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suburban rookie councillor Doug. They are spending half a million taxpayers’ dollars to concoct a Las Vegas-inspired “vision” for the port lands. They did this without council knowledge or public involvement. What is happening to the democratic process in Toronto? Stig Harvor Toronto

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scarborough councillor paul Ainslie must have misplaced his copy of The Prince, by Machiavelli. The “no evidence” ploy, as in there’s no evidence wind turbines make sense, is a favourite political trick. Everyone knows that if you forbid the looking – the collection of wind data in this case – you control the finding. Aliss Terpstra Toronto

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last we e k’s re sponse from car drivers (NOW, September 8-14) to your previous week’s coverage on cycling was typical. Drivers are blinded by the halos that surround their cars as they drive through city streets angry from being in traffic jams and stuck at red lights. They have never been on a bike downtown so do not understand its dangers or, of course, its freedoms. Daily I avoid getting hit by cars. At any downtown intersection I can count cars running red lights. Suck it up, angels, and enjoy being stuck. Scott Robinson Toronto

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i strongly obje ct to your re vie w of Agnieszka Holland’s In Darkness in your TIFF film guide (NOW, September 8-14 ). Susan G. Cole writes in her sloppy preface that “Holland sets out to redeem the reputation of Poles during the Nazi occupation,” leaving me wondering what on earth she means. Would Cole care to clarify what “reputation” she is referring to and based on what historical evidence? Anna Passakas Toronto

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i witne sse d toronto’s labour Day Parade (NOW, September 8-14) being led by persons wearing black shirts on top of their orange NDP Ts that proclaimed their intention to make Toronto “Tory-free.” What exactly did they mean? Do they wish to expel from Toronto anyone who voted Conservative, or do they intend something worse? Paul Cerar Toronto

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before now condemns e-bikes, I would suggest you investigate both sides of the e-bikes-versusthe-world issue. In my opinion, the pedal-pushers and the Toronto Cyclists Union have waged war on e-bikes to take the focus off the transgressions of non-motorized bike riders as far as road safety is concerned. Please feel free to contact e-bike riders and groups to get their opinion. TERA002

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i was expecting to find out the city was spending $60 million on tiny sandwiches every year or something like that at the antiFord rally. That’s what I thought Ford meant by “gravy,” didn’t you? TCalnan

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regarding all tiffed up and Everywhere To Go (NOW Daily, September 8). If online commenters don’t deem these stories “necessary,” they shouldn’t read them. Many NOW readers are interested in the fashion, parties and celebrity sightings that are as much a part of TIFF as the films. All aspects of the festival deserve coverage. TIFF is supposed to be fun, too. Donata4

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Newsfront attacking 24 Hours’ street boxes “making a mess of our sidewalks” (NOW, September 8-14) takes the cake! How do I get my NOW every week? From NOW’s equally messy boxes. And you have the nerve to encourage some nutcase “art” group to vandalize your fourth-estate colleagues? Not noble guerrilla tactics, friends, just vandalism pure and simple. Shame. Greg Kokko Toronto

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i really appreciated your coverage of Jack Layton’s passing (NOW, August 25-31), but I feel obliged to add that, as tragic as his death was, an even bigger tragedy would be to fail to follow up immediately on the momentum of his life. Right now the Canadian govern-

ment is planning to scale back its funding for education of children in developing countries via the Education For All Fast Track Initiative. Please write your MP and Bev Oda to see that this doesn’t happen. And if that doesn’t inspire you, pick a cause that does and do something about it today. Because the one thing Jack didn’t add in his letter but that he lived every day is that action is better than inaction. Nile Séguin Toronto

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FOR YOUR CITY THE MEANS OF STOPPING ROB FORD’S RADICAL DECONSTRUCTION OF TORONTO ARE IN OUR HANDS By MICHAEL HOLLETT schoolyard bullies try to make their victims feel hopeless, like resistance is futile so you may as well hand over your lunch money and get ready for a smack. The undynamic duo, mayors Rob and Doug Ford, are bullies trying to divide and defeat citizens in the course of making over a once-great city as a right-wing science experiment. And you’d better not complain, because “there’s more where that came from.” Rob Ford said as much Monday when, in announcing proposed cuts that make a lie of almost all his campaign promises, he warned, “This is just scraping the surface right now.” Get it? Shut your mouth or you’ll really see what he can do. The Fords have traded in abusive language and us-versus-them rhetoric since their con job of a campaign, mocking their opponents and peddling simplistic solutions to problems both real and imagined. There was no gravy-oozing golden goose hidden at City Hall ready to disgorge misused funds to maintain services citizens hold dear without using anything as quaint as taxation to pay for them. The bumblers from Etobicoke have wasted more money than any Flying

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Dutchman of a grounded gravy boat could ever carry. They’ve cancelled alreadyapproved initiatives like Transit City, the Fort York bridge and possibly the port lands, as well as engaging in good oldfashioned pork-barrelling by hiring trusted pals as “consultants” to rubber-stamp their slash-and-burn radicalism. And that’s before they actually start burning money on the Shepherd subway. Their numbers, like their promises, just don’t add up, and in the process they’re pulling away at the threads that have held this city together. But despite the unbelievable arrogance of Toronto’s 21st-century Family Compact, the mayor and the unelected mayor have only two votes on a 44-vote city council. On our divided council, the mayor can count on roughly 19 votes guided by the thumbs-up or thumbs-down gesture of his henchman, Giorgio Mammoliti. The battered left can reliably muster 15, which leaves 10 votes gently blowing in the wind, the so-called mushy middle who showed a willingness to climb on the Ford bandwagon when the band was still playing. But maybe now, as the proof of the Fords’ big lies becomes apparent, those in the centre might choose a long-term political career over sinking with the rapidly discredited Ford ship of state.

After all, quiet councillors who keep their heads down and their local potholes filled and manage to have decades-long careers have always been part of city politics. But the middle, along with Ford’s acolytes, could all disappear next election as the city reels from the inevitable strikes, despair, turmoil and hardship their slash attack will unleash if implemented. Is Karen Stintz really prepared to kiss off her dreams of a centrist run for mayor in order to bolster Ford’s attacks on transit, libraries and hazardous waste pickup? Is Don Valley West’s Jaye Robinson prepared to have her City Hall career be a oneterm footnote, something quirky she once did before going back to her regular life? Civic politicians are remarkably susceptible to citizen pressure, and that’s a good thing; there’s no big party machine to embolden them, so the voters are all they have. And the mushy middle have started to be emboldened – little fissures forming in what was once thought to be highly tempered right-wing steel at City Hall over TTC cuts and fare hikes as well as proposed library branch closures. Even the so-called Ford Nation thought they were voting for a decent Toronto; they were just conned into thinking they didn’t have to pay for it. We don’t have to wait for the next ejection to derail the

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Ford-fuelled locomotion of destruction. If a slim majority of the middle can be moved back to city-building, the agenda stalls and we get wetlands, housing and parks instead of Ferris wheels and megamalls, light rail not monorails, a helping hand instead of one raised in anger. Spontaneous protests are already starting to spring up, and the marathon of hope, the all-night citizens’ showcase of opposition to the first look at the calamitous KPMG proposals, still inspires. Ford’s folly is unravelling faster than even his biggest critics could have imagined. The deal is not done, and the means of stopping this radical deconstruction of Toronto are in our hands. Let’s confront city councillors with the awful truth that there is no running from responsibility for the Ford frenzy; voting with the two mayors means destroying the very services – and city – we were assured was safe in their hands. Let’s wrest control away from the mayor’s office and back to the citizenry by letting councillors know they have a choice. Contact your city councillor today, and again tomorrow, and make sure he or she votes for a city with a future instead of going down in the fury that follows a Ford flameout. 3 michaelh@nowtoronto.com

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ON THE LIST OF CUTS IN THE 2012 AND 2013 BUDGETS • Toronto Police Service, including elimination of new hiring, buyouts for those nearing retirement and one-officer patrols “in appropriate circumstances” • Closure of some public library branches and reduced service levels • Massive reductions in TTC service, including rolling back service improvements under the ridership growth strategy, changes to the crowding standard and reducing/eliminating night routes (or making them a premium service by raising fares) • Wheel Trans services for the disabled • Planning department services • Heritage grants and heritage tax rebate program • Economic development and culture department services to businesses • Staff support services to business improvement areas • Licensing and standards enforcement • All horticultural activities • “Proactive” investigations and enforcement of illegal signs and sign complaints • Toronto Public Health dental health program

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CORE THOSE IN COUNCIL’S MUSHY MIDDLE WHO’VE BEEN PROPPING UP FORD WILL HAVE TO DECIDE IF THEY WILL TAKE A BULLET FOR THE MAYOR By ENZO DiMATTEO for the life of me, i can’t figure out why the Scarborough Civic Centre was chosen as the venue for the city’s response to consultants KPMG’s cost-cutting exercise known as the Core Services Review. Perhaps it’s because Scarborough, so instrumental in electing the current mayor, has practically become Rob Ford’s adopted home. Or maybe it was his idea of a joke. Scarborough, after all, stands to lose most through cuts first outlined by KPMG and now backed holus-bolus by city manager Joe Pennachetti and his staff of Fordpleasing bureaucrats. The official reason for the Scarborough locale: budget chair Mike Del Grande was in the house for the regularly scheduled Scarborough community council meeting, so it made sense. But it also doesn’t hurt to get the press corps away from City Hall, especially now that it’s clear (as if it weren’t before) that the mayor was BSing us during the election when he said there wouldn’t be cuts to city services as a result of his promised tax cuts. Hard not to notice his conspicuous absence from Monday’s highly anticipated presser. The mayor has been reluctant to own up to his cuts lies. Maybe in his mind his no-cuts guarantee wasn’t a lie but just a broken promise, since he never intended to follow through anyway. So there we were on Monday, September 12, in the wilds of Scarborough, listening to Pennachetti instead of the mayor present staff’s response to KPMG’s recommendations. But his report was less a response to KPMG’s recommendations than an attempt to sell the Ford administration’s line on city finances – you know, that oftrepeated yarn that we’re facing a structural deficit that there’s no getting out of unless we perform invasive surgery and leave a lot of blood on the tracks of that gravy train. The list of proposed cuts is a long one (see Firing Line sidebar on page 13). We’ve

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seen the broad strokes: the proposed closing of library branches, cuts to the arts, rolling back TTC service to 50s levels, removing the lifeline to the most vulnerable. Yup. Christmas gifts for poor kids are on Ford’s hit list, and he was giving out candy at the Santa parade. But the fine print also disturbs: the cuts to hundreds of groups, arts and others, that get small stipends from the city, a few grand for this or that community project, and contribute much to the welfare of the city. When the cost-benefit analysis is done, it’s difficult to justify. “A disgusting grab bag of right-wing attacks” is how Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker put it. Mayor Ford looks more and more like a one-term phenom. He’s given the impression for a while that he’s here for a good time, not a long time – one reason he makes himself so scarce. But people in the councillors’ offices on the second floor at 100 Queen West are beginning to talk. There are more conversations in stairwells, more rolling of eyes, maybe just enough consternation over what Ford might do next to shake a few votes loose in that mushy middle that has been propping him up since day one. Some did stand up to Ford over library cuts. How much longer will these councillors tie their political fortunes to the mayor’s? Their D-Day, September 26, is fast approaching, when council convenes to decide whether to adopt the cuts Pennachetti’s recommending. They have to decide, to borrow Councillor Joe Mihevc’s words, which hill they want to die on. Do they believe the mayor’s office will protect them and that most of the bloodletting will happen in their opponents’ wards?

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But no one is safe. The cuts are across the board. Besides, there’s still a plan on Ford’s back burner, isn’t there, to redistribute ridings and reduce the number of councillors by half? Come next election, three years down the road, most councillors will be running in wards where the cuts will be felt. Political reputations can be damaged forever. On the flip side, Ford’s merry band of ideologues is with him, the true believers, so to speak, who hold a majority of seats on council. De Baeremaeker figures they’ll stick with the mayor because they believe Ford Nation will save them in the next election. He says a “group madness” has infected them. They’ve made their political calculations and figured those who’ll be most affected by the cuts – the poor, single mothers on welfare, those working three jobs in the burbs, the nannies and cleaning women and those on late shift riding the all-night buses – don’t vote, so screw them. There’ve been other controversies in Ford’s year of living dangerously, of course. And the mayor has managed to survive them all so far. Councillor Adam Vaughan prefers another metaphor – that the big boulder Ford’s opponents have been pushing uphill isn’t rolling backwards any more. It’s getting closer to the top. Tipping the scales in the current political moment is the provincial election. Some Libs on council (I won’t name names) are beginning to feel the heat. A number of Liberal donors to the arts, I’ve been told, are sitting on the fence, telling McGuinty’s crew at Queen’s Park they’re waiting to see how Grit councillors vote before they decide what provincial party to support. It’s worth noting the incumbent Grits’ recent rise in the polls. They’ve done it by tying the havoc Ford is wreaking on Toronto to PC leader Tim Hudak’s budgetcutting plans for the province. Hudak has borrowed liberally from the Ford g r a v y train narrative. That the PCs are now stumbling in the polls suggests that Ford is on the ropes. Indeed, a Forum Research poll released Tuesday (September

With each controversy, Mayor Rob Ford is looking more and more like a oneterm phenom – here for a good time, not a long time.

13) shows the mayor’s approval rating nose-diving. Back at Monday’s Core Services Review meet, budget chief Del Grande, who wasn’t carrying that piggy bank he’s been toting to remind us how broke the city is, was singing a slightly different tune than the “tsunami is coming” rhetoric of months past. Blow me down if he didn’t say the whole Core Services Review process had been a “gut-wrenching” one. Maybe for staff, sure, but Del Grande’s attempts to frame the Fordists’ government-shrinking hatchet job in kinder, gentler tones is, with respect to the usually plainspoken budget chief, a load of fertilizer. Adding insult to injury, Del Grande said he won’t support ending windrow clearing, which suggests that members of the mayor’s executive aren’t the only ones who’ve gotten an earful about service cuts on the BBQ circuit this summer. It’s not clear that KPMG’s report was even necessary. The Fordists continue to use “runaway spending” and a $774 million budget deficit (their figure) as rationales for the cuts. But before the mayor decided to spend the surplus left by the previous administration and raid the reserve fund to deliver on his no-propertytax-hike promise in 2010, there was no deficit. The city had a surplus. The review found none of that gravy flowing like a river through City Hall either. On the contrary, the consultants concluded that 90 per cent of services provided by the city are core, either mandated by law or essential to the operation of the city. And they found little in the way of waste, determining that overall the city delivers good value for money. Word is, the mayor’s executive, which meets to discuss Pennachetti’s report Monday (September 19) is considering taking some of the proposed cuts off the table before they get to council. Either way, Ford’s election is looking more like an anomaly with each new controversy. Those who voted for him may have voted for change, but they didn’t vote for slash-and-burn or for the end of Toronto the Good. He promised no service cuts. Lying to the electorate pisses off people across party lines. 3 enzom@nowtoronto.com

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MiChelle Berardinetti 416-392-0213 The rookie Scarborough Southwest councillor has been turning heads ever since she arrived on the scene, but for the wrong reasons. Just what is the small-town girl with Liberal party blood in her veins doing cavorting with Rob Ford’s wild bunch? She’s come out against library cuts, but beyond windrows and snow clearing from sidewalks isn’t too bothered by the overall direction of cuts now being recommended post-Core Services Review. She sits on both the mayor’s executive and budget committees. She says she’s “reviewing in-depth” the proposed cuts “to come up with innovative solutions” to avoid slashing childcare subsidies and the elimination of the Toronto Atmospheric Fund and Toronto Environmental Office. Her husband, Lorenzo, the Lib MPP, has less to fear from Ford Nation these days, but Berardinetti still has a few favours to repay the mayor, including getting rid of those bike lanes in her ward a few months back. May have a few surprises to spring September 26, but I’ll believe it when I see it.

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Josh Colle 416-392-4027 The weight of great expectations sits awkwardly on the shoulders of the EglintonLawrence rep, who is keeping a low profile, much to the frustration of those on the left who expected him to make a clean break with Ford. They’ll have to wait a while longer. Colle seems to have hitched his wagon to Ford insider Frances Nunziata, an old political mentor, for the time being. He may be emboldened now that the threat of Ford Nation knocking off his Liberal MPP dad, Mike, in the provincial election seems to have subsided; recent polls show Colle the elder ahead in Eglinton-Lawrence. But it’s unlikely we’ll see a rebuff of Ford over the Core Services Review. For Colle, too much is still riding politically on the Lawrence Heights redevelopment in his ward, which the mayor opposes.

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Frank di GiorGio 416-392-4066 The former Lastman follower represents have-not York South-Weston, one of the poorest in the country, where the proposed cuts would have a greater impact than elsewhere. Di Giorgio started out toeing the Ford line post-election, but he tells NOW he’d favour a “small” property tax increase to offset inflation instead of the cuts now on the table. He’s advocating “consolidating some service areas” and not replacing employees who retire, for a more modest saving of $300 million, a figure less than half the $774 million being sought by the Fordists.

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Mary-MarGaret McMahon 416-392-1376 The Beaches-East York rep who slew Sandra Bussin, thanks to the help of a few Tories, has had time to reassess her allegiance to the mayor after he left her hanging over the Leslie car-house plan in her ward. She’s spoken more forcefully against the Ford agenda lately but doesn’t want to risk alienating constituents whose dislike of the Miller regime was visceral. Faces some tricky choices.

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JaMes Pasternak 416-392-1371 He represents the York Centre ward whose former right-wing councillor had a reputation for getting along with left and right. The Bathurst-Finch community in his ward is a priority neighbourhood. Capping of the Welcome Policy this summer, a subsidy for those who can’t afford rec services, left many seniors, newcomers and youth in Pasternak’s ward without. If he makes a break with Ford, it will be over the city’s plan to establish what’s being termed “new governance models” for community centres.

The Don Valley West councillor had a hand in bringing Nuit Blanche to T.O. when she was a senior bureaucrat in the city’s economic development department, so she won’t be happy with cuts to the arts. Her name comes up when colleagues on the left talk about those in the Ford camp losing sleep over some of council’s decisions. Cutting funds to BIAs may also give Robinson pause about supporting Ford, but it would be a shocker if she bailed in any substantive way. The added political complication for Robinson: she represents the wealthiest ward in the city, one where Ford happened to do very well in the last election. They may be offended by Ford’s style, but politically her voters support the mayor’s austerity agenda. Noticeably, bus services weren’t cut in her ward when the TTC went through that cutting-of-night-routes exercise. continued on page 18 œ

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The Scarborough Centre rep is the mayor’s economic development chair and would seem an unlikely swing vote, but he’s not prepared to say if he’ll support all the cuts. Make no mistake: Thompson is still singing from the Ford hymn book. But I think I heard him tell me, if I read between the lines of that bureaucratese he’s so good at, that Thompson’s not absolutely opposed to raising taxes to cover the deficit. On that front, his position is not so different from the mayor’s, who’s also talked property tax hike. Seems the councillor has received more than a few emails from concerned constituents. He talked about the need to make cuts, of course. But he called some of those being proposed “extreme” and “dramatic” and said, “Clearly, we have to look at what impacts some will have on the psyche of the city.”

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Gary crawford 416-392-4052 The Scarborough Southwest councillor is on the Social Planning Council’s list of swing councillors because of his support for the arts and heritage issues. Crawford is credited with helping the neon bike art project win a reprieve from council, but he noticeably sided with management against locked out stage workers in a labour dispute at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts earlier this summer. Ran for the PCs once. He didn’t respond to a request from NOW for comment on how he plans to vote on the cuts.

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Karen Stintz 416-392-4090 The Eglinton-Lawrence pol and the mayor’s TTC chair has much to think about – including her own political future. She’s tried to remain above the fray while handling one of the biggest files in the city, but Stintz seems to be increasingly at odds with the Ford administration and is reportedly on the way out as TTC head. She’s differed with the mayor on his Sheppard subway expansion plan and on backroom efforts to replace current TTC manager Gary Webster. The rollbacks being recommended for the TTC are breathtaking. The big question for Stintz: can she stand by and watch that decimation? My bet is she has little choice. She may try to parlay her support for Ford on cuts into some other political plum.

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The Scarborough-Rouge River vet has been on the outs with Ford ever since he got bounced from Toronto Community Housing’s board. The Toronto Zoo is an issue close to his heart – he’s on the board of management. And that’s up for sale.

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chin lee 416-392-1375 A tough one to read. The ScarboroughRouge River rep supported George Smitherman for mayor but still managed to cop a seat on the Police Services Board. Considered among some on the left to be someone who can be worked with, Lee may sense the winds of change blowing in his ward. It went NDP in the last federal election and has experienced a large influx of new Canadians in recent years, the very folks who would be first to feel the impact of cuts to transit and support services. Ford crew has been lobbying him.

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ana bailão 416-392-7012 The Davenport rep is mentioned here just to make the point that, though more firmly in the progressive fold lately, she doesn’t always vote with council’s left. Bailão’s on a whack of BIA boards that will get the axe if Ford has his way.

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SEPTEMBER 18 Training Day Stop the Cuts network offers lessons on making deputations to City Hall and organizing protests. 10 am. Location tba. RSVP to Sept10volunteers@gmail.com. SEPTEMBER 19 Champions Of Toronto Breakfast OneToronto hosts a community meal to fuel up for a long, rancorous City Hall executive meeting. 7:30 am. Holy Trinity Church, 10 Trinity Square. City executive committee meeting Final report on the Core Services Review and proposed cuts. 9:30 am. Committee room 1, City Hall. Deputations open to the public, email exc@toronto.ca. SEPTEMBER 22 Daycare Protest Parents bring their kids plus noisemakers to City Hall to protect 2,000 threatened childcare spaces. 9:30 am. Nathan Phillips Square. SEPTEMBER 26 City Council meets for two days and votes on adopting the Core Services Review and proposed cuts. 9:30 am. City Hall. Protest rally 5:30 pm. Nathan Phillips Square.

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Gloria lindSay luby 416-392-1369 The councillor from Etobicoke Centre, whom the mayor once called “a waste of skin,” enjoyed a much higher profile under Miller as a member of his executive. She made noises early on about cuts to councillors’ office expenses but has fallen in line ever since. If she ever needed a reason to distance herself from Ford, she’s got it now. Staff’s recommending severing the city’s ties to practically every board Lindsay Luby currently enjoys a seat on, from Exhibition Place to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority to the Toronto Zoo. The arts, another target of the Ford administration, are also near and dear to her heart.

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JoSh Matlow 416-392-7906 The St. Paul’s rep has officially come out against the Core Service Review cuts, but Matlow’s quarrel is more with process. He’s left the door open to layoffs and is pushing for road tolls to cover some of the budget shortfall and funding for the TTC. For Matlow, it’s never about left and right when it comes to the issues, or so he likes to say. But that’s the problem. Given the polarizing effect of Ford Nation, it’s hard to see the state of affairs at City Hall as anything but a stark choice between left and right. Maybe young Josh will finally see the light?

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M.I.A. CITY BUDGET SYSTEM IS OBSOLETE: DAYCARE IS AS MUCH A CAPITAL ITEM AS BRIDGES By WAYNE ROBERTS a joke economics geeks tell about Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates goes a long way toward explaining why Toronto faces a budgetary crisis that may well result in ripping up our social fabric. Gates was crossing a border point when a customs officer pointed to his suitcase and asked if he had anything to declare, the joke goes. Gates said no. The punchline is all about an obsolete system that fails to recognize an economic paradigm shift. Value no longer resides in solid items shipped as baggage, but in ideas, talents and assets that travel inside our heads. It’s not just customs officers who didn’t get the memo. Accountants and statisticians weren’t in the loop either. As a result, an enormous ledger error is responsible for much of the city’s financial mayhem. Former budget chief Shelley Carroll thinks today’s budgetary woes come from the number-crunching being driven by an accountant’s rather than an economist’s mindset. Carroll is best known for identifying Toronto’s chronic crisis as a revenue problem, not a spending problem. Other cities have many sources

My infrastructure includes youth programs, community food centres and tree planting — they should all be funded with long-term bonds just like public buildings. of revenue aside from property taxes, she tells me. Some impose a payroll tax on non-residents who work in and for the city; some add a hotel tax. And, of course, cities that aren’t made to suffer for anti-urban resentments receive ample funding from provincial and federal programs. Yes, I say, thinking aloud, but don’t we also have a problem caused by the failure to recognize health, social and enviro programs as infrastructure investments rather than expenditures? “Exactly,” Carroll says. The point is that if some social programs can be defined as infrastructure, they can be classed as part

of the capital budget instead of yearly operating expenses, and can be funded by city bonds (the Spadina subway was funded this way), including perhaps even RRSP-eligible bonds sheltered from taxes. Carroll blames the Ontario Municipal Act, with its definitions of infrastructure based on a long-gone economy and locked into pipes, roads and bridges. It’s time for a definition overhaul. Without blaming Carroll for my flights of fancy, I’d say it’s time to stop privileging technology and construction when we talk about infrastructure. Why should steam-shovel projects dominate the public imagination when it comes to facilities that confer long-term benefits on societal functioning? If the Humber bridge is considered infrastructure, so are tree-planting and green roof programs that suck up carbon and protect the infrastructure of our weather system. On another level, municipal and agency community programs are among the few remaining institutional bases to nourish social cohesion. Call this “soft infrastructure”: it creates stakeholders by building positive relations and increasing the city’s human assets. If some of the proposed cuts proceed, Toronto, the world’s leading experiment in multicultural living, will soon be a laboratory demonstration of whether a city can function without nourishing its instruments of social capital. The whole world saw what happened during riots throughout southern England this summer. My infrastructure includes social and economic integration. It also takes in community food centres, either alongside or on par with neighbourhood schools and libraries, to build long-term food security and skills. And cycling lanes. And a museum of immigrant history. And childcare. And city-funded hubs for Toronto’s 300,000 small and micro-businesses. As is the case with all effective capital works programs, all these would generate savings, jobs and wealth that repay investment many times over, year after year. The theoretical case for identifying such things as infrastructure is supported by U.S. economist Michael Hudson, who shows how well-funded social, educational, transportation and environmental programs underlay the spectacular creation of wealth in the U.S. before 1950, just as their disappearance there signalled the growing public squalor since. The case for this re-accounting is so compelling that city council should postpone this frenzy of cuts made necessary by faulty accounting and urge all political parties to commit to redefining infrastructure in the Ontario Municipal Act. If only. 3 news@nowtoronto.com

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Ford said on election night that he would work hard to earn the trust of those who didn’t vote for him. Instead, he’s completely shut them out of the decision-making process – and hasn’t stopped the knuckle-dragging gorillas on his executive from demonizing his political opponents as “communists.”

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Ford promised “respect for taxpayers.” Made it his campaign slogan. Yet he’s abolished dozens of citizen advisory groups, and his single-minded obsession with cutting the size of government is leaving tens of thousands of Torontonians behind. On that “respect” thing, the mayor’s giving us the finger.

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Ford followed up that Transit City doozy by promising that not a cent of public money would be spent on building his Sheppard subway extension. Now he admits there’s a funding problem. There he was a few weeks back doing what he’d pledged never to do – go cap in hand to the province for money for his Sheppard subway.

He invoked William Lyon Mackenzie in his inaugural address, promising to fight against privilege and for the “little guy.” Guess that big social housing sell-off he’s orchestrating is for the “little guy” and not his development friends. The horrible truth: the Ford administration is the Family Compact all over again.

Ford promised to stop the “gravy train” at City Hall, but it turns out there is no gravy unless you happen to be his friend. In which case, you might be in line for a six-figure gig like the ones handed buddies Case Ootes and Gordon Chong, members of his transition team.

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During the campaign, Ford was fond of trotting out the old Tea Party line that the city doesn’t have a revenue problem – it has a spending problem. That doesn’t explain why he jacked up user fees in his first budget. But back to the point at hand. The city now has a revenue problem thanks to Ford’s ditching of the vehicle registration tax and the zero property tax increase delivered in 2011.The $100 million from those two sources alone would have made many of the massive cuts now being contemplated unnecessary.

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budgets and the vehicle registration tax) over the city’s long-term financial health. Simple math: he entered office with a $300-million-plus surplus, and now we’re supposedly facing a $774 million deficit.

He promised transparency in government and no more backroom deals but put locks on his office doors and has spent most of the first year of his tenure hiding from the press. Has there been a more secretive and paranoid administration? As we learned recently, he’s been backroom-scheming with brother Doug, the councillor from Ward 2, to sell off publicly owned port land to his developer buddies.

He made much of his business background during the campaign, saying the city would be run like a business. Barely 24 hours into his term, Ford announced Transit City was dead, thereby throwing away some $4 billion in public transit improvements. He’s traded in shortsighted retail politics from the start, opting for symbolic onetime savings (see councillors’ office

Ford pledged to achieve staff reductions through attrition, but it’s now clear the plan all along was layoffs and buying out hundreds of city employees.

He promised to hire 100 more cops, but the police services are now contemplating a hiring freeze and buyouts for several hundred officers. We mention this not because we necessarily agree that we need more cops, but to illustrate the fact that Ford was prepared to say anything to get elected, even to BS the law-and-order vote.

Ford made a big production during the election about not being homophobic, complete with photo-op apologizing to one person with AIDS for his past ill-considered remarks about gays. But then he refused to attend any Pride events while threatening to cut funding to the organization. He was also the only one to vote against accepting AIDS education funding from the province.

He said that when he was mayor the city would be a fun place to live where everyone is happy. Remember that? Now it’s just a place where grass isn’t cut in parks, kids don’t get gifts for Christmas and libraries are shuttered.

He promised to make customer service priority number one at City Hall. Reality check: just how is laying off thousands of workers going to improve customer service? Ever tried to get hold of your local councillor only to get that automatic email reply? ENZO DIMATTEO

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CITY’S ARTS SECTOR PULLS IN $9 BIL A YEAR. WHY WOULD ANYONE TAMPER WITH THAT? By ADAM GIAMBRONE i don’t know if mayor ford is attending any screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival, but if he is, I hope he sees how our city is basking in the glow of international celebrity and recognition. All of us, including His Worship, should remember how TIFF started. It and our 70 other smaller, less wellknown film festivals are all the result of the work of dedicated groups of film-enthusiast volunteers, some extremely talented local producers and, in most cases, support for their efforts by various governments. This is a typical pattern: well-targeted government grants and support help a small project develop and grow, and over time it’s transformed into something more successful than it could have been on its own. Next week the mayor’s executive committee will consider a report from the city manager that recommends, among other things, cutting money from the grants given to large arts institutions like the AGO. On Monday, you could almost hear the sigh of relief when some of the worst cut scenarios appeared to be off the table. What was left was a proposed reduction of the Community Partnership and Investment Program that would eliminate grants to groups or institutions for which city funds constitute less than 5 per cent of their budget or less than $10,000. This would mean the end of grants to major organizations like the TSO, Pride, and the National Ballet, and possibly two-thirds of Toronto Arts Council grants, including those to individual artists. The “majors,” as they’re called, are not big moneymakers, and 5 per cent cuts would have serious effects. Yet why should an industry responsible for so much of what makes Toronto great, and yet so seriously underfunded, have to live with cuts? Global surveys continue to rank

Toronto as a great place to live and work, and its future depends on its ability to attract knowledge workers. Even bankers can choose where to live, and, like most people, want to live where culture is vibrant. As well, the arts have become an important economic driver in their own right. The sector is now responsible for supporting about 130,000 jobs, which contributes $9 billion to the local GDP. Unlike manufacturing or even finance jobs, the arts sector can’t be outsourced to another lowcost jurisdiction. Culture not only employs artists, but leads to more tourism dollars, and the tax revenue this alone generates represents billions of dollars. The city supports the creative sector mostly through the Toronto Arts Council, an arm’s-length organization made up of those who understand the arts and can insure that dollars are allocated where they do the most good, free of political interference. Toronto invests just under $18 per person in the arts, well under the average invested by other North American cities. Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Chicago and Vancouver invest upwards of $25 per resident; San Francisco $87 and New York $74. For every dollar granted by governments, statistics show the recipient organizations themselves raise $5 and produce an amazing outcome. Government money acts as a catalyst that allows the sector to leverage $90 million from private sources, according to recent studies. It’s the perfect example of the public-private partnership conservatives generally like. The worst part of the proposed cuts is that they will disproportionately hurt the next generation of emerging artists the most. I fear that if funds are curtailed, we will imperil our future leaders and hinder the ability of the arts sector to remain viable and dynamic. 3 news@nowtoronto.com

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vote earth Want to cast a clean energy vote in the Ontario election but confused about which party can do the job? Here’s a guide to the messy world of eco power politics By ADRIA VASIL Election time is always complicated for planet-conscious voters. But this time around, energy platforms have cracked open deeper tensions amongst enviros, and that’s leading to some of the most heated internal debates in years. It all started when NDP leader Andrea Horwath began talking about curtailing the cost of hydro, heating and gasoline by cutting the HST, which many ecos charged would undermine conservation. Tensions rose when she hinted at changes to the Libs’ Green Energy Act. Soon, David Suzuki came out with an official endorsement ad for the act, and policy player Hugh Mackenzie noted,“The party has essentially turned its back on its previous identification with the environmental movement.” Ouch. But the release of the NDP’s green platform has won back some good vibes. Mackenzie says the new transit plank is the most important green move on the table and that the HST issue isn’t reason enough to vote against the party. Others, like Jack Gibbons at the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, laud the NDP’s commitment to ditching the Liberals’ pricey nuclear refurbishing. Still, some fume that Horwath’s green promises are a mere afterthought. Clearly, there’s a minefield of green energy issues to wade through. At the end of the day, you’ll have to decide what matters most to you. All I can do is tell you where everyone stands in the green muck, and wish the planet luck.

GREEN POWER The NDP generally backs the Green Energy Act and feed-in tariffs but takes a different tack than the Grits, emphasizing individual, community-based and owned The NDP is committed to aggressive- publicly power over large ly expanding renewable energy, corporate-owned generation. conservation and efficiency in Andrea HorOntario as the path to the developwath would honment of a vibrant green energy our current contracts like the $7 economy billion Samsung

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deal, but all projects over 20 to 30 megawatts in the future would be publicly owned. The NDP also wants renewable energy targets set at 10,700 MW by 2018, similar to the Lib plan, but goes one better by advocating an additional 5,000 MW by 2030. Some enviros worry that renewables will decline if large private development is discouraged. Debate rages on, too, about whether a new role for Ontario Power Generation would hurt or help the cause.

CLIMATE ACTION The NDP says it would aim for climate targets of 20 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020, which beats Lib commitments by 5

per cent. The party wants to join Quebec and California in the upcoming inter-jurisdictional cap and trade alliance – the Western Climate Initiative. (Ontario’s already co-chair, but see Libs for more info.) Money raised would go toward further carbon slashing.

CONSERVATION NATION The NDP is tops for conservation, pledging a cool $1 billion toward making homes more energyefficient. They’d set up $5,000 in rebates and $10,000 in low-interest loans paid back on hydro bills for those retrofitting their homes. Plus, it would put $150 billion toward the Energy Star program.

HYDRO BILL HYSTERIA Horwath wants to keep energy bills artificially low by slashing the HST on hydro, heating and, sigh, gasoline. The Suzuki Foundation calls it “good politics but terrible policy.” Note, the HST cut would only come into effect in 2016.

WIND SPIN Despite the fact that Peter Kormos is a turbine disser and some NDP candidates have spoken out against wind, enviro critic Peter Tabuns says the party platform support for wind would be NDP law of the land. Horwath says communities need to be encouraged to host

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wind farms, that the backlash is “needless” and the solution local consultation. Some green observers are antsy that too much attention paid to local concerns might lead to municipalities vetoing turbine projects.

NUKE REBUKE No new nukes in the pipe for this team, and any future decisions about nuclear power would have to undergo proper environmental assessment. The NDP promises $1 billion for home retrofits out of the possible $26 bil it estimates would go to the Lib’s Darlington refurbishing. Where are we going to get baseload power? Tabuns points to a mix of conservation, heat/power cogeneration and hydro from Quebec, the winning combo favoured by environmental orgs.

TRANSIT PUSH The NDP might just wow enough tree-huggers with its transit plank to win back love lost on the HST debacle. Promising the largest transit subsidy that the province has ever seen, the party would fork out for half the cost of municipal transit operating systems, which it says will help guarantee a four-year fare freeze and expanded transit. Cyclists will love their proposed law around cars staying 1 metre from bikes, not to mention plans for a province-wide cycling infrastructure fund.

GREEN POWER The Libs are chugging along with their celebrated Green Energy Act, which was championed by the likes of Al Gore and David Suzuki as the strongest renewable energy plan on the continent. The party says it should deliver 50,000 jobs by the end of next year and 10,700 megawatts of wind, solar and biogas by 2018. (Critics say that’s the point at which a moratorium on green energy comes in to make way for nukes – though Liberals say the 10,700 is not a cap but a target for their forecast supply mix.)

CLIMATE ACTION The term “climate change” is oddly missing from the Liberal platform, but the party does point to its coal phase-out plan as the biggest greenhouse gas reduction initiative to date in North America. Libs say they’re still readying themselves for cap and trade, but they, like nearly every other jurisdiction in the Western Climate Initiative, have delayed participation until the scheme gets its shit together. The province is more than 85 per cent of the way to 2014 greenhouse gas reduction targets of 6 per cent below 1990 levels.

COAL CLOSURES The NDP promises to snuff out coal use ahead of schedule by putting our plants on standby reserve and only firing them up if they’re needed to keep the lights on. Wise move, considering we’re already generating 20 per cent more coalfree power than was needed this hot, sweaty summer.

HYDRO BILL HYSTERIA With the NDP and PCs playing the populist violin on the HST rebate, the Libs caved to pressure and came out with the Ontario Clean Energy Benefit last January. Households and small biz get a 10 per cent energy bill rebate until 2015. Too bad bigger energy hogs end up with bigger rebates.

At the heart of the Green Energy Act is North America’s most comprehensive feed-in tariff program, which is sparking renewable energy projects and attracting the interest of the world’s investors

CONSERVATION NATION Libs say they brought in the strongest conservation targets in North America, having saved 17,000 megawatts of power since 2003, as well as tougher building codes, but eco groups like the Ontario Clean Air Alliance say they’re only scratching the surface on conservation, and the enviro commish says they can go further on transport and buildings. Shame there are no plans to revive the popular ecoEnergy Retrofit program, though they’ll still pay for half your audit and hook you up with a few energy efficiency coupons.

WIND SPIN These guys are full speed ahead with land-based wind, giving 13 cents a kilowatt hour to big wind and more to micro-wind. The Libs did, however, surprise a lot of folks when they reimposed a moratorium on off-shore wind projects until further study. Call it vote pandering, when all of Ontario’s wind projects to date are land-based anyway.

NUKE REBUKE The Grits’ green Achilles’ heel. Their argument that no jurisdiction in the world has phased out both coal and nukes and that they’re reducing our reliance on nuclear by shutting down Pickering, replacing only two-thirds of those megawatts with new reactors at Darlington, doesn’t

wash. Greenpeace says the plan for new nukes diverts billions from green energy and that Japan’s lesson isn’t being heeded.

TRANSIT PUSH The Liberal platform talks up the $10.8 billion they’ve already allocated to public transit (“the largest transit investment in 40 years,” says McGuinty) and plugs plans for a $6.8 billion full-day, twoway GO train service on all corridors. They’ve also committed $8.4 billion to the Eglinton-Scarborough LRT. The big outstanding beef is that the Libs aren’t coughing up enough for the TTC’s day-to-day operating budget, which would keep the system from crumbling. On the bright side, they’re gunning for 5 per cent of cars being electric by 2020, investing $80 million in electric car rebates and charging stations.

COAL CLOSURES Okay, fine, so McGuinty first promised to close all our dirty coal plants by 2007, then by 2009, but the Libs are still on track to be the first jurisdiction to permanently snuff coal by 2014. (It’s already 94 per cent phased out.) Enviros will tell you, though, that enough power is produced today without coal plants, so it should be sent packing, like, yesterday.

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CONSERVATION NATION Conservation is the Greens’ religion. They pledge $600 million for retrofit tax credits for homeowners and tenants, and want to turbo-boost the Building Code, mandating solarready houses, green mortgages and more, while giving incentives for local hydro companies to meet aggressive conservation targets.

WIND SPIN Wind isn’t explicitly men-

tioned in their platform, but it’s obviously part of the favoured energy mix. The Greens called for minimum local ownership targets and heavy local input, Flexible, decentralized and with tighter protections community-based energy for wind farm landproduction makes sense. We owners and their neighneed to focus on local ownerbours. As with the NDP, enviros worry that greatship, local decision-making and er local input puts wind local benefits at risk.

HYDRO BILL HYSTERIA The only party not playing the populist card – but then, the Greens have less than 6 per cent support from voters. They say the Ontario Clean Energy Benefit – the 10 per cent rebate – will cost us $1.2 billion per year and that it’s just paying people to waste power.

NUKE REBUKE Nuclear-free zone. These guys would boost energy efficiency,

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GREEN POWER Kiss it goodbye. Hudak wants to rip up the Green Energy Act’s feed-in tariff program and its world-class rebates to solar and wind (although he now says he’d honour existing contracts). He’d squash the “secret, sweetheart” Samsung deal for solar, worth $7 billion, and along with it 16,000 projected jobs.

CLIMATE ACTION Wow, change gets a cursory mention! PCs promise their efforts on this front would be “meaningful and practical,” about as vague as you can get, with no greenhouse gas reduction targets in sight.

CONSERVATION NATION Fuhgeddaboudit. Hudak would pull

the plug on smart metres and has no other conservation plan in sight. Oh, wait, the platform does mention something about making government buildings more efficient.

HYDRO BILL HYSTERIA Wants HST permanently nixed on hydro and home heating, asap. Doing so, the Libs charge, would create a $14 billion gap in funds, where the PCs say it’s more like $1.6 billion. Either way, eco groups consider it a billion-dollar oil and gas subsidy and a major conservation dissuader.

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NUKE REBUKE The Tories would “stop the dithering and delays” and speed up investment in nuclear power, which proudly gets top billing in Hudak’s

supply mix.” By the way, Hudak is also the only candidate for preem who has refused to sign the Electricity Consumer Protection Pledge against passing nuclear cost overruns on to electricity consumers.

TRANSIT PUSH If you call putting an end to “the war on cars” a transit plank, then Hudak’s your man.

COAL CLOSURE Finally, an environmental policy Hudak won’t snuff out with his bare hands. He’s sticking to a 2014 coal phase-out despite some grumbling from his caucus.

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h2o art auctIon (WaterCan) An auction of water-inspired photographs raises money for clean water in Africa, with guest Margaret Trudeau. 6:30 pm. $25. Arta, 55 Mill, bldg 9 #102. 416-364-2782, watercan.com. treasures & good Books sale (Toronto Public Library) First editions, signed, rare, antiquarian and collectible books. Today 10 am-8 pm; tomorrow 9:30 am-5 pm; Sep 17, 9 am-5 pm. Thu $2, other days free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. friendssouthchapter@ torontopubliclibrary.ca.

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ROM Egyptologist Gayle Gibson presents a travel/history talk. 7 pm. Free. Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm. Pre-register 1-800-978-0544. all-party puBlIc Forum Local political candidates discuss affordable housing and related issues. 7 pm. Free. The Hub, 1527 Victoria Park. Pre-register 416-595-9230 ext 244. rcanadIan FamIly 15th BIrthday Bash Live music, entertainment and games celebrate the family magazine’s birthday. 11 am-4 pm. Free. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. rsvp@canadianfamily.ca. cedrIc morIsset The desiger talks about new forces in French design. 6:30 pm. Free. OCAD, 100 McCaul. smulholland@ocad.ca. coBa open house Collective of Black Artists open house with sample classes in dance, drumming, hip-hop and more. To Sep 17. Free. COBA Studios, 2444 Bloor W. 416-658-3111. everyday green lIvIng Presentation on ways to increase energy efficiency, reduce waste and more. 7 pm. Free. Bloor Gladstone Library, 1101 Bloor W. 416-393-7674.

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Health talk by Amy Sedgwick. 7 pm. Pwyc. Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina. thepillandhealth-zvents.eventbrite.com. Jane JacoBs’ toronto Centre for City Ecology presents former mayors David Crombie, John Sewell, Art Eggleton and Barbara Hall discussing the impact of Jacobs’s work on the city and her influence on their leadership. 6 pm. Free. OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor W. Pre-register cityecology.net. nXne musIc & FIlm FestIval mIXer North By Northeast holds a mixer with music by A Primitive Evolution, the Standstills and others plus screenings of rock films. 9 pm. Free. Bovine Sex Club, 542 Queen W. 416504-4239. the poWer oF the healIng home Feng shui seminar. 7 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. 416-466-2129. prIvatIzIng munIcIpal servIces Lecture by city and regional planning professor Mildred Warner. 6:30 pm. Free. Ryerson U, POD 152 Cafeteria, 350 Victoria. state oF FInancIal JournalIsm Panel discussion with CBC business reporter Amanda Lang and others. 7 pm. $15, stu free. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. Pre-register cjffinancial.eventbrite.com. Wendy BaBcock memorIal Celebrate the community activist’s life with a meal and memorial at Allan Gardens (Sherbourne & Carlton) and performances at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (12 Alexander). Starts 6 pm, afterparty at Buddies from 9 pm. Free/ pwyc donation. wendybabcock.org/memorial.html.

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Bedlam: all gIrl pIlloW FIght revue Professional pillow fighting, special guests and more. 10 pm. $20, adv $15. El Mocambo, 464 Spadina. bedlampillowfighting.com. FemInIsm 101 Learn about activism and being part of a feminist organization on campus. Noon-4 pm. Free. Ryerson U Oakham House, 55 Gould. womenscentre@rsuonline.ca. Queen West art craWl An outdoor art show and sale, guided walks, talks, a nightcrawl and more. To Sep 18. Free. Queen btwn Bathurst and Roncesvalles. queenwestartcrawl.com. roots & shoots great canadIan shorelIne cleanup Speakers, activities and a beach

cleanup. Free. Clark Beach Park/Cherry Beach, foot of Cherry. 416-978-4799, rootsandshoots. ca. stop the repressIon Screening of the film Jhonny Cariqueo: The Permanent Struggle, about the Mapuche youth who was killed by police during the 2008 protests in Chile. 8 pm. Free. U of T Graduate Students’ Union, 16 Bancroft. wccctoronto.wordpress.com.

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carIBBean tales FIlm FestIval Showcasing local and international Caribbean cinema

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races, a water fight, all-ages dance class and more. 1-4 pm. Free. Felstead Avenue Park. 60 Mountjoy. 416-206-4776. pIercIng Workshop Hosted by Master Tony Palazzo. 3-6 pm. $10. Black Eagle, 457 Church. 416-413-1219. rpIoneer FestIval Mennonite/PennsylvaniaGerman festival with food, a quilt auction, wagon rides and more. 10 am-5 pm. Free w/ admission. Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1000 Murray Ross. 416-736-1733.

syncopatIon: lIFe In the key oF Black (Archie Alleyne Scholarship Fund) Performances by Jackie Richardson, Kellylee Evans and others, plus a photo exhibition. 1 pm. $50 & $100. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. aasf.ca. yorkvIlle run (YWCA Elm Centre) Run the red carpet during the Toronto Int’l Film Festival. 9 am. Pledges. Village of Yorkville Park, Cumberland and Bellair. yorkvillerun.com.

potpourrI: a hodge-podge oF assorted mIscellany Café Skeptique open discussion. 5

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pm. Free. Free Times Cafe, 320 College. cficanada.ca/ontario/events.

Queen West neIghBourhood WalkIng tour Walk led by Betty Ann Jordan. $25. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

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Performances by Chanh Kien Lion Dancers, Julie Nhu Ha and others plus children’s activities. 1-8 pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. toronto cIty BuIlder camp Centre for City Ecology workshop on community-based planning. 9:15 am-2:30 pm. Free. Urbanspace Gallery, 401 Richmond W. Pre-register aslam@ cityecology.net. rtour de greenBelt Bike rides from 12-100K through Rouge Park, plus live music and a barbecue. $60, children free. More details at tourdegreenbelt.ca. rthe Walk & roll caravan Join a caravan on foot, by bike, rollerblade or stroller from Dufferin Grove through two street festivals. 2 pm. Free. N end of Dufferin Grove Park, Dufferin S of Bloor. thewalknrollcaravan.com. rWIndFest WaterFront kIte FestIval Kiteflying demos, kite-making, aerial photography, performances and more. Noon-5 pm. Free. Ashbridges Bay, foot of Woodbine. windfest.to.

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an aFternoon In the pInk (Canadian Breast

Cancer Fdn) Local talent and food. Noon. $40. Cinquecento, 109 Atlantic. 647-964-4245. Beaches terry FoX run (Terry Fox Fdn) Join runners, walkers, bikes, wheelchairs and others in support of cancer research. Routes from 2-10K. 9 am. Pledges. Woodbine Bathing Change House, S of Lake Shore E of Coxwell. terryfoxrun.org. gIannI gIro BIke-athon (Dr Michael Fehlings & Krembil Neuroscience Centre) Fundraising bike ride. 9 am. Etienne Brule Park,

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tour of Victorian homes in Cabbagetown. Noon-4 pm. $30. cabbagetownpa.ca. rcIty cIder Stiltwalking, corn roasting, live music, yoga, fresh-pressed cider and more. 1-5 pm. $5, under 4 free. Spadina Museum, 285 Spadina Rd. notfarfromthetree.org.

emergency meetIng on the portlands

Community update on city council’s plans for the Port Lands and the mouth of the Don River, with councillor Paula Fletcher and MPP Peter Tabuns. 3 pm. Free. Talph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen E. paulafletcher.ca.

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Bolivia Solidarity study group on the key issues. 2 pm. Free. OISE, rm 5280, 252 Bloor W. t.grupoapoyo.org. Female eJaculatIon Workshop for women, trans people and men accompanied by a woman. 5:30-8 pm. $30 sliding scale. Come as You Are, 701 Queen W. Pre-register 416-5047934.

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Historic Fort York, Garrison between Strachan and Bathurst. 416-392-6907.

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Canadian Secular Alliance rallies to protest policy decisions concerning faith in publicly funded schools. 1-3:30 pm. Free. Queen’s Park. secularalliance.ca. lavender creek Lost rivers walk. 2 pm. Free. Gunn’s and Weston. 416-593-2656. the love collage Creative Heart Collective fall show and sale of art, crafts, clothing and baked goods. Noon-6 pm. Pwyc (sugg $2). Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. creativeheartcollective.com. the past Is a Battleground OPIRG-Toronto DisOrientation presents a week of events revealing the most accurate version of history, with panels on identity and decolonization, spoken word, an independent media fair and more. To Sep 23. Free. Various venues.

disorientation2011.org. rshul@1oo Congregation Knesseth Israel marks its 100th anniversary with music, entertainment, tours, kids’ activities, food and more. 11 am-3 pm. Free. Junction Shul, corner of Maria and Shipman. junctionshul.org. st phIlIp’s church cemetery Heritage Toronto walking tour. 1:30 pm. Free. St Philip’s Anglican Church, 31 St Philips, meet at cemetery gate. heritagetoronto.org. stop Ford’s agenda! Day of skill-building, planning and networking with workshops on doing a deputation, civil disobedience and more. 10 am-4 pm. Fre. Location tba. Preregister sept10volunteers@gmail.com. toronto Beer Quest Urban scavenger hunt with a focus on the city’s beer history. Noon. $30-$40. Charlotte Room, 19 Charlotte. Preregister torontobeerquest2.eventbrite.com. toronto BIcycle musIc FestIval Pedal-powered mobile music festival with performances by Jeremy Fisher, the Strumbellas and others. 2 pm. Free. Trinity Bellwods Park (Queen and Strachan), Fred Hamilton Park (Shaw S of College), Dufferin Grove Park (Dufferin S of Bloor). torontobicyclemusicfestival.com.

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Monday, September 19

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dark green: realItIes that challenge ontarIo’s energy polIcy Interactive white-

boarding session with the public. 5:30 pm. Free. ING Direct Cafe, 221 Yonge. Pre-register kmdr.net/electricity-empowerment.html. hear your angels Patrick Kilhenny speaks on conscious communication with angels. 1 & 7:30 pm. $10. Assembly Hall, Kipling and Lake Shore. meetup.com/torontoangels. save the cIty, dItch the cuts Join community activists and frontline service providers who will make deputations to councillors to vote in favour of a cuturally rich and fair city. From 9:30 am. Free. City Hall, 100 Queen W, committee rm 1. toronto.ca. stop anImal research Debate with doctor Ray Greek on whether animal testing is predictive for humans. Noon (York University, 4700 Keele, 320 Bethune) and 7 pm (Hart House Debates Rm, 7 Hart House Circle, 2nd floor). Free zipporah.weisberg@gmail.com. toronto centre candIdates Ontario provincial election candidates debate the issues. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. info@ gyra.ca.

Tuesday, September 20

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a grand eXperIence: the Future oF pIano

(Red Cross Japan Earthquake/Asia-Pacific Fund) Performances by classical pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin and jazz pianist Bernie Senensky. 8 pm. $20, stu/srs $10. Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Broadcast Centre, 250 Front W. 416-872-4255.

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araB sprIng: human rIghts In the mIddle east and north aFrIca Talk by Human Rights Watch’s Sarah Leah Whitson. 6 pm. Free. Textile Museum of Canada, 55 Centre. Preregister 416-599-5321. deXter sInIster Artist talk. 7 pm. Free. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. FlIrtatIon 101 All-genders workshop. 7-10 pm. $33. Good for Her, 175 Harbord. Pre-register 416-588-0900. Freedom day A commemoration of the life of Simon Wiesanthal celebrates Canadians’ rights and freedoms. Noon. Free. YongeDundas Square. ydsquare.ca. gloBal meltdoWn Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform discussion and postKeynesian analysis of the world’s political economy with historian William Krehm. 7 pm. Free. OISE, 252 Bloor W. 416 340-1865.

the preservatIon, restoratIon and renovatIon oF the st mattheW’s laWn BoWlIng cluB clouhouse Riverdale Historical Soc presentation. 6 pm. $5. Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview. riverdalehistoricalsociety.com.

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mArShAll mcluhAn: the mAn And hiS meS SAGe Talk by professor and former McLuhan

student Donald Gillies. 7 pm. Free. Bloor/Gladstone Library, 1101 Bloor W. 416-393-7674. pArkdAle Guided ROM walk. 6 pm. Free. Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen W. rom.on.ca. rAlly for nAture Join Ontario Nature to support a biodiversity charter for Ontario and protect nature. 11 am. Free. Queen’s Park. ontarionature.org.

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Japan hasn’t yet dug itself out from under last spring’s massive earthquake. Attend the Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Asia-Pacific funds’ concert by classical pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin and jazzman Bernie Senensky Tuesday (September 20) in the CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio. The price is right ($20, stu/srs $10), and both artists play Roland’s VPiano. Decide for yourself if this digital/acoustic hybrid really does sound like the best old-school pianos. 250 Front West. 416-872-4255. natieff discuss the writings of Isaiah Berlin and the political future of North Africa and the Middle East. 7 pm. $20. George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire. 416-978-8849. there’S no plAce like home (Hospice Toronto) Music by Amy Sky and the Gene Pool Boys. 7 pm. $125, adv $100. National Ballet School, 400 Jarvis. 416-364-1666 ext 248.

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The French-based architects talk about digital technology. 6:30 pm. Free. OCAD, 100 McCaul. smulholland@ocad.ca. eyewitneSS to wAr Toronto Coalition to Stop the War panel discussion with researcher Mike Skinner and others. 7 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. workersassembly.ca. fAll home Show Speakers including celebrity designers Ramsin Khachi and Glen Peloso, renovation tips from the experts, panel discussions and more. To Sep 25. $9-$14, under 12 free. Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place. fallhomeshow.com.

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Carrie MacLemore doesn’t look too stressed at Damsels In Distress opening.

Kirsten Dunst looks moody at Melancholia opening.

Godfather of cinema, Francis Ford Coppola, attends Twixt opening.

Coriolanus director/star Ralph Fiennes gets hairy.

Marisa Tomei heats up The Ides Of March premiere.

Gus Van Sant looks a bit Restless at his opening.

Woody Harrelson cracks a joke at Rampart premiere.

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The Jimmy Kimmel Show’s roving reporter Guillermo covers the Friends With Kids preem.

Emily Blunt reels in attention at Salmon Fishing In The Yemen opening.

Viggo Mortensen and Keira Knightley pose for the Dangerous Method premiere.

Ethan Hawke looks serious at Woman In The Fifth’s opening.

Glenn preps for her Close up at the Albert Nobbs gala.

Sarah Polley takes in the love for Take This Waltz.

Scott Speedman pleases a fan at The Moth Diaries debut.

Sarah Silverman dreams up dirty punchlines at Take This Waltz press conference.

Michelle Yeoh snakes her way to the mic for The Lady press conference. Father/daughter combo David and Caitlin Cronenberg attend the Dangerous Method premiere. Michael Shannon hits Machine Gun Preacher carpet.

A pregnant Bryce Dallas Howard flashes a smile at the 50/50 press conference.

Sarah Paulson (left) and Elizabeth Olsen brighten up the Martha Marcy May Marlene red carpet.

Neil Young (left), Daniel Lanois and Jonathan Demme let loose at opening of Demme’s Neil Young Journeys.

Alexander Skarsgård makes True Blood fans swoon at Melancholia opening.

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ished with an edible nasturtium. And no trip to the Brick Works is complete without a round or three of wild Ontario blueberry cheesecake ($8) made with super-creamy Monforte Dairy chèvre. On our way out, we stock up at the Café’s adjacent take-away – “no bottled water!” – on retro butter tarts ($4), maple bacon scones ($3) and terrific buttermilk biscuits layered with smoked local char, wilted spinach and scrambled egg ($9). I imagine that if I lived on the Bridle Path and my daily commute into the core took me past the Brick Works, I’d be in here every morning. But then I’d have to learn how to drive. 3

Look for locavore galore at the Brick Works’ new café By STEVEN DAVEY CAFE BELONG (550 Bayview, at Pottery Road, 416-901-8234, cafebelong.ca) Complete meals for $45 per person, including tax, tip and a glass of raspberry iced tea. Average main $19. Open daily from 8 am, full menu from 11 am to 10 pm. Closed holidays. Licensed. Access: barrier-free. Rating: NNN

the last time i attempted to hump the Stumpjumper to the Saturday farmers’ market at the Brick Works, I ended up stranded in the Rosedale Valley at the bottom of a cliff in Hal Jackman’s backyard. It was either that or take my chances on the Bayview extension, quite possibly the most bike-unfriendly road in town. To make sure that I arrive at the environmental site’s much-delayed Café Belong in one piece this drizzly Sunday morn, I’ve enlisted the services of my friend Shirley and, more crucially, her Smart car. Pulling into the former brick factory, we find an almost empty parking lot. What a difference from Saturday. No tour buses, no stilt-walkers, no reflexologists and no mob of marketgoers with their dogs? So many ecominded mutts show up every Saturday, management has had to post proper rules of canine etiquette, “Keep your dog away from produce”

and “Do not let your dog leave its mark on any structure” being just two of the doggy dos and don’ts. Though the glass-walled café will be packed by 2 pm, at noon, the 50seat room is virtually vacant except for the dozens of pricey productplacement casseroles that line the resto’s shelves. Soon enough, we’re sipping glasses of raspberry iced tea ($3.50) and laying waste to a purplestriped heirloom tomato salad ($12) on a bed of nutty steamed barley dressed with pepper sprouts and English cucumber in minty sheep’s-milk yogurt dressing. Shirley thumbs-ups her milkbraised lamb shoulder ($19), the stewed meat’s braising liquid thickened into a sauce with the addition of a few crisply fried sage leaves and a heap of wholesome spelt underneath. My Sweet and Sticky Pork – today a considerable pan-seared slab of unctuous belly glazed in maple syrup and apple cider vinegar over oven-roasted apples dressed with summer watercress ($17) – is so gorgeously fatty, I can feel my arteries hardening just looking at it. Taking one for the team, I also order the vegan Moroccan pea stew ($15), a great steaming tajine of overly al dente chickpeas, diced root veg and a spice rack’s worth of nutmeg

and cloves. Though no doubt ecologically correct, a dish this dastardly could turn a diehard veg-head into a carnivore. A sweet potato gratin ($6) on the side offers little opposition. But executive chef Brad Long – exAir Canada Centre, the CN Tower’s 360 and TV’s Restaurant Makeover – and crew are quickly back on track with airy chocolate mousse sandwiched between two chocolate cookies. Served on a plate artfully smeared with spicy chocolate ganache, it’s fin-

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Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 “An awakened Aries would rather err on the side of making a daring, improvisational mistake than cuddle up with passionless peace,” writes astrologer Hunter Reynolds. “He or she knows that creative conflict can be a greater unifying force than superficial harmony.” This is an excellent keynote for you to keep in mind during the coming days. But make sure your motivations are pure and humble, please. If the daring improvisation you launch is fuelled by arrogance or the urge to dominate, your efforts to shake things up for the greater good will fail. Fight against what Reynolds calls “terrified niceness” – but do it with fierce compassion, not sneering rage. TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 Back in 2009,

John Allwood, an Australian melon-picker, used his head to smash 47 watermelons in 60 seconds. That broke the previous world record of 40 in a minute, also set by him a couple of years earlier. I’ve chosen him to

be your role model for the coming week, Taurus – for two reasons. First, you’re primed to outstrip a personal best you achieved some time back. So do it! Second, it’s a perfect time to use your head in fun and creative ways.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 According to April Winchell’s book Regretsy: Where DIY Meets WTF, here are some of the treasures you can find for sale at Etsy.com: a toy pig made from a root beer can, a “juicy enchanted pouch” for holding runes, a handmade hornet’s nest, a stuffed feral goat fashioned to resemble a unicorn, fake tapeworms that are actually spray-painted fettucine and a “haunted Ouija board Las Vegas casino-style blackjack roulette poker chip.” I would absolutely love it if you designed something like this and hawked it on Etsy, Gemini. Your skill as an idiosyncratic creator will soon be peaking, as will your capacity for marketing the most unique aspects of your shtick and style.

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CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 “Specialization is for insects,” said science fiction writer Robert Heinlein. “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, pitch manure, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently.” I bring this thought to your attention, Cancerian, because it’s an excellent time for you to broaden your understanding and expand your repertoire. How many of the things that Heinlein names can you do? Make a list of your talents and try to add some new ones to that list in the coming weeks. Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 A veterinarian in Nashville was asked to do something he had never done: diagnose and treat a wounded whooping crane. Experts devoted to safeguarding the endangered species advised him to wear a billowy white suit. That way the wild bird would be more like-

ly to accept his attention. “You learn very quickly how to communicate dressed as a marshmallow,” the vet said after completing his work. Be prepared for a metaphorically similar encounter, Leo. You, too, may face a prospect that resembles interspecies conversation. I hope you’ll be as adaptable as the vet.

VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 “Everything is unique,” said the 19th-century authors known as the Goncourt brothers, who wrote all their books together. “Nothing happens more than once in a lifetime. The physical pleasure that a certain woman gave you at a certain moment, the exquisite dish that you ate on a certain day – you will never meet either again. Nothing is repeated, and everything is unparalleled.” Of course this is always true. But I suspect you will be more intensely aware of it in the coming days than you have in a long time. In part that’s because the sensations and experiences headed your way will be so piquantly unique, so exquisitely fresh. And in part it’s because you’ll be wideawake to the novel pleasures that are possible when you appreciate the fact that everything changes all the time. LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 “Sentiment with-

out action is the ruin of the soul,” said en-

vironmentalist Edward Abbey. The “ruin” doesn’t happen all of a sudden, because of a single small failure to translate sincere intentions into good works. Rather, it’s the result of long-running laziness or passivity – a consistent inability to do what one’s passions demand. If there is even a shred of this tendency in your makeup, Libra, now is an urgent time to shed it. According to my astrological analysis, you simply must carry out your soul’s mandates.

sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 I would of course never advocate baurning all copies of the book Faking It: How To Seem Like A Better Person Without Actually Improving Yourself. I’m a staunch defender of freedom of speech, even if the speech offends my moral sense. On the other hand, my freedom of speech allows me to advise you to strenuously avoid that book and any influence that resembles it. In my astrological opinion, you need to actually become a better person in the coming weeks, not just pretend you are. Here’s a good place to start: Don’t just pay lip service to the idea of supporting others’ freedom of speech. Help them claim and express that freedom, even if it makes you uncomfortable. sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 Every one of us is born with up to 150 new mutations that make us different from both of our parents. Most of those genetic alterations are neutral in their effects. Some are negative and a few may be beneficial. I bring this to your attention, Sagittarius, because you’re entering a phase when it’s possible to take more advantage of your positive mutations than you ever have before. Can you guess what they are? Try to, because you’re primed to tap in to their fuller potential. CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 Dictionarycom says there are 19 words in the English language with no perfect rhymes. Among them are six words that are useful in constructing this week’s horoscope for you: cusp, glimpsed, depth, rhythm, gulf and opus. I like the fact that none of them rhyme because it’s symbolic of the task you have ahead of you. You’re on the cusp of a shift in your rhythm that will take you out of your depth, compelling you to close the gulf between you and a resource that will be crucial for you to have access to in the future. You’ve glimpsed what needs to be done – the creation of a new opus – but in order to accomplish it, you will need to be motivated by a frustration that feels like having to rhyme unrhymeable words. AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 The Jerusa-

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Organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario in collaboration with the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris. All artwork is by General Idea. © 2011 General Idea, active 1969–1994. Above(clockwise): Baby Makes 3, 1984–1989. Chromogenic print, 76.2 x 63.5 cm. Collection General Idea, Toronto/New York. | Process of Elimination, 1991. Acrylic, enamel and copperleaf on canvas, 259 x 259.2 cm. Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Gift of Don and Sandra Simpson, 2001. | P is for Poodle, 1983–1989. Lacquer on vinyl, 200 x 160 cm. Image courtesy of Galerie Frédéric Giroux, Paris. | Mondo Kane Kama Sutra, 1984. Set of 10, fluorescent acrylic on canvas, each 243.8 x 304.8 cm x 10 cm. Image courtesy of Galerie Frédéric Giroux, Paris. | Felix Partz Presents V.B. Gown #3 at Toronto City Hall, c. 1975–1977. Silver print, 25.4 x 20.3 cm. | AIDS (Installation view), 1988. Acrylic on canvas, 243.7 x 243.7 cm. Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Gift of Robert and Lynn Simpson, 1997. Image by Carlo Catenazzi.

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lem Syndrome is a temporary psychological phenomenon that on rare occasions overtakes travellers who visit that city. Under the influence of ancient holy sites, these people may become obsessed with religious themes or experience delusions that they are characters from stories in the Bible or Koran. I don’t expect you to fall under the sway of such an outbreak, Aquarius, but I do suspect that you will soon have some intense spiritual stirrings. To ensure that they will enlighten you, not dishevel you, stay well-grounded. Have regular meals, please. Sleep well and exercise now and then.

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minute set by having accomplice AZ rap on Life’s A Bitch and producers DJ Premier and Pete Rock feign a beat battle before he ended with his preIllmatic showpiece Live At The BBQ. Then the stage went quiet for almost two hours. Emerging after the Amphitheatre’s 11 pm curfew, Hill performed Miseducation at an anxious pace. She flew through Lost Ones, To Zion and That Thing (Doo Wop), flailing her limbs and spewing unfocused energy before walking off the stage.

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concert based around cello, vibra phone, harp and percussion sounds like a sleepy end to your weekend. But Montreal quartet Esmerine infuse their sound with so much intensity that no one in the Music Gallery was in danger of nodding off. Originally a duo of cell ist Rebecca Foon and percussionist Bruce Cawdron, Esmerine added harp player Sarah Pagé and multiinstru mentalist/drummer Andrew Barr (both of whom play in the Barr Broth ers, see preview, page 57) for their new album, La Lechuza. It’s dedicated to singer/songwriter Lhasa de Sela, who brought Barr and Pagé into the fold before passing away from breast cancer. The music, how ever, is not at all gloomy. The work is rhythmically focused, with harp, vibes and assorted percussion building intri cate percolating beds for the cello mel odies to float over. At the concert, the applause often lasted so long and was so loud that the musicians looked taken aback. The standing ovation and encore, though, came as no surprise to BB the crowd.

pearl jam at the Air

Canada Centre, Sunday, ñ September 11.

Rating: NNNN In the 20 years since Pearl Jam released Ten, the band has amassed a legion of truly fanatical fans. At the Air Canada Centre, when Eddie Vedder put his hand in the air, close to 20,000 audi ence members did the same. When he strummed the opening chords to Bet ter Man, they sang the first verse and chorus without prompting. Few bands inspire so much devo tion, and Pearl Jam seem to love their fans just as passionately. Playing for over two hours, they drew from their entire catalogue and along the way paid homage to the English Beat, Sleat erKinney, Dead Moon and Neil Young, who showed up to jam on show closer Rockin’ In The Free World. Although they play too many guitar solos and ballads to ever be considered a punk band, on songs like Porch and Do The Evolution they reach an inten sity that stadiums rarely see. Joanne Huffa

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the scene

Eddie Vedder on TIFF red carpet. NOW September 15-21 2011

Hip-Hop

Manifesto Festival Volunteer-run fest pushes the boundaries of hip-hop in new directions By ANupA Mistry rakim & kid capri, afrika bambaa taa, eternia, zaki ibrahim and others as part of manifesto tonight (Thursday, September 15) to September 25 at various venues. themanifesto.ca.

In early 2007, 20 idealistic hip-hop heads had a crazy idea: to create a community and culture festival on a par with the biggest in the world. This week, Manifesto celebrates its fifth year as the largest event of its kind in Canada. It’s also the most inclusive. Current Canadian chart-toppers Shad, k-os, K’naan and D-Sisive have performed at the festival, along with global stars like Talib Kweli and Jay Electronica. Headlining the September 25 mainstage are foundational deities Rakim and Kid Capri, California avantrap team Blu & Exile, Phonte and 9th Wonder, Michie Mee and DJ X. The fest gives the public a big, free, annual outdoor rap show, which moved in 2010 from Nathan Phillips Square to Yonge-Dundas, but its efforts to link community-building with the camaraderie and fellowship of hiphop culture happen all year round. “We’re trying to push the definition of hip-hop,” explains Che Kothari, executive director of parent organiza-

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tion Manifesto Community Projects. “Our aim is to create a sort of meeting place where people get inspired and then create their own reality and vibe.” Five years in, the volunteer-run event has finally caught up to its incipient dreams of being wholly inclusive. “Creating a space for wrongfully marginalized people is part of hip-hop’s story,” Kothari says. New programming includes women and trans-friendly events like Wombmanifesto on Sunday (September 18) at Revival and an indigenous showcase, Origins: The Firekeepers, Tuesday (September 20) at the Great Hall, featuring Juno-nominated Kinnie Starr. Canadian hip-hop pioneer and longtime Manifesto participant Michie Mee helped conceive Wombmanifesto, a name borrowed from Toronto dub poet and playwright d’bi.young. Panels on body representation, new feminism and identity during the day build to an evening showcase headlined by rapper Eternia. Michie, who’ll be honoured at the event, says it’s an attempt to acknowledge every person who “reps hip-hop in the city, the different artists out there and untold stories that need to be heard.” While Kothari says Wombmanifesto is not a response to last year’s main-

stage fracas over Jay Electronica’s misogynistic remarks to a full YongeDundas Square audience, he acknowledges that the incident was a crucial learning opportunity. “That artist didn’t understand what the festival is about, and it made us check the way we run it,” he explains, adding that one-on-ones with headlining artists are now part of his checklist. “The musicians need to understand the safe space we’re trying to provide – especially in public squares where we’re reaching an intergenerational audience.” Young people are crucial to the organization’s future. Kothari is proud of fighting for and winning 16-plus admittance to Culture Clash (September 22 at Echo Beach), headlined by Afrika Bambaataa, Just Blaze, Hudson Mohawke, Boi1da, South Rakkas Crew and others. But he’s even prouder of a newly implemented mentorship program, the Manifesto School of Community and Culture, in which programmers and directors take on assistants. “It’s beautiful to see young people come in and take ownership of the festival. Letting this thing live on beyond anything we’ve created is so important.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

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SLACKER ROCK

PSYCH POP

STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS

Olivia Tremor Control Holiday Surprise Tour inspires an overdue OTC reunion By JOANNE HUFFA OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL with MUSIC TAPES at Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Friday (September 16), 9 pm. $18.50. HS, RT, SS, TM.

Beck prods Pavement frontman into revisiting the perfect little pop song By JASON KELLER

STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS with HOLY SONS at the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Wednesday (September 21), 8 pm. $22.50. HS, RT, SS, TM.

When I learned that Stephen Malkmus is doing interviews from his new home in Berlin, I immediately pic-

It’s been over a decade since the Olivia Tremor Control released their second album, Black Foliage. In the ensuing years, founders Bill Doss and William Cullen Hart went off in two directions: Doss recorded as the Sunshine Fix, and Hart became Circulatory System. But in 2005, the All Tomorrow’s Parties

tured the former Pavement frontman having undergone a Bowie/Brian Eno/U2-like transformation. Malkmus’s music would move away from the lyric-driven, strippeddown alt-rock of his fantastic Beckproduced recent album, Mirror Traffic (Matador)

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music festival convinced the Athens, Georgia, psychedelic pop band to reunite, if only for one show. “We’ve been getting together and recording and playing around in my house for a while now,” Doss says from a late-night tour stop. “We kinda remembered just how much fun it was and started it all again, at least for ourselves.” Their participation in last March’s Holiday Surprise Tour along with other members of the Elephant 6 music collective made them think OTC should tour again. Since then, they’ve released new song The Game You

Play Is In Your Head, Parts 1, 2, & 3, announced a new album and will see their old albums reissued on Chunklet Industries. It’s striking how much The Game You Play sounds like their early material, not just in style, but also in fidelity and feel. “We use a lot of the same gear – four-track cassette especially,” Doss says. “Will uses four-track cassette almost exclusively, and when I go to his place to record, that’s what we use. “That being said, we’ve also jumped full force into ProTools. It’s great because you can do basic tracks on the four-track and then dump them into ProTools to have multiple tracks and endless editing options.” For a band that always had one foot in the past and the other in the future, the melding of old and new technologies makes sense, as does Doss’s philosophy of success. “Back in the 90s I felt pressure to make it, whatever that means. Now I don’t feel that. I’m thoroughly enjoying travelling and making music with my friends. Maybe enjoying what you do is making it?” music@nowtoronto.com

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clubs&concerts KID CUDI, CHIP THA RIPPER

Molson Amphitheatre (909 Lake Shore West), tonight (Thursday, September 15) Stoner emo-rapper.

OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Friday (September 16) See preview, page 54.

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MANIFESTO: FRESH NEW ARTIST SHOWCASE

KARKWA, BARR BROTHERS

Sound Academy (11 Polson), Friday (September 16) Kyuss, but without Josh Homme.

TORO Y MOI, UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, AVA LUNA

TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB, BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB, THE LONELY FOREST Kool Haus (132 Queens Quay East), Saturday (September 17) Irish melodic rock anthems.

MANIFESTO: ORIGINS – THE FIREKEEPERS

w/ Plex, Kinnie Starr, 2OOLMAN & SESE, Q-Rock and others Great Hall (1187 Queen West), Tuesday (September 20) See preview, page 52.

JAPANDROIDS, BASS DRUM OF DEATH

w/ 88 Days of Fortune, Luu Breeze, Jeff Spec and others Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas West), Friday (September 16) See preview, page 52.

KYUSS LIVES!, MONSTRO

(September 18) See preview, page 52.

Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Saturday (September 17) See Barr Brothers preview, page 57.

Opera House (735 Queen East), Sunday (September 18) Trippy experimental electronic pop.

MANIFESTO: WOMBMANIFESTO: THE REBIRTH

w/ Eternia, Afrakaren & Tuku, Rosina Kazi, the M.A.D. Poet and others Revival (783 College), Sunday

Sneaky Dee’s (431 College), Tuesday (September 20) Two rocking guitar-and-drums duos.

STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS

Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Wednesday (September 21) See preview, page 54.

MANIFESTO

w/ Boot Camp Clik, Promise, Monolith, Richie Sosa Sound Academy (11 Polson), Wednesday (September 21) See preview, page 52.

PEACHES, BETTI FORDE

Opera House (735 Queen East), Wednesday (September 21) Special DJ/MC electro extravaganza. 3

ALT-ROCK

Wilco

On the deluxe edition of Wilco’s forthcoming eighth album, The Whole Love, the revered Chicago rock band covers I Love My Label, a 1977 song by Nick Lowe. Cheeky, considering that they broke from Nonesuch to release it on their own brand new label, dBpm (distributed by Anti-). The great Lowe also joins them during this two-night Massey Hall stint, sure to be one of the year’s most memorable gigs. At Massey Hall (178 Victoria), Friday and Saturday (September 16 and 17), doors 6:30 pm, all ages. $42.50-$48.50.

JUST ANNOUNCED MAD PROFESSOR, TWILIGHT DUB CIRCUS, HOUSE OF DAVID GANG, DJ CHOCOLATE & PATRICKS ROOTS & ZUM ONE The Great Hall Lower Theatre

doors 9 pm, $23. EF, PDR. September 24.

NELLY FURTADO, JOE JONAS, SHAWN DESMAN, CLASSIFIED, KARDINAL OFFISHALL Free The Chil-

dren’s We Day Air Canada Centre free for students and educators. weday.com. September 27.

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METHOD MAN

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val Metro Hall David Pecaut Square free. cwofest.ca. September 30.

THE MAGICIAN Wrongbar. November 5. NOAH & THE WHALE Phoenix Concert

Theatre doors 8 pm, all ages, $20. RT, SS, TM. November 8.

K’NAAN, BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH, ADAM COHEN Canada’s Walk Of Fame

PAUL BYROM Glenn Gould Studio doors 7 pm, $39.50. TM. November 10.

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Festival Massey Hall 8 pm, $29-$88.50. RTH. cwofest.ca. October 1.

Metro Hall David Pecaut Square free. cwofest.ca. October 1.

SUZIE MCNEIL, JULLY BLACK, SERENA RYDER, LIZ COYLES, LIZZY MELODY, STACEY BULMER, LINDI ORTEGA, THE HEARTBROKEN

Canada’s Walk Of Fame Festival Metro Hall David Pecaut Square free. cwofest.ca. October 2.

REBEKAH HIGGS, FOLLY & THE HUNTER Drake Hotel. October 9. DAM FUNK Wrongbar. October 18. THE SOUNDS, NATALIA KILLS, THE LIMOUSINES, KIDS AT THE BAR

Theatre. October 26.

SCHOMBERG FAIR, LARRY & HIS FLASK CD release Sneaky Dee’s doors 9 pm, $10. November 10.

JESSE SYKES Drake Hotel Underground doors 8:30 pm, $12. RT, SS. November 10.

TOUBAB KREWE, LIGHTSWEETCRUDE, DJ MEDICINEMAN Revival

doors 9 pm, $15. PDR, RT, SS, TW. November 17.

NAGATA SHACHU HANA Fleck Dance

Theatre 8 pm, $20-$35. HF. November 18, 19 and 20.

PETER MURPHY, SHE WANTS REVENGE Lee’s Palace doors 8 pm, $20.50. HS,

RT, SS, TM. November 23.

BLESSTHEFALL, THE WORD ALIVE, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, TONIGHT ALIVE, CHUNK! NO, CAPTAIN CHUNK! Fearless Friends Tour Opera House doors 6 pm, all ages, $18.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. November 24.

CUFF THE DUKE CD Release Weekend

Opera House doors 6 pm, all ages, $22.50. RT, SS, TW. October 26.

Horseshoe doors 9 pm, $14. HS, RT, SS, TM. And Nov 26. November 25.

ALANNAH MYLES Black Velvet: Benefit

STEVE BELL, TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MEMBERS

For Fife House Black velvet attire benefit. Glenn Gould Studio 6:30 pm, $75-$125. 416205-9888 ext 241. October 26.

HS – HORSESHOE 370 Queen W. 416-598-4753, horseshoetavern.com.

PHARAOHE

MISFITS, JUICEHEAD Phoenix Concert

JOHN KAY & STEPPENWOLF, PARACHUTE CLUB, SKRATCH BASTID, WARREN FLANDEZ, SEAN JONES, LIAM TITCOMB, DRU, NIGHTBOX Canada’s Walk Of Fame Festi-

TROOPER, ASHLEY MACISAAC, KEYS N KRATES, TAYA MARQUIS, CARLETON STONE, CARL DIXON, SHAWN HLOOKOFF, ELISAPIE ISAAC Canada’s Walk Of Fame Festival

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Overture Of Hope: Hope Exchange Benefit Massey Hall 8 pm, $75-$95. RTH. December 3. SS – SOUNDSCAPES 572 College. 416-537-1620, soundscapesmusic.com. TM – TICKETMASTER 416-870-8000, ticketmaster.ca. TP – TICKET PICKET 416-400-1003, ticketpicket.com. TW – TICKETWEB ticketweb.ca. UE – UNION EVENTS unionevents.com.

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this week in the clubs How to find a listing

Music listings appear by day, then by genre, then alphabetically by venue. Event names are in italics. Go to nowtoronto.com for address and phone number. = Critics’ pick (highly recommended) ñ 5= Queer night

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All listings are free. Send to: music@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Music,NOWMagazine,189Church,TorontoM5B1Y7. Include artist(s), genre of music, event name (if any), venue name and address, time, ticket price and phone number or website. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm. Weekly events must confirm their listing once a month.

Thursday, September 15 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

AlleycAtz Domisani 9 pm. AquilA upstAirs Ray Whimsey (acoustic folk). Bovine sex cluB TIFF 4 am NXNE Music And

Film Festival Mixer A Primitive Evolution, the Standstills, DJ Vania. cAdillAc lounge Scott McCord & the Bonafide Truth 9 pm. clinton’s The Power of Equality (Red Hot Chili Peppers cover band). cloAk & dAgger puB The Soul Motivators (soul/funk) 10 pm. douBle douBle lAnd CD release Army Girls, Tropics, Brian Borcherdt. drAke Hotel lounge Drake Cabaret Maylee Todd doors 9 pm.

drAke Hotel underground CFCF, Bishop Morocco, Doldrums (indie rock) doors 8 pm. ñ FogArty’s Roger ‘Pops’ Zuraw, Peter ‘Little Petey’ Solmes 9:30 pm.

glAdstone Hotel BAllroom CD release Babalao Stereo Club, Samba Squad, ñ Pinguino, DJ Double K doors 8 pm. grAFFiti’s The Turnarounds 5 to 7 pm. HorsesHoe The Dirty Mags, the Coppertone,

Webcam.

imperiAl puB CKLN Mad Salutes Night Bob Wiseman, Yvette Tollar 8 pm. ñ lee’s pAlAce Alright,Alright, Mike Bultin Band, Atom & the Volumes, Little Foot Yellow 9 pm.

mitzi’s sister Charge of the Light Brigade, Clockwise 9 pm.

mod cluB Paris Black, Denis Martel 10 pm. molson AmpHitHeAtre Kid Cudi, Chip

Ripper doors 7:30 pm, all ages. ñTha operA House Ultimate MC Finale Pharaohe Monch doors 8 pm. ñ orBit room The Tower Of Song Trio Alysha

Brillinger & Kristen Bussandri. tHe pAinted lAdy Jennifer LFO, the Prince Brothers (alt/indie/pop) 8:30 pm. rose tHeAtre Brampton Indie Arts Fest Run with the Kittens, Woodshed Orchestra, Dave Bidini, the Houseplants, Paul Dutton Trio, Brementown Players, Them Furry Murray Mountain Boys doors 7:30 pm. siestA nouveAux studio Blr Whiskeyface. soutHside JoHnny’s Skip Tracer (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm. supermArket Album release Down by Riverside doors 8 pm.

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Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

AspettA cAFFe Open Mic Nite 7 pm. cAstro’s lounge Jerry Leger & the Situation (country/folk/rock) 9 pm.

tHe dAnny Open Stage Sebastian Agnello

(eclectic) 9:30 pm.

dAve’s... on st clAir Open Mic Uncle Herb Dale & Fran McCann 9:30 pm.

el mocAmBo The Gabriel Palatchi Septet, the Lemon Bucket Orkestra doors 8:30 pm.

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emmet rAy BAr Ken Yoshioka (blues) 9 pm. grossmAn’s Summer Open Jam Cowboy

4 GARY TOPP PResenTs

Children’s Fund Gala Conjunto Lacalu, Aviva Rajsky, Tom Bellman. rivoli Rebekah Higgs, the Danks, Boxer the Horse (singer/songwriter). silver dollAr Gram Parsons International Tribute Big Tobacco & the Pickers, Jacques & the Shaky Boys, Unseen Strangers, Sunbear, the Key Frames, Drunk Woman, Whitney Rose doors 8 pm. sound AcAdemy Jimmy Rankin and the Heartbroken, Dani Strong doors 7 pm. trAnzAc mAin HAll CD release Joshua Van Tassel (folktronica) 8:30 pm. trAnzAc soutHern cross Songs By Bert 6 pm. trAnzAc soutHern cross Bluegrass Thursdays Houndstooth 7:30 pm. WHite sWAn Jam Section 8 7 pm.

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de sotos Open Mic/Jazz Jam Double A Jazz 8 pm. gAte 403 Denise Leslie Jazz Band 5 pm. gAte 403 String Theory Collective 9 pm. Holy oAk cAFe John Russon Quartet (jazz) 10 pm. continued on page 58 œ

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Barr Brothers roots

Traditional music made with untraditional methods By Benjamin Boles the barr brothers opening for KarKwa at Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Saturday (September 17), 9 pm. $12. HS, RT, SS, TM.

When Rhode Island brothers Brad and Andrew Barr moved to Montreal in 2005, they weren’t trying to emulate other progressive expat American musicians like Arcade Fire, Colin Stetson or Tune-Yards. Rather, their reasons were romantic. “We played a show here in Montreal with our old band the Slip in 2003, and the club caught fire in the middle of our last song,” guitarist/vocalist Brad recalls. “While we were out on the street waiting for the fire department, we met this wonderful girl who later became my brother’s wife and our manager.” Brad’s percussionist sibling Andrew spent a year pining for her before tracking her down, which led them to relocate and reinvent their sound as

the Barr Brothers. By chance, they ended up living next to harp player Sarah Pagé, and the sound of her practising inspired them to bring her aboard. Usually, when a rootsy, blues-influenced band boasts a harp player, it’s someone playing a tiny mouth organ, not a mammoth, impractical stringed instrument like Pagé’s. “I never intended to have a harp player, and if I knew then what I know now about dragging it around, I might have thought twice. “One of the highlights of our day is walking into a club with it and seeing the soundperson’s expression. It’s a real testament to Sarah’s abilities and talents that we even consider carting it around. But I’m grateful for it. It’s strange and a bit eccentric and really fits our sound. It’s as if the songs were made with it in mind.” While the music on their upcoming self-titled debut album is based on traditional folk and blues, their

execution is anything but. Andrew uses a percussion rig more suited to world music or avant-garde jazz. They bring a pump organ on tour. And Brad’s favourite new instrument is a guitarlike object made out of an old fishing tackle box, which he loves despite the constant adjustments its soft metal requires. “I’d say it sounds like a Model T Ford would if you could string it up and amplify it.” He’s also known to employ a crowdpleasing trick that involves playing his guitar with a thread, just one of the reasons the Barrs are quickly getting a reputation as one of Montreal’s top live acts. “I think it’s an old Gypsy violin trick. You tie a piece of sewing thread onto the guitar or violin string, and as you pull on it, your dragging fingers vibrate the guitar strings. It sounds a little bit like a bow, but rougher and broken.” 3 benjaminb@nowtoronto.com

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GOOD OLD WAR September 29 at the Horseshoe

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HugH’s Room Album release Eric St-Laurent Trio (jazz) 8:30 pm. ñ Jane mallett tHeatRe Tokyo String Quartet, Markus Groh (piano) 8 pm.

metRopolitan united CHuRCH Noon At Met

Simon Walker (organ recital) 12:15-12:45 pm. old mill inn Home smitH BaR Joe Sealy (solo piano) 7:30 pm. ReseRvoiR lounge Alex Pangman and the Alleycats (jazz) 7 pm. Rex Kevin Quain 6:30 pm. Rex Mike Rud Quartet 9:30 pm. somewHeRe tHeRe studio Architects Josh Doerksen, Matt Fong, Taylor Moran, Steve Sladkowski and others 8 pm. tRanzaC soutHeRn CRoss Shawn Clarke (ambient electro indie) 10 pm.

Dance Music/DJ/Lounge

CoBRa lounge Lights Camera Lifestyle TIFF Party Arno Cost, Jed Harper.

goodHandy’s Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5

tHe Hoxton

Junior Sanchez. ñ insomnia DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house).

lee’s palaCe danCe Cave Transvision DJ Shan-

non (rock/dance). maRgRet Post Punk DJ Darkness Visible (post punk/gothic rock/alternative) 10 pm. tHe ossington Bad Biz (UK bass & grime/ electronic/hip-hop/top 40) 10 pm. Rivoli pool lounge DJs Dirty Frenchman, Plan B (electrobeats/disco/vinyl). velvet undeRgRound DJ Ozaze (industrial/ goth) 10 pm. wRongBaR Maceo Plex, James Teej Vs Jamie Kidd, Jeff Button & Gera 10 pm.

Friday, September 16 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/souL

alleyCatz Lady Kane. aquila upstaiRs Adam Beer-Colacino. Bovine sex CluB Voodoo Bunny, Dance Laury Dance, Jamsquid.

CadillaC lounge Tim Gibbons. CatCH tHe FiRe Maple Noise Manafest, News-

boys, Thousand Foot Krutch, Jonny Diaz, Jon Bauer, Greg Sczebel, Bread of Stone (Christian music) 5 pm, all ages. tHe danny The Swingin’ Blackjacks (rockabilly) 10 pm. dominion on queen East End Rockabilly Weekend Cousin Harley, Paul Pigat, the Royal Crowns, Alistair Christl & the Lonely, DJ Rockin’ Dave Faris doors 7:30 pm. dRake Hotel undeRgRound Shvrs, Modern Superstititions (indie electro) 8 pm. el moCamBo Voices in the Dome.

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eton House Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute Cold-

shot 9 pm.

tHe gaRage An Early Ending. gladstone Hotel melody BaR Les Singes

Bleus 9 pm. gRaFFiti’s Rocking For Sick Kids Paul Martin (classic covers) 5 to 7 pm. gRaFFiti’s Bill Wood & the Woodies evening. tHe gReat Hall Soul Train. HoRsesHoe Andre Ethier, Deloro, Sandro Perri. tHe Hoxton Notable.Ca TIFF Party Grandtheft, Lazy Ray, Nav C. lee’s palaCe Olivia Tremor Control, Music Tapes (90s indie rock) doors 9 pm. See preview, page 54. lula lounge Manifesto: Fresh New Artist Showcase 88 Days of Fortune, Luu Breeze, Jeff Spec, Lord Quest and others (hiphop) doors 10:30 pm, all ages. See preview, page 52. massey Hall Wilco, Nick Lowe doors 6:30 pm, all ages. mitzi’s sisteR Arlene Paculan, Heather Hill, Meghan Morrison 9:30 pm. opeRa House The Planet Smashers, the Real McKenzies, Random Hand, New City Riot (ska party) doors 7:30 pm, all ages. paRts & laBouR Vivian Girls, Widowspeak, Grave Babies 10 pm. pHoenix ConCeRt tHeatRe Bring Me the Horizon, Parkway Drive, Architects, While She Sleeps, Deez Nuts doors 5 pm, all ages. Revival Hip-Hop Karaoke Competition Saukrates, DJ Numeric, DJ Dalia, DJ Ted Dancin’ doors 9 pm. RiCoH Coliseum Jenny Tseng (Mando-pop/ Canto-pop) 8 pm. Rivoli The Wilderness, Ruby Spirit, Arman at the Bazaar 9 pm. RoCkpile Afterglow. Rose tHeatRe Brampton Indie Arts Fest Tarantula, the Jessica Stuart Few, By Divine Right, Lily Frost w/ Jose Contreras, Krista LL Muir, Nichol S Robertson & His Honkytonk Boogaloo Boys and others doors 7:30 pm. Rose tHeatRe gaRden squaRe Brampton Indie Arts Fest Mississippi Grover, Nihilist Spasm Band, Jeff Burke doors 7:30 pm. silveR dollaR Eamon McGrath, the Dirty Nil, Ketch Harbour Wolves, Little City 9 pm. sound aCademy Kyuss Lives!, MonstrO (heavy rock) doors 7 pm. soutHside JoHnny’s The Lineup 10 pm.

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FOUR DAYS FILLED WITH 100% CANADIAN ENTERTAINMENT

FoLk/BLues/countRy/WoRLD

aspetta CaFFe Angela Hill, Thomas Kelly, Cailean Lewis 7 to 11 pm.

C’est wHat CD release Morning Fame (rock/

burton cummings September 29

chantal kreviazuk symphony orchestra And Special Guest raine maida with

k’naan

With Very Special Guest

bedouin soundclash October 1

son (house/breaks).

pop) 9:30 pm. gate 403 Sweet Derrick Blues Band 9 pm. HigHway 61 soutHeRn BaRBeque Dylan Wickens & the Little Naturals 8 pm. HugH’s Room John Prine Tribute Jory Nash, John McDermott, Ariana & David Gillis, Caitlin Hanford, Christine Bougie, George Koller and others 8:30 pm. noaH’s aRk Big Tobacco & the Pickers 9 pm. pogue maHone The Phil & John Show 8 to 11 pm. ReHeaRsal pRo Open Mic Night. tRanzaC soutHeRn CRoss Small Town Treason (folk/hip-hop) 10 pm. tRanzaC soutHeRn CRoss The Foolish Things (folk) 5 pm. tRanzaC main Hall Bass Clef Showcase 8 pm.

lee’s palaCe danCe Cave Bif Bang Pow DJ Trevor (60s mod/Britpop). mod CluB Arcade Sydney Blu. moRoCo CHoColat Coco Beats DJ Kenneth Porter (deep soulful house) 8 pm. naCo galleRy CaFe Fancy Pants DJs Home Rekha, the Whole Man 10 pm.5 tHe ossington Get By Fridays DJs Hajah Bug & Mantis (hip-hop/soul/funk/reggae). tHe painted lady DJ Frank ‘Mr Phantastik’ Johnson (old-school hip-hop/reggae/80s) 10 pm. pRooF: tHe vodka BaR A World Of Colour: East African Famine Fundraiser (top 40/house/ mashup/old school) doors 10 pm. Rivoli pool lounge This Is It DJ Stu (rock/old school/Brit/electro/classics/retro). tHe savoy DJ JRyDee (hip-hop/old school) 10 pm. sCReen lounge Soul In The City DJ Michael Williams (Motown classics/smooth jazz/ northern soul/Canrock) 10 pm. supeRmaRket Market Fresh DJ Classick (party jams/hip-hop/classic) 10 pm. tota lounge Beatdown DJs David Cooper, Royale, Haf S, Pablo (house/techno/disco).

Jazz/cLassicaL/exPeRiMentaL

gate 403 Kyla Tingley Jazz Band 5 pm. lula lounge Laura Fernandez Trio (Latin jazz) 8 pm.

old mill inn Fridays To Sing About! Barbra Lica Trio (jazz) 7:30 pm.

Rex Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. Rex Lester McLean 6:30 pm. Rex Dan Weiss Duo 9:45 pm. somewHeRe tHeRe studio Leftover Daylight

Saturday, September 17 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/souL

Series Simeon Abbott, Michael Lynn, Heather Segger, Evan Cartwright, Nicole Rampersaud and others 8 pm. toRonto laseR seRviCes CD release Nick Storring, Khôra, Tradition, Fleshtone Aura, DJ Craig Dunsmuir (abstract electronic) 9 pm, all ages. tRane studio Toronto Indo-Jazz Festival Ravi Naimpally, Samidha Jodlekar, Monsoon Trio, Al Kay 8 pm. tRanzaC soutHeRn CRoss Errunriv (avantgarde jazz) 7:30 pm.

alleyCatz Lady Kane. aspetta CaFFe Frailfragment, Mark Trudeau,

Melannie Lilla, Divingbell, Nicole Coward, No Found Address 3 to 11 pm. BaR 460 Killapse, Occult Crypts, Black Absinthe (black metal/metal) doors 8 pm. Bovine sex CluB Billy Bates TIFF Mini Gala Shit from Hell, DJ Sir Ian Blurton (featuring Warren Kinsella). CaFe soniC Thomas Alexander (pop/avant piano) 9 pm. C’est wHat The Jitters (power pop) 8 pm. tHe danny Sebastian Agnello Band (rock/ country/protest) 10 pm. dominion on queen East End Rockabilly Weekend: East End Hot Rod Bash The Ronnie Hayward Trio 2 to 5 pm. dominion on queen East End Rockabilly Weekend Rosie Flores, Tennessee Voodoo Coupe, Big Rude Jake, the Kingmakers, DJ Beachparty Mark doors 7:30 pm. dRake Hotel undeRgRound These United States, Southeast Engines doors 8 pm. tHe duke live.Com Paris Black 8 to 10 pm. el moCamBo The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra, Yuka, Lemon Bucket Orchestra, DJ ?uesquecest doors 9 pm. eton House Snake Skin (rock & roll) 9 pm. FoRgetus ColleCtive Slapback Video Screening

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Dance Music/DJ/Lounge

annex wReCkRoom Yes Yes Y’All! Hollyrock, Sammy D, Elle Nino, J-ill, Stunts ñ (queer hip-hop jam) doors 10 pm.5

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CastRo’s lounge DJ ‘I Hate You’ Rob (soul/

funk/R&B/punk rock/rockabilly) 10 pm. Clinton’s Girl & Boy 90s Dance Party. CoBRa lounge Lights Camera Lifestyle TIFF Party Alex Merrell, MKutz. dRake Hotel undeRgRound Edumacation DJ Fase (hip-hop) doors at midnight. dRake Hotel lounge DJ Your Boy Brian doors 10 pm. emmet Ray BaR For The Music Lovers (funk/ soul/classic pop) 10 pm. Fly Rocket! DJ Sumation 10 pm.5 FootwoRk Behrouz, Addy, Rafwat & Chorniy. insomnia Funk’n Fresh Fridays Travis Robin-

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tues september 27 mod club • $16.50 advance

wed september 21

toro naked & y moi girls sTephen MalkMus faMous @ the phoenix

$ 20.00

opera house / $20.00 advance

$ 22.50

advance • 8:00pm doors

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fri sePtember 16 @ opera house 7:30pm doors • all-ages • $17.50 advance

nobunny & PaPa

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unknown mortal orchestra + ava luna

saturday october 15 @ Sound academy $ 27.00

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advance VIP • 8pm doors • all-ages

lee’s palace • $ 17.50 advance

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w/ Marketa Irglova of tHE sWELL sEasON

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tues november 1

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friday october 28 @ queen elizabeth theatre

sunday october 16

lee’s palace • 25.00 advance

scratch

horseshoe • 18.50 advance

dan mangan acid deer sea & civil elliott brood tick cake $

27.50 advance • all-ages • 7:15pm doors • vancouver

$ 16.50

lee’s palace

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sat november 5

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phoenix / $ 17.50 advance • 8:00pm

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@ the phoenix

$ 20.o0

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$ 18.50 advance • 8:00pm doors

the

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with

first aid kit

sat november 19 opera house • $ 17.00 advance

tuesday november 15 sound academy

$ 30.00 adv ga (all-ages) • $ 40.00 advance vip (19+) • doors 8:00pm

thursday november 17 @ the mod club $ 15.00

advance • early show 7:00pm doors

The Radio depT.

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thurs december 8 $ lee’s palace • 15.00 advance

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wed november 23 @ lee’s palace $ 29.50

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peter murphy SHE WANTS REVENGE WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 24 23 @ PHOENIX thursday november phoenix $

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advance ticketS @ ticketmaster.ca or 1-855-985-5000 • HorSeSHoe Front Bar • SoundScapeS • rotate tHiS tHurSday september 29 HorSeSHoe / $ 11.50 advance

tHurS september 15 / $8.00

ThE DIRTy mAGS ThE cOPPERTONE Webcam

Fri september 16 / $10.00 Ex-DEaDly SnakES

ANDRE liturgy EThIER

Brett caswell & the marquee rose

Playing FutureWorld W/ majeure

Friday october 7

tHurSday october 13

tHe HorSeSHoe / $12.50 advance

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With

pc Worship

deloro Sandro Perri

Saturday september 17 / $ 13.50 advance

trans am

good old war

Sun september 18 / $10 adv

(full band show)

Friday september 30 / lee’S palace • $13.50 advance

vancouver punk legendS W/ sKullians & taKe drugs

lee’S palace • $ 20.00 advance

besnard

thurS october 13 @ mod club / $15.50 advance • all-ages

mon september 19 / no cover

lee’S Palace

shoeless mondays

Dress rehearsal Fitzy band Julia dales

with

living with lions + Broadway calls

october 30 stephen kellog & the sixers Jon mclaughlin Sunday $16.00

advance - 7pm doors

monday november 7 tHurSday november 10 tueS september 20

STATIc jAcKS KopeK the manvils motopony

horSeShoe tavern

lee’S Palace / $11.50 advance

With malajube

Flatliners

w/ the brains & the katacombs

Friday october 14

laKes yuKon blonde

nekromantix daniSH pSycHoBilly

horSeShoe tavern

Wed october 19 $ lee’S palace • 18.50 advance

agnostic

front Friday october 21 Sneaky dee’S • $12.00 @ door

wooDen trampled this is a shJips by TURTLES standoff $ 13.50

advance • San FranciSco

with

$ 15.00

advance • 8:30pm doors • 19+

tHurS september 15 / $6.00

alright, alright atom & the Volumes mike bultin banD left foot Yellow Sat september 17 2010 polariS prize Winner $12.00 advance

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tHurSday september 22 pariS • FrencH pop • $13.50 advance

athens, elephant 6 90’s indie rock

tHurS november 10 Friday november 11 Sat november 12 $ lee’S palace / $ 15.50 advance

Sneaky dee’S • 13.50 advance

horSeShoe / $12.00 advance

Fri september 23 / $10.00

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Buzzing up & coming indie Folk rock!

tueSday september 20 / $13.50 advance

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the watchmen PerForming “Silent radar” in it’S entirety

tHurS november 10

LINDI ORTEGA craig strickland

Sun september 25

/ $13.50 adv

yuck

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mon september 26 / $9.00 adv

Saturday october 1 / $10.00

sleepercar With

ben sollee

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Peter elKaS danielle duvall W/

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gentleMen husbands

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$ 12.00

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monday november 28 @ lee’S Palace / $12.00 advance bloodshot bill & King Khan are:

Saturday september 17

thurS september 22

mon september 26 @ drake / $12.50 adv

these hAwK & A new villager

@ drake underground / $10.00 advance

the rivoli / $13.50 advance

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DARK DARK DARK + PILLARS & TONGUES

mon september 26 @ PartS & labour / $10.00 advance

astronautalis

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Sun october 16 @HorSeSHoe / $10.50 adv

Wed october 12 lee’S Palace • $10.00 adv • Portugal

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gift

tHurS october 27 @ tHe drake / $13.50 adv

drag the river revolver KEvIN DEvINE cobra skulls nurses LITTLE RED ThE bob logg iii TOASTERS slim cessna’s LARRy & hIS fLASK LONEy DEAR auto club ThE SchOmbERG fAIR organ thieVes + Poor Young things + the north

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tHurS november 10 @ Sneaky dee’S / $10 @ door

Fri november 4 @ garriSon / $10.50 adv

Wed november 9 @ garriSon / $10.50 adv

Sat november 12 @ drake / $10.50 adv

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advance • new Zealand

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IN my cOmA recovery child Mother leads secret cineMa

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darK woods & harlan pepper

beauties $12.00

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With pat jordache

tueSday september 27 / $20.00 advance • london uk

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& Showcase Modernboys Moderngirls, HotKid, Cobra & Vulture, DJ TyyPOS doors 6 pm. HorsesHoe Nekromantix, the Brains, the Katacombs doors 9 pm. HugH’s room Rita Chiarelli 8:30 pm. Kool Haus Two Door Cinema Club, Bombay Bicycle Club, the Lonely Forest doors 8 pm, all ages. lee’s Palace Karkwa, Barr Brothers doors 9 pm. See preview, page 57. massey Hall Wilco, Nick Lowe doors 6:30 pm, all ages. rePosado el Norte louNge Station Twang (ex-Cardboard Brains/Swollen Members/ Lawn) doors 9:30 pm. rocKPile Piledriver. silver dollar Late Night Live Skaface, High Top Society, Native Smokes 10 pm. souNd academy Mother Mother, Sweet Thing, Whale Tooth doors 8 pm, all ages. soutHside JoHNNy’s Rainey & the Mannequins (rock/top 40) 10 pm. sPortster’s Nicola Vaughan 10 pm. traNzac soutHerN cross CD release The Nightjars (indie) 10 pm. WHite sWaN doWNstairs George Elvis & the Hawaiian Divas (Elvis songs) 8 pm.

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Folk/Blues/Country/World

aquila Ken Yoshioka Blues Band. cadillac louNge Mary & Micky (country)

3:30 pm.

cadillac louNge BacK Patio Pat Guadagno 3 pm.

cadillac louNge The Grove Hunters evening. daKota taverN Tim Hus & his Travelin’ Band (country) 7 pm.

etoN House New Mynah Birds (blues/rock) 4

to 7 pm.

gladstoNe Hotel melody Bar Country Sat-

urdays Whitney Rose 9 pm.

HigHWay 61 soutHerN BarBeque Noah

Zacharin (blues) 8 pm. tHe local Luther Wright & the Wrongs, Kristine Schmitt & her Special Powers 10 pm. tHe local Kitgut Stringband 5 pm. lula louNge Salsa Saturday Changui Havana, DJ Suave (salsa) 10 pm. mist tHeatre Sajjad (world music) 8 pm. reBas café Michael Menegon (singer/songwriter). rex Danny Marks (blues) noon. scrumdelicious Timeless Melodies Jackson

st cyril & metHody ortHodox cHurcH

Hope For Antony – fundraiser for local family affected by autism Anton Apostolov Quartet (Bulgarian folk orchestra) 7 to 10 pm. st NicHolas aNglicaN cHurcH Acoustic Harvest Russell de Carle, Steve Briggs, Denis Keldie 8 pm. stout irisH PuB Hawaiian Luau 4 pm to midnight. teN feet tall Peach Relish Donna Greenberg (singer/songwriter) 8 pm. traNzac soutHerN cross Jamzac Open Jam 3 pm. traNzac soutHerN cross The Black Tongue Emergency, Carlo Meriano 7:30 pm. village of yorKville ParK Summer Music In The Park Silhouettes Duo 2 to 5 pm.

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Bluma aPPel tHeatre Mamaloshen Mandy Patinkin (Jewish musical theatre concert) 8 pm. c’est WHat The Hot Five Jazzmakers (trad jazz) 3 pm. cHalKers PuB Dave Young Quartet (jazz) 6 to 9 pm. gate 403 Sandy Blakeley Duo noon. gate 403 Bill Heffernan 5 pm. gate 403 Dennis Gaumond Blues Duo 9 pm. gleNN gould studio The Film Music Of Philip Glass The Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Michael Riesman 8 pm. old mill iNN Jazz Masters Chase Sanborn Duo 7:30 pm.

tHe red ligHt BADBADNOTGOOD 8 pm. ñ rex Dan Weiss Duo 9:45 pm.

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danCe musiC/dJ/lounge

aNdy PoolHall Cherry Bomb DJ Cozmic

Cat, DJ Denise Benson (house/techno/ electro) 9 pm.5 aNNex WrecKroom See You Saturdays Rick Toxic (club hits/party anthems) 10 pm. BlacK eagle Sunday BBQ & Leather Swap to benefit Casey House (retro) 3-9 pm. BuNda louNge Floorplay DJs Fire 4 Hire, Soundbwoy (dance). cliNtoN’s Shake, Rattle & Roll Bangs & Blush (Motown/Britpop). coBra louNge Lights Camera Lifestyle TIFF

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tation inspired by hot techno producers on the local scene. But while it’s true he’s been busy making changes since moving to the German capital, they’re not exactly artistic ones. “There have been some struggles getting my kids to school,” says Malkmus in his customary deadpan after 10 days of navigating Berlin’s public transportation system. “It’s been a Herculean battle to get them there and back. It’s not very rock ’n’ roll.” Turns out the reason he left his home in Portland, Oregon, was simply to shake things up for himself and his wife. The 45-year-old was “feeling blah” in the U.S. and needed a jolt. As for getting into Berlin’s legendary electronic scene, Malkmus, once considered a leader of the 90s alternative rock nation, doesn’t sound enthused about the idea. “I’m not against it. It’s a valid art form,” he considers. “I suppose the oldschool me still overvalues songwriting and lyrics over hours of programming

and tweaking beats.” You won’t find any Eno-type production grandiosity on Mirror Traffic. Beck, who called out of the blue to collaborate, kept Malkmus and the Jicks (guitarist Mike Clark, bassist Joanna Bolme and drummer Jake Morris) focused on short, tight songwriting while he tinkered with the sonics. It was recorded in less than a week at L.A.’s hallowed Sunset Sound (Doors, Beach Boys, etc). The resulting fifth post-Pavement record is Malkmus’s most accessible, especially compared to 2008’s heady Real Emotional Trash. Forced to sit on its songs for a year while Pavement reunited, he’s eager to play it on the road. The Berlin move, however, has meant fewer rehearsal opportunities. “Any Canadian fans coming down for the Detroit show should know that it could be a little broke-y. It’s our first show, and we’ll be getting our shit together. We’ll make up for it by being in good spirits and fresh. And we’re going to be loud and rockin’.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

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Ten FeeT Tall Jazz Matinee Kingsley Ettienne 3:30 to 6:30 pm.

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should have grown out of long ago. “Wacky” isn’t supposed to be a good thing any more, but being unfashionable has never stopped bass guitar abuser Les Claypool before, and that’s exactly why Green Naugahyde works. Younger readers might know Primus best as the weirdos behind the South Park theme song, which isn’t actually the worst entry point for understanding them. If you appreciate the foul-mouthed cartoon’s social commentary disguised as absurdist humour, you’ll like Primus. But you’ll also need to set aside your aversion to slap bass, even though no funk act has ever sounded as bizarre and alien as Primus. They’ve carved out a one-bandgenre that sets them apart from the funkmetal sins of their contemporaries. Green Naugahyde is very much a return to their glory years, which makes it a great introduction for new ears and a satisfying addition to the catalogue for long-time fans. Top track: Eternal Consumption Engine Primus play Massey Hall October 5. BB

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Strange Mercy (4AD) Rating: Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, is an astounding electric guitarist, yet on her absorbing third album she never puts her mastery of the instrument ahead of a great song. Instead, the Manhattanbased multi-instrumentalist uses it – along with bits of synth, drums, violin, sax and woodwinds – to enhance, punctuate and unfurl breathtakingly original compositions. The tunes are lean, focused and catchier than those on past albums, largely forgoing the orchestral arrangements that earned her “chamber rock”

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Only In Dreams (Sub Pop) Rating: On last year’s I Will Be, Dum Dum Girls exuded frigid cool on every song. The L.A. four-piece are still cool, and still exploring the possibilities offered by three chords and a backbeat, but on Only In Dreams they’re taking things further. While a layer of fuzz covered most of that debut, here the production is sharper and highlights Dee Dee’s voice and twangy guitar lines, and her vocals are more confident and evocative. She still sounds gloriously detached but allows hints of emotion to slip in. Coming Down veers away from their signature three-minute, chorus-heavy pop format. Dee Dee takes time to explore the possibilities of the song, even including a drums-and-vocals breakdown that stands in stark contrast to the lush guitars that form the song’s bedrock. Top track: Heartbeat Dum Dum Girls hit Lee’s Palace October 16. JOANNE HUFFA

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Close To The Bone (Blocks) Rating: NNNN Whenever Carmen Elle has performed around town as a solo artist or with acts like Austra or Donlands and Mortimer, the young Toronto performer has shown a ton of talent and charisma. Finally, that raw

categorization. First single Cruel has instant appeal, with a distorted disco beat that brings to mind Daft Punk, while genre-blurring Cheerleader and Surgeon, both ultra-hummable, offer up chilling lyrics and images that stay with you. Clark dials down the pop in the album’s latter half, opting for quieter, more impressionistic slow-burners that reveal her sonic experimentalism. Also great? Her sultry voice, which she takes to higher registers than ever before while delivering carefully measured lyrics that teeter between joy and despair. Top track: Cruel CARLA GILLIS potential has a worthy outlet in her drums-and-guitar duo Army Girls, with Andy Smith providing the backbeat to her hook-heavy minimalist rock tunes. This debut EP may only contain five songs, but it’s a deeply satisfying introduction to an act that we’re sure is going places. The pair recorded Close To The Bone with the help of Fucked Up’s Ben Cook in one afternoon, but because of their impressive chops, the live-off-the-floor vibe comes across as slicker than albums lesser acts have slaved over for months. The simplicity of the sound allows you to fully appreciate Elle’s rich vocals and deceptively subtle guitar playing. It’s immediate and raw, with compositions melodically complex enough to make it easy to forget that essentially only four hands are playing the songs. Top track: The Power Army Girls celebrate the release of Close To The Bone at Double Double Land tonight (Thursday, September 15). BENJAMIN BOLES

THE DONEFORS Award Winning Album

(independent) Rating: NNN Considering its cheeky title and the DoneFors’ previous LP, How To Have Sex With Canadians, I thought this album would be funnier. While sex and sass are on offer (Janine Stoll sings flirtatious jazz-pop on opener Cherry Season), “weird and geeky” are better descriptors for a band so all over the map. They switch vocalists, change time signatures and throw in prog and disco. Stoll’s high, smooth voice imitates a wolf at one point, scats the next, sweetly sing-talks on Tallboy and pulls off Joni Mitchell-like folk on 808. The material in the middle – notably the mellower Berlin, sung by guitarist Paul MacDougall, and the upbeat world-folkpop of Mercator Map – is strongest. Too bad the polished production often takes over, especially on overly reverby Carry. Top track: Mercator Map The DoneFors play the Dakota September 22. SARAH GREENE

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The Place I Left Behind (Six Shooter) Rating:

The fourth album by Saskatoon’s the Deep Dark Woods builds on the quiet drama of their warm, melancholic, sometimes creepy sound. Fuller and cleaner than 2009’s Winter Hours, this self-produced disc includes prominent contributions by new member Geoff Hilhorst on organ and piano, violinist Kendel Carson, Old Man Luedecke on banjo and drummer Lucas Goetz’s pedal steel. Songwriter Ryan Boldt borrows from old blues and folk lyrics to make strong contemporary Canadiana, while bassist Chris Mason’s songs are bursts of 60s pop glory. The wistful title track recalls Neil Young, a long war ballad evokes the Band, and an epic murder ballad rocks things up. Clocking in at nearly an hour, The Place I Left Behind is an ambitious step forward for the Deep Dark Woods. Top track: The Place I Left Behind The Deep Dark Woods play Lee’s Palace September 24. SG

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TERIUS NASH 1977 (independent)

Rating: NN As super-producer-turned-solo-artist theDream, Terius Nash is known for singing about romance with a real-world irreverence that’s insightful, funny and quite rare. His R&B records are lush and accessible, always hinting at music-nerd

studiousness and entangled with evocative, aggressive metaphors and imagery. Though still sonically proficient and expensive-sounding, Nash’s latest free mixtape, 1977, sucks by comparison – at least in terms of subject matter and delivery. Wake Me When It’s Over and Used To Be set a bleak, thorny tone and bear traces of Nash’s beloved unvarnished lyrics (“You used to be anti-internet / Now you’re always blogging and shit”). But from there, he trades acuity for boorishness, moaning (Long Gone) and flailing (Wedding Crasher) like a drunken, bitter lothario with a falsetto. Even though he openly cheated on his ex-wife, singer Christina Milian, he sounds despondent about the breakup. Awkward and embarrassing, the mixtape as a whole feels like a PR move to get you to listen to Nash-free embedded song Silly by new protégé Casha. ANUPA MISTRY Top track: Used To Be

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TODDLA T Watch Me Dance (Ninja Tune) Rating: NN The worlds of slick, soulful pop and overthe-top dancehall beats come together on 26-year-old Sheffield producer Tom “Toddla T” Bell’s Ninja Tune debut, an album that vacillates between raucous and refined without losing sight of the dance floor. There are splashes of 80s hi-NRG and 90s pop-house (a revivalist sound that has worn out its welcome), but it’s strongest when riding straight-up reggae riddims. Clubby collaborations with Roots Manuva and Skream are okay, but better is Timberlee’s vocal turn on Body Good, a spacious sex jam that sounds like a patois version of Cassie. And while the hiccuppy percussion of Lovely Girl is fun, after a while the songwriting feels formulaic. Roisin Murphy (ex-Moloko) is right at home in a grinding mid-tempo dancehall beat and scores the best track, the short and sweet pop pleasure that is Cherry Picking. Top track: Cherry Picking KEVIN RITCHIE

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Green Naugahyde (Prawn Song/Maple) Rating: NNNN Unless you’re among that odd demographic of intense lifelong Primus fans, you probably greeted news of their first album in 12 years with a shrug. Sure, all the 90s grunge bands are touring again, and fuzzed-out lo-fi slacker rock is popular again, but Primus’s brand of dork-funkprog-metal seems like something we

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own, threatening to engulf their subWINNIE TRUONG at ESP (Erin Stump jects. Projects, 1086½ Queen West) to The huge do in Hollow Comfort is a October 2. 416-834-0005. Rating: NNNN baroque dream of suburban girlishness, a mass of perfectly plaited lavenhair is at the heart of winnie der braids. Not so the figure’s arms, Truong’s The Fringes, an intriguing which seem almost wrenched from set of drawings at ESP. An erotic orna- their sockets, hanging with creepy ment and a vestige of our animal dead weight. This unsettling nature that arouses both deconfluence of prettiness and sire and revulsion, and an the morbid gives a familiar emblem of identity and horror-movie jolt. You’ve gender, hair, for Truong, got to wonder what sort is a marker of difference. of face lurks under all She’s one of several that hair. recent young OCADU In Watchin’ Girl, grads who play at the hair serves as a edge of commercial coy veil, both visual culture, refershielding and flirtencing the insipidly ing, suggesting a pretty youth archehidden deformity types of fashion, telejust beneath the vision, advertising surface. In Splitting and album covers. Image and Matter Of Truong’s bland and Manhood, hair on beautiful faces are a generically male Winnie Truong’s backdrop for the unand female faces Hollow Comfort, expected things she subshows its potential to part of jects them to. Hair murender gender ambiguThe Fringes, tates and subverts ous. surprises with its mix of beauty whatever claim to generUsing hair as a metaand brutality. ic normalcy they possess. phor and a ploy, Truong Her subjects are outexplores our anxieties siders, as the punning title of the show about appearance, playing on our suggests, their hirsute beauty on the complex cultural and visual assumpverge of morphing into the grotesque. tions in ways that are both disturbing In many drawings, the elaborate hair- and strangely familiar. 3 dos take on a devouring life of their art@nowtoronto.com

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FUSION Ontario Clay and Glass Assoc; The Urban/Rural Divide, Sep 15-Nov 6, reception 6 pm Sep 15. 300 City Centre (Mississauga). 905-896-5088. ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Abel Boulineau, to Sep 25. Gary Taxali, book launch 6-9 pm Sep 21. Inuit Modern, to Oct 16. The Grange Prize, to Dec 10. Robert Motherwell, to Dec 11. General Idea, to Jan 1, 2012. Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok, to Apr 1, 2012. Canadian Industrial Photographs, to Apr 29, 2012. $18, srs $15, stu $10, free Wed 6-8:30 pm. 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. BATA SHOE MUSEUM Art In Shoes – Shoes In Art; The Roaring 20s: Heels, Hemlines And High Spirits, ongoing. $14, srs $12, stu $8. 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799. BLACKWOOD GALLERY Viva Voce, to Oct 23. U of T Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga N (Mississauga). 905-828-3789. CAMPBELL HOUSE MUSEUM Josh Thorpe, to Oct 15. 160 Queen W. 416-597-0227. DESIGN EXCHANGE Play > Nation, to Oct 10, Elinor Whidden talk 6:30-7:30 pm Sep 20. Capacity, to Oct 16 (free). $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. DORIS McCARTHY GALLERY Blue Republic, to Nov 2. 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007. GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART Jun Kaneko, to Sep 18. Creamware, to Dec 4. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. JUSTINA M. BARNICKE How Near Is Far: Models For Taking Part, to Dec 11. 7 Hart House. 416978-8398.

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to Sep 16. Inuit Traditions, Sep 17-Nov 27. Norval Morrisseau and others, to Jan 31, 2012. $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121. MOCCA TIFF Future Projections: Duane Hopkins, to Sep 18. ¡Patria O Libertad! On Patriotism, Immigration And Populism; Artur Zmijewski, to Oct 30. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067. ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM TIFF Future Projections: Peter Lynch, to Sep 18. Bollywood Cinema Showcards; Embellished Reality: Indian Painted Photographs, to Oct 2. Riotous Colour, Daring Patterns: Fashions + Textiles 18th To 21st Centuries, to Oct 16. Judith Snow, to Jan 20, 2012. The Archaeology Of Godin Tepe, Iran, to Jan 31, 2012. $24, stu/srs $21; halfprice Fri 4:30-8:30 pm; free Wed 3:30-5:30 pm. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA Magic Squares: The Patterned Imagination Of Muslim Africa In Contemporary Culture, to Nov 20, talks 6 pm Sep 20, 6:30 pm Sep 21. Cold Comfort: New And Improved Souvenirs Of Canada, to Sep 18. 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. U OF T ART CENTRE Angela Grauerholz, to Nov 26, artist’s talk/reception 4:30 pm Sep 15. 15 King’s College Circle. 416-978-1838. VARLEY ART GALLERY Max Streicher, to Oct 10. Scott Conarroe, to Nov 6. $5, stu/srs $4. 216 Main (Unionville). 905-477-9511. 3

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MUST-SEE SHOWS ANGELL Performance group show; digital prints: Alex McLeod, to Sep 24, Vessna Perunovich performance 1-4 pm Sep 17. 12 Ossington. 416-530-0444. ARTA GALLERY Photos: H2O Art Auction (benefit for WaterCan), preview 2-4 pm, doors 6:30 pm, auction 8 pm Sep 15. Photos: Wonder group show, to Sep 23. 55 Mill, bldg 9, #102. 416-364-2782. BAU-XI PHOTO Richard Barnes, to Sep 24. 324 Dundas W. 416-977-0400. DIAZ CONTEMPORARY Painting/light sculpture: Pierre Dorion and Robert Youds, Sep 15-Oct 15, reception 6-8 pm Sep 15. 100 Niagara. 416-361-2972. DRABINSKY Painting: Grace Short, to Oct 1, reception 2-5 pm Sep 17. 114 Yorkville. 416-324-5766. DRAKE HOTEL Double Talk: C Magazine and the Power Plant: Stuart Bailey and David Reinfurt (Dexter Sinister), talk 7:30-9:30 pm Sep 20. Painting: Maya Hayuk, ongoing. Video (TIFF Future Projections): David Rokeby, to Sep 18. 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. GENDAI GALLERY Feasibility Study: A Renovation In Three Stages, to Dec 12. Offsite at 1265 Bloor W. 416-534-1693, gendaigallery.org. GLADSTONE HOTEL Creative Heart Collective, noon-6 pm Sep 18 (pwyc, $2 sugg, creativeheartcollective.com). Being Scene group show, to Oct 2. Textiles: Kerry Croghan, to Nov 1. 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. KATZMAN KAMEN GALLERY I Level group show, Sep 15-Oct 15, reception 5-8 pm Sep 15. 80 Spadina #406. 416-504-9515. KWT CONTEMPORARY Painting/glass: Keiran Brent, Alexis Lavoie, David LaFrance and Rachael Wong, to Oct 1. 624 Richmond W. 416-646-2706. LOOP GALLERY Mixed media: Rochelle Rubinstein and Lanny Shereck, to Sep 25. 1273 Dundas W. 416-516-2581. MIRA GODARD Sculpture: Victor Cicansky, Sep 17-Oct 8, reception 2-5 pm Sep 17. 22 Hazelton. 416-964-8197. NICHOLAS METIVIER Painting: Mara Korkola and Greg Hardy, to Oct 8. 451 King W. 416-205-9000. O’BORN CONTEMPORARY Film (TIFF Future Projections): Elle Flanders & Tamira Sawatzky, to Sep 18, artist’s talk 2-4 pm Sep 18. Offiste at 51 Wolseley. Installation: Liam Crockard, to Sep 24, reception/performance 5-9 pm Sep 17. 131 Ossington. 416-413-9555. PAUL PETRO Painting: Gary Evans, to Oct 8. 980 Queen W. 416-979-7874. QUEEN WEST ART CRAWL Outdoor art show (Trinity Bellwoods Park), gallery walks and talks, gala 7 pm-midnight (Gladstone, 1214 Queen W) Sep 16, Sep 17-18, Parkdale Nightcrawl 7-11 pm Sep 17. Queen btwn Bathurst and Roncesvalles. queenwestartcrawl.com. ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS Installation: WeSee Inc., to Oct 7. 911 Davenport. 416-538-3997. TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX Fellini: Spectacular Obsessions, to Sep 18 ($9.25-$12). Film (TIFF Future Projections): James Franco and Gus Van Sant, to Sep 18. 350 King W. 416-599-8433. TORONTO FREE GALLERY Installation/ film/performance: Subversive Technologies, Sep 15-Oct 2, reception 6-9 pm Sep 15, Ricardo Dominquez talk 6-7 pm Sep 15, performance 2-5 pm, screening 2-3 pm Sep 17. 1277 Bloor W. 416-913-0461. TORONTO SCULPTURE GARDEN Jed Lind, Sep 20-Sep 30, 2012, reception 6-8 pm Sep 20. 115 King E. 416-515-9658. WYNICK/TUCK Chaim Pinchas Podeszwa, Yidel Podeswa and Howard Podeswa, reception Sep 15, Sep 17-Oct 8. 401 Richmond W, #128. 416-504-8716.

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Precious Glass GLASS BOYS by Nicole Lundrigan (Douglas & McIntyre), 291 pages, $22.95 paper. Rating: NNNN

nicole lundrigan’s glass boys is drenched in dread, but it doesn’t drown in it, which is one of the many reasons it’s such a powerful piece of writing. In small-town Newfoundland, Lewis, the town constable, and his brother Roy stumble drunk upon Eli Fagan just as he’s discovered that his step-son Garrett has a very creepy secret. As Eli’s rage peeks, Roy gets caught in his orbit and killed. This opening episode is a defining one for the characters. Lewis desperately seeks some emotional calm, marrying the wrong woman but fathering two precious boys, Melvin and Toby. Eli can’t stop punishing Garrett’s mother. And Garrett starts looking for ways to live out his deadly fantasies. The characters are torn up by the choices they make, whether it’s Gar-

rett’s mother, who marries Eli, the town low-life, to put a roof over her head, or Wilda, who accept Lewis’s marriage proposal to gain a sense of security that she can’t ultimately accept. Lundrigan fearlessly probes the depths humans can sink to, but she manages, too, to find lots of light. While waiting breathlessly to see how low Garrett will go, the reader can take some comfort in Melvin’s love for his mother or tender Toby’s determination to win the girl of his dreams. The author has a gift for finding the extraordinary in the ordinary – in a neighbour’s kindness, for example, or in the comforting confines of a vintage store. And the prose is gorgeously vivid. This is Lundrigan’s fourth novel, and she’s at the peak of her powers. Glass Boys is a gripping story, told with immense skill and unblinking honesty.

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agement, 105 St George. 416-978-4193. TZEPORAH BERMAN Discussing her book This Crazy Time: Living Our Environmental Challenge. Noon. Free. Graduate Student Lounge, 155 College, 7th fl. j.kopelow@utoronto.ca.

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Saturday, September 17 JOEL BAKAN 7 pm. Free. Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles. anotherstory.ca. MAUREEN JENNINGS 7 pm. Free. Tranzac, 282 Brunswick. sleuthofbakerstreet.ca. NICOLE LUNDRIGAN 2 pm. Free. Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay. 416-361-0032. JIM NASON 2 pm. Free. Glad Day Bookshop, 598A Yonge. tightropebooks.com.

Sunday, September 18 CATHERINE BUSH/DESI DI NARDO/NICKI WARD/ LUCIANO IACOBELLI/HEATHER WOOD 6 pm.

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PETER KNEGT 5 pm. Free. U of T Art Centre, 15 King’s College Circle. fernwoodpublishing.ca. REBECCA ROSENBLUM 7 pm. Free. Dora Keogh, 141 Danforth. 416-778-1804. ROBERT ROTENBERG 12:15 pm. Free. Deer Park Library, 40 St Clair E. 416-393-7657.

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Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, readings.org. EOIN COLFER 7 pm. Free (ticket required). Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-395-5577. KAREN LEFAVE 6:30 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. GARY TAXALI 6 pm. Free. ShopAGO, 317 Dundas W. ago.net. 3

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Custom-built couple It’s Miller time (times three) for the dynamic design duo By JON KAPLAN MACHOMER, BIGGER THAN JESUS AND HARDSELL written and performed by Rick Miller, MacHomer directed by Sean Lynch, Bigger and Hardsell directed by Daniel Brooks (WYRD/Necessary Angel/Factory, 125 Bathurst). MacHomer runs through September 25, Bigger runs September 29-October 9, Hardsell runs October 1323, Tuesday-Saturday 8 pm, matinee Sunday 2 pm. $20-$45. 416-504-9971.

in solo shows machomer, bigger Than Jesus and Hardsell, writer/performer Rick Miller proves he’s a chameleon of a performer. Credit designers Ben Chaisson and Beth Kates with helping to create the many faces Miller presents to the audience, from a cartoony Macbeth populated with Simpsons characters to a Christ both earthly and spiritual and a salesman who points out the

come-on behind every tempting sales pitch. The three shows open the season at Factory Theatre. Kates first met Miller in the mid90s when she was marketing director at Markham Theatre, where MacHomer was set to appear a year later. A series of fortuitous circumstances and six degrees of separation brought them back together in 1998 in Montreal, where Kates and her husband Chaisson had moved. “I redesigned the show, which then went on to the Edinburgh Festival,” recalls Kates, whose terrific design work includes Yichud. “I later became its stage manager, and Ben came in to do some other revisions. One, included the last time we played Edinburgh, was Ben’s discovery of a black kilt that replaced Rick’s broken-down jeans.” “Some new characters have ap-

peared over the years,” adds the talented Chaisson, who designed projections for Theatrefront’s The Mill. “After all, The Simpsons is 25 years old, and with the loss of Phil Hartman, some new characters and voices were added to the TV show.” Now President Obama gets a nod, as does Disco Stu, a character for whom Miller had lots of requests; the design is more like a Simpsons episode than a weirdly theatrical Macbeth. Bigger Than Jesus, which brilliantly uses the form of traditional church liturgy to explore the story and history of Christ over the past two millennia, was the couple’s second collaboration and remains the best piece of multimedia theatre I’ve ever seen. “We started working on it for a premiere Easter 2003 in Winnipeg,” smiles Kates. “I remember tearing up

pieces of paper on an airplane tray, trying to come up with some ideas. All I knew was that we needed a big screen for a surprising reveal and a flying camera that could be worked from overhead.” Miller, Kates, Chaisson and director Daniel Brooks developed both script and design collectively. Chaisson calls it a cyclical style of creation, with everyone playing around in turn with text and visuals. While MacHomer and Bigger have stayed recognizably the same over the years, look for some major reworking of Hardsell, the third solo show. There’s been a shift to a lecturebased play, says Kates. “Rick wants to be able to perform it in a non-theatrical context like a classroom or a gym where its presentation isn’t dependent on the infrastructure of a theatre,” nods Chaisson. “It’s something that would be appropriate for public events like ideacity or TED Talks.” “That way a little bit of entertainment is absorbed in something that’s not a straight lecture,” continues Kates. “In theatre, entertainment comes first. Our job as designers is to keep it simple but interesting, with a level of design integrity that supports the new focus.” After more than a decade, the design couple still love working together. They feel they complement each other – Kates’s focus is lights, set and costume, Chaisson’s sound – and mutually feed the final design, which emerges as a single shared aesthetic. That aesthetic is apparent not only onstage but also in The ToyBox, an audience-interactive multimedia concept first developed in SummerWorks 2010 that just won the pair an award from the Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology. As with all their joint projects, it came about in part through the shorthand they’ve developed over the years; they understand each other’s boundaries but always feel free to share ideas. “And we’ve only fired each other a couple of times,” laughs Kates. 3 jonkap@nowtoronto.com

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Opening BRAMPTON INDIE ARTS FEST (City of Brampton). This festival features music, dance, spoken word, visual art and more. Sep 15-16, doors open 7:30 pm, see website for schedule. Free. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane. rosetheatre.ca.

IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY by Sarah Ruhl (Royal Manitoba ñ Theatre Centre/ Tarragon Theatre). A doctor’s use of a newfangled medical device draws curiosity from his wife. Previews to Sep 20. Opens Sep 21 and runs to Oct 23, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm (no mats Sep 17, Oct 15, 22). $20-$47. 30 Bridgman. 416-5311827, tarragontheatre.com.

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CONCERT (Harold Green Jewish Theatre). The stage and screen star performs songs from a variety of Jewish musical traditions and some Broadway selections. Sep 17-18, Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $50-$150. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-366-7723, hgjewishtheatre.com. MANIFESTO FESTIVAL OF COMMUNITY AND CULTURE (Manifesto Community Projects). This

urban arts festival features live music, art exhibits, dance, poetry, film, spoken word, the Wombanifesto conference and showcase and much more. Opens Sep 15 and runs to Sep 25. Various prices, some free events. Various venues, see website for addresses and full schedule. themanifesto.ca. SPRING AWAKENING by Frank Wedekind, with music by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater (Lower Ossington Theatre). Teens journey from youth to adulthood in 19th-century Germany in this musical. Opens Sep 21 and runs to Oct 8, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm. $45$60. 100A Ossington. 416-915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com.

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RICHARD III by William Shakespeare, directed by Miles Potter (Stratford). In rep until September 25 at the Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford. $50-$106, stu/srs $25$66. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. See Out of Town, page 72. Rating: NNN shakespeare’s richard iii is a great role, full of dark comedy, devious manipulation and, finally, a fiery, desperate move against opposing forces. No wonder lots of actors want to play the part, including Stratford’s Seana McKenna, whose skills make the current production a success. The fun of Richard – for audience as well as actor – is that from the play’s beginning he takes us into his confidence, occasionally mocking himself as well as those around him as he finagles his way to the throne of England, in the process knocking off all who stand in his way. McKenna knows how to mine the

text’s ironic comedy as well as its more serious moments, creating a figure alternately seductive, reasonable, argumentative and sometimes just plain bullying. She plays it straight, as it were – the only nod to the cross-gender casting is a curtsy as well as a bow in the curtain call – and focuses on Richard’s Machiavellian powers. Director Miles Potter begins with a quick précis of Henry VI, the play that precedes Richard III in terms of history; this provides a context for the wrangling families we see onstage. Still, Potter and designer Peter Hartwell could be clearer about the story’s multiple characters; Hartwell’s costumes make the male characters (there’s a fair amount of double casting) look too much alike. Happily, the women surrounding Richard, who turn into a Greek chorus bemoaning their own state and that of the body politic, are as fleshed out as Richard. Bethany Jillard is a fresh Lady Anne, wooed and won by Richard over the body of her fatherin-law, slain by Richard (as was her husband). Yanna McIntosh’s Queen Elizabeth, wife to Richard’s brother King Edward IV, moves from woeful victim to wily adversary. Roberta Maxwell makes the Duchess of York, Richard’s mother, a sad, moody figure who finally breaks out against the evil committed by her son. Martha Henry creates a ghostly Margaret, Henry VI’s queen, whose curses against the York family pull her into their evil. The men stand out less strongly, though David Ferry’s Edward IV plays up the king’s various weaknesses and Shane Carty fashions the Lord Mayor of London into an entertainingly comical gull. 3

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The Tale Of a TOwn – Queen wesT by Lisa Marie DiLiberto (Fixt Point/ Theatre ñ Passe Muraille). This theatrical promenade

starts at TPM and goes through the neighbourhood, exploring the history of the area using music and stories. Opens Sep 15 and runs to Oct 9, Tue-Sun 7:30 pm. $20-$25. 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529, passemuraille.on.ca. The underpanTs by Carl Sternheim, adapted by Steve Martin (Coffeehouse Theatre). Various men pursue a woman after a wardrobe malfunction at a parade in this comedy. Opens Sep 16 and runs to Sep 24, Thu-Sun 8 pm, mats Sep 23-24 at 2 pm. $18, stu $15. Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen E. 416-8459411, redsandcastletheatre.com. The ZOO sTOry by Edward Albee (Two Wolves Theatre). Conflict arises when two strangers in a park strike up a conversation. Opens Sep 21 and runs to Sep 24, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $10, Wed pwyc. Cameron House, 408 Queen W, Back Room. 416-703-0811, twowolvestheatre.com.

Previewing his GreaTness by Daniel MacIvor (Independent Artists Repertory Theatre). ñ This play is based on two days in 1980 when

Tennessee Williams was in Vancouver for the opening of one of his plays. Previews Sep 2021. Opens Sep 22 and runs to Oct 23, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat 2 pm, Sun 3 pm. $40-$60, preview $20, limited pwyc Sun. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Studio. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. The Maids by Jean Genet (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre). Two maids are investigated when their mistress and her daughter are found dead in this psychosexual thriller. Previews Sep 17-21. Opens Sep 22 and runs to Oct 9, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $23$33, Sun pwyc at the door. 12 Alexander. 416975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. privaTe lives by Noël Coward (Mirvish). Exes meet at the same hotel while honeymooning with new spouses. Previews Sep 16-24. Opens Sep 25 and runs to Oct 30, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm (no mat Sep 17). $35$175. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com.

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The vaGina MOnOlOGues by Eve Ensler (Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts). Female monologists tell real women’s stories of intimacy. Sep 16, doors and silent auction 6 pm, show 8 pm. $35 (proceeds to Women’s Support Network of York Region). 10268 Yonge. 905-787-8811, rhcentre.ca.

Continuing anGelina Ballerina The Musical by Susan Di Lallo and Ben Morss (Vital Theatre). Angelina and her friends try out for the lead role in this all-ages show. Runs to Oct 30, Sun 11 am. $20. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-642-8973, lowerossingtontheatre.com.

Light Opera Company). Love blooms at a carousel ride in this classic musical. Runs to Sep 24, Wed 7 pm, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mats Sun (and Sep 24) 2 pm. $28. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall. 416-755-1717, civiclightoperacompany.com. MachOMer by Rick Miller (WYRD). Miller voices several characters from TV’s The Simpson’s in this solo comedic adaptation of Macbeth (see story, page 68). Runs to Sep 25, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20-$55. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. pains Of yOuTh by Ferdinand Bruckner (WORKhouse Theatre). Seven youths struggle with love, sex, crime, suicide and coming of age in 1920s Austria (see review, page 71). Runs to Sep 17, Tue-Sun 7 pm, mats Sep 10-11 at 2 pm. $20. Unit 102 Theatre, 46 Noble. workhousetheatre.com. nnn (JK) peOple4chanGe (lemonTree creations/TheThem). Three people are moved to create positive change after witnessing a death on the subway tracks. Runs to Sep 24, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $20, stu/srs $15, mat pwyc. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson, Backspace. 416-504-7529, lemontreecreations.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 show. Runs to Oct 30, Sun 1:30 pm. $20. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-642-8973, vitaltheatre.ca. The price by Arthur Miller (Soulpepper). Two brothers meet in their dead father’s attic to sell his possessions and hash over events that have kept them estranged for years. Diana Leblanc’s production of this lesser-known Miller play does it no favours. The first act plods along, and the fireworks in the second seem forced and full of psychobabble. The lead performances are uneven, with Jane Spidell and David Fox enlivening their supporting roles. Runs to Oct 22, see website for schedule. $45-$65, stu $28. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. nn (GS) The Queens by Normand Chaurette (Glasswater Theatre). Six royal women scheme to gain power in this play inspired by Shakespeare’s Richard III. Runs to Sep 18, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sun 2 pm. $20, stu/srs $15. Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 79A St. George. 416-978-8849, uofttix.ca. saMe TiMe, nexT year by Bernard Slade (Markham Little Theatre). Married lovers reminisce about 25 years of annual trysts. Runs to Sep 17, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $24, stu/srs $21 (Thu only). Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts, 171 Town Centre. 905-305-7469, markhamlittletheatre.ca. TOTeM by Robert Lepage (Cirque du Soleil). Cirque du Soleil’s touring show attempts to tell the story of human evolution, and if anyone could make stage magic from this ambitious premise, it’s writer/director Lepage. Helped by a superb design team, Lepage revitalizes circus routines, adding visual surprises and character bits to raise the dramatic stakes. This is also the sexiest Cirque show in recent memory; routines involving a

trio of scantily clad acrobats and an aboriginal inspired roller skating sequence could very well raise your own totem pole. Runs to Oct 9, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sun 1 & 5 pm, Fri-Sat 4 pm. $74-$249, stu/srs $67-$235, kids under 12 $54-$208. Grand Chapiteau, Port Lands, Commissioners at Cherry. cirquedusoleil.com. nnnn (GS) a view frOM The BridGe by Arthur Miller (Theatre.IV.Mimmo). Miller’s play about 1950s Italian immigrants gets a staged reading. To Sep 15, Thu 7 pm. $15 sugg donation. Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence W. wix.com/ theatreivmimmo/home. whiTe BiTinG dOG by Judith Thompson (Soulpepper). As he’s about to jump, a suicidal young man (Mike Ross) believes he hears a white dog instructing him how to turn his life around. Joseph Ziegler and Fiona Reid bring great humanity to their roles as his estranged parents, with Michaela Washburn injecting some ethical balance as Pony and Gregory Prest taking a humorous turn as a young punk boy toy. Director Nancy Palk makes a strong directorial debut, incorporating the many absurd elements of this challenging play without sacrificing its emotional depth. Runs to Oct 21, see website for schedule. $45-$65, stu $28, rush $5-$22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. nnn (Debbie Fein-Goldbach)

Out of Town The adMiraBle crichTOn by JM Barrie (Shaw Festival). Barrie’s thoughtful and ñ sometimes romantic play looks at the con-

trasting social hierarchies in the worlds of civilized London and a deserted tropical island. The Shaw ensemble, headed by Steven Sutcliffe as the conservative, subservient butler who becomes the leader on the island, captures the script’s comedy and irony, while director Morris Panych gives the story a musical vaudeville frame. Runs in rep to Oct 29. $24-$106. Festival Theatre, Niagara-onthe-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. nnnn (JK) caMelOT by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (Stratford Festival). King Arthur’s wife betrays him with his most trusted knight in this musical. Runs in rep to Oct 30. $50-$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Festival Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. candida by Bernard Shaw (Shaw Festival). A woman must choose between her preacher husband and her poet lover. Runs in rep to Oct 30. $24-$106. Royal George Theatre, Niagaraon-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. caT On a hOT Tin rOOf by Tennessee Williams (Shaw Festival). Williams’s tense, emotion-fraught script set on a Southern plantation gets a strong production under Eda Holmes’s direction. Moya O’Connell’s Maggie isn’t as sensual or seductive as she might be in the first act, but the combination of Gray Powell as Brick and Jim Mezon as Big Daddy light up the second act with theatrical fireworks. Runs in rep to Oct 23. $24-$106. Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake. shawfest.com. nnnn (JK) draMa aT inish – a cOMedy by Lennox Robinson (Shaw Festival). A company performing

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serious plays changes the mood of an Irish town used to comedies. Runs in rep to Oct 9. $24-$106. Court House Theatre, Niagara-onthe-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. The Grapes Of WraTh by John Steinbeck, adapted by Frank Galati (Stratford Festival). Ruined by the Depression, an Oklahoma farming family travels to California to seek a new life. Runs in rep to Oct 29. $50$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Avon Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. hearTbreak hOuse by Bernard Shaw (Shaw Festival). Debates and deceptions play out at a British dinner party on the eve of World War I. Runs in rep to Oct 7. $24-$106. Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake. shawfest.com. The hOmecOminG by Harold Pinter (Stratford Festival). A man and his American wife return to his all-male family in London for a tense reunion. Runs in rep to Oct 30. $50-$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Avon Theatre, Stratford. stratfordfestival.ca. hOsanna by Michel Tremblay (Stratford

Festival). A transvestite and her partner confront insecurities and illusions about identity. Runs in rep to Sep 24. $50-$80.50. Studio Theatre, Stratford. stratfordfestival.ca. Jesus chrisT supersTar by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber (Stratford Festival). The crucifixion – sound like something you’d make a musical out of? In director Des McAnuff’s hands, the radical and risky rock musical becomes a thrilling show. Paul Nolan finds the inner core of Jesus, hitting all the high notes in the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice score as the man not quite ready to do God’s bidding. As Judas, Josh Young, also an exceptional singer, manages to gain our sympathies. Chilina Kennedy as Mary Magdalene is superb, and great support from Brent Carver as Pontius Pilate and Bruce Dow as Herod. Runs in rep to Nov 6. $50-$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Avon Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival. ca. nnnn (Susan G Cole)

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Growing Pains Bruckner play gets smart staging By JON KAPLAN pains Of YOuTh by Ferdinand Bruckner, adapted by Martin Crimp, directed by Richie Wilcox (WORKhouse Theatre). At Unit 102 Theatre (46 Noble). To September 17. $20. See Continuing, page 70. workhousetheatre.com. Rating: nnn

growing up is hard, no matter what period you live in. Take the characters in Ferdinand Bruckner’s Pains Of Youth, set in 1923 Vienna. Most are medical students sharing digs in a boarding house, but neither their education nor – in some cases – their financial security makes it easy to pass through the door to adulthood. The WORKhouse Theatre produc tion captures most of the anxieties and inhibitions that dog the charac ters, but the script itself is sometimes a problem. Its seven characters seesaw be tween manipulative, strained rela tionships. Marie (Danielle BossinHardy) discovers that her boyfriend, Petrell (John-Riley O’Handley), has taken up with the lowerclass Irene (Lauren Commeford). That doesn’t bother Desiree (Carrie Hage), a countess who’s run away from home and is happy to fill the sexual vacuum in Marie’s life. Freder (Mark Paci), Desiree’s cruel, shitdis turbing ex, still has some interest in her even while he toys with the house maid, Lucy (Sarah Illiatovitch-Gold-

man). Somewhere on the sidelines is the philosophical Alt (Jonah Hundert), Marie’s older mentor. Sexual and emotional relation ships crisscross, their object often control rather than pleasure or joy. In scenes that are mostly two or threehanders, characters are seduced or switch partners with little thought either for past connections or future happiness. Director Richie Wilcox orches trates the episodes energetically, sometimes overlapping the dialogue in group scenes. Bruckner’s confron tations can be more wordy than excit ing, and at times Wilcox turns them into shouting matches instead of dra matic altercations. In a world where people eavesdrop relentlessly, the director occasionally positions the actors behind sheer cur tains at the back of the small stage, where they watch like ghosts and echo lines spoken onstage. Standouts include Paci, a manipu lative and nasty Freder, whose initial ly quiet voice is only one of his Svengalilike qualities, and Illiatovich Goldman’s naive maid, driven to im prove her station and reinvent herself. Best is the tall, elegant Hage, whose gossipy, sensual, cynical Desiree tries to control the world around her but finds it spinning so out of her grasp that she can envision only one pos sible future for herself. 3 jonkap@nowtoronto.com

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THE LITTLE YEARS by John Mighton (Stratford Festival). Mighton’s nuanced script ñ focuses on Kate, a young woman unable to

follow her dream of a science career, a loss that has a subtle impact on her family over four decades. Director Chris Abraham’s excellent production highlights the play’s emotions and fascinating ideas, with standout performances by Bethany Jillard and Irene Poole as Kate at different points in her life. Runs in rep to Sep 24. $50-$80.50. Studio Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. NNNNN (JK) MARIA SEVERA by Jay Turvey and Paul Sportelli (Shaw Festival). A woman becomes a star and popularizes fado, Portuguese music of the street, in this musical. Runs in rep to Oct 2. $24-$106. Court House Theatre, Niagaraon-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. MY FAIR LADY by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner (Shaw Festival). This musical is based on Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. Runs in rep to Oct 30. $24-$106. Festival Theatre, Niagaraon-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. ON THE ROCKS by Bernard Shaw, adapted by Michael Healey (Shaw Festival). Shaw’s political drama about a prime minister’s controversial speech gets a modern update. Runs in rep to Oct 8. $24-$106. Court House Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake. shawfest.com. RICHARD III by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). A ruthless Duke marries and murders his way to the English throne (see review, page 69). Runs in rep to Sep 25. $50-$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. NNN (JK) WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING by Andrew Bovell (Shaw Festival). Four generations of a family deal with secrets, lies and revelations in director Peter Hinton’s firstclass production, which clarifies the multiple time- and plot-lines that tie all the characters together. The superb Shaw ensemble of actors creates an emotionally moving tapestry that reveals both the pain in each generation and a final suggestion of reconciliation that crosses the years. Runs in rep to Sep 17. $24$50. Studio Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. NNNN (JK) 3

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Thursday, September 15 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Denis Grignon,

Dred Lee and host Geoff MacKay. To Sep 18, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. COMEDY THURSDAYS The Starving Artist presents host Natasha Henderson. 9 pm. Free. 584 Lansdowne. starvingartistbar.com.

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) Second City presents its ñ latest revue, a high-energy, tons-of-laughs

show that gets a big jolt of energy from four new writer/performers, a bold set and an amplified sound system. The writing is solid, but the performers sharpen each scene with their physicality, especially newcomer Alastair Forbes, a tall, lanky clown who’s unafraid of looking silly. A couple of political sketches hit their targets, and some very long sequences pay off nicely. But the funniest scenes involve a tech-challenged mom bribing her son and a surreal baseball sketch that defies time and place. Wed-Fri 8 pm, Sat 8 & 10:30 pm, Sun 7 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-3430011, secondcity.com. NNNN (GS) DURHAM REGION COMEDY FESTIVAL presents She Said What?! w/ Kristeen Von Hagen, Nikki Payne and others (Thu); Angels & Demons Gala w/ Aaron Berg, Ron Josol and

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others (Fri); Oshawa On Trial w/ Debra DiGiovanni, Hunter Collins and others (Sat). To Sep 17, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $30-$35 per show, festival pass $75. Regent Theatre, 50 King E, Oshawa. drcf.ca. THE TASTY SHOW presents weekly stand-up w/ host Jeffrey Danson. 10 pm. Free. La Revolucion, 2848 Dundas W. 416-766-0746. THE WIN-JESTER BUCKET OF COMEDY Winchester Kitchen & Bar presents a weekly open mic w/ host Michael McLean. 9 pm. Free. 51A Winchester. winchesterkitchen.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Aaron Berg. To Sep 18, Thu & Sun 8 pm, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-9676425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Arthur Simeon and Trixx. 8 pm. $11.50. 70 Interchange Way. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S WEST presents Mike Harrison and Kathleen McGee. 8 pm. $11.50. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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News Café presents improv w/ the Common Glitterati. 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416-4612668, comedyonthedanforth.com.

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 15. DURHAM REGION COMEDY FESTIVAL See Thu 15. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 15. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Terry Clement

w/ Peter Grunstra and Jay Brown. To Sep 17, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $20. 70 Interchange Way. 416967-6425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S WEST presents Stewart Silver. To Sep 17, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Saturday, September 17 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 15. THE ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY COMPLETELY MADE UP SHOW Second City presents interactive,

family-friendly improv and sketch. 1 pm. $12. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. THE BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL Perfect 10 presents Rob Mailloux, Ryan Horwood, Daniel Woodrow, Julia Hladkowicz, Rick & Chuck, John Hastings and Trixx. Doors 9:30 pm. $15. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. COMEDY LOUNGE: MONTREAL STYLE Lambadina presents Michael Lifshitz, Rebecca Kohler, Ali Hassan, Trevor Forestell and host Kris Bona-

parte. 9 pm. $10-$15. 875 Bloor W. comedylounge.ca.

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 15. DURHAM REGION COMEDY FESTIVAL See Thu 15. THE SAL & SANDY SHOW Underground Com-

edy Club presents Christopher Sawchyn Shelley Marshall and others. 8:30 pm. $12-$15. 670 Queen E. 416-732-7761. SHAUN MAJUMDER Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts presents the actor/comic in a stand-up show. 7 & 9:30 pm. $43-$48. 10268 Yonge. 905-787-8811. SPILLIN’ THE BEANS COMEDY Full of Beans Coffee presents a show w/ host Rene Payes. 7 pm. Pwyc. 1348 Dundas W. fullofbeans.ca. THEATRESPORTS Bad Dog Theatre presents fast and furious improv matches. 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, baddogtheatre.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 15. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN See Fri 16. YUK YUK’S WEST See Fri 16.

LAUGH YOUR NADS OFF Blair Streeter presents a weekly open-mic. 9 pm. Free. Naughty Nadz, 1590 Dundas E, Mississauga. 905-232-5577. LAUGHABLE AT UNLOVABLE presents K Trevor Wilson, Kathleen McGee, Amanda Day, Nick Flanagan, host Steph Tolev and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. Unlovable, 1415-B Dundas W. 416-532-6669. THE VEST SHOW IN TOWN Comedy Bar presents a variety show w/ Vest of Friends. 7 pm. Pwyc. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca.

Tuesday, September 20 AQUILA SLAMMERS Aquila presents Ron Josol, Rocket Hotdog, James Gangl & Friend and Dave Merheje. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 347 Keele. 416761-7474.

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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents an all-black, all-female comedy showcase w/ Kellye Howard, Keesha Brownie, Crystal Ferrier, Zabrina Chevannes and host Andrew Johnston. 8:30 pm. $10. 12 Alexander. femaledogsalad@gmail.com. COMEDY AND KARAOKE Impulsive Entertainment presents the Regulars, Shoeless, Haircut, Garrett Jameson, Adam Downey and host Mike Rita. 8 pm. $5. Hard Luck Bar, 812 Dundas W. hardluckbar.com.

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THE SECOND CITY’S IMPROV ALL-STARS Second City presents a fast-paced, imñ provised weekly show. To Sep 27, 8 pm. $20,

Sunday, September 18 LAUGH SABBATH presents Jim Jam! w/

8:30 pm. $5. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. laughsabbath.com. SEPTEMBER = AWESOME NBAcomics presents Ali Hassan, Tim Gilbert, Keesha Brownie, Paul Hoerdt, Ryan Maglunob, Mike Rita, Morgan Joy and host David Andrew Brent. 10 pm. $15-$20. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 15.

Monday, September 19 ALT.COMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli presents Todd Van Allen, Mark Little, Laurie Elliott, ñ Mark Forward, Dave Merheje, Bryan Hatt, DJ

Demers, Michael Nemiroff, MC Ryan Belleville and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. BEST. MONDAY. EVER. Second City presents a sketch, songs and improvisation. 8 pm. $12. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. BILL BAILEY’S DANDELION MIND SHOW Live Nation presents the musical comedian in a live show. 7:30 pm. $35. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-872-1212, billbailey.co.uk. HARD TIMES AT THE HARD LUCK Impulsive Entertainment presents a comedy mashup w/ Cheap Smokes, Jim Kim, SharkJump, Mantown and host Bryan O’Gorman. 9 pm. $5. Hard Luck Bar, 812 Dundas W. hardluckbar.com.

stu $15. 51 Mercer. secondcity.com.

TORONTO COMEDY BRAWL SEMIFINALS Toronto Comedy Brawl presents amateur comedians competing for $1,000. 7:30 pm. $5. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. torontocomedybrawl.com.

Wednesday, September 21 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am Night w/

Mark Scalia, Catherine McCormick, Connor Savage, Dale Cotnam, Dr. Ron, Rob Browne and host Jason Harper. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. CORKTOWN COMEDY Betty’s presents an open mic w/ Peter Aterman, Rose Giles, Matt Shury, host Brian Coughlin and others. 9 pm. Free. 240 King E. corktowncomedy.com. DJ DEMERS presents a weekly show w/ guests. 8 pm. $5. Underground Comedy Club, 670 Queen E. djdemers.com.

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 15. SIREN’S COMEDY Celt’s Pub presents open-mic

stand-up w/ Archi Zuber and Andrew Barr. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416-767-3339. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Bryan Hatt. To Sep 24, Wed-Thu 8 pm, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-9676425, yukyuks.com. 3

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Breaking Bad actor knows how to shift gears in his career By NORMAN WILNER DRIVE directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, written by Hossein Amini from the novel by James Sallis, with Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston and Albert Brooks. An Alliance Films release. 100 minutes. Opens Friday (September 16). For venues and times, see Movies, page 75.

in the insanity of the toronto Film Festival, Bryan Cranston is his own oasis – relaxed, almost placid, catching a breather after the whirlwind of the Drive press day. Publicists and stragglers are hovering around Ryan Gosling and Albert Brooks, who have the showier roles in the picture; Cranston has a more subtle part as Gosling’s mentor, Shannon. But he matters to somebody: no sooner have we sat down to talk than we’re interrupted by Drive’s director, Nicolas Winding Refn.

“Can I just say one thing?” he asks, grabbing Cranston in a hug. “There’s gonna be a movie, a new movie between Bryan and [me], and it’s basically gonna be a shot of Bryan reading the phone book from A to Z. Because he’s the greatest actor, he’s gonna make that the most suspenseful film ever made.” I would watch that movie. Over the years, Cranston has established himself as a versatile, volatile actor who can play just about any role – from the cartoonish dad in Malcolm In The Middle to Breaking Bad’s disintegrating anti-hero, Walter White, and dozens of film roles in between. Cranston’s Shannon is a tiny, perfect study of a flawed man whose bad judgment and misplaced optimism lead him into a very bad place. Brooks will get the Oscar nomination, but he’ll get it for his scenes

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ñ(Nicolas Winding Refn) Rating: NNNN Nicolas Winding Refn’s stripped-down crime picture Drive won the best director prize at Cannes. It’s a solid riff on stylish 80s brooders like Michael Mann’s Thief and William Friedkin’s To Live And Die In L.A. Ryan Gosling stars as a stunt driver who moonlights as a wheelman for hire; when he tries to help a neighbour (Carey Mulligan), he finds himself on the wrong side of some very bad people. Blood and retribution follow. Winding Refn shakes off the theatricality of his last film, Bronson, for a more intimate approach, and his actors are right Ryan Gosling puts there with him: Gosling finds the middle the pedal to the ground between Steve McQueen and a metal in Drive. Terminator, Mulligan is appropriately winsome and Bryan Cranston brings tragic gravity to the role of Gosling’s shady employer. But it’s Albert Brooks who walks off with the picture as a gimlet-eyed heavy with a fondness for NW edged weapons.

with Cranston. And as far as I can tell, Cranston is entirely fine with that; he’s genuinely happy for the heat around his co-stars, glad to be part of a project that’s so well-received. “I’m just goin’ along,” he says with the shrug of an industry veteran. “I don’t know what’s in store for me next year, the year after that. I have no idea. Opportunities have opened up, and I’m more than willing – and grateful – to be on this ride.” Signing on to Drive was a bit of a leap, though. “The character was a little Burgess Meredith-in-Rocky,” Cranston says, “and I thought, ‘Well, what I’d really like to do is explore a little bit,’ and [Winding Refn] said, ‘Well, what do you want to do? Say anything you want, do anything you want. Just tell me you’ll take the role and I’ll let you do whatever you want to do.’ I’d never heard that before: ‘Do whatever you want.’ “That kind of carte blanche was both exciting and a little frightening at the time,” he continues. “There’s an old trust exercise in every beginner’s acting class where you turn around and fall back. And at first you go, ‘Are you gonna catch me?’ You have to learn to trust who you’re working with. So I just looked at it like that – I’m just gonna fall back, and he’ll catch me.” Cranston won’t be hurting for work once Breaking Bad comes to an end next season. For the first time in his career, he’s in a position to develop a personal project. He doesn’t want to discuss the details for fear of jinxing it, but it’s something that’ll take up a lot of his time once it gets going. “I wrote it, I’ll direct it – I wouldn’t star in it,” he says. “But now, meeting all these young, good actors, I’m gonna come calling, you know? Come knocking on their door, and say ‘I need you. I need you to do this.’ You know. we’ve had a good experience working on another movie or something, so they’ll want to.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com

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Most of the A-list red carpets were rolled out last weekend and earlier this week, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still lots of good movies to see. Here are some that NOW critics loved that are screening in the fest’s final days. See tiff.net for tickets.

Thursday, September 15 LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR Sheldon Larry re-energizes the dance movie genre with this hilarious story about a gay kid (Ephraim Sykes) who’s kicked out of his home and takes up with a flamboyant troupe of drag queens who compete in L.A.’s ballroom scene. 2:30 pm, AMC 6; and Sunday, September 18, 8:45 pm, Scotiabank 1

Don’t miss Leave It On The Floor.

THE KID WITH A BIKE The Dardenne brothers present their most optimistic film yet, about a boy (Thomas Doret) whose foster mother (Cecile de France) helps him come to terms with being abandoned by his father (Dardennes regular Jérémie Renier). 7:45 pm, Isabel Bader

Friday, September 16 YOUR SISTER’S SISTER Rosemarie DeWitt and Emily Blunt, two of the best youngish female actors around, play sisters in this emotionally raw but funny look at 30-something characters in crisis. Noon, Ryerson

Michael Shannon is remarkable in Take Shelter.

TAKE SHELTER Michael Shannon, Oscar-nominated for Revolutionary Road, delivers another awards-worthy turn as a man who starts having apocalyptic dreams. NOW cover girl Jessica Chastain (The Help, The Debt) has some fine moments as his confused but supportive wife. 2:15 pm, Scotiabank 4

Saturday, September 17 CORIOLANUS

Sunday, September 18 PINA

Ralph Fiennes plays the conflicted title character and makes a brilliant directorial debut helming this muscular adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy. Oscar should come calling for Vanessa Redgrave’s turn as a formidable mother. 9:30 am, Scotiabank 3

Wim Wenders makes magnificent use of 3-D technology to capture the essence of late, great choreographer Pina Bausch, with generous excerpts from her work and moving testimonials from her troupe of dancers. Noon, Lightbox 1

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Emile Hirsch plays a dim Texan who hires a hit man (Matthew McConaughey) to murder his mother for the insurance. The story’s worthy of the Coen brothers, and director William Friedkin creates a vivid and lurid landscape. 9 pm, Visa Screening Room (Elgin)

Léa Pool’s superb, shit-disturbing doc looks at the ways corporations exploit breast cancer for profit while doing almost nothing about the epidemic itself. 12:15 pm, Scotiabank 1 For more TIFF coverage, see page 40 and nowtoronto.com/tiff.

Matthew McConaughey kills in Killer Joe. Laetitia Casta and Eric Elmosnino can’t save overwrought Gainsbourg.

Career Comedy

She doesn’t Sarah Jessica Parker keeps Carrie-ing on.

stylized biopiC I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT (Douglas McGrath). 95 minutes. Opens Friday (September 16). For venues and times, see Movies, page 75. Rating: NN

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As soon as you hear Sarah Jessica Parker’s voice-over launching I Don’t Know How She Does It, you just know the filmmakers are hoping it will recall those opening sequences in Sex And The City. Forget that. This bland comedy about a woman juggling career and family has no edge at all. Parker plays investment adviser Kate Reddy, who has two children and a yummy hubby, Richard (Greg Kinnear), and can’t give them even five minutes of her time a day. Soon she has the chance of a life time to develop a new fund alongside financial heavyweight Jack Abel hammer (Pierce Brosnan) and has to spend even more time travelling. Everything should completely fall apart at this point, but except for a mammogram reference and a scene stealing performance by Olivia Munn as Kate’s emotionally challenged as sistant, this movie takes no risks and refuses to raise the stakes. Richard’s not sleeping with the dishy nanny, Kate and Jack have tepid chemistry, so you never worry that they might get it on.... You get the picture. A harmless trifle that must have been written in some one’s sleep. SUSAN G. COLE

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Silly Serge GAINSbOUrG (Joann Sfar). 130 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (September 16). For venues and times, see Movies, page 75. Rating: NN You can’t say Gainsbourg lacks vision. It’s got vision to spare, really. That’s the problem. Recounting the life of French cultural icon Serge Gainsbourg, whose ennui-laced musical stylings defined European cool for a generation raised on jazz and Godard, graphic novelist Joann Sfar adopts an ambitious, surrealistic style that turns incidents from his subject’s life into visual metaphors, presenting Gainsbourg’s life as Sfar imagines he experienced it. The result plays like Olivier Dahan’s exasperating Edith Piaf biopic, La Vie

En Rose, on mushrooms. In scenes of the young artist-to-be (played as a lad by Kasey Mottet Klein) knocking around occupied France, he’s accompanied by a giant anti-Semitic caricature from a propaganda poster. (No, it doesn’t make a lot of sense.) Next, he’s in his 20s and played by Eric Elmosnino, sullenly working in a piano bar and bringing dates to Salvador Dalí’s flat. As he moves toward his curious stardom, he’s followed everywhere by a spindly doppelgänger with Max Schreck fingertips who taunts our hero about his limits and dances around on fire, just because. The whole movie’s like that. Sfar tries to cram so much into 130 minutes – Laetitia Casta as Bardot! Lucy Gordon as Jane Birkin! Art! Entropy! – that the effect is exhausting. Gainsbourg never really digs into its subject, but that may be because it sees him in two NOrMAN WILNEr dimensions.

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(D: Rod Lurie, 110 min) The classic 1970s thriller gets a remake starring James Marsden and Kate Bosworth as a couple who move to the South and get terrorized by the locals.

The Lion King 3D (D: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, 89 min) The influential 1994 Disney animated film with music by Hans Zimmer and songs by Elton John gets a 3-D makeover. Both open Friday (September 16). Screened after press time – see review of Straw Dogs September 16 at nowtoronto.com/movies.

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(Maya Rudolph). Even as the situations grow increasingly cartoonish, Bridesmaids paints a credible portrait of a woman in crisis, with Wiig giving a nicely considered performance in her first leading role. 124 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Mt Pleasant, Yonge & Dundas 24

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BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR (Tom Brady) might be the most toxic comedy ever made. This story of an Iowa rube (cowriter Nick Swardson) who travels to Los Angeles to follow in the footsteps of his former porn star parents deals in reprehensible stereotypes and (for a raunchy comedy) shockingly tame jokes. Director Brady wastes competent actors like Christina Ricci as Bucky’s love interest, Stephen Dorff as an actor and Don Johnson as a director. The blame here falls squarely at the feet of co-writer and producer Adam Sandler, who needs to stop putting out trash like this to keep his cronies working. 98 min. N (Andrew Parker) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, 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

instead of iPhones and blasted Tribe and De La Soul’s backpack raps instead of the Auto-Tuned tracks dominating clubs today. 95 min. NNN (RS) Carlton Cinema

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(Mike Mills) is a terribly tender drama about a graphic artist (Ewan McGregor) still getting over the death of his father (Christopher Plummer), who spends his last few years out of the closet. See it for Plummer, who plunges gleefully into the role of gay rogue. 105 min. NNNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema

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(Paul Feig) is a broad farce starring Kristen Wiig as a Milwaukee baker whose emotional equilibrium is in no state to cope with the impending marriage of best friend Lillian

ATTACK THE BLOCK (Joe Cornish) is

Cornish’s tremendously assured debut, taking place over one night in a low-rent South London housing district under siege from an invasion of extraterrestrial beasties, with a bunch of local thugs, an off-duty nurse (Venus’s Jodie Whittaker) and a pot dealer (Nick Frost) banding together to fend off the threat. It may not have Johnny Depp or giant robots, but it’s got everything a summer movie needs. Trust. 88 min. NNNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

BAD TEACHER (Jake Kasdan) stars Cameron Diaz as a high-functioning sociopath teaching seventh grade at a dinky Illinois school and chasing the new substitute teacher (Justin Timberlake). Jason Segel walks off with the picture as an affable, unassuming gym teacher who’s hip to Diaz’s game but attracted to her anyway. 92 min. NNN (NW) Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway

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feels like any other E! celebrity profile about a successful band that just can’t keep it together. What was and still is groundbreaking is Tribe’s music. Rapaport delivers a sweet trip back to the days when hip-hop heads rocked boom boxes

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CARS 2 (John Lasseter) is bigger, shinier and far, far busier than the first film, but it’s all for naught. The elaborate spy parody focuses on tow truck Mater (redneck comic Larry the Cable Guy) who’s mistaken for an American agent and caught up in an espionage caper. The animation is up to Pixar’s high standards, but the story is a mess. 120 min. NN (NW) Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20

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APOLLO 18 (Gonzalo López-Gallego) marks a boring new low for the “found footage” horror film genre. Purportedly comprised of film of an abandoned secret space mission that NASA undertook in late 1974, it follows two astronauts (Warren Christie and Lloyd Owen) who land on the moon and eventually discover something or someone else is doing the moonwalk with them. The grainy, staticky footage is the only thing about the film that seems authentic. Director López-Gallego relies on visual and aural “Boo!” moments to amp up tension, and the actors are doubly penned in – by bulky suits and cramped quarters and by a script that doesn’t allow them to create any kind of character or motivation. 86 min. N (GS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale

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old paintings discovered in the Chauvet Pont d’Arc cave as though we were standing 4 feet away from them. Experts explain the historical value of the cave, but director Herzog’s contemplative narration is all we really need. That, and some closing footage of mutant albino crocodiles. Some subtitles. 95 min. NNNN (NW) Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kingsway Theatre, Varsity

The ChaNge-Up (David Dobkin) is a stupid

body-swapping comedy with a great performance by Ryan Reynolds, who succeeds in sending up his frat-boy image and channelling Jason Bateman’s fussy-prissy persona so well that he completely unbalances the movie. Reynolds single-handedly gives The Change-Up its live-wire energy and a couple of really big laughs. 112 min. NN (NW) Courtney Park 16, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24

ChasiNg Madoff (Jeff Prosserman) is a

plodding documentary about Harry Markopolos, a financial analyst who uncovered Bernie Madoff’s devastating Ponzi scheme nearly a decade before Madoff turned himself in, only to be ignored by U.S. financial regulators. Prosserman lets Markopolos tells his story in exhausting, outraged detail, backed up by colleagues and other experts who agree that Markopolos did indeed have Madoff’s number, but the Bush-era overseers of the financial sector just didn’t care. It’s great that Markopolos’s righteous efforts are finally being acknowledged, but it quickly becomes clear that Prosserman isn’t going to address anything else. He just tracks Markopolos’s repeated attempts to expose Madoff’s scam in what feels like real time. 91 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema

ColoMbiaNa (Olivier Megaton) rises

above its overworked action story to become enjoyable light entertainment thanks to smart directing and a clever hero (Zoe Saldana). Nine-year-old Cataleya sees her parents gunned down in Bogotá; 15 years later she’s an assassin for hire in Chicago, with the mobster who orphaned her and the FBI closing in fast. All but the first of five big set pieces are built around her stealth, speed and trickery. Director Megaton keeps the action

lively and lucid. 107 min. NNN (AD) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Marcus Nispel) offers almost everything you could want in a pure trash sword-and-sorcery flick: non-stop action, hardcore violence, epic sweep, gaudy villains, a grim sense of humour, some nudity and a little sex. Star Jason Momoa has the aggression and brutal attitude to play Conan, a barbarian seeking vengeance on the nascent world dominator who killed his father. But he looks too much like a pretty boy. Along with the familiar sword fights and punchups, director Nispel pulls off a very good horse-and-carriage chase and underground battle with a tentacled horror. The 3-D enhances the highlights but otherwise adds little. 112 min. NNNN (AD) Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Rainbow Woodbine

CoNTagioN (Steven Soderbergh) is a

disease procedural about the Center for Disease Control’s response to the outbreak of an unknown virus with the potential to kill millions. Matt Damon stands in as an Everyman who loses his wife and son early on and struggles through social breakdown. Laurence Fishburne plays the CDC chief, pilloried in the media, represented by Jude Law as an influential blogger with a private agenda. Soderbergh keeps the action zipping along like a thriller with short, sharp scenes, purely visual storytelling and liberal use of pounding music. 105 min. NNN (AD) 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, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

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tiche that might have been, but mostly this is a mess – though Daniel Craig singlehandedly gives the movie something like a heart as its amnesiac hero. 112 min. NN (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñCrazy, sTUpid, love.

(Glenn Ficarra, John Requa) does for the rom-com genre what directors Ficarra and Requa’s I Love You Phillip Morris did for the caper picture, revitalizing a well-worn formula with intelligence, charm and clever storytelling. Steve Carell fleshes out his 40-Year-Old Virgin haplessness nicely, but it’s Ryan Gosling’s blossoming romance with savvy young lawyer Emma Stone that gives the movie its best moments. 118 min. NNNN (NW) Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Humber Cinema, Interchange 30, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

CreaTUre (Fred Andrews) follows a crop of indistinguishable characters vacationing in Louisiana who are just annoying enough for audiences to anxiously anticipate their bloody demise. Unfortunately, they die at the hands of a half-man/halfcrocodile portrayed by an actor in an embarrassingly fake rubber suit with an immobile mouth. The script is a collection of clichés and gore, suitable only those desperate to see anything even remotely resembling a horror movie, regardless of quality. (Oh, they’re out there.) If this were a parody of horror cheese it might be worth recommending, but all the laughs are unintentional. It’s a throwback to 80s horror sleaze without the charm. 93 min. N (Phil Brown) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Yonge & Dundas 24 The debT (John Madden) has plot holes all over the place – no one notices spies smuggling a body into an apartment, for example – but it’s an effective nail-biter. Three Mossad agents return to Israel as heroes after they’ve tracked down and

killed a Nazi war criminal. Or have they? The Debt features a fascinating moral dilemma, but that doesn’t surface till way late, so the film isn’t nearly as weighty as it wants to be. It’s really just a thriller with superb performances, especially by Helen Mirren as the agent whose daughter has written a book about the case, and Tom Wilkinson as the spymaster who fears for his reputation. Watch for the scene where one of the spies gets a gynecological exam. Totally terrifying. 112 min. NNN (SGC) Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

The devil’s doUble (Lee Tamahori) turns the true story of Latif Yahia, an Iraqi soldier forced to become the public double of Uday Hussein during the first Gulf War, into an ungainly parable about the trappings of power. Director Tamahori seems to get off on Uday’s debauchery, but Dominic Cooper’s dual performance keeps us firmly on Latif’s side. 108 min. NNN (NW) Carlton Cinema doN’T be afraid of The dark (Troy Nixey) is writer/producer Guillermo del Toro’s long-in-the-works remake of a 1974 TV movie that freaked out his nine-yearold self, and it’s certainly possible that this version will similarly give youngsters a serious case of the willies. But everyone else will find it more silly than suspenseful (it’s yet another horror movie where characters stay in a Bad Place beyond any credible point), and director Nixey just isn’t as skilled at sliding between delicate fantasy and chilling horror as del Toro himself. 99 min. NN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale drive ñNNNN 73.

(Nicolas Winding Refn) 100 min. See interview and review, page (NW)

Opens Sep 16 at 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity.

fiNal desTiNaTioN 5 (Steven Quale) is a

return to goofball form for the franchise after the underwhelming third and fourth films, with ridiculous Rube Goldbergian mechanisms involving loose screws, leaky air conditioners, unsupervised factory equipment and an overamped surgical laser. Director Quale invests things with a little more wit than usual. 92 min. NNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30

frieNds wiTh beNefiTs (Will Gluck) casts Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake as pals who figure out that their complementary “emotional damage” allows them to get naked without getting emotional – at least in theory. It’s not laugh-out-loud funny, but it does have some clever dialogue and moments of perceptive observation. In other words, it’s a lot better than No Strings Attached, and really, that’s all you can ask of a movie like this. 104 min. NNN (NW) Colossus frighT NighT (Craig Gillespie) only runs into trouble when it tries to reinvent Tom Holland’s 1985 horror comedy as a blockbuster. At its heart, it’s a small-scale creeper about a suburban teenager (a weedy Anton Yelchin) who can’t get anyone to believe him when a vampire (Colin Farrell) moves into his neighbourhood and starts devouring call girls. The remake makes a few tactical errors, like throwing out the slow build of Holland’s original for more action beats, including an entirely unnecessary set piece cribbed from Children Of Men set inside a moving vehicle. But once David Tennant gets involved as the disreputable Vegas illusionist to whom Yelchin turns for assistance, director Gillespie finds the groove he’s been

= Critics’ Pick nnnnn = Top ten of the year nnnn = Honourable mention nnn = Entertaining nn = Mediocre n = Bomb

chasing, and Farrell gets an adversary with the appropriate stature – and terrific comic timing. 106 min. NNN (NW) Courtney Park 16, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Scotiabank Theatre

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GaiNsbourG (Joann Sfar) 130 min. See

Chinese romantic comedy about a mother, her three daughters and their attempts to find romance. 103 min. Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

review, page 74. NN (NW) Opens Sep 16 at Cumberland 4.

ñThe Guard

(John Michael McDonagh) is showy, smart and hysterically funny, which is no mean feat for a movie about a small-town Garda sergeant (Brendan Gleeson) and an FBI agent (Don Cheadle) on the trail of a drug-smuggling ring in rural Ireland. It’s a delight to watch Gleeson exchange flinty insults with Cheadle, another master of the underplayed reaction; better still to watch the two actors slowly sync up as events draw their characters closer together and writer/director McDonagh (brother of In Bruges writer/director Martin) shifts his easygoing movie into something approaching fourth gear. The Guard is the finest, oddest buddy-cop picture I’ve seen since Hot Fuzz, but it plays out in a very different, very specifically Irish way. Damned if it isn’t one of the best movies I’ve seen this year. 96 min. NNNNN (NW) Cumberland 4, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga

PoTTer aNd The deaThly hallows ParT 2 ñharry

(David Yates) serves not just as the second half of the Deathly Hallows story, but as the climax to the entire Harry Potter saga – and it delivers, with Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) working their way back to Hogwarts for a final battle with the forces of the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). See it in 2-D if you can. 130 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

The helP (Tate Taylor) is a successful

adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s megaselling novel thanks to another powerful performance by Viola Davis (Doubt) as a maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who agrees to share her story with an upstart journalist. Too bad the junior league matrons exploiting the help play their parts to stereotypically shrieking heights. 137 min. NNN (SGC) 401 & Morningside, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñhorrible bosses

(Seth Gordon) casts Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day as put-upon wage slaves who decide to murder their repugnant employers (Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell and Jennifer Aniston), only to see their clockwork plan go sideways almost immediately. It’s a devilishly smart farce disguised as a really, really dumb one, with Sudeikis and Day turning their Going The Distance buddy act into a perpetual joke machine. 97 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

i doN’T KNow how she does iT (Doug-

las McGrath) 95 min. See review, page 74.

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The lioN KiNG 3d (Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff) 87 min. See Also Opening, page 74. Opens Sep 16 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles,

love iN sPace (Wing Shya, Tony Chan) is a

MidNiGhT iN Paris (Woody Allen) casts

Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams as an engaged couple vacationing in Paris, where at midnight, a vintage cab picks up a wandering Wilson and takes him back in time to meet the great artists of the 20s. It’s a pleasurable narrative hook, but the message that life is best lived in the present tense is too banal to make us care. 94 min. NN (SGC) Canada Square, Humber Cinema, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Rainbow Promenade, Varsity

My KiNGdoM (Goa Xiaosong) is an epic story about love, family honour and revenge set in 1920s Shanghai. 108 min. Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24 oNe day (Lone Scherfig) doesn’t quite

work, but there are some affecting moments in this adaptation of David Nicholls’s clever gimmick of a romantic bestseller. Dexter (Jim Sturgess) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) drunkenly stumble into bed after graduation from their Edinburgh university, and on the same day for the next 19 years we check in on them as their personal and professional lives rise or fall and they do or don’t acknowledge their attraction to each other. Director Scherfig (An Education) and Nicholls, who wrote the unsubtle screenplay, don’t let us work very hard to figure things out, and the characters feel awfully thin: what happened to Emma’s early left-leaning views? Sturgess handles the showier role with an angry, unpredictable edge, while Hathaway, accent mostly in check, suffers stoically through a series of bad haircuts, sarcastic one-liners and the odd unreadable line. And it’s hard to believe that in two decades neither of them gains any weight. 107 min. NN (GS) Carlton Cinema, Grande - Yonge, Humber Cinema, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant

oNe MaN, Two GuvNors is a broadcast

from London’s National Theatre of Richard Bean’s English version of Goldoni’s Italian comedy, starring James Corden. 160 min. Sep 15, 7 pm, at Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, SilverCity Yonge

ñour idioT broTher

(Jesse Peretz) tracks the trail of destruction left by 30-something hippie Ned (Paul Rudd) as he bounces between the homes of his three adult sisters (Emily Mortimer, Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel). It’s subtle, different and really funny, with the cutting social satire of a Nicole Holofcener movie and also Steve Coogan’s balls. 90 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24

PaGe oNe: a year iNside The New yorK TiMes (Andrew Rossi) goes inside Amer-

ica’s most prestigious daily, where advertising revenue is tanking. A new generation of newshounds gets its information online, and the future looks dim. Unfortunately, there’s very little new and exciting here, except for the presence of idiosyncratic media writer David Carr. 88 min. NN (SGC) Kingsway Theatre

Pearl JaM TweNTy (Cameron Crowe)

pays loving tribute to Crowe’s old friends Pearl Jam in this mix of historical footage, interview and performance. The two-hour continued on page 78 œ

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running time allows him to dig deep into the band’s history, from their days in the 90s Seattle scene, through the dark times following nine fans’ deaths at the 2000 Roskilde festival, to the present day. While the second half packs less of an emotional punch than the first, Pearl Jam Twenty is an informative, entertaining look at the inner workings of a long-lived band. 119 min. NNN (Joanne Huffa) Sep 20, 7 pm, at Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga

ñPotiche

(François Ozon) stars Catherine Deneuve as a woman who, in the late 70s, comes into her own when her reactionary, philandering husband falls ill and she takes over the family factory. One big gobsmacking pleasure. Subtitled. 103 min. NNNN (SGC) Mt Pleasant, Regent Theatre

Rise of the PlaNet of the aPes (Rupert

Holocaust drama for the same audience that bought into the painfully discreet depiction of war crimes in The Reader; anything that might convey some genuine horror is delicately avoided. Kristin Scott Thomas is largely wasted as a contemporary journalist; her framing story means absolutely nothing. Some subtitles. 102 min. NN (NW) Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Asif Kapadia) tracks the Brazilian Formula 1 driver Ayrton from his first Grand Prix to his final, fatal race in San Marino. It never lags, thanks to a refreshing absence of standard talking-head interviews. Each race depicted comes with its own set of challenges, whether a title is on the line or some heated personal drama raises the stakes. A focused nutsand-bolts tribute that’s engineered to thrill. 104 min. NNNN (RS) Canada Square, Colossus, Cumberland 4, Varsity

Wyatt) follows a genius Alzheimer’s researcher (James Franco) who raises a superintelligent chimp (performed though shaRK Night 3D (David Ellis) is a really the magic of motion capture by Andy dumb horror movie that at least delivers on Serkis), who’ll grow up to lead a rebellion the promise of a night of sharks – in 3-D of similarly enhanced primates. Stuff hapand everything! – endured by a handful of pens, but none of it is anchored to anyLouisiana college students who make the thing that makes any kind of sense. 105 mistake of spending a weekend at a salt401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Colimin. NN (NW) water lake infested with man-eaters. The seum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, screenwriters deserve points for coming up 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, CanColossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town with a plot that defies horror-movie logic ada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum MisCentre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, by (mostly) letting characters react to their sissauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow situation with some intelligence, but direcCourtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiator Ellis (Final Destination 2) is really just in Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande bank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity it for the bloody effects, which he executes - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale with gusto. If you do see it, make sure you Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, the smuRfs iN 3D (Raja Gosnell) is a stay all the way1through the end credits SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale RCM_RCM_Now_contests_Andalusia1/5bw_Layout 11-09-12 1:19 PMfor Pagebland 1 and largely unfunny attempt to the cast’s weirdly compelling music video. saRah’s Key (Gilles Paquet-Brenner) is a capture the joy of Peyo’s comics and the 85 min. NN (NW) 1980s animated series. The Smurfs themselves are dull and uninspired, as is the human cast, with the exception of Hank Azaria as the evil Gargamel. 103 min. NN (Andrew Parker) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, ColiWIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO THIS CONCERT seum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Robert Rodriguez) doesn’t live up to its scratch-and-sniff card gimmick, but it still manages to be entertaining and inventive. Kids will have fun watching a new trio of child secret agents try to save the world’s time. Adults will appreciate enjoyable performances by the likes of Jeremy Piven and Joel McHale. 89 min. NNN (Andrew Parker) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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30 miNutes oR less (Ruben Fleischer) may be the shabbiest, shruggiest heist movie ever made, but it’s enjoyable enough on its own very modest terms. Two Grand Rapids thugs (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson) rig a pizza delivery guy (Jesse Eisenberg) with a vest bomb and order him to rob a bank. This plays out precisely as far as it will go. 82 min. NNN (NW)

James Marsden and Kate Bosworth have a run-in with Alexander Skarsgård in Straw Dogs. Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

3D sex aND ZeN (Christopher Sun) feels

like a hybrid: actors and visuals by Penthouse, acting and story by the Shaw Brothers. That is, attractive nudes, handsomely lit, performing old-school kung fu movie oratory in a lunatic plot, with the bonus of effective 3-D. 129 min. NNN (AD) Coliseum Scarborough, Grande - Yonge

tRaNsfoRmeRs: DaRK of the mooN

(Michael Bay) delivers a giant-robot punch-up that’s visually inventive, spatially coherent and occasionally even funny, even if it is way too long and the plot is kind of ridiculous. Action sequences are impressively assembled. 157 min. NNN (NW) Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20

ñthe tRee of life

(Terrence Malick) perfects the intuitive approach to cinema Malick has been developing for nearly four decades, and it affected me more profoundly than any of his earlier films. It’s beautiful in its inelegance and confusion, embracing the awe of adolescence and the loss of innocence in the purest sense of those terms. It’s a rhapsody on the mystery of simply being alive. 138 min. NNNNN (NW) Cumberland 4, Humber Cinema, Regent Theatre

ñthe tRiP

(Michael Winterbottom) finds Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reprising the slightly exaggerated versions of themselves they played in director Winterbottom’s Tristram Shandy: A Cock And Bull Story, with the insecure, status-chasing Coogan inviting oblivious git Brydon on a weeklong tour of restaurants in the north of England. It’s practically transcendent, the comedy of the year. 107 min. NNNNN (NW) Cumberland 4, Kingsway Theatre

WaRRioR (Gavin O’Connor) starts as a

drama about a broken family and devolves into blatant cheerleading for mixed martial arts when two estranged brothers (Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy) enter the same high-stakes tournament. Happily married physics teacher Brendan returns to parking-lot cage fighting to stave off foreclosure on his home. His brother, Tommy the embittered loner, drifts into town to train with their father (Nick Nolte), a recovering alcoholic whom both brothers despise. Family conflicts wither to bonehead simplicity once the big punch-ups start. The action is well-staged

for thrills, surprises and showcases the fighters’ courage and technique, but the movie self-destructs on the utter falsity of its single-line climactic speech. 139 min. NN (AD) 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 Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

ñthe WhistlebloWeR

(Larysa Kondracki) is a movie that despite some storytelling flaws needs to be seen because of its subject matter: sex trafficking. Rachel Weisz turns in a fierce performance as Kathryn Bolkovac, a UN peacekeeper in Bosnia who discovers a horrific sex trade involving UN officials. It’s a solid thriller that, like Bolkovac, never loses sight of what’s most important: the victims. 100 min. NNNN (RS) Canada Square, Humber Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20

ñWiNNie the Pooh

(Stephen Anderson, Don Hall) works as a lovely update of Disney’s 1977 feature The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh, adding a tender undercurrent of nostalgia for the adults in the audience, subtly encouraging us to remember how it felt to discover Milne’s stories for the first time. I never thought I’d see a Pooh movie that addresses Eeyore’s depressive tendencies head on, but this one does, and it’s hysterical. 73 min. NNNN (NW) Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre

ñx-meN: fiRst class

(Matthew Vaughn) is a proper origin story for the mutant characters that strikes the same balance of gravitas and knowing camp that powered Bryan Singer’s first two X-films. Having toyed with costumed heroes in last year’s Kick-Ass, director Vaughn gets to play on a much larger scale here, and he’s pretty good at it. Some subtitles. NNNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

ZooKeePeR (Frank Coraci) stars Kevin

James as a Boston zookeeper who discovers that his animals not only talk, but keep a watchful eye on his love life. Rosario Dawson turns up as a comely veterinarian who becomes part of his plan to win back his ex (Leslie Bibb). Dawson and James have one lovely scene that made me wish I were watching them in a proper movie. 104 min. N (NW) Interchange 30 3

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

APOLLO 18 (PG) Thu 1:15, 3:15, 5:05, 7:10, 9:05 BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR (18A) Thu 1:00, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 Fri-Wed 3:55, 9:15 COLOMBIANA (14A) Thu 12:50, 3:20, 7:05, 9:15 Fri-Wed 12:50, 7:05, 11:25 CONTAGION (PG) Thu 3:35, 7:00, 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:35, 7:00, 9:20, 11:30 THE DEBT (14A) Thu 1:10, 3:30, 7:15, 9:35 Fri-Sat, MonWed 1:10, 3:30, 7:15, 9:45 Sun 1:10, 3:30 DRIVE (18A) 1:15, 3:40, 7:10, 9:25 Fri-Sat 11:35 late THE HELP (PG) Thu 12:45 3:45 6:45 9:30 Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30 WARRIOR Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 6:50, 9:35

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

APOLLO 18 (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:10, 9:25 Fri-Sat 9:00 Sun 10:05 Mon-Tue 1:10, 3:30, 6:10, 8:40 Wed 1:10, 3:30, 10:05 CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER 3D (PG) Thu 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:30 Mon-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:00, 6:20 Sun 1:30, 4:00, 7:05 MonWed 1:30, 4:00, 6:20, 9:00 DRIVE (18A) Fri-Sun 12:15, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Mon, Wed 1:20, 2:45, 4:10, 5:10, 6:40, 7:40, 9:10, 10:10 Tue 1:20, 2:45, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10, 10:10 FRIGHT NIGHT Thu 6:30, 9:10 Mon 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:05 Tue 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:05 Wed 1:50, 4:20, 10:10 FRIGHT NIGHT 3D Fri-Sun 9:20 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS - PART 2: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) Thu 12:00, 3:30, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Mon-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG) Mon-Wed 2:15, 5:20, 8:30 PEARL JAM TWENTY Tue 7:00 PLACIDO DOMINGO IN CONCERT Wed 7:00

350 KING ST W, 416-599-8433

55 BLOOR ST W, 416-961-6304 CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (G) Thu 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 10:00 CONTAGION (PG) Thu 1:10 4:00 6:40 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG) Thu 1:30 4:20 7:10 10:20 FriWed 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 THE DEBT (14A) 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 DRIVE (18A) Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 7:10, 9:50 THE HELP (PG) 1:40, 5:00, 8:30 I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT (PG) Fri-Wed 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 10:00 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 1:00 3:40 6:20 9:10 Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 SARAH’S KEY (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 WARRIOR 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10

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CONTAGION (PG) 1:25, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 THE DEBT (14A) Thu 12:35, 3:35, 6:15, 9:05 DRIVE (18A) Fri-Wed 12:35, 3:15, 6:05, 8:35 I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT (PG) Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:15, 6:35, 9:05 SENNA Thu 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:25 WARRIOR 12:55, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05

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

ATTACK THE BLOCK (14A) Thu 4:10, 8:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:20, 6:20 Sat-Sun 10:30, 2:20, 6:20 BODYGUARD (PG) Thu 3:15, 6:45, 10:05 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Mon, Wed 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 9:55 Tue 1:55 BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR (18A) Thu 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:30, 5:40, 10:05 Mon-Wed 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:05 THE CHANGE-UP (14A) Mon-Wed 1:55, 6:55 COLOMBIANA (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Fri 2:00, 4:30, 7:00 Sat-Sun 11:15, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00 Mon-Wed 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:25, 7:00, 8:00, 10:30 CONTAGION (PG) Thu 1:45, 2:45, 3:45, 4:30, 5:30, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15, 10:15, 10:45 Fri 1:45, 2:45, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 8:45, 9:15, 10:15, 11:00 Sat-Sun 11:00, 11:45, 12:45, 1:45, 2:45, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 8:45, 9:15, 10:15, 11:00 Mon-Wed 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 8:45, 9:15, 10:15, 10:45 CONTAGION: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:00, 6:45, 9:45 COWBOYS & ALIENS Mon-Wed 4:20, 9:25 CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:05 Fri 2:30, 5:05, 7:45, 10:45 Sat-Sun 11:50, 2:30, 5:05, 7:45, 10:45 MonWed 2:30, 3:10, 5:05, 6:15, 7:45, 9:15, 10:45 CREATURE Thu 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Wed 9:35 THE DEBT (14A) Thu-Fri 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:40, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Mon-Wed 2:15, 3:15, 4:45, 5:45, 7:20, 8:15, 9:50, 10:45

2200 YONGE ST, 416-646-0444

APOLLO 18 (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:20 BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR (18A) 4:40, 7:25 Fri 9:55 Sat-Sun 1:50 mat, 9:55 COLOMBIANA (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:00 CREATURE Thu 4:45, 7:05 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG) 4:00, 6:55 Fri 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:00 mat, 9:50 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:15 Fri 4:45, 7:15, 9:35 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:45, 7:15, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:15 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:25 Fri 4:05, 7:00, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:05, 7:00, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:05, 7:00 OUR IDIOT BROTHER (14A) 4:20, 7:20 Fri 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:30 mat, 9:30 RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG) 4:10, 6:45 Fri 9:10 Sat-Sun 1:10 mat, 9:10 SENNA 4:25, 6:50 Fri 9:15 Sat-Sun 1:05 mat, 9:15 THE SMURFS (G) 4:15 Thu 6:45 Sat-Sun 1:20 mat THE WHISTLEBLOWER Thu 4:20, 7:10 Fri-Sun 7:10, 9:40 Mon-Wed 7:10

MT PLEASANT (I)

675 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-489-8484 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Fri-Sat 9:20 Sun, Tue 7:00 ONE DAY (PG) Fri-Sat, Wed 7:00 Sun 4:30 POTICHE (14A) Thu 7:00

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

THE TREE OF LIFE (PG) Thu, Sun, Tue-Wed 7:00 Fri 6:50, 9:25 Sat 6:50

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

BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR (18A) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:40, 10:15 CONTAGION (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:10, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 9:50 CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 10:30 Fri, Sun 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20 Sat 3:45, 6:30, 9:20 MonTue 1:00, 3:45, 7:00, 9:45 Wed 3:45, 9:45 THE DEBT (14A) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 Mon-Wed 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 DRIVE (18A) Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:50, 7:35, 10:00 THE HELP (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:55, 7:05, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:15, 6:30, 9:40 I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT (PG) Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Mon-Tue 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:30 Wed 4:30, 7:10, 9:30 THE LION KING 3D Fri-Sun 3:30, 6:50, 9:10 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:45, 9:10 THE LION KING Fri-Wed 1:10 ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Thu 7:00

OUR IDIOT BROTHER (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 10:10 PLACIDO DOMINGO IN CONCERT Sat 1:00 RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 9:45 SHARK NIGHT 3D (14A) Thu 4:15, 9:30 SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D (3D) (PG) Thu 2:00 STRAW DOGS (14A) Fri, Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:05 Sat 1:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:05 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 WARRIOR Thu 12:35, 3:45, 7:10, 10:20 Fri-Sun 12:50, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:50, 10:00

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APOLLO 18 (PG) Thu 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG) 7:00 DRIVE (18A) Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) 3:00 ONE DAY (PG) Thu 5:00 RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG) 9:15 THE SMURFS (G) Thu 1:00 Sat-Sun 11:00 THE TREE OF LIFE (PG) Thu 12:30 THE WHISTLEBLOWER Fri-Wed 1:00, 5:00

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

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (PG) Fri-Wed 8:45 CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (G) Thu 5:00 Fri-Wed 3:00 THE CHANGE-UP (14A) Thu 8:45 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) 7:00 ONE DAY (PG) Fri-Wed 1:00 PAGE ONE: A YEAR INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES Thu 3:00 THE TRIP Fri-Wed 5:00 WINNIE THE POOH (G) Thu 1:30

QUEENSWAY (CE)

1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 APOLLO 18 (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:00, 6:25, 8:45 Fri 1:45, 4:00, 6:15, 8:30 Sat 4:45, 8:30 Sun-Wed 2:20, 4:50, 7:10 BAD TEACHER (14A) Fri-Sat 10:45 Sun-Wed 9:25 BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR (18A) Thu 12:55, 3:25, 6:30, 9:00 Fri-Sun 9:55 Mon-Tue 9:30 Wed 10:10 COLOMBIANA (14A) Thu-Sun 1:50, 4:35, 7:25, 10:05 MonWed 1:50, 4:35, 7:30, 10:00 CONTAGION (PG) Thu 2:00, 5:00, 7:35, 10:10 Fri-Sat 2:00, 5:00, 8:05, 10:40 Sun 2:00, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:55, 6:45, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:55, 6:45, 9:30 Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 CREATURE Thu 2:15, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 THE DEBT (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 10:25 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25 Sun 12:55, 3:35, 6:20, 9:10 Mon-Tue 1:00, 3:45, 6:20, 9:10 Wed 3:45, 6:20, 9:10 DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (14A) Thu 9:25 DRIVE (18A) Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:35 Sun

12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 7:20, 9:45 Mon-Wed 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 THE GUARD (14A) Thu 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 7:55, 10:15 Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:10, 5:35, 7:55, 10:20 Sun-Wed 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:35 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:45, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:45, 6:50, 9:45 Mon-Tue 1:10, 4:00, 6:55, 9:55 Wed 1:05, 4:00, 6:55, 9:55 THE HELP (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:50, 7:05, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:15, 6:30, 9:40 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 10:25 Fri-Sat 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35 Sun 2:10, 4:40, 7:30 Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT (PG) Fri-Sun 12:40, 2:55, 5:15, 7:45, 10:00 Mon 2:00, 4:20, 6:55, 9:20 Tue 2:00, 4:20, 6:35, 9:20 Wed 4:20, 6:55, 9:20 THE LION KING 3D Fri-Sun 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 9:50 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:45, 9:05 THE LION KING Fri-Sun 12:30 Mon-Wed 1:35 ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Thu 7:00 OUR IDIOT BROTHER (14A) Thu 1:05, 3:20, 7:30, 9:45 Fri-Sat 1:05, 3:20, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 6:40, 9:00 PEARL JAM TWENTY Tue 7:00 PLACIDO DOMINGO IN CONCERT Sat 1:00 Wed 7:00 RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG) Thu 12:40, 1:15, 3:35, 4:10, 7:20, 9:55, 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 10:00 SHARK NIGHT 3D (14A) Thu 1:25, 3:50, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Sun 10:10 Mon-Wed 8:50 THE SMURFS 3D (G) Thu 1:55, 4:20, 6:40 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:50 Mon, Wed 1:45, 4:05, 6:35 Tue 1:45, 4:05 SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:40, 7:05 Fri-Sat 12:35, 2:50, 5:05, 7:40 Sun 12:35, 2:50, 5:05 Mon-Tue 1:55, 4:25, 7:05 Wed 1:55, 4:15 STRAW DOGS (14A) Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 30 MINUTES OR LESS (14A) Thu 9:15 WARRIOR Thu 12:50, 4:05, 6:55, 9:55 Fri-Sat 12:55, 4:05, 7:20, 10:30 Sun 3:30, 6:55, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:50, 9:55 WWE NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS 2011 Sun 8:00

RAINBOW WOODBINE (I)

WOODBINE CENTRE, 500 REXDALE BLVD, 416-213-1998 APOLLO 18 (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 9:25 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:10 BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR (18A) Thu 1:20, 3:50, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Wed 7:10, 9:40 COLOMBIANA (14A) 1:10, 3:45, 6:55, 9:30 CONAN THE BARBARIAN (18A) Thu 9:25 CONTAGION (PG) Thu 12:55 3:55 7:00 9:35 Fri-Wed 1:05, 4:05, 7:00, 9:25 DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (14A) Thu 7:10, 9:40 FriWed 9:10 OUR IDIOT BROTHER (14A) 6:50, 9:20 Thu 1:30 mat, 4:10 SHARK NIGHT 3D (14A) 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 THE SMURFS (G) 1:25, 4:20 SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D (PG) 1:00, 4:00, 7:05 STRAW DOGS (14A) Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:50, 7:05, 9:35 WARRIOR Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:55, 6:45, 9:30

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tHe CHange-uP (14A) Thu 4:15, 6:55, 9:45 CoLomBiana (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 Fri-Sat, Mon-Tue 4:15, 6:55, 9:55 Sun 1:45, 4:15, 6:55, 9:55 Wed 3:50 Crazy, StuPiD, Love. (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:40, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:45, 6:40, 9:30 tHe DeBt (14A) Thu 4:00 7:10 10:00 Fri-Wed 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:50 mat tHe guarD (14A) Thu 3:50 6:45 9:20 Fri-Wed 3:50, 7:00, 9:25 Sat-Sun 12:40 mat tHe HeLP (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:40, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:15, 6:30, 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:00, 3:15, 6:30, 9:40 i Don’t Know How SHe DoeS it (PG) 4:30, 7:20, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:50 mat tHe Lion King 3D Fri-Wed 4:20, 6:45, 9:20 tHe Lion King Sat-Sun 2:00 one Day (PG) Thu 4:00, 9:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 Sat-Sun 12:10, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 one man, two guvnorS Thu 7:00 our iDiot BrotHer (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 PLaCiDo Domingo in ConCert Sat 1:00 Wed 7:00 SaraH’S Key (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:00, 9:35 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 SeCtor 7 3D 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 2:10 mat 3D Sex anD zen (R) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 10:00

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Contagion (PG) 7:10, 9:50 Fri 4:15 Sat-Sun 1:10 mat, 4:15 i Don’t Know How SHe DoeS it (PG) 7:30, 10:00 Fri 4:50 Sat-Sun 1:20 mat, 4:50 tHe Lion King 3D 7:00, 9:20 Fri-Sun 4:30 tHe Lion King Sat-Sun 1:50 our iDiot BrotHer (14A) Thu 7:30, 9:50 Fri 4:00, 6:50, 9:10 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:10 Mon-Wed 6:50, 9:10 riSe of tHe PLanet of tHe aPeS (PG) 7:20, 10:00 Fri 4:40 Sat-Sun 1:30 mat, 4:40 SHarK nigHt 3D (14A) Thu 6:40, 9:00 warrior Thu 7:00, 10:10 Fri-Sun 3:30, 6:40, 9:45 MonWed 6:40, 9:45

North York EMpirE ThEaTrES aT EMprESS Walk (ET) 5095 YoNgE ST, 416-223-9550

aPoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 BuCKy LarSon: Born to Be a Star (18A) Thu 5:00, 7:40, 10:05 Fri-Sun 2:00, 5:00, 7:40, 10:00 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:40, 10:00 Cave of forgotten DreamS 3D (G) Thu 4:50, 7:25, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:40 Mon-Wed 4:40 tHe CHange-uP (14A) Fri-Wed 7:15, 9:40 Contagion (PG) 4:20, 5:10, 6:50, 7:50, 9:30, 10:30 FriSun 1:20, 2:10 mat Drive (18A) 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Fri-Sun 3:05 mat Harry Potter anD tHe DeatHLy HaLLowS: Part 2 (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Wed 7:20, 10:10 riSe of tHe PLanet of tHe aPeS (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 SHarK nigHt 3D (14A) Thu 5:30, 8:00, 10:15 Fri-Sun 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 SPy KiDS: aLL tHe time in tHe worLD in 4D (PG) Thu 5:20, 7:30 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:15, 5:20 Mon-Wed 5:20 Straw DogS (14A) 4:30, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:40 mat 30 minuteS or LeSS (14A) Thu 10:10 warrior Thu 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:10, 10:15

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FairviEW Mall, 1800 ShEppard avE E, 416-644-7746 aPoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 6:40, 9:10 BuCKy LarSon: Born to Be a Star (18A) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Wed 9:00 CoLomBiana (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:20, 6:50, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:20, 3:55, 6:40, 9:30 Mon 1:20, 3:55, 6:30, 9:30 Tue 1:20, 3:55, 6:30, 9:15 Wed 3:55, 6:30, 9:30 Contagion (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Mon 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 9:25 Tue 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Wed 4:00, 6:40, 9:25 Don’t Be afraiD of tHe DarK (14A) Thu 9:20 Drive (18A) Fri-Sun 2:20, 4:55, 7:20, 10:00 Mon-Wed 2:20, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 tHe Lion King 3D Fri-Sun 4:00, 6:50, 9:10 Mon, Wed 4:15, 6:55, 9:10 Tue 4:15, 6:55, 9:30 tHe Lion King Fri-Sun 1:30 Mon-Wed 1:40 our iDiot BrotHer (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:10, 6:30, 9:00 PearL Jam twenty Tue 7:00 riSe of tHe PLanet of tHe aPeS (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:25, 7:10, 9:40 SHarK nigHt 3D (14A) Thu 2:15, 4:50, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Sun 2:10, 4:25, 6:55, 9:20 Mon, Wed 2:10, 4:45, 7:00, 9:20 Tue 2:10, 4:45, 9:10 tHe SmurfS 3D (G) Thu 1:10, 3:40 SPy KiDS: aLL tHe time in tHe worLD in 4D (3D) (PG) Thu 1:20, 3:50, 6:20 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:45, 6:30 Mon-Wed 1:15, 3:45, 6:20 Straw DogS (14A) Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 Mon-

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aPoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 9:50 BuCKy LarSon: Born to Be a Star (18A) Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Sun 3:50 Mon-Wed 4:10 CoLomBiana (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:55, 6:40, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:50, 6:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed 1:30, 6:40, 9:15 Contagion (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:55 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Crazy, StuPiD, Love. (PG) Thu 9:10 Don’t Be afraiD of tHe DarK (14A) Thu 6:20, 9:20 Drive (18A) Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 9:50 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 tHe HeLP (PG) Thu-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:15, 6:30, 9:40 i Don’t Know How SHe DoeS it (PG) Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 9:55 tHe Lion King 3D Fri-Wed 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 tHe Lion King Fri-Wed 1:00 riSe of tHe PLanet of tHe aPeS (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:10, 6:45, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:20, 6:20, 9:10 Mon-Wed 1:20, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 SHarK nigHt 3D (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:30, 6:40, 9:40 Mon-Wed 1:15, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 tHe SmurfS (G) Thu 12:50, 3:30 SPy KiDS: aLL tHe time in tHe worLD in 4D (3D) (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:30 Straw DogS (14A) Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 warrior Thu 12:40, 3:45, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:50, 10:00

Scarborough 401 & MorNiNgSidE (CE) 785 MilNEr avE, SCarborough, 416-281-2226

aPoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:20, 9:20 Fri-Wed 9:35 BuCKy LarSon: Born to Be a Star (18A) Thu 4:20, 7:25, 9:45 Fri-Wed 8:50 CoLomBiana (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:15, 8:50 Fri-Sun 1:25, 3:50, 6:15 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:15 Contagion (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Creature Thu 4:00, 7:40, 10:00 Drive (18A) Fri-Sat 2:15, 4:50, 7:40, 10:05 Sun 2:15, 4:50, 7:40, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:40, 10:00 tHe HeLP (PG) 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 i Don’t Know How SHe DoeS it (PG) 4:20, 6:50, 9:10 Fri-Sun 2:00 mat tHe Lion King 3D Fri-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:20 tHe Lion King Fri-Sun 1:30 our iDiot BrotHer (14A) Thu 8:40 riSe of tHe PLanet of tHe aPeS (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:40, 9:00 Fri-Sun 1:20, 3:45, 6:20, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:20, 9:00 SHarK nigHt 3D (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:45, 10:00 Fri-Sun 2:30, 5:00, 7:50, 10:10 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:50, 9:55 tHe SmurfS (G) Thu 3:35, 6:20 SPy KiDS: aLL tHe time in tHe worLD in 4D (PG) 4:10, 7:10 Fri-Sun 1:45 mat SPy KiDS: aLL tHe time in tHe worLD in 4D (3D) (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:00, 9:10 Straw DogS (14A) 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:40 mat warrior Thu 3:40, 6:50, 9:55 Fri-Wed 3:15, 6:40, 9:40

ColiSEuM SCarborough (CE) SCarborough ToWN CENTrE, 416-290-5217

aPoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:40 Fri, Mon, Wed 1:10, 4:10, 6:40, 10:10 Sat 4:10, 6:40, 10:10 Sun 1:10, 4:10, 10:10 Tue 4:10, 10:10 BuCKy LarSon: Born to Be a Star (18A) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Fri-Wed 10:05 Contagion (PG) 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Crazy, StuPiD, Love. (PG) Thu 1:25, 4:25, 10:25 Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Don’t Be afraiD of tHe DarK (14A) Thu 9:30 finaL DeStination 5 3D 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 i Don’t Know How SHe DoeS it (PG) Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 tHe Lion King 3D Fri-Wed 3:45, 6:45, 9:15 tHe Lion King Fri-Wed 12:45 one man, two guvnorS Thu 7:00 PearL Jam twenty Tue 7:00 PLaCiDo Domingo in ConCert Sat 1:00 riSe of tHe PLanet of tHe aPeS (PG) 12:55, 3:55, 6:55, 9:55 SHarK nigHt 3D (14A) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 tHe SmurfS (G) Thu 12:40, 3:40, 6:40 Fri-Wed 1:05, 4:05, 7:05

3D Sex anD zen (R) Thu 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:40 Sun 12:50, 3:40, 6:50 warrior Thu 12:40 3:50 7:05 10:25 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:50, 7:10, 10:25 wwe nigHt of CHamPionS 2011 Sun-Mon 8:00

EgliNToN ToWN CENTrE (CE) 1901 EgliNToN avE E, 416-752-4494

aPoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 4:25, 6:55, 9:10 BaD teaCHer (14A) Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 10:15 BuCKy LarSon: Born to Be a Star (18A) Thu 5:10, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 9:05 Sun 10:15 CaPtain ameriCa: tHe firSt avenger (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:25, 7:20 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:20 CoLomBiana (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:05, 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:05, 9:40 Contagion (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:35, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:25, 4:30, 7:25, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:25, 10:05 Crazy, StuPiD, Love. (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Fri-Sun 12:55, 3:55, 6:55, 9:35 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:55, 9:35 Creature Thu 4:50, 7:20, 9:35 tHe DeBt (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:25, 9:55 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:35, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:35, 9:20 Don’t Be afraiD of tHe DarK (14A) Thu 9:25 Drive (18A) 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:40 mat Sun 1:40 mat, 10:15 Sun only 1:40 4:40 7:30 10:15 Harry Potter anD tHe DeatHLy HaLLowS: Part 2 (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:30, 6:20, 9:15 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:20, 9:15 tHe HeLP (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:35, 6:40, 9:45 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:40, 9:45 i Don’t Know How SHe DoeS it (PG) 4:00, 6:30, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:00 mat tHe Lion King 3D Fri-Wed 4:15, 7:00, 9:25 tHe Lion King Fri-Sun 1:30 our iDiot BrotHer (14A) Thu 9:05 riSe of tHe PLanet of tHe aPeS (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 SHarK nigHt 3D (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:25, 9:00 Fri-Wed 7:15, 9:30 tHe SmurfS 3D (G) 4:35 Fri-Sun 1:35 mat tHe SmurfS (G) Thu 4:10, 6:35 SPy KiDS: aLL tHe time in tHe worLD in 4D (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:15 Fri-Sat 1:05, 4:05, 6:25 Sun 1:05, 4:05 Mon-Wed 4:05, 6:25 Straw DogS (14A) Fri 1:45, 4:45, 7:35, 10:20 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:45, 7:35, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:35, 10:15 warrior Thu 3:50, 7:10, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:35, 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 wwe nigHt of CHamPionS 2011 Sun 8:00

kENNEdY CoMMoNS 20 (aMC) kENNEdY rd & 401, 416-335-5323

BaD teaCHer (14A) Fri-Wed 9:25 BoDyguarD (PG) 2:15, 5:35, 9:00 Sat-Sun 11:05 mat BoL (14A) 2:05, 5:45, 9:30 CarS 2 3D (G) Thu 2:00, 4:35, 7:10 CoLomBiana (14A) 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Sat-Sun 11:30 mat CowBoyS & aLienS 4:30, 10:05 Thu 1:45 mat, 7:20 Creature Thu 2:55, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Wed 10:25 tHe DeBt (14A) 2:10, 4:50, 7:35, 10:20 Sat-Sun 11:20 mat Don’t Be afraiD of tHe DarK (14A) Fri-Wed 10:00 Drive (18A) 1:30, 4:15, 7:25, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:00 mat frigHt nigHt 3D Thu 10:00 Fri-Wed 9:20 tHe guarD (14A) 1:45, 4:25, 7:20, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:15 mat Harry Potter anD tHe DeatHLy HaLLowS: Part 2: 3D (PG) 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:00 mat tHe HeLP (PG) 2:30, 3:45, 5:45, 7:00, 9:00, 10:15 Sat-Sun 11:15, 12:30 mat HorriBLe BoSSeS (14A) 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Sat-Sun 12:45 mat Love in SPaCe 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 Sat-Sun 11:10 mat miDnigHt in PariS (PG) 2:00, 4:20, 7:10 Thu 9:25 SatSun 11:35 mat my KingDom 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat our iDiot BrotHer (14A) 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 Thu 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat SaraH’S Key (PG) 2:20, 4:55, 7:40, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:40 mat SPy KiDS: aLL tHe time in tHe worLD in 4D (3D) (PG) Thu 2:20, 4:35, 7:00, 9:15 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:20, 4:35, 7:05 Sat-Sun 11:50, 2:20, 4:35, 7:05 Straw DogS (14A) 2:25, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Sat-Sun 11:35 mat tranSformerS: DarK of tHe moon (PG) Thu 2:35, 6:00, 9:35 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:35, 7:00 Sat-Sun 11:55, 3:35, 7:00 vantHaan venDraan Fri-Wed 1:50, 5:25, 9:35 tHe wHiStLeBLower Thu 2:05, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:45, 7:20 Sat-Sun 11:05, 1:45, 7:20

GTA Regions Mississauga

ColiSEuM MiSSiSSauga (CE) SquarE oNE, 309 raThburN rd W, 905-275-3456

aPoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:10, 7:10, 9:45 Fri, Mon-Tue 1:50, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40 Sat 4:10, 7:10, 9:40 Sun 1:50, 4:10 Wed 1:50, 10:00 BuCKy LarSon: Born to Be a Star (18A) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:05 Fri-Wed 9:00 CaPtain ameriCa: tHe firSt avenger 3D (PG) 9:10 Contagion (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:40, 7:30, 10:30 Sun-Tue 1:30, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Wed 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Contagion: tHe imax exPerienCe (PG) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Creature Thu 2:00, 4:50, 7:50, 10:10 Don’t Be afraiD of tHe DarK (14A) Thu 9:00 Drive (18A) Fri-Sat 1:35, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25 Sun-Wed 1:35, 4:45, 7:40, 10:15 finaL DeStination 5 Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30 Harry Potter anD tHe DeatHLy HaLLowS: Part 2 (PG) 3:35, 6:40, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:40 mat Harry Potter anD tHe DeatHLy HaLLowS: Part 2: 3D (PG) Thu 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 tHe Lion King 3D Fri-Wed 4:15, 6:45, 9:20 tHe Lion King Fri-Wed 1:45 one man, two guvnorS Thu 7:00 PLaCiDo Domingo in ConCert Sat 1:00 riSe of tHe PLanet of tHe aPeS (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Tue 1:40, 4:20, 7:15, 10:05 Wed 4:20, 7:15, 10:05 SHarK nigHt 3D (14A) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 8:00, 10:15 Fri-Sat 2:30, 5:00, 7:50, 10:15 Sun-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:50, 10:10 tHe SmurfS 3D (G) Thu 12:45, 3:20, 6:30 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:30 Mon-Wed 1:15, 3:50, 6:30 SPy KiDS: aLL tHe time in tHe worLD in 4D (PG) 1:10, 3:30, 6:15 Straw DogS (14A) Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 30 minuteS or LeSS (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:00, 10:20 Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:45, 10:20 Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:45, 10:05 warrior Thu 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:10 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 wwe nigHt of CHamPionS 2011 Sun 8:00

CourTNEY park 16 (aMC)

110 CourTNEY park E aT huroNTario, 888-262-4386 aPoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 10:30 Fri-Sun 12:30, 5:30, 10:25 Mon-Wed 5:30, 10:25 BaD teaCHer (14A) Fri-Wed 10:20 BuCKy LarSon: Born to Be a Star (18A) Thu 3:05, 5:35, 7:55, 10:15 Fri-Sun 11:00, 1:10, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00 Mon-Wed 1:10, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00 tHe CHange-uP (14A) Thu 7:45 10:20 Fri-Wed 2:55, 7:45 CoLomBiana (14A) Thu 2:15, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 Fri-Sun 11:50, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 Mon-Wed 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 Conan tHe BarBarian 3D (18A) Thu 5:25, 10:40 Fri-Sun 12:10, 5:10, 10:10 Mon-Wed 5:10, 10:10 Contagion (PG) 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Sun 11:20 mat Contagion: tHe imax exPerienCe (PG) Thu 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20 Fri-Sun 11:55, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Mon-Wed 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Crazy, StuPiD, Love. (PG) 2:30, 5:00, 7:25, 9:55 Fri-Sun 11:45 mat Creature Thu 2:45, 5:05, 7:20, 9:40 tHe DeBt (14A) 2:35, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Fri-Sat 11:35 mat Drive (18A) 2:40, 5:20, 8:05, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:55 mat frigHt nigHt 3D Thu 2:40, 8:00 tHe HeLP (PG) Thu 4:05, 7:15, 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:05, 7:20, 10:25 i Don’t Know How SHe DoeS it (PG) 1:20, 3:30, 5:40, 7:50, 10:05 Fri-Sun 11:10 mat tHe Lion King 3D Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:10, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 tHe Lion King Fri-Sun 11:00 our iDiot BrotHer (14A) Thu 3:10, 5:20, 7:35, 9:50 FriSun 11:25, 3:45, 8:15 Mon-Wed 3:45, 8:15 riSe of tHe PLanet of tHe aPeS (PG) 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35 Fri-Sun 11:35 mat SHarK nigHt 3D (14A) Thu 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:35 Fri-Wed 2:50, 7:55 tHe SmurfS (G) Thu 3:15, 5:40 SPy KiDS: aLL tHe time in tHe worLD in 4D (PG) Thu 3:00, 5:10 Straw DogS (14A) 2:25, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 Fri-Sun 11:50 mat 30 minuteS or LeSS (14A) Thu 8:05, 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:40, 6:00, 10:30 warrior Thu 1:30, 4:35, 7:35, 10:40 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:15, 7:15, 10:20

SilvErCiTY MiSSiSSauga (CE) hWY 5, EaST oF hWY 403, 905-569-3373

BuCKy LarSon: Born to Be a Star (18A) Thu 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:30 CaPtain ameriCa: tHe firSt avenger 3D (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 CoLomBiana (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:30 Mon-Wed 7:15, 9:50 Crazy, StuPiD, Love. (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:50, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 tHe DeBt (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 Drive (18A) Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:30, 9:55 tHe guarD (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:20, 9:45 Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:50, 10:10 Mon, Wed 4:50, 7:40, 10:00 Tue 4:50, 10:00 tHe HeLP (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:40, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:50, 9:30 HorriBLe BoSSeS (14A) Thu 9:10 Fri-Wed 10:00 i Don’t Know How SHe DoeS it (PG) Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:20,

september 15-21 2011 NOW

7:20, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:20, 9:40 THE LION KING 3D Fri-Wed 3:30, 7:10, 9:30 THE LION KING Fri-Sun 1:00 OUR IDIOT BROTHER (14A) Thu 4:10, 6:50, 9:20 PEARL JAM TWENTY Tue 7:00 THE SMURFS 3D (G) 3:20, 6:20, 9:00 Fri-Sun 12:40 mat SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D (3D) (PG) 3:50, 6:30 Fri-Sun 1:20 mat

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

APOLLO 18 (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 9:30 CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:25, 6:25, 9:20 Sun 12:45, 3:25, 6:25 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:25, 9:20 CARS 2 (G) Thu 3:30 COLOMBIANA (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:05, 7:05, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:05, 7:05, 9:55 CONAN THE BARBARIAN 3D (18A) Thu, Mon-Wed 9:40 Fri-Sun 10:10 CONTAGION (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:40, 10:15 CONTAGION: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:00 mat DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 Fri-Sun 6:50, 9:45 Mon-Wed 7:10, 9:45 DRIVE (18A) Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:45, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:45, 10:10 FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sat 12:55, 3:55, 6:30, 9:10 Sun 12:55, 3:55, 9:10 Mon, Wed 3:55, 6:30, 9:10 Tue 3:55, 9:45 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2: 3D (PG) 3:35, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:35 mat HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Thu 4:05, 6:45, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:55, 4:20, 6:40, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:20, 6:40, 9:30 THE LION KING 3D Fri-Wed 3:50, 6:45, 9:15 THE LION KING Fri-Sun 1:10 OUR IDIOT BROTHER (14A) 4:35, 6:55, 9:25 Fri-Sun 1:45 mat PEARL JAM TWENTY Tue 7:00 RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:30, 9:15 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:20, 9:50 SENNA Thu 6:40, 9:20 SHARK NIGHT 3D (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:45, 10:05 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:30, 10:05 THE SMURFS (G) Thu 3:30, 6:30 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:20 MonWed 3:30 SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D (3D) (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:20 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:30, 6:20 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:20 STRAW DOGS (14A) 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:15 mat

30 MINUTES OR LESS (14A) 3:40, 6:35, 9:35 Fri-Sun 1:25 mat TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) Thu, MonWed 5:30, 9:00 Fri-Sun 2:45, 6:10, 9:55 WARRIOR Thu 3:50, 7:10, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:45, 7:20, 10:25 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 WWE NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS 2011 Sun 8:00

INTERCHANGE 30 (AMC)

30 INTERCHANGE WAY, HWY 400 & HWY 7, 416-335-5323 APOLLO 18 (PG) 5:00, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:10 mat BAD TEACHER (14A) Fri-Wed 9:40 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 7:10 Sat-Sun 2:00, 7:10 BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR (18A) 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:35, 2:10 mat THE CHANGE-UP (14A) 4:40, 7:25, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:05 mat COWBOYS & ALIENS 7:30 Thu 5:00, 10:00 Sat-Sun 2:25 mat CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG) 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:30 mat THE DEBT (14A) 4:30, 7:10, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:00 mat FINAL DESTINATION 5 3D 5:10, 7:25, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:30, 2:45 mat FRIGHT NIGHT 3D Thu 7:20, 10:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:50, 2:20, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 THE HELP (PG) 6:30, 9:30 Thu 4:30, 8:00 Sat-Sun 11:40, 3:00 mat I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT (PG) 4:10, 7:00, 9:15 Sat 11:45, 2:00 mat Sun 2:00 mat MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) 5:00, 7:30 Thu 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:55, 2:30 mat ONE DAY (PG) 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:50 mat SARAH’S KEY (PG) 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:45, 2:05 mat WINNIE THE POOH (G) Thu 4:20 ZOOKEEPER (G) Thu 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:50, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:35, 4:50, 9:55

West GRANDE - STEELES (CE)

I Don’t Know How She Does It

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I am a 16-year-old female. I have been in a monogamous relationship with a boy for seven months. My first, his too. A couple of months in, we began to explore masturbating each other and oral sex. He has gone down on me three times, but I have never given him a blow job. I’m scared to because I’m scared he will be disappointed. We fight sometimes because he feels it’s unfair that he goes down on me and I don’t go down on him. On top of this, he started doing something when we are in the midst of being sexual that I don’t understand. He will stick the tip of his hard penis just inside the opening to my vagina, again and again. I guess you could call it “probing.” I know enough to know that there’s a slight risk of pregnancy, as pre-come can get a woman pregnant and he doesn’t wear a condom when he does this. We are planning on having complete vaginal intercourse in the next few months, with condoms and birth control, but this is happening now and it worries me. This is what I need advice about: I know that there is a very small risk of pregnancy even if we use condoms and birth control. I couldn’t handle a child at my age or the humiliation of being pregnant at 16 and having to walk around town with the evidence out for all to see. I would have an abortion. He disagrees strongly with abortion, but he’s not the one who would have to go through it all! So I would probably end

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up having an abortion without telling him, which seems completely unfair. No Clue What To Do I’m going to take your problems one at a time, NCWTD, in ascending order of importance/assholery. 1. A disappointing blow job is always less disappointing than no blow job at all, NCWTD, particularly for teenage boys. So it’s always better to err on the side of blow jobs. Yes, you’ll probably be pretty inept at first. Take things slowly and only take him as far into your mouth as you feel comfortable with. (Feel free to wrap a fist or two around the base of his cock so you can control how fast and far his dick goes into your mouth.) Don’t let your boyfriend rush or guilt you into blowing him until he comes by pointing to all the times – all the three times! – that he went down on you. Sucking cock is physically trickier and more taxing than eating pussy. That may seem crazy unfair – hasa diga eebowai – but on the bright side, it frees you from having to get him off with your mouth the first few dozen times you attempt to blow him. 2. Probing is low-risk for pregnancy, NCWTD, but there’s still some risk. What worries me is that this activity makes you uncomfortable and either you haven’t said anything to your boyfriend or you have said something and he’s doing it anyway. Tell him no more probing, if you haven’t already, and if he

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loads of gay foot fetish porn on your computer when you were still a teenager. Are your mom and dad the kind of open-minded, sexually progressive parents who would ruin your sex life forever by initiating a mortifying conversation about what they found? Or are they kind of closed-minded, sexually inhibited parents who would do the right thing and never, ever mention what they found? Hopefully the latter. So it’s entirely possible that your parents do know about your kink, BFF, and that they were deeply weirded out when your new boyfriend went out of his way to give you a boner while they were sitting there. For all you know, your parents are at home right now questioning your judgment and wondering how they can get out of inviting your boyfriend for Thanksgiving without seeming like homophobes. And speaking of questionable judgment: I’ve watched a lot of hot boys from small towns wash up in my urban hellhole over the years. These boys typically leverage their good looks to get jobs making coffee/burritos/drinks/ whatever, and then, over the course of a year or two, throw their good looks away with the assistance of booze, cigarettes, tattoo artists and professional piercers. I get it: Nothing stays the same, all things die, and these guys aren’t trying to earn social or sexual currency with the old fags in the hood. But there’s this one waiter/barista/bartender/whatever who works in a place near my office – I’m not going to say exactly what he does – who, having already gone in for full tattoo sleeves on both arms, recently stuck a pair of plugs in his earlobes. His plugs are moderately sized, but I worry that they’re going to get bigger and bigger until this boy – who’s just so damn lovely – turns his earlobes into earlabia. (That’s what they look like when people walk around without the plugs in.) They’re not my ears, I realize, and this boy, like all the other hipster boys, can do what he likes with his own earlobes. But earlabia don’t look good on anybody. Please make a note of it, hipster boys.

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