patricia Wright (organ) 12:15 pm.

OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR John Sherwood (solo piano) 7:30 pm.

REPOSADO The Reposadists Quartet (Gypsybop jazz).

REX Sinistrio 6:30 pm.

REX Time Warp 9:30 pm.

ROY THOMSON HALL International Vocal Recitals Angela Gheorghiu, Canadian Opera Company Orchestra (soprano) 8 pm.

ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF

MUSIC Beethoven Symphony No 9 Tafelmusik Orchestra & Chamber Choir 8 pm.

TEN FEET TALL Jam Nicola Vaughan (acoustic jam) 9 pm.

TRANE STUDIO The Ben Davis Quartet 8 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

CLINTON’S Disorder: A Kinky Cabaret DJ 4est,

Peachy Keen doors 9:30 pm.

DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Faktory Deadelus & Tokimonsta, Shlohmo doors ñ 9 pm.

FOX & FIDDLE WELLESLEY Remix Dance Party DJ Noble (electro) 10 pm.

GOODHANDY’S Ladyplus.com Party DJ T Klink doors 8 pm.5 INSOMNIA Martini Madness DJ Ron Jon (funk/ soul/house).

LIVE TORONTO Grand Opening DJ Couture (top 40/house/mashups/hip-hop/Euro) 10 pm.

MOD CLUB Popstars & Icons: Video Dance Party.

NACO GALLERY CAFE Medicine 9 pm.5 THE OSSINGTON More Times (hip-hop/soul/ R&B/booty/grooves).

VELVET UNDERGROUND DJ Ozaze (industrial/ goth) 11:30 pm.

Friday, April 8 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

ALLEYCATZ Graffitti Park.

AQUILA UPSTAIRS David Celia (alt rock).

ASPETTA CAFFE Jeff Beadle (acoustic rock) 8 pm.

BAR ITALIA Shugga (funk) 9:30 pm.

BOVINE SEX CLUB Christian D and the Hang-

overs, the Grave Mistakes, Ginger St James, DJ Vania (rock) 10 pm.

CADILLAC LOUNGE Matt Morgan & the Emerson Street Rhythm Band 10 pm.

DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Album release party Deadly Hopefuls doors 7 pm.

EL MOCAMBO Acid Mothers Temple, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers doors 9 pm.

THE GARRISON Cherry Bomb Live Bonjay, La Bomba, Tomboyfriend, DJs Denise Benson, Cozmic Cat, DJ Nino Brown (Queercentric live music showcase) 9 pm.5 GRAFFITI’S Rocking For The Sick Kids Paul Martin (classic covers) 5 to 7 pm.

GRAFFITI’S Bill Wood & the Woodies 5 to 7 pm.

HARLEM ZimZum (soul/funk) 7:30 pm.

HORSESHOE Yukon Blonde, the Paint Movement, Megan Bonnell doors 9 pm.

HOTEL OCHO Matthew Winkle 6:30 pm.

LAMBADINA Canadian Indie Movement’s Showcase Fridays CD release D, CheZZa, Ronin, Don Hatali, Demolo meloD, Drain Pipe Jam, EM3.

LEE’S PALACE Mad Professor (dub reggae).

LEE’S PALACE Wheelie Wheelie Good Tour Donnie Dumphy, Random Task Force doors 9 pm.

MONARCHS PUB Kieron Lafferty (rock) 7 pm.

PARTS & LABOUR THE SHOP CD Release Trust, Mausoleum, DJ Schramm, DJ Mikey Apples doors 10 pm. See preview, this page.

RIVOLI Droppin Knowledge Church Chizzle, Rob GF, DJ James Redi, DJ Dopey and others (hip-hop showcase) doors 10 pm.

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SYNTH POP

Trust

Local buzz band walks an awkward line between techno and goth, and pulls it off By BENJAMIN BOLES TRUST with MAUSOLEUM, DJ SCHRAMM and DJ MIKEY APPLES at Parts & Labour (1566 Queen West), Friday (April 8), doors 10 pm. $5, $10 with vinyl. 416-588-7750.

In the last year, Toronto dark techno-pop duo Trust have enjoyed big buzz thanks to opening gigs with Hercules and Love Affair, Glass Candy and Zola Jesus. But despite the high-profile shows, their new Candy Walls 7-inch single is their first effort, and comes long after the predicted release date of summer 2010.

“We had a few failed attempts with smaller up-and-coming labels before finding a good fit with Sacred Bones, who were willing to put it out the way we wanted to,” Robert Alfons carefully explains as he strolls around the city.

Well worth the wait, it’s a more introspective and mellow slab of vinyl than those who have seen Alfons and Maya Postepski (who also performs with Katie Stelmanis’s Austra) jumping around onstage might expect. As Alfons says, the single is an introduction to the band and not necessarily a thorough mission statement.

“Candy Walls was actually the first song Maya and I wrote together the day we met. We wanted to start off with something tender and quieter.

Our live show, though, is definitely more upbeat.”

If you’re wondering about that danceable side, Trust make a couple of guest appearances on Egyptrixx’s excellent new album, Bible Eyes. While those songs are more collaborations with the producer than proper Trust tracks, they still reveal the band’s broad range.

Yet even at their most club-friendly, there’s an undeniable goth quality to their sound, an aspect Alfons isn’t concerned about countering.

“I’m a huge fan of goth music, so it doesn’t really bother me. But I know we’re a lot more than just that. I’m not really sure how to describe us, though.”

Given that they’ve got enough recorded material for a full album, hopefully it won’t be another year before we get to hear enough songs to come up with a name for their goth/hipster style.

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Folk/Blues/Country/World

JameS Joyce Open Stage Scott Barager (music, comedy, poetry) 4 to 7 pm. lola Jamtastic 8 pm. lou Dawg’S It’s Gotta Groove Friday Jeff Eager (acoustic) 10 pm. lula lounge Yani Borrell & the Clave Kings, DJ Gio 10 pm. maSSey hall Buddy Guy, Matt Anderson 8 pm. rex Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. tranzac Southern croSS Nancy Dutra (bluegrass & oldtime) 7:30 pm. trinity St. Paul’S church Timber Timbre, Tasseomancy doors 8 pm, all ages.

See preview, page 45. village vaPor lounge Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 9 pm. wiSe guyS The Swingin’ Blackjacks (blues).

kant (singer/songwriter). cameron houSe David Celia (folk/rock) 6 pm. cameron houSe Kayla Howran 10 pm. cameron houSe back room Adaline & Adrian Glynn.

Fogarty’S JP Zydeco Band 8 pm. gate 403 Joanna Moon (flamenco-Latino/ Quebec edge quartet) 9 pm. glaDStone hotel meloDy bar Swift Years & Hotha! 7 pm. hugh’S room 10th Anniversary Celebration Katherine Wheatley, Ariana Gillis, Jory Nash, Eve Goldberg, Mia Sheard 7:30 pm.

alliance FrançaiSe Downtown The French Saxophone Wallace Halladay & Peter Tiefenbach (saxophone, piano) 7:30 pm. arraymuSic StuDio rm 218 Toronto Improvisors’ Orchestra 8 pm. blu riStorante & lounge Acoustic & Jazz Sentiments @ Blu John Campbell (piano, singer) 7:30 pm. boiler houSe Kush (feel-good instrumental/ electronic nu-jazz) 9:30 pm.

Dominion on Queen Elmer Ferrer (jazz) 9 pm. gate 403 Ventana 5 Jazz Band (jazz) 5 to 8 pm.

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Silver Dollar Tropicalia, Mamabolo doors 8:30 pm. ñ SounD acaDemy Reunion Show A Foot in

Cold Water doors 8 pm.

SouthSiDe Johnny’S Paul James (rockabilly blues) 10 pm.

Suba Planet Asia Babylon Warchild, Q Rock, GKnight, Shing Shing Regime, IRS doors 9 pm. unDergrounD garage Phil & John Show (interactive rock).

breaD & circuS CD release Matthew Maas-

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latinaDa Ruben Vazquez (Latin jazz). olD mill inn Fridays To Sing About June Garber,

Mark Kieswetter Jordan O’Connor 7:30 pm.

Queen elizabeth theatre Show Choir Canada National Championship 11 to 1, 2 to 4, and 5 to 7 pm.

QuoteS Fridays At Five Perry White (saxophone) 5 to 8 pm. rePoSaDo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex Time Warp 9:30 pm.

royal conServatory oF muSic mazzoleni hall Discovery Series New Music Ensemble 7:30 pm.

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Symphony No 9 Tafelmusik Orchestra & Chamber Choir 8 pm.

Somewhere there StuDio Leftover Daylight Series Doug Tielli, Claudia Wittmann, Jonnie Bakan, Mark Segger, Aaron Lumley, Andy Yue 8 pm. trane StuDio Luv N’ Roots Ginuwine Affection, EOP 8 pm. tranzac The Foolish Things (jazz) 5 pm. waterFallS The Jim Heineman Trio (jazz) 6:30 pm.

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Recital Aidan Todd-Parrish, Susan Black (flute, piano) 7:15 pm.

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bar 460 Deep Bass Nine Jonah K, ZZ Bottum and others (dubstep/grime/bass) 9 pm-2 am. bunDa lounge Uptown Fridays DJ T-Ace, DJ Fresh (Caribbean/hip-hop/reggae). clinton’S Fuck It Dance Party Bangs & Blush (Motown/Britpop/soul). comFort inn mermaiD lounge Latin Fridays DJ Gene (merengue/salsa/bachata/rumba/ cumbia/cha cha) 9 pm.

Dimitra’S biStro DJ Viviana (salsa) 9 pm.

Drake hotel unDergrounD Drake House Party doors 11 pm.

Drake hotel lounge DJ Dougie Boom doors 10 pm.

Drake hotel lounge DJ Fathom doors 10 pm. emmet ray bar DJ Sawtay (funk/soul, ol’skool) 10 pm.

Fly Grapefruit: Spring Awakening DJ Shane Percy, DJ Aural (pop/retro/dance floor classics) 10 pm.5 Footwork Saeed Younan, Addy, Ticky Ty doors 10 pm. george’S Play DJ Oscar (Latin/top 40) 11 pm.5 gooDhanDy’S Queer Idol 2011 DJ Todd Klinck doors 9 pm.5 inSomnia Funkin’ Fresh Fridays DJ X0FER (house/breaks). levack block back room DJ Jerk Chicken (old skool) 10 pm. levack block DJ Rad McCool (hip-hop) 10 pm. luxy nightclub Diva Fridays DJ Jedi, DJ 4Korners. margret (alt) NIGHT DJ Dislexia.5 miDPoint Wild Zero! Tyler Fedchuk 9:30 pm. naco gallery caFe Criminals Of America (Brazilian tunes and world music) 10 pm.

99 SuDbury Night For Rights: Human Rights Benefit DJ DLUX.

the oSSington Dirty Talk (junk food danceparty).

the PainteD laDy DJ Chocolate & Patrick

Roots (ol’ school reggae) 10 pm. la Perla HER DJs Produzentin, LBC, OMGBLOG.COM doors 10 pm. the PiSton DJ Ryan Gavel 10 pm.

Smiling buDDha Seven Inch Samurai DJs Natto Rocker, Ginger Sting, Sumo Kai Sumo, King Magic Sparky, Tako, Way of the Curl, Purple Wolf (Seven DJs, seven songs each, all on 7 inches) 9:30 pm.

Sneaky Dee’S Rob Dyer Dance Party.

SuPermarket Rolling’ & Scratchin’ Nightbox.

Sutra Sunset Fridays DJ T-Ace, DJ Fresh (soul/ runk/hip-hop/reggae/ dance hall) 10 pm. thiS iS lonDon Flipside. velvet unDergrounD DJ Misty (alt rock) 10 pm.

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

alleycatz Graffitti Park. aSPetta caFFe Robb Hill, the Jive Crank, A

Northern Drawl, Candice Gayle (pop/rock) 8:30 pm. bar italia Al Webster 10 pm. bovine Sex club Glamour Puss Burlesque Foresight for the Blind, Sinister Trailer Park Magic, Smile, Ladies of Glamour Puss, DJ Ian Blurton doors 9 pm. caDillac lounge Mary & Micky (country) 3:30 pm. caDillac lounge Scott Driscoll Band 10 pm. cameron houSe Rambunctious (horn band party music) 10 pm. cameron houSe back room Travis Caine & the Lasting Effect, Pete Vandyk & the Second Hand Band. c’eSt what The Key Frames (roots rock/country/soul) 9 pm.

The Luyas Space pop

Giving up science for music is working out for the Luyas’ the luyaS opening for liam Finn at Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), tonight (Thursday, April 7). $15. HS, RT, SS, TM.

When we talked to Jessie Stein, frontwoman for the Luyas, back in 2007, she told us that all she wanted to do was tour, make music and drink coffee.

Four years later, she’s doing just that, seven weeks deep into a tour that doesn’t wrap till mid-May and which takes the experimental pop band from their hometown of Montreal to Germany and back again.

While it hasn’t

been all music all the time – until recently, Stein listed “scientist” as her occupation on Facebook – she’s pleased with how things are turning out.

“I have no real complaints about the last four years of my life, though I’m a bit less spartan in my wishes,” Stein says.

“I get to travel and play music and eat and love and run around and all that good stuff. We’re a lucky bunch to have each other on this little adventure.”

That “lucky bunch” includes Montreal heavyweights like horn player Pietro Amato (Torngat, Bell Orchestre, Arcade Fire), drummer Stefan Schneider (Bell Orchestre) and organist Mathieu Charbonneau. Arcade Fire’s Sarah Neufeld contributes violin parts whenever she’s available.

As for Stein, she handles vocals, guitars and a captivating instrument called a Moodswinger – a 12-string electric zither with an extra bridge that produces ominous overtones. She’s also in Miracle Fortress.

The members’ current focus, however, is unwaveringly on the Luyas, whose elegantly unsettling sophomore album, Too Beautiful To Work (Dead Oceans), came out in mid-February to rave reviews. Stein’s sad, small voice and

Chalkers Pub Serious Old School Soul Stew (R&B/soul/jazz/funk) 9:30 pm.

Cherry Cola’s roCk N’ rolla CD release Tonella 9 pm.

Drake hotel uNDergrouND The Mast w/ Haale doors 7 pm. el MoCaMbo Wye Oak, Callers doors 9 pm. graffiti’s The John Borra Band 4 to 7 pm. the great hall Back From Las Vegas! Matt Dusk doors 8 pm, all ages. harleM Dane Hartsell (soul) 7:30 pm. horseshoe Mike Watt & the Missingmen doors 8:30 pm. lee’s PalaCe Slowcoaster.

MagPie Cafe CD release Code Pie, Heartbeat Hotel 8 pm. the PistoN Hue, Parks & Rec 10 pm. rivoli CD release Rob Szabo, Robyn Dell’Unto, Amanda Mabro, Lady Hayes, Chris Assaad 9:30 pm. silver Dollar Late Night Live Ryan Warner Band, Tarantula, David McFarlane 10:30 pm. sMiliNg buDDha Wonder Women: Benefit for Canadian Women’s Fdn Madette, Kat & the MP3, Meghan Morrison, Arlene Paculan doors 8 pm. souND aCaDeMy House of Pain, Big B, Slaine doors 8 pm, all ages. southsiDe JohNNy’s JK & the Right Side in Band (rock/top 40) 10 pm. sPortster’s Nicola Vaughan (pop rock) 10 pm. toroNto uNDergrouND CiNeMa Images Festival: West Of Zanzibar Fucked Up (live original score to 1928 silent film) 8:30 pm. t.s.t’s lauNCh PaD Chill With Pill Mad III the Pill, Queenz, DJ Phame One 9 pm. velvet uNDergrouND Scarlet Fever, Lipstick Motel 9 pm.

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Folk/Blues/Country/World

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

Nicole Dunn (blues/R&B).

CaMeroN house Big Tobacco and the Pickers (outlaw country) 6-8 pm.

Dakota taverN The Foggy Hogtown Boys (bluegrass) 4 to 7:30 pm.

Dave’s... oN st Clair Glen Hornblast & Steve Raiken (folk/blues) 8:30 pm.

DoMiNioN oN queeN Harmonica Workshop Paul Reddick, Ken Yoshioka, Al Lerman and others 2 to 6 pm.

DoMiNioN oN queeN Chaser Blues Band 9 pm. gleNN goulD stuDio Alex Cuba (singer/songwriter) 8 pm. hugh’s rooM CD Release The Arrogant Worms (musical comedy) 8:30 pm. kiNg’s garDeN baNquet hall Romanza Toronto Mandolin Orchestra 7 pm. lola Awakening, Trevor Jones 8 pm. lou Dawg’s Eric Mattei (acoustic) 10 pm. lula louNge Salsa Saturday Ache Women Power 10 pm.

Massey hall Bruce Cockburn, Jenny Scheinman 8 pm. rebas Café Open Mic Saturdays The Just Us Band 1 to 4 pm. rex Danny Marks (blues) noon.

fit for the 125th Anniversary of the Women’s Art Association Of Canada Jean Stilwell, Patti Loach, John Loach (mezzo-soprano, piano, trumpet) 8:45 pm. beerbistro The Gene Pool Boys (soulful swinging jazz) 8:15 pm. blu ristoraNte & louNge Acoustic & Jazz Sentiments @ Blu Christopher Barton (guitar, vocals) 7:30 pm.

C’est what Del Dako (jazz) 3 pm.

Chalkers Pub The Robi Botos Trio 6 to 9 pm.

ChiNese Cultural CeNtre Verdi Requiem Pax Christi Chorale 8 pm.

aquila uPstairs The New Mynah Birds,

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writers Sing And Tell Jeffery Straker, Rob Lutes, Dean McTaggart 8 pm. silver Dollar Saturday Supper Club Blues The Rizdales 7 pm. the sixth Mary Milne. traNzaC southerN Cross Chere Francoise, Lara Martin 9 pm. traNzaC Jamzac (folk) 3 pm. traNzaC southerN Cross Scott B Sympathy (folk) 6:30 pm.

arts & letters Club Carmen Unzipped: Bene-

eDwarD JohNsoN builDiNg MaCMillaN theatre Orchestra Series U of T Symphony

Orchestra 7:30 pm.

eriN Mills uNiteD ChurCh Mississauga Festival Youth Choir, the Gaudeamus Choirs of Halton Hills, the Fule, Adwoa Badoe 7 pm.

first uNiteD ChurCh wiNDMill theatre

Stabat Mater – An Easter Offering Windmill Theatre Chorus, the Orchestra Vocal Horizons Chamber Choir 8 pm. gallery 345 The Art Of The Piano Joel Hastings 8 pm. gate 403 Bill Heffernan 5 to 8 pm. gate 403 Randy ‘One Fan’ Shook noon to 3 pm. gate 403 Bartek Kozminski El Mosaico Flamenco Jazz Fusion Band 9 pm. latiNaDa Onelvis Fernandez (Cuban jazz).

Launch The AIM Toronto Orchestra, Evan Parker, Haycon Science 130410. olD Mill iNN Piano Masters David Warrack, Bill Bridges 7:30 pm. queeN elizabeth theatre Show Choir Canada National Championship 2 to 6 pm. rex Lester McLean Trio 7 pm. rex George Colligan 9:45 pm. rosewooD ChurCh of the NazareNe Music In The Air Toronto Children’s Concert Choir, University of Toronto Gospel Choir 7 pm. roy thoMsoN hall Beethoven Eroica Symphony Toronto Symphony Orchestra 8 pm.

royal CoNservatory of MusiC MazzoleNi hall Discovery Series: Musicians From Marl-

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boro 7:30 pm.

royal CoNservatory of MusiC Beethoven Symphony No 9 Tafelmusik Orchestra & Chamber Choir 8 pm.

soNy CeNtre for the PerforMiNg arts Bugs

Bunny At The Symphony Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony 2 & 7 pm. teN feet tall Alex Tait & Ted Quinlan (jazz) 8 pm.

toroNto CeNtre for the arts george wes­ toN reCital hall The Legendary Haydn & Mozart The Amadeus Choir 7:30 pm.

traNe stuDio CD release Sharon Musgrave

10 pm.

yorkMiNster Park baPtist ChurCh Gilbert&

Sullivan Operettas Choral Workshop Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (classical) 10:30 am to 1 pm.

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Stein’s reluctant to categorize Too Beautiful, which was recorded at 6 Nassau in Kensington Market, in any way.

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sunday april 10 @ opera House

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reverend peyton’s big damn band

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tuesday may 3 Lee’s paLace

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sharon daptone records • brooklyn • soul

monday april 18 sound academy

8:00pm doors • all ages • $26.50 advance ga • $35 advance vip

jones & the dap kings

w/ BlaCk Joe lewis & The honeyBears $25.00 advance & $32.00 adv vip • all-ages

may 17 tHurs may 26 tuesday lee’s palace - 18.50 advance lee’s palace -

$17.50 adv

terror

surfer blood sTiCk To your guns thurs april 21 @ opera house

$24.50 adv • aLL aGes

28.50 advance +ff • 19+

sound academy

lissy trullie

annex wreckroom

$18.50 adv - metal double header

concert tHeatre

tHursday may 12

witH

tuesday april 19

job for a cowboy & the ocean

Cold Cave & The enTranCe Band

with

sunday may 1 • sound academy $ 22.50 advance ga

• $ 33.50 vip • all-ages

friday may 27 @ annex wreckroom - $13.50 adv • all-ages • 6:00pm

la dispute

defeater & native

monday june 20 @ sneaky dee’s - $26.00 adv • all-ages • 6:00pm

TiTle fighT guiTar $

with

TouChe amore & The menzingers

man man wolf jaga The anTlers jazzist

tHursday june 30 @ tHe pHoenix

shakespeare my butt 20th anniversary w/

mick thomas & wally

from australia’s weddings parties anything

saturday may 7 massey hall

7:45pm show •

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$ 49.50

advance

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shilpa ray & her happy hookers

w/ cheaptime

lullaBye arkesTra

tuesday june 14 @ mod club - $17.50 advance • 8:00pm doors • 19+

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advance ticketS @ ticketmaster.ca or 1-855-985-5000 • horSeShoe Front bar • SoundScapeS • rotate thiS wEdnEsday april 27 horseshoe tavern | $11.50 advance

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thursday april 7 | $ 5.00

Dirty Mags Give Us the DaGGers speakinG tonGUes Thee Comandeers

friday april 8 | $10.00 adv

yukon

hunx & hIs punx

thurSday april 28 horSeShoe tavern | $10.00 advance

The

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the

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brothers blonde mike watt hayes carll worlD inferno jason frienDship society isbell saturday april 9 | $13.50 adv ex minutemen / firehose

saturday

april 30

horseshoe tavern $15.00

advance

sunday

paint moVement & megan bonell sunday april 10 | $13.00 adv Austin tX - Lost HigHwAy

& The mIssIngmen w/ dearly Beloved + greys

may 1

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malajube leMuria with

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sunday May 22 HorsesHoe tavern • $14.50 advance

white wives (memberS oF anti-Flag)

monday May 16 @ lee’s Palace • $11.50 advance

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featuring

friday May 27

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tueSday

may 24 el mocambo -

the luyas

$ 11.00 adv

monday May 30 lee’s Palace • $13.50 advance

ranDoM task Force poisonous glass tiM steeves

saturday april 9 | $ 10.00 at the door

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london uk • domino records

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with

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june 14 lee’s palace -

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quInTron davId Bazan

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thurs april 14 | $ 18.50 adv

the

sat april 16 | $ 13.50 adv

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monday april 11 the drake — $ 12.50 advance

shIlpa ray & her happy hooKers

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Dance Music/DJ/Lounge

Annex Wreckroom Remixed Saturdays 10 pm. clinton’s Shake, Rattle And Roll Bangs &

Blush (Motown/Britpop).

DimitrA’s Bistro DJ Viviana (salsa) 9 pm.

DisgrAcelAnD Everyone’s A DJ DJ Matt Blair (16 novice DJs playing 20-min sets) 9 pm.

DrAke Hotel UnDergroUnD Peer Pressure doors 11 pm. emmet rAy BAr DJ Forget the Flowers (indie rock) 10 pm.

Fly The Circuit Festival Pre-Party DJ Lydia Sanz, DJ Shawn Riker, DJ Jeremy Khamkeo, DJ Mike Vieira 10 pm.5 FootWork The Modern Lover Affair Vol 2 No Regular Play, Nitin Vs My Favorite Robot, Jeff Button, Rich Hope.

Fox & Firkin Uptown Anthems DJ NV (hiphop/funk/soul/Motown/mashups) 10 pm. tHe gArrison Turning Point Miles Cleret, A Man Called Warwick (tropical rhythms) 9 pm. george’s PlAy DJ Jon (Latin/top 40/house) 11 pm.5 glADstone Hotel BAllroom Goin’ Steady (50s & 60s dance-party) doors 10 pm. gooDHAnDy’s Jock DJ Geoff Kelleway doors 10:30 pm.5 Hotel ocHo Cool Breezin’ Son Of S.O.U.L. & Petri, DJs Catalist, Jason Ulrich, Uncle Funke & Undergroundvibe 9 pm. insomniA Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep house). leVAck Block BAck room DJs Dougie Boom & Teezdale 10 pm.

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leVAck Block DJ Jerk Chicken (old skool) 10

cAmeron HoUse Kevin Quain & the Mad

mAro Red Carpet Saturdays DJ Undercover

cAstro’s loUnge The Tom Waits Apprecia-

pm.

(house/hip-hop/club anthems). nAco gAllery cAFe Sugar Bush DJ Home Rekha 10 pm. neU+rAl The Last 90s Party At Neutral DJs Fawn Big Canoe, Caff (alt rock/pop/hip-hop). tHe ossington Lucky Bitches. tHe PAinteD lADy DJ Salazar (funk/soul/ disco/old school hip-hop) 10 pm.

PArts & lABoUr Religious Material DJ Scott Cudmore (soul/funk/R&B/R&R oldies) 10 pm. lA PerlA Aural Sex. riVoli Pool loUnge deejayscoots (roots/hiphop/reggae/soul/disco/electro/funk) 10 pm. sneAky Dee’s Shake A Tail (60s pop & soul) 11 pm. tHe sociAl Faktory KODE9.

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sUPermArket Do Right Saturdays! DJs Fase, John Kong, MC Abdminal. sUtrA The Bridge DJ Triplet (old skool hiphop). toUlA Jam 4 Jamaica: Party For A Purpose 10:30 pm.

VelVet UnDergroUnD Soundshock Saturday DJ Joe 11:15 pm.

WrongBAr Nastymix Brodinski.

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cADillAc loUnge Douglas September, Stephen P Keeping (post-apocalyptic country/ metal) 9 pm. cADillAc loUnge Whiskey Jack 4 pm. cAmeron HoUse Jay Pollock 6 pm.

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Bastards 9 pm.

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DAVe’s... on st clAir John Campbell (pop/ jazz) 6 pm.

Dominion on QUeen Rockabilly Brunch 11 am to 3 pm. grAFFiti’s Blackmetal Brunch 11 am to 4 pm. grAFFiti’s Michael Brennan 4 to 7 pm.

HorsesHoe Hayes Carll doors 8 pm. lee’s PAlAce Phosphorescent, Evening Hymns doors 8 pm. oPerA HoUse The Go! Team, DOM (sub pop) doors 7 pm, all ages. tHe PAinteD lADy Suzy Wilde (alt rock/country-folk) 9 pm.

PHoenix concert tHeAtre Black Veil Brides, Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, I See Stars, Versaemerge, Conditions doors 5 pm, all ages. tHe Piston Pat Robitaille 9 pm. rAncHo relAxo Benefit for Les Enfant Demunis Orphanage in Haiti Rodrigo Wilde, Jaffa Charles, the Effens, Dinosaur, Dinosaur doors 9 pm.

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Jim Guthrie scores an app When you love video games as much as Toronto’s Jim Guthrie, scoring an app is a perfectly natural next step in an already formidable music career that includes acclaimed solo work, stints in Islands and Royal City, and penning that ubiquitous Capital One jingle Hands In My Pocket.

But lately Guthrie’s poured much of his energy into Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, a

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WrestleCrisis: Deluxe BossFyte (live music and combat opera performance tribute to Video Games) 6:30 pm.

FoLk/BLues/countRy/WoRLD

AQUilA UPstAirs The Sunday Junction Jam The New Mynah Birds, Richard ‘Poppa K’ Keelan (mostly blues).

DUFFy’s tAVern Ken Yoshioka (blues). glADstone Hotel meloDy BAr

Bluegrass Sundays The White Squirrel Sundays 5 to 8 pm.

HUgH’s room Tribute Concert For Archie ‘Zola’ Sibeko: Fundraiser for youth theatre project in South Africa Mighty Popo 7 pm. lAtinADA Bolero Night. lUlA loUnge Salsa Brunch Party Luis Mario Ochoa’s Quarteto Tradicional (Cuban Son) noon & 2 pm. monArcHs PUB John Primer (Chicago blues) doors 4 pm. nAco gAllery cAFe Flamenco Sundays Shirli Pili, Dennis Duffin, Silvia Temis, Marc Tremblay 8 pm. not my Dog Allison Brown, Anna Atkinson, Erin Gignac, Danny Simmons & the Cowan House Ramblers 9:30 pm.

PogUe mAHone Cape Breton Ceilidh Sandy MacIntyre & Steeped in Tradition (Celtic) 4 to 8 pm.

PoUr Boy PUB The Bellwoods Trinity (folk) 3 to 6 pm. reBAs cAFé Banjoman Darin Parises (upswing country) 1 to 4 pm. royAl cAnADiAn legion #258 Bluegrass Sundays Russell Moore and IIIrd Time Out, Flatt River 7 pm.

collaboration between Guthrie, Craig D Adams and Capybara Games. It’s an elegant, fantastical video game in which a female warrior monk travels through a dangerous land in search of a sacred tome. Guthrie’s music draws from John Carpenter horror flicks, Ennio Morricone scores and vintage and modern gaming music.

“We always intended the music to be a core element of the experience – an album you can walk through,” says Guthrie, who recorded it using a PlayStation and GarageBand.

“It was very challenging, but I honestly feel more at home doing ‘scores’ than writing ‘songs.’”

Currently available for iPad (and almost ousting Angry Birds from the number-one spot last week when it launched), S&S iPhone and iPod versions will be out later this month.

As for Guthrie’s gorgeous and haunting score, the ambitious musician has turned it into an album, Sword & Sworcery LP: The Ballad Of The Space Babies, now available digitally and on vinyl through iTunes and Bandcamp. An album release show happens in late June. Read the full Q&A at nowtoronto.com/daily/music. cArlA gillis

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tHe ossington Unlimited Sunday Hajah Bug & Mantis.

751 Big Shiny Sundays DJs SHEMCA & Sunshine 10 pm. velvet underground DJ Hanna (retro 80s) 10 pm.

Monday, April 11 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOuL

CAdillAC lounge Surfin’ Rock’n Roll Mondays

The High Tides (surf).

drAke Hotel underground Royal

ñ drAke Hotel lounge

Bangs doors 8 pm.

86’D Boot Knives doors 10 pm. tHe gArrison The Beauties, Serena Ryder 7 pm. grAFFiti’s Kevin Quain’s Gutbucket Lounge 6 to 9 pm.

HArlem Open Jam Night CarolynT (R&B/soul/ jazz/pop/funk) 8 pm. old niCk M Factor Mondays Yma Ronsi, Janet Whiteway, Elana Harte 7 pm. rivoli CD release The Trews (acoustic rock) 9 pm.

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t.s.t’s lAunCH pAd In A Nut’s Shell Mike Collinson (indy rock/talk) 9 pm, all ages. tHe wilson 96 Esteban Puchalski & Co.

FOLK/BLuES/COuntRY/WORLD

gAte 403 Denis Schingh Solo 5 to 8 pm. gAte 403 Sean Bellaviti Jazz Band 9 pm. rex Peter Hill Quintet 6:30 pm. rex John Cheesman Jazz Orchestra 9:30 pm.

CAmeron House Betty Stew 6 pm.

CAmeron House The Cameron Review 10 pm.

CloAk & dAgger pub This Is A Parade! (folk/

DAnCE MuSIC/DJ/LOunGE

dAve’s... on st ClAir The Monday Sessions

Fuzion vizion lounge FML Mondays DJ Craig

pop) 9 pm.

Open Jam Pete Eastmure 7:30 pm.

tHe FountAin Badly Bent Bluegrass 9 pm.

Free times CAFe Open Stage Signe Miranda 7:30 pm.

HigHwAy 61 soutHern bArbeque Chris Chambers (blues) 7 pm.

HorsesHoe Back Alley Ringers (blues) 10:30

pm.

HugH’s room Rick Estrin & the Nightcats 8:30 pm.

tHe loCAl Hamstrung Stringband (bluegrass/ country) 9:30 pm. lolA Calliopes Nest Ladies Open Stage 6 pm. tHe pAinted lAdy Open Mic Monday 9 pm. trAnzAC soutHern Cross This is Awesome 7 pm. trAnzAC soutHern Cross Open Mic 10 pm.

JAzz/CLASSICAL/ExPERIMEntAL

edwArd JoHnson building wAlter HAll

The Ebène Quartet (Bartók/jazz/pop) 7:30 pm. emmet rAy bAr Dan Easty Trio (jazz) 9 pm.

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

Dominic (R&B/hip-hop/dancecall). goodHAndy’s T-Girls Go Wild DJ Cesar doors 8 pm.5 insomniA DJs Topher & Oranj (rock). tHe ossington Calm As Ice Ice & Yolanda. tHe piston Junk Shop DJs Jorge & Jared (pre to post punk/new wave/garage/indie) 10 pm. roCkwood Mash Up Mondays DJs Crunch, Tilt, Scratchez.

CAmeron House The Cameron Brothers Band

10 pm.

POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOuL

grossmAn’s Rockin’ Blues Jam Ernest Lee &

Bullet Band, Steel Magnolia 7:30 pm.

Annex wreCkroom Drummers In Exile (drum circle) 8 pm.

Annex wreCkroom Memphis May Fire Us from the Outside, This Romantic Tragedy, Too Late the Hero doors 7 pm, all ages. bovine sex Club Pink & Black Attack All The Trendy Kids, Cerebral Scrub, Bumping Tacos.

CAdillAC lounge The Rattles (Beatles tribute) 9 pm.

C’est wHAt The Sweet Mack (rock/soul/pop) 9 pm. dominion on queen Rockabilly Workshop 2 to 4 pm. drAke Hotel underground Sharon Van Etten doors 8 pm. grAFFiti’s Marcus Walker Band 8 pm. operA House Collie Buddz, New Kingston, Los Rakas (reggae) doors 8 pm. tHe piston The Dead Tuesdays, Mercy Flight 10 pm. trAne studio Acoustic Soul Open Mic 8 pm. tHe wilson 96 Trish Robb (roots/rock) 10 pm. yellow griFFin Johnny Devil & the Screaming Demons (rock) 10 pm.

HigHwAy 61 soutHern bArbeque Mr Rick &

Air CAnAdA Centre Bob Seger & the Silver

CAmeron House Friendly Rich 10 pm.

CAmeron House bACk room Nick Teehan.

CloAk & dAgger pub Slocan Ramblers (bluegrass) 10 pm.

gAte 403 Blues Night Julian Fauth 9 pm.

HugH’s room CD Release Alex Pangman,

Ross Wooldridge, Drew Jurecka, Jesse Barksdale, Peter Hill, Chris Banks & Glenn Anderson 8:30 pm. old niCk Open Mic Jennifer Brewer 9 pm. slACk’s Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 9 pm. ten Feet tAll Fingerstyle Open Stage Dunstan Morey (roots ) 8 pm.

JAzz/CLASSICAL/ExPERIMEntAL

AlleyCAtz Carlo Berardinucci Band (swing/ jazz) 8:30 pm. brAssAii Jazz Night 6 pm. dominion on queen Wayne Nakamura’s Django Jam 8:30 pm.

Four seAsons Centre For tHe perForming Arts riCHArd brAdsHAw AmpHitHeAtre

Highlights From La Clemenza di Tito Artists Of Opera Atelier noon. gAte 403 Donné Roberts Band 5 to 8 pm. rex Rex Jazz Jam Sly Juhas (jazz) 9:30 pm. rex Danny DePoe 6:30 pm. supermArket The Ambient Ping Kedr Goes to Space w/ Cymbl & Lorde Awesome, FSK1138 doors 8:30 pm. trAnzAC soutHern Cross Peripheral Vision (jazz improv) 7:30 pm. trAnzAC soutHern Cross The Swyves (jazz) 10 pm.

DAnCE MuSIC/DJ/LOunGE

beAver Issues DJ LP (space disco) 10 pm. goodHAndy’s T-Girls Go Wild DJ Cesar doors

8 pm.5

insomniA Soulful Tuesday D-Jay. reposAdo Alien Radio Gord C.

Wednesday, April 13 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOuL

april 7-13 2011 NOW

FOLK/BLuES/COuntRY/WORLD

CloAk & dAgger pub Steve Gleason (folk) 10

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Supported by

embAssy nigHtClub Santé: Prostate Cancer Canada Benefit Liberty Silver, Trixx, Divine Brown, Mac Graham, Silver aka Solitair. emmet rAy bAr CoCo ‘Cognac’ Brown (soul) 9 pm. grAFFiti’s Mick Thomas & Squeezebox Willie 8 pm. tHe ossington HumbleMania Live in Bellwoods. pArts & lAbour Davila 666, Modern Superstitions, the Sphinxs 10 pm. tHe piston Soma (indie rock). rivoli Scotty Newlands, Ange Alero, Radyo, Madette, A Saturn Sky, Eden, Kevin Mac. supermArket Wednesdays Go Pop! Little Black Dress, Prince Perry doors 9 pm.

AquilA upstAirs Erlichmann, Barber & Thomson (acoustic rock).

CAdillAC lounge The Neil Young’uns 8:30 pm.

Clinton’s Rockin Support: International Benefit For Therapy Services Band Of Sols, Will Conquer, Janine Farragher (90s grunge/indie rock/pop/folk).

pm.

Cotton Traffic 9 pm.

the Biscuits (country) 7 pm.

HugH’s room Loudon Wainwright III 8:30 pm. lolA Open Stage Johnny Bootz 8 pm. silver dollAr High Lonesome Wednesday: Big City Bluegrass Crazy Strings 9 pm. terri o’s sports bAr Gary 17s Acoustic Open Stage John Wilks (eclectic) 10 pm. trAnzAC tiki room Comhaltas Irish Slow Session 7:30 pm. trAnzAC soutHern Cross HOTCHA! 7:30 pm.

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JAzz/CLASSICAL/ExPERIMEntAL

AlleyCAtz Grayceful Daddies (swingin’ jazz/ blues/R&B) 8:30 pm.

blu ristorAnte & lounge Acoustic & Jazz Sentiments @ Blu John Campbell (piano, vocals) 7:30 pm.

CHAlkers pub Girls’ Night Out Jazz Lisa Particelli (jazz) 8 pm. dominion on queen Corktown Uke Jam 8 pm. gAte 403 Tom Shea & Trio Argento 5 to 8 pm. gAte 403 Jarek Dabrowski Jazz Band 9 pm. tHe loCAl Make Out Wednesdays The Ron Leary Quintet. mezzettA Ron Davis Trio (jazz). nAwlins JAzz bAr The Jim Heineman Jazz Trio 7 pm. old mill inn dining room Jaymz Bee’s 42nd Birthday Bash Gord Sheard, Robi Botos, Eric St Laurent Trio, Barbra Lica, Kollage, Triodes, Waylen Miki, Robert Scott Trio doors 6 pm. rex Amanda Tosoff 6:30 pm. rex Thyron Whyte 9:30 pm. royAl ConservAtory oF musiC koerner HAll The Johnny Clegg Band 8 pm. ñ trAnzAC soutHern Cross Stop Time (jazz)

10 pm.

DAnCE MuSIC/DJ/LOunGE

bovine sex Club Rock & Roll Rehab Burn the Radio.

CroCodile roCk DJ Kaos (retro/rock/top 40) 9

pm.

george’s plAy Hump Day Dance Party DJ Jon (Latin/top 40) 9 pm.5 goodHAndy’s T-Girls Go Wild DJ Cesar doors 8 pm.5 insomniA DJ O-God (house/reggae/ mashups). reposAdo Spy vs Sly vs Spy James Robertson.

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venue index Air CAnAdA Centre 40 Bay. 416-815-5500.

AlleyCAtz 2409 Yonge. 416-481-6865.

AlliAnCe FrAnçAise downtown 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014.

Annex wreCkroom 794 Bathurst. 416536-0346.

AquilA 347 Keele. 416-761-7474.

ArrAymusiC studio 60 Atlantic. 416-7692841.

Arts & letters Club 14 Elm. 416-597-0223.

AspettA CAFFe 207 Augusta. 416-725-0693. bAr 460 460 Spadina Ave. bAr itAliA 582 College. 416-535-3621. beAver 1192 Queen W. 416-537-2768. beerbistro 18 King E. 416-861-9872. blu ristorAnte & lounge 17 Yorkville.

416-921-1471. boiler House 55 Mill. 416-203-2121. bovine sex Club 542 Queen W. 416-5044239. brAssAii 461 King W. 416-598-4730. breAd & CirCus 299 Augusta. 416-3363399. bundA lounge 1108 Dundas W. CAdillAC lounge 1296 Queen W. 416-5367717.

CAmeron House 408 Queen W. 416-7030811.

CAstro’s lounge 2116 Queen E. 416-6998272.

C’est wHAt 67 Front E. 416-867-9499.

CHAlkers pub 247 Marlee. 416-789-2531.

CHerry ColA’s roCk n’ rollA 200 Bathurst.

CHinA House 925 Eglinton W. 416-7819121.

CHinese CulturAl Centre 5183 Sheppard E. 416-292-9293.

Clinton’s 693 Bloor W. 416-535-9541.

CloAk & dAgger pub 394 College. 647436-0228.

ComFort inn 6355 Airport (Mississauga).

905-677-7331.

CroCodile roCk 240 Adelaide W. 416-5999751. dAkotA tAvern 249 Ossington. 416-8504579. dAve’s... on st ClAir 730 St Clair W. 416657-3283. dAzzling restAurAnt 291 King W. 416506-8886. dimitrA’s bistro 782 St Clair W. disgrACelAnd 965 Bloor W. 647-8685263. dominion on queen 500 Queen E. 416368-6893. drAke Hotel 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. duFFy’s tAvern 1238 Bloor W. 416-6280330. edo 484 Eglinton W. 416-322-3033. edwArd JoHnson building 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. el moCAmbo 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777. embAssy nigHtClub 117 Peter. 416-5852111. emmet rAy bAr 924 College. 416-7924497. erin mills united CHurCH 30120 the Collegeway (Mississauga).

First united CHurCH 151 Lakeshore W (Mississauga). 905-278-3714.

Fly 8 Gloucester. 416-410-5426.

FogArty’s 3481 Lake Shore W. 416-2535500.

Footwork 425 Adelaide W. 416-913-3488. tHe FountAin 1261 Dundas W. 416-2032311.

Four seAsons Centre For tHe perForming Arts 145 Queen W. 416-3638231.

Fox & Firkin 51 Eglinton E. 416-480-0200.

Fox & Fiddle wellesley 27 Wellesley E. 416-944-9369.

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The duality of 50s society is a wellworn theme, but there’s something satisfyingly visceral in Hungtai’s discordant celebration. Under 30 minutes long, Badlands is a short burst of concentrated energy that gradually slides into less compelling instrumental murk.

Top track: Sweet 17 KEVIN RITCHIE

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Gimme Some (Sony) Rating: When Young Folks, the infectious single from Peter Bjorn & John’s 2006 album, suddenly blew up, the Swedish trio responded to the pressure with a complete left turn into dark synth pop. The band’s strength has always been their breezy, careless take on power pop, so the beleaguered genre-posturing didn’t look good on them.

On their newest, PB&J have abandoned the 80s act and stripped back

down to what works: guitars, drums, bass and a boatful of hummable hooks.

You could argue that this is the band’s rock record, especially on tracks like the crunchy punk-inspired Black Book, but it’s their rediscovery of classic pop tropes that makes this such a return to form. There’s no whistling, but there are plenty of stick-in-your-head moments. At the end of the day, that’s what we want from them.

Top track: Second Chance Peter Bjorn & John play Lee’s Palace on May 6.

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BELL X1 Bloodless Coup (Yep Roc) Rating: NNN

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note/Universal) Rating: NNNN It’s easy to forget how unbearably precious and navel-gazing rock has become over the last decade – until you hear a band as joyously visceral as Royal Bangs.

The Knoxville trio take bits of every contemporary trend (as well as some classic rock) and cram them into one song, but that sonic overload takes a back seat to their unrestrained energy and memorable melodies.

Flux Outside’s everything-and-thekitchen-sink approach could have felt like a mess of unfocused hyperactivity but instead it’s remarkably cohesive. Some might argue that they’d be better served by milking a single motif for three minutes, but the rush you get from their complex prog pop constructions can’t be denied.

Lots of rock bands are borrowing from experimental music these days, but too often it feels like the listener is being lectured. In contrast, Flux Outside flies by effortlessly and still leaves you with choruses you’ll be singing to yourself long after the disc ends.

Top track: Bull Elk Royal Bangs hit the Drake Monday (April 11).

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Bell X1 are huge in their native Ireland but mostly known in North America for getting their music used on The O.C. for the famous lesbian kiss scene. There’s a good chance their sixth album will help them break beyond that, though, even if it’s not the most exciting record on the shelves this month.

They’re often compared to the Talking Heads, but that’s more because of Paul Noonan’s occasionally yelpy vocals than anything musical. Essentially, they’re an earnest guitar band trying to move beyond that by incorporating electronic touches and experimental influences. Unlike Radiohead, however, these guys are still invested in writing actual songs and aren’t averse to straightforward rhythms and big hooks.

This pretty solid record shouldn’t disappoint existing fans. However, it’s more pleasant than mind-blowing, and you notice the pretty sounds more than the songs themselves.

Top track: 4 Minute Mile Bell X1 play Mod Club June 1.

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DIRTY BEACHES Badlands (Zoo) Rating: NNN There’s a something a bit campy about the buzzy, ominous music of Vancouver-based musician Alex Zhang Hungtai, aka Dirty Beaches. Like director Terrence Malick’s 1973 road flick of the same name, this Badlands is an unhinged, romantic ode to the 50s greaser – a tribute to a tribute.

Spilt evenly between “ballads and dirges,” it sounds like Hungtai absorbed 30 years of musical and cinematic reimaginings of the decade and its youth subculture – the Cramps, Suicide, Blue Velvet, Kenneth Anger – affixed a pompadour on top and distilled it all through a dingy, lo-fi filter that’s playing on a broken record player in the next room.

Sing It Loud (Nonesuch) Rating: K.d. lang’s wisely titled 13th studio album finds the Grammy-winning singer primarily exploring pop and torch songs, and limiting her country side to brief flourishes and instrumentation. Opening song I Confess is lang at her sexiest and most confident, singing about being loved madly while drums crescendo and guitars reverberate.

Working closely with guitarist and coproducer Joe Pisapia, who co-wrote most of the album, lang has created a mature record that avoids being boring or staid.

While this can be partially credited to the emotion, drama and playfulness in her vocal delivery, the songs are also arguably her best since 1992’s Ingénue.

As well, the Siss Boom Bang band are as skilled at smouldering ballads as they are at light, banjo-inflected pop.

Top track: I Confess K.d. lang plays Metro Hall Square June 17.

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tension. One moment he’s evoking Jim Morrison on stoner mind-meld Alien Rivers, and the next he’s leading fun, shambolic romps like Shake The Shackles and Through The Floor. Oblique by pop standards, the album’s full of raw, tightly wound energy.

Top track: Shake The Shackles Crystal Stilts play Sneaky Dee’s May 22.

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With the exception of Gulf Coast Bay, a Mississippi Sheiks cover, the songs are original and contemporary. Jill Barber, Jeanne Tolmie and Alice Dawson take turns singing backup on gems like Darker Still, Nightshade and The Side Of The Road, while pedal steel steals the spotlight on We Still Won The War. The last few songs are less hummable – a small complaint about an enjoyable record.

Top track: Darker Still Steve Dawson plays the Gladstone tonight (Thursday, April 7).

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Apocalypse (Drag City) Rating: Although Apocalypse is Bill Callahan’s 15th album, his third since abandoning the Smog band name, he remains as slippery as ever. He’s called it one of his most personal efforts, yet its outward-looking scope suggests an atypical broadness.

Over seven patient, slowly unfolding compositions, he sparsely mixes country, folk and, in one strange instance, funk to examine America, “where everyone’s allowed a past they don’t care to mention.”

Gradually, frontier imagery gives way to self-examination. Even the “apocalypse” referred to in Riding For The Feeling turns out not to be the military pressure mentioned in the earlier America! but rather a pile of demos left on his hotel bed.

Like the best singer/songwriters, Callahan is an English major’s lyricist, and by deftly blending the personal, the political and the mythological, he again leaves us plenty to pore over.

Top track: America!

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Magic (Anti-) Rating: Some artists seem to spring up out of the earth fully formed, like mushrooms. Recent Anti- signee and dedicated naturalist Sean Rowe is such a singer/songwriter. With its confident, mature and meditative approach, his debut album belies his newbie status.

It was recorded near his native Albany, coincidentally in a building where Rowe’s grandfather used to work, and you can hear chairs squeak, instruments shifting and the band whispering to each other between takes. In 2007, he went on a 24-day solo wilderness stint, and the experience comes through in mood and metaphor more than subject matter.

Opener Surprise is a sexy baritone Van Morrison-style love song, Night is a stripped-down look at innocence from the perspective of experience, while teenage disaster story Jonathan ramps up the energy. The spacious Leonard Cohen-inspired Time To Think, with its bowed bass, cello and female backup vocals, is the best place to start.

Top track: Time To Think Sean Rowe plays the Dakota April 14.

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In Love With Oblivion (Slumberland) Rating: NNNN Inching ever popwards following their blissful 2009 single, Love Is A Wave, New York City five-piece Crystal Stilts get even more melodic on their sophomore album.

Opening with an unsettling György Ligetiesque crescendo, In Love With Oblivion is a more lucid take on the qualities that have made the band a favourite among record-collecting types, namely their affinity for mixing quaking, late 60s garage with 80s shoegaze wallflower vocals.

The stillness in singer Brad Hargett’s reverbed baritone instills each song with spooky ambience and creates interesting

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Nightshade (Black Hen) Rating: Multi-instrumentalist Steve Dawson is the man behind Vancouver’s Black Hen Music and four of this year’s Juno-nominated folk musicians. His cohesive fifth solo album showcases his excellent bluesy guitar-playing (acoustic, electric and slide), over which he tells dark stories in an easy, welcoming tone. Dawson’s players – Geoff Hicks, Keith Lowe and Chris Gestrin – recall the Band, Nick Drake and Uncle Tupelo-era alt-country.

Starting As People (independent) Rating: NNNN Armed with a guitar and just a few chords, Ottawa’s Giant Hand (aka Kirk Ramsay) has quickly made a name for himself in his hometown and beyond, opening for Immaculate Machine, Born Ruffians and his hero, Daniel Johnston. Produced and engineered by the Acorn’s Rolf Klausener, this EP features sparse, hypnotic arrangements that put the focus squarely on Ramsay’s plaintive vocals.

Committed to themes of mortality and death, the lyrics are simply poetic, with startling lines connecting the physical to the spiritual. Ramsay sings of becoming trees in the afterlife (Starting As People II), enjoying life while you can (Another Step Down) and the magic of reading by flashlight (Books) as told from a child’s POV. It’s an odd but interesting love letter to life, love and music.

Top track: Starting As People II SG

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Class in session Holocaust drama asks audiences to consider how they would react to the characters’ dilemmas

By JON KAPLAN

MICHAEL WATIER

Amy Rutherford and Mark McGrinder play in the complex drama Our Class.

OUR CLASS by Tadeusz Slobodzianek, translated by Ryan Craig, directed by Joel Greenberg (Studio 180/Canadian Stage).

Berkeley Street Theatre (26 Berkeley).

Opens tonight (Thursday, April 7) and runs to April 30, Monday-Saturday 8 pm, matinees Wednesday 1:30 pm and Saturday 2 pm. Pwyc-$49. 416-368-3110.

sometimes stories refuse to be buried, rising up to haunt both teller and listener.

That’s the case with Our Class, Polish author Tadeusz Slobodzianek’s play suggested by an event in the town of Jedwabne during the Second World War. The town’s Jewish population was massacred in a horrific manner: neighbour turned against neigh-

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Voices vary LOST VOICES written and directed by Ed Roy (Topological Theatre/Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen West). Runs to April 17. Pwyc$20. 416-538-0988. See Continuing, page 63. Rating: NNN

In Lost Voices, playwright/director Ed Roy sheds compassionate light on the situation of unaccompanied children sent from Third World countries to the West for reasons ranging from war to child trafficking.

He’s less successful, though, exploring the pressured lives of government officials trying to aid these kids.

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bour. A hard-hitting piece that has troubled audiences in Poland and elsewhere, the play begins with 10 schoolchildren, five Jewish and five Catholic, voicing their innocent plans for the future. Nearly 80 years later, the terrible actions of the play still resonate with the survivors and perpetrators.

“Jedwabne isn’t mentioned by name,” says actor Mark McGrinder, a founding member of Studio 180, which along with Canadian Stage presents the North American premiere of Our Class. “But, then, the piece isn’t meant to be a documentary. The events inspired the playwright, and he’s written a work with a universal ring.”

Combining direct address to the

mar) and Wakeed (Owais Lightwala), arrive at Pearson Airport to be met by a barrage of harshly voiced questions from invisible authority figures. Shy and fearful, they’re placed in the hands of a pair of social workers, newbie Phil (Shaun McComb) and experienced Terri (Soo Garay).

Roy’s script gives depth to the teens’ tales; in one back story, a family attempts to save their child, in the other, the motivation is rejection.

Lightwala and Parmar draw believable portraits in both the dialogue and the expressive movement episodes.

But having the tough Terri constantly remind the nervous Phil of what he’s supposed to do is a forced narrative device. One result is that, in the early scenes, Phil comes across as a

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audience, traditional theatrical scenes and even some choral work, the script asks today’s audiences to consider how they would react to the kind of situation faced by the characters.

“It’s not so much about the event but how it affects us today,” nods Amy Rutherford, another of the performers. “There’s a collective guilt that follows from one generation to the next, not just in Poland but elsewhere.

“How, the play asks, do people cope with such an event, and how does it continue to be destructive?”

In fact, Our Class looks not just at the aftermath but also at the causes of hatred and violence.

“How can this group of children, so free and open with each other, end up

where they do?” continues Rutherford. “Still, there’s no judgment of the characters; we have the feeling that life goes on even as we look at the events and their causes.”

Rutherford plays Dora, a Jewish woman she characterizes as “a dreamer, a film-star-to-be. But she’s also strong and opinionated. She’s courted by the Catholic Rysiek, who loves her but understands, even at a young age, the divide between them. Eventually, he becomes one of the play’s more virulent anti-Semites.

“Instead, she married Menachem, a Jew who turns out to be a problematic husband.”

In contrast, McGrinder’s Wladek is a Catholic drawn to the Jewish Rachelka.

“In some ways he’s one of the more courageous characters, in terms of taking action when others don’t,” offers McGrinder. “But Wladek’s really an outsider, on the periphery of a group of violent guys. His action might be more self-serving than altruistic. What’s fascinating is that while his comments about the Jews are sometimes hateful, he still wants to save a Jewish woman.”

The play uses fictional characters to examine what happens when we define someone as “the other.” Unable to escape the consequences of their actions, they intend to implicate the audience in what we watch. It’s not easy to keep an emotional distance from the action when inactivity makes one as culpable as the murderers.

“Because the author doesn’t make judgments, I can’t predict how any one viewer will react to it,” admits Rutherford. “Some will see it as bleak and unrelenting, others as hopeful.

It’s one of the strongest plays I’ve ever encountered.”

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Owais Lightwala and Sarena Parmar give resonance to Lost Voices.

two-dimensional, comic bungler. McComb’s much better as various people in the teens’ lives in their home countries. Garay’s fine in those secondary

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roles, too, while she also gives Terri a stress-related edge, the reason for that stress revealed in the final scene.

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AS YOU PUPPET by Jane McClelland and Mike Petersen (Hank’s Toy Box Theatre). Stuffed animals star in an adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It for ages 5 and up. Previews Apr 10. Opens Apr 11 and runs to Apr 21, see website for schedule. $10-$20. Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People, 165 Front E, Studio.

416-862-2222, lktyp.ca.

CHECK OUT (The AMY Project). The mentorship project for young women presents a multiarts piece about shopping and value. Apr 8-9, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. Pwyc (adv $15), gala $50. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson.

647-342-8177, theamyproject.com/blog.

DIVING NORMAL by Ashlin Halfnight (Red One Theatre/Tuning Puck Co-op). Three people wade through addiction, sex and disloyalty in this dark comedy. Previews Apr 11. Opens Apr 12 and runs to Apr 23, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $15-$20. Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor W. divingnormaltoronto@gmail.com.

GHOST STORIES by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman (Mirvish/Lyric Hammersmith/Phil McIntyre Entertainments). This theatrical show features stories based on real interviews. Previews to Apr 10. Opens Apr 12 and runs to May 8, Tue-Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 5 and 8:30 pm, Sun 3 pm. $25-$79. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge.

416-872-1212, mirvis–h.com.

HATED NIGHTFALL by Howard Barker (George Brown Theatre School). This historical drama speculates on the last hours of Russia’s royal family, the Romanoffs. Opens Apr 12 and runs to Apr 23, see website for schedule. $18, srs $12, stu $7. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, youngcentre.ca.

HAVING HOPE AT HOME by David S Craig (Amicus Productions). A woman goes into labour at a tense family gathering. Opens Apr 7 and runs to Apr 16, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mats Apr 9-10 at 2 pm. $20, stu/srs $18. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall. 416-860-6176.

I THINK I CAN by Florence Gibson and Shawn Byfield (Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People). This dance-theatre piece deals with bullying, cliques and friendship. Opens Apr 7 and runs to May 5, see website for schedule. $10-$20. 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, lktyp.ca.

THE LAST 15 SECONDS by the MT Space (Theatre Passe Muraille). Movement, video and text are used to convey a dialogue between a suicide bomber and his victim. Opens Apr 7 and runs to Apr 16, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $30$35, mat pwyc. 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529, passemuraille.on.ca.

OUR CLASS by Tadeusz Slobodzianek (Studio 180/Canadian Stage Company).

Polish Jews and Catholics go from school day dreams to grim adult choices as WWII ap-

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Three choreographers Six dancers One bold - and slightly crazy - proposal No two shows will be the same New choreography by Antonija Livingstone, Martin Bélanger and Ame Henderson

PROJECT 3/2/1 a trio, a duet, a solo

April 6 to 17 (preview April 5)

Tues through Sat at 8pm Sun at 4pm Tickets: 416-367-1800 or dancemakers.org Dancemakers Centre for Creation in the Distillery 55 Mill Street, The Cannery Building 58, # 313

James Lahey Studio

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Erica Peck and the rest of the ensemble do justice to excellent Songs For A New World.

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Robert Brown, directed by Andrew Lamb (Angelwalk). Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge). To April 23. $25-$45.

416-872-1111. See Continuing, page 63.

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If the admittedly limited niche genre of music theatre song cycles is your thing, you will adore this collection of powerful pop-leaning gems.

Best known as the show that launched the career of Broadway composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown back in the mid-1990s, Songs For A New World features four performers exploring a variety of characters, each struggling with a different middleclass choice: happiness or wealth, honesty or comfort.

To flesh out the rich storytelling offered in each song, director Andrew Lamb goes beyond the scope of most song cycles, offering simple yet evocative interactions between the performers that nicely heighten the impact of each piece.

However, the strength of the show is – as the title suggests – the songs.

Brown’s compositions (here accompanied by a small orchestra of keys, bass and percussion) are very vocally demanding but well rendered thanks to the uniformly strong ensemble of Erica Peck, Denise Oucharek, Stewart Adam McKensey and Justin Bott. Regardless of genre, from the jazzy pop in Just One Step to the gospel rock of The River Won’t Flow, Brown demonstrates an ear for memorable piano and vocal hooks.

While the sweet and tender sentimentality of the now classic Stars And The Moon is a sure-bet tear-jerker, the upbeat and immediately catchy soulful groove of The Steam Train offers an empowering sense of fun.

Songs is an emotional roller coaster, but you’ll leave with a smile.

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dance troupes celebrate decades By JORDAN BIMM

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Vets’ double dose 20/20 VISION choreographed by Allen Kaeja and Karen Kaeja (Kaeja d’Dance). At Enwave Theatre (231 Queens Quay West).

Opens Tuesday (April 12) and runs to April 16, Tuesday-Saturday 8 pm. $17-$38. 416973-4000.

Our Class BY

Tadeusz Slobodzianek Ryan Craig Joel Greenberg ENGLISH VERSION BY

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NOW PLAYING UNTIL APRIL 30 MON-FRI 8 PM • SAT AT 2 & 8 PM

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Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs | 26 Berkeley Street David Beazely, Jonathan Goad, Jessica Greenberg, Ryan Hollyman, Mark McGrinder, Kimwun Perehinec, Alex Poch-Goldin, Dylan Roberts, Michael Rubenfeld & Amy Rutherford SET & COSTUMES: John Thompson • LIGHTING: Kimberly Purtell SOUND: Michael Laird • ORIGINAL SCORE: Sophie Solomon STAGE MANAGER: Robert Harding • ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: Liz Campbell MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Lily Ling

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OUR CLASS is a Canadian Stage Berkeley Street Project Initiative

THE ZUKERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

CHILDREN aND a FEW MINUTES OF LOCK with Louise Lacavalier, Patrick Lamothe, and Keir Knight (Fou Glorieux). Presented

by World Stage at Fleck Dance Theatre (207 Queens Quay West). Opens Wednesday (April 13) and runs to April 16, Wednesday-Saturday 8 pm. $15-$45. 416-9734000.

add contemporary dance to the list of things that get better with age.

Both Allen and Karen Kaeja (Kaeja d’Dance) and Louise Lecavalier (Fou Glorieux) have spent more than two decades earning international ac­ claim and show no signs of slowing down. Active and important as they enter their 50s, both the Kaejas and Lecavalier present new shows at Har­ bourfront that both innovate and re­ flect on their long and storied ca­ reers.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Kaeja d’Dance, the Toronto­based power couple – who also teach and make films – present 20/20 Vision, an eclectic collection of four new

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and Ballet Creole present works by Patrick Parson, Gabby Kamino and José Carret Morejón, and remounts by Danny Grossman and Debbie Wilson. Apr 7-9 at 8 pm. $25-$45, stu/ srs $20-$25. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, balletcreole.org.

CHILDREN/a FEW MINUTES OF LOCK Harbourfront World Stage and Louise ñ Lecavalier & Fou Glorieux present dance

works about parenting, featuring a piece by Nigel Charnock and three Édouard Lock duets (see story, this page). Opens Apr 13 and runs to Apr 16, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $15-$45. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com.

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by Andrea Lithgow, Laura MacKinnon, Alisa Stupak, Pam Shoebottom, Meghan Trevorrow and guest artists. Apr 7-10, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $18, stu/srs $15. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. 416-588-9452.

DW187 SHaRED PROgRaM DanceWorks and Harbourfront NextSteps present Blue Ceiling Dance’s The Animals Are Planning An Intervention (by Lucy Rupert), and Marc Boivin’s Impact. Apr 7-9 at 8 pm. $33.50, stu/srs $22.50. Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, danceworks.ca.

THE FIRST LP Alias Dance Project and DanceWorks CoWorks present choreography by Meghan Cafferky, Valerie Calam, Geordan Coupland, Troy Feldman, Solid State Breakdance, Heidi Strauss and Apolonia Velasquez. Previews Apr 12. Opens Apr 13 and runs to Apr 17, Tue-Sun 8 pm, mat Sun 2 pm. $20-$35, stu/srs $18-$33, preview $18.

Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington.

416-915-6747, aliasdanceproject.com.

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pieces. Karen performs and takes on the new role of choreographer with The Visitor and Quenched, while Allen explores the possibilities of multimedia and movement as chor­ eographer and cinematographer in Armour/Amour and Jericho.

“Karen and I have never remounted a work. It’s just not part of who or what we are,” explains Allen Kaeja.

“That why, for our 20th, we wanted to do a set of all new works.”

Lecavalier, on the other hand – who shot to fame in the early 80s thanks to her central role in Edouard Lock’s groundbreaking Montreal group La La La Human Steps – will revisit past work, but in a new way.

Her new show (which she debuted in Italy last year) marks a return to the duet formation, and is a mix of old and new pieces. The first portion, Children – a 50­minute theatrically leaning piece about a stressed rela­ tionship – was created specially for Lecavalier by British choreographer Nigel Charnock.

“I like it for its simplicity and its humanity,” she says on the phone from Montreal, “It’s a piece that speaks to everybody, not just dan­ cers.”

In the second, shorter portion of her show, she remounts three pieces

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art opera by Opera Atelier soloists and Atelier Ballet dancers. Apr 12 at noon. Free. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. coc.ca.

THE HUMaN CONDITION Nexx Level Dance & Theatre presents choreography by Chris Clarke about the quest to understand ourselves and our universe. Apr 9 at 8 pm. $33.90. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. nexxleveldancetheatre@live.com.

THE RELEVaNCE OF ME YMI Dancing presents works by Pia Bouman, Bonnie Gaztambide, Maxine Heppner, Lynndsey Larre and Bethany Litner. Apr 7-10, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $15-$20. Pia Bouman Studio, 6 Noble. 416532-8705.

SPRINg gRaDUaTION SHOWCaSE George Brown Dance presents a student showcase.

Apr 7-8 at 8 pm. $25. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis. 416-964-5148, uofttix.ca.

STILL HERE Adelheid presents a contemporary dance work by Heidi Strauss as part of the Performance Spring Festival.

Opens Apr 7 and runs to Apr 17, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm. $22, stu/srs $18; Sun pwyc.

Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Studio. 416504-9971, factorytheatre.ca.

20/20 VISION Harbourfront NextSteps and Kaeja d’Dance present a multimedia production featuring new creations to celebrate Kaeja d’Dance’s 20th anniversary (see story, this page). Opens Apr 12 and runs to Apr 16, Tue-Sat 8 pm, stu/youth mats ThuFri 1 pm. $27-$38, stu/srs $17-$22; Apr 12 gala $100. Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, kaeja.org.

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Henderson. Runs to Apr 17, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm. $25, stu $18. Dancemakers Centre for Creation, 55 Mill, bldg 58, studio 313. 416367-1800, dancemakers.org.

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undefined areas.” one from 1995’s Salt, and a pair from For instance, Jericho features an 1998’s Two. “I put these pieces together in new experimental lighting design based on ultraviolet light and a mix of live ways,” she says. “I shrank and adaptand prerecorded video projections. ed some things. It’s stripped down, “It creates the illusion of the dancers and set to a 13-minute composition appearing and disappearing – as if

by Iggy Pop. I kept the spirit of they were travelling between dimenEdouard’s choreography and aessions,” says Kaeja, his excitement thetic, though. I love his complexity audible over the phone. “It’s going to and the way he builds movement be ballistic!” with partnering. I missed this Kaeja explains that getting older dynamic doing only solo work.” doesn’t mean becoming restricted The Kaejas credit their longevity physically. In fact, for him it’s the opto their shared passion for the creposite. “I’m 51, and because I’ve come ative process. “We’re constantly to understand kinetics and mechancreating, so every piece leads to the ics implicitly, I can throw people next. We’re both insatiably curious, 24127LockChild_NOWad:Layout 3/28/11 2:11 Pageusing 1 farther andPMfaster, we don’t look back, and that drives us 1 higher, much less energy than ever before. to investigate, explore and push into

“It’s been wonderful to mature within this dynamic life, and I feel I have another 20 to 30 years of dance left before I consider slowing down.”

Lecavalier – who has fully recovered from a painful hip injury that dogged her career through the 1990s and early 2000s – also sees her future in dance as open-ended and full of possibilities: “It was fun to relearn these pieces” she says. “It felt great to know I could still do those big twirls and crash into the floor.

“What keeps me going after all these years is my love for the art form. The only thing that could ever stop me is self-doubt, which I constantly battle. I hope it never will.”3

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orates. Previews Apr 12-13. Opens Apr 15 and runs to Apr 30, Tue-Sat 7 pm, mats Apr 23 and 30 at 1 pm. $20, preview $15. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555. niGhT by Christopher Morris (Human Cargo/ Performance Spring Festival). An anthropologist meets a teenage Inuk girl during 24 hours of darkness on Baffin Island. Previews Apr 13, opens Apr 14 and runs to Apr 24, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sun 2 pm and Apr 16 at 4 pm. $25$35, Sun pwyc. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Mainspace. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca.

The SiTuATiOniSTS by Sky Gilbert (The Cabaret Company). Three characters look at applying Situationist principles to current issues while dealing with their sexual tensions. Previews Apr 13. Opens Apr 14 and runs to Apr 24, WedSat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $16-$27, Sun pwyc.

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander.

416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com.

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proaches (see story, page 58). Opens Apr 7 and runs to Apr 30, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mats Wed 1:30 pm, Sat 2 pm. $20-$49, limited Mon pwyc.

Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-3683110, studio180theatre.com.

Our TOwn by Thornton Wilder (Soulpepper). A stage manager paints a portrait of life in a small American town around 1900.

Previews Apr 7-12. Opens Apr 13 and runs to May 13, see website for schedule. $45-$65, stu $28; rush $5-$22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666.

PhOne whOre by Cameryn Moore (Little Black Book Productions). Truth and taboo collide in this solo show about an intimate visit with a phone sex operator. Apr 7-8 at 8 pm. $10-$15. The Flying Beaver Pubaret, 488 Parliament. brownpapertickets.com. rOmeO And JulieT by William Shakespeare (Shakespeare in Action). This adaptation for youth is set in a modern, culturally diverse city. Previews to Apr 8. Opens Apr 9 and runs to Apr 21, see website for schedule. $15, stu/ srs $12. Central Commerce CI, 570 Shaw. 416703-4881, shakespeareinaction.org.

The SchOOl FOr wiveS by Molière (Théâtre français de Toronto). A man’s scheme to make a young girl into the perfect wife goes awry.

Previews to Apr 7. Opens Apr 8 and runs to Apr 23, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mat Sun 2:30 pm, Apr 16 and 23 at 3:30 pm. $33-$57, stu/srs $28-$57, Wed pwyc. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-534-6604, theatrefrancais.com.

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Stilwell, Patti Loach and John Loach perform to benefit the Women’s Art Association of Canada. Apr 9, dinner 7:30 pm, show 8:45 pm. $40-$150. 14 Elm. 416-922-2060. mrTvOlkA by Daniela Sneppova and Penn Kemp (HATCH). Live performance, recordings and projections are used to examine media as frozen image and media as once-living body.

Apr 9 at 7 pm. $15, stu/srs $12. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W, Studio Theatre.

416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. nOw TAlkS wiTh wOOdy hArrelSOn (NOW).

The actor/writer discusses his career and new play with NOW Magazine’s editor/publisher Michael Hollett. Apr 13 at 7 pm. $10. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W, Underground. 416-5315042, nowtoronto.com/nowtalks.

ThiS iS nOT T.v. (Jason Morneau). This variety/ talk show features performances about current issues that affect everyday life. Apr 10 at 7 pm. $10. 918 Bathurst Centre, 918 Bathurst. jay_morneau@rocketmail.com.

SeArS OnTAriO drAmA FeSTivAl – TOrOnTO reGiOnAl ShOwcASe (Sears Drama Festival).

Nine productions written and performed by high school students will be presented. Apr 7-9 at 7 pm. $16, stu $12. Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-8849, uofttix.ca.

The SimiAn ShOwcASe (Monkeyman Productions). Short plays by Rebecca Nesvet, Camilla Maxwell, Mark Harvey Levine and Stephen Near look at geek/fanatic/pop culture. Opens Apr 8 and runs to Apr 16, Fri-Sat 8 pm (plus Apr 16 at 11 pm), Sun 2 pm. $10. Imperial Pub, 54 Dundas E. monkeymanproductions.com.

The Skin OF Our TeeTh by Thornton Wilder (George Brown Theatre School). A seriocomic look at the human experience and humanity’s resilience. Opens Apr 13 and runs to Apr 23, see website for schedule. $18, srs $12, stu $7.

Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill.

416-866-8666, youngcentre.ca.

The wAllS Are Alive wiTh The SOund OF mAd PeOPle (Friendly Spike Theatre Band). Develop-

ment rehearsals are presented of a production about the CAMH Patient Built Wall. Apr 8 at 6:30 pm. Free. May Robinson Auditorium, 20 West Lodge Ave. friendlyspike@primus.ca.

view at nowtoronto.com/stage). Runs to May 1, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $23$46, rush $10. 30 Bridgman, Extra Space. 416531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. nnnn (JK) AnGelinA BAllerinA The muSicAl by Susan

hiS imPOSinG viSAGe by Rodney Roy (Organic Theatre Collective). A photographer battles AIDS Dementia Complex as his health deteri-

Blue Ceiling dance (Toronto) The animals are planning an intervention Dancer/Chor: Lucy Rupert

david greig directed by jennifer tarver starring tom barnett, raoul bhaneja, fiona byrne, david jansen, tony nappo, sarah wilson

DiLallo and Ben Morss (Vital Theatre/Hit Entertainment). Angelina and her friends dance in this all-ages show. Runs to May 29, Sat 1:30 pm, Sun 11 am. $30-$50. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-642-8973.

The BeST men by Bil Antoniou (Skinny Jo Productions). A difficult bride and a gay best man with two dates cause drama in this wedding comedy. Runs to Apr 10, Thu-Sun 7 pm. $20, stu $15. Bread & Circus, 299 Augusta. 416336-3399, breadandcircus.ca.

Billy elliOT The muSicAl by Lee Hall and Elton John (Mirvish). One of the best new musicals of the millennium, Billy Elliot is based on the 2000 film about a working-class boy whose dreams of becoming a ballet dancer are set against the grim reality of his 1984 northern England mining community. The characters are richly detailed, the conflicts believable and complex, and the dialogue raw, crudely funny and uncompromising. Runs to Jul 10, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 1:30 pm. $36-$130. Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria.

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(The Pub Theatre Company). This interactive show takes a satirical look at the drinking culture. Runs to Apr 23, Sat 8 pm. $15. Hard Rock Cafe, 279 Yonge. byebyeliver.com.

lOST vOiceS by Ed Roy (Topological Theatre).

This drama looks at the growing phenomenon of unaccompanied minors arriving at airports with no set future plan (see review, page 58).

Runs to Apr 17, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $15-$20. Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416538-0988, topologicaltheatre.com. nnn (JK) A midSummer niGhT’S dreAm by William Shakespeare (Soulpepper). Director Rick Roberts sets the Bard’s classic comedy in the Roaring 20s and nails the fun and magic at the heart of this enchanted tale. The rag-tag group of actors rehearsing in the woods steal the show with hilarious physical comedy. Runs to Apr 23, see website for schedule. $45-$60, stu $28; rush $5-$22. Young Centre for the

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PAPer SerieS by David Yee (Cahoots Theatre Co). Yee’s six short plays, a skilful blend of comedy and pathos, explore what it’s like to lose someone or something dear, be it a person or one’s own history. Energetic, clever, paper-filled entertainment. Runs to Apr 9, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $10-$30. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416866-8666, cahoots.ca. NNNN (JK) PiNkAliciouS, the MuSicAl by Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann and John Gregor (Vital Theatre).

A girl turns pink after eating too many cupcakes. Runs to May 29, Sat 11 am, Sun 1:30 pm. $29.50-$39.50. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-642-8973.

She did WhAt?!!! (Famous People Players).

This black light theatre musical is based on a children’s book by Diane Dupuy. Runs to Apr 29, Tue-Sat 11:30 am and 6 pm. $59.50, srs $52.50, child $39.95 (includes meal). 343 Evans. 416-532-1137, fpp.org.

SoNgS For A NeW World by Jason Robert Brown (Angelwalk Theatre). Various characters live through defining moments in this series of vignettes (see review, page 59).

Runs to Apr 23, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $25-$45. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge, Studio Theatre. 416-872-1111, angelwalk.ca. NNNN (Jordan Bimm) the tiMe oF Your liFe by William Saroyan (Soulpepper). This remount of their acclaimed 2008 revival of Saroyan’s mid 20thcentury American classic carries a message about understanding and generosity. A large and strong ensemble gives this important play real life. Runs to Apr 16, see website for schedule. $45-$60, stu $28; rush $5-$22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-8668666, soulpepper.ca. NNNN (Jordan Bimm) ViVA el teAtro! (Crisalida). This festival offers plays in Spanish with English translation, including Yerma by Federico Garcia Lorca and the Noche de Teatro III series (at George Ignatieff Theatre). Runs to Apr 30, see website for details. $20, pass $65. Palmerston Library Theatre, 560 Palmerston. festivalinspanish.ca.

Zero hour by Jim Brochu (Harold Green Jewish Theatre). This solo show looks at the art, humour and wit of Jewish artist Zero Mostel (see review at nowtoronto.com/stage). Runs to Apr 16, Mon-Thu and Sat 8 pm, mats SatSun and Wed 2 pm. $40.50-$64.50. MNJCC Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina. 416-366-7723.

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Thursday, April 7 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Andrew Evans

with Brian Hope and host Winston Spear. To Apr 10, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-4867700, absolutecomedy.ca.

HOT BOX COMEDY Hot Box Cafe presents a weekly show w/ host Jillian Thomas. 7:15 pm. $5. 191A Baldwin. hotboxcafe.ca.

THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! Second City SC’s latest

sketch revue doesn’t consistently live up to that title, but there are plenty of laughs. Highlights include savage takes on greedy baby boomers, pretentious yoga instructors and an awkward threesome, with Adam Cawley and Kris Siddiqi standing out amongst the hardworking cast. The writing needs sharpening, but the ballsy, improv-based finale – if it works – will generate lots of post-show buzz.

Wed-Sat 8 pm (plus Sat late show 10:30 pm), Sun 7 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416343-0011, secondcity.com. NNN (GS) YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Donnie Coy. To Apr 10, Wed-Sun 8 pm, plus Fri-Sat late show 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. $13. 70 Interchange Way. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

YUK YUK’S WEST presents Double Feature Night w/ two new comics. 8 pm. $13. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. yukyuks.com.

Friday, April 8 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 7.

BLACK SWAN COMEDY presents Comedy At The

Swan, w/ Jackie Fleming, Andrew Haggith, Ralph MacLeod and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. Shak-

DONNIE DUMPHY: WHEELIE WHEELIE GOOD TOUR NuFunk.ca presents music and comedy

w/ Dumphy, Random Task Force and Tim Steeves. Doors 9 pm. $10. Lee’s Palace, 529 Bloor W. donniedumphy.com.

SEX WITH JEREMY Comedy Bar presents long form improv w/ the Jeremy Birrell Show, Sex T-Rex and Mantown. doors 10:30 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca.

TEXAS COMEDY MASSACRE 2 Fox & Fiddle Wellesley presents stand-up with Tim Golden, the Dick Mime, Rebecca Kohler, Bobby Mair, host Xerxes Cortez and others. 8:30 pm. Pwyc.

27 Wellesley E. texascomedymassacre2.com.

THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 7.

TOKE & JOKE Village Vapor Lounge presents a weekly show w/ host Dred Lee. 7:30 pm. $5. 66 Wellesley E. 416-972-9500.

YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 7.

YUK YUK’S WEST presents Kristeen Von Hagen. To Apr 9, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. yukyuks.com.

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THE ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY COMPLETELY MADE UP SHOW Second City presents interactive,

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51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

BEST OF WEST END GIRLS Comedy Bar presents Shannon Laverty, Bobby Mair, Desiree LavoyDorsch, Steph Tolev, Vicki Licks, Danielle Leger, Diane Johnstone and Kathleen Magee. 9 pm. $10-$12. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca.

BEST STAND-UP COMEDY IN THE WORLD Matt O’Brien & Comedy Records present Kathleen McGee, Mark Debonis, John Hastings, Bryan O’Gorman, Tim Golden and O’Brien. 10 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca.

BLACK SWAN COMEDY presents an improv drop-in workshop with Ralph MacLeod. 6 pm. $5. Jordan Kennedy Is Born To Run, about Toronto’s rickshaw biz, w/ Jordan Kennedy and Jamie O’Connor. 8 pm. $10. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. 416-903-5388, ralph@ blackswancomedy.com.

COMEDY NIGHT AT THE BARNS Artscape Wychwood Barns presents a benefit for the WBCA art gallery and arts programs featuring the Second City Improv All Stars. 7:30 pm. $40.

601 Christie, Barn 2 – Covered Street. wychwoodbarnscommunity.ca.

8-BIT IMPROV Vacantly Occupied presents improv with a video game twist. 10 pm. Pwyc.

Black Swan, 154 Danforth. 416-469-0537.

SANDRA FRIGGINELLI & FRIENDS The Sal Feldman Talent Agency presents Candice Gregoris, Frenzy, Dom Pare, Christopher Sawchyn and hosts Frigginelli and Feldman. 9 pm. $12-$15.

The Underground Comedy Club, 670 Queen E. 416-732-7761.

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YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 7.

YUK YUK’S WEST See Fri 8.

Sunday, April 10 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 7.

BIG LAUGHS IN LITTLE ITALY Public presents

Dave Merheje, Jillian Thomas, Rob Bebenek, host Kris Bonaparte and others. 9 pm. Free.

596 College. 416-539-8890.

LAUGH SABBATH presents Talent Show! with Nick Flanagan, Gilson Lubin, Dylan Gott, Tim Gilbert, Mike Kolberg, host James Hartnett and others. Doors 8:30 pm. $5. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. laughsabbath.com.

LEGENDS OF ZELDA’S presents weekly improv w/ the Eleventh Commandment plus guests. 8 pm. $5. Zelda’s, 692 Yonge. zeldas.ca.

SILVER CITY STAND UP presents hosts Kirk Hicks and Hannah Hogan. 9 pm. Pwyc. Silver City, 780 Danforth. 416-461-1504.

SUDDENLY SUNDAY Pantages Martini Bar presents 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 a new sketch show every week w/ guest hosts and music. 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com.

THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 7.

XXX EROTIC COMEDY NIGHT Zanzibar Tavern presents a show w/ host Fast Eddie Bizarria.

8:30 pm. Free. 359 Yonge. 647-831-4975.

YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 7.

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Monday, April 11 BEANS AND WIENERS Gladstone Hotel presents a comedy show. 8 pm. Free. 1214 Queen W, Art Bar. gladstonehotel.com.

DIRTY BINGO Zelda’s presents a weekly game with adult prizes w/ hosts Gloria Hole and Lena Over. 8:30 pm. Free. 692 Yonge. zeldas.ca.

THE FAMOUS & HEINOUS SHOW Pour Boy Pub presents a weekly open mic. 10:30 pm. Free.

666 Manning. 647-343-7969, pourboy.ca.

GEOFF HENDRY AND ASSOCIATES Supermarket presents Fraser Young, Parker & Seville, Craig Fay, Eric Clifford Candice Gregoris, and musical guest Graham Porter. 8 pm. $10. 268 Augusta.

416-840-0501.

HARD TIMES AT THE HARD LUCK – STEAM HEAT

Impulsive Entertainment presents sketch from Warm Summer Hotness and Grade Eight Dance, and stand-up from Ron Josol, Laura Bailey and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. Hard Luck Bar, 812 Dundas W. hardluckbar.com.

IMPERIAL COMEDY Imperial Pub presents weekly Pro/Am comics w/ host Eric Bud. 9:30 pm. Pwyc. 54 Dundas E. imperialcomedy.com.

SAVED BY THE JOKES Fox & Fiddle presents weekly comedy w/ hosts Evan Desmarais and Chris Robinson. 8 pm. Pwyc. 27 Wellesley E. wellesleyfox.com. $#*! MY MAYOR SAYS Second City presents current-events comedy about T.O. 8 pm. $12.

51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE See Sun 10.

THE VEST SHOW IN TOWN Comedy Bar presents a weekly show w/ Vest of Friends. 7 pm.

Pwyc. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca.

Tuesday, April 12 COMEDY AT CZEHOSKI’S Matt O’Brien & Com-

edy Records present Diana Love, Alex Pavone, Mark Debonis, Rob Bebenek, Nick Flanagan, Ben Miner, Tim Golden and host O’Brien. 9 pm.

Pwyc. Czehoski, 678 Queen W. 416-366-6787.

IMPROV ALL-STARS Second City presents a fastpaced, totally improvised show. 8 pm. $20. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

PARKER AND SEVILLE’S 4TH ANNIVERSARY SPIT-

TAKE-ULAR Rivoli presents the duo w/ Ferg Kowall, the Big Tease, Vest of Friends, Ward and Pond, the Newsdesk with Ron Sparks and host Tim Gilbert. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. parkerandseville.com.

PROFESSOR HAROLD T BARNFEATHER’S OLDE TYME IMPROVISATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT EXHIBITION Black Swan presents Action Slacks,

Operation Burning Sky, Arkin Asylum, Charm School, Mr Clean and Budgie Smugglers. Proceeds to benefit the Bad Dog Theatre Co. 7:30 pm. Pwyc. 154 Danforth. 416-469-0537.

STANDING ON THE DANFORTH Eton House presents Lisa’s B-day Show w/ Mike Wilmot, Nikki Payne, Ryan Belleville, Richard Ryder, Ted Morris, Nathan MacIntosh, John Hastings, Candice Gregoris, Cal Post and host Jo-Anna Downey. 9 pm. Free. 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161.

SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE See Sun 10.

Wednesday, April 13 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am Night w/

Pierre Brault, Jamie O’Connor, Asfar Ali, Kirk Hicks, Natalie Norman, Derek Langston and host Marc Sinodinos. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge.

416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca.

THE CARNEGIE HALL SHOW The National Theatre of the World presents a weekly variety show. 9 pm. Pwyc. Bread & Circus, 299 Augusta. thecarnegiehallshow.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.

JUST FOR LAUGHS ROADSHOW Living Arts Centre presents Ryan Hamilton, Ralph Harris, Orny Adams and host Tim Nutt. 8 pm. $45-$75.

4141 Living Arts, Mississauga. 905-306-6000.

QUANTUM QOMEDY SHOWQASE Double Deuce Saloon presents stand-up w/ Darryl Orr, Terry Clement, Darrin Rows, Kathleen Philips, Dave Martin, Pat Thornton, Nick Flanagan and host Mack Lawrenz. 9 pm. Free. 1168 Queen W. 647-349-8245.

SIREN’S COMEDY Celt’s Pub presents stand-up w/ Marc Hallworth and host Morgan George.

8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416-767-3339.

SPIRITS OPEN MIC presents Sarah Frange, Dave Healy, Hannah Hogan, Lianne Mauldin, Becky Bays, Cal Post, Shawn Hogernyer, Bobby Mair, Marco Bernardi and host Jo-Anna Downey. 9 pm. Free. Spirits Bar & Grill, 642 Church. 416967-0001.

SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE See Sun 10.

THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 7.

YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Johnny Gardhouse. To Apr 17, Wed-Sun 8 pm, plus Fri-Sat late show 10:30 pm. $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3

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en And Stirred, a night of sketch, improv and stand-up to benefit the Bad Dog Theatre Co. 10 pm. $10. Black Swan, 154 Danforth. 416903-5388, blackswancomedy.com.

COMEDY ON THE DANFORTH Timothy’s World News Café presents improv w/ Athletic Robot.

9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416-461-2668, comedyonthedanforth.com.

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“narrative” may be a dirty word to many video artists, but not to Melanie Gilligan. The Toronto native, working in New York City and the UK,

plays with TV storytelling conventions in compelling episodic dramas that address the current financial crisis and late capitalism.

Part of the Images Festival’s OffScreen program, Gilligan made SelfCapital between her prescient 2008 Crisis In The Credit System, about a workshop in which financial profes-

MUST-SEE SHOWS BAU-XI Painting/sculpture: Robert Cadotte

and Tom Campbell, Apr 9-23, reception 2-4 pm Apr 9. 340 Dundas W. 416-977-0600.

BAU-XI PHOTO Peter Sibbald, Apr 9-23, reception 2-4 pm Apr 9. 324 Dundas W. 416977-0400.

BEIT ZATOUN Lines Of Resistance: prison art from the Middle East, Apr 9-17, reception 7 pm Apr 9. 612 Markham. 647-726-9500.

CLINT ROENISCH Sails, Cubes And Folds group show, to Apr 16. 944 Queen W. 416516-8593.

DIAZ CONTEMPORARY Sculpture/drawing: Elspeth Pratt and Joel Herman, to Apr 23.

100 Niagara. 416-361-2972.

GALLERYWEST Photos: Marco Buonocore and Samuel Choisy, Apr 7-28, reception 7-10 pm Apr 7. 1332 Queen W. 416-9137116.

INGRAM GALLERY Painting: Sean Yelland, Apr 7-27, reception 5-8 pm Apr 7. 49 Avenue Rd. 416-929-2220.

INTERACCESS Video: Melanie Gilligan, to May 7. 9 Ossington. 416-599-7206. ñ JAPAN FOUNDATION Photos: Haruo

Nakano, to Jun 30 (Mon-Fri and some Sats).

131 Bloor W. 416-966-1600.

JESSICA BRADLEY ART + PROJECTS Photos: Pascal Grandmaison, to Apr 30. 1450 Dundas W. 416-537-3125.

KATHARINE MULHERIN Painting: Soujourner Truth Parsons and Julia Kennedy, Apr 7-May 1, reception 6-9 pm Apr 7.

1082/1086 Queen W. 416-993-6510.

KWT CONTEMPORARY Painting: Kai McCall and Kelvin Britton, to Apr 23. 624 Richmond W. 416-646-2706.

NICHOLAS METIVIER Painting/photos: James Lahey, Apr 7-30, artist’s talk/book signing 2 pm Apr 9. 451 King W. 416-2059000.

OLGA KORPER Sculpture: Matt Donovan and Hallie Siegel, to Apr 23. 17 Morrow.

416-538-8220.

books GRAPHIC NOVEL

Dear John MID-LIFE by Joe Ollmann (Drawn &

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self-loathingfiguresprominently in many of Joe Ollmann’s comics and graphic novels, and Mid-Life is no exception. But don’t think it’s all morose thought bubbles on the pain of turning 40. Instead, a hopeful charm lives inside these 172 pages.

John is a graphic designer at a magazine, married to a woman he loves and raising a baby son after rearing children from a past marriage. He soon realizes parenthood at 40 is a struggle. When he and his wife start arguing about things like who’s doing the childcare at 4 am, John begins to look elsewhere for entertainment.

Enter Sherry Smalls, whose story is told between chapters about John.

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sionals enact increasingly odd scenarios, and 2010’s sci-fi-ish Popular Unrest, a dystopian tale of strangers drawn together into groupings that may offer a means of resistance to allpowerful corporate entity The Spirit.

ONSITE @ OCADU Multimedia: Marian Bantjes, to Jun 5, Keith Rushton ñ� tour 6:30 pm Apr 7. 100 McCaul. 416-9776000.

PREFIX Video: Rabih Mroué, to Apr 23. Alex Sainsbury and Margaret ñ Zeidler, talk 7:30 pm Apr 7 ($10, stu/srs $7). 401 Richmond W. 416-591-0357.

ST JOHN’S PARISH HALL Design Hope To-

ronto (benefit for Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre), Apr 8 auction 7-10 pm.

186 Cowan. designhopetoronto.ca.

SLEEPING GIANT The Origins Of The Sun: A Tribute To Japan (benefit for Canadian Red Cross), 6 pm-2 am Apr 8. 789 Dundas W. 647-345-4425.

TORONTO FREE GALLERY Video: Forum Lenteng collective, to Apr 16. 1277 Bloor W. 416-913-0461.

WHIPPERSNAPPER GALLERY Performance/ installation: Zeesy Powers, to Apr 23 (SatSun, subjectsrealitytelevision.com). Installation/video: Elise Victoria Louise Windsor, David FM Hanes, to Apr 9. 594B Dundas W. 647-856-2445.

Gilligan posts her videos online, but viewing the three-episode SelfCapital on high-def monitors affixed to metal supports works as a more communal experience.

One woman plays all the roles in the piece, which opens as a difficult patient, Global Economy, is referred to an unorthodox therapist. A singsong chant involving therapy talk about the body sends Economy into a childbirth-like freak-out. The therapist then has her recall the good times, as she rolls economic terms around in her mouth with obvious relish, and the crisis, when the words become so distasteful that she vomits.

In a bookstore – the perfect ailing marketplace – po-mo texts, prices, methods of payment, buyer and cashier become hopelessly confused. After revealing her “state side” in a candlelit dance to words like “social cohesion” and “regulation,” Economy is shown at work in an office where she subjects online info about the state pension, part of the faltering safety net, to an absurd mathematical/alphabetical calculation. The concluding slow pan of summery London suggests that madness underlies the world order.

When corporations have the same rights as individuals, and hyper-complex, irrational forces drive the market, Gilligan’s framing of the economic meltdown in the language of personal trauma seems strikingly apt and strangely haunting.

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READINGS THIS WEEK JOHN ELDER ROBISON 7 pm. $15. Royal Ontario

Thursday, April 7

Museum, 100 Queen’s Pk. rom.on.ca.

SHAUGHNESSY BISHOP-STALL 7 pm. Free. Lillian

tainer hoping for something more out of life than monkey-suit sidekicks and preadolescent fan mail. Much like John, she aspires to a more nourishing life, and longs for love.

John’s self-pity dissipates when he comes across Sherry’s press kit, at which point the book’s pace picks up.

He sweats over meeting her for an “interview” in New York City, finally mustering enough courage to make a drastic decision, one that could forever fracture his marriage.

Ollmann’s dialogue is snappy, and he’s mastered the ninepanel form. The routine structure doesn’t allow for experimentation, so the originality comes through in the characters. And the reader can’t help but sympathize with John, who’s just trying to make sense of a life complicated by a mid-life crisis.

The art deserves kudos for its precision and expression. A facial tic here, a sudden frown there and you’re in the skin of these characters, whom you definitely want to visit again.

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Write Books at susanc@nowtoronto.com

H Smith Library, 239 College. 416-393-7746.

JILLIAN MICHAELS The Biggest Loser trainer signs her book, Unlimited. 7 pm. Free. Indigo Eaton Centre, 220 Yonge. chapters.indigo.ca.

SARAH SELECKY 6:30 pm. Free. High Park Library, 228 Roncesvalles. 416-393-7671.

Tuesday, April 12 PAUL CARLUCCI/JOSEPH MAVIGLIA/EMMA ROBERTS/JACOB SCHEIER 6:30 pm. Free. Supermar-

ket, 268 Augusta. nowhearthis.ca.

STEVE HAYWARD Talking about his book Don’t Be Afraid. 7 pm. Free. Taylor Memorial Library, 1440 Kingston. 416-396-8939.

DEIRDRE KELLY 7 pm. Free. Morningside Library, 4279 Lawrence E. 416-396-8881.

AMELA MARIN Book talk. 2 pm. Free. Deer Park Library, 40 St Clair E. 416-393-7657.

ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH 7 pm. $15. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. openhousefestival.ca.

ANDREW PYPER Reading from The Guard24148-AuthorsNOWad.qxd:Apr7 ians. 2 pm. Free. Gerrard/Ashdale Library, 1432 Gerrard E. 416-393-7717.

ñ ñ ANDREA THOMPSON/KRYSTLE MULLIN/TANYA NEUMEYER/ Poetry. 7 pm. Free. Bloor Glad-

stone Library, 1101 Bloor W. 416-393-7674.

LEOPOLDO PARAELA Launch. 6:30 pm. Free.

Supermarket, 268 Augusta. 416-840-0501.

ALISSA YORK Talking about her new book, Fauna. 12:30 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

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THIS WEEK IN THE MUSEUMS ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Betty Goodwin, to

Apr 24. Walter Trier, to Apr 25. Paterson Ewen, to May 22. Jon Sasaki, to Jun 5 (free, Young Gallery). David Blackwood, to Jun 12.

Abel Boulineau, to Aug 21. The JUNO Tour Of Canadian Art, to Aug 31. Inuit Modern, to Oct 16. $18, srs $15, stu $10, under 25 free to Apr 3, free Wed 6-8:30 pm. 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648.

ART GALLERY OF YORK U Humberto Vélez, Apr 13-Jun 26, reception 6-9 pm Apr 13 (Performance Bus w/ Jon Sasaki from OCAD, 6 pm). 4700 Keele, Accolade E bldg. 416-7365169.

BATA SHOE MUSEUM Art In Shoes – Shoes In Art, ongoing. The Roaring 20s: Heels, Hemlines And High Spirits, ongoing. $14, srs $12, stu $8. 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799.

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DESIGN EXCHANGE Reach For The Stars denim jacket auction (benefit for Second Base Youth Shelter), 7 pm-1 am Apr 8 ($150).

Toy Wonder, to Apr 9 (free). Laundry: Durham College students, Apr 11-25. $10, stu/ srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121.

DORIS McCARTHY GALLERY Gordon Monahan, to Apr 13. 1265 Military Trail. 416287-7007.

JUSTINA M. BARNICKE It Takes Everyone To Know No One, reception 7-9 pm Apr 7, Apr 8-May 21, panel 2 pm Apr 8. 7 Hart House.

416-978-8398.

ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Playful Pursuits: Chinese Traditional Toys And Games, to May 13. Institute for Contemporary Culture: Edward Burtynsky, Apr 9-Jul 3. Jane Ash Poitras, to Sep 1. Water: The Exhibition, to Sep 5 ($31, stu/srs $28). $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 Kai Chan; Beauty Born Of Use: The Fibre Rain Cape, to May 1. Silk Oasis On The Silk Road: Bukhara, to Sep 25. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321.

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KATE MARSHALL FLAHERTY/CAROLINE MORGAN DIGIOVANNI/ALLAN BRIESMASTER Poetry reading. 7 pm. Free. Wychwood Library, 1431 Bathurst. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

ROBERT SHEARMAN/ROBERT PAUL WESTON/ ROBERT PRIEST 8-11 pm. Free. Augusta House,

152 Augusta. chiseries.webs.com.

TORONTO POETRY SLAM 8 pm. $10. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. 416-923-8137.

Wednesday, April 13 ARLENE CHAN Book talk. 7 pm. Free. Pape/Danforth Library, 701 Pape. 416-393-7727.

ANTANAS SILEIKA/JOHANNA SKIBSRUD/ SUZANNE DESROCHERS Readings. 7:30 pm. $10,

stu free. Harbourfront Centre Brigantine Rm, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000.

TORONTO BAM! Poetry slam for youth 12 to 19 with guest Lishai. 7 pm. $5. Central, 603 Markham. 416-913-4586.

KWAI-YUN LI 10:09 1:30 pm. Free. Taylor Memorial 4/1/11 AM Page 1 Library, 1440 Kingston. 416-396-8939.

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DIASPORA DIALOGUES Rupinder Gill, Andrew

Pyper and others. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. diasporadialogues.com.

GLENN GRANT 7 pm. Free. Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College. 416-393-7746.

Saturday, April 9 ANN E CARSON/ALLAN BRIESMASTER/HOLLY BRIESMASTER/KENT BOWMAN/JULIE McNEILL

Poetry readings and open mic. 2 pm. Free.

Beaches Library, 2161 Queen E. 416-393-7703.

SWAMI RADHANANDA Launch. 2 pm. Free.

WonderWorks, 79A Harbord. 416-323-3131.

Sunday, April 10 DRAFT 6.5 Jill Battson, Steve McCabe and others. 3 pm. Free. Merchants of Green Café, 2 Matilda. draftreadings.wordpress.com.

Monday, April 11 BLACKJACK, LOST MYTHS AND OTHER FANTASIES

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

SUZANNE DESROCHERS (Canada) Bride of New France ANTANAS SILEIKA (Canada) Underground JOHANNA SKIBSRUD (Canada) The Sentimentalists

$10/FREE for members, students & youth Box Office/Info: 416-973-4000 readings.org

New ChiZine publications launch. 7 pm. Free.

Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. tinars.ca.

JACOB McARTHUR MOONEY 7 pm. Free. Dora Keogh, 141 Danforth. 416-778-1804.

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action film hanna is a serious departure for director Joe Wright, whose best-known credits are period pieces Pride & Prejudice and Atonement.

But Wright says he was ready for something new, even if he may have failed in certain ways.

That last bit is not the kind of thing you usually hear from filmmakers promoting their work, but the delightfully self-deprecating British director says he honestly had trouble finding the balance between the action, procedural and fantasy elements of his spy thriller.

Then he realizes how unusual that

confession is. “Americans are always so good at selling themselves, and I’m always surprised by their ability to do that.”

Not that the movie won’t sell itself.

The story of a teenager groomed to be an assassin has two great performances and a breathtaking pace, thanks to long-time collaborator Paul Tothill, his editor.

“The cutting room is in my house, so you can’t get much closer than that,” Wright says. “We sit next to each other for about seven months and figure it out. After being on set with 120 people a day, I get to be in a room with just Paul, and it’s a joy.”

Though Wright’s done a radical genre shift with Hanna, he’s got Saoirse Ronan on board again. The young actor, nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Atonement, has, according to Wright, really grown as an artist.

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honest, to work with such an extraordinary talent at such a young age.

When we worked on Atonement, she was 12 and kind of wild and incredibly exciting but a little inconsistent.

She has a much firmer grasp of her craft now – totally focused and completely dedicated.”

Good thing, too, because Cate Blanchett almost runs away with the movie, relishing the role of the baddie.

“She had a lot of fun with it,” Wright agrees. “It’s quite a campy performance, something she was almost scared of. I kept on pushing it further, enjoying the campery. It reminds me of a David Lynch role. I like the idea of playing with a character who’s an obsessive-compulsive control freak losing control.”

Wright credits his parents, who were travelling puppeteers, for nurturing the artist in him and says he wants to do the same with his son,

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born recently to him and wife Anoushka Shankar (Ravi’s daughter).

“To be brought up in an artistic environment demystifies the whole thing and encourages the imagination, be it literary, pictorial, musical or even mathematical.

“Let the imagination find its own expression. That’s the most important thing.”

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HANNA (Joe Wright) Rating: NNN Every A-list female actor wants to play the villain. Think of Sigourney Weaver in Working Girl, or Meryl Streep in The Manchurian Candidate. Cate Blanchett gets her chance as Marissa, a deliciously vicious spy operative orchestrating the pursuit of Hanna (Saoirse Ronan), rogue agent Eric Bana’s daughter, who, after disappearing as a baby, resurfaces as a highly trained teen with a mission to assassinate the big, bad meanie.

Blanchett almost steals the movie, but Ronan has enough charisma to hold her own as the strangely dispassionate killer avenging the death of her mother.

The movie’s rife with plot inconsistencies. For example, the brilliant young assassin carelessly gives away information to the family who take her in while she’s on the run.

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Love and music shine as Ron Sexsmith pairs up with legendary hit-maker Bob Rock for a new CD. Part evocative biopic, this journey into the heart of songwriting also features Elvis Costello, Feist and Daniel Lanois.

Savage teasing, repeated threats, a gun is pulled—and all this just on the bus ride to school. Filmmaker Lee Hirsch spends a shocking year on the front lines of America’s bullying epidemic.

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Every year, Forth Worth, Texas, hosts the Extreme Mustang Makeover Challenge, in which 100 trainers have 100 days to train 100 wild mustangs. An inspiring film about horses and the people who love them.

In 1964, the Merry Pranksters—including Ken Kesey and Kerouac’s muse Neal Cassady— embarked on an infamous LSD-fuelled road trip across America. Oscarwinner Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood craft original footage and audio recordings into the year’s trippiest time capsule.

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Hallie Switzer and Alexander Gammal play in Modra, one of the few courageous films for young adults made on this continent.

Kids sing songs from The Sound Of Music in the TIFF hit The Sound Of Mumbai: A Musical.

true-liFe drama Soul SurFer (Sean McNamara). 106 minutes. Opens Friday (April 8). For venues and times, see Movies, page 71. Rating: NN

Film Festival preview

Kids’ flick picks

Young adult pics top the list at the excellent Sprockets Festival By NORMAN WILNER

Teens cope with obesity in the documentary Big.

Miller’s My Suicide was a highlight of last year’s festival, and this year Sprockets features Ingrid Veninger’s delicate coming-of-age drama, Mo­ dra (rating: NNNN), fresh from its Toronto theatrical run – but for the most part, the Europeans are lightyears ahead of us.

This year’s more mature offerings include Baldvin Zophoníasson’s Jit­ ters (rating: NNNN), a rough-and-tumble drama about a group of carefree Icelandic teens blindsided by trauma, and Big (rating: NNN), Maartje Bak­ ers’s documentary about two Dutch teenagers – a girl and a boy – trying to overcome their obesity.

Sarah McCarthy’s The Sound Of Mumbai: A Music­ al (rating: NNN) arrives fresh from last year’s TIFF with its insistently cheery look at a group of Indian children offered the chance to perform selections from The Sound Of Music.

People who like this sort of thing will like this sort of thing – and they’ll really like the fact that the one-hour feature is preceded by a live performance by La Jeunesse Youth Orchestra at Saturday afternoon’s (April 9) show.

Other documentary offerings include Marshall Curry’s excellent 2009 go-kart documentary, Racing Dreams (rating: NNNN), and Louder Than A Bomb (rating: NNNN), Greg Ja­ cobs and Jon Siskel’s doc about a slam poetry competition for Chicago teens. The former has the director of the amazing political documentary Street Fight finding emotional hooks in an entirely new milieu. The latter plays like Spellbound with more charismatic and self-aware subjects. And the poetry’s pretty good.

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it’s been holding student screenings all week, but the 2011 Sprockets festival of international children’s and young adult cinema formally launches Friday evening (April 8).

The event sounds like a blast – a party at Sprockets new home at TIFF Bell Lightbox Friday at 5:30 pm, followed by a special screening of Pixar’s Hawaiian Vacation, the new short featuring the Toy Story characters, and a sneak peek at this summer’s Cars 2.

This year’s festival finds TIFF partnering with Disney on several occasions. In addition to giving Sprockets the Toronto premiere of Disneynature’s documentary African Cats, the House of Mouse is supplying six films from the Disney

Cinema oF the absurd

Fun but empty rubber (Quentin Dupieux). 85 minutes.

Opens Friday (April 8). For venues and times, see Movies, page 71. Rating: NNN

Rubber sets out to be the strangest movie you’ve ever seen, and it very nearly succeeds.

The talk of last year’s Cannes Festival (and buzzed up locally at the Toronto After Dark Fest), Quentin Dupieux’s playful little film follows the fortunes of an ambulatory radial tire gifted with sentience, psychokinesis and a murderous resentment toward living creatures.

It’s, well, something. Absurd, definitely. Cheeky, too. And pretty enter-

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vault for the Lightbox’s Family Classics Saturday matinee series, which kicks off April 16 with Mary Poppins.

And speaking of Disney, Franziska Buch’s Here Comes Lola (rating: NNN) should please younger fans of the Hannah Montana franchise with its nine-year-old heroine (Meira Durand) who imagines a vivid career as a bubblegum pop icon to cope with her loneliness.

But it’s the young-adult programming that really shines, reminding us once again how much more willing the Europeans are to confront complex issues of teen identity and sexuality than are their North American cousins.

Oh, we produce the odd outlier on this side of the Atlantic – David Lee

Appealingly photographed and shamelessly manipulative, Sean McNamara’s Soul Surfer turns the true story of Bethany Hamilton – the Hawaii teen who lost an arm to a shark and dedicated herself to getting back on her board as soon as possible – into a rote sainthood narrative.

McNamara simply pastes Hamilton’s story into the script for his faithbased 2004 clunker Raise Your Voice – you know, the one where Hilary Duff loses her older brother in a car accident and struggles to find the courage and faith to sing again. Soul Surfer is exactly the same movie, with AnnaSophia Robb playing her openly Christian character as a bright and perfect soul who survives a shocking trauma and recovers to follow her dream with the help of her supportive family and friends.

This may be exactly what happened, but McNamara’s storytelling choices grow more questionable as Soul Surfer goes on, pitting the blond, blue-eyed Bethany against a series of dark-haired or outright swarthy characters who dare to stand in her way. (The choice of Helen Hunt as Bethany’s mom is similarly dicey; the rail-thin Oscar winner looks nothing at all like the real Mrs. Hamilton, as the final credits reveal.)

The worst thing about McNamara’s attitude is that he probably doesn’t even realize how insidious it is. He’s just making a wholesome movie for wholesome people who really, really don’t want to think about what their entertainment means.

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Cool documentary Racing Dreams looks at the go-kart phenomenon.

taining, at least at first. Dupieux steers his ostensibly inanimate hero through a series of escalating confrontations as an audience of families watches from a distance. They’re part of the director’s self-referential strategy, which also includes an introductory speech by a Lynchian police officer (Stephen Spinella) warning us not to expect much in the way of motivation or logic from the film we’re about to see. “No reason” is the movie’s mantra.

But the problem with telling an entirely absurdist story is that there’s nothing to give it weight. If you sacrifice narrative development to squeeze in another passing fancy (hey, what if the tire were

an 80s-style serial killer?), then you just end up with a collection of weird little notions.

Dupieux never delivers the one brilliant flourish that would catalyze his jokey idea into an actual movie. Rubber has a great premise and aims awfully high. But in the end, to quote a great American philosopher, it’s just a bunch of stuff that happens. NormaN WilNer

Roxane Mesquida becomes the obsession of an ambulatory radial tire – really! – in the absurdist Rubber.

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Not a bad premise, especially given The Bend is another Telefilm classic, Jason’s panic that he, too, has the biand I don’t mean that in a good way. polar gene. But clunky dialogue and a Like many other publicly funded homestory that cranks up to a nothing cligrown films, it features decent Canamax sink the whole thing. dian actors hung out to dry by a crappy As they did in the even more dreadscript. ful Eating Buccaneers, Peter Keleghan and Leah Pinsent do their best, this time as Jason and Mike’s parents. Pinsent tries hard as the overmedicated mum, and you can cheer her for supporting homegrown film, but are they both really this desperate for a paycheque?

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opportunity to watch the director evolve from provocateur to artist at high speed. (The director will be pre­ sent to introduce Friday’s screenings of Kaboom and The Living End, and appears in conversation with Noah Cowan at 7 pm Sat­ urday.)

Araki’s is a wildly varied body of work, moving from the ragged mis­ sion statements of The Living End, Totally Fucked Up and Nowhere to a more optimistic and encouraging vision of humanity in films like Splen­ dor, Mysterious Skin and the unlikely stoner comedy Smiley Face.

“I have a personal peeve about filmmakers who make the same mo­ vie over and over again, only with a different title and a couple of differ­ ent actors in it,” he says. I like to chal­ lenge myself and do things that are different – and [Kaboom] was, in a way, almost a liberation. I set out to make something that was very cre­ atively free­spirited. I didn’t want to censor myself or dilute the story in any way.”

The TIFF retrospective also in­ cludes Araki’s rarely seen early fea­ tures Three Bewildered People In The Night and The Long Weekend (O’ De­ spair). For the director, going back to them has been a little odd, to say the least.

“I had to watch it again recently,” he says of Three Bewildered People, “and it literally has the same scene as Kaboom – the sorta­gay guy and his best girl friend hanging out in a cof­ fee shop, having pancakes in the middle of the night.

“So many of the same motifs, re­ peated again and again.”

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in the middle of the 2010 toronto Film Festival, Gregg Araki and I are talking about how much nicer the end of the world feels these days.

The last time Araki made a movie about civilization’s last gasps, in 1995, he gave us The Doom Generation – an insistently nihilistic road movie that fea­ tured James Duval, Rose McGowan a n d J o h n at h ­ on Schaech driving through a wasteland of American conve nience stores.

Now Araki has a much more upbeat outlook on the apocalypse, as you’ll see in his new film, Kaboom, which stars Thomas Dekker as Smith, a sexually omnivor­ ous film student led by his dick into a bizarre, culty under­ world that may or may not be try­ ing to bring about the end of days.

“I wanted to be funny and sexy and

also scary,” Araki says, still jazzed from a packed screening the night before. “All these different genres, and this mystery – this is a world where anything could happen, where the rules were completely open and there wasn’t anything that was like, ‘Oh, this is too weird’ or ‘You can’t do this; people will get confused.” Just let it be what it wanted to be.”

Kaboom opens at TIFF Bell Light­ box on Friday. It’s also the anchor for a TIFF Cinematheque retrospective of Araki’s films that gives viewers the

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Rating: NNNN ñ Gregg Araki’s manic Kaboom takes a lusty dive into a frenzied mixture of hormones, stubble and end-times imagery, with sexually omnivorous film student (Thomas Dekker) plunging into a surrealistic underworld of young flesh, hot clubs and what seems to be an apocalyptic cult out to bring about the end of the world – but, you know, in a hot way.

It’s kind of ridiculous, but it’s supposed to be. Kaboom feels like one big party, with the hero’s jejune identity crisis (is he straight or gay? on to something or just paranoid?) immediately taking a back seat to the mania he stumbles across. And writerdirector Araki somehow lets us know it’s okay to just enjoy the ride.

It’s unapologetically batshit crazy, but in a way that’s oddly satisfying – certainly far more so than a stylish, impenetrable head trip like Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales... or a self-important downer like Araki’s own The Doom NW Generation.

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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.

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motivational speech by Aaron Eckhart’s world-weary staff sergeant. Simultaneously satisfying and superficial. 116 min. nnn (NW) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

BeAsTlY (Daniel Barnz) is a miscalculated

modern adaptation of Beauty And The Beast that’s meant to cash in on the craze for fantasy films about hormonal teens.

But stars Alex Pettyfer and Disney stal-

The Bend (Jennifer Kierans) 85 min. See review, page 70. nn (SGC) Opens Apr 8 at Carlton Cinema.

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(John Whitesell) is a witless sequel that has Martin Lawrence reprising his role as FBI agent Malcolm, who along with his stepson hides out in drag at an arts school for girls. It’s Some Like it Hot with Lawrence finding ways to make the crossdressing antics as monotonous as possible. Some Glee-style musical numbers unfortunately feature no Glee-calibre musicians. 108 min. n (RS) Interchange 30

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(George Nolfi) is a nimble, genre-shifting hybrid starring Matt Damon as a New York politician who meets the girl of his dreams (Emily Blunt) only to learn a mysterious team of suits led by John Slattery and Anthony Mackie is bent on keeping him from ever seeing her again. This smart, resourceful picture demonstrates that even the most ridiculous premise can be made to work if you get the tone right. 106 min. nnnn (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity

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(Mike Leigh) is a melancholic and affectionate film about a happy couple in their twilight years who routinely have less fortunate friends and family over for dinner, tea and occasionally a lot of wine. During these naturalistic and rudimentary proceedings, the film observes the minor discomforts, awkwardness and even modern manifestations of class consciousness that threaten the couple’s strictly sustained pleasantness. 130 min. nnnn (RS) Carlton Cinema, Mt Pleasant

ArThur (Jason Winer) 110 min. See review, page 76. nn (AD) Opens Apr 8 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24.

BArneY’s Version (Richard J. Lewis) is 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).

Simultaneously ambitious and pedestrian.

132 min. nnn (NW) Canada Square, Cumberland 4, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre BATTle los Angeles (Jonathan Liebesman) is an alien-invasion blockbuster designed for people who wondered why Steven Spielberg’s War Of The Worlds was all flight and no fight. After 20 minutes of the characters’ prefab baggage, it’s all forward momentum, except for a generic

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(D: David Gordon Green, 102 min) David Gordon Green brings back his Pineapple Express vibe– and some of its stars – in this send-up of the age of chivalry. James Franco is on board alongside Danny McBride (who co-wrote), with Natalie Portman along for the ride. Given the team, this could be a gas. There’s even a many-headed monster. Will lightning strike twice?

Opens Friday (April 8). Screened after press time – see review April 7 at nowtoronto.com/movies.

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(Natalie Portman) who starts to lose her mind when she wins the role of the Swan 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)

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(Julian Napier) uses the latest technology to bring opera to the next level – not to mention a potentially new audience. And what better work to begin with than Georges Bizet’s lusty, dramatic warhorse. Christine Rice’s freedom-seeking Carmen is superb – completely in command of her sexuality. But the real star is the 3-D, which may signal a new direction for the performing arts.

Subtitled. 170 min. NNNNN (GS) Courtney Park 16, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

cerTified copy (Abbas Kiarostami) is a psychological puzzler about the murky relationship between an antiques dealer (Juliette Binoche) and an art historian (William Shimell), revealed as they drive through Tuscany. Intriguing but also aggravating, its main virtue is 2010 Cannes acting prizewinner Binoche. Subtitled. 106 min. NNN (SGC) Cumberland 4, Grande - Yonge

GNomeo aNd JulieT (Kelly Asbury) crosses Shakespeare with Toy Story to transpose the Bard’s timeless tale of young love to the back gardens of adjoining British homes. The animation is bright and inventive, but you do get the sense that someone has tried to Shrek up the script, offsetting the clever nods to Shakespeare with random pop culture references. 84 min. NNN (NW) Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway

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(David Bowers) doesn’t quite live up its predecessor, but that’s only because the earlier movie set the bar pretty high for modern comedies about kids. This instalment deals empathetically with sibling rivalry, as the titular wimpy kid (Zachary Gordon) is forced to bond with his meanspirited older brother (Devon Bostick). Despite some childish gags, Rodrick Rules continues the franchise’s knack for candidly relating to adolescent concerns. 100 min. NNN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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legory about neocolonialism. The white father of Ronald (Henri Pardo, channelling Ice Cube) bludgeons his Haitian wife to death, leaving the young child to Quebec’s institutional childcare system. Despite being born into Montreal’s white patriarchal society, Ronald lives in poverty and crime and remains on the outskirts. A wellmeaning hood looking for redemption, Ronald’s type of character is a dime a dozen in the movies. The more melodrama Jephté loads on him, the more the cheap fortune-cookie mantras he so frequently utters in moments of reflection, the more trivial his story becomes. All that’s missing is a soliloquy that begins “Does not a Haitian bleed? 103 min. NN (RS) Carlton Cinema

Gondry and writer/star Seth Rogen collaborating on a big-budget update of a character best known from a 1960s TV series.

The opening sequence 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.

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finds the makers of Dumb & Dumber and There’s Something About Mary trying to reclaim the territory they ceded to Judd Apatow in the last decade with a midlifecrisis comedy about two dorky Providence husbands (Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis) given a week off of marriage. The Farrellys are attempting to court a slightly more mature audience, but they haven’t grown up themselves. N (NW) Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge &

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Radnor) needs some edge. Writer/director Radnor stars as aspiring novelist Sam, who takes a small boy (Michael Algieri) home with him when his family leaves him in the subway. This gets in the way of his attempts to woo singing bartender Mississippi (Kate Mara). Meanwhile, when best friend Annie (Malin Ackerman), who has an immune deficiency disease, meets a nerdy guy who’s crazy about her, she’s wary. When aspiring moviemaker Charlie asks long-time girlfriend Mary Catherine to marry him, she freaks out. And when Sam starts feeling something for Mississippi, he runs in the other direction. Why? Except in Annie’s case – illness does take its toll on self-esteem – we have no idea what’s making these people so love-resistant. They’re watchable, however – Radnor does hangdog with the best of them. Just don’t look for anything too intense. 100 min. NNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema

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a lurid, gruesome, violent revenge thriller in the mode of Lloyd Kaufman’s cheesetastic 80s epic The Toxic Avenger, all garish colour and spurting squibs, with the occasional burst of T&A titillation – which makes the sight of Rutger Hauer giving an actual performance all the more surprising. There are moments when his considered portrayal comes close to derailing the movie’s heedless energy… and then someone sets a school bus full of children on fire, and everything’s all right again. 86 min. NNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

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(Tim Hill) sounds as generic they come: the rebellious son of the Easter Bunny runs away to Hollywood, befriends an underachieving human and learns the value of being true to himself.

All of those things do indeed happen, but they’re infused with a demented, genuinely subversive spirit that comes straight from star Russell Brand. (This may be the only children’s film to include a lightningquick reference to Roman Polanski’s rape conviction.) Director Hill’s film credits include the first Alvin And The Chipmunks and second Garfield movie. I’m not sure how he got this one made, but whatever he had to do, it was worth it. 94 min.

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cessfully adapts Wajdi Mouawad’s play Scorched, a multi-layered mystery set both in Canada and somewhere in the Middle East. Villeneuve’s control over the ambitious material, André Turpin’s vivid cinematography, and committed performances make this modern-day Greek tragedy feel timeless. Subtitled. 130 min.

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

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I sAW ThE DEvIL (Kim Ji-woon) pits Ko-

rean secret-service agent Soo-hyeon (Lee Byung-hun) against Kyung-chul (Choi Minsik), the dull-eyed monster who butchered his fiancée, in an infernal game of catch, mutilate and release. The first two-thirds play as jet-black comedy, but it turns out both sadism and close-ups of spurting head wounds are subject to the law of diminishing returns. Subtitled. 138 min.

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JANE EyRE (Cary Fukunaga) is yet another adaptation of Charlotte Brönte’s novel about the eponymous orphan-turnedgoverness, but this one is richly atmospheric and bolstered by the always watchable Mia Wasikowska in the lead. There’s lots of smouldering chemistry between Jane and her Byronic employer, Mr. Rochester (Michael Fassbender), but some of their dialogue feels clunky. Adriano Goldman’s camera captures the look and feel of each of the settings, with some candlelit scenes worthy of a La Tour. 118 min.

NNN (GS) Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity JusT GO WITh IT (Dennis Dugan) finds

Adam Sandler turning his lazy attentions to a remake of the 1969 farce Cactus Flower, playing a plastic surgeon who recruits his assistant (Jennifer Aniston) and her children as his fake family when his latest fling (Brooklyn Decker) proves to be more than a one-night stand. It’s a sloppy, unnecessarily cruel series of blandly

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Born To Be Wild is a lovely, up-close look at young elephants in Kenya and orangutans in Borneo. It’s kid-friendly and light in tone.

The creatures, orphaned at an early age, have been brought to rescue centres. There, caregivers nurture them, providing an upbringing that mirrors as closely as possible the one they’d get in the wild, and then set them free.

While Morgan Freeman’s narration provides easy information suitable for small children, director David Lickley cuts between the two facilities every few minutes, taking us through the process, always keeping the animals front and centre.

Lickley gets inspiring footage of people and animals interacting on a more or less equal footing, but the best shots are of the animals on their own, especially those of an elephant herd wallowing in red mud and an orangutan wading chest-deep in a stream.

Flawless and unobtrusive 3-D work make the exANDREW DOWLER perience more vivid. photographed arguments and misunderstandings, with one dumb idea clunking artlessly against the next. 116 min. N (NW) Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Interchange 30, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

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Chu) mixes exciting 3-D concert footage with the story behind the titular 16-yearold Stratford, Ontario, native’s meteoric rise. Justin Bieber was discovered on YouTube and maintains his loyal fan base through Twitter, making him a remarkable example of a celebrity born out of the social networking age. You don’t have to be a lovesick tween to get in tune with this doc. 105 min. NNN (RS)

Assistants at the Orangutan Foundation International’s Care Center attend to orphaned animals in the inspiring documentary Born To Be Wild.

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(Gregg Araki) 86 min. See review, page 70. NNNN (NW) Opens Apr 8 at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

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INsIDIOus (James Wan) finds the Saw franchise creators – director Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell – teaming up with Paranormal Activity producer Oren Peli for a story of a family plagued by spooky craziness. It’s more a reworking of Poltergeist than anything else, with beleaguered parents Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne spending a lot of time walking into rooms while something scary lurks just out of frame. The tension is nicely handled in the first half, but once it’s time to start paying off with proper horror, Wan falls back on the same imagery he always uses.

If you’re terrified of Tiny Tim chart hits and visions of 1950s families in their Sunday best, this might be one of the most intense theatrical experiences you ever have. And if you’re not, well, it’s still way better than the one with the ventriloquist’s dummy. 92 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity

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70s and amassed enough power that he landed on the hit list of every rival organization in town. So people keep trying to blow him up, and he keeps surviving.

That’s it – and it’s really boring. Everything this movie does, season two of The Wire did so much better. 105 min. N (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Tom Hooper) turns the relationship between the stammering prince who would become George VI (Colin Firth) and his expat Australian speech trainer (Geoffrey Rush) into a charming little period piece. Director Hooper uses inventive staging and surprising visual choices to goose the straightforward material and brings out the best in Firth, Rush and co-star Helena Bonham Carter. 118 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, Yonge & Dundas 24

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Tadmor focus on how physical training forces the characters to confront their buried psychological issues, but the nuts and bolts of the plot could have used a little more thought. Subtitled. 90 min. NNN (NW) Grande - Yonge

LIMITLESS (Neil Burger) takes an intriguing sci-fi premise and zigzags to some pretty unexpected places. Bradley Cooper plays a slacking writer who chances upon a trial drug that makes him super-smart. Soon he’s being pursued by all sorts of unsavoury characters. Director Burger has great fun visualizing the effects of the drug, and though the film has some tonal problems, Cooper holds his own with charisma, charm and (of course) natural intelligence. 97 min. NNN (GS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity

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THE LINCOLN LAWYER (Brad Furman) is the cinematic equivalent of a decent airplane read; Michael Connelly’s novel about a wheeler-dealer defence attorney pulled into an increasingly nasty assault case gives Matthew McConaughey a role ideally suited to his laid-back, Southernfried vibe. It’s entirely predictable, which becomes a bit of an issue in the second half, but McConaughey works pretty hard to hold our interest. 119 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 MARS NEEDS MOMS (Simon Wells) is an

oddly affecting if predictable animated film about a boy who follows his mom to the red planet after she’s been abducted.

The film’s look is derivative, but the characters’ expressions and voice work are lovely. And there’s something satisfying about seeing a film that celebrates the tireless efforts of moms, who’ll likely be lugging their brats to see this. 88 min. NNN (GS) Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Yonge & Dundas 24

A MATTER OF SIZE (Sharon Maymon, Erez

Tadmor) takes a gimmicky premise – an overweight Israeli (Itzik Cohen) goes to work at a sushi bar and discovers sumo culture – and pushes through it to find something deeper. Directors Maymon and

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Based on Tim Hill’s credits – Alvin And The Chipmunks? – you wouldn’t think this comedy about the Easter Bunny’s rebellious son, voiced by Russell Brand, would be such a gas.

Martijn Lakemeier gives a powerful performance as a teenager who discovers that life isn’t as black-andwhite as he thinks in this well-made drama set in a Nazi-occupied Dutch village.

This puzzler about the relationship between an antiques dealer and an art historian see-saws between intriguing and irritating. But Juliette Binoche wowed Cannes with a consistently superb turn.

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Paul Giamatti plays a struggling lawyer and wrestling coach facing a dilemma when he takes in the son of an aging client. This movie creeps up on you. And Giamatti is, once again, terrific.

NO STRINGS ATTACHED (Ivan Reitman) wrangles some very appealing actors (Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher), gives them some potentially entertaining things to do (have sex without commitment) and proceeds to play everything out well beyond the point of exhaustion.

For a movie about people who have a great deal of sex, this is awfully frustrating. 110 min. NN (NW) Interchange 30

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(Xavier Beauvois) dramatizes, in a subtle and respectful way, the story of Trappist monks who choose not to leave their Algerian monastery as the country tilts toward civil war in 1996, despite the knowledge that the government can no longer protect them. It’s a quiet, implacable film, finding notes of grace in the steady progression toward a dreadful end. Subtitled. 117 min.

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OUTSIDE THE LAW (Rachid Bouchareb)

finds the writer/director of 2006’s Oscarnominated Days Of Glory returning to similar moral and political territory, reuniting three of its stars (Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem and Sami Bouajila) as brothers in postwar France who join the Front de Libération Nationale to fight for Algerian independence. There’s no complexity to the characters, or weight to the politics; for that, watch The Battle Of Algiers, still brilliant – and still sadly relevant – after 45 years. Subtitled. 138 min. NN (NW) Canada Square

PAUL (Greg Mottola) lets Simon Pegg and

Nick Frost – stars of Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz – celebrate their inner geeks as a pair of English sci-fi nerds who stumble across an actual ET on a road trip through America’s most famous alien-encounter sites. The movie’s never more than the sum of its references, but if Paul doesn’t amount to anything more than a good time, it’s still a good time, right? 102 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Gore Verbinski) is a snappy and delightful riff on spaghetti westerns masquerading as a family movie.

Johnny Depp voices the titular household lizard who gets lost and ends up marshalling a town full of colourful critters desperate for water. Rango bucks current conventions by staying 2-D, yet it’s filled to the brim with exhilarating scenery, texture, dimensions and even innovative lighting. 107 min. NNNNN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Missiscontinued on page 76 œ

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Red Riding Hood (Catherine Hardwicke)

is a dopey new version of the folk tale, with Amanda Seyfried as a medieval lass torn between two potential suitors while a werewolf tears through her neighbours.

This doesn’t even work as camp; the audience at my preview screening was hooting at the screen by the third reel. It was the only way to fight back. 99 min. n (NW) Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

RubbeR (Quentin Dupieux) 85 min. See review, page 68. nnn (NW) Opens Apr 8 at Yonge & Dundas 24.

Soul SuRfeR (Sean McNamara) 106 min.

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SouRce code (Duncan Jones) casts Jake Gyllenhaal as a soldier whose consciousness is injected into a “quantum rendering” of a terrorist attack on a Chicagobound commuter train, with eight minutes to figure out who planted the bomb in order to stop a second, larger strike. It’s a grabber of a premise, with similar themes to director Jones’s previous film, Moon – and many of the same flaws.

Jones lays out the clues to key plot points so laboriously that we can figure them out well ahead of the characters, and the naive existentialism falls apart if you think

about it for any length of time. Source Code is watchable in spite of itself, and Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan (as a fellow passenger) are great together. But it’s not nearly as clever as it thinks it is – especially in its final minutes. 93 min. nnn (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

SuckeR PuncH (Zack Snyder) aims for

pure spectacle in an amped-up tale of an institutionalized teenager (Emily Browning) and her fellow inmates (Abby Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens and Jamie Chung) battling their way through a series of pointless, video-gamey challenges.

None of it makes much sense, but it’s not supposed to – it’s like a fugue state in there. 110 min. nn (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

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(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

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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) Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

unknown (Jaume Collet-Serra) is a ludi-

crous, paranoid action movie with a decent budget and a sense of its own absurdity. After surviving a Berlin car crash, Liam Neeson’s doctor wakes up to discover someone has appropriated his identity, and must smash his way to the truth. The only weak link is January Jones. Some subtitles. 109 min. nnn (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Regent Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Andy DeEmmony) features Om Puri, reprising his role as George, a Pakistani immigrant living in Manchester, who decides to take his roots-hating son for a vacation in the old country. A crowd-pleaser with a great performance from Puri. 103 min. nnnn (SGC)

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(Tom McCarthy) grows in stature while you watch, starting out as a lightweight dramedy about a struggling lawyer and wrestling coach (Paul Giamatti) and slowly accruing detail and emotional heft. Writer-director McCarthy lets the story develop naturalistically, which means the first half risks feeling aimless while Giamatti and his co-stars establish their characters. Stick with them – it’s worth it. 105 min. nnnn (NW) Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

winTeR in waRTime (Martin Koolhoven)

looks like an old-time good-guys-versusbad-guys drama set in a Nazi-occupied Dutch village. But as the film unfolds, things aren’t so black-and-white, which is basically what high schooler Michiel (Martijn Lakemeier) has to learn. When he chases after a downed British plane, he winds up getting in over his head with the surviving pilot (Jamie Campbell Bower).

Disgusted by his father, the village mayor, whom he sees as a collaborator, Michiel is drawn to his more principled uncle (Yorick van Wageningen). Michiel’s coming-of-age story is handled with exquisite delicacy, and director Koolhoven keeps the tension high. But the conventional thriller aspects – and unlikely escapes – seem almost silly compared to what Michiel learns about human complexity and betrayal. Subtitled. 103 min. nnn (SGC) Cumberland 4

the wreck with dwindling resources and limited mobility. But once the situation changes, things become markedly less interesting and Christopher Dodd’s script takes on the tenor of an old computer text game: go here, find this, try that. After Frozen, Buried and 127 Hours – which use static situations to explore and illuminate the people trapped inside them – Wrecked just feels pitifully underdeveloped. And the final scene is just dumb. 89 min. nn (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

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ing any new interest in the 50-year-old cartoon bear who parts campers from their “pic-a-nic” baskets. The new live-action movie featuring CGI renditions of Yogi and Boo Boo on a mission to save Jellystone has sly winks and tongue-incheck humour that may satisfy adults but are bound to go over a five-year-old’s head. 83 min. nn (RS) Interchange 30

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wRecked (Michael Greenspan) gets off to such a great start – a man awakens, pinned in the passenger seat of a car that’s crashed somewhere in a forest, with only his wits to save him – that it’s a shame to watch it slowly burn off its potential. The first 40 minutes play as a gripping survival thriller, with Adrien Brody’s amnesiac accident victim trying to escape

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A so-so remake of a very good 1981 romantic comedy, Arthur suffers from one serious flaw: star Russell Brand is the only person allowed to be funny.

Brand’s expansive gestures and bemused air make him ideal for the compulsive joke-making and loopy asides of rich, childish, drunk playboy Arthur, who falls in love with a poor woman but must marry the one his parents have already chosen or be disinherited.

Live-in servant Hobson is the key relationship in Arthur’s life. When John Gielgud played him as a valet in the original, he stole the movie (and copped an Oscar) – his clipped English sarcasm the perfect foil for Arthur’s addled self-indulgence.

Helen Mirren’s nanny version is lacklustre, but, then, she’s got fewer lines, shorter scenes and her end of the proceedings seems rushed.

I couldn’t discern any particular reason for changing Hobson’s gender, but it could have worked beautifully. Think of Judi Dench in her M mode from the Bond films.

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ANOTHER YEAR (PG) Thu 1:40 7:20 Fri-Wed 1:40, 7:00 THE BEND (14A) Fri-Wed 1:35, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35, 9:45 EXIT 67 Thu 1:55, 4:30, 6:55, 9:10 HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE (14A) Thu 1:25, 3:50, 5:25, 7:25, 9:40 Fri-Wed 2:05, 6:45 THE ILLUSIONIST Thu 4:25 9:45 Fri-Wed 4:25, 9:50 INCENDIES (14A) Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:35 INSIDIOUS Thu 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:35 Fri-Wed 1:55, 3:50, 7:15, 9:15 THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:20, 7:05, 9:25 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 1:45 4:05 7:10 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:05, 6:50, 9:05 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 1:50 4:15 6:50 9:15 FriWed 1:50, 4:15, 6:55, 9:25 PAUL (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 9:05 Fri-Wed 4:00, 9:00 SON OF THE SUNSHINE Fri-Wed 1:40, 3:40, 5:40, 7:40, 9:40 SUCKER PUNCH (14A) Thu 1:35, 3:50, 7:15, 9:30 YOUR HIGHNESS Fri-Wed 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30

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

BARNEY’S VERSION (14A) Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:45, 9:50 CERTIFIED COPY (PG) Thu 1:30 4:30 7:15 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 OF GODS AND MEN Thu 1:00, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 WINTER IN WARTIME Thu 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40

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

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 6:45, 9:00 ARTHUR (PG) 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:25 Fri-Sat 11:35 late DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:00, 9:10 HANNA (PG) 1:05, 4:05, 6:45, 9:00 Fri-Sat 11:00 late HOP (G) 12:40, 2:45, 5:00, 7:05, 9:15 INSIDIOUS Thu 1:10, 3:30, 6:35, 9:30 Fri-Sat 1:10, 3:30, 7:00, 9:30, 11:30 Sun-Wed 1:10, 3:30, 7:00, 9:30 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 3:40, 7:10, 9:25 Fri-Sat 12:55, 3:50, 6:35, 9:10, 11:05 Sun-Wed 12:55, 3:50, 6:35, 9:10 SUCKER PUNCH (14A) Thu 12:55, 3:50, 6:40, 9:05 YOUR HIGHNESS 12:30, 3:55, 6:40, 9:05 Fri-Sat 11:15 late

SCOTIABANK THEATRE (CE)

VARSITY (CE)

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) Thu 1:20 4:10 7:00 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 ARTHUR (PG) Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 9:50 BATTLE LOS ANGELES (14A) Thu 12:40, 3:30 BIUTIFUL (14A) 1:50, 5:20, 8:40 HANNA (PG) Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 7:10, 10:05 JANE EYRE (PG) Thu 12:30 3:20 6:30 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:20, 6:20, 9:10 RANGO (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 1:30 4:20 7:20 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 WEST IS WEST Thu 1:00, 3:50, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 1:00, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Mon 1:00 WIN WIN (14A) Thu 1:10 4:00 6:40 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:20

VIP SCREENINGS

6:45, 7:30, 8:15, 9:30, 10:15, 11:00 Sat-Sun 11:15, 11:45, 12:45 mat JUST GO WITH IT (PG) 4:00, 9:00 Sat-Sun 11:10 mat JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER (G) Thu 2:05, 7:10 KILL THE IRISHMAN Thu 1:55, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:40, 7:45, 10:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:35, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 Sat-Sun 10:55, 1:35, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 THE LAST GODFATHER (PG) Thu 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 2:00 4:00 5:00 7:00 7:45 9:45 10:30 Fri-Wed 2:10, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, 10:45 Sat-Sun 11:10, 1:10 mat MARS NEEDS MOMS 3D (PG) Thu 1:45 PAUL (14A) Thu 1:30, 2:15, 4:00, 4:45, 6:45, 7:30, 9:20, 10:15 Fri, Tue-Wed 1:30, 2:15, 4:00, 4:45, 6:45, 7:30, 9:20, 10:20 Sat-Sun 11:40, 1:30, 2:15, 4:00, 4:45, 6:45, 7:30, 9:20, 10:20 Mon 1:30, 2:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:20, 10:20 RED RIDING HOOD (PG) 2:05, 7:50 Sun 11:35 mat RUBBER 3:25, 5:55, 8:25, 10:40 Sat-Sun 1:10 mat SOUL SURFER (PG) 1:40, 2:40, 4:40, 5:40, 7:20, 8:20, 9:00, 9:55, 10:55 Sat-Sun 10:40, 11:40 mat THANK YOU 3:10, 6:20, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:50 mat TRUE GRIT (14A) Thu 4:35, 9:40 UNKNOWN (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 10:25 Fri-Wed 10:05 WIN WIN (14A) 2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:25 mat WRECKED (14A) 3:30, 6:00, 8:30, 10:45 Sat-Sun 1:05 mat WRETCHES & JABBERERS Sat 12:00

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

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) Fri 4:15, 6:40, 9:20 SatSun 1:20, 4:15, 6:40, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:15 BARNEY’S VERSION (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:10 Fri 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:10 HANNA (PG) Fri 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:00 INCENDIES (14A) 4:00, 6:50 Fri 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:10 mat, 9:40 THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:20 Fri 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20 OUTSIDE THE LAW Thu 4:20, 7:15 PAUL (14A) Sun 7:30, 9:55 Mon-Wed 5:15, 7:40 RANGO (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:05, 6:30 Sun 6:30, 9:00 SUCKER PUNCH (14A) Sun 7:15, 9:45 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:30

MT PLEASANT (I)

675 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-489-8484

ARTHUR (PG) Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 12:25, 3:05, 6:25, 9:05 Sun 12:25, 3:05, 9:05 INCENDIES (14A) Thu 2:05, 5:35, 8:45 JANE EYRE (PG) Thu 1:15 3:55 6:35 9:15 Fri-Wed 1:15, 3:55, 6:35, 9:25 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 12:55 3:45 6:55 9:35 Fri-Wed 12:55, 4:05, 6:55, 9:35 WIN WIN (14A) Thu 12:45, 3:25, 6:15, 8:55 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:45, 3:25, 6:05, 8:55 Sat 12:45, 3:25, 8:55

ANOTHER YEAR (PG) Fri 6:50 Sat 4:10, 9:20 Sun, Tue-Wed 7:00 INSIDE JOB (PG) Thu, Sat 7:00 Fri 9:25 Sun 4:30

YONGE & DUNDAS 24 (AMC)

SILVERCITY YONGE (CE)

10 DUNDAS ST E, 416-335-5323

ARTHUR (PG) 1:40, 2:40, 3:40, 4:20, 5:20, 6:20, 7:10, 8:00, 9:10, 9:50, 10:30 Sat-Sun 10:50, 12:10, 1:00 mat BEASTLY (PG) Thu 2:30, 4:50, 7:25, 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:50, 6:50 BLACK SWAN (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 BORN TO BE WILD 3D 1:45, 3:20, 5:00, 6:30, 8:15 Sat-Sun 10:45, 12:20 mat CARMEN IN 3D (PG) Mon 6:30 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 1:30, 2:30, 4:15, 5:15, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30, 10:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 6:40 Sat-Sun 11:05, 1:30, 4:15, 6:40 GAME (14A) Thu 3:15, 6:15, 9:20 HALL PASS (14A) 4:55, 10:35 Thu 2:05 mat, 7:45 HOP (G) Thu 1:30, 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15 Fri, Mon, Wed 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15 Sat-Sun 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:15, 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15 Tue 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 4:30, 6:15, 7:00, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15 INSIDIOUS Thu 1:45 2:30 3:15 4:15 5:00 5:45 6:45 7:30 8:15 9:30 10:15 10:45 Fri-Wed 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4:15, 5:00, 5:45,

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

BLACK SWAN (14A) Thu-Sat, Wed 7:00 Sun 4:30 UNKNOWN (14A) Fri-Sat 9:10 Sun, Tue 7:00

2300 YONGE ST, 416-544-1236

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 ARTHUR (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue 1:15, 3:50, 7:00, 10:00 Mon 1:00, 3:45, 7:00, 9:50 Wed 3:45, 7:00, 9:50 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 1:00, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 Fri, Sun, Tue 12:30, 3:40, 6:40, 9:20 Sat 3:40, 6:40, 9:20 Mon, Wed 1:40, 4:05, 6:40, 9:10 HOP (G) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:50 Mon, Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 INSIDIOUS Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:40, 3:30, 7:50, 10:20 Mon, Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri, Sun, Tue 1:00, 4:00, 7:20, 10:10 Sat 12:50, 4:00, 7:20, 10:10 Mon, Wed 1:45, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Fri, Sun, Tue 12:20, 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 Sat 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 Mon, Wed 1:20, 3:55, 6:30, 9:25 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: LE COMTE ORY Sat 1:00 PAUL (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 SOUL SURFER (PG) Fri, Sun, Tue 12:10, 3:10, 6:50, 9:40 Sat 12:10, 4:30, 6:55, 9:40 Mon 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 Wed

Metro

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

BARNEY’S VERSION (14A) Thu 12:00, 7:10 Fri-Wed 5:05 BIUTIFUL (14A) Thu 4:30 Fri-Wed 2:30 GNOMEO AND JULIET (G) Sat-Sun 11:00 INCENDIES (14A) Thu 2:15 THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) Fri-Wed 12:25, 7:30 UNKNOWN (14A) 9:30

QUEENSWAY (CE)

1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) Thu 1:50 4:50 7:50 10:40 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:35 ARTHUR (PG) 12:05, 1:10, 3:20, 4:20, 6:45, 7:30, 9:50, 10:40 Wed no 1:10 BATTLE LOS ANGELES (14A) Thu 12:20, 3:20, 6:20, 9:30 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:20, 3:15, 6:15, 9:25 Sat 3:15, 6:15, 9:25 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 12:45 3:40 6:35 9:20 Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:40, 6:25, 9:10 FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH Wed 7:00 GNOMEO AND JULIET (G) Thu 12:00, 2:20, 4:45 HANNA (PG) Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 9:45 HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN Thu 3:00, 5:40, 8:00, 10:30 HOP (G) Thu 12:00, 2:50, 6:55, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 Mon-Wed 12:00, 2:50, 6:55, 9:25 INSIDIOUS Thu 1:20 4:15 7:15 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 10:10 JANE EYRE (PG) Thu 12:30 3:25 6:40 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:25, 6:35, 9:40 JUST GO WITH IT (PG) Thu 12:10, 3:15, 6:15, 9:35 Fri, SunTue 12:10, 3:10, 6:10, 9:15 Sat 4:55, 7:35, 10:30 Wed 12:55, 3:40, 10:30 THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) Thu 12:05, 3:05, 6:10, 9:10 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 1:35 4:25 7:20 10:20 Fri-Wed 1:35, 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 12:25 3:30 6:30 9:25 Fri-Wed 12:25, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 LORD OF THE DANCE 3D (G) Thu 7:00 MARS NEEDS MOMS (PG) Thu 1:05, 6:45 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: LE COMTE ORY Sat 1:00 PAUL (14A) Thu 1:15 4:05 7:05 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 RANGO (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:10, 6:00, 8:50 Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:05, 6:05 RED RIDING HOOD (PG) Thu 3:50, 9:15 SOUL SURFER (PG) Fri-Tue 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 1:10, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 7:40, 9:40, 10:25 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:25, 7:00, 9:00, 9:55 Sat 12:35, 4:50, 7:10, 9:00, 9:55 SUCKER PUNCH (14A) Thu 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 9:55, 10:35 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:55, 7:10, 10:00 YOUR HIGHNESS Fri-Wed 2:00, 5:00, 7:40, 10:25

RAINBOW WOODBINE (I)

WOODBINE CENTRE, 500 REXDALE BLVD, 416-213-1998 ARTHUR (PG) Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 6:55, 9:35 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 1:15 4:00 6:50 9:15 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:15 HANNA (PG) Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:15, 7:00, 9:25 HOP (G) 12:45, 2:55, 5:05, 7:15, 9:30 INSIDIOUS Thu 1:30 4:20 7:00 9:35 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:35 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 PAUL (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 9:45 RANGO (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:20 SOUL SURFER (PG) Fri-Wed 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 9:40 SOURCE CODE (PG) 1:20, 3:55, 7:20, 9:45 SUCKER PUNCH (14A) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 9:30 YOUR HIGHNESS Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:50, 6:50, 9:20

East End BEACH CINEMAS (AA) 1651 QUEEN ST E, 416-699-5971

ARTHUR (PG) 6:50, 9:30 Fri 3:50 mat Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:50

mat DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 6:30, 9:10 Fri-Sat 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 Sun 1:50, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 7:30, 10:00 HANNA (PG) 7:20, 10:10 Fri 4:20 Sat-Sun 1:20 mat, 4:20 HOP (G) Thu 7:00, 9:30 Fri 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Mon-Wed 7:10, 9:40 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 7:10, 10:00 Fri 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 SatSun 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Mon-Wed 7:00, 9:50 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: LE COMTE ORY Sat 1:00 PAUL (14A) Thu 6:40, 9:20 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 7:20, 9:50 Fri 4:00, 6:40, 9:10 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 6:40, 9:10 Mon-Wed 6:40, 9:10 SUCKER PUNCH (14A) Thu 6:50, 9:40

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

ARTHUR (PG) Fri-Sat 1:15, 2:40, 4:00, 5:20, 6:40, 8:00, 9:10, 10:40, 11:40 Sun 1:15, 2:40, 4:00, 5:20, 6:40, 8:00, 9:10, 10:40 Mon-Wed 1:30, 2:40, 4:00, 5:20, 6:40, 8:00, 9:10, 10:30 BATTLE LOS ANGELES (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 Fri-Sun 2:10, 4:55, 7:45, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:55, 7:45, 10:25 BEASTLY (PG) Thu 2:40, 5:20, 7:35, 10:00 CARMEN IN 3D (PG) Sat 12:30 Wed 6:30 HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN Thu 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Sat 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45, 11:45 Sun-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45 INSIDIOUS Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50, 11:59 Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30, 11:55 Sun 1:25, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Mon-Wed 1:35, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 RANGO (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:10, 7:30, 10:10 Fri, Sun-Tue 2:15, 4:50, 7:40 Sat 4:50, 7:40 Wed 2:15 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:20 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:30, 7:00, 9:20, 11:30 Sun-Wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:00, 9:20 SUCKER PUNCH (14A) Thu 1:15, 2:20, 3:50, 5:00, 6:40, 7:50, 9:15, 10:25 Fri-Wed 2:20, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 UNKNOWN (14A) Thu 2:30, 5:10, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Wed 10:10 YOUR HIGHNESS 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Sat 11:50 late

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

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Fri 4:20, 7:10, 10:15 Sat 7:10, 10:15 Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 CERTIFIED COPY (PG) 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:30 mat DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:55, 9:45 Sat 6:55, 9:45 Sun 1:05, 3:55, 6:55, 9:45 HANNA (PG) Fri 4:10, 7:20, 10:10 Sat 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:10 Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:20, 10:00 HOP (G) 4:15, 6:45, 9:25 Sat-Sun 1:15 mat JANE EYRE (PG) Thu 3:40 6:40 9:40 Fri-Wed 3:40, 6:35, 9:35 Sat-Sun 12:40 mat THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) Thu 3:50 6:50 9:50 Fri-Wed 3:45, 6:50, 9:50 Sat-Sun 12:45 mat THE LAST GODFATHER (PG) Thu 3:20, 6:20, 9:20 Fri, MonWed 3:35, 6:25 Sat 6:25 Sun 12:35, 3:35, 6:25 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Fri 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:55 MonWed 4:30, 7:30, 9:55 LORD OF THE DANCE 3D (G) Thu 7:00 A MATTER OF SIZE Thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: LE COMTE ORY Sat 1:00 PAUL (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:05, 9:50 Fri-Sat 9:55 Sun-Wed 9:40 SOUL SURFER (PG) 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Sat-Sun 1:00 mat WEST IS WEST Thu 4:20, 9:55

SILVERCITY FAIRVIEW (CE)

FAIRVIEW MALL, 1800 SHEPPARD AVE E, 416-644-7746 ARTHUR (PG) Fri-Tue 1:00, 3:50, 7:00, 9:50 Wed 3:50, 7:00, 9:50 BATTLE LOS ANGELES (14A) Thu 12:40, 3:55, 6:55, 9:45 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 12:15, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH Wed 7:00 HANNA (PG) Fri-Tue 12:20, 3:40, 6:50, 9:40 Wed 3:40, 6:50, 9:40 HOP (G) 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 INSIDIOUS Thu 12:50, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Fri-Tue 1:15, 4:00, 6:30, 9:30 Wed 12:40, 4:00, 6:30, 9:30 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 1:15 4:20 7:10 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 12:30, 3:50, 6:40, 9:50 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: LE COMTE ORY Sat 1:00 continued on page 78 œ

259 RICHMOND ST W, 416-368-5600

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) Thu 2:00 4:40 7:20 10:15 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 BATTLE LOS ANGELES (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:20 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:00, 7:15, 10:00 FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH Wed 7:00 HANNA (PG) 1:00, 1:50, 3:50, 4:50, 7:00, 7:50, 9:50, 10:40 Sun only 1:00 1:50 3:50 4:50 7:00 7:40 9:50 10:20 HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN Thu 2:50, 5:20, 7:40, 10:10 FriSat, Mon-Wed 3:00, 5:30, 8:10, 10:30 Sun 2:45, 5:00, 7:50, 10:35 I AM NUMBER FOUR Thu 1:10, 3:50, 6:40 I SAW THE DEVIL Thu 9:30 JUST GO WITH IT (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:00, 6:45, 9:40 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 1:00, 1:50, 3:40, 4:30, 6:20, 7:10, 9:10, 10:00 Fri, Tue 12:40, 2:15, 3:20, 5:00, 6:30, 7:40, 9:10, 10:20 Sat 12:40, 3:20, 4:40, 6:30, 7:40, 9:10, 10:20 Sun 12:40, 1:30, 3:20, 4:00, 6:30, 9:10, 10:20 Mon 12:40, 3:20, 5:00, 6:30, 7:40, 9:10, 10:20 Wed 12:40, 2:15, 3:20,

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Paul (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:50, 7:50, 10:20 Fri, Sun-Tue 2:15, 4:50, 7:50, 10:30 Sat 7:50, 10:30 Wed 1:45, 4:15, 10:30 Source code (PG) Thu 1:00 4:10 7:00 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 Sucker Punch (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:15 Fri-Tue 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 Your highneSS Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:40, 10:20

SilverCiTy yorkdale (Ce) 3401 duFFerin ST, 416-787-4432

arthur (PG) Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Battle loS angeleS (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 diarY of a WimPY kid 2: rodrick ruleS (G) Thu 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Tue 12:40, 3:30, 6:40, 9:45 Wed 12:40, 3:30, 9:45 hanna (PG) Fri-Tue 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 10:15 hoP (G) Thu 12:50, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:20, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 Sun 12:00, 2:20, 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 MonWed 12:30, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 inSidiouS Thu 1:10, 4:00, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 limitleSS (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:15, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15 Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 the lincoln laWYer (14A) Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Wed 3:20, 9:30 Paul (14A) Thu 12:50, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Wed 12:30, 6:30 rango (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30 Soul Surfer (PG) Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Source code (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 Sucker Punch (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:50, 9:45 Your highneSS Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15

Scarborough 401 & MorningSide (Ce) 785 Milner ave, SCarborough, 416-281-2226

the adjuStment Bureau (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:15, 8:50 arthur (PG) Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Battle loS angeleS (14A) Thu 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 diarY of a WimPY kid 2: rodrick ruleS (G) Thu 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:10, 6:30, 9:10 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:30, 9:10 hanna (PG) Fri-Sat 1:00, 3:50, 7:10, 9:50 Sun 1:00, 3:50, 7:10, 9:45 Mon-Wed 3:50, 7:10, 9:45 hoP (G) Thu 4:30, 7:00, 9:25 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 inSidiouS Thu 4:20, 7:20, 9:40 Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:05 Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:30, 9:55 limitleSS (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:45, 10:00 Fri-Sat 2:20, 5:00, 7:50, 10:15 Sun 2:20, 5:00, 7:45, 10:05 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:45, 10:05 the lincoln laWYer (14A) Thu 3:45, 6:20, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 Paul (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:35, 9:55 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:00 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:00 rango (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:30, 9:00 Soul Surfer (PG) Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30 MonWed 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Source code (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:35, 6:20, 8:50 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:20, 8:50 Sucker Punch (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 Fri-Wed 9:40 Your highneSS Fri-Sat 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 Sun 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:40, 10:00

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

the adjuStment Bureau (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:50, 6:50, 9:30 arthur (PG) Fri-Wed 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30, 10:00, 10:30 Battle loS angeleS (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:25, 7:15, 10:15 catch me... i’m in love (PG) 12:50, 3:55, 6:40, 9:35 gnomeo and juliet (G) Thu 1:15, 3:35, 6:20 hoBo With a Shotgun Thu 1:35, 4:15, 7:25, 10:15 inSidiouS 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:25 juSt go With it (PG) 12:55, 3:45, 6:55, 9:55 limitleSS (14A) Thu 1:25, 4:25, 7:10, 9:40, 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 the lincoln laWYer (14A) Thu-Fri, Sun-Wed 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Sat 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 marS needS momS (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:30, 6:45, 9:15 marS needS momS 3d (PG) Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:30, 6:45, 9:15 the metroPolitan oPera: le comte orY Sat 1:00 Soul Surfer (PG) Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Source code (PG) Thu 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:35, 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 Your highneSS Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20

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

the adjuStment Bureau (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:50, 10:30 Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:05, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:05, 9:45 arthur (PG) 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Fri-Sun 1:50 mat Battle loS angeleS (14A) Thu 3:45, 6:45, 9:35 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 9:35 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:40, 9:35

78

April 7-13 2011 NOW

diarY of a WimPY kid 2: rodrick ruleS (G) Thu 3:50, 6:50, 9:25 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 gnomeo and juliet (G) Thu 3:35, 6:35 hanna (PG) 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:00 mat hoBo With a Shotgun Thu 3:55, 6:55, 9:20 hoP (G) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 inSidiouS Thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Sun 2:10, 4:50, 7:45, 10:25 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:45, 10:25 juSt go With it (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Fri, Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:20 Sat, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:20 the king’S SPeech (PG) Thu 9:10 limitleSS (14A) Thu 4:35, 7:35, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:15, 10:05 the lincoln laWYer (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:45, 9:25 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:45, 9:25 marS needS momS (PG) Thu 4:15, 9:55 the metroPolitan oPera: le comte orY Sat 1:00 Paul (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:45, 10:20 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:30, 9:15 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:30, 9:15 rango (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:40, 9:15 Fri-Sun 1:35, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 red riding hood (PG) Thu 4:25, 7:25, 10:05 Fri-Wed 10:10 Soul Surfer (PG) 3:45, 6:35, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:45 mat Source code (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:35, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:35, 10:15 Sucker Punch (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:40, 10:25 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:05, 6:55, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:05, 6:55, 9:40 Your highneSS 5:00, 7:50, 10:30 Fri-Sun 2:15 mat

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

the adjuStment Bureau (PG) 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:40 mat BarneY’S verSion (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:55, 7:55 Fri-Wed 1:55, 5:00, 8:00 BeaStlY (PG) Thu 5:30, 10:15 Black SWan (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:35, 7:05, 9:50 carmen in 3d (PG) Mon 6:30 diarY of a WimPY kid 2: rodrick ruleS (G) Thu 1:55, 2:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:45, 7:35, 9:15, 10:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:00, 4:45, 6:45, 7:30, 9:15, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:45, 1:30, 2:10, 4:00, 4:45, 6:45, 7:30, 9:15, 10:00 game (14A) Thu 3:00, 6:25, 9:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:35, 5:45, 9:00 Sat-Sun 11:35, 2:35, 5:45, 9:00 gnomeo and juliet 3d (G) 3:35, 5:45 Sat-Sun 11:15, 1:25 mat hall PaSS (14A) Thu 2:40 5:15 7:50 10:30 Fri-Wed 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Sat-Sun 11:50 mat hanna (PG) 2:15, 4:15, 5:00, 7:00, 7:45, 9:45, 10:30 SatSun 11:30, 1:30 mat hoP (G) Thu 1:50, 4:10, 6:30, 9:10 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 Sat-Sun 11:35, 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 i am numBer four Thu 2:15 4:50 7:25 10:00 Fri-Wed 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 incendieS (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:25, 10:15 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 Sat-Sun 1:10, 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 jane eYre (PG) Thu 1:45 4:30 7:15 9:55 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:05 Sat-Sun 11:00 mat the king’S SPeech (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 Paul (14A) Thu 2:05, 3:00, 4:40, 5:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:45, 10:25 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:50, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:25, 2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:50, 10:30 rango (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:20 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 Sat-Sun 11:45, 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 red riding hood (PG) Thu 4:55, 7:20, 9:40 Sucker Punch (14A) Thu 1:45, 2:15, 4:15, 5:00, 7:00, 7:45, 9:45, 10:20 Fri, Tue-Wed 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:20, 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10 Mon 2:05, 10:10 tangled (PG) Thu 2:20 thank You 2:20, 5:30, 8:45 Sat-Sun 11:00 mat true grit (14A) Thu 2:55, 7:40 unknoWn (14A) Thu 2:25, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30 Fri, MonWed 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:10, 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:50 WeSt iS WeSt Thu 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:25 Fri-Wed 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55

Sucker Punch (14A) Thu 12:50, 3:40, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 Sucker Punch: the imaX eXPerience (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Wed 8:30 unknoWn (14A) Thu 12:30, 6:40, 9:30 Your highneSS Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00

CourTney Park 16 (aMC)

110 CourTney Park e aT huronTario, 888-262-4386 the adjuStment Bureau (PG) Thu 3:20, 5:50, 8:25, 10:55 Fri-Sun 12:55, 3:15, 5:50, 8:25, 10:55 Mon-Wed 3:15, 5:50, 8:25, 10:55 arthur (PG) 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat Battle loS angeleS (14A) Thu 1:55, 2:45, 4:40, 5:25, 7:35, 8:20, 10:20 Fri, Tue-Wed 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:20 Sat-Sun 11:05, 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:20 Mon 1:55, 10:20 BeaStlY (PG) Thu 3:00, 7:25 carmen in 3d (PG) Mon 6:30 diarY of a WimPY kid 2: rodrick ruleS (G) 2:25, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:55 mat hanna (PG) 2:10, 4:50, 7:55, 10:40 Sat-Sun 11:35 mat hoBo With a Shotgun Thu 1:35, 3:55, 6:15, 8:30, 10:40 hoP (G) Thu 2:30 4:45 7:00 9:15 Fri-Wed 2:05, 4:25, 7:00, 9:15 Sat-Sun 11:40 mat inSidiouS Thu 2:35, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:15, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:45, 2:15, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 juSt go With it (PG) Thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:50, 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10 limitleSS (14A) Thu 3:05, 5:35, 8:00, 10:35 Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, 10:45 Mon-Wed 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, 10:45 the lincoln laWYer (14A) Thu 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, 10:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:35, 7:15, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:10, 1:50, 4:35, 7:15, 10:00 Paul (14A) Thu 3:15, 5:45, 8:10, 10:50 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:05, 5:45, 8:10, 10:55 Mon-Wed 3:05, 5:45, 8:10, 10:55 rango (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 red riding hood (PG) Thu 5:10, 9:35 Soul Surfer (PG) 2:00, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 Sat-Sun 11:15 mat Source code (PG) Thu 3:10, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 Fri 1:05, 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:05 Sat-Sun 11:00, 1:05, 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:05 Mon-Wed 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:05 Sucker Punch (14A) 2:55, 5:40, 8:15, 10:50 Fri-Sun 12:20 mat Sucker Punch: the imaX eXPerience (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:55 SatSun 11:30, 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:55 Your highneSS Fri 1:20, 3:40, 6:10, 8:30, 11:00 Sat-Sun 11:00, 1:20, 3:40, 6:10, 8:30, 11:00 Mon-Wed 1:30, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30, 11:00

SilverCiTy MiSSiSSauga (Ce) hWy 5, eaST oF hWy 403, 905-569-3373

arthur (PG) 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:40 mat diarY of a WimPY kid 2: rodrick ruleS (G) Thu 3:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:40, 6:50, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:45, 9:30 hanna (PG) 4:10, 6:55, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:10 mat hoP (G) Thu 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:10, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:00, 1:20, 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:10, 10:00 MonWed 4:00, 4:50, 6:30, 7:15, 9:10, 9:40 inSidiouS Thu 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:50, 10:30 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 jane eYre (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:50, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:15, 3:20, 6:20, 9:40 Mon-Wed 3:20, 6:20, 9:15 juSt go With it (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 the lincoln laWYer (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 7:10, 10:05 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:50, 9:45 the metroPolitan oPera: le comte orY Sat 1:00 Paul (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:20, 9:55 Fri, Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:20 Sat 4:40, 7:40, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:30, 10:00

rango (PG) Thu 6:20, 9:20 red riding hood (PG) Thu 7:25, 9:55 Soul Surfer (PG) 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Sun 1:00 mat

north ColoSSuS (Ce) hWy 400 & 7, 905-851-1001

the adjuStment Bureau (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:45, 9:20 FriSun 12:55, 3:45, 6:50, 9:25 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:50, 9:25 Battle loS angeleS (14A) Thu 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:45, 4:05, 7:05, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:05, 7:05, 9:55 BeaStlY (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:10, 8:40 Fri-Sun 12:15, 3:00, 6:10, 8:40 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:10, 8:40 Born to Be Wild 3d Fri-Sun 12:00, 1:15, 2:45, 4:15, 5:30, 7:00 Mon-Wed 3:30, 4:45, 6:00, 7:15 diarY of a WimPY kid 2: rodrick ruleS (G) Thu 3:30, 4:00, 6:20, 6:55, 9:45 Fri, Sun 12:50, 3:40, 6:45, 9:30 Sat 12:50, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Mon-Tue 3:40, 6:45, 9:15 Wed 3:40, 6:40, 9:15 foo fighterS: Back and forth Wed 7:00 gnomeo and juliet (G) Thu 3:45, 6:25, 8:50 hall PaSS (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:15, 9:45 hoBo With a Shotgun Thu 5:10, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Sun 2:10, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 Mon-Tue 4:50, 7:45, 10:10 Wed 4:50, 10:10 hoP (G) Thu 3:40, 4:00, 6:00, 6:30, 8:25, 9:00 Fri-Sun 12:00, 1:10, 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00 MonWed 4:00, 4:15, 6:30, 7:00, 9:00, 9:30 juStin BieBer: never SaY never - director’S fan cut 3d (G) Thu 3:30, 6:15, 9:15 limitleSS (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:25, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 marS needS momS (PG) Thu 4:25, 6:50, 9:05 Fri, Sun 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 Sat 3:30, 6:45, 9:10 MonWed 4:10, 6:35, 8:55 the metroPolitan oPera: le comte orY Sat 1:00 Paul (14A) Thu 4:15, 7:05, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:05, 3:55, 6:55, 9:35 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:55, 9:35 rango (PG) Thu 3:35, 6:05, 8:45 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:20, 6:00, 8:50 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:15, 8:50 Soul Surfer (PG) 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Sun 1:00 mat Source code (PG) Thu 4:10, 4:40, 7:10, 7:40, 9:30, 10:10 Fri-Sun 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:20, 7:20, 9:10, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:00, 4:30, 6:20, 7:20, 9:10, 10:05 Sucker Punch (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:40, 9:25 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:40, 7:25, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:25, 10:00 Sucker Punch: the imaX eXPerience (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Fri, Sun-Wed 8:45 Sat 8:40 unknoWn (14A) Thu 9:10 Your highneSS Fri-Sun 1:20, 2:00, 4:10, 4:45, 7:00, 7:40, 9:40, 10:20 Mon-Tue 4:10, 4:45, 7:00, 7:40, 9:40, 10:15 Wed 4:10, 4:45, 7:00, 7:40, 10:00, 10:15

inTerChange 30 (aMC)

30 inTerChange Way, hWy 400 & hWy 7, 416-335-5323 arthur (PG) 4:15, 5:00, 7:00, 7:45, 9:45, 10:30 Sat-Sun 10:45, 1:30, 2:15 mat Big mommaS: like father, like Son (PG) Thu 4:25, 7:00, 9:25 carmen in 3d (PG) Mon 6:30 gnomeo and juliet 3d (G) 5:35 Sat-Sun 10:50, 1:00, 3:20 mat the green hornet 3d (PG) Thu 7:10, 9:40 hanna (PG) 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:00, 1:45 mat i am numBer four Thu 3:50, 7:15, 9:45 inSidiouS Thu 4:15 5:00 6:45 7:30 9:15 10:00 Fri-Wed

4:35, 5:25, 7:15, 8:00, 10:00, 10:45 Sat-Sun 11:25, 12:15, 2:05, 2:50 mat jane eYre (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:50, 9:35 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:55, 9:45 Sat-Sun 10:35, 1:25, 4:10, 6:55, 9:45 juSt go With it (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 Sat-Sun 10:50, 1:35, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 the king’S SPeech (PG) Thu 4:20 7:05 9:50 Fri-Wed 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 Sat-Sun 10:30, 1:15 mat the lincoln laWYer (14A) Thu 3:30, 4:10, 6:15, 7:00, 9:00, 9:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Sat-Sun 10:40, 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 no StringS attached (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:35, 9:55 Fri-Wed 7:50, 10:40 red riding hood (PG) Thu 5:20 7:40 10:00 Fri-Wed 5:20, 7:55, 10:35 Sat-Sun 11:55, 2:40 mat tangled 3d (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:10, 8:45 thank You 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Sat-Sun 1:05 mat Yogi Bear 3d (G) Thu 4:55

rainboW ProMenade (i)

ProMenade Mall, hWy 7 & baThurST, 905-764-3247 arthur (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 1:10, 4:20, 7:05, 9:25 Mon 4:20, 7:05, 9:25 diarY of a WimPY kid 2: rodrick ruleS (G) 1:20, 4:15, 6:45, 9:05 hoP (G) 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 inSidiouS Thu 1:15, 4:00, 7:20, 9:35 the lincoln laWYer (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:20, 6:50, 9:25 Source code (PG) 1:05, 4:10, 7:15, 9:20 Sucker Punch (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:10, 9:30 Your highneSS Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:10, 9:30

West grande - STeeleS (Ce) hWy 410 & STeeleS, 905-455-1590

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art gallerY of ontario, Jackman hall, 317 dundas w (ago); music gallerY, 197 John (mg); national film board, 150 John (nfb); tiff bell lightbox, reitman square, 350 king w (tb); toronto underground cinema, 186 spadina (tuc). imagesfestival.com.

thu 7-sat 9 – Experimental and independent

moving image film festival. $10-$15, stu/srs $8-$12, some pwyc events, closing gala $15, stu/srs $12. Tickets at Soundscapes (572 College) and Queen Video (412 Queen W). Tickets online at imagesfestival.com. thu 7 – Radical Light 2– Stories Untold, including The Bed (1968) D: James Broughton, A Reason To Live (1976) D: George Kuchar, and others. 7 pm. (TB). Traces, Portraits, Memories And Remains, including Everbody’s Nuts (2010) D: Fabian Vasquez Euresti, Irma (2010) D: Charles Fairbanks, and others. 9:30 pm (AGO).

Fri 8 – All Our Memories Significant In Retrospect: We Began By Measuring Distance (2009) D: Basma Alsharif, The Beautiful Language (2010) D: Mounir Fatmi, and The Future’s Getting Old Like The Rest Of Us (2010) D: Beatrice Gibson. 5 pm (AGO). Guided Tours including Concrete & Samples III Carrara (2010) D: Aglaia Konrad, Dear Steve (2010) D: Herman Asselberghs, and others. 7:30 pm (AGO). sat 9 – Radical Recess avant-garde children’s films including Didre Novo (1983) D: Steven Woloshen, The Observatory (2004) D: Alexi Manis, and others. Noon (NFB). S Is For Student, including A Time Shared Unlimited (2010) D: Zachary Epcar, Land Of Mourning Calm (2010) D: Jessica Bardsley, and others. 6 pm (AGO). West Of Zanzibar (1928) D: Tod Browning, silent film with live accompaniment by Fucked Up. 8:30 pm (TUC).

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reelworld film festival

scotiabank theatre, 259 richmond w (st); canada square theatre, 2200 Yonge (cs). 1-800-595-4849, reelworld.ca.

thu 7-suN 10 – Festival of films by diverse

filmmakers, Canadian and international. $10, closing-night gala $20, festival pass $125, stu/ srs $75, VIP pass $500. thu 7 – Storytelling Class D: John Paskievich and John Whiteway, and The Homeless In The T-Dot D: Dahne Jobson. 3 pm. My Life With Me D: Rama Rau. 4 pm. The Evening News D: Dev Khanna, and The Neighbour (Hamsayeh) D: Naghmeh Shirkhan. 6 pm. Shorts Program One including Don’t Tell Santa You’re Jewish, Katrina’s Son and others. 6 pm. The Rapture Of Fe, (Ang Panggagahasa Kay Fe) D: Alvin Yapan. 6:30 pm. Gang Girl (A Mother’s Journey To Save Her Daughter) D: Valerie Goodloe, State Of Mind D: Djo Tunda Wa Munga, and Sven D: David Rendall. 8:30 pm. The Other, (Digari) D: Medhi Rahmani. 9 pm.

Above screenings at CS. Fri 8 – Qimmit: A Clash Of Two Truths D: Ole Gjerstad and Joelie Sanguya. 12:30 pm. Product Of The Phillipines D: Jullian Ablaza. 4 pm.

Richard Ma: Actionmaker D: Ian Barbour and Darren Heroux, The Opposite D: Suthan Mahalingam, and Voices Unveiled: Turkish Women Who Dare D: Binnur Karaveli. 5 pm. A Hand Full Of Dirt D: Russell Watson. 6:30 pm.

Two Indians Talking D: Sara Mcintyre. 7 pm.

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BEESWAX (Andrew Bujalski)

After sitting through last week’s monotonous Monogamy, the last thing I wanted to see was a double bill of modestly budgeted, observational dramas about young people in contemporary America.

Fortunately, both Beeswax and Littlerock – which filmswelike is dropping into the Royal for limited runs this weekend – are good movies with very little in the way of hipster hand-wringing. They even make sense as a double feature. Both are sibling stories that feature characters who are slightly removed from their surroundings, though they deal with that separation in different ways.

In Beeswax, Andrew Bujalski offers a study of the dynamic between twin sisters (Tilly and Maggie Hatcher), one of whom is wheelchair-bound. But that vaguely gimmicky premise is just one aspect of a much larger narrative that also involves a legal dispute over a vintage clothing store.

Baghdad Texas D: David H Hickey. 8 pm. Not Just A Game: Power, Politics & American Sports D: Jeremy Earp. 9 pm. Music Videos & ReelSpeak, including Thick Skin D: Sean Wainstein, Girlz Trippin D: Michael P Douglas, Hallucination D: Chris Jean, and others. 9:30 pm.

All screenings at CS. sat 9 – Raspberry Magic D: Leena Pendharkar.

11 am. The Storytelling Class, and Black Hands, Trial Of The Arsonist Slave D: Tetchena Bellange. 1 pm. Make A Movie Like Spike D: Jamil Walker Smith. 2:30 pm. Floating Weeds D: Hyun Kyung Kim. 3 pm. The Other (Digari) D: Mehdi Rahmani. 4 pm. File Under Miscellaneous D: Jeff Barnaby, and The First Movie D: Mark Cousins. 5 pm. Shorts Program Two including Fortune Cooking D: Jason Karman, Dirty Laundry D: Stephen Abbott and others.

5:30 pm. The Harimaya Bridge D: Aaron Woolfolk. 6:30 pm. Pay In Full D: Walter Alza, and Counting From Ten D: Bryn Mcauley. 7:30 pm. Qimmit: A Clash Of Two Truths. 8 pm.

When The Lemons Turned Yellow D: Mohammadreza Vatandoust. 9:30 pm. All screenings at CS. suN 10 – Shorts Program One, including Dancing With India D: Darcy Turenne, Daud D: Joel Fendelman, and others. 11:30 am. Two Indians Talking. Noon. Baghdad Texas. 1:30 pm. Shorts Program Two. 2 pm. All abovescreenings at CS. Closing gala: I Will D: Ava Duvernay. 7 pm (ST).

sprockets film festival

tiff bell lightbox, reitman square, 350 king w (tb).

416-599-8433, tiff.net/sprockets.

thu 7-apr 17 – Festival of international films

for children and youth. $12, srs/stu $9.50, child under 12 $8.50. family 10- pack $75. All films w/ s-t. sat 9 – Reel Rascals: Animal Animania! shorts program. 9:45 am. The Magicians D: Joram Lürsen. 10 am. Loot Bag: Strange Places, Funny Faces shorts program. 10:15 am. Snowmen D: Robert Kirbyson. 10:30 am. Here Comes Lola D: Franziska Buch.

11:30 am. Soul Boy D: Hawa Essuman.

Noon. The Crocodiles Strike Back D: Christian Ditter. 12:30 pm. Vivid Imaginations shorts program. 12:45 pm. Loot Bag: On The

Tilly (left) and Maggie Hatcher are in Beeswax.

Littlerock stars Cory Zacharia and Atsuko Okatsuka.

fox theatre

2236 queen e. 416-691-7330. foxtheatre.ca

thu 7 – True Grit (2010) D: Ethan and Joel Coen. 7 pm. The King’s Speech ñ (2010) D: Tom Hooper. 9:15 pm.

Fri 8 – Incendies (2010) D: Denis Villeneuve. 7 pm. Barney’s Version (2010) D: ñ Richard J Lewis. 9:30 pm. sat 9 – Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011) D: Jon Chu. 2 pm. Barney’s Version. 4:15 & 9:30 pm. Incendies. 7 pm. suN 10 – Justin Bieber: Never Say Never. 2 pm.

Barney’s Version. 4:15 & 9:15 pm. Incendies.

6:45 pm.

MoN 11-tue 12 – Incendies. 6:45 pm. Barney’s Version. 9:15 pm.

Wed 13 – Incendies. 1:30 & 6:45 pm. The Illusionist (2006) D: Neil Burger. 9:15 pm.

graham sprY theatre

cbc museum, cbc broadcast centre, 250 front w, 416-205-5574. cbc.ca

thu 7-Wed 13 – Continuous screenings Mon to Fri 9 am to 5 pm. Free.

thu 7-Fri 8 – The Nature Of Things: Aliens Of The Deep Sea.

MoN 11-Wed 13 – Guilty Pleasures.

Yes, it sounds mundane, but as in his earlier films Funny Ha Ha and Mutual Appreciation, Bujalski uses the trappings of the everyday to ground his characters in a recognizably real world. Beeswax has a looseness and a dramatic focus that recall early Altman, if that’s not too pretentious a comparison.

Mike Ott’s Littlerock is the more difficult sell. A study of alienation, the movie plops us down in the seedy California nowheresville of the title with Japanese siblings, Atsuko (Atsuko Okatsuka) and Rintaro (Rintaro Sawamoto), whose rental car has broken down on their pilgrimage to the site of the Manzanar internment camp.

Communication is a problem.

Rintaro’s English is limited, while Atsuko speaks none at all. But they’re befriended by the extroverted Cory (Cory Zacharia), who’s social enough for all three of them – and would really like to know Atsuko better.

Writer-director Ott captures the bored-townie vibe so well, you’ll be squirming in your seat. It brings unexpected poignancy to his story of young people trying to get past language and culture barriers – and just communicate.

Littlerock plays Friday through Tuesday; Beeswax screens Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday evening at NorMaN WilNer the Royal.

Move! shorts program. 1:45 pm. Sergeant Pepper D: Sandra Nettelbeck. 2 pm. TigerTeam D: Peter Gersina. 2:45 pm. Jitters D: Baldvin Z. 3:45 pm. The Sound Of Mumbai, A Musical D: Sarah McCarthy. 4 pm. Karla And Jonas D: Charlotte Sachs Bostrup. 4:15 pm. ReGeneration D: Phillip Montgomery. 5 pm. Louder Than A Bomb D: Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel. 7 pm. suN 10 – The Happets: In The Kingdom Of The Sun D: Alex Colls. 9:45 am. Fuchsia, The MiniWitch D: Johan Nijenhuis. 10:15 am. Loot Bag: On The Move! shorts program. 10:30 am. The Crocodiles Strike Back. 11:45 am. Nothing Can Stop Us shorts program. 12:30 pm. Light Of The River D: Tetsuo Hirakawa. 12:30 pm.

The Strongest Man In Holland D: Mark de Cloe. 12:45 pm. The Secret Letter D: Simone van Dusseldorp. 2 pm. Rafiki D: Christian Lo. 2:30 pm. Racing Dreams D: Marshall Curry.

2:45 pm. Most Valuable Players D: Matthew Kallis. 4 pm. A Cat In Paris D: Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol. 4:30 pm.

sat 9 – Aliens Invade The Bloor: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) D: Steven Spielberg.

4:15 pm. Alien: The Director’s Cut (1979) D: Ridley Scott. 7 pm. Aliens (1986) D: James Cameron. 9:30 pm. suN 10 – Aliens Invade The Bloor: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. 1:25 pm. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. 3:45 pm. Alien: The Director’s Cut. 7 pm. Predator. 9:30 pm.

MoN 11 – The Terminator (1984) D: James Cameron. 4:30 pm. Taxi Driver (1976) D: Martin Scorsese. 7 pm. Pulp Fiction (1994) D: Quentin Tarantino. 9:15 pm. tue 12 – Pulp Fiction. 4 pm. The Terminator. 7 pm. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) D: James Cameron. 9:10 pm.

Wed 13 – Terminator 2: Judgment Day. 4 pm.

The Consulate of Venezuela presents Libertador Morales, El Justiciero (2009) D: Efterpi Charalambidis. 7 pm. Free. Blue Valentine (2010) D: Derek Cianfrance. 9:30 pm.

toronto silent film festival innis town hall, 2 sussex. 416-461-9287, torontosilentfilmfestival.com

to apr 7 – Silent films with live accompaniment. $12-$15. thu 7 – The Wild, The Beautiful...And The Damned, Part Two: Faust (1927) D: FW Murnau. 7:30 pm. Live accompaniment by Robert Bruce.

camera bar 1028 queen w. 416-530-0011. camerabar.ca

9 – The Ice Storm (1997) D: Ang Lee. 3 pm. Free. ñsat

cinematheque tiff bell lightbox

reitman square, 350 king w. 416-599-tiff (8433). tiff.net.

thu 7 – The Free Screen: Radical Light: Al-

cinemas bloor cinema

506 bloor w. 416-516-2330. bloorcinema.com

thu 7 – Vertigo (1958) D: Alfred Hitchcock. 4:15 pm. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) D: ñ Guillermo del Toro. 7 pm. Army of Darkness (1993) D: Sam Raimi. 9:25 pm.

Fri 8 – Aliens Invade The Bloor: Forbidden

Planet (1956) D: Fred M Wilcox. 4:30 pm.

Predator (1987) D: John McTiernan. 7 pm.

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) D: Steven Spielberg. 9:10 pm.

= Critics’ Pick nnnnn = Top ten of the year nnnn = Honourable mention nnn = Entertaining nn = Mediocre n = Bomb

ternative Film And Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-2000: Stories Untold including A Reason To Live (1976) D: George Kuchar, Easy Living (1984) D: Chip Lord, Mickey McGowan and others. 7 pm.

Fri 8 – Gregg Araki X 2: Kaboom (2010).

7 pm. The Living End (1992). 9:15 pm.

Director in attendance for both screenings. sat 9 – Three Bewildered People In The Night (1987) D: Gregg Araki. 9:15 pm. suN 10 – Mysterious Skin (2004) D: Gregg Araki. 7 pm. tue 12 – Splendor (1999) D: Gregg Araki. 7 pm.

Wed 13 – The Long Weekend (1989) D: Gregg Araki. 7 pm.

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national film board 150 John. 416-973-3012. nfb.ca/mediatheque

thu 7-Wed 13 – More than 5,000 NFB films available at digital viewing stations. Tue-Wed noon-7 pm, Thu-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Free. thu 7 – Ciné-Jeudi presents Printemps Fragiles (The Bell Jar) (2010) D: Andre Melançon. 7:30 pm. $6, stu/srs $4.

Wed 13 – Free Favourites At Four: Kanehsatake: 270 Years Of Resistance (1993) D: Alanis Obomsawin. 4 pm. Free. Peaceflicks! presents Teaching Peace: In A Time Of War (2003) D: Teresa MacInnes, and Raised To Be Heroes (2006) D: Jack Silberman. 7 pm. Free.

ontario science centre

770 don mills. 416-696-3127. ontariosciencecentre.ca

thu 7 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 2 & 3 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. IMAX Hubble. 1 pm.

Fri 8 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 2, 3 & 9 pm.

Under The Sea. Noon & 8 pm. IMAX Hubble. 1 pm. sat 9 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3 & 9 pm.

IMAX Hubble. 2 pm. Under The Sea. Noon, 4 & 8 pm. suN 10 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1 & 3 pm.

IMAX Hubble. 2 pm. Under The Sea. Noon & 4 pm.

MoN 11-Wed 13 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 2 & 3 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. IMAX Hubble. 1 pm.

reg hartt’s cineforum 463 bathurst. 416-603-6643.

thu 7 – Cleopatra (1963) D: Joseph L Mankiewicz. 7 pm. sat 9 – The Sex & Violence Cartoon Festival. 7 pm. What I Learned From LSD (2010) D: Reg Hartt. 9 pm. suN 10 – Oz Darkside: The Wizard Of Oz (1939) D: Victor Fleming, accompanied by the soundtrack of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon album. 7 pm. Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D: FW Murnau, accompanied by the soundtrack of Radiohead’s Kid A and OK Computer albums. 9 pm.

MoN 11 – Seven Footprints To Satan (1929) D: Benjamin Christensen. 7 pm. The Sorrows Of Satan (1926) D: DW Griffith. 9 pm. tue 12 – Michael Reeves X 2: The Sorcerors (1967). 7 pm. Witchfinder General (1968). 9 pm.

Wed 13 – Orson Welles X 2: Don Quixote (1992). 7 pm. The Lady From Shanghai (1947).

9 pm.

revue cinema

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

thu 7 – True Grit (2010) D: Joel and Ethan

Coen. 7 pm. Naked Frames Animation And Music Video Series: Spring hip-hop edition.

Musical guests More or Les and Wordburgler, works by Brandon Blommaert, the Animation Workshop and others alongside music videos from the Klaxons and Röyksopp. 9 pm. nakedframesfest.ca.

Fri 8 – Another Year (2010) D: Mike Leigh. 6:45 pm. True Grit. 9:15 pm. sat 9 – Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) D: Kelly As-

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bury. 2 pm. DESNA Ukrainian Dance Company presents the documentary Folk! (2010) D: Roxy Toporowych. 4 pm. $10 adv, $15 at the door. desna.ca. Another Year. 6:45 pm. True Grit. 9:15 pm.

SuN 10 – Laws Of Eternity (2006) D: Isamu Imakake. 1 pm. Gnomeo & Juliet. 3:15 pm.

The Illusionist (2006) D: Neil Burger. 5 pm.

Another Year. 6:45 pm. True Grit. 9:15 pm.

MON 11 – True Grit. 1 pm. The Illusionist. 7 pm. Another Year. 8:45 pm.

TuE 12 – The Illusionist. 7 pm. True Grit. 8:45 pm. wED 13 – Bodies Of Work: an evening with special effects expert Gordon Smith, including screening of Jacob’s Ladder (1990/91) D: Adrian Lyne. 7 pm.

the royal

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

THu 7 – Monogamy (2010) D: Dana Adam

Shapiro. 9:30 pm.

FRI 8 – Littlerock (2010) D: Mike Ott. 9:15 pm.

SAT 9 – The Illusionist (2010) D: Sylvain Chomet. 4:15 & 6:15 pm. Littlerock. 7:45 pm.

Beeswax (2009) D: Andrew Bujalski. 9:30 pm.

SuN 10 – Littlerock. 4:15 & 9:30 pm. The Illusionist. 6:15 pm. Beeswax. 7:45 pm.

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MON 11 – The Illusionist. 7 pm. Littlerock. 9 pm.

TuE 12 – OCADU: Graduate Student Film

Showcase. 7 pm. Littlerock. 9 pm. wED 13 – Beeswax. 7 pm. The King’s Speech. 9 pm.

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toronto UndergroUnd Cinema 186 Spadina ave, baSement. 647-992-4335, torontoUndergroUndCinema.Com

THu 7 – Legend (1985) D: Ridley Scott. 7 pm.

Masters Of The Universe (1987) D: Gary Goddard. 9:30 pm.

SAT 9 – Images Festival. See listings, this page.

SuN 10 – The superstars of Maximum Pro Wrestling and Squared Circle Training Alumni present Wrestlecrisis: Deluxe Combat Opera.

6:30 pm. wED 13 – PeaceLove&Power Promotions presents The Battle Of Algiers (1966) : Gillo Pontecorvo, and La Haine (1995) D: Mathieu Kassovitz. 6 pm. $10.

other filmS THu 7 –

CERLAC presents Violence And Its Affects Through Film In Latin America. A Silence Full Of Things (2008) D: Alejandra Canales, and Moving Still (2010) D: Jorge Lozano. 11 am. La Isla: Archives Of A Tragedy (2010) D: Uli Stelzner. Noon. York University, ACW 103, 4700 Keele. cerlac@yorku.ca.

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TRON: Legacy stars Jeff Bridges (left) and Garrett Hedlund.

(1934), D: Cedric Gibbons; Tarzan Escapes (1936) D: Richard Thorpe;

Tarzan Finds A Son

(1939) D: Thorpe, all w/ Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O’Sullivan. Rating: NNNN; DVD package: none They were the Die Hard of their day. Before galloping kitsch rotted them out, Tarzan movies delivered hard action like nothing else. I’ll put the climaxes of the first two, Tarzan The Ape Man and Tarzan And His Mate, up against anything.

Animals abound. Elephants battle lions; apes fight tribesmen; Tarzan takes on lions, a crocodile, a hippo, a rhino, a gorilla and the morally dubious hunters seeking the elephants’ graveyard (the perpetual plot). Stars and stunt players fling themselves through the treetops. Maureen O’Sullivan swims nude. In place of music there are roars, pounding hooves, tribal chants and screaming.

The downsides: blatant racism, slightly tinny sound, florid dialogue, primitive effects work and an overall lack of polish. Suspend your disbelief.

As usual with Turner Classic Movies sets, there are no extras.

EXTRAS Full-frame, b&w. English, French audio. English, French, Spanish subtitles.

TRON (Disney, 1982) D: Steven Lisberger, w/ Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner.

Rating: NNNN; DVD package: NNN

TRON: Legacy (Disney, 2010) D: Joseph Kosinski, w/ Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund. Rating: NNN; DVD package: NNN The original TRON is unique and surprising. TRON: Legacy, the sequel, offers okay adventures.

The main action in both movies happens inside a set of computer programs called The Grid. Legacy undercuts that premise by making its Grid a photo-real imitation of earth, with added science fiction machines. The CG is skilled but not evocative.

By contrast, TRON’s Grid looks like nowhere on earth and no other movie. An abstract space with large areas barely sketched in, it’s so claustrophobic in its obsession with straight lines and sharp angles that the curved lines near the end are a shock. Between the elegant visuals and the odd look of the people, with their goofy helmets and clunky dialogue, the original TRON feels like some tangential

The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (Fox, 2010) D: Michael Apted, w/ Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley. Rating: NNN; DVD package: NNN

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with high spirits, epic scope and technical perfection, which he discusses on an informative commentary.

EXTRAS Director and producer commentary. Widescreen. English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles.

The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader won’t make much sense if you aren’t already familiar with the Narnia saga. Who are these kids, and why does the painting take them to a magic kingdom where everybody thinks they’re royalty? Who’s this lion, Aslan, and why is he such a big deal?

No matter. Green mist is absorbing human sacrifices, and pure evil threatens the realm. Brother and sister Edmund and Lucy (Skandar Keynes and Georgie Henley) and their insufferable cousin Eustace (Will Poulter in the movie’s funniest and best performance) set sail with King Caspian (Ben Barnes) to find the six mystic swords and right the balance.

As in those old Ray Harryhausen films, the story is merely an excuse for wonders and marvels: naiads, magic, an invisible house, a wonderful dragon and a scary sea serpent. All the while, our heroes are tempted by envy, greed and pride, and Eustace develops a friendship with warrior mouse Reepicheep (beautifully voiced by Simon Pegg).

Director Michael Apted delivers it all

Crime D’Amour (Mongrel, 2010) D:

Alain Corneau, w/ Kristin Scott Thomas, Ludivine Sagnier. Rating: NN; DVD package: none A manipulative senior exec (Kristin Scott Thomas) takes credit she doesn’t deserve. Her bright, but not cunning, protegé (Ludivine Sagnier) retaliates, and hostilities escalate so radically that the last halfhour is a different movie altogether.

Scott Thomas and Sagnier both know when to make the most of their moments and when to hide their feelings. That helps to keep the audience guessing. It also distracts from the bland visuals and makes up, in part, for the disappointing ending.

As usual with these Eurothrillers, there are no extras.

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mating of Metropolis and Buck Rogers.

It also makes sense: a hacker (Jeff Bridges) enters The Grid to stop the Master Program from taking over the system and, not incidentally, to recover some intellectual property rights. A quarter-century later, in Legacy, that hacker’s son (Garrett Hedlund) goes in to find his long-vanished dad and then stop the army of programs ready to invade the outer world. That’s gibberish: the invading programs lack bodies. At most, they’ll ionize the air. And the father-son story, while touching, could happen anywhere.

Check out the extras to see how far people will go to get effects.

The sight of Bridges playing a scene with minicams strapped to his face is as science-fictional as anything in either TRON. EXTRAS TRON: Director and producers commentary, making and impact-of doc. Legacy: Making-of doc, cast doc. Widescreen. Both films: English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles.

Coming Tuesday, April 12 Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (WB, 2010) Second-last instalment of the boy wizard saga.

Country Strong (Sony,

2010) Romance blossoms between Gwyneth Paltrow’s fading country singer and Garrett Hedlund’s rising songwriter.

Pelican Blood (Maple, 2010) British comedy centres on romance among the birdwatchers.

Summer In Genoa (eOne,

2008) In the wake of his wife’s death, a man takes his daughters to Italy. One begins to see ghosts, the other discovers sex.

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Detoxification – pesticides, pollutants, heavy metals and other environmental chemicals are stored in our body fat and sabotage our metabolism. We can support our body’s ability to dispose of these waste products with regular sweating (from exercise, saunas or hot baths) and natural medicines that support optimal liver function.

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I came out as trans-somethIng/

you and decided to go for it because you’re everything he’s ever wanted. If he’s one of those guys who are into transwomen and/ or born-male trans-genderqueers-wholive-as-female-but-aren’t-quite-passable, DUMB, it’s also possible that he’s never had a chance to meet someone like you before (you’re not thick on the ground), and nerves and/or inexperience caused him to fumble the pass. The only way to determine if nerves made him come across as creepy or if he’s genuinely creepy is to go on that date.

genderqueer three years ago. I was born male but live my life predominately as female. I’m 25 now. Coming out involved accepting that it would complicate my ever finding someone. I haven’t dated since.

My problem: Today, a guy my age asked me out while making me a sandwich in a café. He told me I was very pretty and asked if he could take me out. I gave him my number. Before I left, he said, “I’d really like a relationship with you.” That sounded like a weirdo red flag. I told him, “We’ll see,” but agreed to the date.

I don’t know the rules and I’m a panicked mess. I know to meet in a public place, in the afternoon, tell people about it – all the safety stuff – but I am afraid that he’s a creep. But no one has ever told me before that I’m pretty. While I’m not ugly, I’m not passable. My questions: 1 . Was he way too creepy to go on that date?

2. Was agreeing to a date smart or dumb?

3. Am I acting out of desperation?

4. The great unanswerable: How do I get the giddy 13-year-old inside to grow up so the 25-year-old can navigate safely in the dating world?

Does Understand Men Basically

2. Smart. Even if it turns out that he’s a creep, even if you never see him again, being open to people and taking risks – while at the same time taking all reasonable safety precautions (particularly important for transwomen, who face a much higher risk of violence at the hands of the sometimes deeply conflicted, self-loathing straight guys who are attracted to/resent transwomen) – is the only way that anyone ever manages to find love.

3. Yes, DUMB, you are acting out of desperation – you and everybody else. Just don’t let your desperation – the worry that you won’t ever meet anyone else who’s interested in a girl like you – convince you to settle for a shitty and/or abusive relationship. If he comes across as nice at first but it turns out that he’s an asshole or a creep, and if he begins to treat you like you’re stuck with him because no one else will ever want you (not true – remember my inbox!), dump the motherfucker. It’s better to be alone than to be with an asshole who preys on your insecurities to

1. My inbox sags under the weight of emails from straight/straight-identified guys who are desperate to meet transwomen/trans-somethings, and not all of them prefer passables. So it’s possible that this guy saw trans-something, unpassable

keep you coming back for more abuse.

4. I have no idea. I’m almost 10 years older than you and I’m still battling my inner/ giddy 13-year-old.

I’m a hetero male In my late 30s,

nd this incident took place over a decade a ago, but I’ve felt guilty about it ever since.

I was at a convention and ended up having a one-night stand with a lovely woman.

When I moved to go down on her, something I enjoy doing, she had a really, really, really smelly area. This woman did not have bad body odour in general; she had good hygiene. I managed to shift gears and brought her off with touch, but she pleaded with me to go down on her and I didn’t. That made things awkward. I didn’t say anything about the smell to her, because I know that many women are selfconscious about vaginal odour.

My sex etiquette question for you: If you’re with someone, and suddenly you discover that her private parts – or his – smell like something with a passed expiration date, what is the best way to handle it? Excuse yourself from bed and grab a washcloth for them? Grit your teeth and go down anyway, in an effort to be GGG, no matter how ill it might make you?

Vagina Odours Inform Cautious Etiquette I realize that women can be sensitive about any suggestion of unpleasant vaginal odour – we can blame those “feminine hygiene” commercials as well as all those inexperienced boyfriends who react negatively to a vagina’s natural, healthy odour

because they didn’t get the “spice” part of the “sugar and spice” memo. But as a general rule: The people you invite to stick their nose in your crotch, twat, sack, crack, etc. are allowed to form opinions about how you smell down there and share them with you. While it’s unpleasant to be told your crotch stanks, it’s much more unpleasant to find your nose tucked in someone’s stanky crotch.

As this woman had good personal hygiene overall, VOICE, it’s unlikely that a washcloth would’ve solved the problem. She may have had bacterial vaginosis, the most common cause of rank vaginal odour, or an untreated case of chlamydia or gonorrhea.

As hard as “Something’s not right down here” is to hear, particularly for some women, you didn’t do her any favours by not speaking up – sensitively and compassionately – because if she did have a medical issue, she needed to seek treatment.

I am an attractIve, “normal” 24-

ear-old female who enjoys taking picy tures of myself nude for my own personal use. I delete most pictures, but I keep some on my laptop for my viewing only.

My snoop boyfriend found some pictures that were taken before we got together and blew up. He got in my face and called me a slut. He threatened my safety when I told him to leave. He demanded to know who took the pictures (cameras have timers!) and to whom I was sending them (myself!).

I broke up with him, but then took him back. We have since talked about my “fet-

ish”; he still does not like it and wants all the pictures erased.

To be honest, these pictures are not all that important to me, but the way he reacted is. To me, he showed he does not trust me and never will.

Still Love Ur Thoughts The pictures may not be important to you, SLUT, but your autonomy, your safety, and your right to take enjoyment in and from your own damn body should be. So you’re going to have to DTMFAST – dump the motherfucker a second time.

A boyfriend who’s uncomfortable with your fetish is one thing. A boyfriend who’s a threatening, insecure, controlling, irrational ASSHOLE about your fetish is another thing entirely.

Someone invested in your sexual fulfillment, someone who loves and supports you, would not tell you to stop, or make accusations, or react like such a fucking baby. And someone who didn’t have sexist hang-ups wouldn’t make a distinction between the pictures you took after you met and the ones you had taken before you met.

Beware of boys who freak out after stumbling onto what they believe to be evidence – even if they’re wrong – that their girlfriends have been with other guys before them. They have issues. DTMFAST. Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger. com/savage. mail@savagelove.net

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