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activist duo join a dump Harper event at the Royal. 7 pm. By donation. projectdemocracy. ca.

Black angelS Austin psychrockers trip out at Lee’s Palace.

8:30 pm. $18.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. 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.

fetes 20 years with a quartet of new works. To Apr 16 at 8 pm. $27-$38. Enwave Theatre. 416973-4000. aFTeR akhMaTOVa Kate Cayley’s new play looks at the impact of a Soviet writer’s defiant poem in Stalin’s Leningrad. To May 1 at the Tarragon. 8 pm. $10-$46. 416-531-1827. gReen lIVIng ShOW Displays, forums and more showcase the latest in eco wares. To Apr 1. $9-$12. Direct Energy Centre. greenlivingonline.com.

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for this exclusive Canadian engagement of the exhibit devoted to the works of the artist and director. TIFF Bell Lightbox. $16-$22.75. tiff.net. elIzaBeTh ShePheRD The souljazz singer ends her spring tour at Trinity-St. Paul’s Church, w/ Denzal Sinclaire. Doors 6:30 pm. $20-$25. EB.

reunion tour brings the altrock vets to Massey Hall. 8 pm. $44.50-$64.50. LN, RTH, TM. TIM FlanneRY Eco hero’s new book, Here On Earth, launches.

7 pm. Free. Reference Library. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

Rusko spins at Kool Haus, Apr 23

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BeaRIng WITneSS, cReaTIng hOPe Rabble.ca’s Judy Rebick

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FOReSTS In Wajdi Mouawad’s new play, a teen seeks the cause of her mother’s illness.

To May 29 at the Tarragon. $23-$46. 416-531-1827.

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

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.

MelanIe gIllIgan Videos probe personal trauma and the financial crisis at InterAccess to May 7. Free. 416-532-0597.

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

8:30 pm. $25. HS, RT, SS, TM. SOngS FOR a neW WORlD

Multi-hued song cycle captures key emotional moments in its characters’ lives. To Apr 23. Toronto Centre for the Arts.

8 pm. $25-$45. 416-872-1111.

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Factory. 416-504-9971.

SunDaY nIghT lIVe The Sketchersons present a new show every week w/ guest hosts and musical acts. Sun 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com.

80s new-wavers bring their impressive 13th album to the Phoenix. Doors 7:30 pm. $50.

RT, SS, TM. +OuR claSS Tadeusz Slobodzianek’s award-winning play following the lives of former Jewish and Catholic classmates at the start of WWII continues at Berkeley. 8 pm. To Apr 30. $22-$49 (limited pwyc tonight). 416-368-3110.

prove hardcore will never die, at the Phoenix. Doors 8 pm. $28.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. MY TOxIc BaBY Screening of a doc on the nasty products babies are exposed to, followed by discussion. 7 pm.

Pwyc. Centre for Social Innovation. womenshealthyenvironments.ca.

soprano Measha Brueggergosman joins the cast of the Mozart opera about an assassination plot and forgiveness. 7:30 pm. To May 1. $33-$166. Elgin Theatre. 416-872-5555.

with a gala screening of Morgan Spurlock’s The Greatest Movie Ever Sold. 6:30 pm. Winter Garden. $tba. hotdocs.ca.

MaRIan BanTjeS Typography fans love Bantjes’s ingenious lettering, at Onsite @ OCADU, to Jun 5. Free. 416-977-6000. la ceneRenTOla The Rossini comic opera continues at the Four Seasons Centre until May 25. 7:30 pm. $62-$281. 416363-8231.

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RuSkO The UK dubstep producer/DJ hits Kool Haus w/ Doorly. 9 pm. $23. PDR, RT, SS, TW. The lIOn kIng Julie Taymor’s brilliant stage version of the Disney musical roars in a revival at the Princess of Wales. 2 and 7:30 pm. $20-$170. 416872-1212.

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regarding praise cynicism, by Alice Klein (NOW, April 7-13). Why on earth would Klein point to the election of kompas singer Michel Martelly in Haiti as evidence that the “winds of change are stirring” here and abroad?

In Martelly’s case, his associations with the Duvaliers, U.S. money and the mid-1990s FRAPH (Front pour l’Avancement et le Progrès Haitien) should be worrisome to Klein.

His plan to reinstitute the muchhated Haitian army, the thugs that oppressed Haitians on behalf of the Duvaliers for many years, might explain why more than 70 per cent of Haitians found no one to vote for.

“Sweet Micky” is being placed in power by a sham election.

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Fear on the campaign trail

as a university student who attended [Stephen] Harper’s Guelph rally, I’m not surprised that students were denied entry. When I produced an event confirmation email from the Guelph Conservatives for the event, I was asked for photo ID. Here’s the big kicker: to gain admittance to the rally, you had to pre-register by 6 pm the day before.

Throughout Harper’s speech, when a few students and I would praise and criticize Harper’s jabs and rhetoric amongst ourselves, a suit on the job kept shifting his eyes from Harper to us... like we were a national security threat!

My experience is indicative of the culture of fear and control oft reported of the Harper government.

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just a quick word to congratulate Wayne Roberts on his excellent article Party Brands Go Poof (NOW, March 31-April 6). The arguments are well thought out and to the point. The analysis is depressing, but it is good to present reality as it is.

Monique Nemni Toronto

HOP-ing mad

i seriously cannot understand why few other people are finding Hop utterly offensive (NOW, March 31-April 6). Doesn’t anybody else get the foul smell of colonialism? The hero is the heir to a plantation, of all things!

Class and race play such a visible role that I felt myself disturbingly travelling back in time (a tiny example: all the labourers/coup d’état participants are of one class/race, and the overseers of another). How does a movie like this get 4 Ns? C. Mendez Toronto

Respect for Mayor Ford

as much as i disagree with many of Mayor Ford’s policies, I also take offense at NOW’s images of him in the near-nude (NOW, March 31-April 6).

I don’t believe your manipulated images of the mayor serve as a legitimate criticism of his misguided initiatives – from his autocratic instalment of the one-member board at the Toronto Community Housing Corporation to his condemnation of the city’s public service to “death by a thousand cuts” and his soon to be tabled motion to sell off Toronto’s assets in a fire-sale frenzy to balance the 2012 budget. It’s okay for us to disagree, but I ask that we do so with respect and discipline.

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Death to feral cats

on my cat call to action (now, April 7-13). Feral cats are an invasive species. They prey on indigenous birds and animals and reduce biodiversity. Consider how many Toronto songbirds, chipmunks, rabbits and squirrels those hundreds of thousands of cats have killed. It’s a savage irony that people are now protecting these predators from coyotes and raccoons. Though it may seem harsh, rather than expensive spay and neuter clinics, the city should fund a humane euthanasia program.

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Civility is so partisan

regarding civility everywhere (NOW Daily, April 6). In the context of this “raise the level of debate” debate, neither Joshua Errett nor Dave Meslin comes off very well. Meslin calls Errett “lazy,” Errett calls Jesse Brown a “dog” and the only thing really proven is that neither Errett nor Meslin actually wants decorum. And why would they? Diplomacy is boring and leads to an equally boring and crappy democracy. joshuahind

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Rally to rattle Ford’s cage

regarding rally for a toronto For Everyone (NOW Daily, April 9).

It’s wonderful to see so many people (at least by Toronto standards) taking to the streets.

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Downtown stereotypes

another week, another amateurhour “photo illustration” of Rob Ford’s head stuck on somebody or something else’s body. I didn’t vote for Ford, and I won’t in the next election, but it’s becoming increasingly impossible to comprehend your coverage.

Take Ford Nets Followers One Fish At A Time (NOW, March 31-April 6).

Isn’t reaching out and helping constituents in exchange for support exactly what politicians should be doing?

Instead of feeding into the stereotype that us downtowners are a bunch of tax-loving, soy-eating homosexuals on bicycles, consider writing mean things about him on the mirror in the girls’ bathroom with lipstick.

That should work.

Andy Smith Toronto

Finch West transit surprise

i thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated your exposé of Ford. He’s full of surprises. I had no idea that the gravy train ran across Finch Avenue.

I’m sure his voters up there are glad he put an end to that idea now that plans for an LRT have been killed.

TJ O’Neil Toronto

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SlutWalk’s message

regarding mining fool’s gold, by Saul Chernos (NOW, April 7-13). The article reports unproven allegations with regard to the death of Adolfo Ich Chaman in Guatemala.

too often, women are the silent victims of physical and sexual abuse, and too often their complaints are ignored by the police.

That simple truth is what motivated Heather Jarvis and other sex-positive feminists to organize SlutWalk Toronto, a march against sexual assault stereotypes (NOW, April 7-13).

What exactly is a slut anyway?

We need to stop slut shaming: a person’s appearance is not the cause of sexual assault. As feminist activist Jane Doe explained to hundreds of protesters on Sunday [April 3], “What do we want? We want hot consensual sex!” And the crowd went wild. I really hope everyone gets it by now. It’s the SlutWalk message: Sex is good. Rape is bad.

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A hex on Ford

Chomsky, the MIT linguist, Scene stealer Noam philosopher and political activist,

caused a stir at U of T last Thursday, April 7. Chomsky, who was at the university as a guest lecturer, briefly took part in a rally of some 100 students protesting the university’s acceptance of a $35 million grant from mining magnate Peter Munk.

Read the blow-by-blow at nowtoronto.com.

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Rob Ford voodoo dolls (pins not included) poke fun at a prickly mayor at the Rally For A Toronto For Everyone, Saturday, April 9, 3 pm.

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Another political buddy of Mayor Rob Ford is at the trough. First Case Ootes, and last week Gordon Chong, another member of Ford’s transition team, was given a six-figure salary when he was named CEO of Toronto Transit Infrastructure Ltd., the group charged with pushing the mayor’s bid to find private money for his Sheppard subway extension. Meanwhile, Ford’s cost-cutting henchmen on the TTC were threatening to send out toughs to collect the $3Gs former chair Adam Giambrone overspent on his expense account.

[Frontlines] Glenn Sumi argues for sidewalk etiquette Now that spring has almost sprung, people are using the sidewalks more – strolling home from work instead of shivering at that streetcar stop, or emerging from the underground PATH to get some fresh air and vitamin D. But here’s the thing. If you walk the streets, please don’t be an asphalt asshole. The pavement isn’t yours alone. It’s as busy as any highway and requires the same kind of consideration and care for your fellow travellers.

Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy a leisurely ramble as much as the next person – along the boardwalk, in a park, on a tree-lined side street. But on busy thoroughfares, you’ve got to pay attention.

Whenever I navigate a crowded street, I monitor not only the oncoming traffic but also frequently look behind me – the equivalent of checking a car’s rear-view mirror. I’m especially careful if I’m with someone, because we could be hogging the path.

There’s nothing worse than being stuck behind some lovestruck couple casually taking in the shops and the people, with their charmed in-love existence and their linked swaying hands creating an impenetrable PDA fence.

No amount of throat-clearing can dis-

turb their cloud of obliviousness. If I can’t pass them by stepping onto the road (and risking my life), I’ll mutter a monotone “Excuse me” before they eventually detach to let me through. No doubt, they’ll shake their heads and say, “How rude.”

Then there’s what I like to call the “strength in numbers” situation: that

There’s nothing worse than being stuck behind a PDA fence. throng of four or five walking toward you, no one letting you pass.

Of course, smartphones and iPods have made the situation worse. How can you hear me huffing behind you when your music’s blaring? How can you see or feel me hovering when you’re monopolizing the middle of the sidewalk while tapping out a text?

Even one person a few steps in front can be hazardous if he or she suddenly stops short to take a call: instant collision.

Or there’s the shopper who bolts out of a store straight into incoming traffic.

Obviously, they’ve got the right of way, right?

Wrong. Enjoy the weather, folks. And obey the rules of the pedestrian road.

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There’s no issue with the mayor and the Police Association.

Police union head Mike McCormack swearing up

and down that he and Mayor Rob Ford are on good terms – even while Ford is taking food out of cops’ mouths with cuts to paid off-duty gigs.

Wild city Lack of cash in the operating budget to deal with that pesky infestation of emerald ash borers that’s been killing trees by the hundreds in T.O. means that the $1.139 million needed for pesticide injections this year will have to be taken from the city’s general tree maintenance budget. At NOW press time, Wednesday (April 13), the matter had yet to be dealt with by council.

Barometer Enviro education Doctors, nurses and other health professionals join forces for the first time to launch ads pushing green energy. Wind and solar here we come.

The ads will appear in 15 Ontario newspapers later this month.

Signs of anti-Harper sentiment of the makeshift variety running deep in Don Mills.

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Iraq war resisters

Remember them? In its decision Tuesday, April 5, the Federal Court of Canada orders a review of the Immigration Department’s decision to return Marine Dean Walcott to the U.S.

The public broadcaster’s online political decoder – it divines your political stripe – has gotten so popular that it’s being confused with a leading right-wing polling firm. That would be COMPAS Research, which “reluctantly” issued a statement accusing the CBC of copping its online graphics.

April 17, 1997

GOOD WEEK FOR

ON THE COVER Last month’s Naked Truth cover photo featuring Mayor Rob Ford is just one of many cheeky images NOW has run on page one. Check out Rusty lead singer Ken MacNeil in this issue.

As with our Ford image, we did some major photo manipulation, since MacNeil was letting a little too much hang out. Not everybody loved the photo, but it screamed outrage, much like the band’s music.

IN THE ADS In 97, we were proud to run an open letter to Premier Mike Harris insisting that the layoffs of 94 nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital would have a disastrous impact on health care – and lucky us, nurses are now, through their organizations, pushing great campaigns on such things as transgender rights, the gun registry, opposition to nukes and more. (Page 16 of the issue.)

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OPINION

Lib service to the city Check the record of T.O. Grits – there’s nothing strategic in voting for this crew By ANDREW CASH in toronto, strategic voting is Stephen Harper’s best friend.

Those who think they’ll protect Toronto better by backing Liberals over the NDP may want to think twice. That’s because Harper knows and counts on the fact that Toronto Liberals give weak push-back on his toxic agenda.

Extend the mission in Afghanistan? No worries – Toronto Libs concur. When the Harperites got flak from the Dippers over their troubling free trade deal with humanrights-challenged Colombia? No problem – they could count on area Libs to support it.

Build no affordable housing in this city? Little chance of a reaction from T Dot Liberals. They barely notice, because when they held power they stopped building co-op housing and, by the way, kick-started the current corporate-tax-cut frenzy that leaves less money for decent housing or much else. Harper is maintaining the Liberal status quo, and strategic voting helps him do it, leaving us with MPs who refuse to stand up for Toronto.

Those pushing strategic voting to defeat Harper say folks should vote with their heart if there’s no strong Tory in sight. But the concept is often flipped on its head to mean “Keep any Liberal in power,” even in the downtown core where no Conservative candidate has a chance.

But in government, the Libs ignored Toronto, and the results can be seen on a daily basis. Just get on the Dufferin bus at rush hour. It’s packed to the rafters, and the ride is a test of

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physical endurance, patience and the pocketbook! Liberals – who held 19 out of 22 seats in the city when they lost power in 2006 after 13 years at the federal helm – never put a dime into stable operating funding for public transit. Now they hold 20 seats, almost half of them leftovers from the old regime.

We are the only G8 country without a national transit strategy. Too many local Liberal MPs, whether in government or out, don’t have the fight in them to deliver for the city or whip up a convincing advocacy campaign on its behalf.

Since I began knocking on doors as the NDP candidate in Davenport in October 2009, the riding has seen daycare centre closures, bus service cuts and the disappearance of funds for immigrant settlement services

by Tory fiat. At the same time, Ontario Liberals are buying diesel trains for an air-rail link (paid for with the help of $300 mil from the feds), making Toronto the only big city in the world using these polluters for its downtown-to-airport train service.

Toronto opposition Liberal MPs occasionally protest these matters, but it seems more like pro-forma oppositionism than an attempt to prioritize a real urban agenda.

They like to tell us they can’t do anything unless they’re in government. Or they offer the lazy excuse that local issues are for municipal and provincial pols. But so much of what happens here is a result of federal policy. Schools are closing downtown, for example, because young families and new immigrants can’t

live in the core due to the lack of affordable housing and jobs. The high price of childcare in Toronto – 60 to 80 bucks a day compared to $7 in Montreal – means someone’s asleep at the switch. After all, we ship billions of our tax dollars to Ottawa and get pennies on the dollar in return.

Despite their years in power, the Liberals never came through on the daycare pledge they originally made in the late 80s.

If the only thing T.O. Grits have to offer voters is “Vote for us if you don’t like Harper,” or worse, “Vote for us, but if we end up in opposition don’t expect anything from us,” then they don’t deserve our vote.

Behind the doors of the tidy homes of our city’s low- and middle-income earners, folks are fed up with being ripped off. Housing, transit and childcare are too expensive. We’ve got some of the highest bank, internet, cable and cellphone fees in the world. And we’ve got an ever-grow ing sector of urban workers who are self-employed, independent contract and part-time, with no pensions, benefits, job security or fallback.

Toronto has had weak rep-

resentation for too long. We are the engine of the Canadian economy and the cultural heartbeat of the nation.

And yet “Toronto” is a dirty word in federal politics. We can change that by electing dynamic advocates who will fight for our city in Ottawa.

Now, that’s a good voting strategy.

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Ianno back in 2006. Then his wife and current Liberal protagonist Christine Innes took up the mantle. Troublesome for Chow this time is that the Liberals are showing better in the polls than they did in 2008. Condo development is also affecting the riding’s demographics. These factors could chew through Chow’s 3,000-plus vote margin from last time. But her coin in the ’hood is riding high. For one thing, she pushed the Conservatives into giving store owners the right to make citizen arrests, understandably a popular move in Chinatown.

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TriniTy-SpaDina Incumbent NDPer olivia Chow Main challenger Liberal ChriStine inneS

DavenpOrT Incumbent Liberal Mario Silva Main challenger NDPer andrew CaSh

now that the debates are behind were asked to place Michael Ignatieff, us, it’s more obvious than ever that Jack Layton and Gilles Duceppe along there is a universe between Harper a political spectrum, you’d be hardand the rest of our party leaders. pressed to figure out who is the most Don’t get me started. mainstream and who the edgiest.

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The Skinny Olivia Chow’s political feistiness is legend, and she has deep personal and political roots in this riding, where her career as a city councillor began in 1991. But the Tony Ianno factor has been a stubborn fixture. It took two tries before Chow wrestled this turf from Liberal

The Skinny This is a true come-frombehind race, and if anyone can do it, it’s NDP star candidate (and NOW writer) Andrew Cash. As a Cash Brother and on his own, he holds a serious place of honour in the indie music scene. Cash is really too talented

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our politicians play to the left when trying to win our hearts? Says something about us all, don’t you think?

So now the horse race begins in earnest. The most committed voters are the Conservatives’ supporters. An estimated 800,000-plus Liberal voters stayed home last time, and so did droves of young potential voters. It’s the perfect time to start watching how the key Toronto races are shaping up.

Here are the ones to keep an eye on.

Eight make-or-break ridings to watch By ALICE KLEIN and ENZO DiMATTEO

there. Interestingly, even Stephen Harper decided to put his left foot forward; turns out he’s passionate about gun control, criminal rehabilitation and clean energy. Who knew?

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Parkdale-HigH Park Incumbent Gerard Kennedy Main challenger NDPer PeGGy nash The Skinny They like their politics progressive in Parkdale-High Park, that’s for sure. Popular and respected former NDP incumbent Peggy Nash losing her seat to Gerard Kennedy by a fat 3,000 votes in 2008 was one of the NDP’s real heartbreaks. A battle between two grassroots campaigners with progressive cred seemed like a waste. Even though the Liberals held the riding for a long time before Nash grabbed it, Kennedy’s victory was extra-surprising because the Dion factor was otherwise sinking Lib campaigns across the country. Logic would say Kennedy is sitting pretty.

But logic isn’t everything. Since he left for Ottawa, it’s said that Kennedy hasn’t been seen much. Nash is a long shot, but don’t underestimate the deep community roots she’s been tending since her first run in 2004.

eglinTOn-lawrence Incumbent Liberal Joe VolPe Main challenger Conservative Joe oliVer The Skinny Volpe has held this riding, considered the most vulnerable Liberal seat in Toronto, since 1988.

Yikes. Not necessarily a bad thing, except Volpe is one of those Grits who hasn’t exactly distinguished himself in his 20-plus years on the Hill. He’s won by huge numbers in the past, thanks to Jewish support east of Bathurst and Italian support in Downsview, but he faced his stiffest challenge yet in 2008, besting Oliver by little more than 2,000 votes. (He’d cruised to a better than 12,000-vote victory in 2006.) Oliver’s

back for a rematch and winning the sign wars so far in the riding’s tonier neighbourhoods. The race got nasty in 08 after flyers questioning Liberal party support for Israel found their way onto doorsteps.

willOwdale Incumbent Liberal martha hall Findlay Main challenger Conservative chunGsen leunG dOn Valley wesT Incumbent Liberal rob oliPhant Main challenger Conservative John carmichael The Skinny This is the riding the Tories think they have the best chance of winning. The big guns have already been out campaigning with Carmichael, among them Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney. This riding has Tory roots that go back to former House Speaker John Bosley. Carmichael, a former auto exec, has distinguished himself from other Conservative candidates by not putting the PM front and centre in his campaign.

But the loser label may be a problem for Carmichael, who’s running for a fourth time here. He fell some 2,000 votes short in 2008 to Oliphant, a United Church minister who made an impressive showing last time.

The skinny This riding, which used to be held by Jim Peterson, former Ontario premier David Peterson’s older brother, has a history of swinging back and forth between Conservatives and Libs federally.

Hall Findlay, a former Liberal leadership candidate, won rather handily in 2008, first in a by-election and later in the general election. She’s the closest thing to a bellwether Toronto has. If Liberal dominoes start to fall, Hall Findlay may be vulnerable, given her more leftist sensibility in a riding with 905ish leanings. Leung, who manages a disaster relief company, is banking on a local base and the riding’s sizable Asian population. His substantial business ties also lie further north, in Markham and Richmond Hill.

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The skinny The Conservatives are hoping to capitalize on anti-Liberal sentiment among Jewish voters here, but it will be a tough slog. The party ran former B’nai Brith president Rochelle Wilner against Dryden in 2008, making an issue of the Liberal Party’s position on Israel and voting record at the UN while in government. The strategy almost worked, with Wilner losing by little more than 2,000 votes. Ignatieff’s past pronouncements on the Israel-Palestinian conflict may hurt this time out. The X factor here, though, is Dryden’s personal popularity. He’s got oodles of it. Adler, who is president and CEO of the Economic Club of Canada, boasts big biz connections and has been knocking on doors for the last 10 months.

The skinny The Ford factor – as in Mayor Rob Ford and big brother Doug, the area councillor – looms large here. Duncan won handily in 2008 against Conservative Bob Saroya. Etobicoke North is among the most diverse ridings in the country, and Duncan has been working the multicult vote hard. In 08, Duncan surprised many by winning almost 50 per cent of the ballots cast, despite a lower than usual Lib voter turnout. Doug Ford and Vincent Crisanti, the other councillor representing Etobicoke North, have been spotted at events with Lamba, and Julian Fantino, the MP for Vaughan, has leant his mug to her cause. 3 news@nowtoronto.com​

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Ford bruising The Ford brand takes a hit after the week from hell By ENZO DiMATTEO now lest the Wrath of Khan come tumbling down on them, had barely uttered a word at a council meeting until Tuesday.

Ford’s surprise defeat didn’t exactly come out of the blue.

There have been subtle signs of a slight turning in the power dynamic at City Hall, like that unanimous vote by the Planning Committee recently to appeal a court decision on the billboard tax.

Not to mention that mess of a photo op to clean up graffiti in the west end last Thursday, April 6, that was meant to distract us from some of the bad publicity. There, the mayor wasn’t interested in answering questions from the assembled media about anything but his efforts to rid the city of spray-painted scrawls, hustling to his parked van to duck other queries. For a moment, a flash of the old Ford anger shone through.

His brand has been bruised, and no one knows that better than the mayor and his handlers.

Hence his rare mood at Tues-

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the toughest week yet since Mayor Rob Ford took office got worse Tuesday, April 12.

After some pointed questions about the creative accounting found in his campaign expenses and the handing out of another $100K plum to a political buddy, the mayor lost a vote at council – a significant one at that – in a bid to tighten his grip on all 118 of the city’s arm’s-lengths agencies, boards, and commissions (ABCs).

Weak links are beginning to appear – not in the mayor’s direct chain of command, mind you, but among some of those in the so-called mushy middle who have been losing a little sleep over having to vote with His Worship or else. Some have been asking t h e m s e l ve s , “Is this what I was elected for?”

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day’s meeting, at the start of which he stood to make what sounded like a peace offering to his political enemies.

The occasion was the official renaming of Metro Square as Pecaut Square in honour of David Pecaut, the late city-builder and former Toronto City Summit Alliance chair.

I could have been imagining things, but there it was for all to see: the mayor, who has spent the last five months ramming his agenda down council’s throat, sounding conciliatory, talking about the spirit of cooperation inspired by Pecaut and how Pecaut’s contributions should be a lesson to us all.

We all live in the same city, after all, and are in this together, Ford said.

Wow. The mayor’s press secretary smiled a wicked smile.

Didn’t take long, though, for the goodwill to go poof and the mayor’s control agenda to retake centre stage on the council floor.

Enter EX4.6, that proposal by the mayor’s executive to bring the city’s ABCs to heel.

Councillor Doug Holyday asserted that the mayor’s plan to hand-pick chairs for those ABCs was not some “plot” to put Ford’s cronies in charge.

But, of course, some could be forgiven for not believing that. Otherwise, why would the plan involve removing councillors from those boards, too? Where’s the increased accountability for taxpayers in removing elected reps from ABCs? Hard to fathom.

In the end, Ford won the power to appoint chairs to ABCs, but the councillors will stay, too.

Lesson for Ford: when matters get hot, a photo op may no longer serve as a suitable diversion for the masses – or for council’s mushy middle for that matter.

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Mayor’s Harper connection Speaking of that botched graffiti photo op of Mayor Rob Ford. You’d think that with a federal election blowing through town, the mayor would have something to say to the federal party leaders about Toronto’s needs. Maybe something about the transit dollars needed for his subway plan so taxpayers won’t get stuck with the bill when the privatization deal goes crash?

But Ford blew off questions on that front, saying he didn’t want to delve into partisan politics. Who’s he kidding? Ford’s former campaign co-chair and chief of staff, Nick Kouvalis, is helping Stephen Harper’s forces in T.O.

Ford and Harp are two peas in a pod.

Harp stopped by to congratulate Ford personally after his election victory. They have much in common, including a singular and abiding belief (“obsession” might be more accurate) in smaller government and corporate control.

Harper borrowed from Ford during the unveiling of his party’s platform Friday, when he promised to cut the “fat” in the federal civil service. Sound familiar?

Harp and Ford embody the new small-c conservatism that is really social conservatism. Is there such a thing as a progressive conservative any more?

Certainly, there are no progressives in the Conservative – big C – party in

Ottawa. Harper’s MPs are really Reformers by another name.

The provincial conservatives still call themselves PC, or Progressive Conservative, but recently ditched Norm Sterling, who spent 34 years as MPP for Carleton-Mississippi Mills, for Jack MacLaren, a political neophyte backed by landowners’-rights mouthpiece and former PC leadership contender Randy Hillier. MacLaren invoked Ford to explain his upset win.

Then last week, the PCs nominated former Reform candidate and Canadian Taxpayers Federation director Kevin Gaudet to run in Pickering-Scarborough East for the party in the fall election.

There’s a Ford connection there, too, courtesy of Kouvalis, who helped EDM make it all happen.

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Heading into the planet’s high holiday season amid a growing sea of greenwash and cynicism, there is one earth-friendly behavior that climbs up to-do lists like no other – eating local. It’s one of the few daily moves that connects us directly to the land beneath our feet. And it allows us to literally taste the bright green economy politicians aren’t talking about, but that the majority of Canadians are embracing at cash registers, farmers markets, in their backyards and beyond.

But in a world where big brand mayo companies are pushing their locavore roots and ‘prepared (but not really grown) in Canada’ labels still prevail, we’ve got to cut through the noise. To help you freshen up your locavore diet we’re feeding you nine freshly-picked ideas that source no further than 100 miles from your front door and grow as close 10 feet from your back steps.

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kets is that the company has localized its goods not only with its labour but also with made-in-Ontario ingredients and concoctions, including local hemp seed and amaranth – a plant that originally hails from Central America.

For Sacco, what matters is that foods are intercultural, introducing relationships of mutual sharing – the opposite of foods exclusive to one territory.

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Putting the culture back in agriculture Our signature foods need the same nurturing Europe gives to its Parmesan and Bourdeaux By WAYNE ROBERTS food is a many-splendoured thing, so the more we learn, the more the centre of gravity for localista thinking lurches in different directions.

This year’s Earth Day is the time to name and celebrate the latest lurch.

Just past localism you get to “foods of locality,” a term introduced to me a few years ago by BC food theoretician Lenore Newman.

The idea surpasses the European concept of “terroir,” which originated in the wine industry but now connotes the special taste that comes from the soil, grime, sweat and ancient heritage of a patch of land and the special government protection that goes to an artisanal food lucky enough to have terroir coursing through its veins.

European governments protect the monopoly that regional farmers and processors have over a name with international brand allure, from feta cheese to Bordeaux wine, and spend freely to boost these brands.

This effort plays an important part in pumping exports and tourism at a time when agro-tourism and culinary tourism are all the rage – not that there’s any recognition of this in Ontario.

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Anyone who’s been to Slow Food gatherings in northern Italy and experienced the hospitality of the public authorities will know what I mean.

In Europe, the terroir designation is sought after by producers because it triggers a series of government moves to protect their product.

My contribution to the growing discussion is a new term, “cultoir.” It goes beyond soil and geography to local food’s cultural legacy and thus adapts terroir to the New World.

Here, age-old traditions include the rich aboriginal food heritage of meats, fruits, vegetable and grains, as well as the timeless cuisines of recent diasporas – from Italian, Ukrainian and European Jewish to Vietnamese, Nepalese and south Indian.

Such cuisines are part of the heritage of at least half the population of North America, and this is one of the things that distinguishes this continent’s food and cultural politics from those of Europe.

Our governments currently do little to protect local farmers, and less to nourish local foods and food culture. No ministry has responsibility for this, and little is spent on food culture or tourism. In North America, producers can call food whatever

they want, because they are on their own, and only the foods of multinational corporations get special tax breaks, subsidies and party favours.

What does our cultoir look like? To my mind, the term covers a variety of circumstances. For example, Ontario maple syrup, traditionally tapped in rural woodlots, is now also harvested from urban back- and front-yard trees, inspired in large part by the Toronto NGO Not Far From the Tree. The group aims to ensure that the bounty of the city’s trees and bushes doesn’t go to waste.

Syrup surely bears witness to local terra firma. But more than that, it comes from the cultoir of Toronto, which is buzzing with ways to make food real, authentic and a vehicle of self-expression, personal development and self-exploration, not just a consumable.

A particular brand of Toronto chocolate takes the idea of cultoir in a different direction. Upstart local chocolatier Michael Sacco of ChocoSol brings fair trade chocolate back from an indigenous community in Oaxaca and sells his artisanal product exclusively at farmers’ markets across Toronto.

The reason he gets into these mar-

From Pemmican To Poutine: A Journey Through Canada’s Culinary History.

Roy, whom I worked with for many years at the Toronto Food Policy Council, cooked up fingerfood snacks made from Ontario elk topped by Ontario goat cheese, enlivened by cumin and chili powder from his native India. “This is my perception of how food in Canada can develop,” he told me – not as immigrant foods or even fusion foods, but as foods that express the Canadian mosaic.”

The elk is not only Ontariogrown local and fed on native grasses and brush rather than less healthful grains of Indo-European origin, but also celebrates indigenous heritage and is topped by cheese from Ontario goats that is rapidly growing more popular as yardlong beans

more farmers begin serving newcomer and immigrant customers.

And on top of all that, it has another taste that’s part of Toronto profundo: spices from the Indian diaspora.

Then Roy changed the topic and started swooning while describing a recent meal of sweet potato fries smothered in elk ragout and cheese curds. “To die for!” was all he could say. How long will we wait before Toronto, Ontario or the federal government officially celebrates, cherishes, protects or promotes the producers of such foods?

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By JOSH HUME

While I hope we will never be able to produce local mangos or bananas, Ontario growers are starting to look beyond carrots and cucumbers.

For the past year, the Vineland Re­ search and Innovation Centre in Nia­ gara has been experimenting in the greenbelt with world crops like cal­ laloo, fuzzy melon, okra, yardlong beans, Indian kaddu and Chinese hot red peppers.

Finally, local food is catching up with demographic reality in Toronto, where immigration has created high demand for “exotic” produce that in the past has arrived on boats and airplanes. And now our mon­ grel eating habits have a greater chance of being locally served.

“Much of what we eat wasn’t here originally,” observes FoodShare executive director Debbie Field, who dismisses the notion that non­in­ digenous veggies stretch the mean­ ing of “local.” Indeed, Canadian food mirrors its people that way.

There’s already a strong market for Chinese greens like bok choy grown in Holland Marsh, so Vineland is focusing instead on South Asian vegetables, to cater to the newer populations coming from that part of the world.

New crops could create a whole new niche market in a region flooded with more traditional produce, says Art Smith, CEO of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association.

“If you’re losing money, going out and selling more apples or peaches doesn’t really do you a whole lot of good,” says Smith.

But making the transition to a new and unfamiliar crop can be a costly and risky proposition. It requires not only successful growing but also a market.

“If somebody from Chile or China can produce something and import it here cheap­ er than we can produce it, we have a problem.”

For now, says Smith, “we’re going to be trying these things out on a com­ munity basis.” Until more free­ standing commercial enterprises are up and running, Vineland has found ways to distribute these vegetables through alternative channels, includ­ ing partnering with FoodShare to place them in its Good Food Boxes.

Vineland is also working with The Stop to build connections between farmers and new immigrants, provid­ ing plants for its Global Roots Garden at the Green Barn, plots with unique vegetables from different cultures.

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BE AN URBAN FORAGER

Though all sorts of waste saviours jump on the title, I’m not telling you to be become a full-on dumpster-diving freegan (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Rather, it’s time we opened our eyes and taste buds to the fruits of our city. No, urban foraging won’t score you morels, garlic leeks or cattail hearts like a day trip north, but we do have plenty of fruit trees cascading onto public property. If you spot mulberries, service berries, sour cherries or apples going to waste, don’t be shy. Ring that doorbell and ask permission to harvest a little before they go bad. Better still, volunteer with Not Far From the Tree (notfarfromthetree.org), where all fruit-picking bounty is split three ways: one-third to the tree owner, one-third to volunteers and one-third to shelters and food banks. Not bad, considering that 19,695 pounds of fruit was picked last year. PS: To create more foraging potential for the future, learn how to lob seed bombs, guerrilla-gardening style, at wikihow.com/make-a-seed-bomb.

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Vegans aren’t going to like this, but fans of the paleolithic diet claim it’s one of the greenest around. Okay, so sticking to wild game and foraged fruit is pretty far-fetched (and not necessarily green-lit by docs), but a diet of freerange meat with healthy helpings of local chem-free fruits, veggies, eggs and nuts will certainly appeal to all those chefs and T Dotters drooling over the current carnivorous trends.

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Going local’s nice and all, but lots of factory farms sit on Ontario soil. Plenty of Ontario-grown soy is genetically modified, and millions of local chickens are regularly drugged up. So how can you know that the local you’re buying is truly people-, planet- and animal-friendly? Look for the Local Food Plus revamped Certified Local Sustainable seal on jars, packages, produce signs and menus.

Pledge to shift even just $10 a week to Certified Local Sustainable food and you’ll be supporting “fare that’s fair” on every front, from production, animal welfare, energy use, labour rights, habitat protection and way more. For a map of who’s serving and selling LFP-approved food near you, go to localfoodplus.ca/ buy-to-vote and take the pledge. Just 4,000 people pledging $10 a week to this green-economy booster creates 40 new jobs and takes nearly 400 cars’-worth of greenhouse gases off the dinner table.

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In theory, producing local food should be easy. Conjure the idyllic image of a yeoman farmer, brewer or jam maker toiling away and then carting the goods to the shop down the road.

But while farmers’ markets are nice, they represent only a tiny fraction of demand for Ontario growers. Everyone’s hankering for eats from close to home, but the fact is, the gap between the potential of local production and its reality is startlingly wide.

That’s because small producers face a number of barriers, from government regulations to a dearth of middle operators who can buy and sell wholesale. Here’s what sets limits on the creation of a local food industry.

INDIGESTIBLE TAXES It used to be that growers could easily send their fruits and vegetables to local production facilities – to be made into jam, pickles, spreads, etc – and make a decent profit. But these operations are fewer and farther between now, leaving small farmers without key outlets to sell their raw produce.

One solution is for entrepreneurial growers to create “value added” products themselves by processing the crops on site, turning apples into juice, or freezing peas. Unfortunately, doing this can mean paying a prohibitively expensive industrial tax rate instead of the significantly lower farm property tax rate (25 per cent of the municipal rate).

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Foodland Ontario’s definitions, meanwhile, can be restrictive about what products can and cannot carry the local logo, particularly for mixedingredient foods. According to them, peach yogurt will not qualify as local even if all the milk comes from Ontario but the fruit does not. This might seem reasonable, but try finding a local peach processor (see below).

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Feeding the free-range chickens at f.N. Happy Farm in Uxbridge.

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Honestly, it’s easy to be a locavore if you eat eggs and cheese.

Take those out, though, and protein sources start to come from farther afield. Yes, vegans have a naturally low-carbon footprint, but if all your produce and protein is imported and fossil-fuel-fertilizerdrenched, as non-organics are, you’re adding some bloat. Too many of our beans come from Cali, and our tofu comes from genetically modified soybeans.

Luckily, a handful of veganfriendly proteins are grown closer to home. Did you know that chickpeas are one of the fastest-growing Canadian food products? To get Ontariogrown beans, head to shops like Karma Coop, Culinarium and food boxes like Front Door Organics. For 100-mile, GMOfree, organic soy products (which should always be eaten in moderation), stick with Ying Ying and SoL Cuisine’s Magazine Ad 1 FINAL rev.pdf tofu (not Now soy-protein-based) offerings.

Help the environment and divert items from landfill by donating your gently-used renovation materials to a Habitat Toronto ReStore.

EAT YOUR WEEDS

Now that spring has sprung, it’s time to celebrate the arrival of your first edible crop: dandelion weeds! Sure, our lawn fetish has fostered serious bad blood between us and those bright-yellow wonder plants, but let’s not forget that they’re a rich source of minerals and vitamins A, C, K and B complex. They’re also fantastic for liver, gallbladder and kidneys.

So when young dandelion heads start to plot their takeover, don’t douse them in weed killer (however natural it is). Rejoice at your zero-effort, 100-foot food source and use the leaves raw in salads or sautéed with garlic. Use their roots, too (though not if you suspect a previous tenant or owner flouted Toronto’s pesticide ban). Roast your washed and finely ground roots for two hours at 250 degrees to brew up a DIY dandelion4/11/2011 10:01:44 AM root coffee.

ADOPT A FARMER

One of the most feel-good ways of crunching on local cukes involves fostering a farm (or collective of farms). Yessiree, with community-supported agriculture, you pay for a growing season of local farm-fresh produce upfront (the financial security blanket) in exchange for a basket of freshpicked love delivered to your ’hood once a week. The concept has exploded since we first told you about CSAs like Plan B Organic. There are now a good dozen CSAs delivering to various nabes across TO, including originals like chickabiddyacres.com in the Annex and West Queen West, and newer faces like ontarioartisanshare.ca’s 100-mile foodie baskets (think cheese, meat, produce) north of St Clair. But the biggest ground-breakers are actually harvesting right under our noses. Young Urban Farmers’ nonprofit CSA plucks rapini and kohlrabi from yards in Riverdale, Wychwood and Lawrence Park North. FoodCycles city farm (foodcycles.org) sows its own non-profit seeds in Downsview Park. To dig up the right foster farm for you, snoop around csafarms.ca.

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technologic webjam The cult of privacy Are privacy watchdogs useless? By nowtoronto.com editor JOSHUA ERRETT

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It’s a bit rich to complain about online privacy on tells me they are “finalizing their investigation” in Facebook. That’s like arriving at an animal rights coming weeks. rally on an elephant.

By now, though, the data could’ve been copied If we really cared about our privacy, we’d delete onto cocktail napkins by hand. our Facebook accounts. Instead, it’s the opposite – Even the most efficient, rapid-response bureauCanadians are signing up to the social network by cracy can’t move at the speed of broadband. the thousands.

What’s more, Ottawa is no match for giant firms Whatever the answer to that privacy riddle, it’ll like Google that innovate at breakneck speed. never come from our privacy watchdogs.

■ Credit cards, airline reward and loyalty proHere’s why. grams, magazine subscriptions, telecoms ■ The Federal Trade Commission in – all these take more liberties with perthe United States recently ansonal privacy than Facebook or Google nounced that Google will submit ever has. They automatically sign you itself to independent audits of its up for newsletters, offers from other privacy practices - what it does companies, texts filled with product Jennifer with the personal data it collects. promotions and track you for all kinds Stoddart In Canada, privacy czar Jennifer of market research.

Stoddart has shown similar mettle, Yet most of the privacy commissioner’s stating that her office “envisages using statements are about social networks. this tool in the future.”

Are we at peace with junk mail and other unBut as Slate columnist Farhad Manjoo and solicited spam? Or are big, popular multinational others have pointed out, this is a dangerous route. technology firms just fresh bait?

The web needs basic data collection. In advertis- ■ At what point do we stop using government reing (which funds much of the web), email, social sources to police companies in California? If there media, search and more. were a government solution to online privacy, Better data collection often allows for better wouldn’t it best be negotiated by governments? services, like Suggest and Spell Checker. Type “Spa- ■ Services like Google and Facebook are built for gina Avenue” into Google and it corrects it to transmitting personal data. So privacy problems “Spadina.” This, along with a host of other utilities are not always the fault of the service, but mison Google, would be impossible without some takes made by the user. Governments looking to level of data mining. protect their citizens would be better off launch■ Last October, Stoddart’s office concluded that ing education campaigns. How do you adjust your Google inadvertently captured personal informaprivacy settings on Facebook? What are you agreetion from unsecured wireless networks during the ing to when you sign up for Gmail? assembly of Street View.

The privacy commissioner should change her She submitted a list of recommendations to tactics and advise us on privacy. Only problem is, Google, including the deletion of this extraneous the best way to do that is on social media. data, and asked for a response by February 1 of this joshuae@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/joshuaerrett year. The conversation is ongoing, and her office

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buttons and dials of traditional cameras, unlike the others that are migrating to touch screens, forcing you to dig into menus to change the friggin’ shutter speed.

Not everything’s iPod-able, damn it! $599.99 with 14-42mm lens, ALEXANDER JOO from Henry’s, henrys.ca.

earth week events Thursday, April 14 The Blooming ArcTic ABove The Tree line

Talk by botanist Susan Aiken. 2 pm. $10. St Andrew’s United Church, 117 Bloor E. 416-4633405.

climATe JusTice – iT’s noT JusT ABouT PolAr BeArs The Dominion’s 2011 Special Issue

launch with Samba Squad, Bob Wiseman and others. 8 pm. $5-$10 sliding scale. Cinecycle, 129 Spadina (rear). dominionpaper.ca.

renvironmenT monTh AT The science cenTre Hold, touch and see some of Ontario’s na-

tive species. Today and tomorrow 11 am-2 pm.

Free w/ admission. Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills. 416-696-1000.

sPring cleAning WiTh heAlThy cleAning suPPlies Lecture. 7-8:30 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. 416-466-2129.

veggielicious More than 20 local restaurants offer deals on meatless meals that are ecofriendly and cruelty-free. To Apr 24. veggielicious.ca.

Friday, April 15 creeks of The uPPer gArrison WATershed And WesT Annex Lost rivers walk. 6:15 pm.

Free. Christie subway. 416-593-2656. everydAy heroes fesTivAl Earth Week screenings of eco mini-documentaries on TTC subway platforms. To Apr 24. everydayheroesfestival.com. rgreen living shoW Eco-friendly wine tastings, cooking demos, a green business forum, Green Toronto awards presentation, a mainstage, kids’ zone, displays and more. Today and tomorrow 10 am-9 pm; Apr 17, 10 am-6 pm. $12, stu/srs $9, children free. Direct Energy Centre, 100 Princes. greenlivingonline.com/ torontoshow.

PArkdAle communiTy cleAn-uP dAy Spring neighbourhood clean-up. 2 pm. Free. Pre-register toronto.ca/litter.

elePhAnT chAllenges: climATe, cAre And cosT Syposium on keeping elephants in cold

climate zoos with elephant conservationist Keith Lindsay, animal welfare scientist Georgia Mason and others. 9 am-4:30 pm. $20. Sutton Place Hotel, 955 Bay. 416-285-1744.

mAyor roB ford’s communiTy cleAn-uP dAy

Get together with family, friends and neighbours to help spring clean your neighbourhood. Free (gloves and bags provided). Preregister toronto.ca/litter.

PollinATors And PollinATion ProBlems Talk by entomologist Peter Kevan. 1:15 pm. Free.

Victoria College, rm 206, 73 Queen’s Pk. ontarioinsects.org.

Tim flAnnery Signing copies of his book Here On Earth: A Natural History Of the Planet. 2-3 pm. Free. Grassroots, 372 Danforth. grassrootsstore.com.

Sunday, April 17 BeAmers fAlls Bus trip for a hike with Toronto

Bruce Trail Club. 9:30 am. $23. York Mills subway. torontobrucetrailclub.org. communiTy environmenT dAy Hazardous waste disposal, electronics recycling, free compost and more. 10 am-2 pm. Free.

Woodbine Centre (500 Rexdale) and Esther Shiner Stadium (5720 Bathurst). toronto.ca.

sAve The high PArk mounds Friends of Snake Mound and the Taiaiako’n Historical Preservation Soc hold an information and action forum on preserving the 57 aboriginal burial mounds in the park, with speakers Rastia’ts’non:ha and Laurie Waters. 7-9 pm. Free. Tinto Coffee House, 89 Roncesvalles. taiaiakon.wordpress. com.

Tuesday, April 19 WhAT Would suzuki do? (David Suzuki Fdn

benefit) Celebration of Earth Day and Suzuki’s 75th birthday, with musician Matt Campbell, actor Bryce Kulak, rock and roll band Wildlife and more. 8 pm. $8. Bread & Circus, 299 Augusta. 416-801-2558.

BiodiversiTy in ToronTo Presentation on the city of Toronto’s series of books on biodiversity.

1 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

groWing BeAuTiful gArdens WiTh nATive PlAnTs Presentation and demonstration.

7-8:30 pm. Free. West Scarborough Community Neighbourhood Centre, 313 Pharmacy. Preregister 416-661-6600 ext 5765.

reArTh dAy Tree PlAnTing Help plant trees in Downsview Park.

Noon-2 pm. Free (tools supplied).

John Drury Dr, Downsview Park. downsviewpark.ca.

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Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. ebw.evergreenca. cenTre for environmenT rego green for eArTh dAy PerseArch dAy Talks on green capformance by Scarborough italism, renewable green auto Wexford Gleeks, a communspecial parts, airborne pullutants, PFCs in ity cleanup and a barbecue. our waterways and more. 10 am9:30 am. Free. Scarborough edition 3:30 pm. Free. Uof T Facuty Club, 41 Town Centre, Hwy 401 btwn Willcocks. Pre-register environment.

Brimley and McCowan. scarborutoronto.ca. oughtowncentre.com. reArTh dAy AT doWnsvieW PArk Enviro-fominT film fesTivAl Screening of Earth Keepcused entertainment, interactive exhibits, a ers: A Survival Guide For A Planet In Peril, and green pavilion, green team challenge, recycling two short films on nuclear power. Q&A w/ and more. 11 am-4 pm. Free. Downsview Park, Anna Tilman from the International Institute 60 John Drury. 416-952-2222. of Concern for Public Health to follow. 6:30 pm. $9, stu/srs $7. Rainbow Cinemas Market green drinks eArTh dAy celeBrATion Meet Square, 80 Front E. 416-361-0466, mintff.org. other eco-minded folks for networking and socializing. 7-10 pm. Free. CN Tower Horizons 180 degrees souTh: conquerors of The useLounge, 301 Front W. greendrinks.org. less Screening of a 1968 road trip from Southern California to South America by adventurer keeP iT green: orgAnic lAWn cAre Learn how Yvon Chouinard and the environmental chalto keep your lawn looking good the healthy lenges he encountered. 7:30 pm. Free. Pataway. 7-8 pm. Free. Don Mills Library, 888 Lawgonia Toronto, 500 King W. RSVP 416-861rence E. Pre-register 416-395-5710.

1102. rrouge PArk guided WAlks Explore the Tree PlAnTing in rouge PArk Planting and a park’s trails Wednesdays and weekends. Free. nature walk. Bring lunch, shoes and water. 9 rougepark.com/hike. am to 2:30 pm. $5 per tree. Bob Hunter MesTAging susTAinABiliTy Confermorial Park inside Rouge Park, 1749 ence on how the arts enMeadowvale. RSVP 416-861-1102. gage questions of susWATerlife conference Curators and scientists tainability from cultural share their research on freshwater and marine and ecological vantage ecosystems around the world. 1 to 6 pm. Free. points, with speakers Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. including artist/film416-586-5897, rom.on.ca/water. maker David Buckland and

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Friday, April 22

rceleBrATe An eco-friendly eAsTer An Easter egg hunt, keeper talks, a presentation on recycling and a rain barrel sale. To Apr 25, 10 am-4 pm. Free w/ admission. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929. life in The ciTy: A nATure WAlk in The heArT of ToronTo Take a virtual walk to explore the

flora and fauna of the city with the Toronto Botanical Garden’s Liz Hood. 6-8:30 pm. Free w/ admission. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. rPArTy for The PlAneT Celebrate an ecofriendly Easter with an egg hunt, animal activities and more. To Apr 25, 9 am-6 pm. Free w/ admission. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929.

ToronTo’s don river: yesTerdAy, TodAy And TomorroW Talk by trail guide mapper Peter

Heinz. 6-8:30 pm. Free w/ admission. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-5868000.

20-minuTe mAkeover Get together with your neighbours and workmates and help clean litter from our streets. 2 pm. toronto.ca/litter.

WATer on The TABle Rebel Films screening and discussion. 7 pm. $4. OISE, 252 Bloor W. 416535-8779.

Saturday, April 23 reArTh dAy celeBrATions Create collabora-

Saturday, April 16 cn ToWer climB (World Wildlife Fed of Canada fundraiser) Step up and help save the living planet. 6 am. Pledges. CN Tower, 301 Front W. Pre-register wwf.ca/cntower. eArTh dAy celeBrATion in The PArk Native tree and shrub planting, talk on the water quality of Mimico Creek and more. 10 am-1 pm. Free. West Deane Park, 400 Martingrove.

Pre-register jparons@trca.on.ca. reArTh dAy Tree PlAnTing Celebrate Earth Day by planting trees at the racetrack. 10 am-1 pm. Free. Woodbine Racetrack, 555 Rexdale.

416-661-6600 ext 5570. reArTh Weekend AT The rom Sound Cycle Show with Mr Something Something, screening of the film Oceans and more. Today and tomorrow 10 am-5:30 pm. Free w/ admission. Royal Ontario Museum, 416-586-5797. rom.on.ca.

freeWheels The youth-driven bike repair

training program holds an open house, with a bike flat fix race and more. 10 am-6 pm. Free.

Charlie’s Bike Shop, 242.5 Queen E. charliesfreewheels.ca. sAiling cluB oPen house Tour the grounds and learn about sailing albacores, lasers and catamarans. 1-4 pm. Free. Westwood Sailing Club, 12 Regatta. 416-461-2870.

Monday, April 18 gAslAnd Documentary screening and discussion. 6:30 pm. Free. Annette Library, 145 Annette. green13toronto.org.

SAVE MORE THAN MONEY

Cirque de Soleil’s Gil Favreau. To Apr 22. $80$100, stu $20-$30. York University Faculty of Fine Arts, 4700 Keele. Pre-register stagingsustainability.com.

Thursday, April 21 eArTh dAy AT ToronTo BoTAnicAl gArdens A

rain barrel design competition, garden tours and more. 10 am-noon. Free. Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence E. 416-397-1340. reArTh dAy celeBrATion Live music with Monkey Bunch, Kevin Fox and others, gardening book signing with Frankie Flowers, a garden market, barbecue and more. 5-9 pm. Free.

tive, environmentally friendly art and tour the site. Noon-4 pm. Free. Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery. 416-396-2819. reArTh dAy fesTivAl Eco-activities, a tree tour, green city workshop and more. 9 am-4 pm. Free. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. ebw.evergreen.ca. reArTh dAy sPring cleAnuP Help clean up at the farm. 9:30-11:30 am. Free. Riverdale Farm, 201 Winchester. friendsofriverdalefarm.com.

PeoPle’s AssemBly on climATe JusTice iii

Community rally, art and workshops to raise awareness of the climate crisis. 10 am. Free.

Ryerson Student Centre, 55 Gould. 647-8696496, torontopeoplesassembly.wordpress. com. rAin BArrel fundrAiser Buy a rain barrel and help save the environment. Noon-4 pm. Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence E. Preregister 416-397-1357.

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daily events meetings • benefits Daily events appear by date, then alphabetically by the name of the event. r indicates kid-friendly events

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All listings are free. Send to: listings@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-​364-​1166 or mail to Daily​Events,​NOW​Magazine,​189​ Church,​Toronto​M5B​1Y7. Include a brief description of the event, including participants, time, price, venue, address and contact phone number (or e-mail or website if no phone available). Listings may be edited for length. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.

Thursday, April 14

Benefits

(Toronto Fashion Incubator) Finalists’ designs and a pre-show 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 an auction benefit AIDS orphans. 6:30 pm. $150.

Berkeley Church, 315 Queen E. ticketscene.ca/ noah. toroNto Art Expo (SickKids) Opening night preview party with performances by Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana. 6-10 pm. $25. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. 416-265-6988, torontoartexpo.com. toroNto sChooL oF Art spriNg LAuNCh (Toronto School of Art) Open house and silent auction of art items. 7-11 pm. Free. Toronto School of Art, 410 Adelaide W. tsa-art.ca. thE yEs mEN sAy No to hArpEr (Project Democracy) Election event with a live performance by culture-jamming activist duo Yes Men. 7

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dent musical performances and art displays. 7 pm. $5. Hudson College, 21 Ascot. kgreeson@ hudsoncollege.ca.

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) Party celebrating contemporary art with installations, entertainment and more. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6628.

listings index

Elbows​fly​when​ rollergirls​vie​on​ April​16. pm. Donation. Royal Cinema, 608 College. projectdemocracy.ca.

Events

thE ChANgiNg book Panel on the e-revolution in books with authors Susan Swan, John Degen and others. 6:30 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. 416-395-5535, torontopubliclibrary.ca.

ENviroNmENt 101 For FrEELANCE writErs

Seminar with environmental journalist Stephen Leahy. 7-9 pm. $20, adv $15. Health Sciences Bldg, rm 106, 155 College. pwac.ca. kEith ALLEN wiLL burN iN hELL The British comedian investigates Christian fundamentalist Westboro Baptist church. 7-9 pm. Free.

Centre for Inquiry, 216 Beverley. cficanada.ca.

NAturE, CuLturE ANd rEsiLiENt CommuNitiEs

Presentation and storytelling with Mark Morey. 6-9 pm. Donation (sugg $10). OISE, 252 Bloor W. Pre-register pineproject.org. otto wAgNEr Miro Clement lectures on the Austrian architect. 7:30 pm. Free. University College, rm 179, 15 King’s College Circle. wmsc.ca. toroNto Art Expo More than 200 international artists and galleries. Today 6-10 pm; tomorrow noon-9 pm; Apr 16, 10 am-7 pm; Apr 17, 11 am-6 pm. $12, stu/srs $8 children free, opening night $25. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. torontoartexpo.com.

yogA CoNFErENCE ANd show Classes with master teachers, exhibits and more. To Apr 17.

Various prices. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. theyogaconference.com.

Friday, April 15

Benefits

LE CirquE (Assaulted Women’s Helpline) Entertainment, a charity auction and pampering zone. 6:30 pm. $100 and up. Old Mill, 21 Old Mill. 416-364-4144. hELp JApAN bENEFit CoNCErt (Canadian Red Cross) Performances by Modernboys Moderngirls, Make Your Exit and others. 8 pm. $5. Garrison, 1197 Dundas W. 416-519-9439. rA Night For NEw zEALANd (Red Cross New Zealand) Music and dance from the Claude Watson School of the Arts. 7:30-9:30 pm. Donation. St Mathews United Church, 729 St Clair W. anightfornewzealand.co.nr.

Events

ALL CANdidAtEs dEbAtE Find out more about

federal issues that affect you and where the candidates stand. 7-9 pm. Free. 519 Church Community Centre. xtra.ca. rthE bAbytimE show Parenting seminars, entertainment and more. To Apr 17, 10 am-6 pm. $16, grandparents $10. International Centre, 6900 Airport. babytimeshows.ca.

british isLEs show Coronation Street’s Vicky Binns, music and more. Today 11 am-7 pm; tomorrow 10 am-7 pm; Apr 17, 10 am-5 pm. $15, srs $13, yth $12. Queen Elizabeth Bldg, 100 Princes’. britishislesshowcanada.com.

CANAdA, irishNEss ANd pErFormANCE Irish theatrical diaspora conference. Today and tomorrow. $40, stu/srs $20. Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College. irishtheatricaldiaspora.net. dEFENdiNg thE iNdEFENsibLE Screening of Speed Racer defended by Peter Kuplowsky. 7 pm. $10. Underground Cinema, 186 Spadina (basement). indefensiblemovieseries@gmail. com.

FEmiNist porN AwArds Entertainment from Boylesque T.O. and CoCo La Crème, porn clips, a silent auction and awards ceremony. 9 pm-2 am. $22, adv $17. Berkeley Church, 315 Queen E. goodforher.com.

Food ANd rELigioN Forum with speakers including anthropology prof Nancy Chen and Green Zabiha founder Yasir Syeed. 2:30-5 pm.

Free. Hart House Great Hall, 7 Hart House Circle. rps.chass.utoronto.ca. rgrEEN LiviNg show Eco-friendly wine tastings, a green business forum, mainstage and more. Today and tomorrow 10 am-9 pm; Apr 17, 10 am-6 pm. $12, stu/srs $9, children free. Direct Energy Centre, 100 Princes. greenlivingonline.com/torontoshow. hAiti Talk by Ezili Danto. 7-9 pm. Free. U of T Woodsworth College 119 St George. 416978-0831.

JACkiE mAxwELL The Shaw Festival artistic director is interviewed by prof Ann Saddlemyer. 6 pm. Free. U of T Alumni Hall, rm 400, 121 St Joseph. irishtheatricaldiaspora.net. toroNto ANArChist book FAir Workshops, discussions, books, zines and more. To Apr 17, Sat-Sun 10 am- 6 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall (25 Cecil), Bahen Centre (50 St George). torontoanarchistbookfair.wordpress.com.

Saturday, April 16

Benefits

CN towEr CLimb (World Wildlife Fund Canada) Step up and help save the living planet. 6 am. Pledges. CN Tower, 301 Front W. Preregister wwf.ca/cntower.

CrEAtivE hEArt CoLLECtivE (Corsage Project) Indie arts, jewellery, vintage apparel and more. Today and tomorrow 11 am-5 pm. Donation (sugg $2). Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635, creativeheartcollective.com. rgAmEs dAy! (Tanzania School Project) Games, an African craft sale and more. 10:30 am-4:30 pm. $25, adv $20. Marshall McLuhan Catholic High School, 1107 Avenue. tanzaniaschoolproject.wordpress.com. giANt spriNg rummAgE sALE (Zen Buddhist

Temple) Used furnitures, DVDs, books, kitchenware, clothing, bikes and more. Today and tomorrow 11 am-6 pm. $2. Zen Buddhist Temple, 297 College. 416-658-0137. kiNg Cobb stEELiE (Ontario Hands & Voices) Performance for families and children who are deaf or hard of hearing. 9 pm. $13.50 adv. Lee’s Palace, 529 Bloor West. 416-5321598.

pEChAkuChA Night JApAN FuNdrAisEr

(Architecture for Humanity) Architects and designers present their ideas. 8 pm. $15. DX Historic Trading Floor, TD Canada Trust Tower, 234 Bay. 416-216-2120. rECitAL For JApAN (Canadian Red Cross) Performances by Samantha Chang and Friends.

8 pm. $20-$55. Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor W. 416-408-0208. yogA dAy (Amnesty Int’l) Yoga practice on the theme of peace. 6:30 am-3:45 pm. Donation. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. 647-7269500.

Events

brEwEry CoLLECtibLEs show & sALE Bot-

tles, cans, labels, openers, coasters and more. 11 am-2 pm. Free. Amsterdam Brewing, 21 Bathurst. 905-854-4002.

CAFE skEptiquE Discussion on whether we really know what we think we know. 5-7 pm.

Free. Free Times Cafe, 320 College. cficanada.ca. rEAstEr Egg pAiNtiNg Workshop for ages six and up. Today 10 am-1 pm; tomorrow 1-4 pm. $10, child $5. Todmorden Mills, Pottery E of Bayview. 416-396-2819. rEAstEr trAditioNs Egg-colouring, an egg hunt and more. Today and tomorrow noon4 pm. Free w/ admission. Colborne Lodge, High Park. 416-392-6916. gtA roLLErgirLs Social class clash with the Derby Debutantes vs La Racaille. 7 pm. $15, adv $12. Ted Reeve Arena, 175 Main. gtarollergirls.com. riChArd zurAwski The meteorologist/ broadcaster talks about how TV makes us stupid. 4-6 pm. Free. Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles. anotherstory.ca. rriot oN yoNgE strEEt Storytelling with Iona MacKay and Robert Walker. 1:30-3 pm. $12, srs $10, child $8. Mackenzie House, 82 Bond. Pre-register toronto.ca/museums. rsLEEpovEr At thE sCiENCE CENtrE Engineering-themed activities, an IMAX film, breakfast and more. 4:30 pm. $50-$59. Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills. Preregister 416-696-3256. toroNto roLLEr dErby Death Track Dolls vs Smoke City Betties. 6:30 pm. $18, adv $12.

Downsview Park Hangar, 75 Carl Hall. torontorollerderby.com.

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EvEryday HEroEs FEstival Earth Week

screenings of eco mini-documentaries on TTC subway platforms. everydayheroesfestival.com.

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continuing rKEEp toronto rEading FEstival

Month-long celebration of books with readings, talks, launches and more plus kids events. Free. Various libraries. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

To Apr 30 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.

To Apr 17 27 arts FEst Festival celebrating the universal right to participate in arts and culture with visual arts, dance, music and theatre events across the city. Free and ticketed events. toronto.ca/celebrate27.

To Apr 30 vEggiElicious More than 20 local restaurants offer deals on meatless meals that are eco-friendly and cruelty-free. veggielicious.ca.

To Apr 24 viva El tEatro Festival of plays in Spanish including Yerma and Luz Negra (with English translation), live dance and more. $20, pass $65. Palmerston Library Theatre, 560 Palmerston. festivalinspanish.ca.

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Sunday, April 17

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artists HElp Japan (earthquake and tsunami

relief) Local artists and illustrators create original drawings on-site. Noon-midnight. Free.

Revival, 783 College. 416-535-7888.

HEar and tHErE (Nellie’s Shelter) Music by Koi, Nelo Chouloute, Sharp Dressed Men and others. 6-11 pm. $10, or $7 w/ food donation.

Black Swan, 154 Danforth. 416-469-0537. pysanKa WorKsHop FundraisEr (Pysanka Orphanage in Ukraine) Make traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs. $10. 2199 Bloor W, 2nd fl. Pre-register kosa.kolektiv@gmail.com. stacK cHips For rEmix (Remix Project) Texas hold-em charity poker tournament supporting youth, with guests K’naan and Melanie Fiona.

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WalK to End ms (Multiple Sclerosis Soc) 5K and 10K walks. 10 am. Pledges. Sunnybrook Park Pavilion, 1132 Leslie. mssociety.ca.

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rEastEr around tHE World Egg-decorating

and displays of Easter traditions from around the world. Noon-5 pm. Free. City Hall Rotunda, Queen and Bay. cfactoronto.com.

Equality day Screening of Constitute and a panel discussion. 2-4 pm. Pwyc (sugg $10).

Own Housing Co-op, 1st fl, 115 the Esplanade. olderwomensnetwork.org. grapHic dEtails Artists Bernice Eisenstein and Sarah Lazarovic discuss graphic storytelling. 3 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

HumbErto vElEz The artist, filmmaker and cultural producer lectures on the aesthetics of collaboration. 2 pm. Free. Art Gallery of York U, 4700 Keele (free bus from OCAD, 100 McCaul, leaves 1 pm). emelie@yorku.ca.

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israEl and comics: bEyond blacK and WHitE Discussion about the exhibition Graph-

ic Details and the relationship of North American Jews to Israel. 7 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

1920s girl poWEr Lecture on how the media and fashion contributed to women’s suffrage.

1-2 pm. $16. Bata Shoe Museum, 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799, batashoemuseum.ca. sElF-dEFEncE: politics and practicE Tools for Change boxing workshop for women with activist Jen Danch. 1-4 pm. Pre-register toolsforchange@gmail.com. rspring Egg Fun Egg races, egg hunts and egg-dyeing. Noon-3 pm. Free w/ admisssion.

Colborne Lodge, High Park. 416-392-6916. rtEddy bEar sHoW Hand-crafted teddy bears, bear-making supplies, books and more.

10 am-3:30 pm. $8, stu/srs $7, children free.

Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence E. teddybearsonvacation.com. sunday scEnE Tour the current exhibition with Alex Snukal. 2 pm. Free. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. toronto brEWstEr Women-only beer talk by young women brewers and a guided tasting with beer sommelier Mirella Amato. $25.

Twisted Kilt, 1954 Yonge. barleysangels.ca. yoga WitH Woody HarrElson Harrelson leads a special class as part of the Toronto Yoga Show. 6:30-8:30 pm. Admission $15, classes $46-$198. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. theyogaconference.com.

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Though the federal election has eclipsed the earthquake in Japan when it comes to media coverage, that trauma is far from over. Support the Canadian Red Cross’s relief campaign by snapping up a ticket to the Canada Rocks 4 Japan show at Sound Academy tonight (Thursday, April 14) at 7 pm. Hip-hop heavy Maestro Fresh Wes headlines a concert featuring neo-soul singer Glenn Lewis, singer/songwriter Chris Assaad and others. 11 Polson. $20. canadarocks4.com.

– are the chief attraction at a Project Democracy and Department of Culture funder aiming to build a campaign to defeat Harper, tonight (Thursday April 14), at 7 pm. Yes guy Andy Bichlbaum speaks along with NOW CEO/editor Alice Klein, Department of Culture’s Izida Zorde, Anthea Foyer and Michael Wheeler and CAW economist Jim Stanford. By donation. Royal Cinema, 608 College. projectdemocracy.ca.

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from Richard Underhill and others plus a silent auction of artist masks. 8 pm. $20, adv $15. Supermarket, 268 Augusta. clayandpaper@sympatico.ca.

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Maestro Fresh Wes Rocks 4 Japan on April 14.

Speakers include the ROM’s Hernán López-Fernández, the Toronto Zoo’s Cindy Lee, Ducks Unlimited’s Shane Gabor and the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Justina Ray. April 21, 1 to 6 pm. Free. ROM, 100 Queen’s Park. rom.on.ca.

celebrates 10 years with a panel discussion with Judy Rebick, and a party. 7 pm. Free.

Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-5314635, rabble.ca. ekta paRisHad Presentation by Paul Schwartzentruber on the Gandhian movement in India. 7 pm. Donation. Friends House, 60 Lowther. 416-596-7328. tHe in/VisiBilitY of politiCal aRt Talk on visibility in political art practices with Marisa Jahn and Claire Bishop. 6 pm. $6.

Power Plant, 6. 416-973-4949. saVe tHe HigH paRk Mounds Friends of Snake Mound and the Taiaiaiko’n Historical Preservation Soc hold an information and action forum on preserving the 57 aboriginal burial mounds in the park, with speakers Rastia’ts’non:ha and Laurie Waters. 7-9 pm. Free. Tinto Coffee House, 89 Roncesvalles. taiaiaikon.wordpress.com. tWeetgasM Monthly tweetup. 7-11 pm.

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dRuMMing up suppoRt (Muhtadi International Drumming Festival) Performances by Baro Dununba, Isshin Diako and others. 8 pm. $20, adv $15. Berkeley Church, 315 Queen E. muhtadidrumfest.com.

WHat Would suzuki do? (David Suzuki Fdn) Celebration of Earth Day and Suzuki’s 75th birthday, with rock and roll band Wildlife and more. 8 pm. $8. Bread & Circus, 299 Augusta.

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all Candidates Meeting Meet the four fed-

eral candidates for Trinity-Spadina. 7-8:45 pm.

Free. Harbourfront Community Centre, 627 Queens Quay W. corriegall@yahoo.ca.

fRoM Hip to CHiC: iMagining YoRkVille, 1960 to tHe pResent Talk by Amy Lavender Harris.

6:30 pm. Free. Yorkville Library, 22 Yorkville. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

MeMoRies of ontaRio stoCkYaRds (1963) in Cn Rail liVestoCk ReCeiVing offiCe Toronto Field Naturalists walk. 6:15 pm. Free. Dundas and Runnymede. 416-593-2656.

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6:30-9:30 pm. $150. Toronto New School of Writing, 283 College. Pre-register tnsow.com.

Wednesday, April 20

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Menkes Pears on the Avenue Presentation Centre, 164 Avenue. 416-815-7887.

Wasted talent/West end giRls (Toronto Animal Services) Comedy, skits and more plus DJ dancing. 7-10 pm. Free w/ donation of pet food and other items. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-535-0435.

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420 MaRiJuana sMoke out Toronto Hash Mob protests marijuana prohibition by blazing buds. 2-4:20 pm. Free. Yonge-Dundas Square. mernahuana@hashmob.ca.

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deatH tRaCk dolls kaRaoke (Death Track Dolls) Fundraiser to get the roller derby team to the tournament in Montreal. 9 pm. $5 or pwyc. Form Lounge, 593 Bloor W. deathtrackdolls.com. toRonto to Japan: Hope BlossoMs (Doctors Without Borders/Japanese Red Cross/ Second Harvest) Performances by authors and artists including Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje. 7:30 to 9:30 pm. $20$100. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. torontotojapan.ca.

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discussion with authors Zetta Elliott, Neesha Meminger and Vivek Shraya. 6:30-8 pm.

Free. Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord. 416-922-8744. tHe end of poVeRtY? Rebel Films screening and discussion. 7 pm. $4. OISE, 252 Bloor W. 416-535-8779.

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This Fluevog pair’s ($215, 242 Queen West, 416-581-1420, fluevog.com) blue-and-beige plaid proves earth-conscious kicks can also make a fashion statement.

The Olsen Haus collection, including these colourful canvas and faux suede heels ($199, Balisi, 711 Queen West, 416203-2388, and others, balisi.com) is completely vegan-friendly.

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If the style lineup at this weekend’s Green Living Show is any indication, eco fashion has come a long way, baby. There’s Sarah Stevenson (pictured), who just a few weeks ago wowed the Toronto Fashion Week audience with her nature-inspired prints on all-natural fabrics, and Elladora, a retro collection of clothing and swimwear that you can find year-round at fiercely local boutiques like Black Daffodil and Nathalie-Roze & Co. More labels to look for include Aime, Nicole Bridger and Croquis.

April 15 to 17 at the Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Place). Admission $12. greenlivingshow.com.

The week’s news, views and sales FLAPPER FOOTWEAR The 1920s were a roaring decade for fashion, right down to the fancy footwear that accessorized art deco attire and flapper frocks. Those shoes are the focus of a new exhibit called The Roaring 20s: Heels, Hemlines And High Spirits, on now at the Bata Shoe Museum (327 Bloor West, 416-979-7799, batashoemuseum.ca). The show explores the impact of jazz, industrial manufacturing and world travel on footwear style.

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On Friday (April 15), Joe Fresh (joefresh.com) releases the 10th edition of Rethink’s (rethinkbreastcancer.com) Fashion Targets Breast Cancer fundraising T-shirts in Canada. To mark the anniversary, the fast-fashion retailer is expanding the collection to include Ts with the campaign’s bull’s eye logo stitched in sequins (available exclusively in Toronto at Joe Fresh’s 10 Lower Jarvis location), two men’s styles and a black tote bag. Prices range from $12 to $24.

CYCLING IN STYLE Aside from the green fashion finds we spotlight in this week’s We Want feature, our preferred booth at this weekend’s Green Living Show is guaranteed to be #1200, where Montreal’s Opus bicycles (opusbike.com) will be showing off its Urbanista collection. Classically styled but entirely functional, the line features comfy saddles, puddle-busting fenders and other city-cycling-friendly features. The fact that their frames come in au courant shades like seafoam green and butter yellow is just the icing on the eco-friendly cake.

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StyleNorth.ca is a go-to online resource for design shoppers with fancy tastes but frugal budgets. The only thing that could endear the site more to its penny-pinching following is sourcing some great antique and vintage furniture and accessories for a great spring garage sale. And so they did. Saturday’s (April 16) event at Wychwood Gallery (601 Christie) starts bright and early at 8 am and, if you have any experience picking and thrifting, you know the early bird gets the best buys.

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store of the week Eco Stems 267 Queen East, 416-214-6479, ecostems.ca

Rose petals in deep red and pale yellow are sprinkled across the sidewalk in front of Joseph Delarge’s Queen and Sherbourne shop, the first hint that this florist is greener than usual. Instead of tossing spent blooms in the trash, Delarge uses them to lure in passersby.

But Eco Stems’ earth-conscious ethos doesn’t stop there.

“I live my life as green as possible,” he says. “I realized how important it was to bring that into my business.” And so the Bullfrog-powered boutique avoids floral foam and adhesives as well as dyed and chemically sprayed stems.

Delarge’s spring stock, including about-to-blossom cherry branches and bright green viburnum, are sourced either through Ontario growers or South American farms approved by VeriFlora or Sierra Eco. Delarge, pointing out his favourite flowers in the shop this season, says seeking out sustainable options actually inspires him creatively: it’s a lush and locally grown vase of Cymbidium orchids in the freshest shade of green.

Eco Stems picks: Single stems range from $2 to $15; arrangements of gerbera daisies, lilies, fresh berries and twisted branches start at $35; pots of bird’s-nest ferns, neon pothos and succulents are $20 and up.

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Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 In her blog, Jane

at janebook.tumblr.com answers questions from readers. A recent query went like this: “Who would win in a steel cage match, Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny?” Jane said, “Easter Bunny, no question; he has those big-ass teeth.”

But I’m not so sure. My sources say that Santa has more raw wizardry at his disposal than the Bunny. His magical prowess would most likely neutralize the Bunny’s superior physical assets. Likewise, Aries, I’m guessing you will have a similar edge in upcoming steel cage

matches – or any other competitions in which you’re involved. These days you’ve simply got too much mojo to be defeated.

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20“Dear Rob: Last January you predicted that 2011 might be the best year ever for us Bulls to commune with the invisible realms and get closer to the Source of All Life.

And I have been enjoying the most amazing dreams ever. I’ve had several strong telepathic experiences and have even had conversations with the spirit of my

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VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 It would be a

good week for you to assemble a big pile of old TVs you bought for $5 apiece at a thrift store and run over them with a bulldozer. It would also be a favourable time to start a blazing fire in a fireplace and throw in the photos of all the supposedly attrac tive people you used to be infatuated with even though you now realize they were unworthy of your smart love. In other words, Virgo, it’s a perfect moment to destroy symbols of things that have drained your energy and held you back. There’s an excellent chance this will provide a jolt of deliverance that will prime further liberations in the coming weeks.

dead grandmother. But that God character remains achingly elusive. Can’t I just have a face-to-face chat with his/her Royal Highness? – Impatient Taurus.”

Dear Taurus: The coming weeks will be one of the potentially best times in your life to get up close and personal with the Divine Wow. For best results, empty your mind of what that would be like.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 I was reading

about how fantasy writer Terry Pratchett made his own sword using “thunderbolt iron” from a meteorite. It made me think how that would be an excellent thing for you to do. Not that you will need it to fight off dragons or literal bad guys. Rather, I suspect that creating your own sword from a meteorite would strengthen and tone your mental toughness. It would inspire you to cut away trivial wishes and soulsucking influences that may seem interesting but aren’t really. It might even lead you to rouse in yourself the zeal of a knight on a noble quest – just in time for the arrival of an invitation to go on a noble quest.

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CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 “He who

wants to do good knocks at the gate,” says Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore in one of his Stray Bird poems, while “he who loves finds the gate open.” I agree completely. That’s why I advise you, as you get ready to head off to your next assignment, not to be burning with a no-nonsense intention to fix things.

Rather, be flowing with the desire to offer whatever gifts and blessings are most needed.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 The style of dance known as the samba seems to have its origins in the semba, an old Angolan dance in which partners rub their navels together. In the African Kimbundu language, semba also means “pleasing, enchanting,” and in the Kikongo tongue it denotes “honouring, revering.” In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you Libras to bring the spirit of semba to your life. Use your imagination as you dream up ways to infuse your intimate exchanges with belly-to-belly reverence and enchantment. Be serpentine and worshipful. Be wild and sublime.

Bestow your respectful care with all your slinky wiles unfurled.

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whether you “walk in beauty.” It’s an excellent time, astrologically speaking, for you to evaluate yourself from that perspective. Do you stop to admire a flock of sparrows swirling toward a tangerine cloud at dusk? Are you skilled at giving gifts that surprise and delight others?

When your heart isn’t sure what it feels, do you sing songs that help you transcend the need for certainty? Have you learned what your body needs to feel healthy? Do you know any jokes you could tell to ease the passing of a dying elder? Have you ever kissed a holy animal or crazy wise person or magic stone?

have on several occasions stood at a highway exit ramp with a handmade cardboard sign that reads, “I love to help; I need to give; please take some money.” I flash a wad of bills and offer a few dollars to drivers whose curiosity impels them to stop and engage me.

I’ve always been surprised at how many people hesitate to accept my gift. Some assume I have a hidden agenda; others think I’m crazy. Some are even angry and shout things like “Go home, you freak!” If a comparable experience comes your way any time soon, Cancerian, I urge you to lower your suspicions.

Consider the possibility that a blessing is being offered to you with no strings attached.

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AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 “Once bread

becomes toast, it can never become bread again.” Today I saw that piece of wisdom scrawled on the wall of a café’s restroom. I immediately thought of you.

Metaphorically speaking, you’re thinking about dropping some slices in the toaster, even though you’re not actually ready to eat yet. If it were up to me, you would wait a while before transforming the bread into toast – until your hunger got ratcheted up to a higher level. The problem is, if you make the toast now, it’ll be unappetizing by the time your appetite reaches its optimum levels.

That’s why I suggest: Put the bread back in the bag. For the moment, refrain from toasting.

sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 In the Philippines, there is a geographic anomaly I want to call your attention to: a volcanic island in a lake that’s on a volcanic island in a lake that’s on an island. Can you picture that? Vulcan Point is an island in Crater Lake, and Crater Lake is on Volcano Island, and Volcano Island is in Lake Taal, and Lake Taal is on the island of Luzon. It’s confusing – just as your currently convoluted state is perplexing, both to you and those around you. You could aptly be described as fiery earth within cool water within fiery earth within cool water within fiery earth.

Whether that’ll be a problem, I don’t know yet. Are you okay with containing so much paradox?

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Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 “Nearly all men can

pisCes Feb 19| Mar 20 Don’t try so hard, Pisces. Give up the struggle. As soon as you really relax, your subconscious mind will provide you with simple, graceful suggestions about how to outwit the riddle. Notice I just said you will be able to “outwit the riddle.” I didn’t say you will “solve the riddle.” Big difference. Outwitting the riddle means you won’t have to solve it, because you will no longer allow it to define the questions you’re asking or the answers you’re seeking.

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stand adversity,” said Abraham Lincoln, “but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” According to my analysis of the astrological omens, that thought will have extra meaning for you in the coming weeks. So far in 2011,

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If the new Marben were a shirt, it would be vintage Eddie Bauer – faded, plaid and Viyella. See, provenance is king in the locavore world. It’s not just what you eat, it’s where it came from, the closer the better. But Marben takes food fetishism to the next level, every dish saluting the person most responsible for its creation.

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Jim Giggie’s terrific house-cured rainbow trout, sided with more trout in croquettes, olive tapenade and a perky salad of shaved fennel and pink grapefruit in pesto aioli ($9 small/$15 large). Daily Seafood’s Pauline Cheng supplies the sustainable wild striped sea bass that chef slowly pan-roasts before plating it in a soupy minestrone of braised fennel and spinach ($16) to great effect.

Marben owner Simon Benstead’s dad, John, came up with the concept for the mighty house burger ($17 with fries and mustardy slaw): 6 ounces of Dingo Farm of Bradford’s braised and pulled beef ribs dressed with aged white cheddar and Branston pickle, while a certain H.J. Heinz of Leamington ponies up the ketchup served alongside exceptionally

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Quickly sautéed in panko crumbs, Carl’s poached eggs ($9/$15) ride a bed of celery remoulade and caramelized onion vinaigrette? Who he?

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Some connections are a bit of a stretch. Seinfield’s Elaine provides the inspiration for Marben’s Big Salad ($7/$13), a massive mess o’ mesclun tossed with julienned snow peas, carrot and turnip in retro ranch dressing, the occasional ripe cherry tomato and

chunk of English cuke adding extra bite. The Little Bird ($7), another health-conscious salad of nutty quinoa, rye berries and Gala apple in lemon vinaigrette takes its name from the tattoo on a server’s arm.

Kitchen cook Zander Gut’s gnocchi in brown butter and sage leaves deserves the spotlight, a swirl of handformed dumplings, roasted Brussels sprouts and toasted pepitas over a butternut squash purée ($13) so delish, the recipe’s featured in the current issue of the LCBO’s Trend Report. And kudos to pastry chef Ervinna Quach’s retro Callebaut chocolate ice cream sandwich ($7), a fitting close to any eco-minded meal.

“There are two ways a restaurant can buy food: make the menu and then buy the food, or buy the food first and make the menu to fit it,” says Heinrich. “I’d rather spend the time sourcing good ingredients. Sometimes you find them in your own backyard.”

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21 Vaughan, unit 103, 416-652-0808, ecoexistence.ca On a nondescript retail strip just south of st. Clair, Ecoexistence’s Kym Klopp operates her emporium of green home delights.

There’s kitchen gear like stackable stainless steel food containers, bamboo cutlery and nonstick, non-toxic cookware; toiletries from Ella’s Botanicals and Sigrid Natural; and organic sheets, mattresses and comforters sold in collaboration with Organic Lifestyle (organiclifestyle. com), to help you sleep soundly and sustainably.

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408 Bloor West, 416-944-1933; and 372 Danforth, 416-466-2841, grassrootsstore.com A green living original, Grassroots’ two Toronto locations are loaded with eco design and decor finds.

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Indoor herb and flower planters are great for green types who don’t mind getting their hands dirty, while biodegradable party plates work if you want to be effortlessly earth-friendly. Keep your eco pad looking good with an endless supply of all-natural cleaners.

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Whether you splurge on a statement, ecofriendly accent piece or save by searching out low-to-no-VOC paint, the next time your walls crave a fresh coat, home style and sustainability have never looked so good together.

Don’t toss tired kitchen cupboards or that dated chest of drawers. Reinvent them with Sico’s new low-VOC Furniture and Cabinet Paint ($49.99, Rona, 110 West Toronto, 416766-4664, and others, rona.ca), available in a rainbow of on-decor-trend brights.

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628 College, 416-536-3872, redpegasus.ca Litte Italy’s Red Pegasus is the neighbourhood’s go-to shop for any sort of card stock and gift buy, but over the past year it’s also been developing an under-the-radar rep for great green home accessories. If you’re looking for local, pick up a set of Bookhou’s printed tea towels or napkins. If upcycled finds are more your style, there are frames made from reclaimed computer motherboards or beer glasses reblown from old Steam Whistle and Mill Street bottles. For the kiddies, pick up a dollhouse of sustainably forested wood and non-toxic paint.

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Shows that rocked Toronto last week JACKSON BROWNE at Massey Hall, Tuesday, April 5. Rating: NNNN

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With the stage bare, except for an electric piano and the 19 guitars he chose from throughout a varied set, this was as stripped-down a Jackson Browne show as you could imagine. The night, billed as “an evening with,” was split into two halves, both loaded with hits and album cuts. Without a band or a set list, Browne freely mined his considerable back catalogue, including a moving take on These Days and a bouncy version of Somebody’s Baby.

While there wasn’t a lot of action – Browne moved from chair to piano stool as the song required, only standing to play during final song Take It Easy – the eternally youthful singer created an intimate mood. Songs were prefaced by stories, and he joked about the vociferous crowd’s requests. Low on flashiness but high on charm, this JOANNE HUFFA was the kind of show fans wait years to see.

CUT COPY at Sound Academy, Thursday, April 7. Rating: NNN Aussie pop group Cut Copy have added a few ingredients to their high-energy stage show to transport audiences into the rhythmically diverse world of their third album, Zonoscope. A percussionist, vintage analog synth gear and a magical doorway (a direct portal to Australia?) were added to embellish the four-piece’s ebullient dance-pop jams, but mostly the new instrumentation was lost in the mix.

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bums, fans went berserk upon hearing the angular bass lines from 2008’s In Ghost Colours LP but seemed less familiar with Zonoscope’s more abstract rave jams. The crowd was clearly there to party, so they didn’t need much incitement to start jumping either way.

While Cut Copy’s energy is infectious, the subtleties of the new album’s multi-layered productions didn’t always translate as effortlessly. Front man Dan Whitford’s vocals soared ear-splittingly high in the mix, and a creeping wall of a feedback nearly overtook bouncy single Take Me Over. All the elements came together for the snaking, acidy set closer Sun God, and band and fans entered the KEVIN RITCHIE zone as one.

TORO Y MOI with BRAIDS at Wrongbar, Thursday, April 7. Rating: NNN Whatever chillwave pills Toro y Moi’s Chaz Bundick takes to create his blissed-out, soulful combo of disco and shoegaze, he needs to start sharing them with his tour supporters, Braids.

Montreal/Calgary four-piece Braids spent nearly 40 torturous minutes bickering with the soundman, who in fairness was failing to control hot mics and feedback, before playing a single note. Once the show finally started, the buzzkill continued.

Throughout a hasty set of looping, harmonically intricate yet hookless tunes from their heralded new album, visibly agitated singer/guitarist Raphaelle Standell-Preston repeatedly requested monitor adjustments and then made a disparaging remark about

Toro y Moi got their chill on at Wrongbar Thursday.

the sound before exiting the stage.

You’re the openers. Just roll with it.

By contrast, Bundick and his bandmates were locked into a groove roughly seven minutes after setting up, giving the audience palpable relief from the Braids nightmare. Standing behind his keyboard, the South Carolina native churned through the bass-heavy tunes on Underneath The Pine, and bodies began to move. A moJASON KELLER ment of chill was finally achieved.

FUCKED UP at Toronto Underground Cinema,

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Rating: NNNN This may have been the loudest film screening in Toronto cinema history. That’s what happens when you invite Fucked Up to be your house band. In the spirit of their “we’ll do anything once” attitude, the hardcore experimentalists performed an original live score to Tod Browning’s 1928 silent film West Of Zanzibar on the closing night of the Images Festival.

For a lesser punk band, this would have been a chance to prove their versatility. But considering that Fucked Up have already dabbled in mini-epics, cross-genre collaborations and, coming soon, musical theatre, they have little left to prove.

Instead of abandoning their unique sensibility, the band bent it to fit the medium, using a recurring classic rockish riff as an overture and an incendiary drum solo to mark the film’s climax. Despite the marked absence of lead screamer Damian Abraham, it always RICHARD TRAPUNSKI sounded distinctly Fucked Up.

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Black Lips Atlanta punks go pro on their sixth album and tone down the onstage antics... but just a notch

By RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

BLACK LIPS with the VIVIAN GIRLS and WHITE WIRES at the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Saturday (April 16), $18.50. HS, RT, SS, TM

The Black Lips want you to know they’ve toned down their antics.

“In the past year, I’ve only seen [guitarist] Cole Alexander’s dick onstage maybe three times,” says bassist Jared Swilley over the phone from Virginia. “And we haven’t been arrested in ages.”

Not exactly standard criteria for a serious-minded rock band, but it’s all relative for the Black Lips.

Throughout their storied career, the self-proclaimed

Atlanta “flower punks” have attained indie rock infamy for their anythinggoes live show, a dumb fun spectacle that includes everything from stage invasions to explicit sexuality. They’ve scaled it back quite a bit in the last few years, but that doesn’t stop most media from fixating on their vulgar exploits.

“I’m so used to seeing references to vomiting, nudity and fireworks in all the articles that it doesn’t really faze me any more,” says Swilley. “We like to have a good time, but that’s not all we’re about. It doesn’t really bother me, though. I think the music stands on its own.”

He has a point. They wouldn’t have survived this long if their only goal were to cause trouble. Though most of their albums follow a similar template, their knack for combining 60s psychpop hooks with irreverent punk spirit has kept them fresh well past the 10year mark.

And they’re more than willing to venture outside their comfort zone. For their sixth studio album, Arabia Mountain (out June 7 on Vice Records), the group worked for the first time with an outside producer, famed Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen collaborator Mark Ronson. The pop-minded Brit isn’t the most obvious person to produce the Black Lips, but according to Swilley, the choice was easy.

“He came in saying he didn’t want to fuck with our sound at all,” says Swilley. “He’s really good at working with tones and instrumentation. We recorded everything on really old gear, so it has the warm, rich 60s sound we like. And he’s really into that same era of music, so that was a big selling point for us.”

Though he’s better known for working with more polished musicians, Ronson hasn’t sanded down the Lips’ youthful experimental edge. The song Raw Meat, for instance, uses cuts of steak for percussion, while other tracks deploy a black-market human skull as an echo chamber.

He has, though, connected them to a world of music with which they otherwise have little contact.

“We got a call from Ke$ha the other day,” claims Swilley. “Mark Ronson told her about a track on the record that uses a sample of one of her songs played backwards. She actually downloaded it and said she liked it.”

The sleazy pop star may have been among the first to hear the new material, but Toronto fans should get their chance soon. They’re still easing the songs into their set, but the band’s affinity for T.O. should convince them to give a sneak peek at the Phoenix.

It wouldn’t be the first time they’ve given Toronto fans a treat. The last time they were here, they made a surprise appearance at Rancho Relaxo to perform a song with their garage rock pals the Strange Boys.

“There’s something fun going on every time we’re in town, so there’s always a chance of something unexpected happening,” says Swilley. “Montreal used to be my favourite Canadian city, but now I think it’s Toronto.”

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Cloud Nothings

Young Cleveland musician is defiantly self-sufficient, and that’s the way he likes it By JASON KELLER CLOUD NOTHINGS at the Horseshoe (370 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, April 14), 9 pm. $12. HS, RT, SS.

All you musicians hoping to jam with boy wonder Dylan Baldi on his next Cloud Nothings album, let me spare you a phone call. He’s not interested.

The 20-year-old Clevelander behind the precocious power-pop outfit is self-sufficient. He writes alone, plays all the instruments and, up until this year’s self-titled full-length, out on Carpark, does his own producing.

Actually, to refer to his prior work as “produced” would be a stretch. Lo-fi cassettes, 7-inch singles, CD-Rs and an EP were all basement-born, and it wasn’t until he made the trek to Baltimore last summer to work with Chester Gwazda that Baldi smoothed out Cloud Nothings’ rough edges.

The result is a collection of hook-filled, threeminute gems that make you wonder if he’s the next Paul Westerberg (but without booze issues).

“I do it all myself because I write songs really,

really fast and don’t have time to teach the whole band a new song every single day,” explains Baldi. “I just prefer recording on my own.”

Fortunately, this approach hasn’t led him down the regrettable path of standing onstage with a laptop. He’s flanked by three friends from Cleveland’s tight-knit music scene. Still, despite touring most of this year with bandmates, Baldi refuses to call Cloud Nothings a “group.”

“It’s definitely still my project,” he says. “I’ve had to change drummers since the first half of the tour, and now we have a new bassist. Because people can’t get off work and stuff like that, it’s always changing members. For recording purposes I write all the songs, so I’m keeping that to myself.”

Baldi learned piano as a toddler, listened to classical throughout his childhood and later went to music school to study saxophone performance and audio engineering. Within months, he realized he couldn’t handle the faculty’s stultifying attitude toward anything written post-1700s.

“Everyone just wanted to talk about Bach and Beethoven, as if that’s where music stopped,” he recalls. “I knew more about [contemporary] music than the faculty, so I figured I should probably do my own thing.”

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Sean Rowe

Nature-loving folk musician hates MySpace but can’t deny it helped him get a record deal By SARAH GREENE Troy, New York-based singer/songwriter and naturalist Sean Rowe walked a long path to his recent signing with Anti- Records. For 2009’s Magic sessions in an old building his grandfather once owned, his intentions were simple: “I didn’t have any ambitions to promote the hell out of it or tour,” he says. “I just wanted to record a really good record.”

Written partly during a year-long stay at a Cherry Valley wilderness survival camp and partly in the studio, it’s testament to Rowe’s 60s-inflected writing and rich baritone, and to Troy Pohl’s intimate yet clear production, that Anti- picked up the album as is.

“I can’t stand Myspace,” says Rowe,

yet it was through that site that Magic got to former Australian record exec (now Rowe’s manager) Peter Bond and his son Mark, which led to a UK tour opening for Noah and the Whale and eventually to signing with Anti-.

Rowe’s been active for about 15 years, but good luck getting your hands on old recordings. “I won’t play them for anybody,” he says. “My music has evolved, and I’ve performed so much since then.”

This is Rowe’s first appearance in SARAH GREENE Toronto.

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Horseshoe (370 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, April 14) See preview, page 55.

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THE BLACK LIPS, VIVIAN GIRLS, THE WHITE WIRES

Phoenix Concert Theatre (410 Sherbourne), Saturday (April 16) See preview, page 53.

RECORD STORE DAY

Sonic Boom (512 Bloor West), Saturday (April 16) Zeus, the Wooden Sky and others. See preview, page 59.

SEAN ROWE

Dakota Tavern (249 Ossington), tonight (Thursday, April 14) See preview, page 55.

THE SADIES

Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge), Saturday (April 16) Twang rockers make noise in the stacks.

LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III Hugh’s Room (2261 Dundas West), tonight (Thursday, April 14) Night two with the American folk legend.

THE PIXIES

Massey Hall (178 Victoria), Monday and Tuesday (April 18 and 19) Two nights with the influential four-piece.

PARTS & LABOR, CHILD BITE, NEON WINDBREAKER, BARE WIRES Parts and Labour (1566 Queen West), Friday (April 15) Noise rock trio hit a suitable venue.

KING COBB STEELIE

Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Saturday (April 16) See preview, page 60.

EXPERIMENTAL ROCK

TV on the Radio When TV on the Radio bassist Gerard Smith was diagnosed with lung cancer in March, many wondered what it would mean for the brooding Brooklyn rockers. But their

soulful fifth album, Nine Types Of Light, came out as scheduled in mid-April and this Sound Academy show comes early in a tour that will keep them on the road all summer. Smith, the band says, is making good progress.

At Sound Academy (11 Polson), Monday (April 18), doors 8 pm. All ages. $26.50-$35. HS, RT, SS, TM.

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Toronto Jazz Festival Metro Hall Square 8:30 pm, free. June 24.

LOS LONELY BOYS, LOS LOBOS Toronto Jazz Festival Metro Hall Square 8:30 pm, $35. June 28.

THE ROOTS

Toronto Jazz Festival Metro Hall Square 8:30 pm, $50. TM. July 1.

BOOTSY COLLINS

Toronto Jazz Festival Metro Hall Square 8:30 pm, $40. TM. July 2.

PETER FRAMPTON

Molson Amphitheatre doors 6:30 pm, $19.50-$79.50. TM. July 9.

JOURNEY, FOREIGNER, NIGHT RANGER

Molson Amphitheatre doors 6 pm, $29.50-$89.50. TM. August 9.

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Phoenix doors 8 pm, all ages, $24. RT, SS, TW. May 28.

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Thursday, April 14 THE RAVEONETTES

Danish indie rock duo The Raveonettes play for fans at an intimate show at Sonic Boom Records in advance of the release of Raven in the Grave. Two black-and-white videos.

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PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

AlleycAtz Ascencion.

AquilA Ray Whimsey, Les Hoffman (folk rock).

BAr itAliA upstAirs Music For The Soul Chicken & Waffles 9:30 pm.

Berkeley church Friends Of Noah Benefit The

African Guitar Summit, Eric St Laurent.

Bovine sex cluB Jeremy Beal Book Launch Little Foot Long Foot, the Daily Times, Beyond the Black, DJ Cactus 9 pm. c’est WhAt Donlands & Mortimer (rock/jazz/world) 9:30 pm. cloAk & DAgger puB The Cosmotones (pop/ blues) 10 pm. croWn & tiger Jef Barbara, Digits, Portraits, No Breakup doors 9 pm. the gArrison Kelly & the Kellygirls. glADstone hotel MeloDy BAr Indie Love Radio The Dead Ringers, Jeff Barkman & Dane Hartsell 9 pm.

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JUNO AWARDS The 40th annual awards show came mere hours after Prime Minister Stephen Harper was forced into an election. What did the musicians have to say about it? 5:19

DAkotA tAvern Sean Rowe (alt folk) doors 7 pm. See preview, page 55. ñ DAve’s... on st clAir Uncle Herb’s Open Mic 8:30 pm.

el MocAMBo Stephanie Bosch & Stupid Charlie 8 pm.

gAte 403 Emily The Blue Caller 5 to 8 pm. hugh’s rooM Loudon Wainwright III hArD luck BAr Foxes in Fiction, the Estatics, Ostrich Tuning, From East to ñ Exit. holy oAk cAfe For the Benefit of the Free

Man (pop) 10 pm. horseshoe Cloud Nothings doors 8:30 pm. See preview, page 55. lee’s pAlAce Black Angels, Suuns (psych rock) doors 8:30 pm. lulA lounge Lazah Current & Messenjah (reggae) 10 pm.

Mitzi’s sister The Billie Hollies. only cAfé Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 9 pm. the piston Skate4Cancer 10 pm. revivAl A Gutsy Affair: Benefit for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation The Pigott Brothers, DJ Agile. rivoli CD release The Vanishers doors 8:30 pm. silver DollAr Habitat, the Oats, ACM Checklist, A Lady & A Gentlemen (rock) 8:30 pm. sounD AcADeMy Canada Rocks 4 Japan Maestro, Aleesia, Glenn Lewis, Karl Wolf, Fito Blanko, Oriana, Tuzzy, Justin Nozuka, Chris Assaad, Jay Vado and others doors 7 pm. sounD AcADeMy solAriuM Legends Of Hip Hop ONYX doors 8 pm. southsiDe Johnny’s Skip Tracer (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm. velvet unDergrounD Soundgazer, Puncturevine 9 pm.

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AspettA cAffe Open Mic Patrick Rody 7 pm. cAMeron house Corin Raymond 6 pm. cAMeron house Greg Cockerill (folk rock/ American/roots) 10 pm.

cAMeron house BAck rooM Paul Reddick

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clinton’s The Failsafes (blues/rock/hurtin’

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8:30 pm. ñ living Arts centre hAMMerson hAll Chic Gamine (a cappella and percussion) 8 pm.

the locAl Michelle Rumball. lolA Brian Cober (double slide) 9 pm.

MAgpie cAfe Jamboree The Sure Things (country/bluegrass) 10 pm.

MonArchs puB Delta Blues Thursdays The Jack de Keyzer Band 9 pm.

not My Dog Draw the Outs (country) 10 pm. slAck’s Raise The Roof Women’s Music Festival

Auditions Jacelyn Holmes, Tracy Rice, Heather Drummond, Jillian Brady, Kim Koren, Elana Harte 8 pm. trAnzAc southern cross Bluegrass & Oldtime 7:30 pm. trAnzAc MAin hAll CD release Abigail Lapell (singer/songwriter) 8 pm. trAnzAc southern cross Ivy Mairi, Nick Everett, Poplar Pines 10 pm. trinity st. pAul’s church Homecookin’ w/ Jackie Richardson, Trinity St. Paul’s United Church Choir (blues/R&B/jazz) 7:30 pm.

WAterfAlls Transcendental Mirror: The Ultimate Variety Show Alistair Christl, Ras Haile X, Yehudah Cullman and others 9 pm. the Wilson 96 Samantha Martin & the Haggard (alt country) 9:30 pm.

Winchester kitchen & BAr Jumple 10 pm.

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

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. chinA house Moe Koffman Tribute Bernie Senensky, Barry Elmes, Bill McBirnie, Neil Swainson 7:30 & 9:15 pm.

DoMinion on queen John T Davis (organist) 5:30 to 8 pm. eDo Tony Quarrington, Beverly Taft, Jordan O’Connor (jazz) 7:30 pm. eDWArD Johnson BuilDing WAlter hAll

Music In The Afternoon Pentaèdre Wind Quintet, Russell Braun, Joseph Petric (baritone, accordion) 1:30 pm. eMMet rAy BAr Tia Brazda (jazz vocals) 9 pm.

four seAsons centre for the perforMing Arts richArD BrADshAW AMphitheAtre

Liszt’s Dante Sonata Li Wang (piano) noon. gAte 403 Kevin Laliberté Jazz & Flamenco Trio 9 pm. heliconiAn hAll Brahms & Beyond: An Evening of Music for Voice, Viola and Piano Virginia Barron, Robert Kortgaard, Patricia Green (viola, piano, mezzo-soprano) 7:30 pm.

MetropolitAn uniteD church Noon At Met Wilhelmina Tiemersma (organ) 12:15 pm.

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eton house All Request DJ Phil (top 40) 9 pm. gooDhAnDy’s Ladyplus.com Party DJ T Klinck doors 8 pm.5

insoMniA Martini Madness DJ Ron Jon (funk/

soul/house).

MoD cluB Popstars & Icons: Video Dance Party. the ossington More Times (hip-hop/soul/ R&B). pArts & lABour Met You On Live Journal DJs killing_girls, hardcoresnaps, timmcready (emo/pop-punk) 10 pm. velvet unDergrounD DJ Ozaze (industrial goth) 11:30 pm.

WrongBAr We See You Japan: Fundraiser DJ Grouch, DJ Dopey, Agile, P Plus, Lil Jaz, Dr Jay, Starting from Scratch, Sweet Touch Foundation doors 8:30 pm.

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AspettA cAffe Echowide, Drew Leith & the Foundation, Vic Garden (rock) 7 pm.

BAr itAliA Shugga (funk) 9:30 pm.

Bovine sex cluB The Bovine Anniversary Series

Tony Sly, Russ Rankin, Steve Rawles, Chris Cresswell. cADillAc lounge Wild T & the Spirit (R&B). cAMeron house BAck rooM Zeppelinesque (Led Zeppelin tribute) doors 9 pm. cherry colA’s rock n’ rollA TimeGiant (rock) doors 9 pm. eton house Who Stole the Cookies? (boomer rock) 9 pm. fogArty’s Brian Tyrell (rootsy pop rock) 8 pm. the gArrison Help Japan Benefit Concert Modernboys Moderngirls, Make Your Exit, the Elwins, HotKid. grAffiti’s Rockin’ For Sick Kids Kevin Jollimore 5 to 7 pm. grAffiti’s The Unseen Strangers evening. the greAt hAll CD/Video release party Awaking State, A Primitive Evolution, Will Conquer, All But Over, Bully DJs doors 8:30 pm. hArD luck BAr Piousdogs, Ghetto Blaster, the Swabs, Sofistifucks.

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Hard Luck Bar Barcade Lounge She’s Got A Habit Scott C, Sean Sax, Gary D Gish (hiphop/jazz/indie rock) doors 10 pm.

Lee’s PaLace Mustard Plug (ska punks) doors 9 pm.

LoLa The Mad Housewives 8 pm.

Mitzi’s sister Ronnie Hayward Band.

MonarcHs PuB The High Rollers (rock) 7 pm. oPera House The Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang Tour Raekwon doors 9 pm.

Parts & LaBour Parts & Labor, Child Bite, Neon Windbreaker, Bare Wires (art rock/post punk) 10 pm.

Pero Lounge CD release Joni NehRita (soul/jazz). revivaL Hip-Hop Karaoke: Round 51 Abdominal, More or Les, DJ Numeric, Ted Dancin’ doors 10 pm. rivoLi CD release Matthew Maaskant & Dryer, Ronley Teper, LAL. siLver doLLar Bare Wires, Boats, Statues, the Get Nuns, Super Repeater (garage punk) 9 pm. sound acadeMy Pina’s Bash Hollerado (rock) doors 8 pm. soutHside JoHnny’s Pop Cherry (Stonesy rock) 10 pm. tranzac Main HaLL Victory Party Band Show Geoff Berner, Rae Spoon, Briga doors 8 pm. tranzac soutHern cross The Ugly Bug Band 7:30 pm. tranzac soutHern cross Lowlands 10 pm. underground garage Bluespoon.

WrongBar CD release Fast Romantics, Shoot the Image.

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Independent record stores may be struggling, but you’d never know it on Record Store Day. While many mourn the loss of the institution from the outside, record stores themselves will be celebrating with special discounts, door-crasher prizes, limited-edition releases and in-store performances.

Fifteen local shops celebrate on

Saturday (April 16), and if it’s anything like last year they’ll be swamped. There are some prized items on the RSD exclusive list, but getting them requires jockeying for position with other record buyers, often literally (none of that digital queue business).

One of the more interesting special releases is David’s Town, an off-

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caMeron House David Celia (folk/rock) 6 pm. caMeron House Kayla Howran 10 pm. gLadstone HoteL MeLody Bar Cross Eyed

Cat (Chicago blues) 8 pm.

gLadstone HoteL BaLLrooM Okavango: An Afri-

can Orchestra Daniel Nebiat, Pasipamire Gunguwo, Donné Roberts, Sadio Sissokho, Kooshin, Waleed Abdulhamid, Walter Maclean 9 pm.

HorsesHoe Jonboy Langford & His Sadies, Dean Waco, Skull Orchard, the Good Family (alt country) doors 8:30 pm.

HugH’s rooM Neil Young Tribute Hemingway Corner, the Undesirables, Harlan Pepper, Liam Titcomb, Annabelle Chvostek, Brent Titcomb, Sarah Cripps, Doug Cameron and others 8:30 pm.

JaMes Joyce Open Stage Scott Barager (music, comedy, poetry) 4 to 7 pm.

LuLa Lounge Arnaldo y Su Talisman Orchestra (salsa) 8:45 pm.

Lou daWg’s It’s Gotta Groove Friday Jeff Eager (acoustic) 10 pm.

MagPie cafe Heartbeat Hotel, Grounders (rock/punk/shoegaze/pop) doors 7 pm.

PHoenix concert tHeatre Small World Music Tony Allen, Amp Fiddler, Prince Enoki’s Insect Orchestra, DJ medicineman, the Groove Institute 8 pm. rex Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. viLLage vaPor Lounge Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 9 pm.

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Living arts centre The Barber Of Seville Opera Kitchener 7:30 pm. oLd MiLL inn Fridays To Sing About Barbra Lica, Colin Story, Paul Novotny 7:30 pm.

Queen eLizaBetH tHeatre Cancelled. Paul Potts doors 7 pm.

Quotes Fridays At Five William Carn (jazz

trombone) 5 to 8 pm. rePosado The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex Overs’ Eleven 9:45 pm. roy tHoMson HaLL International Vocal Recital Sumi Jo (soprano) 8 pm.

royaL conservatory of Music koerner HaLL Royal Conservatory Orchestra 8 pm. soMeWHere tHere studio Leftover Daylight

Series Paul Dutton, John Oswald, Michael Snow, Aaron Lumley, Mark Segger, Brodie West, Parmela Attariwala and others 8 pm. tranzac The Foolish Things (jazz) 5 pm.

WaterfaLLs The Jim Heineman Trio 6:30 pm.

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Bunda Lounge Uptown Fridays DJ T-Ace, DJ Fresh (Caribbean/hip-hop/reggae). cLinton’s Girl & Boy 90s Dance Party (90s pop/dance/rock/hip-hop) 10 pm.

the-wall companion compilation to Fucked Up’s upcoming rock opera, David Comes To Life. Other exclusives include Nirvana’s ultra-rare Hormoaning EP, a physical release of Gorillaz’ iPad album, The Fall, and a T. Rex cover record by Ty Segall, aptly titled Ty Rex. Like last year, Sonic Boom has the biggest lineup of in-store performances, including Modern Superstitions, Teenanger, SISTER, Zeus, the Wooden Sky and more. Sunrise Records has Silverstein and Canadian 80s metal juggernauts Anvil, while Criminal Records rounds out the day with an acoustic show by the Grey Kingdom, the solo project of Attack in Black’s Spencer Burton.

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HOLY OAK CAFE DJ (I Like) American Music

(blues/soul/rock) 10 pm.

INSOMNIA Funkin’ Fresh Fridays Old School Night DJs James St Bass, Ghaleon.

LEVACK BLOCK BACK ROOM DJ Jerk Chicken (old skool) 10 pm.

LEVACK BLOCK DJ Rad McCool (hip-hop) 10 pm.

LOT 16 Absinthe Night Positronics 10 pm.

MOD CLUB Arcade Felix Cartal & Style of Eye. Doors 10 pm.

NACO GALLERY CAFE Fancy Pants DJs Home Rekha, the Whole Man.5 THE OSSINGTON All Souled Out Big Jimmy Mills, DJ Silvermayne (hip-hop).

THE PAINTED LADY DJ Phantastik, Honey B Hind (old-school hip-hop/reggae/80s) 10 pm.

THE PISTON DJ Ryan Gavel (Motown/soul/ funk) 10 pm.

RIVOLI POOL LOUNGE DJ Stu (rock/old school/ Brit/electro/classics/retro).

THE SAVOY Summer Jams Steve Rock.

SNEAKY DEE’S Pantha Du Prince.

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SUPERMARKET Market Fresh DJs ClassicK (hiphop/disco) 10 pm.

THIS IS LONDON Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano.

TRYST DJ Rock City 10 pm.

VELVET UNDERGROUND DJ Misty (alt rock) 10 pm.

WOO’S LOUNGE Heart.Of.The.City DJs J-Class & Kariz (hip-hop/R&B/reggae/old school) doors 10:30 pm.

XS NIGHTCLUB Republik Fridays DJ Joe Ghost, DJ Couture (top 40/house/mashups) 10 pm.

Saturday, April 16 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

ALLEYCATZ Soular (R&B/soul/funk).

ASPETTA CAFFE 9yrs9yrs, Sugil Reid, Tonella

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BLUE GOOSE TAVERN Cross Eyed Cat (Chicago blues).

CADILLAC LOUNGE Mary & Micky (country)

3:30 pm.

CAMERON HOUSE Big Tobacco & the Pickers 10 pm.

CAMERON HOUSE Cameron Family Singers 6 pm.

C’EST WHAT Mark Csssidy (acoustic folk/pop) 8 pm.

CRIMINAL RECORDS Grey Kingdom 7 pm.

DAKOTA TAVERN The Foggy Hogtown Boys (bluegrass) 4 to 7:30 pm.

DAVE’S... ON ST CLAIR Dave’s Angels (folk) 8:30 pm.

DOMINION ON QUEEN UKE 101 (ukulele work-

shop) 12:30 to 4 pm.

DORA KEOGH Howard Gladstone, Tony Quar(rock) 8 pm. rington (folk) 9:30 pm.

BAR ITALIA Al Webster 10 pm.

ETON HOUSE Broad Belly Band (country) 3 to 6 BOVINE SEX CLUB CD release Dustin Jones & pm. the Rising Tide, the Organ Thieves, Saigon GATE 403 Mr Rick & the Biscuits 9 pm.

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GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Country SatCADILLAC LOUNGE FRONT ROOM The Royal urdays Caren Eddy 4 to 6 pm.

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GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Laura Repo CADILLAC LOUNGE BACK ROOM Jamesking Country Band 7 pm.

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THE GREAT HALL Freddie Gwala & Platform CAMERON HOUSE BACK ROOM Zeppelinesque One doors 8 pm.

(Led Zeppelin tribute) doors 9 pm.

HOLY OAK CAFE Eucalyptus (calypso) 10 pm.

DOMINION ON QUEEN Ronnie Hayward (rockHORSESHOE The Waco Brothers, Burlingabilly) 3 to 7 pm. ton Male Welsh Choir doors 8:30 pm.

ETON HOUSE Club Attitude (top 40s) 9 pm.

HUGH’S ROOM Neil Young Tribute Hemingway FEATHERS PUB Replay (pop/R&B) 8 pm.

Corner, the Undesirables, Harlan Pepper, Liam THE GARRISON Surf City, Fergus & Geronimo.

Titcomb, Brent Titcomb, Annabelle Chvostek, GRAFFITI’S The Sin City Boys 4 to 7 pm.

Sarah Cripps, Doug Cameron and others 8:30 pm.

GRAFFITI’S Steph Marshall evening.

THE LOCAL Arthur Renwick.

KAPISANAN PHILIPPINE CENTRE Gobble Gobble, the Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt.

LOU DAWG’S Don Campbell.

LEE’S PALACE Benefit for Ontario Hands & LULA LOUNGE Salsa Dance Party Cafe Cubano, Voices King Cobb Steelie doors 9 pm. See DJ Gio 10 pm. preview, this page..

ONLY CAFÉ Michelle Rumball (roots singer/ MASSEY HALL Led Zeppelin IV Classic Albums songwriter) 9 pm.

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REBAS CAFÉ Open Mic Saturdays The Just Us MITZI’S SISTER Jake Chisholm Band.

Band 1 to 4 pm.

O’GRADYS One Mic Talent Showcase (R&B/ REX Danny Marks (blues) noon. hip-hop/spoken word) 9 pm.

SMILIN’ JACK’S The Ultimate Shania Twain ExOPERA HOUSE Born Ruffians, Russian perience Shania Twin.

Futurists, First Rate People doors 8 pm, ST NICHOLAS ANGLICAN CHURCH Acoustic Harall ages. vest Concert Series: Mary Eagen Healing GarPHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE The Black dens Benefit Concert Jory Nash, Laura Bird, Lips, Vivian Girls, the White Wires (garEve Goldberg, the Laws, Aengus Finnan doors Ad_Now_1-5 080411.ai 1 4/8/11 age punk) doors 8 pm. See preview, page 53.

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MUSIC GALLERY Electrique Array Ensemble, Nicole Lizée, Darren Copeland (pre-concert composers’ talk and concert) 7:30 pm.

OLD MILL INN Piano Masters Bernie Senensky, Duncan Hopkins, Terry Clarke 7:30 pm.

QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE Dianne Reeves, Kellylee Evans (vocal jazz) 8 pm.

REX Lester McLean Trio 7 pm.

REX Terra Hazelton 9:45 pm.

ROY THOMSON HALL TSO’s Stars Of Tomorrow Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, Toronto Children’s Chorus 1:30 & 3:30 pm.

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the Human Rights, Gisto & M3 (reggae) doors 9 pm.

ROCKPILE CD release party Conflicted, Justice Priest, the Damned, 7th Reign doors 9 pm.

SILVER DOLLAR Boys Who Say No, Topanga, Wild Hearses, the Strumbellas 9pm.

SONIC BOOM Record Store Day Modern Superstitions, Teenanger, Bidiniband, Light Fires, Ben Gunning, SISTER, Zeus, the Wooden Sky 1 to 10 pm.

SOUND ACADEMY Stereos, Neverest, Eric Solomon doors 7 pm, all ages.

SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Tony ‘Wild T’ Springer (rockin’ blues) 10 pm.

SPORTSTER’S Nicola Vaughan (pop rock) 10 pm.

SUNRISE RECORDS Record Store Day: In-store performance The Spoons 2 pm.

SUNRISE RECORDS Record Store Day: In-store performance Silverstein, Anvil (post-hardcore) 4:30 pm.

TAPS & TALES Ronnie Hayward Trio (rockabilly).

TORONTO REFERENCE LIBRARY Make Some Noise: An Evening In The Stacks The Sadies doors 7:30 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS For Japan: A Fundraiser Horses Won, Opposing Forces, Mimi & the Boys, Luke Roberts 9 pm.

GALLERY 345 Manifesto Trio ‘86 8 pm.

GATE 403 Bill Heffernan 5 to 8 pm.

GATE 403 Blakeley Walker Duo noon to 3 pm.

HELICONIAN HALL French Renaissance Poetry

APRIL 14-20 2011 NOW

Issue Date April 15th

FUNK PUNK

King Cobb Steelie Genre-smashing Guelph band comes together for a great cause, and it feels so good By JOANNE HUFFA

ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC KOERNER HALL Samantha Chang (flute) 8 pm.

SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Ken Aldcroft: In-Re-tro-Spective – TUTU Ken Aldcroft ñ Trio 8 pm.

TEN FEET TALL Satin Dolls (sensuous jazz) 8 pm.

TRANE STUDIO The Charlie Parker Project Part 2

The Terry Logan Quartet w/ Michael Arthurs 8 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

ANNEX WRECKROOM Remixed Saturdays 10 pm.

KING COBB STEELIE BENEFIT FOR ONTARIO HANDS & VOICES at Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Saturday (April 16). $13.50.

HS, RT, SS, TM.

When Kevan Byrne formed King Cobb Steelie 20 years ago in Guelph, there weren’t a lot of bands combining dub, electronica, funk and rock. After beginning in a more traditionally punk style, they soon forayed into dancier, trippier places.

“The bands we talked about and saw ourselves relating to were That Petrol Emotion and Moonshake,” says Don Pyle, producer of KCS’s first album and, for a time, the member responsible for the band’s electronics. “They were exploring similar terrain and probably had some of the same influences.”

“It’s always difficult to have perspective on your own work,” adds singer/guitarist Byrne. “We were kind of idiosyncratic and found ourselves out of step with our contemporaries a lot of the time. But there are a lot of musicians who could say the same thing.”

On Saturday, Byrne will reunite with original members Kevin Lynn, Al OkaSUNRISE RECORDS Record Store Day: In-store

performance Darrelle London (alt folk) noon.

TRANZAC Jamzac (folk) 3 pm.

TRANZAC MAIN HALL The Words To The Songs Of Michael Hurley 7:30 pm.

UNITARIAN CONGREGATION GREAT HALL

Brahms And Clara Peggy Hills, Eileen Keown, Jennifer Tung, James MacDonald, singers from the Glenn Gould School of Music 8 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DOWNTOWN Mère Méditerraneé Maryem Tollar & Aviva Chernick, Enrie Tollar, Eric Saint-Laurent 7:30 pm.

da, Sam Cino and Michael Armstrong along with the extended KCS family, including Pyle, Nathan Lawr (Minotaurs) and Ian Blurton (C’mon). The show benefits Ontario Hands & Voices, a parent support and advocacy group for children who are deaf and hard of hearing.

“My first child, Sparrow, was born deaf,” Byrne explains, “and my wife and I became quite involved with the issues that challenge parents raising a deaf child. We experienced some ideological lines that divide parents who chose to raise their children orally and those who wanted to use ASL. Hands & Voices supported our desire to follow both paths.”

As for the future of the King Cobb Steelie, who released their last album, Destroy All Codes (Outside), in 2004, Byrne is philosophical.

“I’m gonna make my own record this summer and invite the people who were part of KCS to participate. And if that sounds like a KCS record, so be it.

“I’m not attached to the name or the recordings. I’m attached to the people and the incredibly powerful musical connection I feel to them.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

ARTS & LETTERS CLUB Multi-arts program. We Fill The Wildest Nights Alison Melville, Andrei Streliaev (flute/piano) 8 pm.

BLU RISTORANTE & LOUNGE Acoustic & Jazz Sentiments @ Blu Christopher Barton (guitar, vocals) 7:30 pm.

C’EST WHAT The Hot Five Jazzmakers 3 pm.

CHALKERS PUB Brian Dickinson & Ted Quinlan (piano, guitar) 6 to 9 pm.

EASTMINSTER UNITED CHURCH The Academy Concert Series: Brahms: The Ultimate Romantic Nicolai Tarasov, Liza McLellan, Alexander Kats (clarinet, cello, piano) 8 pm.

CLINTON’S Shake, Rattle And Roll Bangs &

Blush (Motown/Britpop).

DIMITRA’S BISTRO DJ Viviana (salsa) 9 pm.

DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Tarun Nayar, B.P.M. doors 8 pm.

DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND DJ Benzi, Willy Joy doors 11 pm.

DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE DJ Chris Briscoe doors 10 pm.

EMMET RAY BAR DJ Tophey (soul/ol’ skool) 10 pm.

FLY DJs Addy, Matty Ryce, Jamal, Jeff Kirkwood 10 pm.5 FOOTWORK Hauswerks, Anthony D’Amico, Ovidi Adlert, Iron Mike, Ivan Kushman doors 10 pm.

FOX & FIRKIN Uptown Anthems DJ NV (hiphop/funk/soul/Motown/mashups) 10 pm.

GEORGE’S PLAY DJ Jon (Latin/top 40/house) 11 pm.5 GOODHANDY’S Sodom Superheroes & Villains DJ Sumation doors 10 pm.5 GUVERNMENT Markus Schulz.

HARD LUCK BAR Slayer Party (heavy metal/speed metal/thrash metal/punk).

INSOMNIA Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep house).

LEVACK BLOCK BACK ROOM DJs Dougie Boom & Teezdale 10 pm.

LEVACK BLOCK DJ Jerk Chicken (old skool) 10 pm.

MARO Red Carpet Saturdays DJ Undercover (house/hip-hop/club anthems).

NACO GALLERY CAFE Alimanha Family Night: Ranchero DJ NoLoves, DJ Sigourney Beaver 10 pm.5 THE OSSINGTON Friendship DJ Hi Mom!.

THE PAINTED LADY DJ Salazar (funk/soul) 10 pm.

PARTS & LABOUR Bitch Craft DJs Blonde & Redhead (hip-hop) 10 pm.

THE PORT DJ Pretender (rock/soul/punk/funk) 10 pm.

THE RED LIGHT Strictly Business: One-Year Anniversary DJ Serious, DJ Numeric (classic hiphop) 10 pm.

RIVOLI POOL LOUNGE DJ Osum (disco/electro/ funk).

SNEAKY DEE’S Shake A Tail (60s pop/soul) 11 pm.

SUPERMARKET Do Right Saturdays! DJs Fase, John Kong, MC Abdminal.

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collective concerts

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with

lissy trullie

moNday

april 18

souNd academy

416-598-0720

saturday april 16 @ opera house

born ruffians $ 15.00

advance • all- ages • 8pm doors

tuesday april 26 @ the phoeNix

$26.50 advaNce ga 8:00pm doors • all ages $

28.50 advaNce + f f • 19+

fri april 29 @ mod club | $15.00 adv - early show

saturday june 4

battles

great hall - $20.00 advance

zoe keating a n e ve ning wit h

tuesday june 14 mod club - $17.50 advance

the

antlers 9 y l u j y a d satur academy souNd

with little scream

advance $ 30.00 ga & $ 40.00 vip • pm 00 8: s or do • all ages

july 8 show sold out!

july 9 show oN sale thurs april 14

thurs june 30 @ the phoeNix • $ 20.00 adv • 8:00pm doors • 19+

jaga jazzist

tuesday

august 2 lee’s palace

los aNgeles $ 35.50 advance 8:00pm • 19+

moNday may 30

phoeNix coNcert theatre

st. albaNs, uK • xl recordiNgs • $ 20.00 advaNce

tuesday

august 2 the phoenix

beirut with very special guest

owen pallett $ 32.50

advance • 8:00pm • 19+

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saturday may 7 el mocamBo | $11.50 advance

tuesday april 19 annex wreckroom

fake terror proBlems $18.50 adv - metal double header

416-598-0720

saturday april 16 the phoenix • $18.50 advance

AtlAntA / Vice records / GArAGe Punk mAyhem!

sTiCk To your guns

thurs april 21 @ opera house

sunday may 1 • sound academy $ 22.50 advance ga

• $ 33.50 vip • all-ages

$24.50 adv • aLL aGes

& white wires

job for a cowboy & the ocean tuesday may 3 @ lee’s palace • $26.50 advance

...and you will know us

By The Trail of dead

with

surfer Blood

thursday may 12 sound academy

daptone records • BrooKlyn • soul

shakespeare my butt 20th anniversary

mick thomas & wally from australia’s weddings parties anything & memoryhouse

w/

saturday may 7 massey hall

8:00pm show • $ 29.50 - $ 49.50 advance @ ticketmaster 1-855-985-5000 & mh box office

friday july 8

horseshoe - $22.50 advance

dennis Coffey detroit / motown funk legend

monday may 2 mod club

tuesday august 2 @ opera house

$20.00 adv • 9:00pm • 19+

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

w/ TiTus Andronicus & FuTure islAnds

shilpa ray & her happy hookers

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

advance • 8:00pm doors • 19+

with

defeater & native

smith westerns

w ith

w/ cheaptime lullaBye arkesTra

FridAy June 10

BlaCk Joe lewis $25.00 advance & $32.00 adv vip • all-ages

$

lee’s palace - $17.50 adv

with

pure at heart yeasayer april 14-20 2011 NOW

lee’s palace

& the dap kings

jones

tuesday june 7 @ the phoenix - $20.00 advance • 8:00pm • 19+

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saturday may 7

sharon

the pains of being la dispute

new yorK • slumBerland •

$ 16.50

manners

man guiTar man wolf

& The honeyBears

$ 16.50 advance • 19+

Bad

the Phoenix

8:00pm ~ $18.50 advance ~ 19+

wednesday june 15 @ the phoenix $ 29.50

advance • athens, ga • southern rocK gods

drive-by truckers with the

beauties

advance ticketS @ ticketmaster.ca or 1-855-985-5000 • horSeShoe Front bar • SoundScapeS • rotate thiS saturday

april 30

malajube leMuria

horseshoe tavern $15.00

thurSday april 14 - $10.00 advance

clouD nothings with

Friday april 15 |

medallions $

15.00 adv

chicago bloodshot mekons lead singer

Saturday april 16 |

$

15.00 adv

chicago - bloodShot - alt country pogues Meets the Clash antheMiC RoCk & Roll

advance

sunday

may 1

horseshoe tavern 11.50 advance • 7:30pm

$

wednesday may 11

thursday may 12

langFord

horseshoe tavern | $15.00 advance

With

buke and gass

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

deano waco jon’s skull orchard BurlIngton male the good family welsh choIr

the boxer rebellion

we are augustInes

wednesday april 20 | $10.00 adv

friendship society may 26 johnny flynn thursday

Monday april 18 | $13.50 adv london uk brit pop

Hosted by BooKIe (17th Year) tueSday april 19

lIBrary voIces whale tooth

with

whIte wIves

(MeMberS oF anti-Flag)

jOyce ManOr & juniOr batt’es

saturday May 14

here tune dInosaur we go yards bones magic damon & horseshoe tavern | $13.50 advance

waco & his sadies Brothers world inferno jonBoy

with

north of america may 29 Mad Ones Danielle Duval friday may 27 oh(cdsusanna Lee’s Palace release)

Lee’s Palace | $15.00 adv

wednesday May 25 horseshoe tavern • $12.50 advance

naomi amor de dias

ex galaxy 500

(The Clientele)

friday May 27

el mocambo • $12.00 advance

thurs april 14 | $ 18.50 adv

the

auStin tx pSych rock

BlacK

angels with

& the sussex wit

suuns

king cobb steelie

Friday april 15 |

Featuring all MeMberS paSt & preSent

with

bonjay

$13.50 advance - hopeless records

london uk • domino records

portugal the man junip mustarD plug this will jonny thao & ron sexsmith destroy

dodger & the

real deal

with the acrylIcs

15.00 advance

monday May 30

ska

w/

WedneSday april 20 | $15.00 advance - Sweden - Jose gonzalez

$

thursday april 21 | $10.00

sat april 16 | $ 13.50 adv

anna the raDio Dept. calvi mustarD plug

horseshoe | $13.50 advance

sunday

horseshoe tavern • $10.50 advance

friday june 3 & saturday june 4

sunday june 5

joe pug choIr the submarines you keren ann mirah godspeed! yacht you black wide mouth mason sean rowe bass zola drum of emperor the FelIce two cow jesus death Brothers hunx & his punx garage doomriders rattlesnaKe cd release

strand of oaks + charlotte cornfield carina round + josh cockerill Friday april 22 | $12.50 advance • nettwerk records indie pop

lee’s palace • $13.50 advance

drake underground

| $20.50 adv

lee’s palace

thurSday april 21 | toronto Singer Songwriter sold out!

$15 advance + $ 1 charity fee • 8:00pm • 19+

feat. norman blake of teenage fanclub & euros childs of gorky’s Zygotic mynci

Fri april 22 — Sun april 24

w/ ash KohlIe

Monday may 2 | $16.00 adv

tues june 28 @ the drake | $16.50 advance

nIK FrIetas & the matthews Brothers Saturday april 23 - $15.00 advance - blues rock & roll

Fri may 6 | Sold out!

thursday april 14 @ dakota | $11.50 adv

wednesday april 20

the Garrison | $14.00 adv - diy Goth indie

with

the stanfields

no cover!

WedneSday april 27 - $11.50 advance - San Fran punk rock!

with

wednesday

Velvet underground • $9.00 advance

rob moir

sunday May 22

thurSday may 12 | $17.50 adv

the garrison | $8.50 advance

wednesday april 20 @ sneaky dee’s |

shannon & the clams + peach KellI pop thurSday april 28 - $10.00 advance

the acorn artist bookings: craig@horseshoetavern.com or 416-598-0720

horseshoetavern.com 370 Queen St. WeSt / Spadina 416-598-4226 • 1947 to 2010

peter bjorn & john

april 20

monday May 30

$10.50

adv • 7:00pm early show

burning love & creeper

all shOws sOld Out!

Friday april 29 | $27.50 advance • 19+

thursday april 21 @ drake underground | $12.00 advance - 8pm doors

wilDbirDs joan as policewoman & peaceDrums april 28 grails drake underground | $20.00 advance

with

Bahamas

thursday

With yellow ostrich

sneaky dee’s | $11.00 adv

tueS july 19 @ el Mocambo | $10.00 adv

tueSday

twin sister

may 10 the drake -

$ 13.50 adv

With james blackshaw

john vanderslice

reverend peyton’s big damn band artiSt bookingS: 416-598-0720 or ben@leespalace.com

leespalace.com 529 bloor Street WeSt / bathurSt NOW april 14-20 2011

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SUTRA The Bridge DJ Triplet (ol’ skool hip-hop).

VELVET UNDERGROUND Soundshock Saturday DJ Joe 10 pm.

WRONGBAR Nastymix Annie Mac, Filthy

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Sunday, April 17 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

BLACK SWAN hereandthere Concert: Benefit for Nellie’s Shelter Koi, Nelo Chouloute, Mick Cavanagh Band, Sharp Dressed Men, Rouge 6 to 11 pm.

CADILLAC LOUNGE Scotty Campbell & His Wardenairs.

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.

MITZI’S SISTER The Liquidaires 5 to 7 pm.

PARTS & LABOUR Beekeepers Society, Good Clean Feeling, Anne Crawley 9 pm.

THE PISTON Pat Robitaille 9 pm.

SLACK’S Girls Do Boys Dani Jean, Anna Sudac, Elana Harte, Melissa Bel 6 to 9 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Monk’s Music 5 pm.

TRANZAC MAIN HALL Karen Reed Band 7 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Autobodies, Brodie Dakin & Tiny Mountains 7:30 pm.

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

CAMERON HOUSE Jay Pollock 6 pm.

CAMERON HOUSE Kevin Quain & the Mad Bastards 10 pm.

CLOAK & DAGGER PUB Scottt McGrenere (pop/ folk) 9 pm.

GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Bluegrass

Sundays Maikita Hack & the Logrollers 5 to 8 pm.

GLENN GOULD STUDIO Festival Of Music And Culture Autorickshaw, U of T Klezmer Band, Manouchehr Chahardooli, Yuan Wang and others 2 pm.

HOLY OAK CAFE Infinity Intention (folk) 9 pm.

HUGH’S ROOM CD release Nicole Edwards, Ken Whiteley, R.W. Haller 2 pm.

LULA LOUNGE Salsa Brunch Party Luis Mario Ochoa’s Quarteto Tradicional (Cuban Son) 12:30 & 2:30 pm.

LULA LOUNGE Voices Of Hope Fundraiser Shatter Vox, Lost Anglers (rock/folk) 7 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.

THE PAINTED LADY Combo Royale (bluegrass/ jazz/ska) 9 pm.

POGUE MAHONE Cape Breton Ceilidh Sandy MacIntyre & Steeped in Tradition 4 to 8 pm.

SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Jam Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix Band 9:30 pm.

STOUT IRISH PUB Celtic Session Traditional Irish Music & Dance 3 to 6 pm.

SUPERMARKET Freefall Sundays Open Mic Jam 8 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

DOMINION ON QUEEN Jazz Jam 4 to 7 pm.

EMMET RAY BAR The Kitchens (ukulele) 9 pm.

GATE 403 Faber & Freedman Jazz Duo noon to

3 pm.

GATE 403 The France St Trio 5 to 8 pm.

GATE 403 Patrick Tevlin’s New Orleans

Rhythm 9 pm.

GRACE CHURCH ON-THE-HILL CD release Pax

Christi Chorale & Youth Choir, Windermere String Quartet, Bruce Kirkpatrick Hill 3 pm.

ISLINGTON UNITED CHURCH Libera (British boys choir) 7:30 pm.

JANE MALLETT THEATRE Low Blows Hannaford Street Silver Band 3 pm.

MARKHAM THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Out Of This World Chanticleer (a capella chorus) 8 pm.

MUSIC GALLERY The Music Of Norma

Beecroft: Post-classical Series Univox ñ Choir, Stephen Tam, Sanya Eng, Ryan Scott,

Douglas Perry, Accordes String Quartet (tribute to Canadian music pioneer) 8 pm.

REBAS CAFÉ The Whole SheBang Steve Evans & Annalise (jazz) 1 to 4 pm.

REX Andrew Boniwell (piano) 7 pm.

REX Excelsior Dixieland Band noon.

REX Random Access 9:30 pm.

ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC MAZZOLENI HALL Discovery Series Atis Bankas, Robert

MacDonald & the Gould String Quartet 2 pm.

SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO lightsweetcrude Jason Steidman, Alexei Orechin, Jawari Bahar, Michael Kaler, Mark Segger 5 pm.

SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Bruxism, Katherine Young 8 pm.

TEN FEET TALL Debbie Fleming (jazz) 3:30 to 6:30 pm.

TORONTO CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Americana Orchestra Toronto, Dieter Hennings (guitar) 3 pm.

TRANE STUDIO Up From The Roots Dwayne Morgan 8 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Composers’ Workshop 2 pm.

TRINITY ST. PAUL’S CHURCH Elizabeth Shepherd, Denzal Sinclaire doors 6:30 pm.

HORSESHOE The Boxer Rebellion (alt rock) doors 8:30 pm.

MASSEY HALL The Pixies, Imaginary Cities 8 pm.

MITZI’S SISTER Lamburger.

OLD NICK M Factor Mondays Nadia Hosko, Chasing Eve, Elana Harte 7 pm.

OPERA HOUSE Sepultura, Belphegor, Hate, Keep of Kalessin, Neuraxis, Bonded by Blood doors 6 pm, all ages.

SOUND ACADEMY TV on the Radio doors 8 pm, all ages.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS This is Awesome 7 pm.

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.

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FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

CAMERON HOUSE Betty Stew 6 pm.

CAMERON HOUSE Tanya Philipovich 10 pm.

CLOAK & DAGGER PUB Alun Piggins (folk/pop) 9 pm.

DAVE’S... ON ST CLAIR The Monday Sessions Open Jam Pete Eastmure 7:30 pm.

THE FOUNTAIN Badly Bent Bluegrass 9 pm.

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7:30 pm.

HIGHWAY 61 SOUTHERN BARBEQUE Chris Chambers (blues) 7 pm.

THE LOCAL Hamstrung Stringband (bluegrass/

country) 9:30 pm.

THE PAINTED LADY Open Mic Mondays 9 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Open Mic 10 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

DOMINION ON QUEEN Toronto Composers Workshop 9 pm.

EMMET RAY BAR Brodie West, Dan Fortin, Dan Gaucher 9 pm.

GATE 403 Tony Desmarteau (solo jazz/blues) 5

to 8 pm.

GATE 403 Snake Oil Johnson Ken Kawashima & Bob Vespaziani 9 pm.

REX Peter Hill Quintet 6:30 pm.

REX Jazz Mechanics Big Band 9:30 pm.

SUPERMARKET Raise A Ruckus: Benefit For Clay & Paper Theatre Richard Underhill, Jaron Freeman Fox, Tim Posgate, Terra Hazelton and others 8 pm.

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DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

ALLEYCATZ Salsa Night DJ Frank Bischun 8 pm.

BOVINE SEX CLUB Moody Mondays Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

FUZION VIZION LOUNGE FML Mondays DJ Craig 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.

Tuesday, April 19

BOVINE SEX CLUB DJ Rob. INSOMNIA DJ LK (old-school hip-hop/disco/

POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

funk).

ANNEX WRECKROOM Drummers In Exile (drum circle) 8 pm.

ANNEX WRECKROOM Terror, Stick to Your Guns, Trapped Under Ice, Close Your Eyes, Your Demise doors 6 pm, all ages.

CAMERON HOUSE Friendly Rich 10 pm.

C’EST WHAT The Sweet Mack (rock/soul/ pop) 9 pm.

DOMINION ON QUEEN Rockabilly Workshop 2 to 4 pm.

KOOL HAUS My Chemical Romance, Neon Trees, the Architects doors 6:30 pm, all ages.

THE LOCAL The Oat, Lee Gauls (rock).

MASSEY HALL The Pixies, Imaginary Cities 8 pm.

MOD CLUB Go Radio, A Rocket to the Moon, Valencia, Anarbor, Runner Runner.

THE PISTON The Dead Tuesdays, Mercy Flight 10 pm.

THE WILSON 96 Trish Robb (roots/rock) 10 pm.

KOOL HAUS Coming Home Tour Diddy

Dirty Money (hip-hop) doors 9 pm. ñ MAD FOR DANCE Dance Dance Party Party

(women’s dance party) 3:30 to 5 pm.

THE OSSINGTON Unlimited Sundays Hajah Bug & Mantis.

751 Big Shiny Sundays DJs SHEMCA & Sunshine 10 pm.

VELVET UNDERGROUND DJ Hanna (80s retro) 10 pm.

Monday, April 18 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

FELIX CARTEL

FREE TIMES CAFE Open Stage Signe Miranda

CADILLAC LOUNGE Surfin’ Rock’n Roll Mondays The Flying Bordelos, the Sisters of Mersey (surf twang).

DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Elvis Monday (rock) doors 9 pm.

DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE 86’D Boot Knives doors 10 pm.

GRAFFITI’S Kevin Quain’s Gutbucket Lounge 6 to 9 pm.

ANIMAL CONFESSION

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THIS SUNDAY, APRIL 17, IS THE PSYCHIC BRUNCH! Clinton’s Is Looking For New Bands

416.503.2921 or bookclintons@hotmail.com

THE OSSINGTON Thurs 14Th More TiMes Hip hop, soul, R&B... More Times = good times Fri 15Th All souled ouT w/ Big Jimmy Mills & DJ Silvermayne Hip hop and well beyond saT 16Th Friendship w/ DJ Hi Mom! Reliably the single best party in the city sun 17Th BrAss FAcTs TriViA Think, drink & compete... followed by: unliMiTed sundAy w/Hajah Bug, Mantis Manjah music to make you move... mon 18Th cAlM As ice Ice & Yolanda present the best of our best Tue 19Th AVAnT GArden reAdinG series Pints, poetry, & prose wed 20Th Tich MAredzA BAnd Live African music... straight outta Zimbabwe sTarTing sun 24Th Come on in from 12pm on and try our unique & delicious Sunday brunch 61 OSSINGTON AVE | 416•850•0161 | theossington.com

THE DAKOTA TAVERN SEAN ROWE

Thu Apr 14

TwiTTer.com/Thesneakydees booking@sneaky-dees.com

$3.25 BREAKFAST • MON - FRI 11AM- 4PM

7pm ADV. $11.50 @ Rotate This, Soundscapes. $13 @ the door.

10pm 10pm

ThursDAY APrIL 14

Miles Jones Tiny Danza TrisTones

Fri Apr 15

YOUNG RIVAL

CATL BLUEGRASS PICNIC

Sat Apr 16

4-7pm

JOHN MAYS

Sun Apr 17

11-3pm BLUEGRASS

everY sATurDAY

APR 30 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7PM

10pm

60’s pop & soul

MAY 14 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7PM

Mon Apr 18 Tues Apr 19

FrIDAY APrIL 15

PanTha dU Prince The sighT beLow

sHaKe a Tail sunDAY APr 17

The FoLk, wide-eyed ToUrgUide ToasT, yoUr new Friends maTT grooPie and The bandiTs everY MonDAY

Legends oF karaoke everY weDnesDAY

wHaT’s poppin’ 80’s/90’s hip hop party upcoming

APR 21 APR 26 APR 28 mAy 22 mAy 25

PETTy vS SPRINgSTEEN dANcE PARTy KRAllIcE gRAIlS cRySTAl STIlTS lIvINg wITh lIONS

486 SPADINA AVE. @ COLLEGE

Saturday Supper Club Blues!

APR 23 • • • • • • • • 7PM

& Friends

SWAMPERELLA OUT OF THE BLUES ★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ THU ★ ★ APR ★ ★ 14 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ FRI APR 15 Oakland, CA, Garage-Rock ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Plus! @ 9:30pm ★ ★ ★ Adv. Tickets @ Rotate Th is, Soundscapes ★ ★ ★ ★ SAT APR 16 Toronto Art Pop ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ HIGH LONESOME WEDNESDAY • 9:30PM ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ BIG CITY BLUEGRASS ★ ★ ★ FEATURING MEMBERS OF ★ ★ THE FOGGY HOGTOWN BOYS ★ ★ & THE CREAKING TREE ★ ★ STRING QUARTET ★ ★ ★ ★ THU ★ ★ ★ ★ APR 21 ★ ★ ★ ★ & The ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ COWGIRL CHOIR, FIRES OF @ 9:30pm ★ ★ ★ ★ FRI APR 22 T.O./Montreal Punks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ @ 10pm ★ ★ ★ ★ SAT APR 23 “LATE NIGHT LIVE!” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ THU ★ ★ ★ ★ APR 28 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ FRI APR 29 Canadian Bluegrass ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ W/ SPECIAL GUEST ★ ★ FROM HALIFAX ★ ★ ★ Plus! FREE WHISKEY STRING BAND ★ ★ & TOM TERRELL  8:30PM ★ ★ SAT APR 30 Late Night Live! ★ ★ ★ ★ LP Release ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ w/ ★ ★ ★ ★ THU MAY 5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ FRI MAY 6 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ To ront o ★ SAT ★ MAY 7 Thaw Fest ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ FRI MAY 13 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★

HABITAT

The Oats, ACM Checklist A LADY & GENTLEMEN

BARE WIRES

& THE HAGGARD

BRUNCH

SILVERHEARTS

THE BEAUTIES

Wed Apr 20

10pm THE

RATTLESNAKE CHOIR SURE THINGS

10pm THE

7pm

FRAZEY FORD 10pm HOT ROCK

FT. MEMBERS OF FLASH LIGHTNIN’ & THE BEAUTIES

249 OSSINGTON AVE (just north of Dundas) 416-850-4579 · thedakotatavern.com

HOT ROCK

10pm Members of The Beauties & Flash Lightnin’ play Rolling Stones

STATUES, THE GET NUNS Super Repeater

BOYS WHO SAY NO Topanga, WILD HEARSES The Strumbellas

CRAZY STRINGS

Flying Fox Hunter Gatherers

1214 queen st w 416.531.4635 www.gladstonehotel.com

7-10pm THE

SAMANTHA MARTIN

w/ Boats (Sacramento)

QUIET REVOLUTION

tHuRsDAY ApRil 14tH Art BAr: 7pm - 10pm UnpAcked Opening ReceptiOn | FRee Melody BAr: 9pm - 1Am IndIe Love RadIo pResents the deAdringers w/ JeFF BARkmAn & DAne HARtsell | FRee FRiDAY ApRil 15tH Melody BAr: 8pm - 10pm cross-eyed cAt BlUes BAnd FRee Melody BAr: 10pm - 2Am kArAoke w/ peteR stYles | FRee sAtuRDAY ApRil 16tH BAllrooM: sAt & sun 11Am - 5pm CReatIve HeaRt CoLLeCtIve crAft show pwYc Melody BAr: 4pm - 6pm MILL st. CountRy satuRdays pResents cAren eddy FRee Melody BAr: 7pm - 10pm the lAUrA repo coUntry BAnd FRee Melody BAr: 10pm - 2Am kArAoke w/ peteR stYles FRee sunDAY ApRil 17tH Art BAr: 2pm - 4pm unpaCked Artist tAlk w/ BuRke pAteRsOn | FRee glAdstone gAllery: 3pm - 5pm discUssing the detAils w/ tHe gRApHic DetAils ARtists | FRee Melody BAr: 5pm - 8pm MILL st. BLuegRass sundays pResents MAkitA hAck & the logrollers FRee glAdstone gAllery: 7pm - 9pm IsRaeL and CoMICs: Beyond BlAck & white FRee mOnDAY ApRil 18tH Melody BAr: 7pm - 11pm tweetgasM MontHLy tweetUp FRee tuesDAY ApRil 19tH Melody BAr: 7pm - 11pm CoLoRBLInd BRIan's BlUes cAMpfire FRee weDnesDAY ApRil 20tH Melody BAr: 7:30pm - 10pm gRanny Boots pResents foUr two Zero - herekitty, kitty FRee

10pm

Plus!

PKEW PKEW PKEW (ex-gunshots) Dryheaves, Black Magick Fox

Plus! HOT KID, HATE GANG

THE THING IS... w/ Redwire Archangel

Vas Vega

Low Level Flight A NORTHERN DRAWL

UNSEEN STRANGERS The Moonshine Ramblers

Lee Mellor

The Stables, Trish Robb

MIKE MACHADO Tandy On Friday, Will Charbonneau

THE NOBLE TRUTHS, PJ STYLES

EAMON McRATH

The DPRS, Goodnight Webcam THE SKELETONES FOUR

thu apr 14 | 8:30pm

THE vANiSHErS’ CD Release showCase

pARADiSE

MATTHEW MAASkANT

pROCEEDS gOiNg TO jApAN RELiEf

DryEr,

w/ guests: ronley Teper, lAl sat apr 16 | 10pm | $10

HOUSE OF DAviD gANg

AND FriENDlyNESS AND THE HUMAN rigHTS

releaSe party fOr the New SplIt 7” vINyl sun apr 17 | drs 8:30pm | $5

lAUgH SABBATH:

PoPPa ProPPa’s House of Jokes!

HOSTED By BriAN BArlOW

WWW.lAUgHSABBATH.cOM

mOn apr 18 | drs 8:30pm | pwYC ($5) BrOADcAST livE ON FAcEBOOk Mc ryAN BEllEvillE

the Doo woPs, Dave MeRheje, Pat thoRnton, k. tRevoR wilson, saRa hennessey, kevin heRoD & MoRe!

AlTDOTcOMEDylOUNgE.cOM tue apr 19 | drs 8:30pm | pwYC ($5) THE HEADliNE SEriES FEAT: THE BOOM MC Dave MeRheje, teD hollisteR’s Cow, MaRk Debonis DoM PaRe, niCk ReynolDson newsDesk with Ron sPaRks & MoRe!

SkETcHcOMEDylOUNgE.cOM wed apr 20 | 7pm 19+ | $10

THE UlTiMATE

iNDUSTry SHOWcASE with sPeCial guests fRoM

UNivErSAl pUBliSHiNg

ania ZieMiRska, ChRis RitChie, luCas hunteR, haRRison fine, alPhabot, bRenDon goMeZ, CRookeD hill, tRanquil, MiC DelinCuente thu apr 21 | 9:30pm | $5

THE cUNNiNgHAM’S

METZ

BUrNiNg BriDgES, THE NEWSMEN

Bloodshot Bill The Mercy Now, Cavaliers, Dildoniks

aprIl 27 Ari HEST May 20 OH My DArliNg May 21 FOOTpriNTS (date ChaNGe) May 31 STEvE HOFSTETTEr

Bishop Morroco, Tropics ACTUAL WATER, RITUALS

416.763.9139 • SILVERDOLLARROOM.COM

mANSiON pRESENTS:

a Double CD Release PaRty!!

fri apr 15 | 8pm | $10 PubliC City PResents

COMING SOON

332 QUEEN ST. W. | 416.596.1908 | rivoli.ca

w/ VLSONN + ALEX bROOKS + bASSmyNT

DOORS @ 10pm_pwyC

EDUmACATiON w/ Dj fASE + Dj KARiz

DOORS @ 10pm_$10

TARUN + b.p.m.

DOORS @ 8pm_$10

Dj bENzi + wiLLy jOy

DOORS @ 11pm_$10

ELViS mONDAy

DOORS @ 9pm_fREE EmbRACE pRESENTS:

jAmAiCA

DOORS @ 10pm_$13.50ADV RT/SS

jOAN AS pOLiCE wOmAN

DOORS @ 8pm_$12ADV RT/SS THEDRAKEHOTEL.CA/EVENTS TwiTTER.COm/THEDRAKEHOTEL 1150 QUEEN ST w TORONTO 416.531.5042

NOW april 14-20 2011

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yellow griFFin Johnny Devil & the Scream-

ing Demons (rock) 10 pm.

FOLK/BLuES/COunTRY/WORLD

cADillAc lounge The Euphonic Open Stage 9

pm.

cAmeron house Michelle Rumball & Beauty

�eerhoof �ith

the dodos plus ��u��l�� ��ir

hursdy, une  hoenix concert etre

rs p, $, + Tickets: tinyurl.com/NXNE-Deerhoof-Dodos

Saloon 6 pm.

cloAk & DAgger pub Slocan Ramblers (bluegrass) 10 pm.

gAte 403 Blues Night Julian Fauth 9 pm. glADstone hotel meloDy bAr Colorblind

Brian’s Blues Campfire 7 pm. holy oAk cAFe The Weather Station & Simone Downes (folk) 9 pm. horseshoe CD release Oh Susanna (folk). hugh’s room Gold-Top Guitar Summit & CD release Emile d’Eon, Donna Grantis, Tristan Clark 8:30 pm. lulA lounge 50th Anniversary of Playa Girón (Bay of Pigs) (historical program & Cuban Band) 7:30 pm. nAco gAllery cAFe Technicolour Reading & Music Series No 8 8:30 pm. olD nick Open Mic Jennifer Brewer 9 pm. only cAFé Janet Whiteway (singer/songwriter) 8 pm. operA house Femi Kuti & the Positive Force doors 7:30 pm. trAnzAc southern cross rightleftwhere and updownthere 10 pm.

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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 110

art brut plus �uests

fridy, une  od club

rs p, $ + Tickets: tinyurl.com/NXNE-ArtBrut

 bouncing souls �/ ni-lg +

E ltliners

Years Of Singing On Record: An Introduction To The Evolution Of Style Stephen R Clarke noon. gAte 403 Byung-gul Jung Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. rex Rex Jazz Jam Sly Juhas (jazz) 9:30 pm. rex Danny DePoe 6:30 pm.

DrAke hotel unDergrounD Faktory Jamaica, Via Audio doors 10 pm. ñ gooDhAnDy’s T-Girls Go Wild DJ Cesar doors

rock) 9 pm.

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

press club Nicole Christian & Alfie Smith

Wednesday, April 20 POP/ROCK/HiP-HOP/SOuL

cADillAc lounge The Neil Young’uns 8:30 pm. clinton’s Burning Candy, Psycho Mad Sally,

Dylan Goes Electric (hard rock). the gArrison Zola Jesus, Cult of Youth (goth indie) doors 8:30 pm. grAFFiti’s Mick Thomas & Squeezebox Willie 8 pm. hArD luck bAr 4:20 Show On the Verge, Palace of the End, the Stormalongs, Sinister Trailer Park Magic, Adytum. horseshoe Joe Pug doors 8:30 pm. lee’s pAlAce Junip, the Acrylics doors 8 pm. moD club Accept, Sabaton, Ash Lee Blade, Warmachine doors 7 pm, all ages. operA house Heavy Metal Kings, King Syze, So Sick Social Club (hip-hop) 9 pm, all ages. pArts & lAbour Beach Fossils, Craft Spells 10 pm. the piston Lara Martin. queen elizAbeth theAtre Chris Cornell, William Elliott Whitmore 8 pm. rAncho relAxo Cinéma L’Amour. rex Kilowatt Funk Band 9:30 pm. rivoli Ultimate Industry Showcase Ania Ziemirska, Chris Ritchie, Harrison Fine, Alphabot and others 7 pm. sneAky Dee’s Doomriders, Burning Love doors 7 pm. supermArket Wednesdays Go Pop! Poor Young Things, the Maddigans doors 9 pm. trAnzAc southern cross Jennifer LFO (pop rock) 7:30 pm. velvet unDergrounD Bass Drum of Death, Ell V Gore, the Dirty Mags doors 8:30 pm.

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cAmeron house bAck room Signe Miranda,

Mark Cassidy, Jon Travis, Jessica Speziale 9 pm.

10 pm.

gAte 403 Fraser Melvin Blues Band 9 pm. grossmAn’s Rockin’ Blues Jam Ernest Lee &

Cats, You Handsome Devil, Apocalypse Jane.

hugh’s room Judy Collins, Andy White 8:30

Cotton Traffic 9 pm.

pm.

venue index fridy, une  hoenix concert etre

rs p, $  ges/icensed Tickets: tinyurl.com/NXNE-BouncingSouls

hot ��ter �usic

/  ill cre • ockingbird ish e uck • hks

sturdy, une  �he �per� �ouse

rs p, $2.  ges/icensed Tickets: tinyurl.com/NXNE-HotWaterMusic Limited number of NXNE passes/wristbands admitted to these shows 66

april 14-20 2011 NOW

AlleycAtz 2409 Yonge. 416-481-6865.

AlliAnce FrAnçAise Downtown 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014.

Annex wreckroom 794 Bathurst. 416-536-0346.

AquilA 347 Keele. 416-761-7474.

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

AspettA cAFFe 207 Augusta. 416-725-0693. bAr itAliA 582 College. 416-535-3621. beAver 1192 Queen W. 416-537-2768. berkeley church 315 Queen E. 416-361-9666. blAck swAn 154 Danforth. 416-469-0537. blu ristorAnte & lounge 17 Yorkville. 416-9211471. blue goose tAvern 1 Blue Goose. 416-255-2442. boiler house 55 Mill. 416-203-2121. bovine sex club 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239. brAssAii 461 King W. 416-598-4730. bunDA lounge 1108 Dundas W. cADillAc lounge 1296 Queen W. 416-536-7717. cAmeron house 408 Queen W. 416-703-0811. 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. 416-781-9121. clinton’s 693 Bloor W. 416-535-9541. cloAk & DAgger pub 394 College. 647-436-0228. comFort inn 6355 Airport (Mississauga). 905677-7331. criminAl recorDs 493 Queen W. 416-364-5380. crown & tiger 414 College. 416-920-3115.

DAkotA tAvern 249 Ossington. 416-850-4579.

DAve’s... on st clAir 730 St Clair W. 416-657-3283.

DimitrA’s bistro 782 St Clair W. Dominion on queen 500 Queen E. 416-3686893.

DorA keogh 141 Danforth. 416-778-1804.

DrAke hotel 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. eAstminster uniteD church 310 Danforth.

416-463-2179. eDo 484 Eglinton W. 416-322-3033. eDwArD Johnson builDing 80 Queen’s Park.

416-978-3744. el mocAmbo 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777. emmet rAy bAr 924 College. 416-792-4497. eton house 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161.

FeAthers pub 962 Kingston Rd. 416-694-0443.

Fly 8 Gloucester. 416-410-5426.

FogArty’s 3481 Lake Shore W. 416-253-5500.

sors, Field Assembly 10 pm. trAnzAc tiki room Old Time Session 7 pm.

JAzz/CLASSiCAL/ExPERiMEnTAL

AlleycAtz Graceful 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. emmet rAy bAr Les Petit Nouveau (Gypsy swing) 9 pm. gAllery 345 Music For Horn And Soprano Roslyn Black, Mary Ann Power, Steven Runge (horn, soprano, piano) 8 pm. gAte 403 Heather Luckhart (blues/roots/jazz) 5 to 8 pm. the locAl Make Out Wednesdays The Ron Leary Quintet. lulA lounge Era Chorna, Bill King, Terry Clark (jazz) 8 pm. menkes peArs on the Avenue presentAtion centre Bene Fête Too Esprit Orchestra 8 pm. nAco gAllery cAFe Local Fuzz 8 pm.5 nAwlins JAzz bAr The Jim Heineman Jazz Trio 7 pm.

only cAFé Jazz Response Unit 8 pm. rex Amanda Tosoff 6:30 pm. richmonD hill centre For the perForming Arts Synergy Brass Quintet (baroque/modern

jazz) 8 pm.

DAnCE MuSiC/DJ/LOunGE

cAmeron house The Cameron Brothers Band

DAnCE MuSiC/DJ/LOunGE

beAver Feelings DJ Body Beautiful 10 pm. bovine sex club Pink & Black Attack Blind

Stage John Kirkley 8 pm.

trAnzAc southern cross Paper Beat Scis-

FOLK/BLuES/COunTRY/WORLD

cAmeron house Joshua Cockerill 6 pm. c’est whAt Alex Tintinalli 9:30 pm. cloAk & DAgger pub Shinhackers (bluegrass)

trAnzAc southern cross Al Purdy Project

Big City Bluegrass Crazy Strings 9 pm.

stout irish pub Blues Jam 9 pm. terri o’s sports bAr Gary 17’s Acoustic Open

somewhere there stuDio Kyle Brenders Quartet (experimental/jazz) 8 pm.

trAne stuDio Live From Denmark Jazz By

7:30 pm.

(blues/roots) 9:30 pm.

silver DollAr High Lonesome Wednesday:

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10 pm.

Heart 8 pm.

music).

the pAinteD lADy The Julian Taylor Band (folk

8 pm.5

royAl conservAtory oF music koerner hAll CD release: Aspects Of Oscar Dave Young 5 to 8 pm.

the ossington Tich Maredza Band (African

Footwork 425 Adelaide W. 416-913-3488. the FountAin 1261 Dundas W. 416-203-2311.

Four seAsons centre For the perForming Arts 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231.

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

Free times cAFe 320 College. 416-967-1078.

Fuzion 580 Church. 416-944-9888. gAllery 345 345 Sorauren. 416-822-9781. the gArrison 1197 Dundas W. gAte 403 403 Roncesvalles. 416-588-2930. george’s plAy 504 Church. 416-963-8251. glADstone hotel 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. glenn goulD stuDio 250 Front W. 416-205-5555. gooDhAnDy’s 120 Church. 416-760-6514. grAce church on-the-hill 300 Lonsdale. 416488-7884. grAFFiti’s 170 Baldwin. 416-506-6699. the greAt hAll 1087 Queen W. 416-826-3330. grossmAn’s 379 Spadina. 416-977-7000. guvernment 132 Queens Quay E. 416-869-0045. hArD luck bAr 812 Dundas W. heliconiAn hAll 35 Hazelton. 416-922-3618. highwAy 61 southern bArbeque 1620 Bayview.

416-489-7427. holy oAk cAFe 1241 Bloor W. 647-345-2803. horseshoe 370 Queen W. 416-598-4753. hugh’s room 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604. insomniA 563 Bloor W. 416-588-3907. islington uniteD church 25 Burnhamthorpe.

416-239-1131.

JAmes Joyce 386 Bloor W. 416-324-9400.

JAne mAllett theAtre 27 Front E. 416-366-7723. kApisAnAn philippine centre 167 Augusta.

416-979-0600. kool hAus 132 Queens Quay E. 416-869-0045. lee’s pAlAce 529 Bloor W. 416-532-1598. levAck block 88 Ossington. 416-916-0571. living Arts centre 4141 Living Arts (Mississauga).

905-306-6000. the locAl 396 Roncesvalles. 416-535-6225. lolA 40 Kensington. 416-348-8645. lot 16 1136 Queen W. 416-531-6556. lou DAwg’s 589 King W. 647-347-3294. lulA lounge 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307. mAD For DAnce 263 Adelaide W. 416-971-7723. mAgpie cAFe 831 Dundas W. 416-916-6499. mArkhAm theAtre For the perForming Arts 171 Town Centre Blvd (Markham). 905-305-7469.

george’s plAy Hump Day Dance Party DJ Jon (Latin/top 40) 9 pm.5 glADstone hotel meloDy bAr Granny Boots Four Two Zero: Here Kitty Kitty benefit for Toronto Animal Services Roney & Nani 7 to 10 pm.5 gooDhAnDy’s T-Girls Go Wild DJ Cesar doors 8 pm.5 insomniA Vinyl Wednesday DJ Chris Bosno (deep underground soul). reposADo Spy vs Sly vs Spy James Robertson. wrongbAr Bassmentality Bar9, the Killabits, Zeds Dead doors 10 pm.

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mAro 135 Liberty. 416-588-2888. mAssey hAll 178 Victoria. 416-872-4255. menkes peArs on the Avenue presentAtion centre 164 Avenue Rd. metropolitAn uniteD church 56 Queen E. 416-363-0331. mitzi’s sister 1554 Queen W. 416-532-2570. moD club 722 College. 416-588-4663. monArchs pub 33 Gerrard W. 416-585-4352. music gAllery 197 John. 416-204-1080. nAco gAllery cAFe 1665 Dundas W. 647-3476499. nAwlins JAzz bAr 299 King W. 416-595-1958. not my Dog 1510 Queen W. 416-532-2397. o’grADys 171 College. 416-596-0327. olD mill inn 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641. olD nick 123 Danforth. 416-461-5546. only cAFé 972 Danforth. 416-463-7843. operA house 735 Queen E. 416-466-0313. the ossington 61 Ossington. 416-850-0161. the pAinteD lADy 218 Ossington. 647-213-5239. pArts & lAbour 1566 Queen W. 416-588-7750. pero lounge 812 Bloor W. 416-915-7225. phoenix concert theAtre 410 Sherbourne.

416-323-1251. the piston 937 Bloor W. 416-532-3989. pogue mAhone 777 Bay. 416-598-3339. the port 1179 Dundas W. 416-516-1270. press club 850 Dundas W. 416-364-7183. queen elizAbeth theAtre 190 Princes’ Blvd.

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track, 1941, with orchestral arrangements

by Van Dyke Parks.

Top track: Long Black Train Oh Susanna plays a free show at the Horseshoe Tuesday (April 19). SARAH GREENE

disc of the week

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Rating: NNNN Merrill Garbus’s first album took a bit of time to grow on us, only really clicking once we caught the TuneYards experience live. While we respected the reasoning behind her lo-fi DIY approach, her debut doesn’t even begin to approximate how impressively full and dynamic she sounds onstage, even when she’s just performing as a duo. Generally aided only by a bass player, she uses a looping pedal to construct mesmerizing, intricate soundscapes from layers of her voice, a ukulele and a few drums.

Pop/Rock

Now, with a respectable label behind her, some extra money from a BlackBerry commercial and a much bigger fan base, she’s gone into a proper studio and lifted that veil of noise and distortion that previously buried her off-kilter African-influenced grooves and spine-tingling throaty wailing. You can sense that she’s still a bit uncomfortable flirting with pop music, and hides the most accessible and melodic songs in the second half of the album. Then again, if you can’t deal with a few dissonant free jazz horn explosions, you probably weren’t going to pick up this record anyway.

Top track: Bizness Tune-Yards play the Horseshoe May 12.

BENJAMIN BOLES BENJAMIN BOLES confirm that the band is better suited to dark clubs than to sunny summer festivals.

Escaping easy comparisons to other bands, Cult of Youth have made a sophomore album that swings from gentle, almost pastoral pop to danceable – or more accurately, stompable – beats. Intriguing and engaging, it isn’t always an easy listen but offers rewards over time.

Top track: Through The Fear Cult of Youth open for Zola Jesus at the Garrison Wednesday (April 20).

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Constant Future (Jagjaguwar) Rating: NNNN Parts & Labor describe themselves as a noise pop band, but while similar groups sacrifice songcraft for experimentation, P&L never ignore the “pop” side of the equation. They like a good racket, sure, but the clamour always serves the songs.

The Brooklyn trio’s fifth album benefits from years of stylistic refinement. On opener Fake Names, they introduce the blueprint – insistent drums, distorted yet melodic synth lines, chanted vocals – that lasts throughout the 12 tracks. The elements add up to an odd warmth that never secedes, even when pummelling rhythms and droney riffs hit overdrive.

Parts & Labor still do plenty of rocking out, but their tight compositions save them from overindulgence. The strident formula might lack diversity but never loses momentum.

Top track: A Thousand Roads Parts & Labor play Parts & Labour Friday (April 15).

RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

CULT OF YOUTH (Sacred Bones)

Rating: NNN Considered neo-folk by some and postindustrial by others, Cult of Youth, with their violins and strummed acoustic guitars, certainly embrace elements of the former. But band leader Sean Ragon’s vocals – alternately hollered and sung in low, almost gothic tones – along with the dramatic keyboards and militaristic overtones of album closer Lace Up Your Boots

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Victory Party (Mint) Rating: Nobody else sounds like Geoff Berner. The Vancouver musician mixes punk attack and rebellious vocals with klezmer instrumentation and sounds. His fifth fulllength album is brash, confident and impeccably produced – huge-sounding and imaginative – with the Eastern European influences more pronounced than ever.

Whether or not you have a taste for clarinet-, accordion- and percussion-driven music, you can’t help but get caught up in Berner’s raw energy. His lyrics are in-yourface political (he tackles police violence and conservative Jewish culture with aplomb) but are delivered with just enough humour to keep the party rocking.

I Kind Of Hate Songs With Ambiguous Lyrics is flat-out punk rock, Oh My Golem! sees him go electronica, while Wealthy Poet is gorgeous Old World balladry.

Top track: I Kind Of Hate Songs With Ambiguous Lyrics Geoff Berner plays the Tranzac on Friday (April 15).

CARLA GILLIS

TV ON THE RADIO Nine Types Of Light (Universal) Rating: NNN On their fourth “proper” studio album, the much-heralded TV on the Radio sound like they’re finally comfortable in their own skin. But that’s not necessarily a good thing. The tension between their infectious soulfulness and their pressing, often ugly undercurrent has always been their most interesting feature. It’s still present in a few places (the Pixiesesque Caffeinated Consciousness, for instance), but Nine Types Of Light is mostly mellow, slow jams and funky, upbeat love songs.

It’s not exactly poor form. The band has a knack for riding out a groove, and Tunde Adebimpe sounds best when embracing his full falsetto. But the urgent push-and-pull tendency that had rock critics drooling all over themselves in the mid-2000s is greatly reduced. On the sedate, banjo-laden Killer Crane, they sound like a band shedding their youthful angst.

Top track: Caffeinated Consciousness TV on the Radio play Sound Academy Monday (April 18).

RT NEURAXIS Asylon (Prosthetic) Rating: NNN

has a chorus that should make Thomas Mars green.

But there’s abundant filler here, and de Rosnay and Franco go overboard with effects, samples and 80s flourishes. Hopefully, de Rosnay saved a few surprises for Jamaica’s main summer album competitor, the new Justice.

Top track: I Think I Like U 2 Jamaica hit the Drake on Tuesday (April 19).

JASON KELLER

R&B

NICOLE EDWARDS AND THE JOY SEEKERS

JAMAICA No Problem (Cooperative U.S.A./

Downtown) Rating: NNN In the same way that Phoenix owned the summer of 09 with their poptastic Wolfgang Amadeus record, their French countrymen Jamaica look to be positioning themselves for the same feat this year with the appropriately named No Problem. Jamaica is Antoine Hilaire and Flo Lyonnet, who, like Phoenix, have a Daft Punk connection: DP’s sound engineer, Peter Franco co-produced alongside Justice mastermind Xavier de Rosnay.

So now that we’ve just name-dropped every cool French musician of the last decade, you’re thinking there’s no way this could go wrong. Yet occasionally it does.

The rock songs are taut and exuberant, and the album stays full-throttle through 11 tracks. I Think I Like U 2 is the strong first single, while Short And Entertaining

Sage And Wild Roses (Berry Pickin’) Rating: NNN On her fifth independent album, smokyvoiced Nicole Edwards delivers funky, upbeat R&B tunes fit for getting down with on the grass. The Yukon singer has moved through folk rock and jazz and is now knee-deep in blues, funk and soul.

Autoimmune disease scleroderma forced Edwards into a two-year sabbatical leading up to 2005’s Joy Seeker and left her unable to play her instruments. But with the exception of More Than A Diagnosis Blues, the lyrics focus on flowerpower political idealism, love and sex.

Heavy funk and soul sounds kick off the album (Can You See The Beauty, Salty Thoughts), while Grumpy Pants gets down with organ and shredding. Edwards is truly endearing on cheeky duet Two Kinds Of Pie (with bluesy stride piano) and pre-nup chat What Do You Do With Your Fire?

Top track: Two Kinds Of Pie Nicole Edwards plays a brunch concert at Hugh’s Room on Sunday (April 17). SG 3

The sixth studio album from Montreal’s Neuraxis is a technically strong offering that’s sure to please followers of their 17-odd-year career. Focused and relentless on tracks like Left To Devour and meandering on tracks like Resilience, the group seems comfortable at both ends of the metal spectrum, but at times a little lost.

Perhaps it’s the emergence of recent idiosyncratic math-metal acts like Chthonic – bands that have fully realized their own personality and sound – that’s raised listeners’ expectations, but Asylon feels over-familiar. As a bread-and-butter death metal album, however, it’s quite good.

Alex Leblanc’s vocals are menacing and consistent, while Olivier Beaudoin’s work on the double bass gives the album impressive complexity. A fun listen and a worthy addition to the group’s catalogue.

Top track: Left To Devour Catch Neuraxis on Monday (April 18) alongside Sepultura at the Opera House.

ANDREW RENNIE

Folk

OH SUSANNA Soon The Birds (Outside)

Rating: NNN Toronto folkie Oh Susanna, aka Suzie Ungerleider, is back with her sixth album, her first since 2007. Ungerleider and producer David Travers-Smith took their time, recording over the course of a year, with backup from more than 30 Canadian roots players, including Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy and Bazil Donovan, Madison Violet’s Brenley MacEachern and members of the Foggy Hogtown Boys.

The result is a relaxed but inconsistent collection of songs told mostly from female perspectives: war widows, a new mother picking up the pieces. Ungerleider channels Loretta Lynn and Carol King in So Long, about spousal abuse. She’s a bit of a contradiction – humming pleasantly one moment and swearing and singing about pickup trucks the next. When she’s good, she’s great. Long Black Train, Your Town and Lucky Ones are standouts.

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Top of the Class Epic historical play will haunt you By JON KAPLAN OUR CLASS by Tadeusz Slobodzianek, translated by Ryan Craig, directed by Joel Greenberg (Studio 180/ Canadian Stage). At Berkeley Street Theatre (26 Berkeley). To April 30. $22-$49, some Monday pwyc. 416-368-3110. See Continuing, page 71. Rating: NNNN

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Byrne’s space odyssey Fiona Byrne tackles the final frontier in ambitious Scottish play By JON KAPLAN THE COSMONAUT’S LAST MESSAGE TO THE WOMAN HE ONCE LOVED IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION by David Greig, directed by Jennifer Tarver, with Tom Barnett, Raoul Bhaneja, Fiona Byrne, David Jansen, Tony Nappo and Sarah Wilson (Canadian Stage). At Bluma Appel Theatre (27 Front East). Previews begin Saturday (April 16), opens April 21 and runs to May 14, Monday-Saturday 8 pm, matinees Wednesday 1:30 pm, Saturday 2 pm. $22$99. 416-368-3110.

theatre is all about communication, between characters as well as actors and audience.

How ironic, then, that Scottish play wright David Greig’s The Cosmonaut’s Last Message To The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet Union – a mouth-filling title, that – deals with the inability of people to connect. Seemingly unrelated, their stories slowly begin to knit together.

“The play uses a really diverse group of people to examine how links of communication break down and how they try to repair them, not always with success,” says Fiona Byrne, who returned to Toronto last year after 11 seasons at the Shaw Festival. Since then, she’s done fine work in Soulpepper productions of Waiting For The Parade and A Month In The Country.

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their space module, Harmony 114, seemingly forgotten by their government. The ship’s name is ironic, since the two bicker regularly, one recalling the daughter he hasn’t seen in a dozen years, the other trying to remember a former lover.

“Greig tackles some beautifully ambitious yet essential themes,” says Byrne. “At times the play seems to sprawl – there are more than 42 scenes – yet he brings it all together in detailed, precise ways as we wander from the space module to a Soho bar, from Provence to Oslo.”

Like most of the cast, Byrne plays two characters. At first glance, the pair couldn’t be more different. Vivienne is a prim speech therapist, content on the surface but locked in a stale marriage to Keith, a civil servant. Sylvia, an erotic dancer, has had a hard life and fixates on Nastasja, another dancer, who’s taken up with a string of lovers.

“How strange that Vivienne’s job is to help others communicate, but she can’t do so herself. Trapped in an inhibiting life and marriage, she’s unable to reach out for help until late in the play.

“Greig underlines the irony of the situation by giving her a patient who’s suffered a stroke. Though he has difficulty articulating his own thoughts, he still teaches her so much about the importance of making the effort to express your feelings.”

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Sylvia, on the other hand, has led an overtly abusive life.

“You’d think she’d be defeated by now, but she reaches out to Nastasja with her raw pain. I think she’s one of the toughest characters in the play, a real survivor.”

With its many short scenes, the play unfolds almost filmically. Byrne speaks of the episodes, all of them packed with information, as snapshots. “The action turns on a dime, and you’ve got to be on your game emotionally and physically. You have to give the essence of your characters in each scene and switch from one to another immediately.

“That means being specific about defining each character and being comfortable in different worlds. Accents are one aid, since the characters not only speak different languages” – though what the audience hears is always English – “but also with various accents.”

Does Byrne ever slip up between Vivienne’s Edinburgh inflection and Sylvia’s cockney?

“Yes,” she smiles, “I fall into my comfortable one, the Scottish accent.

It may be warm and comforting for me, but Edinburgh speech patterns wouldn’t cut it with Sylvia’s sometimes hard, cold speeches.”

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our class is about fearsome hauntings.

But don’t look for white-sheeted ghosts. The tormenting spirits are internalized, arising from a frightful and compelling mix of self-interest, bigotry, self-protectiveness and love.

Following the lives of 10 Polish characters – five Jewish, five Catholic – from their schoolyard lives in the late 1920s to the start of the new century, playwright Tadeusz Slobodzianek incorporates into his tale a horrific deed during the Second World War: Christian townspeople in Jedwabne killed all but a handful of their Jewish neighbours.

Though that massacre is a key scene, it’s only part of the story, which involves jealousies, anti-Semitic feelings and multiple betrayals.

The 10 characters first appear as children naively declaring their future plans. Though loyalties unite them, fissures appear in their relationships. Events beyond the classroom affect them, too: the Soviets take over the town, followed by the Germans, and both meet an underground Polish resistance that some-

Dylan Roberts and Amy Rutherford deal with hate, murder and guilt.

times collaborates with its enemy against the Jews.

In act two, which spans more time, the survivors deal with the guilt and fallout of their actions. Rather than being anticlimactic, the second half outlines the legacy of the first: hatred has a long life and continues to breed monsters that plague the living.

Director Joel Greenberg’s cast is a true ensemble, smoothly covering the years and the characters’ sometimes changing natures. With a touch of irony, each scene ends with a choral poem or song reminiscent of a more hopeful period.

Not every episode has the necessary weight (more a problem of the writing than the acting), but don’t miss this finely staged show. It’s sometimes hard to sit through, but Our Class gets a high grade.

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theatre listings How to find a listing

Theatre listings are comprehensive and appear alphabetically by title. Opening plays begin this week, Previewing shows preview this week, One-Nighters are one-offs, and Continuing shows have already opened. Reviews are by Glenn Sumi (GS) and Jon Kaplan (JK).

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Opening BUZZ (Theatre Passe Muraille). Projects in development by Andrea Donaldson ñ and Anna Chatterton, Aviva Armour-Ostroff,

Sinha, Jordi Mand and others are presented for audience input. Opens Apr 19 and runs to Apr 22, Tue-Fri 7:30 pm. Pwyc. 16 Ryerson. passemuraille.on.ca.

CALENDAR GIRLS by Tim Firth (Mirvish/Manitoba Theatre Centre). Members of a women’s club make a racy calendar to raise money in this comedy. Previews Apr 15-17. Opens Apr 19 and runs to May 28, Tue-Sat 8 pm (opening night 7 pm), mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $30-$94. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com.

CANADA, IRISHNESS AND PERFORMANCE: OPENING THE DEBATE (Irish Theatrical Diaspora Project/Graduate Centre for Study of Drama and the Celtic Studies Program, U of T). This conference features lectures and presentations about Irish influences on the Canadian stage.

Apr 15-16, see website for schedule. $40, stu/ srs $20. Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College. irishtheatricaldiaspora.net.

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Let’s tap that tap dancing gives play a major kick By JON KAPLAN i thinK i cAn by Florence Gibson and Shawn Byfield (Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People, 165 Front East). To May 5. $10-$20. 416-862-2222. See listings, page 71, and website for performance times. Rating: nnn

the most effective communication in i think i can has nothing to do with words. Instead, most of the characters express themselves through tap dancing, and this beat is beautiful.

Think of it as a kind of Morse code that relays the exchanges and feelings of kids who face age-old problems such as fitting in at school and dealing with bullies and demanding teachers.

Playwright Florence Gibson and choreographer Shawn Byfield’s show introduces us to eight youngsters, mostly supportive friends except for Biow (David Cox), the tormenting trouble-maker who sticks it to the limping Tip (Tosh Sutherland) and makes him look bad in front of the teacher (Melody Johnson).

The most talkative figure in the play, the science-loving teacher does her best to inspire her class to be in-

ventive for the school science fair, initially getting only mixed results. But togetherness triumphs, Biow learns a lesson and the show ends in a big dance number that demonstrates Einstein’s E=mc2 and has its young audience happily bouncing to the rhythmic music.

Originally presented in 2007, the production is just as shiny this time around in director Conrad Alexan­ drowicz’s staging, with new projections (by Julia Tribe and Jacob Niedz­ wiecki) that not only reflect the characters’ inner worlds but also echo the iPod and smartphone technology viewers themselves use.

Most of the dancers are fine – Sutherland is a standout – and each is defined by movement as well as by costume. Johnson plays up the comedy in her dual roles as the word-associating Scottish teacher (it’s hard to take your eyes off those big clown shoes) and Tip’s supportive father.

Though some of the scenes go on longer than necessary, there’s no denying the show’s energy or the high that propels the kids out of the theatre.

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An evening Of lAtin AmericAn cOntempOr-

Ary dAnce Vanguardia Dance Projects presents short dance works by Newton Moraes, Norma Araiza, Olga Barrios, Carlos Rivera and Heryka Miranda. Apr 16 at 6 pm. $15-$18.

Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. info@tridha.org.

Keep it fresh vOl. 1 Soul Committed Productions presents a dance battle. Apr 14, doors 8 pm. $15. The Great Hall, 1087 Queen W. soulcommittedproductions@gmail.com. series 3 – frOm the fryin’ pAn Dance Matters presents works by Kinetic Elements, Robert Kingsbury, Kate Alton/Allison Cummings, Julia Male and Laura Hicks. Apr 16-17 at 4 pm. $12, stu/srs $10. Pia Bouman School Studio Theatre, 6 Noble. 416-556-0347.

Continuing 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.

Runs to Apr 16, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $15-$45. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. the first lp Alias Dance Project and DanceWorks CoWorks present choreography by Troy Feldman, Valerie Calam, Heidi Strauss and others. Runs to Apr 17, Thu-Sun 8 pm, mat Sun 2 pm. $20-$35, stu/srs $18-$33. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-915-6747, aliasdanceproject.com. prOject 3/2/1 Dancemakers presents a trio from Antonija Livingstone, a duet from Martin Bélanger and a solo from Ame Henderson.

Runs to Apr 17, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm. $25, stu $18. Dancemakers Centre for Creation, 55 Mill, bldg 58, studio 313. 416-367-1800, dancemakers.org. still here Adelheid presents a contemporary dance work by Heidi Strauss as part of the Performance Spring Festival. Runs to Apr 17, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm. $22, stu/ srs $18; Sun pwyc. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Studio. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca.

20/20 visiOn Kaeja d’Dance and Harbourfront NextSteps present a multimedia production featuring new dance creations to celebrate Kaeja d’Dance’s 20th anniversary. Runs to Apr 16, Thu-Sat 8 pm, stu/youth mats Thu-Fri 1 pm. $27-$38, stu/srs $17-$22. Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, kaeja.org.

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THE MAIN STAGE April 15 - 30, 2011 FEATURING Arfina Abdourahime Lionel Boodlal Chantale Groulx Krista Marchand Chris Reid Laura Vincent Michael Vitorovich Tim Walker

DIRECTOR Molly Thom ASST DIRECTOR Laurie Williams STAGE MANAGER Stacy Halloran PRODUCERS PJ Hammond Tabitha Keast PRODUCTION ASST Navneet Rai

SET & LIGHTING Ed Rosing SOUND DESIGN Angus Barlow COSTUME DESIGN Jennie Grimard PROPS Razie Brownstone MASTER CARPENTER Michael Vitorovich

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Students jump up in high-energy show i think i can.

Works CoWorks present Josh Beamish’s new piece, plus works by Matjash Mrozewski, Lara Barclay and Simone Orlando. Apr 17-19 at 8 pm. $25, stu/srs $20. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. 416-204-1082.

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Trevor Copp (left), Pam Patel and AnneMarie Donovan make every second count.

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Political parable Mixed messages pack a punch By JORDAN BIMM Anne-Marie Donovan, Nadia Homsi, Gary Kirkham, Pam Patel, Alan K. Sapp and Majdi Bou-Matar (MT Space). At Theatre Passe Muraille (16 Ryerson). To April 16.

Pwyc-$35. 416-504-7529. See Continuing, page 71. Rating: NNN

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there’s a lot going on in this interdisciplinary show about politics and violence in the Middle East, and while some elements work better than others, the core message is timely and important.

Through a head-spinning collection of dramatic and comedic scenes, monologues, tableaux, movement pieces, operatic singing and video projections, Kitchener-Waterloo’s MT Space imagines what would happen if a suicide bomber met his victim.

Focusing on a specific historical incident – a 2005 bombing in Amman where suicide bomber Rawad Abed (Tre­vor­ Copp) killed Syrian-American filmmaker Mus-

tapha Akkad (Alan­ K.­ Sapp) – the show unfolds in an ethereal afterlife where the two strangers interact and review each other’s lives. Think It’s A Wonderful Life for the War On Terror generation.

Competing visions and an overabundance of ideas threaten the show’s focus. For instance, a slowmoving scene featuring movement and song, in which Abed’s female family members carefully don their black burqas, is haunting; another scene in which Abed finds himself pitching his suicide bombing plan in Akkad’s world of fickle Hollywood film executives provides an interesting juxtaposition but ultimately fails because of Copp’s overacting.

The ensemble is generally strong, and though their forays into various styles aren’t always successful, the ideas the play raises are significant.

The media rarely discuss these violent events so comprehensively.

You’ll leave the theatre with plenty to think about.

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THE LAST 15 SECONDS by Trevor Copp,

Theatre). A woman with an addiction looks for help at a drug testing lab. Opens Apr 15 and runs to Apr 30, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, Wed 2-for-1, Sun pwyc. 70 Berkeley. 416364-4170, alumnaetheatre.com.

JAkE’S GifT by Julia Mackey (Juno Productions/ Performance Spring Festival). A WWII veteran returns to Juno Beach for the 60th anniversary of D-Day in this solo show. Opens Apr 19 and runs to Apr 24, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Wed 12:30 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $25-$35, Sun pwyc. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Studio. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca.

L’AvArE (THE MiSEr) by Molière (La Troupe des Anciens). The satiric comedy about a moneylender and his rebellious children is presented in French (English surtitles Apr 15). Apr 15-16 at 8 pm. $20, stu $15. George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire. latroupedesanciens.org.

THE LiON kiNG by Elton John and Tim Rice (Mirvish). The musical based on the Disney film returns. Previews Apr 19. Opens Apr 20 and runs to Jun 12, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 1 and 6:30 pm (see website for other times). $20-$130. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com.

LiSTEN TO GrACE by Romeo Ciolfi (Stone Church). A man tries to control his family’s grieving when a son dies. Apr 16-17, Sat 7 pm, Sun 11 am and 6 pm. Free/donations. 45 Davenport. 416-928-0101, stonechurch.ca.

LUPE’S NEXT TOP rOLE MODEL (Melissa D’Agostino). D’Agostino performs a new solo show. Apr 18-20 at 8 pm. Pwyc. Pia Bouman Studio, 6 Noble. melissadagostino.net. rOSE MAriE by Hammerstein II, Friml and Stothart (Wish Opera). A French-Canadian girl, a miner and a Mountie get tangled up in love and murder in the Rockies. Apr 15-16 at 8 pm. $37-$42, stu $25. John Bassett Theatre, 255 Front W. 1-877-700-3130, wishopera.ca.

THE SiTUATiONiSTS by Sky Gilbert (The Cabaret Company). Three characters look at applying Situationist principles to current issues while dealing with their own sexual tensions.

Opens Apr 14 and runs to Apr 24, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $16-$27, Sun pwyc. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-9758555, buddiesinbadtimes.com.

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characters form friendships, share ideas and deal with secrets, betrayal and a blast from the past in 80s Houston. Previews Apr 19-20.

Opens Apr 21 and runs to May 7, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $32 stu/srs $18 (uofttix.ca).

Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle. 416978-8849, bulletforadolf.com.

CAMELOT by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (Stratford Festival). King Arthur’s wife betrays him with his most trusted knight in this musical. Previews Apr 16-May 30. Opens May 31 and runs in rep to Oct 30. $50-$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Festival Theatre, 1-800-5671600, stratfordfestival.ca.

CANDiDA by Bernard Shaw (Shaw Festival). A woman must choose between her preacher husband and her poet lover. Previews to May 27. Opens May 28 and runs in rep to Oct 30. $24-$106. Royal George Theatre, Niagara-onthe-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com.

THE COSMONAUT’S LAST MESSAGE TO THE WOMAN HE ONCE LOvED iN THE fOrMEr ñ SOviET UNiON by David Greig (Canadian Stage). Cosmonauts stranded in a space station and various people on earth all struggle, in their own way, to communicate (see story, page 68). Previews Apr 16-20. Opens Apr 21 and runs to May 14, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mats Wed 1:30 pm, Sat 2 pm. $22-$99. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-368-3110, canadianstage.com. fOrESTS by Wajdi Mouawad (Tarragon Theatre). A teenage girl seeks the origins of her mother’s mysterious fatal illness in this drama about family and sacrifice. Previews Apr 19-26. Opens Apr 27 and runs to May 29, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sat-Sun 2:30 pm (no preview mats). $23-$46, rush $10. 30 Bridgman. 416531-1827, tarragontheatre.com.

My fAir LADy by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner (Shaw Festival). This musical is based on Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. Previews to May 27. Opens May 28 and runs in rep to Oct 30. $24-$106. Festival Theatre, Niagara-onthe-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com.

SEASON Of WrATH AND PLAy (AfriCan Theatre Ensemble). This double bill of plays by Femi Osofisan features The Engagement and Flood!

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May 1, Mon-Fri 8 pm, Sun 3:30 pm. $27, stu/srs $22, preview $12. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. africantheatre.org.

One-Nighters The BarBer Of Seville by Gioachino Rossini

(Opera Kitchener). The comedic opera is performed in Italian with English surtitles. Apr 15 at 7:30 pm. $35-$70. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts, Mississauga. 905-306-6000.

CreaTe 2011 (Ryerson Theatre School). Grads of the Performance Production program present a thesis showcase. Apr 20 from 6 to 9 pm. Free.

Gallery Arcturus, 80 Gerrard E. arcturus.ca. a Mad haTTer Tea! (Theatre Direct). This funder for the company features tea, music, arts, crafts and games for kids. Apr 17, from 3 to 6 pm. $50 per adult when accompanied by a child. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. 416-537-4191, theatredirect.ca.

Max & ruBy: Bunny ParTy (Koba Entertainment/Paquin Entertainment). Bunny siblings plan a surprise party in this musical show. Apr 16 at 1 pm. $23-$43. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front E. 416-872-2262.

MuSiC CreaTiOn & COMMuniTy arTS (Raucous Caucus/Jumblies Theatre). Panels, demos and more explore the collaborative process, plus an evening show. Apr 16, from 1 to 9 pm. $10-$40. Cedar Ridge Gallery, 225 Confederation. 416-834-4460, jumbliestheatre.org.

One BlOCk (UnSpun Theatre/HATCH). Theatre, projections and artifacts are used to tell stories from T.O. streets in this collective creation.

Apr 16 at 8 pm. $15, stu/srs $12. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W, Studio Theatre.

416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com.

OPera 101: ariadne auf naxOS (Canadian Opera Company). Brent Bambury, Richard Margison and Jane Archibald discuss the COC’s upcoming production of Strauss’s opera. Apr 20 at 7:30 pm. Free. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. coc.ca.

The POST OffiCe by Rabindranath Tagore (Rasik Arts). Celebrate Tagore’s birthday with a reading of the play and roundtable discussion. Apr 14 at 6 pm. Free. Wychwood Library, 1431 Bathurst. rasikarts.com.

P.O.v. (MYTE/Performance Spring Festival).

Factory Theatre’s Monday Youth Theatre Ensemble performs collective creations. Apr 18 at 8 pm. $5. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Studio. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. raiSe a ruCkuS (Clay & Paper Theatre). This benefit for the company features live jazz, a silent auction and more. Apr 18 at 8 pm. $15$20. Supermarket, 268 Augusta. 416-7083332, clayandpapertheatre.org. rOSeneaTh Tea (Roseneath Theatre). This annual benefit for the company includes high tea, a dramatic reading of The Neverending Story and more. Apr 16 at 1:15 pm. $80. Old Mill Inn, 21 Old Mill Rd. tea@roseneath.ca.

SPeakeaSy CaBareT (Soup Can Theatre). This funder for an upcoming production features Parker & Seville, burlesque performers and more. Apr 14 at 8 pm. Pwyc ($10 sugg). Bread & Circus, 299 Augusta. soupcantheatre.com.

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Ashley Gibson and Ashley Medeiros-Felix present a musical theatre cabaret. Apr 15 at 8 pm. $10-$12. 918 Bathurst Centre, 918 Bathurst. ashleyx2productions@gmail.com.

TPM gala 2011 (Theatre Passe Muraille). Mary Walsh hosts this funder for TPM, featuring entertainment, silent and live auctions and more. Apr 18 at 6:30 pm. $100. 16 Ryerson.

416-504-7529 ext 2140, passemuraille.on.ca.

WWSd: WhaT WOuld Suzuki dO? (Allyson Pratt). This benefit celebrates Earth Day and David Suzuki’s 75th birthday, with performances by Noa May Dorn, Bryce Kulak, Matt Campbell, Pratt and others. Apr 19 at 8 pm. $8 (proceeds to the David Suzuki Foundation). Bread & Circus, 299 Augusta. 416-3363399, breadandcircus.ca.

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Continuing afTer akhMaTOva by Kate Cayley (Tarragon Theatre). A poem by a dissident in ñ Stalin’s Soviet Union feels like a heartless leg-

acy to her young son. Thirty years later, a Western academic argues differently with the son in Cayley’s subtle play, where small gestures and repressed emotion carry a great deal of weight. Director Alan Dilworth and a strong cast contribute to the production’s power. Runs to May 1, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats SatSun 2:30 pm. $23-$46, rush $10. 30 Bridgman, Extra Space. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre. com. nnnn (JK) angelina Ballerina The MuSiCal by Susan DiLallo and Ben Morss (Vital Theatre/Hit Entertainment). Angelina and her friends dance to get a starring role in this all-ages show.

Runs to May 29, Sat 1:30 pm, Sun 11 am. $29.50-$49.50. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. lowerossingtontheatre.com. aS yOu PuPPeT by Jane McClelland and Mike Petersen (Hank’s Toy Box Theatre). Stuffed animals star in this adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It for ages 5 and up. 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.

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. The songs, while not exactly hummable, serve the story and characters, and the performances (four boys alternate in the demanding lead role) grounded and deeply felt. Bring tissues.

Runs to Jul 10, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 1:30 pm. $36-$130. Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. nnnnn (GS)

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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

musical is based on the TV sitcom. Runs to Apr 24, Tue-Sat 6:30 pm, Sun 5 pm, mats Wed and Sun 11 am. $53-$88 (incl buffet). 5400 Dixie, Mississauga. 905-238-0042, stagewest.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. 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. Runs to Apr 16, ThuSat 8 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 (see review, page 69). Runs to May 5, see website for schedule. $10-$20. 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, lktyp.ca. nnn (JK) The laST 15 SeCOndS by the MT Space (Theatre Passe Muraille). Movement, video and text are used to show the meeting of a suicide bomber and his victim (see review, page 70). Runs to Apr 16, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $30$35, mat pwyc. 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529, passemuraille.on.ca. nnn (Jordan Bimm) lOST vOiCeS by Ed Roy (Topological Theatre).

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Join the conversation at Join the conversation at canadianstage.com/lastmessage canadianstage.com/lastmessage with us: and you could WIN! connect with us: and you could WIN! connect Cafe, 279 Yonge. byebyeliver.com. diving nOrMal by Ashlin Halfnight (Red One Theatre Collective/Tuning Puck Co-op). Three people wade through addiction, sex and disloyalty in this dark comedy. Runs to Apr 23, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $20, Tue/mat $15 (secureaseat.com). Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor W. redonetheatre.com. feMale iMPerSOnaTOr ShOWS (Zelda’s).

Divas from Broadway and film perform weekly. Fri-Sat 9 pm. Free. 692 Yonge. zeldas.ca. ghOST STOrieS by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman (Mirvish/Lyric Hammersmith/Phil McIntyre Entertainments). This theatrical experience features stories based on real interviews.

(See review at nowtoronto.com/daily.) Runs to May 8, Tue-Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 5 & 8:30 pm, Sun 3 pm. $25-$79. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. haPPy dayS, a neW MuSiCal by Garry Marshall and Paul Williams (Stage West). This

tion of unaccompanied children sent from Third World countries to the West, but he’s less successful exploring the pressured lives of government officials trying to aid these children. Sarena Parmar and Owais Lightwala offer strong performances as the two teens at the play’s centre. Runs to Apr 17, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $15-$20. Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416-538-0988, 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. Creative use of LED lights, projections and eerie live music make the forest scenes visually striking, while 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.

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416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. nnnn (Jordan Bimm) MuCh adO aBOuT nOThing by William Shakespeare (Scarborough Players). The romantic comedy gets a staging. Runs to Apr 16, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mats Apr 10 and 16 at 2 pm. $17, stu/srs $14, stu rush $10. Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston. 416-2679292, theatrescarborough.com. nighT by Christopher Morris (Human Cargo/ Performance Spring Festival). The lives of an anthropologist and a teenage Inuk girl intersect during 24 hours of darkness on Baffin Island. 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.

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 approaches (see review, page 68). 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. 416-368-3110, studio180theatre.com. nnnn (JK) Our TOWn by Thornton Wilder (Soulpepper). A stage manager paints a portrait of life in a small American town around 1900. Runs to May 13, see website for schedule. $45-$65, stu $28; rush $5-$22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416866-8666, soulpepper.ca.

PinkaliCiOuS, The MuSiCal by Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann and John Gregor (Vital Theatre).

A girl turns pink after eating too many cupcakes in this family musical. Runs to May 29, Sat 11 am, Sun 1:30 pm. $29.50-$39.50. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-6428973, vitaltheatre.ca. rOMeO and JulieT by William Shakespeare (Shakespeare in Action). This adaptation for young audiences sets the story in a modern, culturally diverse city. Runs to Apr 21, see website for schedule. $15, stu/srs $12. Central Commerce CI, 570 Shaw. 416-703-4881, 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 in this comedy (see review, page 73). 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. nnn (JK) Shady BuSineSS by Robin Hawden (Peel Panto Players/Samuel French Inc.). Two nightclub dancers get mixed up with a mafia boss in this farce. Runs to Apr 16, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $15-$20.

Lester B. Pearson Theatre, 150 Central Park, Brampton. 905-874-2800, peelplayers.com.

She did WhaT?!!! (Famous People Players).

The black light theatre company presents a musical 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.

The SiMian ShOWCaSe (Monkeyman Productions). Short plays by Camilla Maxwell, Rebecca Nesvet, Mark Harvey Levine and Stephen Near deal with themes of geek/fanatic/pop culture. 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 resilience.

Runs to Apr 23, see website for schedule. $18, srs $12, stu $7. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. youngcentre.ca.

SOMeOne WhO’ll WaTCh Over Me by Frank McGuinness (Sharon Dykstra). Three men being held hostage in Lebanon form bonds and try to keep hope alive. Runs to Apr 16, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $18. The Curtain Club, 400 Newkirk, Richmond Hill. 905-773-3434.

SOngS fOr a neW WOrld by Jason Robert Brown (Angelwalk Theatre). If music theatre song cycles are your thing, you’ll love this 90s classic that launched Broadway composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown’s career.

Rich lyrics and catchy tunes abound, while director Adam Lamb provides evocative interactions to complement each song. Well sung by a powerful ensemble of four, songs like Stars And The Moon and Just One Step nicely elicit a broad range of emotions. 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) STill here by Heidi Strauss (adelheid/Performance Spring Festival). This dance work looks at a woman drifting between realities. Runs to Apr 17, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm. $22, stu/srs $18; Sun pwyc. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst,

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SwimmiNg For SHorE by Rex Deverell (Lakeshore Arts/Humber Theatre). The folklore and history of South Etobicoke is told through stories and songs. Runs to Apr 16, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $20, stu/srs $15, child $12.

The Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park. 416-338-7255.

TaNglEd wEb: murdEr by dETEcTioN (Mysteriously Yours... Dinner Theatre). Famous sleuths battle for the Detective of the Century Award in this interactive show. Runs to Jun 25, Fri-Sat 8 pm (dinner 6:30 pm; see website for other shows). $40-$83. 2026 Yonge. 416-4867469, mysteriouslyyours.com.

THE TimE oF your liFE by William Saroyan (Soulpepper). This remount of their acclaimed 2008 revival of Saroyan’s mid 20th-century American classic carries an important message about understanding and generosity. Set in a bar on the eve of World War II, the action focuses on a mys-

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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 features plays performed in Spanish with English translation, including Luz Negra by Alvaro Menéndez Leal and the Noche de Teatro III series (at George Ignatieff Theatre). Runs to Apr 30, see website for schedule. $20. Palmerston Library Theatre, 560 Palmerston. 416890-3271, festivalinspanish.ca.

ZEro Hour by Jim Brochu (Harold Green Jewish Theatre). Writer/actor Jim Brochu’s solo show about Zero Mostel draws an immensely sympathetic portrait of a man who acted so he could paint. Brochu instills passion into an occasionally sentimental performance of unbridled, lovingly hokey humour. Runs to Apr 16, Thu and Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $40.50-$64.50. MNJCC Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina. 416-366-7723, hgjewishtheatre.com.

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Few classical writers make as good use of traditional commedia dell’arte plots as Molière.

In L’École Des Femmes (The School For Wives), he elaborates on one of its essential stories, the old man who loves a young woman who in turn loves a young man. This sort of triangle always works to the advantage of youth.

Director Diana Leblanc’s production for Théâtre français de Toronto gives heart to the laughs, notably by humanizing the central figure, Arnolphe (Alain Doom), who plans to wed his ward, Agnès (Geneviève Dufour); she, however, has fallen for Horace (JeanMichel LeGal), son of Arnolphe’s friend Oronte (Robert Godin).

The repeated narrative device here is that Horace doesn’t know Arnolphe’s intentions and keeps confiding his plans to steal Agnès from her unknown tyrannical guardian. Arnolphe foils one plan after another, until a plot twist at the end brings the young people together.

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ous and dyspeptic as the smug man who can’t control his young ward. Dufour turns in one of the production’s best performances, sweet and innocent without being sappy, and ultimately strong-willed.

Setting the action in 1940s Montreal, Leblanc intends to give a Canadian flavour to this universal tale of love, but other than a set that includes the cross on Mount Royal, period costumes and having Arnolphe’s lowcomedy servants (France Gauthier and Jean-Simon Traversy) speak joual, little is gained. There’s a lovely comic scene with Godin as a shortsighted notary, but it would work as well in any period.

If the production, which offers English surtitles at some performances, occasionally seems laboured, blame the playwright; he relies on the contrivance of Horace’s plotting and Arnolphe’s counter-plotting a few too JoN KaPlaN many times.

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Scott McMann and host Marc Sinodinos. To Apr 17, 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-Fri 8 pm, Sat 8 & 10:30 pm, Sun 7 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. NNN (GS)

CBC host Brent Bambury chats with star singers Jane Archibald and Richard Margison about their artistic lives and the upcoming opera-within-an-opera they are starring in.

WEST END GIRLS: SPRING FEVER EDITION Poor John’s Café presents all-girl standñ up w/ Dawn Whitwell, Zabrina Chevannes,

Carolyn Bennett, Daniela Saioni and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. 1610 Queen W. 647-435-2688.

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.

YUK YUK’S WEST presents Double Feature Night w/ two new comics. 8 pm. $13. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. yukyuks.com.

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News Café presents improv w/ Dan Hershfield and Dan’s Mix ‘95. 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth.

416-461-2668, comedyonthedanforth.com.

GLEN FOSTER Rose Theatre presents the standup comic. 8 pm. $29-$49. 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-874-2800, rosetheatre.ca.

THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 14.

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 14.

YUK YUK’S WEST presents Rob Pue. To Apr 16, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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NUBIAN DISCIPLES ALL BLACK COMEDY REVUE Yuk Yuk’s Downtown presents ñ Keith Pedro, Brian Francis, Ben Mathai, Keesha

Brownie, Trixx, Cedric Newman, host Kenny Robinson and others. 8:30 pm. $20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

SILVER CITY STAND UP presents weekly comedy w/ hosts Kirk Hicks and Hannah Hogan. 9 pm.

Pwyc. Silver City, 780 Danforth. 416-461-1504.

STAND-UP CLUB: THE SHOW! Crown & Tiger presents Bob Banks, Pat Thornton, Helder Brum and others. 8:30 pm. $5 or pwyc.

414 College. 416-920-3115.

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 show each week w/ guest hosts and musical acts. 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com.

THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 14.

XXX EROTIC COMEDY NIGHT Zanzibar Tavern presents a show w/ host Fast Eddie Bizarria.

8:30 pm. Free. 359 Yonge. 647-831-4975.

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51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

COMEDY LOUNGE: ALL GIRL ACTION! Lambadina presents Candace Lovett, Shelley Kidwell, Diane Johnstone, Eman and others. 9 pm. $10$15. 875 Bloor W. comedylounge.ca.

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BIG LAUGHS IN LITTLE ITALY Public presents Kathleen McGee, Adrian Sawyer, Roy Daye, host Kris Bonaparte and others. 9 pm. Free.

596 College. 416-539-8890.

LAUGH SABBATH presents Poppa Proppa’s House Of Jokes w/ Desiree Lavoy, Chris Locke, Hunter Collins, Mack Lawrenz, Ted Hollister’s Cow, host Poppa Proppa 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.

LMAO: LAUGHING MY APRIL OFF Archibald’s Pub presents a benefit for Alex Hindmarch’s Ride to Conquer Cancer effort, w/ Jon Hyatt, Gavin Stephens and host Liam Kelly. 8 pm. By donation. 8950 Yonge, Richmond Hill. 905889-0235.

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Black Swan, 154 Danforth. 416-469-0537.

MONKEY TOAST Comedy Bar and David Shore present a one-time return of the improvised talk show w/ Mae Martin, Paul Bates and Andrew Coyne interviewed by Shore, plus improvisers. 8 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. monkeytoast.com.

THE MULLET SHOW Black Swan presents the zombie clown Jean-Paul Mullét doing standup, improv, sketch and more with Gene Abella, Sketchy the Clown, Alastair Forbes and others.

8 pm. $10. 154 Danforth. 416-469-0537.

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ALT.COMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli presents the Doo Wops, Dave Merheje, Pat Thornton, K Trevor Wilson, Sara Hennessey, Kevin Herod, MC Ryan Belleville and others. 9 pm. Pwyc.

332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com.

COMEDY CABARET Thecomedycabaret.com presents stand-up w/ Nick Beaton, Ali Hassan, Julia Hladkowicz, Alex Brovedani, Abraham Sualim, host Chris MacLean and others. 7:30 pm. Free. Charlotte Room, 19 Charlotte. 416598-2882.

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.

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IMPERIAL COMEDY Imperial Pub presents weekly Pro/Am comics w/ host Eric Bud. 9:30 pm. Pwyc. 54 Dundas E. imperialcomedy.com. $#*! MY MAYOR SAYS Second City presents current-events comedy about T.O. 8 pm. $12.

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THE SOAPS The National Theatre of the World presents a weekly improvised ñ soap opera w/ Lisa Brooke, Jan Caruana and

others. 9 pm. Pwyc. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thenationaltheatreoftheworld.com.

THE VEST SHOW IN TOWN Comedy Bar presents a weekly show w/ Vest of Friends. 7 pm.

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Tuesday, April 19 FAT KAT$ COMEDY Nola Belle and Joey Harlem present a weekly show. 9 pm. Free. Axis Gastropub, 585 Bloor W. 416-539-9009.

IMPROV ALL-STARS Second City presents a completely improvised show. 8 pm. $20. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

SKETCHCOMEDYLOUNGE Rivoli presents The Headline Series w/ Ted Hollister’s Cow, Mark DeBonis, the Boom, Newsdesk w/ Ron Sparks, MC Dave Merheje and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. sketchcomedylounge.com.

STANDING ON THE DANFORTH Eton House presents Graham Borgfjord, Rene Payes, Ronnie Clark, Sandra Battaglini, Dave Martin, Bobby Mair, Nile Seguin, Cal Post and host JoAnna Downey. 9 pm. Free. 710 Danforth. 416466-6161.

SUPER LUCKY IMPROV SHOW Black Swan presents a Vegas-type show w/ Jennine Profeta, Amy Zuch and Gary Chan. 8 pm. $1-$7 (dice roll). 154 Danforth. superluckyimprov.com.

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THE CARNEGIE HALL SHOW The National Theatre of the World presents a weekly variety show. 9 pm. Pwyc. Bread & Circus, 299 Augusta. thecarnegiehallshow.com.

CORKTOWN COMEDY Betty’s presents an open mic w/ Jeremy Johnson, Jordan Foisy, Curtis Voisin, host Brian Coughlin and others. 9 pm.

Free. 240 King E. corktowncomedy.com.

THE DOOR PRIZE SHOW Zelda’s presents a weekly talent contest w/ host Vicki Licks. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 692 Yonge, upstairs. zeldas.ca.

QUANTUM QOMEDY SHOWCASE Wilson 96 presents stand-up w/ Darryl Orr, Dan Ramos, Marcello Vattiata, Georgea Brooks-Hancock, Barry Taylor, Dylan Gott and host Phil Moorhead. 9 pm. Free. 615 College. 416-516-3237.

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Heady Hengeveld Bricolage messes with nature By DAVID JAGER ROBERT HENGEVELD at Mercer Union (1286 Bloor West) to April 30.

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the notion of the transcendent bucolic has a troubled history in contemporary art. We want to believe in our communion with pretty landscapes, but we can’t escape the nagging suspicion that that transcendent feeling is a trick of props and lighting.

In the aptly titled Natural Revision, the notion of nature as a constructed

concept is given gleeful rein in Robert Hengeveld’s super-elaborate pastoral bricolage. It’s a room-sized diorama of what might have been a Beirstadtstyle paean to the magnificent Canadian outdoors.

It falls short, but not because its rocky cliffs are made of cardboard, its meadows lush green plastic Astroturf and its waterfalls strings of metallic glitter. Rather, it fails because Hengeveld wants it to, in a way that raises intriguing questions about the way nature has been portrayed in Western art.

Robert Hengeveld’s elaborate diorama questions the ways we look at landscape.

To what extent is the grandeur of the landscape a construct of our visual training? Why do we smile when confronted with Hollywood rocks and inflatable deer? How do we, now

immersed in the virtual at every level, respond when the scaffolding and cheap stage effects are laid bare? Do we laugh, cry or shrug?

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THIS WEEK IN THE MUSEUMS C= Contact exhibit ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Marchesa Luisa Ca-

sati’s Massive Party, Apr 14 ($150). Work Notes: Betty Goodwin, to Apr 24. Illustration: Walter Trier, to Apr 25. Painting: Paterson Ewen, to May 22. Installation: Jon Sasaki, to Jun 5 (free, Young Gallery). Prints: David Blackwood, to Jun 12. CPhotos: 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 UNIVERSITY Performance documentation: Humberto Vélez, to Jun 26, artist’s talk 2 pm (bus from OCAD 1 pm) Apr 17. 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.

BLACKWOOD GALLERY Photos: Karen Henderson, to May 1. The Good Host group show, Apr 17-May 22, reception noon-3 pm, bus tour

from MOCCA noon Apr 17 (plus offsite at MOCCA, Metro Hall and Queen W btwn Dufferin and Shaw). U of T Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga N (Mississauga). 905-828-3789.

DESIGN EXCHANGE Laundry: Durham College students, to Apr 25. CPhotos: Guy Tillim, Apr 20-Jun 14. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-3636121.

GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART Sugar And Spice, to May 1. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 & under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080.

MCMICHAEL CANADIAN ART COLLECTION Painting/photos: Norman Rockwell and Kevin Rivoli, to Apr 25. Traditional Stories: Unikkaaqtuat/ Modern Stories: Unikkaat, to May 8. CLife As A Legend: Marilyn Monroe; Marilyn In Canada, to May 15. Painting: George McLean, to May 22. $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121.

MOCCA MOCCA Award presentation: Edward Burtynsky, Apr 14 ($700-$1,000, moccaaward. ca). 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067.

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MUST-SEE SHOWS A SPACE GALLERY Video: Chen Chieh-jen, to Apr 21. 401 Richmond W #110. 416979-9633.

BARBARA EDWARDS CONTEMPORARY Delinear group show, to Apr 23. 1069 Bathurst. 647-348-5110.

401 RICHMOND W Brickolage gallery tour w/ William Huffman, 12:30-2:30 pm Apr 16. 416-595-5900, 401richmond.net.

GALLERY TPW Video: Lindsay Seers, to Apr 30. 56 Ossington. 416-645-1066.

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Painting: Joe Fleming, to May 1. 1520 Queen W. 416-516-6876.

THE GRANGE Aggregation 4: ALFEW (Artists Looking for Empty Walls), to May 27.

1921 Dundas W (Mississauga). 905-8288411.

HARBOURFRONT CENTRE Photos: Beyond Imaginings: Eight Artists Encounter Ontario’s Greenbelt, to Jun 1. 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000.

LAUSBERG CONTEMPORARY Winter Thaw group show, to Apr 24. 326 Dundas W. 416-516-4440.

MERCER UNION Installation: Robert Hengeveld and Roman Signer, to Apr 30. ñ 1286 Bloor W. 416-536-1519.

MOCCA MOCCA Award presentation: Edward Burtynsky, Apr 14 ($700-$1,000, moccaaward.ca). 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067.

OCADU ONSITE Book/multimedia: Marian Bantjes, to Jun 5. 100 McCaul. 416977-6000.

ONTARIO CRAFTS COUNCIL The Shape Of Things: Sheridan Craft & Design Graduation Exhibition Ceramics & Glass Studios Students, Apr 14-24 reception 6 to 9 pm Apr 14. 990 Queen W. 416-925-4222.

PAUL PETRO Video/photos: Laura Cowell and Dennis Day, to Apr 30. 980 Queen W. 416979-7874.

THE POWER PLANT To What Earth Does This Sweet Cold Belong?; Thomas Hirschhorn and Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, to May 29, forum 6 pm (Lakeside Terr, $6), book launch 8 pm Apr 18. $6, stu/srs $3, Wed 5-8 pm free. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949.

REVIVAL Artists Help Japan (benefit for Canadian Red Cross), noon-midnight Apr 17. $15.

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lar scenes from theme parks, parade floats and fairs. Part of its charm is the way it evokes that childhood moment when we’re perfectly balanced between belief and incredulity, between the seduction of the symbolic and the knowledge that a much harsher world lies just beyond it.

Slapstick elements abound in the form of some very surprising cuckoos. There’s also adventure and intrigue by way of a hidden back entrance that allows you to climb a ladder onto a platform and crank up an old-fashioned wind machine.

Natural Revision invites you to enter a work of art and examine the scaffolding that supports it while considering some of the many assumptions you’ve brought with you.

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Sweet Cold Belong?; Thomas Hirschhorn and Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, to May 29, forum 6 pm (Lakeside Terr, $6), book launch 8 pm Apr 18. $6, stu/srs $3, Wed 5-8 pm free. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949.

ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Playful Pursuits: Chinese Traditional Toys And Games, to May 13.

CPhotos (Institute for Contemporary Culture): Edward Burtynsky, to Jul 3. Painting: 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. 416586-8000.

TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA Sculpture: Kai Chan, to May 1. Beauty Born Of Use: The Fibre Rain Cape, to May 1. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-5995321.

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ART CENTRE MVS grads, to Apr 16. Sanaugaq: Things Made By Hand, to Apr 16. 15 King’s College Circle. 416978-1838.

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SIDE SPACE Mask4Aid: Clay & Paper Theatre, to Apr 18, auction 8 pm (Supermarket, 268 Augusta, $20, adv $15) Apr 18. 1080 St Clair W. 647-209-4687.

STEPHEN BULGER Photos: Laura Letinsky, to Apr 30. 1026 Queen W. 416-504-0575.

TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA Sculpture: Kai Chan, to May 1. 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.

TORONTO ART EXPO 200+ artists, Art Of Design, installation: Matsutani Takesada, preview benefit for SickKids 6-10 pm ($25) Apr 14, Apr 15-17. $12, stu/srs $8. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front W. 416-265-6988, torontoartexpo.com.

TORONTO IMAGE WORKS Photos: Eugen Sakhnenko, to Apr 30. 80 Spadina. 416-7031999.

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ART CENTRE MVS grads and Sanaugaq: Things Made By Hand, to Apr 16. 15 King’s College Circle. 416-9781838.

YYZ Installation: Malena Szlam, to Apr 16.

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READINGS THIS WEEK Thursday, April 14 JEREMY BEAL Launching his novel Johnny Kicker with a rock show featuring Little Foot Long Foot and others. 9 pm-1 am. $5. Bovine Sex Club, 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239.

CORNELIA HOOGLAND/GLEN DOWNIE Launch.

6:30 pm. Free. Nicholas Hoare Books, 45 Front E. wolsakandwynn.ca.

VINCENT LAM/CHARLES FORAN/ANDRE PRATTE

Discussing their new biographies of Tommy Douglas, Maurice Richard and Wilfred Laurier respectively. 7-8:30 pm. $18. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. rom.on.ca.

SHARON MARCUS Poetry. 7 pm. Free. Yorkville Library, 22 Yorkville. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

HAL NIEDZVIECKI/KEN SPARLING Niedzviecki launches Look Down, This Is Where It Must Have Happened, and Sparling launches Intention, Implication, Wind. 7:30 pm. Free. Supermarket, 268 Augusta. 416-840-0501.

HONEY NOVICK/PAULOS IOANNOU/MARY E MILNE Poetry. 7 pm. Free. Lillian H Smith Li-

brary, 239 College. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

JOE OLLMANN Launching his graphic novel, Mid-Life. 7 pm. Free. Beguiling, 601 Markham. 416-533-9168.

NEIL SEEMAN AND PATRICK LUCIANI The authors of XXL: Obesity And The Limits Of Shame talk with MacLean’s Kate Fillion. 7 pm. Free.

Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

SWEET LEMONS 2 Isabella Katz, Desi Di Nardo and others. 7:30 pm. Free. Annex Live, 296 Brunswick. notsoniceitaliangirls.blogspot. com.

SYLVIA TYSON Talking about her book Joyner’s Dream. 12:30 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

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thia Holz and others. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. diasporadialogues.com.

HART HOUSE REVIEW Launch with readings by Rebecca Rosenblum, Prathna Lor and others.

7:30-11 pm. Free. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. harthousereview.com.

DONNA LEON Launching her mystery Drawing Conclusions. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library,

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789 Yonge. info@benmcnallybooks.com.

READNEX POETRY SQUAD Reading/performance. 9-11 pm. Free. Blue Moon, 725 Queen E. 416-463-8868.

Saturday, April 16 JULIE BROOKER Launching Up, Up, Up. 3-5 pm.

Harbourfront Centre 235 Queens Quay West YOUR Toronto ANTIDOTE

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Eco scientist Tim Flannery follows up The Weather Makers with a history of the planet’s evolution. Written in his trademark accessible prose, Here On Earth: A Natural History Of The Planet ($32.99, HarperCollins) explores how our home was transformed over billions of years from a galactic cloud of gas to its present complex state.

Flannery’s theory is that the more we know about the Earth, the more likely we are to take care of it. He signs his book Saturday (April 16) at Grassroots and gives a talk at the Reference Library on Monday (April 18).

See Readings, SGC this page.

Not to imply that Niedzviecki shouldn’t stray outside our comfort zone. Only that he does best when he SUSAN G. COLE stays inside his own.

Niedzviecki launches his book and Ken Sparling launches Intention, Implication, Wind at Supermarket tonight (Thursday, April 14). See Readings, this page.

KRISTEN DEN HARTOG/MICHAEL MURPHY/IAN WILLIAMS Launch. 7:30 pm. Free. Gladstone

Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

ALISON PICK Talking about Far To Go. 7 pm. Free. Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

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open mic. 6 pm. Free. Central, 603 Markham. thecentral.ca.

Monday, April 18 BYPRODUCT: ON THE EXCESS OF EMBEDDED ART PRACTICE Book launch with Miss Canadiana. 8 pm. Free. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949.

TIM FLANNERY talking about Here On Earth. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

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Tuesday, April 19 GEORGE ELLIOT CLARKE/LORNA CROZIER/JONATHAN BENNETT Poetry. 8 pm. Free. Clinton’s,

693 Bloor W. artbar.org.

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PHILIP KERR/KYUNG-SOOK SHIN/VALERIE COMPTON Kerr reads from Field Gray, Shin

DAMIAN ROGERS/MOEZ SURANI/ANDREA THOMPSON/MYNA WALLIN Poetry and an

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VALERIE COMPTON (Canada) Tide Road PHILIP KERR (UK) Field Gray KYUNG-SOOK SHIN (South Korea) Please Look After Mom

VANESSA SMITH/TOM REYNOLDS/LUCIANO

IACOBELLI/ROB ROLFE Launch. 7:30-11:30 pm.

Free. Supermarket, 268 Augusta. quattrobooks.ca.

Sunday, April 17 John Oughton and others. 2 pm. Free.

Women’s Art Assoc, 23 Prince Arthur. 416289-5000 ext 2485.

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pm. Free. Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

ROBERTA BRANDES GRATZ Talk by the author of The Battle For Gotham. 6 pm. Free. Urbanspace, 401 Richmond W, 1st fl. cityecology. net.

EMILY HUNTER Signing copies of The Next Ecowarriors. 7 pm. Free. Indigo Manulife, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca.

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YOUR ANTIDOTE TOWEDNESDAY ANOTHER HARPER GOVERNMENT APR. 20 7:30PM

Free. Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord. 416-922-8744.

SCOTT CHANTLER/ZACH WORTON The graphic novelists talk about their comic books. 1 pm.

Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge.

416-395-5535.

TIM FLANNERY Signing copies of Here On Earth. 2-3 pm. Free. Grassroots, 372 Danforth. grassrootsstore.com.

MICAH LEXIER The artist launches his book A Week At A Glance. 5-7 pm. Free. Type Books, 883 Queen W. 416-366-8973.

JIM NASON Launching his poetry collection Narcissus Unfolding. 2 pm. Free. Edward Day, 952 Queen W. 416-921-6540.

ALICE NOTLEY AND PHIL HALL Poetry. 8 pm. $10, adv $8. 918 Bathurst Culture, Arts, Media & Education Centre. tnsow.com.

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GARY BARWIN/HELEN GURI Poetry. 6-9 pm.

Free. Dora Keogh, 141 Danforth. 416-7781804.

JONATHAN BENNETT/CAMILLE MARTIN/PAUL VERMEERSCH Poetry. 8 pm. Pwyc. Press Club, 850 Dundas W. pivotreadings.ca.

GAIL BOWEN Talking about Nesting Dolls. 7

from Please Look After Mom, Compton from Tide Road. 7:30 pm. $10, stu free. Harbourfront Centre Lakeside Terr, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000.

ROBERT PRIEST Poetry. 7:15 pm. Free. Pape Danforth Library, 701 Pape. 416-393-7727.

TOK: WRITING THE NEW TORONTO, BOOK 6

Rishma Dunlop, Karen Connelly and others.

7:30 pm. Free. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. diasporadialogues.com.

SYLVIA TYSON Talking about her novel Joyner’s Dream and performing. 7-8 pm. $25. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000.

JESSICA WESTHEAD Launching And Also Sharks with a reading and shark movies.

6-9:30 pm. Free. Underground Cinema, 186 Spadina. 416-487-8973.

MICHAEL WINTER Talking about The Death Of Donna Whalen. 7 pm. Free. Runnymede Library, 2178 Bloor W. torontopubliclibrary. ca.

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July 9 – July 15, 2011 faculty includes:

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director interview SUSANNE BIER

DAYDREAM NATION (Michael Goldbach).

98 minutes. Opens Friday (April 15). For venues and times, see Movies, page 81.

Rating: NNN

Raising a Bier

Oscar winner says it took her a while to find the right outlet for her creative energy By SUSAN G. COLE IN A BETTER WORLD directed by Susanne Bier, written by Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen, with Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm. 119 minutes. Subtitled. A Mongrel release. Opens Friday (April 15). For venues and times, see Movies, page 81.

susanne bier thinks it’s a big deal that Kathryn Bigelow broke the Oscar barrier to become the first woman to win the best-director prize.

But don’t ask the Danish-born winner of 2011’s Academy Award for best foreign-language film to participate in a book about women directors.

“Bigelow winning an Oscar makes me happy,” she says, relaxing on a hotel couch at last fall’s Toronto International Film Festival. “But when it comes to a common thread among female directors or a common artistic point of view, I don’t see it. I find it a bit arbitrary. We might as well do a project on redheaded directors.”

Curious coming from a filmmaker preoccupied with masculinity. Her film Brothers probes jealousy and post-traumatic stress, the product of war. And in her Oscar winner, In A Better World, opening this week, young boys deal with their urge for revenge, and a doctor working in Africa must decide whether to treat the vicious warlord who is brutalizing the people of the village.

“I always felt that I understood men better than I understood women,” says Bier, carefully working out her thoughts. “I had a strong father. I always played with boys, never played with dolls, and I was always

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terrified by groups of women.”

In Mikael Persbrandt, who plays the conflicted doctor, Bier cast a superb actor with unusual charisma.

He reminds me of Benicio Del Toro, who starred in Bier’s Things We Lost In The Fire.

“I was intrigued by Mikael. The tattoos are for real, and he’s known as a wild drinking guy, which means he’s not someone you’d automatically see as a doctor working in a refugee camp. There’s real masculine power in him and Benicio. Many actors can be amazing, intriguing, fascinating, but they don’t have that male thing.”

Bier trained as an architect and got interested in set design before she went to film school in Denmark. For someone educated in the visual arts, she shows a remarkable facility for working with actors “I’m actually more interested in human beings than I am in visuals,”

she admits. “I may not have been that deeply interested in architecture in the first place. I was searching for an outlet for my creative drive. When you’re a singer or a painter, it’s obvious what you do. But as a filmmaker, what’s the talent? It took me a while to figure how to use the erratic creative energy I knew I had.”

But it didn’t take her long to embrace the Dogme movement, which promotes stripped-down techniques – no music; sequences shot in real time – and drives the aesthetic of her previous film After The Wedding.

She’s not planning another Dogme film soon, though.

“I don’t care for action movies. I’m always waiting for the car chase to stop so people can start talking. And then I’m disappointed in the talking because the scenes are so boring.

Dogme’s the extreme opposite. It’s almost nude. That’s useful, but some-

times it’s good to shape a film, and applying music can be fun.”

She is, however, always happy to work with kids. When I remind her that W.C. Fields said he’d never work with dogs or children, she’s clear.

“Talented kids aren’t that different from great actors. They aren’t that able to put words to what they feel, but what they feel is as poignant as adult actors.

“And for the record, I would never work with dogs.”

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Michael Goldbach’s fine debut deserves to be seen just for the risks it takes. Caroline (Kat Dennings) has just moved with her dad to a sleepy small town after her mother’s death. She’s smarter than everybody else at her high school and can’t connect with anybody but her history teacher (Josh Lucas).

Writer/director Goldbach creates a strong sense of alienation as the kids do whatever drugs they can find – or invent, and a serial killer on the loose sets up a backdrop of growing terror.

Though some threads are left dangling, the narrative careens to a powerful climax.

The big story here is rising star Dennings (Defendor, Nick And Nora’s Infinite Playlist), who’s compelling as the teenager trying to take control of her life – and the men around her.

She’s a big star in the making.

Cool Canuck indie tunes, too, especially the closing track by Metric.

SUSAN G COLE See NOW’s TIFF cover interview with Kat Dennings at now.uz/daydreamnation.

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Two families cope with matters of morality and vengeance in another intense entry from Bier (Brothers, After The Wedding), winner of the 2011 Oscar for best foreign-language film.

Christian (William Jøhnk Nielsen), full of fury after his mother dies, turns to revenge as a means of getting control over his life. He begins a friendship with Elias (Markus Rygaard), whose dad (Mikael Persbrandt) is off practising medicine in Africa – gorgeous sequences there – and who is the school bully’s prime target. After he takes care of Elias’s nemesis, Christian looks for bigger fish to fry.

Persbrandt is superb as the good doctor trying to resist violence, and Bier expertly ramps up the tension in this intelligent meditation SGC on masculinity, family and accountability.

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NOW cover girl Kat Dennings is a big star in the making.

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Brutal. Bloody. Beautiful. Fightville throws us into the cage with Ultimate Fighting Championship competitors to reveal the raw power and focused determination it takes to emerge a champion.

A real-life horse whisperer overcomes his dark childhood and emerges as kind of an equine-rooted philosopher, proving his own maxim: horses make better people.

Unforgettable, and deservedly the winner of an Audience Award at Sundance.

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Forgotten footage shot by Swedish journalists captures the vital urgency of the 60’s Black Power Movement in America. Featuring Stokely Carmichael, Huey P. Newton, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver, with commentary from Sonia Sanchez, Talib Kweli and Erykah Badu.

Recovering addict Dick Kuchera is a salty, first-class boor.

After 20 years of botched attempts, the rascal takes one last stab at the “making amends” stage of his 12-step program. Cameras follow his eye-opening road trip to right wrongs and face truths.

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D: Whitney Dow | USa | 85 min

D: marie losier | USa | 72 min

This engrossing doc explores Haiti’s complex past and challenging present through the music of its most beloved band, Orchestre Septentrional. A rotating mix of Haiti’s finest musicians, the group has worked for six decades to preserve their national culture.

Witness the incredible love story—and “pandrogyne” art project—of Genesis P-Orridge and Lady Jaye. Inspired

by Brion Gysin’s cutups, the film re-members the devoted couple’s transformation: a series of cosmetic surgeries undergone to more closely resemble each other.

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WILD HORSE, WILD RIDE

Born with a silver spoon, headstrong daughter Annemette yearns for her affluent younger years.

Fortune squandered, living together on one modest pension, she and her mother now struggle to keep tempers in check and wine on the table.

D: alex Dawson, Greg Gricus | USa | 106 min

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horror fourquel

Bill Hicks’s comedy legacy deserves a look.

Muffled Scream

Wes craven sequel piles on the bodies but just isn’t very scary By NORMAN WILNER Scream 4 directed by Wes Craven, written by Kevin Williamson, with Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette and Emma Roberts. An Alliance Films release. 112 minutes. Opens Friday (April 15). For venues and times, see Movies, page 81. Rating: NN

a decade after the dead-teen ager­ series­ ground­ to­ a­ halt­ with­ Scream­ 3,­ Wes Craven and­ Kevin Williamson bring­ us­ Scream 4,­ attempt­ing­ to­ revive­ and­ reboot­ their­ self-reflexive­ franchise­ for­ a­ new­ gen­eration.

Scream­ 4­ reassembles­ the­ series’­ sur­vivors­ –­ Neve Campbell’s­ perpetually­ endangered­ Sidney­ Prescott,­ Courteney Cox’s­ pointy­ journalist-turned-author­ Gale­ Weathers­ and­ David Arquette’s­ easily­distracted­law­man,­Dewey­ Riley­ –­ and­ brings­ the­ action­ back­to­Woodsboro.­It’s­the­last­ stop­ of­ Sidney’s­ book­ tour…­ and,­ of­

course,­it’s­the­first­stop­on­the­ghostfaced­killer’s­comeback.

As­the­bodies­pile­up,­Sidney,­Gale­ and­Dewey­realize­that­the­old­game­ is­back­on:­everyone’s­a­suspect,­anyone­ can­ die­ at­ any­ time,­ and­ your­ chances­of­surviving­are­astronomically­ higher­ if­ you­ don’t­ leave­ the­ room­while­pro­m­ising­to­come­right­ back.

But­ here’s­ the­ thing:­ none­ of­ it’s­

­actually­ scary.­ Craven­ pulls­ off­ a­ couple­ of­ tense­ moments,­ but­ that­ speaks­to­the­strengths­of­the­formula,­not­to­our­investment­in­the­characters.­ The­ oldsters­ are­ joined­ by­ Emma Roberts as­ Sidney’s­ cousin,­ Hayden Panettiere as­ her­ slashersavvy­pal,­Marley Shelton as­a­pushy­ cop,­ and­ the­ invaluable­ Alison Brie as­ Sidney’s­ remorseless­ publicist,­ among­others.

The­story­offers­the­occasional­nod­ to­Facebook­friends­and­text­messaging,­ but­ Williamson­ and­ Craven­ really­ just­ want­ to­ make­ the­ same­ movie­ all­ over­ again,­ with­ attractive­ teens­ getting­ creepy­ phone­ calls­ (there’s­ an­ app­ for­ that)­ and­debating­what­they’d­ do­if­they­were­living­in­a­ movie.­ And­ this­ particular­ movie’s­ frame­ of­ reference­ is­ shockingly­ limited;­the­only­post-Scream­ film­that­gets­a­shout-out­is­ my­ beloved­ Shaun­ Of­ The­ Dead,­but­that­just­points­out­ how­ high­ the­ bar­ has­ been­ raised­ for­ self-aware­ horror­ these­days.

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documentary

Get your Hicks kicks americaN: The Bill hickS STory (Matt Harlock, Paul Thomas). 106 minutes. Opens Friday (April 15). For venues and times, see Movies, page 81. Rating: NNN

The terrible irony of Bill Hicks’s death – at age 32 from pancreatic cancer – is that he just missed the internet. YouTube would have been the perfect vehicle for his bilious stand-up. Instead, he came up just before the web took off and found himself marginalized by corporate television interests unwilling to help him spread his gospel.

Hicks packed a great deal into his 32 years, starting as a teen stand-up in Texas and going through his struggling-alcoholic phase in his early 20s before kicking booze and reinventing himself as an excoriating truth-teller, only to see his material prove too contentious for the nervous networks.

American: The Bill Hicks Story aims to restore Hicks to his proper place in the pantheon, using interviews with his friends and family – brought to life via elaborate photo animation – to recreate the breadth of the Texas-raised comic’s life.

Directors Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas’s insistence on proceeding chronologically through Hicks’s artistic development means we don’t get to the good stuff for a very long time, but when we do it’s worth it. Hicks had a great voice – NormaN WilNer lucid, perceptive and outraged – and it’s great to hear it again.

A boy checks to see whether an apple is good or bad in this dry doc.

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Spoiled Food Neve Campbell takes another stab at Sidney Prescott in Scream 4.

Good Food, Bad Food (Coline Serreau). 113 minutes. Some subtitles. Opens Friday (April 15). For venues and times, see Movies, page 81. Rating: NN

also opening Rio

(D: Carlos Saldanha, 96 min) Oscar nominee Jesse Eisenberg didn’t get to talk onstage with the awards’ co-host, Anne Hathaway, but in Rio they both voice macaws that travel from the U.S. to Brazil for muchas adventures. Don’t think the plot involves slingshots, which will disappoint those smartphone users who’ve downloaded the Angry Birds Rio app.

Opens Friday (April 15). Screened after press time – see review April 15 at nowtoronto. com/movies.

Blu (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg) and Linda (Leslie Mann) brush up on their comedy skills.

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In recent years, French writer/director Coline Serreau has reinvented herself as an activist filmmaker. That’s a good thing, since as a bankable name, she’s in a position to make documentaries where other filmmakers might struggle to find funding. (And it lets her atone for inflicting the original Three Men And A Cradle on the world.)

Good Food, Bad Food has the makings of a great documentary. Serreau wants to examine the contrasts between the realm of genetically modified crops engineered by international conglomerates – which often require massive amounts of land-poisoning pesticides – and sustainable food initiatives that allow communities a measure of self-sufficiency.

It’s an issue that’s going to become increasingly important in the coming decades, according to the scientists, farmers and activists Serreau interviews. But her aggressively uncinematic approach – starting off with 15 minutes of academic talking heads and slowly folding in footage to illustrate their arguments – works against the urgency of her subject.

Good Food, Bad Food resembles a thesis project by a particularly unimaginative PhD student. (The French title, which translates as Local Solutions For A Global Disorder, reinforces that suspicion.)

I agree with just about every one of Serreau’s arguments. I just wish she’d artiNormaN WilNer culated them in an interesting or engaging manner.

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Playing this week How to find a listing

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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(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) is a so-so remake of a very good 1981 rom-com about a rich, drunk playboy who falls in love with a much poorer restaurant server but must marry the woman his parents have chosen or be disinherited. Russell Brand is funny, energetic and perfect casting for Arthur’s compulsive joke-making and loopy asides.

Trouble is, he’s almost the only one allowed to be funny. The dry sarcasm of his live-in nanny, Hobson, is the right foil for Arthur’s addled self-indulgence, but her scenes seem rushed and Helen Mirren’s performance is surprisingly lacklustre.

Greta Gerwig is merely winsome as Arthur’s beloved. 110 min. NN (AD) 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

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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 motivational speech by Aaron Eckhart’s world-weary staff sergeant. Simultaneously satisfying and superficial. 116 min.

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(David Lickley) is a lovely, up-close look at young elephants in Kenya and orangutans in Borneo. The creatures, orphaned at an early

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Director Joe Wright reunites with his Atonement star, Saoirse Ronan, in this artful actioner about a young assassin.

Fantastic Chemical Brothers soundtrack.

Thomas Dekker plays a sexually omnivorous film student who stumbles across what seems to be an apocalyptic cult. Gregg Araki’s latest is batshit crazy but also stylish and lots of fun.

Don’t miss this year’s winner of the best foreignlanguage Oscar, a powerful drama that connects life in an African refugee camp with schoolyard bullying in a small Danish town.

Candy eggs won’t taste quite the same after you watch this very funny look at what happens when the Easter Bunny’s rebellious son (voiced by Russell Brand) runs away to Hollywood.

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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) Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity

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

THE BEND (Jennifer Kierans) is another Telefilm classic, and I don’t mean that in a good way. Like many other publicly funded homegrown films, it features decent Canadian actors hung out to dry by a crappy script. Jason (Adam Butcher), grieving the suicide of his bipolar brother, Mike, urges Mike’s ex, Kelly (Sophie Traub), and his best friend, Scott (Tommy Lioutas), to relive the prom night of the tragedy to see what they can discover themselves. Not a bad premise, especially given Jason’s panic that he, too, has the bipolar gene. But clunky dialogue and a story that cranks up to a nothing climax sink the whole thing.

Peter Keleghan and Leah Pinsent do their best as Jason and Mike’s parents, but are they both really this desperate for a paycheque? 85 min. NN (SGC) Carlton Cinema

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age, have been brought to rescue centres where caregivers nurture and prepare them to return to the wild. While Morgan Freeman’s narration provides easy information suitable for small children, director David Lickley cuts between the two facilities every few minutes to take us through the process. The animals are fascinating and expertly photographed, with flawless and unobtrusive 3-D work making the experience more vivid. 40 min. NNNN (AD) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Yonge & Dundas 24

98 min. See review, page 78. NNN (SGC) Opens Apr 15 at Yonge & Dundas 24.

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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

(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, Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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Good food, Bad food (Coline Serreau)

HaNNa (Joe Wright) stars Saoirse Ronan as teen trained from birth in the mountains by her rogue agent dad (Eric Bana) to assassinate spy operative Cate Blanchett.

Blanchett has a gas as the deliciously nasty baddie and 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 warm and toasty family who take her in when she’s on the run. But there’s great music by the Chemical Brothers and, thanks to the spectacular action sequences (the film is gorgeously shot), the story streaks along at breakneck speed. Pretty damn entertaining.

111 min. NNN (SGC) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity HappytHaNKyoumoreplease (Josh

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) Colossus, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, 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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mulroNey: tHe opera (Larry Weinstein) chronicles the rise and fall of Canada’s 18th prime minister with savage satire, broad performances (not to mention chin prosthetics) and some entertaining if derivative music.

Writer Dan Redican, who also plays a faux historian, relishes recounting the scandals during the PM’s tenure, many re-enacted by fine Canadian actors like Seán Cullen and Susan Coyne lip-synching to their unseen operatic counterparts. Brilliant chameleon Rick Miller (MacHomer, Bigger Than Jesus) makes his Mulroney an almost sympathetic figure, even as he power-shops to please wife Mila (Stephanie Mills) or, in one of the film’s nastiest sequences, croons Irish tunes with a forgetful Ronald Reagan (Joe Matheson) while a scheming Nancy (Janet Laine-Green) eyes our natural resources.

Weinstein’s direction is brisk and energetic, and Alexina Louie’s music is blandly appealing, coming alive mostly in sequences that borrow from Carmen, La Bohème and (most memorably) the end of Dido And Aeneas. 100 min. NNN (GS) Opens Apr 16 at Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge.

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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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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, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

downer like Araki’s own Doom Generation. 86 min. NNNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

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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, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24

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, Colos-

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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, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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Sexually omnivorous film student (Thomas Dekker) plunges into a surrealistic underworld of young flesh, hot clubs and what appears to be an apocalyptic cult out to bring about the end of the world. (But, you know, in a hot way.) Writer-director Gregg Araki somehow lets us know it’s okay to just enjoy the ride. It’s unapologetically batshit crazy, but oddly satisfying – certainly far more so than a stylish, impenetrable head trip like Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales... or a self-important

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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.

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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 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, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, Yonge & Dundas 24

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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. nnnn (NW) Cumberland 4

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, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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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) Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

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) Eglinton Town Centre, Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24

RiO (Carlos Saldanha) 96 min. See Also Opening, page 80.

Opens Apr 15 at 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, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24.

RubbeR (Quentin Dupieux) follows the fortunes of an ambulatory radial tire gifted with sentience, psychokinesis and a murderous resentment of all living creatures. And it’s pretty entertaining, at least at first, while writer-director Quentin

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Dupieux steers his ostensibly inanimate hero through a series of escalating confrontations. But the problem with telling an entirely absurdist story is that there’s nothing to give it weight. Dupieux never finds 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. 85 min. nnn (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

scReaM 4 (Wes Craven) 112 min. See re-

view, page 80. nn (NW) Opens Apr 15 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale.

sOn Of tHe sunsHine (Ryan Ward) is the magic-realist tale of a young Toronto man (Ryan Ward, who also directed and cowrote) with Tourette syndrome who undergoes experimental surgery to rid himself of the tics, only to find out that losing his affliction also means giving up his supernatural ability to heal the sick and dying. It’s Flowers For Algernon meets Resurrection as filtered through the faux grime of Ed Gass-Donnelly’s recent This Beautiful City. Every moment is agitated and abrasive, with Ward directing every last one of his actors to go as big as possible and piling on one self-consciously gritty element after another. He commits fully to his performance, and hints at an intriguing visual sensibility in the film’s early scenes, but he quickly turns Son Of The Sunshine into maudlin misery porn, short-changing the characters while he sees just how far he can push the audience’s tolerance for artful suffering. 87 min. nn (NW) Carlton Cinema sOul suRfeR (Sean McNamara) 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. The vaguely Christian touches grow more questionable as Soul Surfer goes on, pitting AnnaSophia Robb’s blond, blue-eyed Bethany against a series of dark-haired or outright swarthy characters who dare to stand in her way. The worst thing about McNamara’s strategy is that he probably doesn’t 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. 106 min. nn (NW) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview

tHe tOPP twins: untOucHable GiRls

(Leanne Pooley) uses footage of concerts and political actions to create a terrific tribute to singing twins Lynda and Jools Topp, out lesbians with radical politics who became New Zealand’s largest cul-

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tORnadO alley (George Casey) 43 min.

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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) 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) Carlton Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Varsity

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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) Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, 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

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 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 yOuR HiGHness (David Gordon Green)

does for 80s sword-and-sorcery fare like Deathstalker and The Sword And The Sorcerer what Hobo With A Shotgun does for the Troma oeuvre and MacGruber for the Cannon canon: it takes the piss out of it with irreverent good humour. It’s set in a mythological world where a layabout prince (Danny McBride, who co-wrote the film with Ben Best) reluctantly follows his vainglorious elder brother (James Franco) on a mission to save a maiden (Zooey Deschanel) from a dark wizard (Justin Theroux). It’s a challenge strapping warriors have faced ever since Arnold Schwarzenegger oiled up for the second Conan movie, and there’s definitely something perversely entertaining about watching Franco – and Natalie Portman!

– running around waving swords and delivering some fairly twisted medieval dialogue. Not all of it works, but it’s slapped together with such dopey cheer that I didn’t mind sitting through it to see what came next. 101 min. nnn (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale 3

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ANOTHER YEAR (PG) Thu 1:40, 7:00 Fri-Wed 1:25, 7:05 THE BEND (14A) Thu 1:35, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35, 9:45 HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE (14A) Thu 2:05, 6:45 THE ILLUSIONIST Thu 4:25, 9:50 Fri-Wed 4:00, 9:45 INCENDIES (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:35 Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:55, 6:45, 9:20 INSIDIOUS (14A) Thu 1:55 3:50 7:15 9:15 Fri-Wed 1:55, 4:25, 7:00, 9:15 LIMITLESS (14A) 1:45, 4:05, 6:50, 9:05 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) 1:50, 4:15, 6:55, 9:25 PAUL (14A) Thu 4:00, 9:00 SCREAM 4 (14A) Fri-Wed 1:35, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 SON OF THE SUNSHINE Thu 1:40, 3:40, 5:40, 7:40, 9:40 Fri-Wed 9:00 THE TOPP TWINS: UNTOUCHABLE GIRLS Fri-Wed 2:05, 4:10, 7:20 WEST IS WEST (14A) Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:35, 7:25, 9:35 YOUR HIGHNESS (18A) 7:30, 9:30 Thu 1:30, 3:30 mat, 5:30

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

BARNEY’S VERSION (14A) 12:50, 3:50, 6:45, 9:50 CERTIFIED COPY (PG) 1:15, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 OF GODS AND MEN 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 WINTER IN WARTIME 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40

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

ARTHUR (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:50, 9:25 Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:25, 11:35 Sun-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:25 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 (14A) Thu 1:10, 3:30, 7:00, 9:30 RIO (G) Fri-Wed 12:35, 2:50, 5:05, 7:15, 9:20 SCREAM 4 (14A) 1:10, 3:30, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Sat 12:00 late SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 12:55, 3:50, 6:35, 9:10 YOUR HIGHNESS (18A) 12:30, 3:55, 6:40, 9:05 Fri-Sat 11:15 late

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

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 6:40, 9:10 BATTLE LOS ANGELES (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 7:15, 10:00 HANNA (PG) Thu 1:00, 1:50, 3:50, 4:30, 7:00, 9:50, 10:40 Fri-Wed 1:00, 1:50, 3:40, 4:40, 6:30, 7:20, 9:20, 10:10 HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN (R) Thu 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, 10:30 Fri-Wed 2:50, 5:10, 8:00, 10:20 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 12:40, 1:15, 3:20, 4:00, 6:30, 9:10, 10:20 Fri, Tue-Wed 12:50, 1:40, 3:30, 4:20, 6:20, 7:15, 8:50, 10:00 Sat 12:50, 3:30, 6:20, 7:15, 8:50, 10:00 Sun 12:50, 3:30, 4:20, 6:20, 7:15, 8:50, 10:00 Mon 12:50, 1:40, 3:30, 4:20, 7:15, 10:00 MORTAL KOMBAT: GAME LAUNCH AND TOURNAMENT Mon 8:00 MULRONEY: THE OPERA (PG) Sat 1:00 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST Sun 1:00 RANGO (PG) Thu 12:30 3:10 6:20 9:00 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:10, 6:00, 8:40 SCREAM 4 (14A) Fri-Wed 12:30, 1:20, 2:20, 3:20, 4:10, 5:00, 6:10, 7:00, 7:50, 9:00, 9:50, 10:40 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 12:45, 1:40, 3:30, 4:10, 6:10, 6:40, 8:40, 9:20 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:00, 7:10, 9:40 SUCKER PUNCH (14A) Thu 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:30 SUCKER PUNCH: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (14A) 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 YOUR HIGHNESS (18A) Thu 1:20, 2:30, 4:20, 5:15, 7:20,

86

APRIL 14-20 2011 NOW

8:00, 10:10, 10:45 Fri-Wed 1:10, 2:00, 4:00, 4:50, 6:50, 7:40, 9:30, 10:30

TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX (I) 350 KING ST W, 416-599-8433

GOOD FOOD, BAD FOOD (G) 7:50, 10:20 Fri, Tue-Wed 2:00 mat, 4:45 INCENDIES (14A) 6:45, 9:35 KABOOM (R) Thu 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30 Fri, Tue-Wed 2:30, 4:35, 7:45, 9:45 Sat-Mon 7:45, 9:45

VARSITY (CE)

55 BLOOR ST W, 416-961-6304 THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 ARTHUR (PG) 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 9:50 BIUTIFUL (14A) Thu-Sun, Tue-Wed 1:50, 5:20, 8:40 Mon 1:50, 8:40 HANNA (PG) 12:50, 3:40, 7:10, 10:05 IN A BETTER WORLD Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 JANE EYRE (PG) 12:30, 3:20, 6:20, 9:10 SOURCE CODE (PG) 1:30, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 WEST IS WEST (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 WIN WIN (14A) 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:20

VIP SCREENINGS

ARTHUR (PG) 12:25, 3:05, 6:25, 9:05 IN A BETTER WORLD Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:25, 6:15, 9:05 JANE EYRE (PG) Thu-Tue 1:15, 3:55, 6:35, 9:25 Wed 3:55, 6:35, 9:25 SOURCE CODE (PG) 12:55, 4:05, 6:55, 9:35 WIN WIN (14A) Thu 12:45, 3:25, 6:05, 8:55

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

ARTHUR (PG) Thu 1:40, 2:40, 3:40, 4:20, 5:20, 6:20, 7:10, 8:00, 9:10, 9:50, 10:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:30, 2:15, 3:00, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:45, 7:30, 8:15, 9:30, 10:00, 10:45 SatSun 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:30, 2:15, 3:00, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:45, 7:30, 8:15, 9:30, 10:00, 10:45 BATTLE LOS ANGELES (14A) Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:35, 7:35, 10:20 BEASTLY (PG) Thu 1:50, 6:50 BORN TO BE WILD 3D (G) 1:45, 3:20, 5:00, 6:30, 8:15 SatSun 10:45, 12:20 mat DAYDREAM NATION 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:25 mat DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 6:40 HALL PASS (14A) Thu 4:55, 10:35 HOP (G) Thu 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 7:00, 7:45, 9:30, 10:15 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:30, 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 7:15, 7:45, 9:45, 10:15 Sat-Sun 11:00, 12:00, 1:30, 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 7:15, 7:45, 9:45, 10:15 INSIDIOUS (14A) Thu 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4:15, 5:00, 5:45, 6:45, 7:30, 8:15, 9:30, 10:15, 11:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 4:40, 5:15, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:00, 9:50, 10:30 Sat-Sun 10:50, 11:20, 12:10, 1:15, 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 4:40, 5:15, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:00, 9:50, 10:30 JUST GO WITH IT (PG) Thu 4:00, 9:00 THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) Thu 1:35 4:25 7:10 9:55 Fri-Wed 1:35, 4:20, 7:40, 10:25 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 2:10 4:00 5:00 7:00 8:00 10:00 10:45 Fri-Wed 2:20, 4:10, 5:10, 7:05, 8:00, 9:50, 10:40 Sat-Sun 11:55, 1:00 mat PAUL (14A) Thu 1:30, 2:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:20, 10:20 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:40, 2:40, 4:25, 5:25, 7:05, 8:05, 9:30, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:05, 12:05, 1:40, 2:40, 4:25, 5:25, 7:05, 8:05, 9:30, 10:30 RED RIDING HOOD (PG) Thu 2:05, 7:50 RIO (G) 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 11:30 mat RIO 3D (G) 2:45, 3:45, 5:15, 6:00, 7:45, 8:30, 10:15, 10:45 Sat-Sun 10:45, 12:15, 1:15 mat RUBBER Thu 3:25, 5:55, 8:25, 10:40 SOUL SURFER (PG) Thu 1:40, 2:40, 4:40, 5:40, 7:20, 8:20, 9:00, 9:55, 10:55 Fri, Tue-Wed 1:30, 2:15, 4:15, 5:00, 7:05, 7:50, 9:40, 10:20 Sat-Sun 10:50, 11:40, 1:30, 2:15, 4:15, 5:00, 7:05, 7:50, 9:40, 10:20 Mon 1:30, 2:15, 5:00, 7:50, 10:20 THANK YOU (PG) Thu 3:10, 6:20, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:45, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:55, 3:50, 6:45, 9:55 UNKNOWN (14A) Thu 10:05 WIN WIN (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:10, 7:55, 10:35 WRECKED (14A) Thu 3:30, 6:00, 8:30, 10:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:25, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:45

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

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:15 Fri 4:30, 7:00, 9:25 Sat-Sun 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:25 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:00 BARNEY’S VERSION (14A) Thu 4:15, 7:10 Fri 4:00, 6:55,

9:50 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 6:55, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:20 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Fri 4:20, 6:40, 9:00 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:30 HANNA (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:00 Fri 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Sat-Sun 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:15 INCENDIES (14A) Thu 4:00, 6:50 Fri 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 SatSun 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:10 INSIDIOUS (14A) 5:00, 7:30 Fri 10:00 Sat-Sun 2:30 mat, 10:00 THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:20 Fri 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:10, 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:50 PAUL (14A) Thu 5:15, 7:40 Fri-Sun 7:20, 9:45 Mon-Wed 6:45 RANGO (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:30 Fri 4:50 Sat-Sun 2:20, 4:50 Mon-Wed 4:20 SUCKER PUNCH (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:30

MT PLEASANT (I)

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BLACK SWAN (14A) Thu-Sat, Tue-Wed 7:00 Sun 4:30 UNKNOWN (14A) Fri-Sat 9:10

RANGO (PG) 12:15, 3:05, 6:05 RIO (G) Fri-Wed 12:00, 12:45, 2:35, 3:35, 5:10, 6:30, 7:45, 9:00, 10:15 SCREAM 4 (14A) Fri-Wed 12:40, 1:40, 3:45, 4:35, 6:50, 7:30, 9:45, 10:30 SOUL SURFER (PG) Thu 1:00 3:50 6:40 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:50, 6:35, 9:20 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:25, 7:00, 9:00, 9:55 Fri-Tue 1:30, 4:25, 7:00, 9:55 Wed 4:25, 7:00, 9:55 SUCKER PUNCH (14A) Thu 12:50, 3:55, 7:10, 10:00 YOUR HIGHNESS (18A) 2:00, 5:00, 7:40, 10:25

SILVERCITY YONGE (CE)

RAINBOW WOODBINE (I)

2300 YONGE ST, 416-544-1236

WOODBINE CENTRE, 500 REXDALE BLVD, 416-213-1998

ARTHUR (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:45, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:30, 4:10, 6:40, 9:30 Mon, Wed 1:30, 4:10, 6:40, 9:15 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 1:40, 4:05, 6:40, 9:10 HOP (G) Thu 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Mon 1:50, 4:40, 7:25, 9:50 Wed 4:40, 7:25, 9:50 INSIDIOUS (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:50, 3:50, 7:10, 9:55 Mon 1:40, 4:15, 7:10, 9:55 Wed 4:15, 7:10, 9:55 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 1:20, 3:55, 6:30, 9:25 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:10, 3:40, 6:50, 9:40 Mon 1:00, 3:50, 6:35, 9:25 Wed 1:05, 3:50, 6:35, 9:25 MULRONEY: THE OPERA (PG) Sat 1:00 RIO (G) Fri-Sun, Tue 11:50, 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50 Mon 1:20, 4:20, 6:50, 9:10 Wed 1:40, 4:20, 6:50, 9:10 SCREAM 4 (14A) Fri-Sun, Tue 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 Mon 1:05, 4:00, 7:00, 9:35 Wed 1:25, 4:00, 7:00, 9:35 SOUL SURFER (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 Fri, Sun, Tue 12:20, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Sat 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Mon, Wed 1:10, 3:40, 6:30, 9:05 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:40, 7:35, 9:55 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:40, 4:20, 7:40, 10:20 Mon, Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 YOUR HIGHNESS (18A) Thu 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 Fri-Sun, Tue 1:10, 4:30, 7:50, 10:30 Mon, Wed 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00

ARTHUR (PG) Thu 1:10 4:10 6:55 9:35 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 6:55, 9:30 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:15 HANNA (PG) 1:25, 4:15, 7:00, 9:25 HOP (G) Thu 12:45, 2:55, 5:05, 7:15, 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:30, 2:45, 4:55, 7:05, 9:15 INSIDIOUS (14A) Thu 1:30 4:20 7:10 9:35 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 9:35 RIO (G) Fri-Wed 12:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 SCREAM 4 (14A) Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:55, 6:50, 9:20 SOUL SURFER (PG) 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 9:40 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 1:20, 3:55, 7:20, 9:45 YOUR HIGHNESS (18A) Thu 1:00 3:50 6:50 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:50, 7:20, 9:45

675 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-489-8484 ANOTHER YEAR (PG) Fri 6:50 Sat 9:20 Sun 1:45 Tue 7:00 INSIDE JOB (PG) Thu, Sat, Wed 7:00 Fri 9:25 Sun 4:30

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

Metro

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

BARNEY’S VERSION (14A) Thu 5:05 Fri-Wed 2:45 BIUTIFUL (14A) Thu 2:30 GNOMEO AND JULIET (G) Sat-Sun 11:00 JANE EYRE (PG) Fri-Wed 12:30, 7:15 JUST GO WITH IT (PG) Fri-Wed 9:30 THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) Thu 12:25, 7:30 Fri-Wed 5:00 UNKNOWN (14A) Thu 9:30

QUEENSWAY (CE)

1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:35 ARTHUR (PG) Thu 12:05, 1:10, 3:20, 4:20, 6:45, 7:30, 9:50, 10:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 12:05, 1:10, 3:20, 4:20, 6:55, 7:35, 10:00, 10:40 Sat-Sun 12:05, 3:20, 4:20, 6:55, 7:35, 10:00, 10:40 BATTLE LOS ANGELES (14A) Thu 12:20, 3:15, 6:15, 9:25 FriWed 9:05 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) 12:55, 3:40, 6:25, 9:10 HANNA (PG) Thu 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 9:45 Fri-Wed 12:50, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 HOP (G) Thu 12:00, 2:50, 6:55, 9:25 Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:55, 6:40, 9:15 INSIDIOUS (14A) 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 10:10 JANE EYRE (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:25, 6:35, 9:40 JUST GO WITH IT (PG) Thu 12:10, 3:10, 6:10, 9:15 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu-Tue 1:35, 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 Wed 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 12:25 3:30 6:30 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:10, 3:10, 6:10, 9:30 MULRONEY: THE OPERA (PG) Sat 1:00 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST Sun 1:00 PAUL (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:15, 6:15, 9:25

.99 each *

East End BEACH CINEMAS (AA) 1651 QUEEN ST E, 416-699-5971

ARTHUR (PG) Thu 6:50, 9:30 Fri 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Mon-Wed 6:50, 9:40 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 7:30, 10:00 HANNA (PG) 7:20, 10:10 Fri 4:10 Sat-Sun 1:10 mat, 4:10 HOP (G) Thu 7:10, 9:40 Fri 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Mon-Wed 7:00, 9:30 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Sat 4:00, 6:40 Sun 12:45, 4:00, 6:40 Mon-Wed 6:40 MULRONEY: THE OPERA (PG) Sat 1:00 RIO (G) 7:30, 10:00 Fri 5:05 Sat-Sun 12:15, 2:40 mat, 5:05 SCREAM 4 (14A) 7:10, 9:50 Fri 4:20 Sat-Sun 1:20 mat, 4:20 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 6:40, 9:10 Fri-Wed 9:20

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

ARTHUR (PG) Thu 1:30, 2:40, 4:00, 5:20, 6:40, 8:00, 9:10, 10:30 Fri-Sat 1:10, 2:30, 4:00, 5:20, 6:40, 7:50, 9:10, 10:30, 11:40 Sun-Wed 1:10, 2:30, 4:00, 5:20, 6:40, 7:50, 9:10, 10:30 BATTLE LOS ANGELES (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:55, 10:25 HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN (R) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45 INSIDIOUS (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40, 11:50 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 1:35, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:50, 7:30, 10:20 THE MAN OF A THOUSAND SONGS Thu 7:00 RANGO (PG) Thu 2:15, 4:50, 7:40 RIO (G) 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:20 Fri-Sat 11:35 late RIO 3D (G) Fri-Wed 2:10, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10 SCREAM 4 (14A) 1:00, 2:20, 3:50, 5:10, 6:50, 8:00, 9:30, 10:40 Fri-Sat 11:55 late SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:00, 9:20 Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:40, 7:05, 9:15, 11:25 Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:05, 9:15 SUCKER PUNCH (14A) Thu 2:20, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 UNKNOWN (14A) Thu 10:10 YOUR HIGHNESS (18A) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50, 11:59 Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50

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

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Fri 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 Sun 1:20, 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) 3:55, 6:55 Thu 9:45 Sun 1:05 mat HANNA (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:20, 10:00 Fri 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 Sat 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:00 HOP (G) Thu-Fri, Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:45, 9:25 Sat-Sun 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:55 JANE EYRE (PG) 3:40, 6:35, 9:35 Sat-Sun 12:40 mat THE KING’S SPEECH (PG) 3:45, 6:50, 9:50 Sat-Sun 12:45 mat THE LAST GODFATHER (PG) Thu 3:35, 6:25 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:30, 9:55 Fri 4:30, 7:40, 10:20 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:40, 10:20 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 9:55 MonWed 4:30, 7:25, 9:55 MULRONEY: THE OPERA (PG) Sat 1:00 PAUL (14A) Thu, Sun-Wed 9:40 Fri-Sat 10:00 SOUL SURFER (PG) 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Sat-Sun 1:00 mat WIN WIN (14A) 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:15 mat

SILVERCITY FAIRVIEW (CE)

FAIRVIEW MALL, 1800 SHEPPARD AVE E, 416-644-7746 ARTHUR (PG) Thu 1:00 3:50 7:00 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 HANNA (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:40, 6:50, 9:40 Fri-Tue 12:30, 3:40, 6:30, 9:55 Wed 12:20, 3:40, 6:30, 9:55 HOP (G) Thu 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Tue 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Wed 4:40, 7:40, 10:10 INSIDIOUS (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:00, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Sat, MonTue 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 Sun 1:15, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 Wed 12:40, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 Fri-Sat, MonWed 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 Sun 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST Sun 1:00 PAUL (14A) Thu 2:15, 4:50, 7:50, 10:30 RIO (G) Fri-Wed 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 SCREAM 4 (14A) Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 12:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Tue 12:45, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 SUCKER PUNCH (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 YOUR HIGHNESS (18A) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:40, 10:20 Fri-Tue 2:00, 4:45, 7:50, 10:30 Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:50, 10:30

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

ARTHUR (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 12:40, 3:30, 6:40, 9:45 Fri-Wed 2:00 HANNA (PG) Thu 12:50 3:50 6:50 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:45 HOP (G) Thu 12:30 3:40 6:20 9:00 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 INSIDIOUS (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 3:20, 9:30 PAUL (14A) Thu 12:30, 6:30 RIO (G) Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 Sun 12:00, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 Mon-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30 SCREAM 4 (14A) Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 SOUL SURFER (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:15, 3:20, 6:20, 9:30 Mon-Wed 12:30, 3:20, 6:20, 9:30 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 Fri-Wed 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 YOUR HIGHNESS (18A) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10

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

ARTHUR (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:00, 7:10, 10:05 Sun 1:10, 4:00, 7:10, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:10, 9:40 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 4:10, 6:30, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:20, 3:50, 6:40, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:40, 9:00 HANNA (PG) Thu 3:50, 7:10, 9:45 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 Sun 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:50, 9:35 HOP (G) Thu 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 Fri-Sat 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 Sun 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:30, 9:45 INSIDIOUS (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 9:55 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:30, 7:40, 10:10 Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:40, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:40, 10:00

LimitLess (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:35, 10:00 Fri-Wed 9:10 the LincoLn Lawyer (14A) Thu 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 PauL (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:00 rio (G) Fri-Sun 1:00, 1:40, 3:30, 4:20, 6:30, 7:00, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:50, 4:20, 6:30, 7:00, 9:30 scream 4 (14A) Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 souL surfer (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:40, 6:15, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:15, 9:20 source code (PG) Thu 3:35, 6:20, 8:50 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:20, 6:20, 8:50 Mon-Wed 4:05, 6:20, 8:50 sucker Punch (14A) Thu 9:40 your highness (18A) Thu 4:50, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Sat 2:20, 5:00, 7:50, 10:15 Sun 2:20, 5:00, 7:35, 9:55 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:35, 9:55

ColiSeuM SCarborough (Ce) SCarborough ToWn CenTre, 416-290-5217

arthur (PG) Thu 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:35, 10:20 BattLe Los angeLes (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:25, 7:15, 10:15 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:25, 7:25, 10:15 Sat 4:25, 7:25, 10:15 catch me... i’m in Love (PG) Thu 12:50 3:55 6:40 9:35 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:55, 7:20, 10:05 insidious (14A) Thu 1:40 4:40 7:40 10:25 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:20 Just go with it (PG) Thu 12:55, 3:45, 6:55, 9:55 LimitLess (14A) Thu 1:25, 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:45, 7:05, 9:55 the LincoLn Lawyer (14A) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 mars needs moms (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:30, 6:45, 9:15 muLroney: the oPera (PG) Sat 1:00 rio (G) Fri, Mon-Wed 12:30, 1:05, 3:10, 3:40, 6:30, 6:50, 9:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:15, 12:45, 2:35, 3:20, 4:55, 6:10, 7:15, 9:00, 9:40 scream 4 (14A) Fri-Wed 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30, 10:00, 10:30 souL surfer (PG) Thu 12:45 3:50 6:50 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:50, 7:10, 9:50 source code (PG) Thu 1:35, 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:35, 6:45, 9:15 your highness (18A) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:10, 6:55, 9:45

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

the adJustment Bureau (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:05, 9:45 FriSun 12:20, 6:55 Mon-Wed 6:55 arthur (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Fri-Sun 12:40, 4:00, 7:05, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:05, 10:05 BattLe Los angeLes (14A) Thu 3:30, 6:40, 9:35 diary of a wimPy kid 2: rodrick ruLes (G) Thu 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:55, 6:35, 9:15 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:35, 9:15 hanna (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25 Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:40, 10:25 hoP (G) Thu 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:40, 6:25, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:25, 9:00 insidious (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:45, 10:25 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:10, 10:10 Just go with it (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:20 LimitLess (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:15, 10:05 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Sun-Wed 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 the LincoLn Lawyer (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:45, 9:25 Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:20, 7:15, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:15, 10:15 one fLew over the cuckoo’s nest Sun 1:00 PauL (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:30, 9:15 Fri-Wed 3:30, 9:45 rango (PG) Thu 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:25 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:25 red riding hood (PG) Thu 10:10 rio (G) 3:45, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:10, 9:55 Fri-Sun 12:00, 1:10, 2:35 mat scream 4 (14A) 3:50, 4:50, 6:45, 7:45, 9:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun 1:00, 2:00 mat souL surfer (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:35, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:10, 3:35, 6:40, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:40, 9:20 source code (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:35, 10:15 Fri-Sun 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 sucker Punch (14A) Thu 4:05, 6:55, 9:40 Fri-Wed 10:20 your highness (18A) Thu 5:00, 7:50, 10:30 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:05, 6:50, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:05, 6:50, 9:40

Kennedy CoMMonS 20 (aMC) Kennedy rd & 401, 416-335-5323

the adJustment Bureau (PG) Thu 2:20 4:50 7:30 10:00 Fri-Wed 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:40 mat Barney’s version (14A) Thu 1:55, 5:00, 8:00 Fri, MonWed 4:25, 7:30 Sat-Sun 11:05, 4:25, 7:30 diary of a wimPy kid 2: rodrick ruLes (G) Thu 2:10, 4:00, 4:45, 6:45, 7:30, 9:15, 10:00 Fri, Mon, Wed 2:05, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:45, 2:05, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 Tue 2:05, 10:00 game (14A) 2:35, 5:45, 9:00 Sat-Sun 11:35 mat gnomeo and JuLiet 3d (G) Thu 3:35, 5:45 haLL Pass (14A) 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Sat-Sun 11:50 mat hanna (PG) Thu 2:15, 4:15, 5:00, 7:00, 7:45, 9:45, 10:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:45, 2:15, 4:15, 5:00, 7:00, 7:45, 9:45, 10:25 Sat-Sun 11:30, 1:30, 2:15, 4:15, 5:00, 7:00, 7:45, 9:45, 10:25 hoP (G) 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 Sat-Sun 11:35 mat i am numBer four Thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 incendies (14A) 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 Sat-Sun 1:10 mat Jane eyre (PG) 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:05 Sat-Sun 11:00 mat Just go with it (PG) 2:15, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Sat-Sun 11:30 mat the king’s sPeech (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:05, 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 the LincoLn Lawyer (14A) 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10 SatSun 11:15 mat mars needs moms 3d (PG) Fri, Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:00 Sat-Sun 1:40, 3:55

PauL (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:50, 10:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:25, 2:00, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 rango (PG) 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat sPider-man (PG) Thu 2:20, 5:30, 8:45 sucker Punch (14A) Thu 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10 Fri, MonWed 6:15, 9:00 Sat-Sun 11:15, 6:15, 9:00 thank you (PG) 2:20, 5:30, 8:45 Sat-Sun 11:00 mat unknown (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:55, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:10, 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:50 west is west (14A) 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 win win (14A) Fri, Mon-Wed 1:55, 4:15, 6:45, 9:30 SatSun 11:10, 1:40, 4:15, 6:45, 9:30

GTA Regions Mississauga

ColiSeuM MiSSiSSauga (Ce) Square one, 309 raThburn rd W, 905-275-3456

arthur (PG) Thu, Sun-Tue 12:20, 1:20, 3:20, 4:40, 6:40, 7:30, 9:40, 10:15 Fri-Sat 12:20, 1:20, 3:20, 4:40, 6:40, 7:30, 9:40, 10:30 Wed 12:20, 3:20, 4:40, 6:40, 7:30, 9:40, 10:15 BattLe Los angeLes (14A) Thu 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 BeastLy (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Born to Be wiLd 3d (G) 12:00, 1:15, 2:45, 4:15, 5:30, 7:00 i am numBer four Thu 1:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 insidious (14A) Thu, Sun-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:05 FriSat 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:15 the LincoLn Lawyer (14A) Thu-Tue 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 Wed 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 muLroney: the oPera (PG) Sat 1:00 one fLew over the cuckoo’s nest Sun 1:00 rango (PG) 12:10, 3:10, 6:10, 9:00 rio (G) Fri-Wed 12:05, 1:05, 2:35, 3:45, 5:10, 6:25, 7:40, 9:25, 10:10 scream 4 (14A) Fri-Sat 12:15, 1:25, 3:15, 4:25, 6:15, 7:35, 9:30, 10:25 Sun-Wed 12:15, 1:25, 3:15, 4:25, 6:15, 7:35, 9:30, 10:15 source code (PG) 1:00, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 Thu 2:00 mat, 4:50, 7:45, 10:10 sucker Punch (14A) Thu-Fri, Mon-Wed 12:40, 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 Sat-Sun 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 sucker Punch: the imaX eXPerience (14A) 8:30 your highness (18A) 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Sun only 12:45 4:30 7:20 10:00

4:40, 7:40, 10:20 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 3:45, 6:50, 9:25 BattLe Los angeLes (14A) Thu 4:05, 7:05, 9:55 Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:05, 7:20, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:05, 7:20, 10:05 BeastLy (PG) Thu 3:35, 6:10, 8:40 Born to Be wiLd 3d (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 3:30, 4:45, 6:00, 7:15 Fri-Sun 12:00, 1:15, 2:45, 4:15, 5:30, 7:00 diary of a wimPy kid 2: rodrick ruLes (G) Thu 3:40, 6:45, 9:15 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:40, 6:45, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:45, 9:30 haLL Pass (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:05, 9:40 hoBo with a shotgun (R) Thu 4:50, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Sun 10:25 Mon-Wed 9:05 hoP (G) Thu 4:00, 4:15, 6:30, 7:00, 9:00, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:10, 1:15, 2:40, 3:50, 5:10, 6:30, 7:40, 9:00, 10:05 MonWed 3:50, 4:20, 6:30, 7:00, 9:00, 9:25 LimitLess (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:55, 3:45, 7:15, 9:55 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:25, 9:15 mars needs moms (PG) Thu 4:10, 6:35, 8:55 PauL (14A) 3:55, 6:55, 9:35 Fri-Sun 1:25 mat rango (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:15, 8:50 Fri-Sun 12:35, 3:20, 6:10 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:35 rio (G) Fri-Sun 12:00, 12:40, 1:20, 2:30, 3:15, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 6:40, 7:30, 8:30, 9:15, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:35, 4:15, 4:45, 6:00, 6:40, 7:15, 8:30, 9:10, 9:45 scream 4 (14A) Fri-Sun 1:10, 1:50, 4:10, 4:50, 7:00, 7:40, 9:50, 10:30 Mon-Wed 4:10, 4:50, 7:00, 7:35, 9:50, 10:15 souL surfer (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:20, 3:25, 6:20, 8:50 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:20, 8:50

source code (PG) Thu 4:00, 4:30, 6:20, 7:20, 9:10, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:50, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:30, 6:50, 9:20 sucker Punch (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:25, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:25, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:25, 10:00 sucker Punch: the imaX eXPerience (14A) 8:45 your highness (18A) Thu 4:10, 4:45, 7:00, 7:40, 9:40, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:30, 2:00, 4:20, 4:45, 7:10, 7:50, 9:40, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:10, 4:40, 7:10, 7:40, 9:40, 10:10

inTerChange 30 (aMC)

30 inTerChange Way, hWy 400 & hWy 7, 416-335-5323 the adJustment Bureau (PG) 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 Sat-Sun 10:30, 1:15 mat arthur (PG) 4:15, 5:00, 7:00, 7:45, 9:45, 10:30 Sat-Sun 10:45, 1:30, 2:15 mat gnomeo and JuLiet 3d (G) Thu 5:35 hanna (PG) Thu 4:30 5:15 7:15 8:00 10:00 10:45 Fri-Wed 4:30, 5:15, 7:15, 8:00, 10:00, 10:40 Sat-Sun 11:00, 11:45, 1:45, 2:30 mat insidious (14A) 4:35, 5:25, 7:15, 8:00, 10:00, 10:45 SatSun 11:25, 12:15, 2:05, 2:50 mat Jane eyre (PG) 4:10, 6:55, 9:45 Sat-Sun 10:35, 1:25 mat Just go with it (PG) 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 Sat-Sun 10:50, 1:35 mat the king’s sPeech (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 the LincoLn Lawyer (14A) 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Sat-Sun 10:40, 1:20 mat mars needs moms 3d (PG) 5:35 Sat-Sun 10:50, 1:00, 3:20 mat no strings attached (14A) 7:50, 10:40 red riding hood (PG) 5:20, 7:55, 10:35 Sat-Sun 11:55, 2:40 mat thank you (PG) 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Sat-Sun 1:05 mat

rainboW ProMenade (i)

ProMenade Mall, hWy 7 & baThurST, 905-764-3247 arthur (PG) 1:10, 4:20, 7:05, 9:25

diary of a wimPy kid 2: rodrick ruLes (G) Thu 1:20, 4:15, 6:45, 9:05 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 1:20, 6:45 Mon 6:45 hoP (G) 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 rio (G) Fri-Wed 12:50, 2:50, 4:50, 6:50, 8:50 scream 4 (14A) Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:00, 7:15, 9:35 source code (PG) 4:10, 9:20 Thu 1:05 mat, 7:15 your highness (18A) 1:30, 4:30, 7:10, 9:30

West grande - STeeleS (Ce) hWy 410 & STeeleS, 905-455-1590

arthur (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:45, 9:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:40, 9:25 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:40, 9:25 BattLe Los angeLes (14A) Thu 3:40, 9:45 diary of a wimPy kid 2: rodrick ruLes (G) 3:25, 6:20 Thu 9:10 Sat-Sun 12:15 mat hanna (PG) Thu 4:15, 6:55, 9:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 hoP (G) Thu 3:35 6:30 9:20 Fri-Wed 3:35, 6:30, 9:05 SatSun 12:30 mat LimitLess (14A) Thu 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 the LincoLn Lawyer (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:40, 9:25 Fri-Wed 9:15 PauL (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:40, 10:10 Fri 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 MonWed 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 rio (G) 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 Sat-Sun 12:00, 2:30 mat scream 4 (14A) Fri 3:55, 7:00, 10:25 Sat 1:00, 3:55, 7:00, 10:25 Sun 1:00, 3:55, 7:00, 9:55 Mon-Wed 3:55, 7:00, 9:55 source code (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:20, 10:05 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:50, 9:35 Sat-Sun 1:25, 4:10, 6:50, 9:35 sucker Punch (14A) Thu 7:10 your highness (18A) Thu 4:35 7:30 10:00 Fri-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:50 mat 3

CourTney ParK 16 (aMC)

110 CourTney ParK e aT huronTario, 888-262-4386 the adJustment Bureau (PG) Thu 3:15, 5:50, 8:25, 10:55 Fri-Wed 2:50, 7:35 arthur (PG) Thu 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:20, 4:55, 7:40, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:55, 2:20, 4:55, 7:40, 10:10 BattLe Los angeLes (14A) Thu 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:20 diary of a wimPy kid 2: rodrick ruLes (G) Thu 2:25, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:30, 9:45 MonWed 2:30, 4:55, 7:30, 9:45 hanna (PG) Thu 2:10 4:50 7:55 10:40 Fri-Wed 2:35, 5:15, 7:55, 10:40 Sat-Sun 11:35 mat hoP (G) Thu 2:05, 4:25, 7:00, 9:15 Fri 2:10, 4:25, 6:45, 9:00 Sat-Sun 11:40, 2:10, 4:25, 6:45, 9:00 Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:45, 7:10, 9:30 insidious (14A) Thu 2:15, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40 Sun-Wed 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40 Just go with it (PG) Thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10 LimitLess (14A) Thu 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, 10:45 Fri-Sun 12:15, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 Mon-Wed 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 the LincoLn Lawyer (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:35, 7:15, 10:00 Fri 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:20, 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:15, 10:00 PauL (14A) Thu 3:05, 5:45, 8:10, 10:55 Fri-Sun 12:20, 5:10, 10:05 Mon-Wed 5:10, 10:05 rio (G) 2:40, 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:50 mat rio 3d (G) Fri 2:05, 4:35, 7:00, 9:20 Sat-Sun 11:15, 2:05, 4:35, 7:00, 9:20 Mon-Wed 1:55, 4:35, 7:00, 9:20 scream 4 (14A) 2:25, 3:10, 5:05, 5:50, 7:45, 8:25, 10:25, 11:00 Fri 12:35 mat Sat-Sun 11:30, 12:35 mat souL surfer (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 Fri 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 Sat-Sun 11:25, 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 MonWed 1:45, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 source code (PG) Thu 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:05 Fri 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Sat-Sun 11:00, 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 sucker Punch (14A) Thu 2:55, 5:40, 8:15, 10:50 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:45 Mon-Wed 3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:45 sucker Punch: the imaX eXPerience (14A) Thu 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:55 your highness (18A) Thu 1:30, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30, 11:00 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:35, 5:55, 8:20, 10:50 Mon-Wed 3:35, 5:55, 8:20, 10:50

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Repertory cinema listings are comprehensive and appear alphabetically by venue, then by date. Other films are listed by date. = Critics’ pick (highly recommended)

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All listings are free. Send to: movies@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Rep Cinemas, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include film title, year of release, names of director(s), language and subtitle info, venue, address, time, cost and advance ticket sales if any, phone number for reservations/info or website address. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.

festivals sprockets film festival

tiff bell lightbox, reitman square, 350 king w (tb).

416-599-8433, tiff.net/sprockets.

Film Friends, a program of short films. 7 pm.

Pwyc, $5 suggested. Good For Her presents Public.Provocative.Porn: The Year’s Best In Feminist Film. 9:30 pm. $12. Tickets available at goodforher.com.

Fri 15 – Taxi Driver (1976) D: Martin Scorsese. 4 pm. Incendies (2010) D: Denis Villeneuve. 6:30 pm. Montevideo, God Bless You (2010) D: Dragan Bjelogrlic. 9:30 pm. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) D: Jim Sharman. 11:59 pm. sat 16 – True Grit (2010) D: Joel and Ethan Coen. 4 pm. Montevideo, God Bless You. 6:30 pm. Incendies. 9:30 pm. suN 17 – The Illusionist (2010) D: Sylvain Chomet. 1:45 pm. Incendies. 3:45 pm.

True Grit. 6:30 pm. Miller’s Crossing (1990) D: Joel and Ethan Coen. 8:45 pm. moN 18 – Rosemary’s Baby (1968) D: Roman Polanski. 4:15 pm. True Grit. 7 pm. Incendies. 9:15 pm. tue 19 – True Grit. 4:15 pm. Incendies.

6:45 pm. Chris Alexander’s Film School Confidential presents Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004) D: Grant Harvey. 9:30 pm.

Wed 20 – Incendies. 4:15 pm. The Illusionist. 7 pm. Rosemary’s Baby. 9 pm.

cinemas bloor cinema

506 bloor w. 416-516-2330. bloorcinema.com

thu 14 – Blue Valentine (2010) D: Derek Cian-

france. 4 pm. Paulus Productions Inc presents

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camera bar 1028 queen w. 416-530-0011. camerabar.ca

9 – Festen (The Celebration) (1998) Vinterberg. 3 pm. Free. ñD:satThomas

cinematheque tiff bell lightbox

reitman square, 350 king w. 416-599-tiff (8433). tiff. net.

Fri 15 – A Married Couple (1969) D: Allan King. 7 pm. ñ sat 16 – Mary Poppins (1964) D: Robert Ste-

venson. 12:30 pm. A Married Couple. 7 pm.

Gregg Araki X 2: Totally F***ed Up (1993). 7:30 pm. The Living End (1992). 9:15 pm. suN 17 – A Married Couple. 7 pm. moN 18 – The Living End. 7 pm. tue 19 – Smiley Face (2007) D: Gregg Araki. 7 pm.

Wed 20 – Gregg Araki X 2: The Doom Generation (1995). 7 pm. Nowhere (1997). 9 pm.

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fox theatre

2236 queen e. 416-691-7330. foxtheatre.ca

thu 14 – The Illusionist (2010) D: Sylvain Chomet. 7 pm. Incendies (2010) D: Denis Villeneuve. 9 pm.

Fri 15 – The King’s Speech (2010) D: Tom Hooper. 7 pm. Biutiful (2010) D: Alejandro González Iñárritu. 9:20 pm. sat 16 – Gnomeo And Juliet (2011) D: Kelly Asbury. 2 pm. The King’s Speech. 4 & 7 pm. Biutiful. 9:20 pm. suN 17 – Gnomeo And Juliet. 2 pm. The King’s Speech. 4 & 6:45 pm. Biutiful. 9:15 pm. moN 18-tue 19 – The King’s Speech. 6:45 pm.

Biutiful. 9:15 pm.

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TORNADO ALLEY (Sean Casey) Rating: NN Sean Casey’s Tornado Alley demonstrates that IMAX isn’t always the ideal format for you-are-there nature documentaries. The medium lends itself to serene contemplation rather than chaotic immediacy.

Yes, I now know what a killer twister looks like from the inside, but I also have an awful crick in my neck from trying to follow the action as it whipped around the massive frame. (In fairness, the OMNIMAX presentation at the Ontario Science Centre, which throws the image well over the audience’s head, might have had something to do with that as well.)

Casey, the star of the reality series Storm Chasers, spent eight years on this documentary, which makes the experience that much more frustrating. Other than one great shot of cows being confused by a Wed 20 – The King’s Speech. 1:30 pm.

Black Swan (2010) D: Darren Aronofsky. 7 pm. Barney’s Version (2010) D: Richard J Lewis. 9:15 pm.

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graham sprY theatre

cbc museum, cbc broadcast centre, 250 front w, 416-205-5574. cbc.ca

thu 14-Wed 20 – Continuous screenings Mon to Fri 9 am to 5 pm. Free. thu 14-Fri 15 – Guilty Pleasures. moN 18-Wed 20 – Monica & David: A Love Story.

150 John. 416-973-3012. nfb.ca/mediatheque

FESTIVAL PASSES!

Good for 10 regular screenings and 9 late night screenings!

thu 14-Wed 20 – More than 5,000 NFB films available at digital viewing stations. TueWed noon-7 pm, Thu-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Free. thu 14 – A Drummer’s Dream (2010) D: John Walker. 7 pm. $6, srs/stu $4.

Wed 20 – Free Favourites At Four: Margaret’s Museum (1995) D: Mort Ransen. 4 pm. Free.

Wed 20 – A World Of Shorts: A Space Odyssey, program of short films. 7 pm. $6, srs/stu $4.

ontario science centre

770 don mills. 416-696-3127. ontariosciencecentre. ca

thu 14 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 2 & 3 pm.

Under The Sea. Noon. IMAX Hubble. 1 pm.

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thu 14 – True Grit (2010) D: Joel and Ethan Coen. 6:45 pm. Biutiful (2010) D: ñ Alejandro González Iñárritu. 9 pm.

Fri 15 – Barney’s Version (2010) D: Richard J Lewis. 6:45 pm. Biutiful. 9:20 pm.

sat 16 – Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)

D: John Chu. 11:45 am. Canadian Lemkos Association presents The Last Journey Home.

Ukrainian w/ s-t. 4 pm. Barney’s Version. 6:30 pm. Biutiful. 9:10 pm. suN 17 – Justin Bieber: Never Say Never. 2 pm.

Night Of The Hunter (1955) D: Charles Laughton. 4:15 pm. Barney’s Version. 6:30 pm. Biutiful. 9:10 pm. moN 18 – Barney’s Version. 1 & 6:45 pm. Biutiful. 9:15 pm. tue 19 – Film Noir Lecture Series w/ Kevin Courier. 7 pm. Night Of The Hunter. 9 pm.

Wed 20 – Night Of The Hunter. 7 pm.

Barney’s Version. 9 pm.

the roYal Doc version of Twister isn’t very cinematic.

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

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thu 14-suN 17 – Festival of international films for children and youth. $12, srs/stu ñ ñ $9.50, child under 12 $8.50. family 10-pack $75. All films w/ s-t. sat 16 – Light Of The River D: Tetsuo Hirakawa.

9:45 am. Loot Bag: Strange Places, Funny Faces 10 am. The Magicians D: Joram Lürsen.

10:15am. Rafiki D: Christian Lo. 10:30 am.

Snowmen D: Robert Kirbyson. 11:45 am. Reel Rascals: Animal Animania! 11:45 am. Mary Poppins (1964) D: Robert Stevenson. 12:30 pm. Loot Bag: On The Move! 12:45 pm. A Cat In Paris D: Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol. 1:30 pm. Racing Dreams D: Marshall Curry. 2:15 pm. Chandani–The Daughter Of The Elephant Whisperer D: Arne Birkenstock.

2:30 pm. A Thousand Times Stronger D: Peter Schildt. 3:30 pm. African Cats D: Keith Scholey and Alastair Fothergill. 4 pm. Louder Than A Bomb D: Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel. 4:30 pm.

The Strongest Man In Holland D: Mark de Cloe. 4:45 pm. Jitters D: Baldvin Z. 5:30 pm.

Most Valuable Players D: Matthew Kallis. 5:45 pm. suN 17 – Reel Rascals: Animal Animania! 10 am. Here Comes Lola D: Franziska Buch. 10:15 am. The Happets: In The Kingdom Of The Sun D: Alex Colls. 10:30 am. Jump Cuts Young Filmmakers Showcase: Grades 3 to 6. Noon. Jump Cuts Young Filmmakers Showcase: Grades 10 to 12. 12:30 pm. Jump Cuts Young Filmmakers Showcase: Grades 7 to 9. 12:45 pm. Loot Bag: Strange Places, Funny Faces. 2 pm. Fuchsia, The Mini-Witch D: Johan Nijenhuis. 2:45 pm.

Vivid Imaginations shorts program. 3:15 pm.

Circus Dreams D: Signe Taylor. 4:15 pm.

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Fri 15 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 2, 3 & 9 pm.

Under The Sea. Noon & 8 pm. IMAX Hubble.

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hailstorm, there’s nothing particularly cinematic about it.

Casey and his team chase twisters across a tornado-friendly stretch of the American heartland with the hope of capturing meteorological data from inside a funnel cloud. In order to accomplish that, he engineered a kind of lightweight tank – essentially an armoured pickup truck capable of staying on the ground in a storm – but the trick is getting to the right place at the right time so a tornado can pass over it.

It’s basically a documentary version of the movie Twister (Casey even taps star Bill Paxton to provide the sombre narration), and just like that fictional adventure, it ends with the revelation that the inside of a tornado looks a lot like the outside of one: it’s a big, loud storm. Better use of cows, though.

Tornado Alley continues at the Ontario Science Centre. NormaN WilNer sat 16 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3 & 9 pm.

IMAX Hubble. 2 pm. Under The Sea. Noon, 4 & 8 pm. suN 17 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1 & 3 pm.

IMAX Hubble. 2 pm. Under The Sea. Noon & 4 pm. moN 18-Wed 20 – 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 14 – Toronto Street Grafitti In Digital 3D (2011) D: Reg Hartt. 7 pm. Rottweiler (Dogs Of Hell) In Digital 3D (1982) D: Worth Keeter. 8 pm. Dolphins And Whales 3D: Tribes Of The Ocean In Digitial 3D (2008) D: JeanJacques Mantello. 9:30 pm. sat 16 – The Sex & Violence Cartoon Festival. 7 pm. What I Learned From LSD (2010) D: Reg Hartt. 9 pm. suN 17 – 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 18 – Mr Wu (1927) D: William Nigh. 7 pm. Mockery (1927) D: Benjamin Christensen. 9 pm. tue 19 – Flicker (2007) D: Nik Sheehan. 7 pm.

Swimming To Cambodia (1987) D: Jonathan Demme. 9 pm.

Wed 20 – Gimme Shelter (1970) D: Albert and David Maysles. 7 pm. Performance (1970) D: Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg.

9 pm.

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

thu 14 – Littlerock (2010) D: Mike Ott. 7 pm.

The King’s Speech (2010) D: Tom Hooper. 9 pm.

Fri 15 – The King’s Speech. 7 pm. American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009) D: Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas. 9:30 pm. sat 16 – American: The Bill Hicks Story. 9:30 pm. suN 17 – American: The Bill Hicks Story. 4:30 & 7 pm. True Grit (2010) D: Joel and Ethan Coen.

9:15 pm. moN 18-tue 19 – American: The Bill Hicks Story. 7 pm. True Grit. 9:15 pm.

Wed 20 – True Grit. 7 pm. American: The Bill Hicks Story. 9:15 pm.

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thu 14 – Day For Night (1973) D: François Truffault. 7 pm. The Iron Giant (1999) D: Brad Bird. 9:30 pm.

Fri 15 – Speed Racer (2008) D: Andy and Lana Wachowski. 7 pm. The Beyond (1981) D: Lucio Fulci. 9:30 pm. sat 16 – Toronto Romanian Film Festival double bill: Ion Popescu-Gopo X 2: Gopo’s Imagination. 7 pm. Anim’Est Showcase. 8:45 pm. $5. toroartsgroup.com. suN 17 – The Iron Giant. 7 pm. Day For Night. 9 pm.

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other films thu 14-Wed 20 –

The CN Tower presents The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D. Continuous screenings daily 10 am to 8 pm. 301 Front W. 416868-6937, cntower.ca. thu 14-Wed 20 – Casa Loma presents The Pellatt Newsreel (2006) D: Barbra Cooper, a film and permanent exhibit on the history of Casa Loma and Henry Pellatt. Daily screenings 10 am to 4:30 pm. Included w/ admission. 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, casaloma.org. thu 14 – The Centre for Inquiry Ontario presents Keith Allen Will Burn In Hell (2007) D: Keith Allen, an investigation by the British comedian into Christian fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church. 7 to 9 pm. Free. 216 Beverley. cficanada.ca/ontario/events.

Empire Theatres presents Ron Hynes: The Man Of A Thousand Songs (2010) D: Willliam MacGillivray, about the Canadian singer/songwriter. 7 pm. $12.75, srs/child $8.99. Empire Empress Walk 10 Cinemas, 5095 Yonge. empiretheatres.com.

Fri 15 – Toronto Socialist Action Rebel Films presents Water On The Table (2010) D: Liz Marshall. 7 pm. $4 donation. OISE, 252 Bloor W, rm 2-212. socialistaction-canada.blogspot. com. suN 17 – Toronto Film Society presents The Black Arrow (1948) D: Gordon Douglas, and Frenchman’s Creek (1944) D: Mitchell Leisen. 2 pm. $15. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. 416-7850335, torontofilmsociety.com. moN 18 – Annette Public Library and Green 13 present Gasland (2010) D: Josh Fox. 6:30 pm. Free. 145 Annette. green13toronto.org.

Toronto Film Society presents A Lady Takes A Chance (1943) D: William Seiter, and Salty O’Rourke (1945) D: Raoul Walsh. 7:30 pm. $15.

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. 416-785-0335, torontofilmsociety.com.

Wed 20 – The Trane Studio presents Dinner & A Movie: Killer Of Sheep (1981) D: Charles Burnett. 8 pm. Pwyc. 964 Bathurst.

416-913-8197.

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dvd reviews Isabelle Huppert conveys more with less in White Material.

White Material (Criterion/

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eOne, 2009) D: Claire Denis, w/ Isabelle Huppert, Christophe Lambert. Rating: NNNNN; DVD package: NNNN A powerful sense of doom and emerging chaos hangs over Claire Denis’s tale of a white African coffee grower whose unnamed country is erupting into civil war.

Maria Vial (Isabelle Huppert) runs the plantation but doesn’t own it; her behaviour and the images of her small figure in the vast landscape make it clear that the land owns her.

When everyone flees, she works on

Tracy And Hepburn: The Definitive Collection ñ Woman Of The Year

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(1942) D: George Stevens, Keeper Of The Flame (1942) D: George Cukor, Without Love (1945) D: Harold S. Bucquet, The Sea Of Grass (1947), D: Elia Kazan, State Of The Union (1948) D: Frank Capra, Adam’s Rib (1949) D: Cukor, Pat And Mike (1952) D: Cukor, Desk Set (1957) D: Walter Lang, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967) D: Stanley Kramer, w/ Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn. Rating: NNNNN; DVD package: NNNN Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn are as good as screen couples get.

Through their nine pairings, all collected here, they engage in a spirited giveand-take that radiates genuine love through a full gamut of emotions.

Woman Of The Year sets the template, pitting Tracy’s quiet, salt-of-theearth sportswriter against Hepburn’s expansive, patrician, modern political reporter. Love and marriage follow, but temperament and lifestyle threaten the union. In Adam’s Rib they’re happily married lawyers who come to grief when he prosecutes and she defends a woman who’s shot her cheating husband.

You might choke a bit on State Of The Union’s honest industrialist and nobility-with-tears finale, but there is brisk drama in the tale of a man’s run for the presidency and the marital stress it involves.

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the crop. Nothing is more important.

When the wounded rebel leader hides on her farm, she treats him as she does everybody else. She has no sense of the hatred around her.

Huppert, as always, gives an unmannered, believable performance. I don’t think there’s an actor on earth who can convey more with less.

You’ll find much varied insight in the interviews with Denis, Huppert and Isaach De Bankolé (who plays the rebel leader).

EXTRAS Director and cast interviews, film premiere in Cameroon doc, essay book. Widescreen.

French audio. English subtitles. at the end, Katharine Hepburn says little about her 25-year off-screen affair with Tracy in her feature-length tribute, The Spencer Tracy Legacy. Instead, she gives a straightforward overview of his career, with interviews from the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra on his personality, work methods and acting greatness. If you want a comparable look at Hepburn, check out Warner’s double-disc edition of The Philadelphia Story.

EXTRAS Feature-length Tracy bio, three cartoons, three shorts, commentary, more. Widescreen, fullframe, b&w, colour. English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles (varies from film to film)

Brutal Beauty: Tales Of The Rose City Rollers (Cinema Purgatorio, 2010) D: Chip Mabry. Rating: NNN; DVD package: NN

Forget that mild-mannered Ellen Page vehicle, Whip It. This is the real roller derby, where grown-up women with major tattoos and names like Blood Clottia and Smack Ya Sideways slam into each other with total commitment, punk attitude and considerable joy.

Director Chip Mabry mixes talking heads with game footage to take us through the Rose City Rollers’ at-home battles against the Break Neck Betties and Guns ’N Rollers, then follows their first entry into the regionals, when hunger for victory drives practice from two to five times a week.

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tion, love of the game, choosing names and tattoos and serious injuries. They come off as sensible, fulfilled people.

On the track, they’re foul-mouthed furies. Mabry shoots from trackside and gets some expressive moments, but it helps that referee Rob Lobster explains the game using doughnuts.

Like the movie, the two music videos that make up the extras are lowto-no-budget and fun.

EXTRAS Two music videos. Widescreen. English audio. No subtitles.

Re-Cut (Mongrel, 2010) D: Fritz Manger, w/ Meredith Phillips, Ross Kohn. Rating: N; DVD package: none.

There’s nothing like a good horror movie, and that’s Re-Cut – nothing like a good horror movie.

It’s the old cliché: stupid city slickers versus scary yokels.

Here, a TV reporter and her whiny amateur camera crew investigate a homicidal religious nutter. When they creep onto the rundown farm crime scene with a couple of faux-friendly good old boys (which takes a plodding hour to get to), we know exactly – plot twists included – where this is going.

Using the new cliché, the Blair Witch/Cloverfield shakycam, to take allegedly found footage is a good way to make a movie on the cheap, but it’s no substitute for actual scares.

Be glad there are no extras. They would only be depressing.

EXTRAS Widescreen. English audio.

No subtitles.

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Coming Tuesday, April 19 The King’s Speech (Alli-

ance, 2010) Colin Firth plays the stuttering King George VI and Geoffrey Rush his speech therapist in this Oscar-winning historical drama.

Gulliver’s Travels (Fox, 2010) Jack Black, as a giant among the tiny Lilliputians, attempts to wring laughs from Jonathan Swift’s 1726 satire.

I Love You Philip Morris (Alliance, 2009) In the wake of a traffic accident, a happily married cop turns criminal and becomes openly gay. Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor star.

Rabbit Hole (Maple, 2010)

Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart star as parents coping with grief after the death of their child.

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I’ll get to you in a minute, PATH, but first…

MTV, a cable television channel that has been broadcasting music videos in a continuous loop since the summer of 1981, has elected to speed the moral collapse of the United States by putting me on television. My upcoming sex-advice program is tentatively titled Savage U, and it represents MTV’s first foray into non-musicvideo programming. (My preferred title for the show – Dan Savage’s Alaska – was rejected by the program’s co-executive producer, Piper Palin.) This news has upset not only my son, who has been in the MTV stage of his development for roughly three years, but also Maggie Gallagher, the head of the National Organization for Marriage, who has been stuck in the raving-bigot stage of her development for nearly three decades.

very level – parenting, money, religion, e politics, etc. – except for sex. After our last child was born, my advances were increasingly rejected. In an attempt to avoid pressuring her, I stopped initiating. One week passed: nothing. A month passed: nothing.

A YEAR passed: nothing. Depression and anger set in. But I was committed to being the “perfect husband,” so I did not pressure her, hoping her libido would return. It didn’t. Our “happy” life continued, and if you were a friend or neighbour, you’d have no idea this was going on. After two years, I finally lost it and confronted her. I expected that an open dialogue would improve the situation, but a month passed and she never brought it back up.

She’s a stay-at-home parent, so she does most of the shopping, laundry, etc., but I contribute to the housework. We live in a large house, so we also have house cleaners and landscapers. Additionally, our kids are respectful and have been taught to pick up after themselves. The bottom line is that I’ve removed all of the obstacles I can think of.

I realize that I’m lucky to be happy and fulfilled in just about every area of my life, but I’ve become fidgety, short-tempered and hypersensitive. I do not want to have an affair and I do not want a divorce. I love her and our children, but I’m at a loss as to what to do. Knowing there are women out there in the world who actually enjoy sex is devastating (it kills me to listen to you field a call from a sexually confident woman on your podcast). I am mourning the loss of intimacy and connection with another person.

“Renowned sex columnist Dan Savage, who is an openly gay man,” Gallagher wrote on her blog, “will be taking his popular sex and relationship advice column to MTV in a show appropriately called ‘Savage U’ where he intends to educate your college student about the importance of honesty over just about anything else, including fidelity.”

Gallagher, who once had a child out of wedlock, speaks for the fidelity-over-anything-else crowd (fidelity over honesty, reality, statistics, biology, ability, etc.).

Now, some people are capable of abstaining before marriage and being faithful to one partner for life – some people, but not Maggie – but these people represent a tiny minority of sexually active adults. And while those who make this aberrant lifestyle choice should not be discriminated against, the rest of us – the ma-

Please Advise Troubled Husband

jority of sexually active adults – should be free to engage in grown-up conversations about sex and desire and the more realityfriendly ways in which we define fidelity without being shouted down by the monogamously correct.

I’d like to address Gallagher’s two main objections to Savage U in some detail: “Savage, for all his experience, does not know what women are like,” says Gallagher.

I may not know what women taste like – I’ve never gone down on one – but I do know what women are like. My mother was a woman, my sister is a woman, my favorite bartender is a woman, my first sex partners were women and many of my friends, neighbours and coworkers are women. And as someone who is attracted to men and is in a long-term relationship with a man, I know what straight women have to put up with.

Ironically, Gallagher is a practicing Catholic who cites her faith as a reason for her opposition to same-sex marriage. But not knowing what women taste like has never stopped the pope from offering his unsolicited advice to women – no birth control, no abortions, no oral, no anal, no handjobs – and it seems a little hypocritical of Gallagher to suggest that I’m not qualified to offer advice to women, since I don’t fuck ’em, without first telling that old fag in Rome to STFU already.

“The possibility of taming one’s sexual desire for the sake of another, or of a vow, is not in the Savage moral imagination,” says Gallagher. “Libido will have out, and honesty about that is the best policy.”

The possibility of taming one’s sexual desire for the sake of another most definitely exists within the Savage moral imagina-

tion. I frequently discuss the “price of admission,” that is, the personal sacrifices, large and small, that make long-term relationships possible. For some, the price of admission – what it costs to ride a particular ride – includes “taming one’s sexual desire for the sake of another.” If anal sex is something you enjoy but you’re in love with someone who doesn’t do anal, going without anal is the price of admission. If you’re not into monogamy but you’re in love with someone who insists on it, then monogamy is the price of admission.

Yes, libido will have out – but “libido will have out” doesn’t translate into “Dan ‘Doesn’t Fuck Women’ Savage says anything and everything goes.” Two people in a long-term, committed relationship should be open and honest with each other about their sexual interests, turn-ons, drives, etc., because, yes, libido will have out. Meaning sexual compatibility and sexual satisfaction have a huge impact on the health of our relationships and marriages, Maggie, particularly if your spouse is your sole source of sexual satisfaction and release. People who can be open and honest with their partners – whether the relationship is monogamous or not – are likelier to have their needs met and likelier to meet their partners’ needs.

And when needs are met, people are less likely to cheat and more likely to stay married.

Openness and honesty don’t automatically translate into everyone gets everything everyone wants. Not all needs can be met.

But sometimes just having the sacrifices we’ve made for the good of our marriages acknowledged – getting a receipt after paying the price of admission – is good enough. Getting some credit for going without anal, along with the green light to

jerk off to anal porn now and then, can make going without anal easier. Indeed, it can make going without anal virtuous, something that speaks well of the goingwithout-anal partner’s character and priorities.

But there are times when monogamy – its pressures, its discontents, its unquestioned acceptance – can destroy an otherwise decent marriage.

Take PATH’s marriage. If his wife doesn’t come around – if her libido doesn’t kick back into gear after mental or medical intervention – this couple is surely headed for divorce. PATH is not only feeling depressed and resentful, he’s also contemplating an affair (even if he’s in the dismiss-that-idea stage). Sooner or later, he’s going to cheat or walk. But this marriage, a marriage that works on every other level (“parenting, money, religion, politics, etc.”), could be saved if Mr. and Mrs. PATH were encouraged to openly and honestly discuss their sexual needs and their sexual disconnect. If Mrs. PATH is done with sex – for now, perhaps forever – Mr. and Mrs. PATH should be encouraged to come to a reasonable, mutually agreeable accommodation, one that allows for Mr. PATH to get his needs met elsewhere if that’s what he needs to stay sane and stay married.

I’m not sure what to call someone who places a higher value on preserving monogamy within a particular marriage over preserving that marriage itself, Maggie, but I wouldn’t call that person a defender of marriage.

Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly

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Urban learning.

Continuing inspiration.

Immerse yourself in the energy and diversity of our city. Join a Continuing Education class at George Brown College. Experience our many benefits within a motivating community of your peers – all in a downtown environment.

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With more than 220 subjects, it’s easy to find what you’re looking for, whatever your interests. Our many industry partnerships further enrich our selection.

Our instructors are both active professionals and terrific in the classroom.

Courses are practical, up-to-date and taught with a hands-on approach.

Our evening, weekend, day and online classes work for working people. And you can work toward a certificate at your own pace – you register (and pay) on a course-bycourse basis.

Our downtown campuses are located minutes from the subway. But online options also mean you can study from anywhere.

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