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i couldn’t agree more with readers’ pick of Adam Vaughan as best local politician in your Best of Toronto issue. He’s brilliant, creative and compassionate. He has engaged community associations in a collaborative planning process that has, thankfully, rendered the OMB irrelevant in Ward 20. We should be so lucky as to have Adam Vaughan as our future mayor! Ralph Daley Grange Community Association

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i want to say thank you to now readers for the honour of once again being selected one of the top graf writers in your Best of Toronto issue (NOW, November 3-9). My team recently completed a mural at the southeast corner of Keele and Eglinton. It took me five years to actually get the wall and funding from the Toronto Arts Council, a bold move during perilous times. While trying to secure the wall, I lost four youth who were participants in the project, all in very horrible deaths that will forever mark our collective consciousness and underline the importance of public

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art to heal our communities. This wall is dedicated to all youth who have died in our city due to gun violence. And to the artists who have dedicated their lives to empowering communities beyond the gentrified areas of our city. Thank you, NOW, and thank you, Toronto. Peace and respect to all my graf writers and bombers, old to newschool. Keep rocking them walls. La Bomba Toronto

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the unrestrained glee i felt at picking up a copy of your Best of Toronto edition quickly turned to dis-

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Occupation frustration

ellie kirzner writes that “occupy is a brand” (NOW, November 3-9). Surely, the notion of a brand is distasteful to those who style themselves as anti-capitalist. But other than that loose self-definition, these folks seem

to be occupying themselves with little else than running an “inclusive” encampment. Over a century ago, the most radical unionists in North America joined together in a new union because existing ones were not tackling the root cause of gross inequality, which was capitalism. They proposed to organize and eventually precipitated a general strike that would turn control of industry over to workers. Now we have a crews of anti-capitalists “occupying” parks. Smokey Dymny Quathiaski Cove, BC

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thanks to alice klein for robin Hood Goes G20 (NOW, November 3-9). As one of the occupiers at St. James Park, I would like to say that there are many grievances that need to be addressed by our politicians. Economic disparity is indeed an issue, but so is our electoral system when Stephen Harper receives 40 per cent out of the

popular vote and ends up with a majority government. Here in Canada, we have native reserves that have no public school buildings for children. Yet we have billions of dollars for fighter jets and nuclear submarines? It’s like this society is becoming a serious joke. That is why I am living in my tent in St. James Park. Going to university, studying hard and getting good grades landed me here, unemployed and honestly quite upset with this corrupt system. Johannes Di Silentio Toronto

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when i grab now on thursdays, i flip to the disc reviews first. They’re often insightful and even funny. The review of the Sea & Cake’s latest release, The Moonlight Butterfly (NOW, November 3-9), is great. I felt like I could hear the music being described. Oh, wait – that’s because I have been hearing it since May, when it was actually released. I know the S&C is coming to town this week, but why recycle your reviews when you only make space for five or six each issue? Sean Deasy Toronto

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regarding the 411 on ford’s 911 (NOW, November 3-9). I wouldn’t know Mary Walsh if I tripped over her. If she accosted me at any time, never mind in that outfit with a sword on her ample hips, I would probably push her and then call 911. She touched Mayor Rob Ford on the shoulder. How would Walsh react if someone came up to her early in the morning in her driveway? Walsh is not a particularly delicate, fragile-looking person and could easily be a threat to anyone, even without opening her vicious mouth. Darylle Donley Toronto

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What’s On TALK Harbourfront Centre and Diaspora Dialogues present Buy, Sell, Trade? The Currency of Identity Nov. 10 | PWYC Exploring identity and representation issues in storytelling. Featuring a moderated panel: novelist Priscila Uppal, theatre artist Ins Choi, and writer-in-residence at U of T’s First Nations House, Cherie Dimaline. VISUAL ARTS/MUSIC Museum of Indulgence Nov. 11–Dec. 4 | FREE A multimedia collaboration by visual artist Shelley Miller and rapper More or Les, explores stereotypes and tackling themes of excess and indulgence. Part of Fresh Ground new works, Harbourfront Centre’s national commissioning programme. DANCE Menaka Thakkar Dance Company In the Further Soil/Tribute to Tagore Nov. 11–12 A performance that captures the transplantation of a dance tradition with an Indian dancer in Canada and pays tribute to Rabindranath Tagore with a solo performance. Part of NextSteps. MUSIC Toronto Masque Theatre − Crazy to Kill Nov. 11–12 | An opera of great depth and beauty that will have you on the edge of your seat. MUSIC Coup de coeur francophone – Mara Tremblay and Les Surveillantes Nov. 11 Quebec singer-songwriter Mara Tremblay performs her new show, Récital. Les Surveillantes open the show. TALK/MUSIC The Cause Nov. 12 | FREE An annual celebration of youth voice and action. Featuring interactive music, panel discussions, career-building workshops and more. SKATE CULTURE Learn to Skate Generously supported by the RBC Foundation Beginning Nov. 22 | The Rink Register now for Learn to Skate lessons. Offering over 100 classes for all ages and skill levels. To register, visit harbourfrontcentre.com/skate VISUAL ARTS York Quay Centre Through Dec. 31 | FREE Featuring nine exhibitions including Likeness. This exhibition explores eight very different perspectives of what a portrait can be.

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regarding city goes separate Way On Richmond-Adelaide Bike Lanes (NOW Daily, November 3). I’ll celebrate separated bike lanes on Richmond when I’m actually riding on one. Until then, it’s all just talk. Perry Trinier

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regarding chris brown threa tens Female Rapper On Twitter (NOW Daily, November 7). Those of us who stalk Chris Brown’s Twitter page every day, 100 times a day, know he never threatened Lyracist. It’s a shame that any two-bit wannabe can call Chris Brown names to try to be famous. Get a life. Michelle Brown

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regarding 10 signs ford is los ing The PR War (NOW Daily, November 7). Hmm. More like 10 signs NOW Magazine likes to bully Rob Ford. Kind of like picking on the fat kid in the class, the ugly girl, the gay guy. You know it has become a bullying culture when anyone who speaks out about any good the mayor does is ridiculed. Georgiegeorgie

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Cityscape Call it a missed opportunity or just bad planning. The paved shoulder on this section of Unwin west of Leslie – long used by cyclists and rollerbladers as a link to the Martin Goodman Trail – somehow got missed in the recent repaving of the street. As a consequence, recreational users of the strip are taking to the smoother roadway, where they’re vulnerable to heavy truck traffic.

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One surefire way to save Greece from default is to relocate Buffalo’s Ralph Wilson Stadium to Athens. The place could double as the Federal Reserve, with its $8 pizza slices backing the currency. That’s what I thought as I waded into the home of the Buffalo Bills through crushed king cans of Bud, dodging NFL memorabilia peddlers. “The NFL is an unflinching example of American creativity, dynamism and greatness,” I proudly announced when my friends and I got to our seats near the O.J. Simpson section of the end zone. But by the end of the first quarter, I suggested we spend the rest of the game in the car. I went there to watch football, but instead witnessed the decline of the American empire. This was all because I went to the game dressed in a sweater and jeans – “sports casual,” as I call it. My outfit could be bought at a major American retailer (not American Apparel either), and for a reasonable price. But I was absolutely harassed. Strike that. I was menaced. Some of the names hurled at me personally by jersey-flaunting Bills fans: “sweater guy,” “sweater asshole,” “sweater hipster” and my personal favourite, “Toronto sweater asshole.” My game-day companions got it worse. I did everything to be part of the crowd: I went king can for king can with this mob;

ledge of the Bills and my understanding of NFL rules and regulations. But nothing worked. Heckled from kickoff onwards. That we weren’t in NFL-sanctioned jerseys made it us-versus-them. The NFL is one league where individualism is an asset. The New York Jets’ Mark Sanchez, the opposing quarterback on this day, was on the cover of GQ because of his personal style. Further, America was founded on independence and self-determination. It has been the most independent, innovative nation in the world for the last century. What happens to that proud American tradition when you enter Ralph Wilson Stadium? It morphs into a scene out of John

I did everything I could to be part of the mob, but got heckled from kickoff. Carpenter’s They Live: conformist zombies obeying their corporate overlords. The lazy slugs in the seats around us didn’t have a single ounce of imagination. If the Bills didn’t sell team apparel, they couldn’t even dress themselves. If America is in fact losing its standing in the world, don’t blame Chinese currency manipulation or eurozone sovereign debt. Look to the stands at Bills home games. joshuae@nowtoronto.com

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Budget balancing act Lefty think tank the Wellesley Institute, in a report to be released today (Thursday, November 10), concludes that council can bring its $774 million budget shortfall to zero without gutting city services or selling off valuable assets. Wellesley’s director of economic analysis, Sheila Block, argues in Countdown To Zero: Balancing Toronto’s Budget that measures already announced (a TTC fare hike and increases in revenue) will bring in $131 million. Another $98 million can be had from cost-cutting efficiencies, and $188 million more from cash already put into the tax stabilization fund and a reassessment of salary increases (currently projected to be double last year’s increases). The remainder can be made up, the report says, by a 6 per cent property tax increase and reinstatement of the Personal Vehicle Tax.

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The TTC unveils its new ride, the next generation of streetcars, at the commission’s Hillcrest Complex (Bathurst and Davenport) Saturday through Tuesday (November 12 to 15) from 10 am to 7 pm. Our story at nowtoronto.com.

Artscape

The non-profit pushing the creativity index announces a $2 million gift from the Michael Young Family Foundation for its plans to convert the historic Shaw Street School into a centre for creative collaboration.

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Cycle of tragedy CyClist’s death highlights the faCt that bad poliCy ChoiCes have made t.o. the most dangerous City for bikes in the Country By ENZO DiMATTEO

ore than a few people doubtless woke up Tues day (November 7) re considering whether to ride their bikes to work after news that another cyclist had been struck and killed, this time caught under the wheels of a truck at Dundas and Sterling. As if news of another dead cyclist weren’t tragic enough, it’s been re vealed that the victim, Jenna Morri son, age 38, was pregnant. She also leaves behind a fiveyearold child. Jumping into the saddle to get to work, school or just to get around in the Big Smoke increasingly means taking your life into your hands. Details of the incident are still emerging. According to police, the driver of the truck may not have seen Morrison as he made a right turn from Sterling onto Dundas. His side view mirrors were reportedly not equipped with the convex attach ment that would have allowed him to see alongside his truck. Yet the ground is seemingly being laid to chalk this one up to an un fortunate accident, judging from po lice comments so far. Overall, public reaction online seems to be that Morri son was at fault. Unfortunately, blam ing cyclists is the default position in such matters.

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But let me roll out this stat. Motor ists were to blame for more than two thirds of the 1,266 collisions between bikes and vehicles in Toronto last year. Drivers’ transgressions ran the gamut from failing to yield, making improper turns and disobeying traf fic signals – you name it. Here’s another factoid. Toronto has the highest rate of caroncyclist collisions in the country: 47 per 100,000 population. Montreal, next closest on that list, has a compara tively low 38 per 100,000. Many European countries have far lower accident rates involving motor ists and cyclists, even though way more people bike there and the roads are narrower and more crowded. Are motorists here more, um, stu pid or just careless? Cyclists, especial ly those who navigate traffic north of Eglinton, may be tempted to answer in the affirmative. Not to say that cyc lists are perfect, but when motorists are at fault in most collisions, it’s hard to stomach the victimblaming. Responsibility, however, belongs ultimately to political leaders who’ve ignored the need to build our bike network or engaged in outright hos tility to cyclists, with their “war on cars” rhetoric. That goes double for the current administration at City

maybe it’s time to hold our decisionmakers legally responsible for cycling deaths. Hall, despite last week’s decision to build separated bike lanes some where on the RichmondAdelaide corridor. (More on that spin in a bit.) Maybe it’s time to hold the deci sionmakers legally accountable for cycling deaths. That’s the line some bike advocates have adopted. They argue that our leaders are knowingly putting lives at risk by ignoring the need for cycling infrastructure. They have a point. If the compre hensive bike lane network recom mended in a 1998 coroner’s report (after a spate of cyclists’ deaths) had been built, not only would riders be safer, but we’d all be a lot further down the road, motorists especially, to ac cepting bikes and bike lanes as part of the transportation network. Instead, here we are more than a decade later about to embark on an other coroner’s inquest into bike deaths, this time a provincewide one announced a couple of weeks back.

It’s unclear what the terms of ref erence of that inquiry will be. The liability issue is certainly one that cycling advocates pushing for the review want put on the table. At least the Ontario coroner’s of fice recognizes there’s a problem with cycling safety. It’s not clear the Ford administration does. Without going back in time to re hash some of the mayor’s choicer words on the subject of bikes, let’s look at the decision of the Public Works and Infrastructure Commit tee (PWIC) on Thursday, November 3, to okay an environmental assess ment for separated bike lanes in the RichmondAdelaide corridor. Committee chair Denzil Minnan Wong hailed the decision as a sign of the city’s commitment to bike safety. The Toronto Cyclists Union was quick on the trigger with its approval, issu ing a prepared statement within sec onds of the decision. But it’s not a given that the lanes will ever be built. The preliminary re port tabled by staff for the commit tee’s consideration suggests there are enough obstacles – including water main work, major road resurfacing and streetcar track replacement, as well as a number of development pro posals along both streets – to make construction of the lanes a nogo until at least 2013. Those details seem to have gotten lost in the probike spin. At the same time as Ford and his allies are purporting to be serious about bike safety, they’re removing bike lanes. Paths on Pharmacy and Birchmount, in the burbs where they’re more urgently needed, have been obliterated. Lanes on Dupont have been shortened. An environ mental assessment for bike lanes on Bloor has been shelved. And then there’s the plan to remove bike lanes on Jarvis come spring. The Jarvis lanes, remember, were supposed to be replaced by lanes on Sherbourne, but that project has been put on the back burner, too – permanently, it looks like, from the shifty wording of a motion passed by PWIC back in June. So if you’re counting, that’s zero bike lanes built so far and half a doz en or so takeaways. What happens when Jarvis is paint ed over? Now that cyclists have gotten used to them, removing the lanes poses a heightened risk for cyclists. City staff won’t admit that publicly. But in private discussions with cyc ling advocates they agree that remov ing the lanes just to bring back a cen tre turn lane for cars will leave little room for motorists to get around cyc lists who’ll continue to use the road way when the bike lanes are gone. This is why some bike advocates are now arguing behind the scenes for sharrows on Jarvis to provide at least a modicum of safety for cyclists. But staff seem reluctant to offer that advice to Ford & Co. for fear of being shown the door. In which case we’re back where we started on the bike file – sacrificing the safety of Torontonians for the sake of partisan politics. 3 enzom@nowtoronto.com

Memorial for cyclist Jenna Morrison went up shortly after her death at Sterling and Dundas Monday.

our blind spot on truCk side guards how Two simple panels could save lives By BEN SPURR

the horrific accident that took the life of cyclist Jenna Mor rison on Monday, November 7, is likely to raise the profile of a safe ty measure largely ignored as ac tivists and councillors continue to fight over every inch of bike lanes on our streets. Early indications are that Mor rison fell beneath a truck and was crushed by its rear wheels as both vehicles turned right onto Dundas West from Sterling. It’s a common and frequently deadly type of accident, in which the combination of a driver’s blind spot, a tight right turn and a gaping space beneath the truck lead to disaster even at slow speeds. Side guards are designed to stop just this type of accident. Two sim ple panels are fitted between a truck’s front and rear wheels, en suring that in a collision, cyclists or pedestrians are thrown clear of the vehicle, not pulled under. Canadian transit authorities

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memorial for Jenna morrison

Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists (ARC) holds a memorial ride for Jenna Morrison Monday (November 14). It leaves from Bloor and Spadina at 7:30 am and joins others at 8 am at Dundas West and Sterling. Check nowtoronto.com for more details.

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Social housing’s a home I put down roots, but the home I planted them around is on Rob Ford’s chopping block By EMILY WEEDON at my west-end house near dufferin Grove Park I did something I’ve never done before. I planted. Tulips. Hyacinths. Even potatoes. I really put down roots. The tulips seem especially meaningful. Unlike me, they’ll be here in a year’s time. The market-rent home I planted them around is going on the chopping block when Rob Ford ends mixed-portfolio social housing. No, I don’t own the place. I could never afford to buy in the neighbourhood. Should the city be in the business of being a landlord? I don’t know. But it is and has been since the mid-50s, and it so happens I’m one of its tenants – one of those real live people who have to pull up roots from the place they call home. To me it isn’t an entry on some ledger. It’s where I put out a bowl for hordes of trick-or-treaters at my daughter’s first Halloween. It’s where a big family gathered for Papa on his

70th birthday. It’s where the car lights paint the dining room wall when my partner finally makes it home from work at 3 am. I’ve taught piano on this street for years. One of my clients joked that her daughter is going to build a shrine on our front yard. I know my neighbours on all sides by their first names. I’ve knocked on doors at election time, gotten involved in park politics and traded goutweed eradication tips over the fence. I’ve herded feral kittens into boxes and sent them to good homes. I’ve lent out garden tools. I’ve shovelled the walk two houses up and two houses down in big storms because I knew my neighbours would appreciate it. I’m a good neighbour, dammit. Yes, we will land on our feet. We’ll allocate a much larger portion of our income to rent, stop eating out, and scrimp. But what about John and his housemates two doors up? John is as

much a part of the neighbourhood as any tree or shrub. He’s painfully shy. He’s older than God. He’s not able to get out there and hustle a job. He’s got issues you hope you never have. Right now he gets to live on a calm street, harming no one. I suppose Ford has a Dickensian plan for people like John; herd them into high-rises. Dead weight – put them together for convenience. Tranquil, leafy streets are for those who can afford them. It’s all too clear that there’s no room for compassion on the gravy train express. Let’s talk turkey about the house itself: There’s black mould in the bathroom. The faucets all leak. The cheap kitchen reno 30 years ago isn’t holding up (particleboard likes to suck up water). The front steps are coming away from the building. The eaves fill up every year when the leaves come down. A crack showed up in the back bedroom not long ago, from ceiling to floor.

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able road users, nothing has been done to mandate them here, and the issue has taken a back seat to other safety measures. Newfoundland-based Jeannette Holman-Price knows first-hand how dangerous trucks without side guards can be. Her daughter Jessica was killed in 2005 when a truck hopped a curb in Montreal. Jessica pulled her younger brother out of the way, but she couldn’t save herself. Since then, Holman-Price has led a campaign to make side guards mandatory in Canada. “They’re simple, they take no time to make, they cost less than 1 per cent of the vehicle,” she says, arguing that there’s no reason why all trucks shouldn’t be fitted with them. Holman-Price is lobbying the federal government to make them mandatory, and she has the backing of NDP MP Olivia Chow, who has raised

the issue several times in Parliament. But so far the government has shown no interest. In an emailed statement from Transport Canada, the ministry says it “has not found research data indicating that side guards would be effective in Canada.” While the federal government is responsible for regulating newly built and imported vehicles, under the Highway Traffic Act provinces can regulate vehicles already on the roads. In theory, Ontario could mandate side guards, but there’s no sign that’s a priority at Queen’s Park. The provincial transport ministry did not return a request for comment by press time. At the city level, Layton says he’s conferring with his colleagues and considering what council can do. Councillors Glenn De Baeremaeker and Ana Bailão, whose ward includes the intersection where Morrison was killed Monday, say they support the

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say side guards reduce pedestrian fatalities by 20 per cent, and a 1998 Toronto coroner’s report on cycling deaths recommended exploring the idea of making them mandatory. “Let’s face it, we don’t have the luxury of having bike lanes painted everywhere,” says Councillor Mike Layton, head of City Hall’s ad hoc cycling committee. “When cyclists are on roads without bike lanes, they should have other levels of protection.” In the UK, truck side guards have been mandatory for 25 years and are now required in all European Union countries. But despite all the evidence that they protect vulner-

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Our requests for repairs got routed through an email system and a nameless bureaucracy, and from what we could gather, got filed under “So what?” Frustrated, we took on the upkeep of the house ourselves – and paid out of our pockets because the alternative was serious structural damage to the place. My partner installed a dishwasher on his dime after he got the okay from Toronto Community Housing. Their bizarre caveat was that he remove it when he vacates the premises. These homes were mismanaged, and the city was a bad landlord. The TCHC sell-off targets homes that aren’t earning enough (20 per cent less than their potential) or that will sell high on the real estate market. The rent could have been higher in our non-subsidized place. The thing is, no one bothered to ask: “Say, would you consider a one-time big spike in your rent in order to get on with your lives?” We would.

I’d rather pay rent that’s a lot higher than move, because – I really want to stress this – it’s my home. While Ford is the villain turfing us out – small child and all, away from a wonderful neighbourhood with safe streets and a great local school – all the blame can’t be laid at his feet. You have to wonder how TCHC went from a well-intentioned plan in the 50s to keep low-income residents out of slums to a landlord with an astonishing $600 million backlog of necessary repairs. Here’s where the gravy math just doesn’t make sense: a $600-odd million backlog. Once the land transfers, legal and real estate fees are accounted for, the city figures the selloff will garner some $350 million. Great. So how do we cover the rest a few years from now when there’s nothing left to sell? How can a onetime sale be equated with a revenue stream? The numbers are tiresome, frankly. I didn’t neglect my home. Our rent was paid on time, we made the place better, we saved the city money. In fact, the city will get a way better deal from our place than from some, because we’ve kept it up. And we’ve kept it up because we loved our little home. I’ve got that mournful Morrissey refrain in my head: “It’s only bricks and mortar.” To me, those bricks and mortar have become very dear. I’m even going to miss the spindly guy who roots through my recyclables every morning, even though for years I’ve been putting out the LCBO bottles separately just for him. Still, I’d appreciate it if he’d use the sidewalk for once and not walk over the bloody tulips. I’m going to miss when one of my piano students, holding hands with her mum on the walk home from school, calls out, “Hi, Emily!” That’s not gravy. That’s the flesh and lifeblood of one community that helps build a city. 3 Emily Weedon is a writer and film graphic designer. news@nowtoronto.com

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safety additions. A first step might be to pass a motion at city council asking the other two levels of government to make regulations. Toronto could also follow the lead of Portland, Oregon, which fitted city-operated trucks with side guards after two high-profile cycling deaths.

In the absence of effective government action, Holman-Price believes citizens need to speak out against preventable deaths so others don’t have to endure the pain of losing a loved one. “What we need,” she says, “is public outrage.” 3 bens@nowtoronto.com

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What the cluck? It’s time to raise animals for meat in backyards By WAYNE ROBERTS

there’s everyday unsustainable and then there’s completely off-thecharts unsustainable. In the latter category we can quickly place the worldwide move to a Westernstyle meat-centred diet relying on lowcost livestock fed corn and soybeans. To give the 9 billion carnivores expected by 2050 regular steak dinners would mean doubling global grain production and converting entire rainforests to grain monocultures. Then there are reasonably modest alternatives like livestock raised on grass and bugs in managed wildernesses. Or we may eventually resort to completely out-there options like raising animals for meat in the city. Of course, the over-the-top alternative is an everyday matter for garden-variety city food producers. According to Toronto-based food analyst Diana Lee-Smith, a leading figure in the booming African urban ag movement, heavy-duty city food production becomes normalized mainly during crises. In the UK, for example, where wartime rationing continued into the 1950s, “pig bins” for food scraps that could be fed to animals, both in town and out, were the norm in many urban neighbourhoods, she says. So we can expect North Americans to embrace urban livestock at just about the same time oil runs out or hell freezes over from climate chaos. In Nairobi, Kenya, home of the world’s biggest slum and the place where Lee-Smith co-founded the Mazingira Institute to promote womenled urban ag, raising animals is part of both feeding families and managing urban waste. City livestock consumes human food scraps, saving cities from smothering in waste.

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This is part of the vision of Toronto’s leading urban agtivist, Lorraine Johnson, author of City Farmer and several classics on naturalizing urban wastelawns. “Backyard chickens are the best little compost machines you can have,” she tells me. They bring back the natural and holistic food cycle: humans throw out veggie scraps and stale bread, chickens peck at them, feeding themselves and aerating the earth, flies and larvae dig into chicken poop, chickens eat the larvae for protein and leave the remaining poop to add rich nitrogen to otherwise depleted compost that’s overdosed on plant carbs. It’s a closed loop in the big city – true chicken poop for the soil. The economics of such a cycle go like this: instead of paying waste handlers to haul away trash, people provide a coop for chickens to manage the waste and produce gourmet fare for free, pay local butchers instead of garbagemen and sell robust compost to professional composters. A chicken in every garage. As Johnson points out, you can buy baby chicks for 25 cents in rural Ontario, and a laying-age hen goes for only $25. The full set-up for an insulated coop and run area costs $150 to $250. Three chickens, she says, lay three eggs a day and produce about a shopping bag of waste per week. The Toronto Environment Office is currently drafting a report for the Municipal Licensing and Standards Committee, due in February, aiming to change the prohibited-animals bylaw so locals can legally keep chickens. Even Ontario’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs portrays urban livestock as natural and

normal, with portals on its website to info on the kind of critters that do well in cities: bees, rabbits, poultry, tilapia, yellow perch. Livestock and poultry can be a source of meat, milk, eggs and fibre. Add aquaculture and beekeeping, dwarf goats, ducks and pigeons into the mix and the list of products gets even longer. As well, Johnson notes, the small scale of backyard animal husbandry keeps problems that fester in factory farms – overuse of antibiotics and cruel suppression of instinctive animal behaviours are just two examples – at bay. June Komisar, an architecture professor at Ryerson University and coauthor of Carrot City: Creating Places For Urban Agriculture, is a vegetarian. She gulps when I ask about urban meat production but quickly points out that it’s the norm throughout the global South, where all manner of livestock have the run of the street, and “ir’s a trend that’s developing here as well.” Tending animals is part of gaining respect for food, she says. “We’re so divorced from the sources of our food that people are queasy when they see the animal they’re going to eat,” she says. A common commitment to mindfulness may bring urban livestockers and animal welfare supporters together on this one. Though T.O. is a world leader in many aspects of food policy, it’s behind the curve on mixed urban ag, likely the legacy of Toronto the Good and uptight. Staff are still paid to concoct blanket prohibitions against all non-conforming uses. But animals are the “mixed” in mixed farms, and will be part of the urban ag mix of tomorrow. 3 news@nowtoronto.com

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City plays it coy while occupiers fight mood changes and challenges By ELLIE KIRZNER it’s getting impossible to keep up with the minor miracles as week four approaches in the “land of possibili ties,” as the welcome sign at Occupy’s info tent calls St. James Park. How many times can you say “Wow!” as a local resto sends in tin foil pans of food or wellwishers drop off pots of soup, bags of apples, knit ted gloves, flashlights, building sup plies or blankets? Last week I watched with astonishment as a woman on my street who walks with a cane in small, uncomfortable steps loaded

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up a knapsack with edibles and took the 504 to the park. The magic of share the abun dance. “We expect the food to come, and it comes,” the camp kitchen’s Alvaro tells me with a raw faith in the gener osity of the commons. And where would we all be without that? Amidst King’s oldcity charm, the landscape of St. James gets ever more visually discrepant with its increas ing number of patchedtogether dwellings of tent, tarp, cardboard,

skids and board. There’s a life force that presses for ward despite the funk that some times descends on the rebel village courtesy of the internal struggle to maintain security, rumblings by the mayor and a raging campaign for re moval by columnists of a particular political persuasion. Let’s just say the city is awaiting fur ther developments, which puts pro testers on a kind of strange probation. On Sunday, November 6, Council lor Gord Perks came to St. James and

thanked the occupiers. Many of us, Still, as one person among many he said, “look at the inequities and who made the same point said, “If wonder how we’re going to deal with daughters and mothers and sisters the deficit of democracy. You give us can’t be safe here, we can’t have this hope.” But he confessed he didn’t movement.” have a clue how the mayor’s office With a degree of desperation, the was going to respond. GA consensed Sunday to send tobac Councillor Norm Kelly, head of the co to a team of Mohawk peacekeep Parks Committee and the mayor’s ers to ask for a consultation. The Occupy point man, recently mused search for compassionate law en about the complications arising from forcement continues, but later that the church’s ownership of part of the night marshals were faced with an park, something occupiers are well alleged knife threat and an expul aware of. (The kitchen, for example, sion was carried out. has been strategically located near There was little dissent Monday the church wall.) when one of them reported that they On Monday, when I spoke to Kelly, had “acted in accordance with their his words were diligently balanced. mandate: commitment to nonvio “One of my colleagues who wanted lence and to public safety. There was to aggressively end the occupation cooperation with police: we cooper said, ‘Nip it in the bud.’ And my re ated with them and they cooperated sponse was, ‘The bud was in the first with us, and I feel safer. Done.” one or two days,’” he said. Despite the collective mood chan It’s imperative, he went on, “that ges and challenges, the place is bub the city monitor the situation as bling over with positive energy. The closely as possible – not be intrusive, camp may have no leaders, but that but be aware. We have an obligation doesn’t mean there aren’t animating to maintain health and safety for all spirits, and one of the most respected our residents no matter where they is Michael Vessey, the strategic brains are. If safety standards begin to de behind logistics, a selfdescribed teriorate dramatically, if use of the “gypsy, hippy” and fixer of all things park by the public is obstructed, then who learned the fine points of group you start to create conditions under living at Rainbow Gatherings. which the city would have to serious Vessey is a mentor of the collective ly consider the options.” ethos and generates the camp’s Kelly even tossed a compliment: supersized aspirations. “With lith he said he watched passersby using ium ion batteries and a different the park, and “there was no interfer charging system,” he tells me, point ence by the occupiers.” ing to the bicycle beside the solar But, of course, things could turn panels, “we can deliver light to the on a dime, and participants know it, medical tent, library, all around the which is why they valiantly struggle to avoid precipitating events. Alas, they don’t control all the variables in this pub lic space now col Parks Committee chair, Councillor Norm Kelly lecting the city’s most oppressed. camp. And I’d like a small wind gen Which opportunity will the city erator so we can trickle a charge.” He seize? heads into his greywater recycling At the same time, the Canadian idea next as I scribble to keep up with Civil Liberties Association has issued his racing vision. a warning on the constitutional This is a “giant makework project,” rights of protesters to use public lo he tells me. “We’re like kids building cations for long periods of time to forts and fires, and it’s critical that make their point – provided other everyone stays alive and learns to live uses are accommodated and health together. We’re all learning and teach and safety concerns met. ing, but not at the same speed.” “We’re concerned about the idea Son of an OPP officer and nurse that city officials are somehow land teacher mother, Vessey would much lords of this property,” the CCLA’s rather be occupying a forest than Cara Zwibel tells me, and can just de downtown Toronto, but, he says, “I’m cide the protest has gone on too long inspired by youth. It’s their energy and order it closed. “The onus is on flowing through here. I stay up three the city to say what the compelling days and nights in a row, then sleep reason is to displace these constitu for a few hours and I’m fine. This is tional rights.” not my energy. The only thing you Meanwhile, like an eternal get to choose in this life is what you’re Groundhog Day rerun, discussions serving. I was born in a small town to about how to handle physical threats loving parents; I’ve had my share, from the alcohol and drugafflicted and there are so many people who drawn to the congenial gathering have nothing. I’ve had my piece, and continue. Repetition, it appears, is now I’m sharing.” the precursor for consensus. And, holy smokes, call it exhaustion Participants have now spent two or what you will, but, no kidding, there weeks examining the dilemma from are tears rolling down his face. 3 ellie@nowtoronto.com every angle. The short of it is, even if they could all agree evictions were occupy Toronto hosts a march for land ethical, they don’t have legal author ity to enact them, and doing so could rights with first Nations groups, Saturday (November 12), 2 pm, St. James Park. trigger police reaction.

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On Monday (November 14), a little more than a year and a half after it launched, Google will wash its hands of Buzz, one of its recent social media projects. The site will be supplanted by Google+, a more robust, privacy-aware network that can better compete with Facebook and Twitter. Buzz will no longer be supported. With all that’s going on in the world, this doesn’t seem like a terrible injustice. But it deserves protest nonetheless. At the height of its popularity, Buzz was operating at a rate of 55 Buzzes per second – minuscule next to Facebook’s 700 posts per second or Twitter’s 600. And its privacy slip-ups (Buzz publicly displayed users’ contacts without asking when it first launched) were unforgivable. So who cares that it’s being demolished. Right? Well, I care. I lived there. It was my online community, and Google completely razed it. I’m as devastated as any rational person can be about the closing of a website. Buzz, to me, was the best social site on the web. It was fully email-compatible; I could post photos, replies, comments and share my location, all from Gmail. It was always there, sitting directly below my in-box. It was also Gchat-friendly and mobile-ready, and best of all, my friends were on Buzz. And then they shut us down. Just like that. I complained to Bradley Horowitz, Google’s VP of products and the housemaster of Buzz, who has yet to respond. But I plan to keep pestering him about this. It’s important. Of course, Google is a private com-

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pany and can cancel and create its own products as it sees fit. It doesn’t have to run anything by me or anyone else. But there’s a growing sense that web companies like Google should be redefined as public utilities, just like electricity or gas suppliers. Google has become integral to the modern world, and many of its products are too big to fail. Google Maps alone is used by thousands of businesses. In the unlikely (but still possible) event that the company closed down a product like Maps, unimaginable strain on the economy would result. In the Buzz experiment, Google launched a social network, developed and promoted it and then cancelled it in under two years. What’s to say they won’t do the same to G+? Or Android? Or even Search? This isn’t just a hypothetical. Google Reader, the popular personal aggregator, is merging with G+, altering it beyond recognition and effectively killing it for many. Users are upset – there’s a petition on Google Docs and a real-life protest in Washington, DC. But there’s more at stake than upset users. Reader is one of the most popular sites in Iran. It serves as a social network for young Iranian activists, enabling them to get around government censors. After Google’s changes, it won’t be available there. When Google kills off entire online communities, it should understand that there are repercussions. So it’s up to us to hold Google to account. We are the de facto regulators of the internet, and believe it or not, of giant businesses like Google. 3 joshuae@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/joshuaerrett

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Thursday, November 10

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ENChANtEd EvE: A gArdEN oF EArthLy dE-

LIghts (Toronto Botanical Garden) Gala and auction hosted by Rex Harrington. 6:30 pm. $225. Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence E. 416-397-1340. I hAvE A LIttLE sUgAr (Canadian Diabetes Assoc) Documentary screening plus live comedy, music performances and post-film discussion. 6:30 pm. $13-$15. Rainbow Cinemas Market Square, 80 Front E. mintff.com. roUgE gALA (United Way) Food, drink and music. 8 pm. $40. Fifth Social Club, 255 Richmond W. unitedwaytoronto.com/rouge. voICEs For JUstICE (Human Rights Watch) Fundraising dinner. 7 pm. $500. Ritz-Carlton, 181 Wellington W. 416-322-8448.

Events

BUy, sELL, trAdE? thE CUrrENCy oF IdENtIty

Interactive event exploring identity and representation issues through storytelling. 7 pm. Pwyc. Harbourfront Centre Studio Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. diasporadialogues.com.

(IN)EqUALIty mAttErs: soCIAL JUstICE ANd thE ECoNomy Jean Symes, Armine Yalnizyan

and Yao Graham talk about deepening economic inequality in communities around the world. 7:30 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. interpares.ca/inequalitymatters.

oLdEr womEN & FINANCIAL LItErACy: BrIdgINg thE INComE gAP Two-day workshop for

single, newcomer or low-income women 55 or older. Today and tomorrow 9:30 am-4 pm. Free. Metro Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor. Preregister 416-978-7323.

PLAyINg drEss-UP: NArrAtINg trANs IdENtIty IN trINIdAd ANd toBAgo Presentation by

Nikoli Adrian Attai. 3-4:30 pm. Free. York University, 4700 Keele, 956 YRT. cerlac@yorku.ca. PovErty IN CANAdA Talk with OCAP’s Sarah Vance. 5 pm. Free. St James Park, Church and Adelaide, Who Is the 99%? tent. occupyto.org. roB BELL: FIt to smAsh ICE toUr Performance by the evangelical pastor. 8 pm. $25. Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 100 Princes. ticketmaster.ca. rroyAL AgrICULtUrAL wINtEr FAIr Livestock barns, horse shows, vegetable competitions, the Super Dogs, concerts, kids’ performers and more. Today to Nov 12, 9 am-9 pm; Nov 13, 9 am-6 pm. $22, stu/srs $16, under 4 free. Ricoh Coliseum, Exhibition Place. royalfair.org.

thE sEdUCtIoN oF ForgEtFULNEss: (rE)mEmBErINg Body, mINd ANd sPIrIt Talk by Cynthia B Dillard. 3 pm. Free. OISE, rm 5-280, 252 Bloor W. roland.coloma@utoronto.ca. shAroN: thE LIFE oF A LEAdEr Ariel Sharon’s son, Gilad Sharon, talks to Ralph Benmergui about his new biography. 7-9 pm. $15, stu/srs $10. MNJCC Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina. 416-924-6211 ext 0. toroNto tALks moBILIty symPosIUm Public

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LUNAr rhythms: womEN’s CyCLEs, yogA & AyUrvEdA Workshop. 1-4 pm. $60, stu/un-

ALUCINE Toronto Latin Film + Media Arts

Festival showcasing the work of emerging and established Latin artists. $6-$10, stu/ srs $4-$10; pass $30. Screenings at Revue Cinema (400 Roncesvalles); art/closing party at other venues. alucinefestival.com. Nov 15 to 19 BrEAst FEst Film festival dedicated to breast cancer awareness with films from around the globe plus panel discussions. $10-$25. Royal Ontario Museum Theatre, 100 Queen’s Park. breastfestfilmfest.com. Nov 16 to 20

McLuhan100– ThenAndNow celebratesthe centenaryof Marshall McLuhan’sbirth.

toroNto INtErNAtIoNAL PortUgUEsE FILm FEstIvAL Screenings of Luso-descendant

films from local and international directors. Free. Casa do Alentejo, 1130 Dupont. 416537-7766, portuguesefilmfestival.com. Nov 11 to 13

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mCLUhAN100 – thEN, Now, NExt Confer-

ence and festival celebrating the centenary of Marshall McLuhan’s birth, with speakers, concerts, art installations and screenings. Various prices and venues. mcluhan100.ca. Nov 7 to 10 rEEL AsIAN FILm FEstIvAL Contemporary cinema by East Asian and Southeast Asian forum on transportation solutions for the GTA with TTC chair Karen Stintz, councillor Joe Mihevc, MP Olivia Chow and others. 8 am-5 pm. Free. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. Pre-register torontotalksmobilitysymposium. eventbrite.com.

womEN’s hUmAN rIghts: thE PromIsE ANd thE rEALIty Lecture by Shanthi Dairiam of

Talk by photo journalist Jon Elmer. 7 pm. Free. Earth Sciences Centre, 33 Willcocks, basement rm 142. jonelmer.ca.

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trEAtINg AUtIsm, Adhd ANd mood dIsordErs NAtUrALLy Seminar. 7 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348

Discussing proposed cuts and how they affect communities. 6-8 pm. Free. Parliament Library, 269 Gerrard E. TorontoDTE@gmail.com. FrEd rItChIN: mEANINgFUL mEdIA Lecture on the digital revolution. 7 pm. $22.50, stu $17. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. ago.net.

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dId ExPLosIvEs dEmoLIsh thE wtC towErs 1 ANd 2? A ForENsIC INvEstIgAtIoN Lecture by

engineer Ron Craig. 4 pm. Free. University College, 15 King’s College. scienceforpeace.ca.

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International Women’s Rights Action WatchAsia Pacific. 7 pm. Free. George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire. oise.utoronto.ca.

Friday, November 11

Benefits

AqUA – A symPhoNy oF mUsIC (Griffin Cen-

tre) Fundraising concert with Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra. 7:30 pm. $65, yth $35. St Michael’s College School Centre for the Arts, 1515 Bathurst. 416-222-1153 ext 129. A CELEBrAtIoN oF qUILts xI (Sketch) York Heritage Quilters Guild show and sale. Today 10 am-6 pm; tomorrow 10 am-5 pm. $8, adv $5. Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond. 416-441-2345. oNE NIght BAChELor AUCtIoN gALA (Ontario Track 3 Ski Assoc for the Disabled) Girls’ night out with entertainment, a silent auction and eligible bachelors. $100-$300. Westin Harbour Castle, 1 Harbour Sq. onenighttrack3.com. PottErs FALL show ANd sALE (Red Door Shelter) Presented by Toronto Potters. Today 1-9 pm; tomorrow 10 am-6 pm; Nov 13, 10 am-6 pm. Free. Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, 1073 Millwood. torontopotters.com. rUBBErLICIoUs (People with AIDS Food Bank) Dress in rubber/fetish/leather attire and taste food from local restaurants. 10 pm. $10 or $5 with non-perishable food item. Black Eagle, 457 Church. 416-413-1219.

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rthE BABytImE show Parenting seminars, toddler entertainment, baby products and more. To Nov 13, 10 am-6 pm. $16, grandparents $10. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. babytimeshows.ca. A CELEBrAtIoN oF ghANA-sICkkIds PAEdIAtrIC NUrsINg ProgrAm Global health forum to

celebrate the program’s achievements. Noon1 pm. Free. Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University, Hollywood Theatre Room 1246. Preregister dylan.walters@sickkids.ca. dErAILEd: A dANCE PArty (Toronto Cyclists Union) Funder and membership drive with a party, silent auction and raffle. Doors 9 pm. $5. CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst. bikeunion.to. dyINg wIth CoNFIdENCE Anyen Rinpoche

filmmakers. $5-$20, passes $65-$80. Royal (608 College), Richmond Hill Centre (10268 Yonge) and other venues. reelasian.com. To Nov 19

rENdEzvoUs wIth mAdNEss FILm FEstIvAL

Shorts and features about mental illness and addictions plus panel discussions and more. TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King W), Workman Hall (651 Dufferin). rendezvouswithmadness.com. To Nov 12 soUNdPLAy NAISA festival of experimentation in sound art and new media. Various prices, some events free. Artscape Wychwood

Barns, 601 Christie. naisa.ca/soundplay. To Nov 26 toroNto skEtCh ComEdy FEstIvAL Performances by Picnicface, Jape and many others. $15-$20, pass $40. Lower Ossington Theatre (100A Ossington), Comedy Bar (945 Bloor W), Second City (51 Mercer). torontosketchfest.com. To Nov 13 words ANd ImAgEs Films, book launches, art and music promote Latin American culture. Most events free. Various venues. wordsandimagesfestival.com. To Nov 19

talks about death in Tibetan Buddhism. 7 pm. By donation. Centre of Gravity, 180 Sudbury. centreofgravity.org/practice-anyen-rinpoche.

Saturday, November 12

EArth dEFENdErs: trAININg ANd skILLshArE Greenpeace retreat for those who

Art sALE ANd gIFt FUNdrAIsEr (Friends of Glen

want to learn basic skills in campaigning, working with the media, organizing, civil disobedience and more. To Nov 13. $50 (sliding scale). Details upon registration. Preregister 416-597-8408 ext 3062, greenpeace.org/canada/en/Blog. FLIrty FrIdAy Burlesque variety show. Doors 9 pm. $10. NOW Lounge, 189 Church. facebook. com/nowlounge.

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Guest appearances, fan forums, autographs and more. To Nov 14. $17.50 srs $13, yth $11. Hockey Hall of Fame, 30 Yonge. hhof.com.

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tIoN CoNFErENCE Panel discussion on issues related to access to medicines and a screening of Jonathan Smith’s documentary. 2:30-5 pm. $5. Hart House Music Room, 7 Hart House Circle. Pre-register omwho@utihp.ca. rEmEmBrANCE dAy CErEmoNy Veterans and the public honour Canadians’ wartime sacrifices. 10:55 am. Free w/ admission. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929. rEmEmBrANCE dAy CErEmoNy Processional parade led by fife and drum, and military-costumed fort staff. 10:45 am. Free. Historic Fort York, 100 Garrison. 416-392-6907. rEthINk AFghANIstAN Rebel Films screening and discussion. 7 pm. $4. OISE, 252 Bloor W. socialistaction-canada.blogspot.com. A royAL wArdroBE UNLoCkEd: qUEEN ALExANdrA 1863-1910 Kate Strasdin lectures on the

Royal Family’s first style icon. 5:30-6:30 pm. Free. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000, rom.on.ca. thE royAL york rEmEmBErs Remembrance Day ceremony with military music and a memorial display. 10:45 am. Free. Fairmont Royal York Lobby, 100 Front W. 416-368-2511. thrIvE – whAt oN EArth wILL It tAkE? Documentary screening. 7 pm. Free. OISE, 252 Bloor W. thrivemovement.com. trEEhoUsE tALks Short talks on various topics by Lee Smolin, Salima Syerah Virani and Gabrielle McLaughlin. 6:20-8 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. treehousetalks.com.

UNdEr CoNstrUCtIoN: thE PoLItICs oF wALLs IN PALEstINE ANd BEyoNd Panel discussion on the proliferation of walls in Palestine and other countries. 7 pm. $5. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org.

UNdEr CoNtroL – AN ArChAEoLogy oF NUCLEAr ENErgy Film screening and discussion with director Volker Sattel. 6 pm. Free. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. 416-736-5695.

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Davis Ravine) 1-5 pm. Free. Balmy Beach Club, foot of Beech. friendsofglendavisravine.ca. BLACk & whItE FUNdrAIsINg gALA (Design Exchange) Honouring designers Karim Rashid, Lise Anne Couture and Hani Rashid. $500. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. gIANt Book sALE (BSUC Social Justice Committee) Books, CDs, DVDs and LPs. 9 am-4 pm. Free. Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor W. 416-924-7439. stEP UP For strEEt kIds (Covenant House) 5K fundraising walk plus entertainment and prizes. 1:30 pm. Pledges. Yonge-Dundas Square. covenanthouse.ca/walk. womEN FIght For thE CUrE (Princess Margaret Hospital) Women athletes demonstrate Muay Thai in the ring. 7 pm. $35-$50. Siam No 1, 180 Winges (Woodbridge). 416-710-6696.

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BLACk CAt BALL WORN Fashion Journal issue

13 launch party and dance. 9 pm. $12, adv $10 (includes magzine). Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt. wornjournal.com. BoostINg ImmUNE systEm FUNCtIoN Learn about natural ways to prevent colds and the flu, followed by a gentle yoga class. 11 am1:30 pm. $20. Spirit Loft Yoga, 276 Carlaw, unit 312. 416-841-2000, spiritloftyoga.com.

BrEAk thE gLAss CEILINg: womEN & thE mBA

Open house for women to learn more about the degree. 10 am-2 pm. Free. Rotman School of Management, 105 St George. Pre-register rotman.utoronto.ca/breaktheglassceiling.

CANAdIAN PEACEkEEPINg: A hUmANIst PErsPECtIvE Talk by Matthew Binn. 1:30 pm.

Free. OISE, rm 2-213, 252 Bloor W. humanist. toronto.on.ca. thE CAUsE ExPo 2011 Toronto Youth Cabinet event with workshops, interactive art, career forums and more. 4-10 pm. Free. Harbourfont Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000.

dykEs PLANNINg tykEs: qUEErINg thE FAmILy trEE Film screening and Q&A for lesbian/bi/

queer women considering parenthood. Childcare available (RSVP). 3-5 pm. Free. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. mtamaki@sherbourne.on.ca. FoodoPoLIs Food tour of shops in the Riverside neighbourhood including a cooking demo and coffee tasting. 12:45-3:45 pm. $20. Queen E and Broadview area. Pre-register meetup. com/Foodopolis-Tours/events/39209182/. fICE, wINE & dINE Performers, ice carvers, live DJ, carollers, food and wine tastings and more. 4-10 pm. Free. Elm Street between Yonge and Bay. wintermagic.ca.

waged $50. Centre for Women’s Studies in Education, 252 Bloor W. Pre-register cwse@ utoronto.ca. mAd stUdENts soCIEty Peer support meeting for students who have experience with mental health systems. 3:30 pm. Free. Details at madstudentsociety.com. rA NorthErN NAtIvIty Displays of crèches from around the world and a marketplace. 9 am-12:30 pm. $5, under 14 free. Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 100 Front W. Pre-register friendsofthecreche.eventbrite.com. oCCUPy toroNto mArCh March to support First Nations land claims. 2 pm. Free. St James Park, Church and Adelaide. occupyto.org. 1812-1814 – dEFENCE or AggrEssIoN Talk on the War of 1812 by historian Wesley B Turner. 2:30 pm. Free w/ admission. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. rom.on.ca. rroBots rULE! Student robotics displays and demonstrations. Today and tomorrow 10 am-5 pm. Free w/ admission. Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills. 416-696-1000.

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Pictures with Santa, face painting, music and interactive fun. 11 am-6 pm. Free. 300 Borough. scarboroughtowncentre.com. st CLAIr wEst stoP thE CUts mEEtINg Discussion on service cuts and saving communities. 10 am-noon. Free. Wychwood Library, 1431 Bathurst. stclair.stopthecuts@gmail.com.

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Greater Toronto Workers Association learning session on calls for austerity and the global resistance to it. 10:30 am-4:30 pm. Free. Ryerson Student Union, 63 Gould. Pre-register workingclassfightback@gmail.com.

whAt Is ANtI-oPPrEssIoN? why shoULd yoU CArE ABoUt It? Workshop. 1-5 pm. $45.

Aangen Community Centre, 868 Dovercourt. Pre-register aangen.com/workshops.asp. whAt’s yoUr story? Afternoon of storytelling from diverse cultural traditions. Today and tomorrow. 2, 3 & 4 pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000.

Sunday, November 13

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ICA CANAdA CELEBrAtEs 35 yEArs (ICA Canada) Author Michele Landsberg and singer Mary Lou Fallis receive awards and talk to CBC journalist Robert Fisher. 3-5 pm. Free. Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen E. icacan.org.

Events

rAUtUmN IN thE vALLEy Guided nature walk. 1:30 pm. $5, stu/srs $3, child $2. Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery. 416-396-2819. BrUCE trAIL toroNto sECtIoN Bus trip and a hike with Toronto Bruce Trail Club. 9:30 am. $23. Meet outside York Mills subway station. Pre-register torontobrucetrailclub.org. ECo FAIr Information on energy audits and government rebates, a draft-proofing demo, music, kids’ activities and more. 1-4 pm. Free. Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. gn21.ca. AN ENChANtEd EvENINg Group meditation, live music and a vegetarian meal. Free w/donation for meal. Trinity-St Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. 416-539-0234. rhoCkEy hALL oF FAmE LEgENds CLAssIC

Game between Team Bourque and Team Salming plus live entertainment. 2 pm. $25$40. Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay. hhof.com.

INto thE woods toroNto styLE: PArks IN thE CIty Illustrated lecture by photographer

Charlotte Broome. 2 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. ulyssean.on.ca. LEAdINg thE rom INto Its CENtENAry Talk by Royal Ontario Museum director Janet Carding. 10:10-10:50 am. Free. St Clements Chuch Hall, 70 St Clements. 416-483-6664. PALEstINE oCCUPIEd: LIvINg At thE wALL Talks by visiting activists from Zochrot in Israel and Wi’am Peace Centre in Bethlehem. 7 pm. $5. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org. frPEt Photos wIth sANtA Pets and their families can get a photo taken for the holidays. 7-9 pm. Scarborough Town Centre, 300 Borough. scarboroughtowncentre.com. sExIsm IN thE 99% Talk by Jonah Gindin and Clare O’Connor. 3:30 pm. Free. St James Park, Church and Adelaide, Who Is the 99%? tent. occupyto.org.

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While Muammar Gaddafi didn’t make it to the International Criminal Court, this judicial process is a critical part of the struggle for global justice. Watch Barry Stevens’s doc, Prosecutor and listen to AIDS-Free World co-director Stephen Lewis, ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo and Stevens himself discuss the central themes. Monday (November 14), 6:30 pm. Free. Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles West). whitepinepictures.com.

the hard, ugly facts. (In)equality Matters: Social Justice And The Economy features Jean Symes from Inter Pares, progressive economist Armine Yalnizyan, and Dr. Yao Graham, coordinator of Third World Network-Africa, speaking about deepening economic inequality here and worldwide and what we can do about it. Tonight (Thursday, November 10), 7:30 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. policyalternatives.ca.

Stephen Lewis assesses international courts November 14.

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Occupy Toronto has been protest action central for the past three weeks, heading out into the streets for all sorts of causes and demonstrating that

when it comes to social inequality, there are a million issues. On Saturday (November 12), Occupy teams up with activists in the native community to march for First Nations land claims. Join the action at St. James Park’s tent city at 2 pm. Jarvis and King. facebook.com/OccupyToronto.

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salon with Jill Andrew. 2 pm. $12. Spadina Museum, 285 Spadina Rd. 416-392-6910.

Workshops on how to talk about cuts and austerity, as well as strategies to defend our neighbourhoods. 10 am-4 pm. Free. OISE, 252 Bloor W. Info at torontostopthecuts. com. Pre-register stopthecuts.workshops@ gmail.com.

Take The VOw Of SilenCe wiTh free The Children See the Wall Of Silence and sign

up for the Vow Of Silence Campaign in solidarity with children silenced by poverty, disease and exploitation. 10 am-4 pm. Free. Yonge-Dundas Square. freethechildren. com/vow. Vikki VanSiCkle Literary salon for girls 13 to 17. 10 am. $20 (includes book). Mabel’s Fables, 662 Mt Pleasant. 416-322-0438.

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Around the World) Play session with Santa with music and stories. Mon-Sat, to Dec 23. $5 per child. Sherway Gardens, 25 the West Mall, QEW & Hwy 427. sherwaygardens.ca.

Events

CarlOS fuenTeS The author lectures on mod-

ern Mexico. 7 pm. $25 & $50. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. rom.on.ca. COmmuniTy pOwer COnferenCe OSEA conference on green energy initiatives with networking sessions, speakers and more. Today and tomorrow. $55-$255. Convention Centre, 255 Front W. Pre-register cpconference.ca. green COnneCTiOn 2011 Green networking party. 6:30 pm. $75-$95. Steam Whistle Brewing, 255 Bremner. thegreenconnection.ca.

ity Institute lecture. 4 pm. Free. Bahen Centre, rm 1200, 40 St George. ipsi.utoronto.ca.

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Film clips and a lecture by film critic Shlomo Schwartzberg. 7-9 pm. $12, stu $6. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. 416-924-6211 ext 606.

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Stevens. 6:30 pm. Free. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles W. whitepinepictures.com.

Mariana Valverde and AGCO’s Kathy Klas. 7 pm. $12. Spadina Museum, 285 Spadina Rd. 416-392-6910. raCialized PeoPle on sTolen land Presentation and discussion. 6:30 pm. By donation. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org.

Tuesday, November 15

THe rise and Fall oF THe saCred rulers oF THe maya world Lecture. 7 pm. $23. Royal

TribuTe To Fraser Finlayson (Finlayson Li-

sensual VanTaGes on relaTionsHiPs To THe enVironmenT Discussion on women, environ-

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brary at the Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art) A celebration of the blues musician’s life with performances by Fathead, Carlos del Junco and others. 8:30 pm. $16, adv $14. Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604, hughsroom.com.

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Canadian eyewiTness in Gaza: PubliC HealTH sTill under sieGe Talk by Eva Bartlett.

6-8 pm. Free. University College, 15 King’s College Circle, rm 175. scienceforpeace.ca. liFe wiTH eCzema Information session. 7-9 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. Preregister eczemacanada.ca. PHoTosHoP 101 Beginners workshop. 7 pm. $5. That’s Women’s Work Arts Network, 26 Columbus. Pre-register thatswomenswork.com. PowerinG uP your neiGHbourHood Toronto Hydro town hall meeting to discuss the electricity system and suggested improvements. 6-8 pm. Free. City Hall, 100 Queen W, at Bay. torontohydro.com/townhallsessions.

Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Pk. rom.on.ca.

ment and art with Susan Aaron. Noon. Free. Centre for Women’s Studies in Education, rm 2-227, 252 Bloor W. cwse@utoronto.ca.

Wednesday, November 16

Benefits

a niGHT To remember wiTH amanda marTinez (ALS Society) Latin jazz benefit concert

with live music, a silent auction and more. 7:30 pm. $65-$125. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307.

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CeCil CasTelluCCi Literary salon for girls 13 to 17. 6:30 pm. $30 (includes book). Mabel’s Fables, 662 Mt Pleasant. 416-322-0438. ClasHinG TemPoraliTies: Gender and THe new CorPoraTe Glass CeilinG Csilla Kalocsai presents a lecture on gender inequalities in Hungary. Noon-1:30 pm. Free. Centre for Women’s Studies in Education, 252 Bloor W,

rm 2-227. cwse@utoronto.ca.

THe General idea beHind General idea Dis-

cussion with Paris-based independent curator Frédéric Bonnet. 7 pm. $22.50, stu $17. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. ago.net. Jamie oliVer Evening with the home cooking chef and author. 8 pm. $49.50-$99.50. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. 416-872-4255. our newsPaPer Screening about a newspaper in Russia threatened by authorities. 6:30 pm. Free. Hart House Library, 7 Hart House. harthouse.ca/student-engagement/docfest.

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ProHibiTion THen and liquor ConTrol in onTario Today History salon with U of T’s

return, asset allocation and portfolio rebalancing with John DeGoey. 6:30-8 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-393-7131.

2012: From Garbled sCienCe To deaTH From THe skies Lecture on doomsday scenarios with Kelly Lepo. 6:30 pm. Free. High Park Library, 228 Roncesvalles. 416-393-7671.

wHaT iF... we remembered To remember?

Live on-air discussion on Remembrance Day and Holocaust Education Week. 11:50 am. Free. Hart House Map Room Studio, 7 Hart House Circle. harthouse.ca.

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Thursday, November 17

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rarTs and CraFTs sHowCase (Howard Park Public School) Local artisans, baked goods, musical entertainment and more. 3-7 pm.

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MEXICO 6th annual eva Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture

Free. 30 Marmaduke. howardartsandcrafts.ca. FlyinG eye HosPiTal (ORBIS Canada) Tour the DC-10 aircraft converted into a surgical facility giving the gift of sight to people in developing countries. To Nov 19 (grand reception Nov 18, 6-9 pm). $20, reception $50. Pearson International Airport. Pre-register 1-877-672-4722. moVember basH (Movember Canada) Live entertainment, guest DJs, moustache contests and more. 9 pm. $20-$25. Brassaii, 461 King W. 416-598-4730. FswaroVski CrysTal Tree unVeilinG (Children’s Wish Foundation) The holiday tree is unveiled with a live performance by Deborah Cox and the High Park Choirs. 5:15 pm. Eaton Centre, 220 Yonge. torontoeatoncentre.com. TwelVe Trees oF CHrisTmas ParTy (Gardiner Museum education programs) Auction of Christmas trees decorated by local designers and architects. 6:30-9:30 pm. $200, adv $150. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080.

348 Danforth. 416-466-2129. esCaPe From suburbia Film screening and talk by filmmaker Greg Greene. 6 pm. Free. 519 Church Community Centre. bit.ly/onsf23. GourmeT Food & wine exPo Tutored tastings plus sampling of wine, spirits, beer and food. Today 6-10 pm; tomorrow 2-10 pm; Nov 19 noon-10 pm; Nov 20 noon-6 pm. $20, adv $19, Thu $40. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. foodandwineexpo.ca. How To boil a FroG Film screening and discussion. 7 pm. Free. Friends House, 60 Lowther. 416-731-6605. PowerinG uP your neiGHbourHood Toronto Hydro town hall meeting to discuss the current state of the electricity system and suggested improvements. 6-8 pm. Free. North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge. torontohydro. com/townhallsessions.

wHaT a Girl wanTs – an eVeninG aT THe oasis (Canadian Liver Fdn) Entertainment,

row 2-5 pm. $165. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. Pre-register ago.net. samPras Vs raoniC FaCe-oFF Exhibition tennis match with Milos Raonic vs Pete Sampras and others. 7 pm. $25-$100. Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay. samprasvsraonic.com.

speakers, food, silent auctions and more. 7 pm. $125. 99 Sudbury. 416-491-3353 ext 4920. world’s larGesT Human sTar (Make-A-Wish Canada) Join country singer Drake Jensen and 300 students in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record. 4 pm. $5. Shops at Don Mills Town Square, 1090 Don Mills. makeawish.ca.

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enHanCinG your FerTiliTy wiTH CHinese mediCine Seminar. 7 pm. Free. Big Carrot,

PsyCHoanalysis and inTerPreTaTion as seen THrouGH THe work oF THe russian aVanT-Garde Workshop. Today and tomor-

THe sTork, THe Turkey basTer and oTHer sTories: TalkinG To our kids abouT Family and wHere THey Come From LGBTQ parenting forum. 6:30-8:30 pm. Free. Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne, 2nd floor. lgbtqparentingconnection.ca.

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If you’re wondering how Toronto is responding to the arrival of its first Ben Sherman shop, consider that it took barely 20 minutes for the store to run out of a substantial stash of free EC1 chinos when it grand-opened on a Saturday in late October. Those coveted trousers – which come in six different colours for fall, from deep maroon to classic khaki – are an easy-wearing, smartly cut example of why a certain subset of dapper guys gravitate to the line. Ben Sherman’s slogan is “A heritage of modernism,” and the 2,600-square-foot space speaks to that mix with heavy knits, utilitarian outerwear and handsome accessories displayed on vintage furniture and walls of subway tile. A “shirt bar” in the back highlights a button-up of the week and different options for fabric and collar shape. For men hunting down pieces that are a tad more distinguished, the shop also stocks the premium Plectrum collection. Ben Sherman picks: A Union Jack stripe accents the tongue on a pair of camel suede sneakers, $138; a blazer is cut in a standout green shade of herringbone tweed, $278; the free chinos might be gone, but you can still buy a pair for $120. Look for: An interactive window display modelled on a moveable dry cleaner’s rack that let’s you select and rotate pieces from a panel of buttons outside. Hours: Monday to Friday 11 am to 7 pm, Saturday 11 am to 6 pm, Sunday noon to 6 pm. 3

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by Rob Brezsny

Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 The title of this

week’s movie is Uproar Of Love, starring Ghe Fantasy Kid and The Most Feeling Machine In The World. It blends romance and science fiction, with overtones of espionage and undertones of revolution for the hell of it. Comic touches will slip in at unexpected moments. When you’re not up to your jowls in archetypes, you might be able to muster the clarity to gorge yourself on the earthly delights that are spread from here to the edge of the abyss.

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 How’s your rela-

tionship with your muse? Don’t tell me that you’re not an artist so you don’t have a muse. Even garbage collectors need muses. Even farmers. Even politicians. All of us need to be in touch with a mysterious, tantalizing source of inspiration that teases our sense of wonder and goads us on to life’s next adventures. So I ask you again: What have you and your muse been up to lately? I say it’s high time for you to infuse your connection with a dose of raw mojo. And if for some sad reason you don’t have a muse, I urge you to go out in quest of new candidates. (P.S. A muse isn’t necessarily a person; he or she might also be an animal, an ancestor, a spirit or a hero.)

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 Funky pagan scientists at Zen State University have found that the regular consumption of Free Will Astrology can be effective in smoothing unsightly wrinkles on your attitude, scouring away stains on your courage and

disposing of old garbage stuck to your karma. They’ve also gathered testimony from people who claim to have experienced spontaneous healings of nagging ailments and chronic suffering while under the influence of these oracles. If I were you, I’d try to take advantage of such benefits right now. You could really use some healing. Luckily, it looks like there’ll be an array of other curative options available to you as well. Be aggressive about seeking them out.

CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 Given the lush

and exotic astrological factors now coming to bear on your destiny, and due to the possibility that something resembling actual magic may soon make an appearance, I am taking a leap of faith with this week’s horoscope. Are you game? There is a hypothetical scene described by the English poet Samuel Coleridge (1772-1834) that would normally be too outlandish to take seriously, but I suspect it’s a possible match for your upcoming adventures. “What if you slept,” he wrote, “and what if in your sleep you dreamed, and what if in your dream you went to heaven and there you plucked a strange and beautiful flower, and what if when you awoke you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?”

Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 I was musing on how

slow I am to learn the lessons I need to master – how hard it can be to see the obvious secrets that are right in front of me. But I felt better after I came across the logo for the Jung Institute in San Francis-

11 | 10

preneur” is a word the English language borrowed from the French. The moral of the story, as far as you’re concerned, Libra: make sure you know the origins of everyone and everything you engage with, especially as they affect your ability to benefit from entrepreneurial influences.

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sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 The Cunnilinguistic Dicktionary defines the newly coined word “mutinyversal” as “rebellion against the whole universe.” I think it would be an excellent time for you to engage in a playful, vivacious version of that approach to life. This is one of those rare times when you have so many unique gifts to offer and so many invigorating insights to unleash that you really should act as if you are mostly right and everyone else is at least half-wrong. Just one caution: as you embark on your crusade to make the world over in your image, do it with as much humility and compassion as you can muster.

co, which is dedicated to the study of psychology and psychotherapy. The symbol it has chosen to embody its ruling spirit consists of four snails creeping their way around a centre point – a witty acknowledgment of the plodding nature of the human psyche. I bring this to your attention, Leo, because it’s important for you to give yourself credit for how much you’ve grown since the old days – even if your progress seems intolerably gradual.

VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 It will be a good

week to have nice long talks with yourself – the more, the better. The different subpersonalities that dwell within you need to engage in vigorous dialogues that will get all their various viewpoints out in the open. I even recommend coaxing some of those inner voices to manifest themselves outside the confines of your own head – you know, by speaking out loud. If you feel inhibited about giving them full expression where they might be overheard by people, find a private place that will allow them to feel free to be themselves.

sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 In Mon-

golia there’s a famous fossil of two dinosaurs locked in mortal combat. Forever frozen in time, a Velociraptor is clawing a Protoceratops, which in turn is biting its enemy’s arm. They’ve been holding that pose now for, oh, 80 million years or so. I’m shoving this image in your face, Sagittarius, so as to dare you and encourage you to withdraw from your old feuds and disputes. It’s a perfect time, astrologically speaking, to give up any struggle that’s not going to matter 80 million years from now. (More info: tinyurl.com/DinosaurFight.)

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 During the reign of President George W. Bush, many Americans viewed France as being insufficiently sympathetic with American military might. So enraged were some conservatives that they tried to change the name of french fries to freedom fries and French toast to freedom toast. The culminating moment in this surrealistic exercise came when Bush told UK’s Prime Minister Tony Blair, “The French don’t even have a word for entrepreneur” – unaware that “entre-

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 “In your experience, who is the best-smelling actor you’ve worked with?” TV host Jon Stewart asked his guest Tom Hanks. “Kevin Bacon,” replied Hanks. Why? Not be-

cause of the bacon-as-a-delicious-food angle, although that would be funny. “He smells like a mix of baby powder and Listerine,” Hanks said. Keep this perspective in mind, Capricorn. I think you should be engaged in a great ongoing quest to put yourself in situations with pleasing aromas. I mean this in both the metaphorical and literal sense. To set yourself up for meaningful experiences that provide you with exactly what you need, follow your nose.

AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 According to

my reading of the omens, Aquarius, you can finally take advantage of a longstanding invitation or opportunity that you have always felt unworthy of or unready for. Congratulations on being so doggedly persistent about ripening the immature parts of yourself. Now here’s an extra bonus: this breakthrough may in turn lead to your finding a lost piece to the puzzle of your identity.

pisCes Feb 19| Mar 20 My acquaintance Bob takes a variety of meds for his bipolar disorder. They work pretty well to keep him out of the troughs, but he misses the peaks. Last time he saw his psychiatrist, he told her he wished he could stop taking the complicated brew of drugs and just take a happy pill every day. The psychiatrist told him that if he ever found such a thing, she’d love to take it herself. Wouldn’t we all? I’m pleased to report that you are now very close to locating the next best thing to a happy pill, Pisces. It may require you at least partially to give up your addiction to one of your customary forms of suffering, though. Are you prepared to do that? Homework: If you knew you were going to live to 100, what would you do differently in the next five years? Testify at Freewillastrology.com.

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take on chili: Tex-Mex filtered through Subcontinental and Caribbean spicing, with the texture of a classic bolognese sauce, dressed with aged Quebecois cheddar and sided with grilled Scottish flatbread freckled with fresh rosemary and thyme. What could be more quintessentially Canadian? Dining room open Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 10 pm, Saturday noon to 10 pm, Sunday noon to 4 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

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Don Balan Lamb Testicles ($15)

MEAT DISHES BANNOCK 401 Bay, at Queen West, 416-834-6996, bannockrestaurant.ca.

Ontario Venison Chuck Chili ($15) The first of a projected cross-Canada string of native-Canadian-inspired eateries, Oliver and Bonacini’s latest venture is as rustic as a Hudson Bay blanket, from the reclaimed lumber on the walls to the tortierre on executive chef Anthony Walsh’s comfort food card. But nothing evokes Canuck cuisine more eloquently than Walsh’s clever multi-culti

BANU 777 Queen West, at Euclid, 416-777-2268, banu.ca.

Not every toque has the cojones to put gonads on the menu. Count chef Amir Mohyeddin among the few with the nerve to do just that, marinating the locally farmed reproductive organs in vodka before skewering them – ouch! – and searing them over an open fire. A squeeze of lime, a pinch of salt, a side of pickled Persian cauliflower and a mess of fresh mint, basil and tarragon on a bed of crisp lavash flatbread complete the ballsy plate. “Sometimes when there’s a large group, someone will order it but not tell anybody what it is,” says Mohyeddin. “When they find out what they’re eating, they’re al-

ways surprised. Most say they taste like spongy chicken.” Lunch daily from noon, dinner from 5 pm. Bar till close. Licensed. Access: barrier-free, washrooms in basement.

BARBERIAN’S 7 Elm, at Yonge, 416-597-0335, barberians.com.

Chateaubriand for Two ($95) They don’t come any more old-school than this classy wood-panelled steak house, particularly when it comes to the hand-selected Black Angus tenderloin dinner à deux. First, they sear the 18-ounce centre cut under a hardwood charcoal grill, then finish the roast in a blazing convection oven. After the meat has rested, it’s carved at table – slightly against the grain, as tradition dictates – and served with the requisite baked potato, garlic bread and complimentary pickle platter, a gravy boat of textbook Béarnaise sauce on the side. Do many follow the ‘briand by splashing out on the house’s equally retro baked Alaska ($33)? “Well, they could, but they’d need a nap first,” quips owner Arron Barberian. “It’s big enough for four.” Lunch Monday to Friday noon to 2:30 pm, dinner 5 pm to midnight, Saturday and Sunday 4:30 pm to midnight. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

BEAST 96 Tecumseth, at Whitaker, 647-3526000, thebeastrestaurant.com.

The Beast Feast ($80 per person) If you ever get the hankering to go the whole hog – or goat or lamb or bunny rabbit – Scott and Rachelle Vivian have the all-vertabrate tasting menu for you. With a week’s notice, they’ll create a multi-course prix fixe for two or more based on the critter of your choice. “We’ve had customers ask for swan,” says the hairier of the Vivians. “And another party wanted reindeer at Christmas. That was kind of weird.” Most are game for wild boar. A typical first course kicks off with Cajun rice balls studded with the pig’s liver, while the

BLACK HOOF 928 Dundas West, at Gore Vale, 416-5518854, theblackhoof.com.

Blood Custard ($8)

The in-yer-face handle doesn’t do justice to chef Brandon Olsen’s deceptively sweet appetizer-slash-dessert (albeit pudding in a parallel universe). Better to describe it as a sanguine crème brûlée – a frothy rosemary-infused confection whipped with cream, egg yolks and pig plasma and gar-

second consists of crostini spread with a terrine fashioned from the haunch and the head. A salad of cauliflower and pickled banana strewn with grilled heart, and poached tongue, chorizo and Manila clams in boozy cider broth provide an intermezzo. Shoulder gets braised in ragu before being shredded over house-made gnocchi thick with Monforte Dairy Toscano cheese, while the chop comes grilled and dressed with spicy romesco pepper sauce and piquant salsa verde. And what better way to finish than with Rachelle’s maple-yogurt panna cotta paired with shortbread cookies rich with smoked bacon and rendered boar fat? Dinner Wednesday to Saturday 5 to 11 pm. Brunch Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. Closed Monday, Tuesday, holidays. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washroom on same floor. nished with shaved pear, crisply fried onion and a tassle of coriander sprouts. Children of the night wash them down with a couple of cocktail queen Jennifer Agg’s signature Caesars rimmed with Marmite and dehydrated horseradish. Bloody marvellous! Thursday to Saturday 6 pm to 1 am, Sunday and Monday 6 to 11:30 pm. Closed Tuesday, Wednesday, some holidays. Licensed. Access: two steps at door, washrooms in basement.

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Jesse Orleans (left) and chef Misha Nesterenko take the meat out of the roasting box and Nesterenko gets it ready to serve at Marben’s wildly popular monthly pig roast.

MARBEN 488 Wellington West, at Portland, 416-979-1990, marbenrestaurant. com.

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Monthly Pig Roast ($25)

Downtown’s best-kept-secret: on the last Sunday of every month for the past year, chef Carl Heinrich and crew have been gathering on their front deck to celebrate all things swine. After brining an entire Berkshire hog from Dingo Farms for seven days, the gang rub it with Marben’s house barbecue sauce before slow-cooking it on the patio in a La Caja China roasting box from dawn until the outrageously tender flesh falls from the bone. The price of admission also gets you a choice of two suitable sides – fries, coleslaw, braised kale, baked beans and the like. Needless to say, every previous porktacular has been a sellout, so tickets for Sunday November 27th’s pig roast are sure to go quick. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Tuesday to Friday 11 am to 11 pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 11 pm. Brunch Saturday and Sunday till 3 pm. Bar nightly till close. Closed Monday, holidays. Licensed. Access: seven steps at door, washrooms on same floor.

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KERIWA CAFÉ 1690 Queen West, at Roncesvalles, 416533-2552, keriwacafe.ca.

Bison Short Ribs ($27)

CAFE BELONG 550 Bayview, at Pottery Rd, 416-901-8234, cafebelong.ca.

Sweet and Sticky Pork with Apples ($21)

LE CANARD MORT 896 Queen East, at Logan, 416-625-2653, lecanardmort.ca.

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IL POSTO

1564 Queen West, at Sorauren, 416-8491095, cowbellrestaurant.ca.

Sunday Night Roast ($33)

148 Yorkville, at Avenue Rd, 416-968-0469, ilposto.ca.

Fegato Burro e Salvia ($19.95)

If you’re one of those poor misguided souls who feel that all offal is awful, you’ve obviously never encountered this east-side bistro’s unique take on the lowly veal thymus. You’d swear you were eating Buffalo chicken wings, especially since these milkfed Delft Blue beauties come lovingly battered, deep-fried and dunked in blue cheese aioli. The Colonel could sell these suckers by the bucketload. Does chef Craig Madore have any other offal ideas up his sleeve? “I’d really like to do something like pickled tongue or trotters in a salad, but I don’t think the management is ready for them yet.” Of course, that’s what they said about glands. Monday and Tuesday 5 pm to midnight, Wednesday and Thursday 11 am to midnight, Friday 11 am to 2 am, Saturday 10 am to 2 am, Sunday 10 am to 10 pm. Brunch Saturday and Sunday till 3 pm. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms on same floor.

No TV tray in front of the football game, Mark Cutrara’s weekly prix fixe suppers celebrate the season no matter what the time of year. Lately, he’s been roasting Dingo Farms’ grass-fed eyes of round and braising cubes of their outer round in red wine. He plates them under a crown of sautéed chanterelles and sides them with roasted spuds confited in beef fat, steamed broccolini and a cluster of roasted Concord grapes from some nonna’s back yard in Woodbridge. Not a bad deal, and you don’t have to put up with your in-laws. Would-be butchers won’t want to miss Cutrara’s monthly hands-on meat-cutting demos, the next on Tuesday (November 15). Prix fixe dinner Sunday 5 to 9 pm. A la carte dinner Tuesday to Thursday 6 to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday 6 to 11 pm. Brunch Sunday 10 am to 3 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

Not everyone loves liver. In fact, it may be the most universally despised variety meat on the planet. But you won’t hear anyone at this long-running swanky Yorkville boîte dissing the impossibly tender Provimi calf’s liver seared to order in a whole lotta butter and a generous grinding of fresh peppercorns. Pair it with the veggies du jour – al dente haricots verts and sculpted baby carrots, say – and watch naysayers instantly turn into liver believers. Lunch Monday to Saturday 11:30 am to 3 pm, dinner Monday to Sunday 5:30 to 11 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free, washrooms in basement.

Crispy Fried Sweetbreads ($12)

Its opening may have been long-delayed, but Brad Long’s eponymous all-day Café in the Brick Works eco-complex has been well worth the wait, if only for his insanely rich spin on pork belly. Cured, braised, then glazed in maple syrup and apple cider vinegar, the unapologetically fatty pork tummy arrives under a halo of fresh ‘cress on a bed of sweetly roasted apple. Order this syrupy pork with a side of scalloped sweet potatoes and a slice of creamy wild Ontario blueberry cheesecake and assemble one of the tastiest meals in town. “Tasty and good quality is all I’m going for here,” says Long. “Everything else is icing on the cake.” Daily from 8 am, full menu from 11 am to 10 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

HARLEM 67 Richmond East, at Church, 416-368-1920; 745 Queen West, at Tecumseth, 416-366-4743, harlemrestaurant.com.

Southern Fried Chicken ($16.95)

Toronto hasn’t had an authentic down-home Southern U.S.-style soul food restaurant since the Underground Railroad went out of business back in the 70s. Our loss. But Carl Cassel’s funky downtown cantina and its Queen West cousin come close, adding Cajun and Caribbean undertones into the swampy mix. See it most notably in his nonemore-classic reinterpretation of cornflake-

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crusted, fried grass-fed buttermilk chicken coupled with ultra-cheesy macaroni and collard greens kissed with coconut milk. The Colonel this ain’t. Church: Sunday to Thursday 11 am to 11 pm, Friday and Saturday 11 am to midnight. Bar Friday and Saturday till close. Brunch Saturday and Sunday till 3 pm. Queen W: Monday to Thursday 4 to 11 pm, Friday 11 am to midnight, Saturday 10 am to midnight, Sunday 10 am to 11 pm. Brunch Saturday and Sunday to 3 pm. Bar nighty till close. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms on same floor (Church); one step at door, washrooms in basement (Queen W).

INIGO 927 Queen West, at Strachan, 416-645-6707, inigofood.ca.

Rotisserie Chicken ($12) Found in the west-side storefront that was once home to nefarious thief Igor Kenk and a thousand stolen bicycles, ex-Torito chef Carlos Hernandez’s chicken shack raises the basic roasting of fowl to an art form. Using only fresh free-range chickens from Quebec, he salts them overnight before cooking them for 30 minutes in a specially programed convection oven, rendering their olive-oil-brushed skins unusually crisp and their interiors remarkably moist. Pair them with French lentil or quinoa salad and create a super supper for under 20 bucks. Business is brisk since launching last spring, but has Kenk ever dropped by? “No, he hasn’t,” laughs Hernandez. “But just after we opened, someone came in asking for him. I couldn’t figure out if he was looking for his bike or looking for some chicken.” Tuesday to Saturday noon to 8:30 pm, Sunday 1 to 8 pm. Closed Monday, some holidays. Unlicensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement.

No one takes it back to the land as thoroughly as this recent Parkdale addition’s Aaron Joseph Bear Robe. Witness the Stadtlander and Splendido vet’s free-range and grass-fed braised Alberta bison short ribs. Sweetened with house-made Saskatoon berry jelly and plated over perfect pommes purée rich with Thunder Oak gouda, these bronto ribs get a final garnish of celeriac salsa verde and a passel of pickled Ontario peaches. Make it a bison-tennial with an order of chef Bear Robe’s pemmican (aka bison jerky) paired with house-baked aboriginal fry bread. Tuesday to Thursday 5:30 to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday 5:30 to 11 pm. Closed Sunday, Monday, holidays. Licensed. Access: barrier-free, washrooms in basement.

KIM BO 358 Bathurst, at Dundas West, 416-603-7817.

Beef 7 Ways (Bo 7 Mon, $25 for two)

David Chang’s ultra-hip Momofuku in New York City may do a Korean take on this communal dish, but only this slightly dodgy dive across from Toronto Western currently has the DIY Vietnamese dish on its card locally. Start with tissue-thin slices of raw beef and onion quickly cooked in a hot pot scented with lemongrass alongside a veritable heap o’ sprouts, pickled daikon, purple Thai basil, mint and lettuce. Wrap whatever takes your fancy in rice papers and dunk into sweet nuac cham dipping or Srirachi hot sauce. Repeat the drill with three courses of spicy Saigon-style sausage dressed with crushed peanuts, another of cubed beef ‘n’ carrots, and a final meatball laced with chewy ear fungus. Don’t feel bad about passing on the final congee course. Few have ever finished it. Daily 11 am to 10 pm. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement.

CAPLANSKY’S 356 College, at Brunswick, 416-500-3852, caplansky.com.

Tongue Sandwich ($8 regular/$15 large)

NACO GALLERY CAFÉ 1665 Dundas West, at Margueretta, 647347-6499, nacogallery.com.

The Torta ($11)

Sadly, some good things come to an end. Case in point: Julian Calleros’s offbeat west-side cantina. After a three-year run, the first-time restaurateur is calling it quits after the obligatory landlord dispute. Though the bar remains open through December 18, the last brunch service takes place Sunday, November 13. It’s not to be missed, if only for chef Nathan Gawalko’s skyscraper of a breakfast sandwich that’s so tall, it’s held together with a chopstick. Between those Brazillian Bakery buns, find a mighty slab of slow-roasted pork belly, sourced from Sanagan’s in the Market and dressed with crunchy cole slaw in jalapeño aioli, mashed avocado, a fried runny egg and crunchy chicharrones, all – except the last – cooked on two dorm-room hot plates. Why the store-bought crackling? “It’s the one thing I have to apologize for,” says Gawalko, who’s left the resto biz temporarily to go back to school. “I have a really great recipe, but we don’t have a deepfryer and I couldn’t figure out how to do it in a toaster oven.” Brunch Sunday 10 am to 4 pm. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement.

“My grandfather was a butcher and my father was, too,” says Carter. “I didn’t grow up eating tenderloin. We ate the cheaper cuts that no one wanted to buy. You learn early on to use a lot of seasoning, not so much to make them taste good as to cover up what you don’t want to taste.” Lunch Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 3 pm, dinner Monday to Saturday 3 to 11 pm, Sunday 3 to 10 pm. Brunch Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 3 pm, breakfast both days from 9 am in footie season. Bar till close. Licensed. Access: five steps at door, washrooms on second floor.

PAM’S CARIBBEAN CUISINE 912 Bloor West, at Ossington, 416-533-3588.

Curried Goat Plate ($12.50)

Though roti devotees rate her Guyanese dahlpuri wraps as some of the best in town, Pam Singh’s extraordinary stewed halal goat in fiery curried gravy is equally worthy of foodie love. The secret’s in the bones. “They’re the best part,” explains the everbubbly Singh. “That’s where all the good stuff is.” Besides the marrow-rich bones, that good stuff includes wickedly tender fresh goat in garlicky gravy laced with cumin and red Scotch bonnet peppers sided with great slabs of waxy potato, plain ol’ rice and a cooling cucumber salad, house-made hot sauce optional. Can’t make the trek to Bloordale? Watch for a second Pam’s to open before Christmas close to Kensington Market and U of T. Will goat be on the menu? “Well, I guess it has to be now, right?” Monday to Wednesday noon to 9 pm, Thursday to Saturday 11 am to 10 pm. Closed Sunday, some holidays. Unlicensed. Access: barrier-free, no washrooms, counter seating.

LA PALETTE 492 Queen West, at Portland, 416-9294900, lapalette.ca.

Banks Island Muskox Trio ($30) You won’t see fillet of filly on the menu at Shamez Amlani’s relocated bistro these days. Instead, come for his very free-range wild muskox three-way. Just as the spectacularly plated dish arrives at table, its garnishing pine and cedar sprigs from the parkette down the block are torched, the fragrant fumes wafting over the plate. As the aromatic smoke subsides, a ridiculously tender paleron of inside shoulder braised sousvide and infused with pine and juniper is revealed. Slices of rare tenderloin in elderberry demiglace and a cedar-smoked sausage round off this meaty ménage à trois. Why muskox? “I like variety, and I’m always looking for new meat,” says chef Brook Kavanagh. “It’s not all pigs or lambs and cows. And it’s probably better for the ecology if we do spread it around a little bit.” Lunch and brunch daily 11 am to 4 pm, dinner nightly from 4 pm till close. Licensed. Access: barrier-free, washrooms in basement.

DAVID LAURENCE

Lamb Shank ($12)

Don’t bother with the combo loaded up with more biryani rice (aka filler) than is really necessary. To experience this Pakistani braise at its peak, go for the dinner with roti instead. Savour explosively flavourful slow-cooked lamb on the bone in a gloriously greasy pool of deeply aromatic broth redolent of fenugreek. Creamy coriander sauce, a simple salad and two buttery rounds of naan seal the meal deal. And you can get your car washed at the same time. Daily 11 am to 6 am year round. Unlicensed. Access: one step at curb, washrooms on same floor.

PARTS & LABOUR 1566 Queen West, at Fuller, 416-588-7750, partsandlabour.ca.

Roasted Partridge ($32)

No, they don’t come in a pear tree, but chef Matty Matheson’s spectacularly roasted birds do arrive at table complete with feet. And they’re halal to boot, brined for 48 hours, then slow-roasted and basted with honeyed butter. The former Oddfellow then sides them with sweetly pickled blueberries, blanched Brussels sprouts, hand-cut cabin-house fries and heirloom beets all the way from P&L’s rooftop garden. But what’s with serving them with claws intact? “Hey, at least I chop off their heads.” Dinner Tuesday to Saturday 6 to 11 pm, bar till close. Brunch Sunday 11 am to 3 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

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KING PALACE 820 Church, at Asquith, 416-515-8188.

They’ll eat tails, hooves and snouts, but many adventurous eaters turn up their noses at tongue. Just the thought of tongue on tongue is enough to make some folks gag. “A lot of people have negative associations with food,” opines the deli king of Kensington Zane Caplansky. “But just because your mom or dad didn’t know how to cook tongue correctly doesn’t make it bad.” To prove it, Caplansky brines his beef tongues for a week before boiling them in aromatics for another six hours. Steamed and thickly sliced, they’re traditionally sandwiched on light rye from Silverstein’s down the street spread with house-made grainy mustard, a partial Putter pickle on the side. “People just go crazy for tongue,” says Caplansky. “If you didn’t know what it was, you’d think it was the best thing you ever put in your mouth.” Monday to Friday 11 am to 10 pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 10 pm. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement.

PORCHETTA & CO. 825 Dundas West, at Palmerston, 647352-6611, porchettaco.com.

Porchetta Sandwich ($5.95)

In a little less than a year, Nick auf der Mauer’s tiny west-side sandwich shop has grown from an obscure backwater takeaway into a culinary cause célèbre, no small feat considering there are only six seats in the house and one thing on the menu. That’d be grilled Portuguese buns from Caldense Bakery across the street piled with slow-roasted naturally raised duBreton pork shoulder marinated in garlic and olive oil, wrapped in smoky prosciutto and fatty pork belly crackling. With such a limited lineup, does he ever get sick of all that pig? “Not yet, anyway,” says the former Drake sous chef. “We will be doing something very soon that no one’s ever done with pork, but I don’t want to give too much away. All I can say is that it doesn’t involve two pieces of bread.” Tuesday to Saturday 11:30 am to 9 pm. Closed Sunday, Monday, some holidays. Unlicensed. Cash only. Access: short ramp at door, counter seating, no washrooms.

QUEEN & BEAVER PUBLIC HOUSE 35 Elm, at Yonge, 647-347-2712, queenandbeaverpub.ca.

Devilled Lamb Kidneys ($8)

Why settle for subpar pub grub when you could be noshing chef Andrew Carter’s stellar spin on this Victorian breakfast fave instead? Lashed with hot mustard and Worcestershire sauce, his Canadian kidneys come beautifully seared in butter on a slice of toasted house-baked bread smeared with rendered pan drippings. Clearly, the transplanted Brit’s no stranger to offal.

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jumps on board with soft tortillas stuffed with spicy shredded pig’s neck and raw red cabbage slaw artfully drizzled with chipotle mayo and sour cream queso fresca. Sounds a lot like David Chang’s Momofuku in New York, no? “If you’ve ever eaten there, you’ll know that Swish is completely different,” says coowner/chef Leeto Han. “We do Korean food with contemporary influences. Chang does contemporary food with Korean influences. We’re not the same at all.” Lunch Monday to Friday noon to 2 pm, dinner Monday to Saturday 5 to 10:30 pm. Bar till close. Closed Sunday, holidays. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

699 St Clair West, at Christie, 416-6589666, thestockyards.ca.

St. Louis Side Ribs ($25 rack/$13 half) Tom Davis gets a lot of flak from the barbecue cognoscenti. Why are his celebrated side ribs, they ask, only available from 5 pm Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays? That’s because it takes up to two days to for him to properly prep his Perth County pork, slowsmoking it in his custom-designed smoker over hickory and applewood. He could hurry up the process, but he’s a perfectionist. Lucky us. “On the off days, I need to be smoking pork butts and briskets, so the smoker is actually going seven days a week,” explains Davis. “But I’m planning to expand our smokehouse out back in the near future. Once that’s up and running, we hope to have ribs every day.” The self-taught chef also has something new up his sleeve: fish ‘n’ chips. “Only we’ll be using local pickerel,” says Davis. “Call it traditional with a twist.” Tuesday to Saturday 9 am to 9 pm. Brunch Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 3 pm, dinner Sunday 4:45 to 8 pm. Closed Monday, holidays. Unlicensed. Access: steep ramp at door, washrooms on same floor.

SWISH BY HAN 38 Wellington East, at Leader Lane, 647-343-0268.

Pork Neck Tacos ($10)

There’s no question that upscale Korean is the next big thing. We’re not talking proletarian stuff like pork bone soup, but fancypants dishes like lobster bi bim bap and $20 hamburgers dressed with kimchee. Just slightly ahead of the culinary curve, this busy downtown Seoul-food kitchen

WOODLOT 293 Palmerston, at College, 647-342-6307, woodlotrestaurant.com.

Whey-fed Pork Chop ($26)

Since opening a year ago, this back-tobasics bistro in a two-storey side-street garage has been the hottest table in town. Literally. It’s primo communal table is located directly in front of the gigantic wood-burning stove that cooks most of the rustic resto’s card, the star of which is this positively Flintstonian pork chop. Owner/chef David Haman sources these all-natural 10-ounce behemoths from Burkefield Farms through Sanagan’s before simply searing and finishing them in brodo infused with rosemary and orange. “We tend to buy the best ingredients we can get and not do too much to them,” says Haman. Sided with Yukon Gold porcini gratin and blanched Brussels sprouts tossed with bacon and juniper berries (both $6 à la carte), it’s the ‘Lot’s most popular combo, the kind of nostalgic nosh we all wish Mom used to make even if she didn’t. “I’ve had 200 people tell me exactly the same thing.” Dinner Tuesday to Sunday 5 pm to midnight. Closed Monday, holidays. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement. 3 NOW NOVEMBER 10-16 2011

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60 Harbour, at Bay, 416-777-2111, harboursixty.com.

12 Brant, at King West, 416-366-0200, jacobssteakhouse.com.

If you have to ask the market price of the Kobe strip loin, you can’t afford it. Those of lesser means make do with a $54 14-ounce USDA Prime filet mignon and $13 creamed spinach. Lunch Monday to Friday from 11:30 am, dinner nightly from 5 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

Remember the cutting-edge Roxy Blu dance club? Then you’re in for a shock now that it’s turned into one of the swankiest expense-account spots in town. If the boss is paying, go for the $400 40-ounce Australian wagyu porterhouse. Fries are 12 bucks extra, but then, they’re fried in duck fat. Dinner Monday to Saturday 5:30 to 11 pm. Closed Sunday, holidays. Licensed. Access: not barrier-free.

HOUSE OF CHAN 876 Eglinton West, at Bathurst, 416-7815575, houseofchan.ca.

It may have started out as a traditional Cantonese chow mein joint more than 50 years ago, but few today come for the fried rice and egg foo yong. Instead, the Forest Hill set make reservations for the $52 16-ounce U.S. prime sirloin steaks. Retro $19 shrimp cocktails a necessity. Dinner nightly from 4:30 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

HY’S 120 Adelaide West, at York, 416-364-6600, hyssteakhouse.com.

With six outposts across the country, this modish chophouse in the financial district is very much an old boys’ club, albeit boys – and the occasional girl – in $3,000 custom-made suits. House special: aged Canadian prime rib with Yorkshire pudding ($40.95), sides à la carte. Lunch Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 2 pm, dinner Monday to Saturday 5 to 10 pm, Sunday 5 to 8:30 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

KEG MANSION 515 Jarvis, at Wellesley East, 416-964-6609, kegsteakhouse.com.

Once the legendary Julie’s back in the 60s, this supposedly haunted Victorian pile may be the flagship of a national chain, but it still retains a vibe all its own, all roaring fireplaces and leaded chandeliers. And while Mom and Dad may blow the rent money on 20-ounce T-bones, kids under 12 can pig out on grilled New York sirloins for as little as $12.95, milk and ice cream included. Dinner Monday to Saturday 4 pm to 1 am, Sunday 4 pm to midnight. Licensed. Access: three steps at door, washrooms on second floor.

MORTON’S 4 Avenue Rd, at Bloor West, 416-925-0648, mortons.com.

Located just off the lobby of Yorkville’s Park Hyatt Hotel, this Chicago-based outfit is famous for its U.S. Prime beef. Portions are appropriately huge, but typical sides for your $50 fillet of onion rings and baked Idaho potatoes

are not included in the price of the mains. Morton’s does, however, offer takeout. Dinner Monday to Friday 5:30 to 11 pm, Saturday 5 to 11 pm, and Sunday 5 to 10 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

PRIME

shrine to all-things beef remains one of the best bargains around. Don’t let the dated decor and woozy muzak scare you away. Dinner in the dining room from 5 pm Monday to Saturday. Closed Sunday, holidays. Licensed. Access: 18 steps at door, washrooms on same floor.

TOM JONES

18 St Thomas, at Bloor West, 416-971-9666, windsorarmshotel.com/prime.

Billing itself as a “contemporary steakhouse,” this posh beanery in the refurbished Windsor Arms Hotel attracts an equal mix of locals and out-of-towners, the lot of ‘em hellbent on meat, meat and more meat. And while a 24-ounce tripleA aged bone-in rib-eye may set you back $49, at least its sides of olive oil mashed potatoes and sautéed matsutake mushrooms are included in the price. Dinner nightly from 5 to 10 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

RUTH’S CHRIS 145 Richmond West, at University, 416955-1455, ruthschris.com.

Another American import, this expansive subterannean boîte in the basement of the Toronto Hilton wins raves for its signature U.S. prime beef, most notably its generously marbled rib-eyes and porterhouses big enough for two to share. Don’t miss the OTT caramelized banana cream pie. Sunday to Thursday 4:30 to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday 4:30 to 10:45 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

SENIOR’S 1397 Yonge, at Pleasant, 416-924-8366.

17 Leader Lane, at King East, 416-3666583, tomjonessteakhouse.com.

Tucked away in an alley behind the King Eddie Hotel, this cozy wood-panelled coachhouse has been packing them in ever since its namesake – not the singer in the tight pants, but the 1963 film based on the Henry Fielding novel – was the hot new thing. Little wonder when roast prime rib au jus and bacon-wrapped filet mignon come optionally with Caesar salads tossed table-side and flambéed Cherries Jubilee. Lunch Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, dinner Monday to Saturday 5 pm to midnight, Sunday 5 to 10 pm. Licensed. Access: four steps at door, washrooms in basement.

TULIP 1606 Queen East, at Coxwell, 416-4695797, tulipsteakhouse.com.

Decidedly downmarket compared to Barberian’s and the like, this family-friendly diner at the unfashionable end of Leslieville features no-frills steak dinners for half the price you’d pay in a far fancier joint downtown. Monday to Thursday 8 am to 11 pm, Friday to Sunday 7 am to midnight. Closed some holidays. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

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Rib-eye, strip loin, sirloin, flank or fillet, make it seared on the outside and bloody on the inside and you’ve got carnivore heaven. Let’s sustain the orthodoxy and throw down a claret. This, the second wine of renowned Château d’Aiguilhe, brings refined yet abundant blackberry, green leaf and liquorice notes to the traditionalist’s table.

Hey, you got pork in my clams! Hey, you got clams in my pork! Portuguese one-dish surf-and-turfer Cataplana, aka pork and clams, presents some pairing challenges, but a big white or a small red would work, so why not a rosé? This strawberrytinged number from the Douro has enough acidic prickle to keep porky and his seafaring plate mates all aboard and shipshape.

Chickens everywhere want to know, “What’s Rob Ford’s problem with gravy?” The roast with the most and the sauce that is boss exemplify Toronto’s home-cooking heritage and, one hopes, on occasion, the present. Let’s comfort the comfort food with the soft touch that is a yummy California Chardonnay. Here, Chardonnay’s creaminess is followed by citrus and lively tropical fruit notes. Get stuffed!

Given the gentle, flavourful spicing in this familiar Indian dish, the presence of coriander in Hoegaarden makes this witbier a natural match. Raise a glass in a belated toast to Peter Celis, who single-handedly revived the style in Belgium and eventually saw the brand’s corporate masters return the brewery to its Hoegaarden home well before his death in April.

The passing of Oddfellows and its venison burger should encourage you to seek out some ground deer meat and get frying. Having raised our burger game with full-flavoured venison, standards must be maintained, and we shall pair it with this Niagara red. A good wine in a tough year, Trius is Thumper to hamburger Bambi, with edgy herbality, deft fruit and a solid, well-composed finish.

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The dish: Steak and kidney pie

The dish: Steamed pork dumplings

No matter how gastro-pubby and nose-to-tail trendy it may be at the moment, steak and kidney is traditional filling, cold-climate fare and will benefit from a geographically sympathetic ale. Fuller’s beautiful, soft, full fruitiness will light up your pie face.

Have yourself a dim sum house party featuring steamed minced pork dumplings. I’ve yet to meet a booze from China I like – broom-corn whisky, anyone? – so let’s go to default mode here with a decent local lager. Creemore’s warm, malty core and bold hopping happily deal with whatever the bamboo basket throws your way.

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The dish: Chicken karaage

The dish: Lamb birria

The dish: Venison chili

Whether stopping in at your local izakaya or making them at home, these McNugget-like fried bites from the Land of the Rising Sun show poultry at its most munchable. Furthering the Japanese local thing, let’s pair it with sake from the Distillery District. Without the overseas voyage, Izumi requires only a single pasteurization, leaving this nama cho’s fruity complexity intact.

I’ve enjoyed Mexican lamb stew on Bloor Street West and in Guadalajara, where it’s called barria. Given the limitations of the establishments’ respective wine lists, this pairing is purely theoretical, but I think it’s safe to say that this Côtes du Rhône’s deep fruit, spiciness and weight would perfectly complement the warm, earthy, rib-sticking qualities of this NAFTA soul stew.

My favourite venison dish, taken from Jane and Michael Stern’s Chili Nation cookbook, with dried ancho chilies, Mexican oregano, cumin and coriander seeds, wants some quenching. Big flavours need a big beer – not hard to find these days with the proliferation of hoppy brews like the astringent yet balanced Hoptical Illusion. Warning: label may cause indigestion.

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HEALTHY BUTCHER

565 Queen West, at Denison; 298 Eglinton West, at Avenue Rd, 416-674-2642, thehealthybutcher.com. One of the first of the new breed of butchers who respect the provenance of their product, Tara Longo and Mario Fiorucci’s retro storefront is an urban oasis for those looking to reconnect with the land. Most everything’s organic – whether certified or not – and priced closer to a supermarket than a boutique. Bonus: butchering classes, knife demos and home delivery!

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578 Dundas West, at Kensington, 416-977-1001. Since this family-run shop on the edge of Chinatown caters mostly to the restaurant industry, there’s rarely more than two people in the place. Whole house-processed birds and sundry parts are the draw, friendly service the gravy. Bargain: a bag of chicken carcases perfect for making soup or stock goes for a buck.

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1538 Queen West, at Fuller, 416-537-8454. This Parkdale treasure hasn’t changed a bit since it opened more than 75 years ago. Why, one almost expects to find sawdust on the floor. Instead, discover modestly priced steaks, house-smoked sausages, marrow shanks and dog bones.

CLOSE TO THE BONE

929 Kingston Rd, at Silver Birch, 416-6992663, closetothebone.ca. A large selection of locally farmed, certified organic and naturally raised meats, coupled with personable and informed service, make regulars refer to this upper Beach meat shop as Cumbrae junior. Not to be missed: gluten-free Italian-style sausages.

CUMBRAE’S

481 Church, at Maitland, 416-923-5600; 1636 Bayview, at Manor, 416-485-5620, cumbraes.com. Not only does the Rolls Royce of Toronto butcher shops grow most of its own meat, but custom-cuts, dry-ages and smokes it in-house as well. New this season: readyto-roast deboned whole chickens stuffed with prosciutto, provolone and fresh basil, pure-bred Dorset lamb and butternut squash cannelloni.

EASTON’S

61 Kensington, at St Andrew, 416-518-0051. Former Sanagan cleaver Derek Easton and company branch out with this terrific Kensington charcuterie shack. Expect artisanal cold cuts like Berkshire capicola and

duced by Amish and Mennonite farms around Kitchener and Elmira. To make sure everything you want is on hand, place an order on the Schmuckers’ website first. Seems a small inconvenience to guarantee a regular supply of drug-free home-grown German sausage.

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wild boar prosciutto, ready-to-go duck confit and Ontario lamb chili, as well as Woodlot baguettes.

EUROPEAN MEATS

176 Baldwin, at Kensington, 416-596-8691. Always a mob scene, this no-frills Market wholesaler supplies some of the fanciest kitchens in town, not that most of them would admit it. We plebes come for smoked pork hocks, deeply discounted deli and the best $2.50 hamburger in the GTA. Remember to grab a number at the door or you’ll never be served!

FRESH FROM THE FARM

350 Donlands, at Plains, 416-422-3276, freshfromthefarm.ca. All Tim and Jacqui Schmucker’s preservative-free meat, dairy and veggies are pro-

207 Danforth, at Bowden, 416-320-8790; 3269 Yonge, at Roslin, 416-544-1729, thefriendlybutcher.com. Aged premium beef, free-range poultry and other never-frozen meat, all grown in Ontario, much of it within 100 miles of the Danforth. Bonus: barbecue-ready curried goat and butter chicken burgers.

GASPARRO’S

857 Bloor West, at Roxton, 416-534-7122, mybutcher.ca. Bloordale indie institution known for its Mennonite free-range chickens and eggs, house-made sausage and prepared frozen entrees like hormone- and antibiotic-free pot pies, tourtière and beef bourguignon.

GRACE MEAT MARKET

644 College, at Grace, 416-534-7776. Deep in the heart of what used to be Little

1860 Queen East, at Woodbine, 416-6901228, meatonthebeach.com. Ernesto Monte’s one-stop gourmet shop prides itself in the freshness of its product, be it naturally raised beef and poultry or ready-to-barbecue pork ribs. Baked-on-site Gryfe’s bagels and pies, too.

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1160 Queen East, at Jones, 416-461-7500. Family-run east-side op renown for its reasonably priced grass-fed beef and huge selection of house-made sausages. Housebaked empanadas and free-range turkeys, too.

NORTOWN FOODS

892 Eglinton West, at Old Park, 416-789-2921. Old World Forest Hill grocer known as much for its burgers and brisket as its chopped liver, cheese blintzes and gefilte fish.

NOSSO TALHO

1042 Bloor West, at Rusholme, 416-5317462; 1326 Dundas West, at Rusholme, 416533-0101, nossotalho.com. Portuguese grocer on the newly hip Bloordale strip known for its cheap pork and even cheaper $5.99 takeout rotisserie chickens (Bloor only).

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1097A Yonge, at Summerhill, 416-9280296, olliffe.ca. One of the notorious five thieves of Summerhill, this self-appointed “purveyor of the finest meats” supplies the Rosedale crowd with grass-pastured PEI beef, wheyfed Hampshire pork and plump Mennoite chickens. Elk, squab and kangaroo, too. Help too busy to pick up your order? Olliffe delivers by Vespa! And look for the outfit’s new Sausage King by Olliffe in the St. Lawrence Market.

REITHER’S

530 Church, at Maitland, 416-961-3892. Suffering from Cumbrae sticker shock? This Old World deli directly across the street might not know the names of the cows that supplies its triple-A beef, but its prices are substantially lower. Cheapest lunch in the Village?

ROWE FARMS

912 Queen East, at Logan, 416-461-4383, and others, rowefarms.ca. The meat is ethically raised, but the prices are higher than the norm. Support an indie grocer by purchasing Rowe Farms products at a store like Fiesta Farms.

SANAGAN’S MEAT LOCKER

206 Baldwin, at Augusta, 416-593-9747, sanagansmeatlocker.com. Supplier to some of the most forwardthinking kitchens in town, ex-Mistura chef

1378 Queen East, at Greenwood, 416-7786328, sausagepartners.com. Leslievile wurst wranglers Kyle and Lorraine Deming specialize in “quality handmade products with an emphasis on responsible farming and local ingredients.” Translation: house-made hormone-free links – bacon-bison! – free-range meat and deli-style pickles and preserves. Prizewinning sticky toffee pudding, too.

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516 Parliament, at Winchester, 416-9257665, steakandchops.ca. Now in its 40th year, Mark Michelin’s Cabbagetown meat rack cum café is a longtime favourite of the local gentry. The reason? Triple A Angus T-bones, free-range chicken schnitzel and house-made secretrecipe turkey and sun-dried tomato sausages.

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DON”T GET FOOLED BY TAGS THAT SOUND NATURAL BUT DELIVER MEAT WAY BENEATH YOUR GREEN STANDARDS in a forest of cling-wrapped and styrofoam-backed meat, getting a grip on how your dinner was raised can feel a little like hunting in the dark. You’re lucky if you spot a “grainfed” or “free-range” label. Then again, maybe you just bought yourself a fresh pile of horse hooey. So what labels should an ethical carnivore look for?

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Ever since the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) cracked down on what it considers misleading use of the term “naturally raised” (see below), indie livestock and poultry farmers have been scrambling to find ways to flag the fact that their meat is vastly different from the environmental and animal rights abomination that is factory-farmed meat. “Consciously farmed,” “humanely raised,” “traditional,” “pastured” and “local” are some of the many terms popping up on labels these days, but in the absence of carved-in-stone regulations, you’ll need to press for details.

SO KNOW THY FARMER – or try to. Farmers’ markets are a great place to chat with the people attempting to raise their animals the old-fashioned way (farmersmarketsontario.com). Signing up for a meat share with community-supported agriculture is another farm-direct option (csafarms.ca). Some will even let you visit their farms if you ask. That way you can see with your own eyes that meat isn’t created on a conveyor belt and that there’s a living creature with the right to a good life behind every pot roast and pork belly sandwich. By the way, the CFIA is taking public input on meat labels like

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are summered on pasture, with roaming room indoors as well. No added growth hormones, no animal by-products and no antibiotic-laced feed, though sick animals can be treated with antibiotics and still be sold as traditionally raised, in Cumbrae’s case. CERTIFIED ORGANIC: The crème de la crème, with third-party inspections to make sure claims are legit. Unlike other ethical meat, here the feed has to be certified organic and GMO-free, which also means grazing pastures can’t be treated with chems. No cages or confined feedlots, and all animals have to have outdoor access, weather permitting. Animals’ ability to exhibit natural behaviours is safeguarded (like rooting and playing in mud for pigs, and grazing and lying down for cows). Though not beyond reproach, slaughterhouses have to be certified organic, with gentler handling and limited transport time. FIVE-STEP ANIMAL WELFARE RATING: You’ll come across this independent third-party ranking system at Whole Foods meat counters. It sets out a tiered set of standards. For step 1, animals at the very least must be raised without antibiotics, added hormones or certain animal by-products, and live without cages, crates or crowding. Step 1 cattle have to spend at least two-thirds of their lives on

pasture. In step 5, animals get to die on the farm instead of getting shipped to the slaughterhouse. HUMANELY RAISED: This can mean all sorts of things, since it’s not regulated, so press for details. The BC SPCA and Winnipeg Humane Society have certification for farm animals, but there’s nothing yet in Ontario. FREE-RUN: Guess what? All meat chickens are free-run (only egg-laying hens are caged), making this label completely meaningless on chicken breasts or nuggets. Of course, just because meat chickens are in an open barn doesn’t mean they’re not severely overcrowded, fed antibiotics and crappy slaughterhouse waste by-products. While unregulated, the term is still important on eggs; otherwise your eggs are laid by cruelly battery-caged hens. FREE-RANGE: This is another unpoliced term that should mean your beef, lamb, goat, chicken had unrestricted access to the outdoors. The way the term’s currently used, that access could be for a short time only, theoretical or altogether legit. The CFIA said it would issue guidelines for this term back in 2000, but it’s still unregulated except for certified organic meat, where free-range standards are built in. GRAIN FED: Totally redundant. According to Chicken Farmers of Ca-

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the drugs. HORMONE-FREE: All animals make hormones, so a more accurate term would be “raised with no added hormones.” Chickens are never given hormones, so this term is only useful for beef. GRASS-FED: Rarely will you find 100 per cent grass-fed cattle in this country, though when you do, they’re summered on grass and wintered on hay. Most grass-fed cattle (including many certified organic) are “finished” on grains like corn for the last several weeks to give the meat more marbling. The term is unregulated on this side of the border. In the U.S., where people were unhappy that the official rules allow antibiotics and added hormones, the American Grassfed Association came out with a more holistic certification. PASTURE-RAISED: Grass-fed equivalent for chicken (though the term is sometimes used interchangeably with grass-fed for cattle and other animals as well). Pastured chickens are often raised in portable pens so predators can’t get at them, but they can still peck at fields in peace. More common in farmers’ market poultry.

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nada, all chicken feed is at least 88 per cent grain. Of course, the rest often includes slaughterhouse byproducts (including dead poultry discards), even on products labelled “grain-fed,” since the CFIA only requires that meat bearing this label have a diet that’s 85 per cent grain. VEGETABLE GRAIN FED: Better than grain-fed, but any vitamins, drugs or preservatives they’re treated with can still be animal-based. NO ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS: If all the feed and supplements are 100 per cent free of animal bits, this label can be used. Keep in mind that chickens and pigs are omnivores, so a totally vegetarian diet isn’t really natural for them, but feeding ground up chicken bits to chickens is even more unnatural. Outdoor access to insects would be ideal. RAISED WITHOUT USE OF ANTIBIOTICS: Conventional meat animals tend to be laced with antibiotics (at least their feed is) to encourage them to grow bigger faster and to keep them from getting sick in overcrowded conditions. Meat with this label means the animal didn’t receive antibiotics from birth to death, plus its mama wasn’t doped on antibiotics either. “Fed no antibiotics” means the animal may not have eaten antiobiotic-laced feed but could still have been injected or sprayed with

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Shows that rocked Toronto last week DEADMAU5 at Rogers

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Rating: NNNN Five years ago, the 10,000-person raves of the late 90s were already a distant memory, and it looked like dance music was failing to capture the imagination of 20-somethings. But those who predicted the end of the party era are now cleaning the egg off our faces after seeing 20,000 kids party their asses off to Canadian electro superstar Deadmau5 last week. He’s made history for throwing the biggest rave in Toronto and for being the first Canuck to headline its largest venue. Yes, Deadmau5’s take on club beats is cheesier and more mainstream than we usually go for, but you can’t call his sound derivative. His trademark combination of trance, techno, dubstep, house, breaks and electro is a style he built himself that’s now widely imitated. The live show was particularly impressive, with innovative use of lighting and set design and surprisingly good sound – a far better experience than that offered by the trance superBENJAMIN BOLES stars of yore.

SBTRKT with ARAABMUZIK at the Hoxton, Thursday, November 3. Rating: NNN A Drake cameo and, of course, a solid self-titled debut album have had lasting results for British producer SBTRKT. His show at the Hoxton was so hyped, scalpers were unloading at the corner of King and Bathurst.

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A thick crowd gathered for AraabMUZIK, who came up turning out siege-style beats for Dipset. Araab opened with the lithe, trancey Streetz Tonight from his beautifully complex Electronic Dream record. Going hard on two MPC samplers, he strayed heavily into wobble, satisfying the dubstep enthusiasts. The unusual but well-received performance saw fans awkwardly finger-waggling (air-MPCing?) along to the music. SBTRKT and singer/collaborator Sampha stepped onstage wearing face-obscuring masks. Starting with resonant Something Goes Right, they managed to maintain momentum despite a 10-minute break to resolve technical issues. Acoustic drums give SBTRKT’s show a performative edge, and the bodies dancing to Trials Of The Past, blowout single Wildfire and the deep bop of Pharaohs – all featuring incredible vocalists – suggest that SBTRKT’s making some of the year’s ANUPA MISTRY best dance-pop.

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NOEL GALLAGHER at Massey Hall, Monday, November 7. Rating: NNN From the outset of his Canadian solo debut, Noel Gallagher was determined to outdo his old band. From the razzle-dazzle of the wall of lights that backed his new outfit to his cheery (if limited) stage banter, Gallagher established that there is life after Oasis. Touring in support of new album Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, which is also the name of the band, Gallagher played most of the new album, along with a couple of asyet-unreleased rockers and a smattering of his old band’s songs. The new tracks don’t yet have a hold on the hearts of his fans – only time will tell if that will happen – but they stood their ground, and it’s fun to hear him play with some muscle. Of the oldies, it was a treat to hear the B-side Talk Tonight. Though it was less surprising to hear the opening chords to Wonderwall, the sweet acoustic guitar, piano and tambourine treatment made the song more than a reason for a nostalgic crowd singalong, even if that’s exactly what happened. JOANNE HUFFA

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THE MARK INSIDE with the RUBY SPIRIT and REVOLVERS at the Garrison (1197 Dundas West), tonight (Thursday, November 10), 10 pm. $7.50. RT, SS, TW.

Toronto garage-rockers the Mark Inside have verged on mainstream success for over a decade, enjoying breakthroughs but suffering soulcrushing adversity in equal measure. They’re finally about to release their long-awaited second full-length, Nothing To Admit, on MetalBox, with support from Sony. “Three years after [finishing it], this

record is finally seeing the light of day,” says singer/guitarist Chris Levoir. In 2008, the band tracked the follow-up to their 2004 indie smash, Static/Crash, with producer Jim Abbiss in the UK on his dime, but label politics kept the fantastic blast of bluesy garage mayhem in limbo. Rolling with punches that would have knocked most bands out of the ring, TMI persevered through all the label stalling that occurred when powerful industry supporters got the axe. They learned the business side of label life and even booked their own tours.

“The struggle has been finding our own voice and speaking from the heart,” says Levoir. “Bill Hicks once said, ‘When I go up onstage I talk to people like they’re my friends, because if I present an idea of myself that I think they want to hear, it’s condescending.’ I’ve taken that to heart for playing music and doing business. This is what I put 10 years of my life on the fucking line for. I really believe all the words I’m singing.” Thanks to intense, unpredictable, ear-shredding shows, the band’s had a UK tour with the Hold Steady, a stadium slot supporting Velvet Revolver

and a role as themselves on Ken Finkleman’s 2006 CBC series At The Hotel. Even Gang of Four’s Andy Gill is a fan. On the heels of Nothing To Admit, they’ll debut a music video filmed in Memphis by director Michael Maxxis, embark on another UK tour and release a series of 7-inches. “I drank all night, leaning over the gates of Graceland,” recalls Levoir. “They opened the gates at 7:30 am, and I went and touched Elvis’s gravestone and got his blessing.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

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The name NuJazz Festival only hints at what the multi-day showcase is about. Aiming to move beyond jazz standards and spotlight genres with an underlying groove, the fest, now in its fourth year, dips into electronic, soul, indigenous and hip-hop territory. This year’s headliner is legendary vibraphone player Roy Ayers, best known for the cerebral funk of his 1976 hit Everybody Loves The Sunshine. Fresh off an eight-day jazz cruise, the active touring musician attributes his longevity to his passion for playing. “I’m very grateful. It’s a pleasure to be 71 and a picture of health,” he chuckles over the phone from New York City. “One of the things that keeps me healthy is playing music, so I’m looking forward to being back in Toronto.” It’s telling that Ayers is headlining, and a testament to the fest’s motley spirit. His work has been, and continues to be, ubiquitous in the hip-hop world. Take last Friday at the Rivoli, when Action Bronson rapped over top Sunshine to a young, rowdy crowd. “It’s wonderful that people come to my music through hiphop,” says Ayers, acknowledging that sampling has won him a brand new audience. He says hip-hop fans and producers like Q-Tip are drawn to the analog purity of much of his work. Unlike other

Shape-shifting Toronto talent finds the middle ground By BeNJAMIN BOleS

SANDRO PERRI at the Tranzac (292 Brunswick), Saturday (November 12), and Sunday (November 13), 8 pm. $10-$12. 416923-8137.

Sandro Perri’s new album, Impossible Spaces (Constellation) isn’t just his best work yet but also a strong candidate for best album on many critics’ year-end lists (mine included). Perri’s always enjoyed a fair amount of love in the press, but Impossible Spaces finally succeeds at combining his experimental techno side with his intimate folk-pop side. The Toronto musician and producer, however, had no idea he was working on anything particularly special. “I really have no gauge for things like this,” he says, laughing, during a tour stop in Montreal. According to Perri, his main motivation is always simply to do something new with each release. “My working method has a lot to do

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with reacting to what I’ve done previously. I’m trying to see what’s out there that I haven’t explored yet. Music is a safe place to explore different things. “With this album, I wanted things to be a little more artificial-sounding, but that was all I knew in the beginning.” Perri first came to our attention as Polmo Polpo, making left-field ambient house based around lap steel. Using his own name and various other pseudonyms over the past decade, he’s experimented with dozens of styles, all of which come together perfectly on Impossible Spaces. But as beautiful and original as the sonics are,

it’s the songs themselves that make it an essential listen. While it’s not a morbid album, the spectre of death looms in the background, and not just on the title track, whose co-writer, Jordan Somers, passed away before the song

was recorded. “I don’t think there’s any mourning on the record,” says Perri. “It’s more like acceptance, or trying to get closer to acceptance. Death is a pretty rich topic to write about and offer a listener. It tends to resonate with people, maybe because we all know it’s going to happen.” If anything, music gives him a place to talk about mortality as well as a way of dealing with his own. “Any creative act gives you immediate evidence of your existence. In the absence of having children, the creative act is the next logical thing.” 3 benjaminb@nowtoronto.com

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clubs&conc the mark inSide, the ruBy SPirit, reVoLVerS The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), tonight (Thursday, November 10) See preview, page 48.

cLimate iS cuLture: caPe fareweLL foundation Launch

w/ Patrick Watson & the Wooden Arms, Amy Millan Koerner Hall (273 Bloor West), tonight (Thursday, November 10) Climate change foundation launch.

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fu manchu, honky, the Shrine Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Friday (November 11) California stoner rock.

french montana, dJ charLie Brown, Luu Breeze & BiG Lean

Kool Haus (132 Queens Quay East), Friday (November 11) See preview, nowtoronto.com.

w/ King Britt, Sarah Linhares, Mamabolo The Great Hall (1087 Queen West), Saturday (November 12) See preview, page 48.

BLackStar, dJ faSe, dJ wriStPect

Kool Haus (132 Queens Quay East), Saturday (November 12) Conscious hip-hop supergroup.

Sandro Perri

Tranzac (292 Brunswick), Saturday and Sunday (November 12 and 13) See preview, page 48.

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Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, November 10) Influential downtempo innovators.

nuJazz feStiVaL

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Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Friday (November 11) Reunited noise-pop legends.

coeur de Pirate

Virgin Mobile Mod Club (722 College), Friday (November 11) See preview, page 52.

emPeror x, Jeffrey LewiS Dakota Tavern (249 Ossington), Saturday (November 12) Experimental noise folk.

hiGh PLaceS

The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Monday (November 14) Minimalist dance pop.

Lykke Li, firSt aid kit

Sound Academy (11 Polson), Tuesday (November 15) Swedish pop sensation.

miSter heaVenLy, mr dream & Brett GeLman The Great Hall (1087 Queen West), Wednesday (November 16) Doom-wop supergroup.

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An African Tribute to James Brown Featuring Pee Wee Ellis, Maceo Parker, and Cheikh Lô SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2011 8PM KOERNER HALL The “pancontinental funk-soul supergroup” (The Boston Globe) celebrates James Brown’s revolutionary music in this innovative, rhythm fuelled tribute of Afro-funk.

Deer Tick Rhode Island country rock outfit Deer Tick inject youthful energy into the genre and are known for their kick-ass live shows. Gritty classic backwoods acoustic vibes rub up against punk-informed intensity, with impressive results. At Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Wednesday (November 16), 8 pm.

Just announced Jenn Grant Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $20-$25. November 23.

cuff the duke, the PineconeS, LouiSe BurnS

CD release Horseshoe 9:30 pm, $14-$16. HS, RT, SS, TM. November 26.

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Dixon Hall Music School Benefit Concert Arcadian Court $200. November 30.

hooded fanG, makeout VideotaPe, LiSa conway Horseshoe 9:30 pm, $10. December 2.

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Drake Hotel doors 8 pm, $15. RT, SS. December 3.

SymPhony x, iced earth Phoenix Concert Theatre. February 6.

273 Bloor St. W. (Bloor & Avenue Road) Toronto

the kiLLS, Jeff the Brotherhood & hunterS

Kool Haus doors 8 pm, all ages, $26.50. RT, SS, TM. February 7.

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Gigantour Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, doors 6 pm, $42.50-$59.50. TM. February 8.

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The Great Hall doors 8:30 pm, $17.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. February 10.

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Sound Academy doors 6:30 pm. February 25.

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Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 7 pm, all ages, $29. RT, SS, TM. March 13.

hedLey, cLaSSified, anJuLie, kay Air Canada Centre doors 6 pm, all ages, $34.50-$49.50. LN, TM. March 13.

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Opera House doors 7 pm, $50. RT, SS, TM. June 20.

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Rogers Centre doors 6:30 pm, $35.50-$250. TM. June 23.

erts clubs&concerts

cAmeron HouSe Fedora Upside Down 10 pm. cAStro’S lounge Jerry Leger & the Situation

Thursday, November 10

(country/folk/rock) 9 pm. tHe dAnny Acoustic Open Stage Sebastian Agnello (eclectic) 9:30 pm. drAke Hotel underground Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter w/ Sunbear (psych alt country) doors 8:30 pm. emmet rAy BAr Box Full of Cash (blues) 9 pm. HugH’S room The Launch Of Thomas D’Arcy McGee Volume 2: The Extreme Moderate 1857 to 1868 David A Wilson & the McGee Band 8:30 pm. tHe locAl Joshua Cockerill. lulA lounge CD release Diego Marulanda, Proyecto Altiplano (Colombian/Andean) 8 pm. monArcHS PuB Jerome Godboo Band w/ Shawn Kellerman, Alec Fraser, Al Cross 9 pm. Six degreeS Niyaz w/ Azam Ali (Iranian electronica & folk) 9 pm. trAne Studio Miss Robin Banks (blues) 8:30 pm. trAnzAc SoutHern croSS Bluegrass Thursdays Houndstooth (bluegrass/old-time) 7:30 pm. WHite SWAn Jam Section 8 7 pm. zeldA’S living Well The Beautiful & the Damned Myke Mazzei (folk/pop) 7 pm.5

PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

this week How to find a listing

Music listings appear by day, then by genre, then alphabetically by venue. Event names are in italics. See Venue Index, page 58, for venue address and phone number. = Critics’ pick (highly recommended) ñ 5= Queer night

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

AlleycAtz Lady Kane. Annex Wreckroom Cynic, 3, Scale the Sum-

cAmeron HouSe Six Points Jazz Orchestra 6

Blue moon Firedance (drum and dance circle)

Jazz Mike Murley Trio 7:30 pm.

mit & the Ocean 7:30 pm.

8 pm.

Bovine Sex cluB Riding Shotgun, the Shanks, 5th Projekt, DJ Misty.

cAdillAc lounge David Picco Band, Jeremy

Porter & the Tucos 8 pm. clinton’S And Ampersand, the Creekside Strays. cloAk & dAgger PuB Soul Motivators (soul/ funk) 10 pm. drAke Hotel lounge Weekend Startup Boot Knives (rock) doors 11 pm. Free timeS cAFe Running Red Lights (rock). tHe gArriSon Record release The Mark Inside, the Ruby Spirit, Revolvers doors 9 pm. See preview, page 48. grAFFiti’S The High Tides (surf) 8 pm. grAFFiti’S Andrew Hickey 5 to 7 pm. HArd luck BAr CD release Final Thought 7 pm. HemingWAyS Jan Albert (rock/country/ blues/jazz) 9 pm. Holy oAk cAFe EP release Vivek Shraya (pop) 8:30 pm. HorSeSHoe Trampled by Turtles, Jonny Corndawg doors 8:30 pm. lee’S PAlAce Blind Pilot, Gregory Allen Isakov doors 8:30 pm. loWer oSSington tHeAtre Unforgettable Marcus Nance, Franklin Brasz, Alana Bridgewater (music of Johnny Hartman, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole and others) 8 pm. oPerA HouSe Keep of Kalessin, Mayhem, Hate, Abigail Williams (metal). PreSS cluB Cactus (acoustic punk) 10 pm. rAinBoW cinemAS MINT Film Festival: I Have A Little Sugar (pre-film concert by musicians affected by diabetes) 6:30 pm. rivoli International Pop Overthrow Charge of the Light Brigade, Clockwise, James Clark Institute, Galore, Muscle Souls, TC Folkpunk doors 7:30 pm.

royAl conServAtory oF muSic koerner HAll Climate Is Culture: Cape Farewell ñ Foundation Launch Patrick Watson & the Wooden Arms, Amy Millan 7:30 pm.

tHe SiSter Sid’s Kids (punk). SneAky dee’S CD release Schomberg

Fair, Warped 45s, Little Foot Long Foot ñ (honky tonk punk) doors 9 pm.

SoutHSide JoHnny’S Skip Tracer (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm.

trAnzAc SoutHern croSS The Futureless

(electro) 10 pm.

velvet underground Cerebral Scrub, Korrupt, Solpander 9 pm.

virgin moBile mod cluB 54-40 doors 7 pm.

Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

AquilA uPStAirS Voodoo Walters & the

Rhythm Method (blues).

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cHerry Street reStAurAnt Thursday Night edWArd JoHnSon Building WAlter HAll

Spotlight On Opera noon to 1 pm. el mocAmBo The Artful Vandelays, Pidgin, the Tudors doors 9 pm.

Four SeASonS centre For tHe PerForming

ArtS Café Music Caroline Chéhadé, Michael Nicolas, Marie-Hélène Trempe (violin, cello, piano) noon to 1 pm. gAte 403 Alex Samaras Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm, Thyron Lee Whyte Jazz Band 9 pm. glenn gould Studio Paul Byrom (tenor) doors 7 pm. HABitS gAStroPuB Jazz Duos 7 to 10 pm. HArlem underground Carl Bray (jazz) 8 pm. metroPolitAn united cHurcH Noon At Met: Remembrance Day Patricia Wright (organ) 12:15 to 12:45 pm. muSic gAllery Pop Avant Series Whitetree (piano-electronica trio) 8 pm. old mill inn Home SmitH BAr John Sherwood (solo piano). rePoSAdo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex Kevin Quain 6:30 pm, Samir Zarif w/ Maria Neckam 9:30 pm. roy tHomSon HAll Lang Lang Plays Beethoven 3 Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Lang Lang (piano) 8 pm. SomeWHere tHere Studio Aaron Lumley, Not the Wind Not the Flag 8 pm. trinity St. PAul’S cHurcH Mozart And Friends Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra 8 pm. uPPer JAzz Studio U of T Small Jazz Ensembles 7:30 pm.

dance muSic/dJ/lounge

Alice FAzooli’S SquAre one DJ Other Brother

Darryl (rocksteady/rock & roll/hip-hop/funk) 7 pm. BlondieS No Rule!! (underground rock & roll past and present) 10 pm. BuddieS in BAd timeS tHeAtre ArtAttack! Auction In Support Of Buddies In Bad Times Theatre DJ Bruce LaBruce 7 pm.5 dAkotA tAvern Steers & Queers Gay Ole Opry Vag Halen, DJ Sigourney Beaver & Joe Blow 10 pm.5 Fly Rocket! DJ Sumation 10 pm.5 goodHAndy’S Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5 grotto lounge Bar Fly DJ Spence Diamonds, DJ Corey Dawkins 8 pm. inSomniA DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house). tHe oSSington The Reception: The Party. SHAlloW groove New Country Thursdays DJ Jonathan Demers 8 pm. velvet underground DJ Ozaze (industrial/ goth) 11:30 pm.

WrongBAr

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Friday, November 11 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

AlleycAtz Lady Kane. Annex Wreckroom CD release Structures,

Counterparts, a Sight for Sewn Eyes, Stormwalker 5 pm, all ages. BAr itAliA uPStAirS Shugga (funk/soul/R&B/ top 40) 9:30 pm. Bovine Sex cluB Hollywood Death Squad, Amy’s Arms, Bitter Harvest, DJ Vania. drAke Hotel underground Hill & the Sky Heroes w/ DJ Secretagent (rock) doors 8 pm. tHe duke live.com Paris Black. tHe gArriSon CD release Knuckleduster (Robert Lippok & Debashis Sinha), Nick Storring 9 pm. grAFFiti’S LisaMarie Kruchak, Ben Hale, Christina Fairhurst 8 to 11 pm. HArlem AHI (soul) 7:30 pm. HemingWAyS Jan Albert (rock/blues) 10 pm. tHe Hideout Julian Taylor Band (rock singer/ songwriter) 11 pm. Holy oAk cAFe Paul Erlichman (pop) 7 pm. HorSeSHoe Fu Manchu, Honky, the Shrine doors 9 pm. kool HAuS French Montana, DJ Charlie Brown, Luu Breeze & Big Lean 10 pm. See feature at nowtoronto.com. lee’S PAlAce Scratch Acid doors 9 pm.

NOVEMBER 25 AT 8PM Fans can’t resist Canyon’s down-home country charm particularly when it’s wrapped around a string of hit songs like

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nAco gAllery cAFe Singapore 10 pm. orBit room The Dexters (R&B). PJ o’BrienS iriSH PuB Covered In Cash (John-

ny Cash tribute band) 9:30 pm. PreSS cluB Chris Gosling (roots rock) 10 pm. rivoli International Pop Overthrow The Blind Sides, the Foreign Films, the Nines, Dave Rave, the 905’s, Swedish Fish doors 7:30 pm. rockPile Bob Noxious. Silver dollAr The Indie Machine Lyra, the Dying Arts, Wild Hearses doors 10 pm. Silver dollAr The Owl Eyes Project, Ancient Order (11-11-11) 8 pm. tHe SiSter King Beez. SneAky dee’S Mustard Plug, Flatfoot 56, Ghetto Blaster doors 9 pm. Sound AcAdemy Zion Y Lennox (reggaeton) doors 9 pm. SoutHSide JoHnny’S Bad to the Bone (George Thorogood tribute) 10 pm. trAnzAc mAin HAll Cold Coast 7:30 pm. virgin moBile mod cluB Coeur De Pirate doors 7 pm. See preview, page 52. WrongBAr Youth of Today, D.Y.S., Mindset, Peace, Easy Way Out doors 6 pm.

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Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

cAdillAc lounge Tim Bradford & the Bandits (country) 10 pm.

cAdillAc lounge BAck PAtio Ancient Chinese Secret (instrumental) 7:30 pm.

cAmeron HouSe David Celia (folk/rock) 6 pm, Kayla Howran 10 pm.

Free timeS cAFe George Meanwell & Eric St Laurent.

Holy oAk cAFe Dan Livingstone (ragtime/

blues) 10 pm.

HugH’S room The Sparrow Songs: A Country

Song String Scarlett Flynn, Andy Maize, Aviva Rajsky & David Rodenberg 8:30 pm. tHe locAl Al Richer & Troubadour. lulA lounge Salsa Dance Party Son Ache, DJ Suave (salsa) 10 pm. rePoSAdo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz).

ricHmond Hill centre For tHe PerForming ArtS John McDermott 2 pm. trAnzAc SoutHern croSS The Ugly Bug

Band 7:30 pm.

trAnzAc SoutHern croSS Make It! 10 pm. villAge vAPor lounge Kim Jarrett 9 pm.

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

dAve’S... on St clAir Happy Hour Jazz Chicken Scratch 5 8 pm.

dominion on queen Elmer Ferrer (jazz) 9 pm. Fuzion Fridays At Fuzion Melissa Lauren & Ken Lindsay 6 to 9 pm.

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Jason Roso Jazz Quartet 9 pm.

HARBOURFRONT CENTRE BRIGANTINE ROOM

Mara Tremblay & Les Surveillantes 8 pm. HARLEM UNDERGROUND Chris Weatherstone Trio 8 pm. HART HOUSE ARBOR ROOM Jazz At Oscar’s Jorge Miguel (authentic flamenco) 9 pm. KIPLING COLLEGIATE In Remembrance Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra 8 pm. OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR Fridays To Sing About! Adi Braun, Jordan Klapman, Henry Heillig 7:30 pm. QUOTES Fridays At Five Fred Duligal (sax) 5 pm. REX Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm, Don Scott Trio 6:30 pm, Lorne Lofsky 9:45 pm. SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Ken Aldcroft, Square Nipples, Allison Cameron, Pete Johnston 8 pm. ST MICHAEL’S COLLEGE SCHOOL Aqua, A Symphony Of Music – Griffin Centre benefit Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra 7:30 pm. ST PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH That Choir Remembers That Choir, Forte – The Toronto Men’s Chorus 8 pm. TRANE STUDIO June ‘Pepper’ Harris Trio w/ Artie Roth & Thaddeus Garwood (jazz/fusion) 8 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS The Foolish Things (jazz) 5 pm. TRINITY ST. PAUL’S CHURCH Mozart And Friends Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra 8 pm. WATERFALLS Jim Heineman Trio 6:30 pm. WINTER GARDEN THEATRE CD release/War Child and SSUBI benefit Fenulla 8 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

ANNEX WRECKROOM 90s Party 10 pm. BEAVER Cub Camp DJs Scooter & Shane Mc-

Kinnon.

BUNDA LOUNGE Floorplay DJs Fire 4 Hire Sound (house/hip-hop). CASTRO’S LOUNGE DJ ‘I Hate You’ Rob (soul/ funk/R&B/punk rock/rockabilly) 10 pm. CLINTON’S Fuck It Dance Party Bangs & Blush. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Drake House Party doors 11 pm. DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE DJ Your Boy Brian doors 10 pm. ETON HOUSE Singles Dance DJ Phil 9 pm. FLY Grapefruit! 9th Anniversary Extravaganza Sherry Vine, DJ Shane Percy, DJ Aural 10 pm.5 FOOTWORK Luv This City Joee Cons, Fresque, Chris Ink, Arruinda & Migs, Havai (house/ techno) doors 10 pm. HARBOURFRONT CENTRE Museum Of Indulgence Opening Night Reception DJ More or Les (hip-hop culture multimedia project) 7 pm. HENHOUSE That Time Of The Month (all-female R&B/soul/disco) 10 pm. HOT BOX CAFE Big Spliff Joda C, Mike S (roots/ reggae/rocksteady/dub/early dancehall) 7 pm. INSOMNIA Funkn’ Fresh Fridays DJ George William (house/breaks). PARTS & LABOUR Make Me Yours Fucked Up (DJ set), DJs 10,000 Marbles & Jonah Falco (soul/girl groups) 10 pm. LA PERLA HER DJs Kris Steeves, LBC, OMGBLOG.COM doors 10 pm. THE OSSINGTON Get By Friday (hip-hop/soul/ R&B/dancehall). THE SAVOY DJ JRyDee 10 pm. SHALLOW GROOVE House & Old School. SLACK’S Haute Jade Elektra, Jelly Too Fly, DJs Betti Forde, Linguist, Midz 8 pm. SUPERMARKET Action! DJs Circle Research, Big Tweeze (funk/soul/disco/hip-hop) 10 pm. UNIT BAR Breakadawn Numeric, Mantis, Pangea (hip-hop/R&B/funk/soul) 10 pm. UNLOVABLE Dirty Talk DJs Diana, Pammm & Jaime Sin (Italo/disco/house/indie/space shit) 10 pm. VELVET UNDERGROUND DJ Bingo Bob 10 pm. VIRGIN MOBILE MOD CLUB Arcade Hydee doors 10 pm. VOGUE SUPPER CLUB Fallen Heroes DJ Thera-P, DJ Boogeymen. WOO’S LOUNGE Heart Of The City DJs J-Class, Kariz doors at 10:30 pm.

PIANO POP

COEUR DE PIRATE Béatrice Martin not interested in pulling a Céline Dion By BENJAMIN BOLES

COEUR DE PIRATE at Virgin Mobile Mod Club (722 College), Friday (November 11), 7 pm. $21. RT, SS, TW.

Everyone agrees that it’s incredibly hard for francophone musical acts to succeed with anglophone audiences. But don’t expect proud Quebecer Béatrice Martin (aka Coeur de Pirate) to attempt a Céline Dion-style linguistic makeover any time soon. “No, no, no. God, no,” Martin protests over coffee at a Toronto café. “They can’t even pronounce ‘Coeur de Pirate’ here. [Singing in English]

would be a hard crossover for me. And since there are probably only about 60 million francophones in the world, which is nothing, I feel like I’m doing my part to preserve a language that is so beautiful.” Besides, embracing her native language is working for Martin. It helped her stand out from the pack and win a large English-speaking audience early in her career, something few since Edith Piaf have managed. Recently, her new album, Blonde (Grosse Boîte), has been sitting at number-one on the Canadian iTunes

Saturday, November 12 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

ACADEMY OF SCIENCES LOFT EP release Rituals, Cartoons, Teen Tits Wild Wives, ñ Young Mother, DJs Josh Voynovich & Josh

Macintyre doors 9 pm. ALLEYCATZ Lady Kane. ANNEX WRECKROOM Arkona, Talamyus, Bolero 6 pm. AQUILA UPSTAIRS Lucas Stagg (acoustic roots/ rock). BAR 460 Enchantress, Cromlech, Rum Runner, Galaxies in the River (doom metal/psych rock) 8:30 pm.

chart. And in theatres across France, Martin’s is the voice of Smurfette in the new Smurfs movie (a role played by Katy Perry in the English version). “I’m really lucky [to have found success]. It shows that Canada isn’t that closed-minded when it comes to this stuff. French people are very attached to the lyrics of a song. If I don’t relate to the words, I won’t like the song. To see English speakers enjoy my music without understanding the lyrics tells me I’ve done my job as a musician.” Blonde finds the young

piano-pop singer/songwriter delving into a 60sinspired sound and paying tribute to the early days of the French “chanteuse.” In her lyrics she combs her relationship history, which, thanks to her rapid rise to fame, is more complicated than the average 22-year-old’s. “I didn’t learn how to deal with people at all, because when I was 18 I went from being the invisible teenager to a bit of a star. In the rest of Canada I’m still seen as indie, which is nice, but where I’m from I’m not.” 3 benjaminb@nowtoronto.com

BOVINE SEX CLUB The Delinquints, the DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Joe Lally, Helen Money doors 8 pm. Aversions, School Damage, Victim ñ Party, DJ Sir Ian Blurton. EL MOCAMBO CD release Adaline, Kashka, Dolly doors 8:30 pm. CADILLAC LOUNGE Light Of Day 5: Parkinñ son’s Fundraiser Jow D’Urso & Stone ETON HOUSE Dick & the Emotions (rock) 9 pm. ñ Caravan, Willie Nile, the Beauties, Joe THE GARRISON Wax Mannequin, Racoon Grushecky & the House Rockers, John Wedding, BA Johnston. ñ Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band 8 pm. GRAFFITI’S The John Borra Band 4 to 7 pm. CAMERON HOUSE Swamp Yankees (rock) 10 pm. THE GREAT HALL NuJazz Festival King DAKOTA TAVERN CD release Emperor X, Britt, Sarah Linhares, Mamabolo doors 9 ñ ñJeffrey Lewis. pm. See preview, page 48. DOMINION ON QUEEN Ronnie Hayward Trio 3 to 7 pm.

DOUBLE DOUBLE LAND Travis Laplante, Not the Wind Not the Flag, Tranz Defonce 9 pm, all ages.

HARLEM Joanna Mohammed (R&B/soul/jazz)

7:30 pm.

HEMINGWAYS Jan Albert (rock/country/ blues/jazz) 10 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE Jordan Faye (pop) 7 pm.

HorsesHoe Wu Lyf, Crystal Antlers royal Conservatory of musiC Koerner Hall A Year Of Great Sax The 3 Codoors 9 pm. ñ ñ hens & Jamey Haddad 8 pm. Hot Box Cafe Saturday Slam: Pot Smokers Dub

Science Open Mic Red Gorilla Sound Brigade (reggae/jungle/dubstep/dnb/electro) 7 pm. Kool Haus Blackstar (Mos Def, Talib Kweli), DJ Fase, DJ Wristpect 9 pm. lee’s PalaCe Russian Circles, Deafhaven, Indian Handcrafts doors 9 pm. orBit room CD release Jessica Speziale. Press CluB Meadow Lark Five (prog rock) 10 pm. ranCHo relaxo Old World Vulture, the Famines, Opopo. rex Brunch Matinee Danny Marks (pop) noon. rex Justin Bacchus (funk/soul/R&B) 7 pm. rivoli International Pop Overthrow Lucky Stabb, Avery Island, Fleeceelves, Lamont James, Jaimie Vernon, Blair Packham 1 pm, International Pop Overthrow Broomfiller, Speed of Light, Kevin Kane, the Segarini Band, the Prime Radiant w/ Terry Draper, Elvyn, First You Get the Sugar doors 7:30 pm. roCKPile CD release 10,000 Hours. silver Dollar Mannequin Men, Cheap Time, the BB Guns, Different Skeletons, the Evil Eyes doors 9 pm. tHe sister Lee Mellor. sPortster’s Nicola Vaughan 10 pm. tattoo roCK Parlour CD release party Shawn Brady (rock). tranzaC main Hall Record release Sandro Perri 8 pm. See preview, page 48. velvet unDergrounD Bastard Sunshine, Titanictone, Blix 8 pm.

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axis gallery & grill Poppa K’s Saturday night Richard Keelan, Raphael Keelan (folk/ rock) 9 pm. CaDillaC lounge Mary & Micky (country) 2:30 pm. Cameron House Big Tobacco & the Pickers (country) 6 to 8 pm. eton House Pete Eastmure (country) 4 pm. free times Cafe Music of Reb Shlomo Carlebach Jack Gabriel & the Rebbe Roadsters. gate 403 Bill Heffernan (folk/country/blues) 5 to 8 pm, Canada’s King of Roots Music 9 pm. glaDstone Hotel Mr Rick & the Biscuits (country) 9 pm. Holy oaK Cafe Badly Bent & Spencer Good Band (bluegrass) 10 pm. HugH’s room Betty Richardson 8:30 pm. tHe loCal Arthur Renwick 4 pm, Chris Staig & the Marquee Players evening. lula lounge Salsa Saturday Orquesta Fantasia, DJ Gio (salsa) 10 pm. PJ o’Briens irisH PuB Fiddlestix (Celtic rock) 9:30 pm. reBas Café Open Mic Saturdays Just Us Band 1 to 4 pm. soutHsiDe JoHnny’s Robin Banks Trio (blues/jazz/soul) 3:30 to 7:30 pm, 22nd Street (rock/top 40) 10 pm. tranzaC soutHern Cross Scott B Sympathy (folk) 6:30 pm, Oldseed (Craig Bjerring), Culture Reject (indie folk) 9:30 pm. Women’s art assoCiation A Concert of Jewish Song Stella Walker & Cantor David Rosen, Waylen Miki 8 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

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Wednesday, November 16 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

annex WreCkroom The Chariot, Vanna, the Crimson Armada, Listener 7 pm, all ages.

CaDiLLaC Lounge The Neil Young’uns. tHe great HaLL Mister Heavenly, Mr

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

HorsesHoe Nomadic Sound Division, the

CHaLkers Pub Grand Tuesdays Robi Botos Trio

7:30 pm.

Dominion on Queen Hot Club Of Corktown Django Jam Wayne Nakamura 8:30 pm.

“You put Dr. Dre and Harry Fraud in the same room, I’m taking Fraud.”

Dream & Brett Gelman doors 8 pm. ñ HoLy oak CaFe Alex Lukashevsky & Matt Taylor (pop/folk) 10 pm.

Roundnotes, Delusion Manifesto, Conor Gains Band (local alt rock) 8:30 pm. Lee’s PaLaCe Deer Tick, Guards, Thomas Hardy (alt country rock) doors 8 pm. oPera House Steven Wilson 7:30 pm, all ages. rivoLi Sign Me To Road Runner! Rockyard, the Mindsight, Tonights the Night, 9vol, Killing Hollywood, Nero Zero doors 7:30 pm. suPermarket Wednesdays Go Pop! Gabrielle Papillon, Revelstoke, Darren Eedens,

French Montana on his love for his producer. He plays the Kool Haus Friday (November 11). Online feature at nowtoronto.com.

Tuesday, November 15

Ben Caplan & the Casual Smokers 9 pm. Wrongbar Keep Shelly in Athens, Body Language doors 8 pm.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

aLLeyCatz The Graceful Daddies (swingin’ blues/vintage R&B) 8:30 pm. aQuiLa uPstairs Nicole Coward (acoustic folk). Cameron House Joshua Cockerill 6 pm, the Strumbellas (folk) 10 pm. Castro’s Lounge Smokey Folk 9 pm. CLinton’s Bruno Capinan, Aline Morales. CLoak & Dagger Pub Steve Gleason 10 pm. emmet ray bar Henry Taylor (folk/pop) 9 pm. Free times CaFe Working Papers 4 to 6 pm, Anthony Lau 8:30 pm. graFFiti’s Kitgut Oldtime Stringband 7 pm. grossman’s Rockin’ Blues Jam Ernest Lee & Cotton Traffic 9 pm. HugH’s room Sacha Williamson 8:30 pm. tHe LoCaL Jerry Leger & the Situation, Graham Campbell. siLver DoLLar High Lonesome Wednesday: Big City Bluegrass Crazy Strings doors 9 pm. tranzaC tiki room Old Time Music Session 7 pm. tranzaC soutHern Cross St Dirt Elementary School (indie folk) 10 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

Dominion on Queen Corktown Ukulele Jam 8 pm.

gate 403 Monty Greig 5 to 8 pm, Sean

Bellaviti Jazz Band 9 pm. mezzetta Ron Davis Trio (swing/post bop) 9 & 10:15 pm. naWLins Jazz bar Jim Heineman Trio 7 pm. rex Morgan Childs Trio + 1 6:30 pm, Eric St Laurent Trio (jazz) 9:30 pm. someWHere tHere stuDio Cheryl O (cello) 8 pm. uPPer Jazz stuDio U of T Small Jazz Ensembles 7:30 pm.

danCe musiC/dJ/lounge

tHe avro DJ Damn Aykroyd (old school funk/ hip-hop/disco/groove) 10 pm. Hot box CaFe Hump Day Uncut The Man (50s & 60s R&B/hip-hop/dance/pop) 7 pm. insomnia DJ Sweet Jelly Roller. tHe ossington Bright Lights, Big City DJ Wes Allen. rePosaDo Sol Wednesdays Spy vs Sly vs Spy. sneaky Dee’s What’s Poppin’ (80s/90s hiphop). Wrongbar Bassmentalñ ity Dodge &

pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

CaDiLLaC Lounge Rolling Stones DVD & CD

release party.

Fuski 10 pm. 3

Cameron House Friendly Rich 10 pm. Drake HoteL unDergrounD Get Grounded:

In Support Of Canadian Mental Health doors 8 pm. HarLem unDergrounD John Campbell (soul/ pop/jazz/R&B) 8:30 pm. HoLy oak CaFe Granny’Ark (electronic) 9 pm. HorsesHoe Record release party Kevin Kane Band, Hue, the Love Machine, Heavy Hearts, Devon Coyote 8 pm. tHe PainteD LaDy Julian Taylor Band (rock singer/songwriter) 10 pm. PHoenix ConCert tHeatre The Airborne Toxic Event, Mona, the Drowning Men doors 8 pm.

november 10-16 2011 NOW

Venue Index aCaDemy oF sCienCes LoFt 225 sterling, unit 19. air CanaDa Centre 40 Bay. 416-815-5500. aLiCe FazooLi’s sQuare one 209 rathburn W (mississauga). 905-281-1721. aLLeyCatz 2409 yonge. 416-481-6865. annex WreCkroom 794 Bathurst. 416-5360346. aQuiLa 347 keele. 416-761-7474. tHe avro 750 Queen e. 416-466-3233. axis gaLLery & griLL 3048 dundas W. 416-6043333. bar 460 460 spadina ave. bar itaLia 582 College. 416-535-3621. tHe barn 418 Church. 416-593-9696. beaver 1192 Queen W. 416-537-2768. bLonDies 1378 Queen W. bLue moon 725 Queen e. 416-463-8868. bovine sex CLub 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239. buDDies in baD times tHeatre 12 alexander. 416-975-8555. bunDa Lounge 1108 dundas W. CaDiLLaC Lounge 1296 Queen W. 416-536-7717. Cameron House 408 Queen W. 416-703-0811. Castro’s Lounge 2116 Queen e. 416-699-8272. Centre For tHe arts 263 adelaide W. 647-4362787. CHaLkers Pub 247 marlee. 416-789-2531. CHerry CoLa’s roCk n’ roLLa 200 Bathurst. CHerry street restaurant 275 Cherry. CLinton’s 693 Bloor W. 416-535-9541. CLoak & Dagger Pub 394 College. 647-436-0228. Dakota tavern 249 ossington. 416-850-4579. tHe Danny 2183 danforth. 416-686-1705. Dave’s... on st CLair 730 st Clair W. 416-6573283. DisgraCeLanD 965 Bloor W. 647-868-5263. Dominion on Queen 500 Queen e. 416-3686893. DoubLe DoubLe LanD 209 augusta. Drake HoteL 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. tHe Duke Live.Com 1225 Queen e. 416-463-5302. eastminster uniteD CHurCH 310 danforth. 416-463-2179. eDWarD JoHnson buiLDing 80 Queen’s park. 416-978-3744.

eL moCambo 464 spadina. 416-777-1777. emmet ray bar 924 College. 416-792-4497. ePiC Lounge 1355 st Clair W. 416-792-9382. eton House 710 danforth. 416-466-6161. tHe extension room 30 eastern, 2nd flr. FaCes nigHtCLub 224 richmond W. FLy 8 gloucester. 416-410-5426. FootWork 425 adelaide W. 416-913-3488. Four seasons Centre For tHe PerForming arts 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231. Free times CaFe 320 College. 416-967-1078. Fuzion 580 Church. 416-944-9888. gaLLery 345 345 sorauren. 416-822-9781. tHe garrison 1197 dundas W. 416-519-9439. gate 403 403 roncesvalles. 416-588-2930. gLaDstone HoteL 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. gLenn gouLD stuDio 250 Front W. 416-205-5555. gooDHanDy’s 120 Church. 416-760-6514. graFFiti’s 170 Baldwin. 416-506-6699. tHe great HaLL 1087 Queen W. 416-826-3330. grossman’s 379 spadina. 416-977-7000. grotto Lounge 647 College. Habits gastroPub 928 College. 416-533-7272. HarbourFront Centre 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. HarD LuCk bar 772a dundas W. HarLem 67 richmond e. 416-368-1920. HarLem unDergrounD 745 Queen W. 416-3664743. Hart House 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-8849. HemingWays 142 Cumberland. 416-968-2828. HenHouse 1532 dundas W. 416-534-5939. tHe HiDeout 484 Queen W. 647-438-7664. HoLy oak CaFe 1241 Bloor W. 647-345-2803. HorsesHoe 370 Queen W. 416-598-4753. Hot box CaFe 191a Baldwin. 416-203-6990. tHe Hoxton 69 Bathurst. HugH’s room 2261 dundas W. 416-531-6604. insomnia 563 Bloor W. 416-588-3907. kiPLing CoLLegiate 380 the Westway. kooL Haus 132 Queens Quay e. 416-869-0045. Lee’s PaLaCe 529 Bloor W. 416-532-1598. tHe LoCaL 396 roncesvalles. 416-535-6225. LoWer ossington tHeatre 100a ossington.

416-915-6747. LuLa Lounge 1585 dundas W. 416-588-0307. meaDoWvaLe tHeatre 6315 montevideo (mississauga). 905-615-4720. metroPoLitan uniteD CHurCH 56 Queen e. 416-363-0331. mezzetta 681 st Clair W. 416-658-5687. mint nigHt CLub 173 eglinton e. monarCHs Pub 33 gerrard W. 416-585-4352. musiC gaLLery 197 John. 416-204-1080. naCo gaLLery CaFe 1665 dundas W. 647-3476499. naWLins Jazz bar 299 king W. 416-595-1958. neu+raL 349a College. 416-926-2112. not my Dog 1510 Queen W. oLD miLL inn 21 old mill rd. 416-236-2641. oPera House 735 Queen e. 416-466-0313. orbit room 580a College. 416-535-0613. tHe ossington 61 ossington. 416-850-0161. tHe PainteD LaDy 218 ossington. 647-213-5239. Parts & Labour 1566 Queen W. 416-588-7750. La PerLa 783 Queen W. 416-366-2855. PHoenix ConCert tHeatre 410 sherbourne. 416-323-1251. tHe Piston 937 Bloor W. 416-532-3989. PJ o’briens irisH Pub 39 Colborne. 416-815-7562. PLaCebo sPaCe 1409 Bloor W. Pogue maHone 777 Bay. 416-598-3339. Press CLub 850 dundas W. 416-364-7183. Quotes 220 king W. 416-979-7717. rainboW Cinemas 80 Front e. 416-494-9371. ranCHo reLaxo 300 College. 416-920-0366. rebas CaFé 3289 dundas W. 416-626-7372. rePosaDo 136 ossington. 416-532-6474. rex 194 Queen W. 416-598-2475. riCHmonD HiLL Centre For tHe PerForming arts 10268 yonge (richmond Hill). 905-787-8811. rivoLi 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908. roCkPiLe 5555 dundas W. 416-504-6699. roy tHomson HaLL 60 simcoe. 416-872-4255. royaL Conservatory oF musiC 273 Bloor W. 416-408-0208. tHe savoy 1166 Queen W. sHaLLoW groove 559 College. 416-944-8998. siLver DoLLar 486 spadina. 416-763-9139.

tHe sister 1554 Queen W. 416-532-2570. six Degrees 2335 yonge. 416-486-9666. sLaCk’s 562 Church. 416-928-2151. sneaky Dee’s 431 College. 416-603-3090. someWHere tHere stuDio 227 sterling, unit #112. sounD aCaDemy 11 polson. 416-461-3625. soutHsiDe JoHnny’s 3653 lake shore W. 416521-6302. sPortster’s 1430 danforth. 416-778-0258. st miCHaeL’s CoLLege sCHooL 1515 Bathurst. 416-789-4970. st PatriCk’s CatHoLiC CHurCH 141 mcCaul. 416-598-3269. suPermarket 268 augusta. 416-840-0501. tattoo roCk ParLour 567 Queen W. 416-7035488. toronto Centre For tHe arts 5040 yonge. 416-733-9388. trane stuDio 964 Bathurst. 416-913-8197. tranzaC 292 Brunswick. 416-923-8137. trinity st. PauL’s CHurCH 427 Bloor W. 416-9228435. uLtra 314 Queen W. 416-263-0330. unit bar 1198 Queen W. 416-537-6646. unLovabLe 1415 dundas W. 416-532-6669. uPPer Jazz stuDio 90 Wellesley W. veLvet unDergrounD 510 Queen W. 416-5046688. viLLage vaPor Lounge 66 Wellesley e. 647-2910420. virgin mobiLe moD CLub 722 College. 416-5884663. vogue suPPer CLub 42 mowat. WaterFaLLs 303 augusta. 416-927-9666. WHite sWan 836 danforth. 416-463-8089. tHe WiLson 96 615 College. 416-516-3237. Winter garDen tHeatre 189 yonge. Women’s art assoCiation 23 prince arthur. 416-922-2060. Woo’s Lounge 10 dundas e, 4th floor. 416-9779966. Wrongbar 1279 Queen W. 416-516-8677. zeLDa’s Living WeLL 692 yonge. 416-922-2526.

THE DAKOTA TAVERN

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w/DJ Misty

thu nov 10

Riding SHotgun w/The Shanks, 5th Projekt

w/DJ Vania

fri nov 11

Hollywood deatH Squad w/Amy's Arms, Bitter Harvest Sat nov 12

w/DJ Sir Ian Blurton

tHe delinquintS

w/The Aversions, School Damage, Victim Party w/DJ Candy-O

Sun nov 13

ScHool FoR band aidS Weekly Indie Dance Party tue nov 15

The Pink & Black Attack Presents

tHe blue demonS thu nov 17

w/DJ Cactus

tHe RiveR oF gHoStS

Raised Emotionally Dead, Battle Soul 542 Queen St W • 416 504 4239 bovinesexclub.com • bovinebooking@gmail.com

thursday NOVEMBEr 10

THE SCHOMBERG FAIR (EP RELEASE) THE WARPED 45’S LITTLE FOOT, LONG FOOT FrIday NOVEMBEr 11

MuSTARD PLuG FLATFOOT 56 GHETTO BLASTER EVEry saturday

SHAKE A TAIL 60’s pop & soul

suNday NOVEMBEr 13

MEAT COMMANDERS DARREN EEDENS ∙ AMy’S ARMS EVEry MONday

#Legends oF karaoke EVEry tuEsday

wriTers bLock #mFoy

TRIBuTE SETS: New Found Glory, Poison The Well, Glassjaw, Blink 182, Sum 41 EVEry WEdNEsday

#what’s poppin’ 80’s/90’s hip hop party

486 spadina ave. @ college www.silverdollarroom.com

Sun Nov 13 11-3pm BLUEGRASS BRUNCH

returning soon

Mon Nov 14 6pm MARIACHI MONDAYS

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH H fRi nov 11 Early show 8pm H H H H H H H H H H H H H indie Machine presents H H 10:30pm H H H H H H H H and H H H H sat nov 12 from nashville & Chicago H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H w/ H H H H Plus! H H H H @9:30 H H H H H HigH lonesome Wednesday • 9:30pm H H H H H H big city bluegrass H H H featuring members of H H the foggy hogtown boys H H & the creaking tree H H string quartet H H H H thu nov 17 H H H H H H H H H H H H H H fRi nov 18 H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Plus! 9pm H H H H sat nov 19 EP Release show H H H H H H H H H w/ H H H H H H H H H H H EP Release show H H H thu nov 24 H H w/ H H H H H H H H H fRi nov 25 neo-punk garage blitz H H H H H (ex-Bators) H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Plus! H sat nov 26 Record Release show H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H w/ H H H H H H H H H sat dEC 2 Record Release show H H H H H (Orchestra) H H H H H H H H w/ H H fRi dEC 9 H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH H H

The Owl Eyes Project AnciEnT ORDER (11-11-11)

LYRA, The Dying Arts

THE wiLD HEARsEs

cHEAP TiME Mannequin Men

crazy strings RED niGHTFALL

BARABAROsA swEDisH FisH

THE MERcY nOw

catl The Mad Ones PKEw PKEw PKEw (GunsHOTs)

THE cOOL HAnDs

The paRTy ... All the music you love. Always... Fri 11 GeT By FRiday ... Hip hop. soul, RnB, dancehall and beyond... saT 12 Lucky BiTches ... Glam-positive, stupid fun, mega-dance party...

sun 13 unLimiTed sundays ... 2 tuntables, special drinks and special guests...

Mon 14 Geek Love ... Sceening, All the Young Geeks edition...

Tues 15 deadLiesT snaTch ... All favourites- the people and the music...

Wed 16 BRiGhT LiGhTs,

BiG ciTy ... w/ DJ Wes Allen, cool and rare

tracks for drinking and thinking...

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crowns For convoy, Diction

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STEERS & QUEERS CD RELEASE 10pm HARLAN PEPPER & NEW COUNTRY REHAB Sat Nov 12 7-9:30pm JEFFREY LEWIS + EMPEROR X CD 10pm HARLAN PEPPER RELEASE & NEW COUNTRY REHAB

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NOW november 10-16 2011

disc of the week

Pop/Rock

PEGGY SUE Acrobats (Yep Roc)

ñ RUSTIE Glass Swords (Warp)

Rating: NNNNN On the cover of Glass Swords, the debut album by Glasgow’s newest dance wunderkind, Rustie, two sunlit space crystals meet at an angle. And like beams of light through prisms, his music – a nebulous knot of synth, bass and animated rhythms – reaches into a multidimensional plane. An array of millennial influences infiltrate Rustie’s ravey, soaring compositions: primitive gaming melodies, proggy kitsch, patches of aggressive hi-hats, pitch-shifted vocal yelps, Timbalandish squelch and the emotive atmospherics of IDM. It all

makes Glass Swords a vivid, liberating experience (and, as a by-product, makes the canned wobble of dubstep seem oppressive). Grizzled bass on Cry Flames and After Light compete with the piano-house funk euphoria of relatively subdued Surph. Songs like Ultra Thizz and Hover Traps have defined hooks and bigroom resonance, reflecting Rustie’s ability to peddle nuanced anthems. It’s a pill of a record. Drop it before going out or while in the throes of S.A.D. Top track: Ultra Thizz ANUPA MISTRY

Rating: NNNN Peggy Sue began as an acoustic folk trio under the mega-shadow of fellow Brits Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling. By plugging in for their second album, they’ve achieved something much deeper and more powerful than their first. The group has always had a more sinister edge than their moniker suggests, and it’s now in the foreground. Katy Klaw and Rosa Rex’s rich, expressive vocals play beautifully against the distorted guitars and propulsive drum work. It’s hard to avoid comparisons to the raw 90s angst of PJ Harvey, especially since long-time Harvey collaborator John Parrish produced it. But there are also hints of newer acts like Wye Oak and Warpaint, groups unafraid to mix dreamy melodies with occasionally abrasive guitars. Acrobats drags a bit near the end, but there’s no denying that it’s a huge leap forward. Top track: Cut My Teeth Peggy Sue play the Garrison Sunday (November 13). RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

ADALINE Modern Romantics (Light

New Adventures in Sound Ar t presents

SOUNDplay Festival 2011

October 7 - November 27, 2011 www.soundplay.ca Performances & Screenings @ Artscape Wychwood Barns Tix $15/$10; pass $25/$20

SOUNDplay co-presenters - Le Labo, TAIS and CEC For more info: 416-652-5115 / naisa@naisa.ca

NOVEMBER 10-16 2011 NOW

MEGADETH Thirteen (Roadrunner)

NOEL GALLAGHER High Flying Birds

(Universal) Rating: NNNN The criticisms levelled at Noel Gallagher since High Flying Birds hit the air – he’s not taking enough chances, he’s retreading Oasis’s formula, he’s only hinting at his electronic talents, which are briefly revealed on AKA… What A Life! (one of the debut solo album’s premier tracks) – indicate that many people feel it’s repugnant for the 44-year-old to keep making the kind of music at which he’s proven to be brilliant. How dare he. Birds isn’t a commercial risk, nor will Oasis fans find it a challenge, but that doesn’t take away from its smart craftsmanship. There are strong hooks, including the building refrain on Everybody’s On The Run and the watching-the-sunrise vibe of Stop The Clocks. The aforementioned What A Life! is a tantalizingly effort that hints at a bright, beat-thumping future for Gallagher, though there’s no need to rush there. Top track: AKA… What A Life! JASON KELLER

ñ NNNN

CASS McCOMBS Humor Risk (Domino) Rating: NNNN Borrowing liberally from both the Velvet Underground and the Bible, Humor Risk is San Francisco-based songwriter Cass McCombs’s sixth album and his second this year. (The quieter, more challenging Wit’s End came out in April.)

HILL & THE SKY HEROES 11 EP (PuckEye/ EMI) Rating: NNN There’s a good chance you’ve seen Hill Kourkoutis onstage playing keys, bass and guitar with acts like the Weeknd, the Cliks, Saidah Baba Talibah, Tara Slone and many others, but she was usually backing up

Artist Talks / Workshops / Colloquium

other musicians rather than taking the spotlight herself. Given her eclectic resumé, it’s no surprise that her solo tunes are a similar grab bag of influences, mixing surf, pop, soul, glam and dub into a deceptively cohesive sound. At only four songs, this EP feels like a tease, and not because of the consistently sultry and seductive vocals. You get a sense of her sound, but not enough to tell if she’s going the mainstream pop/rock route or if the more esoteric futuristic garage rock part of her personality will come to dominate. Hopefully, it’s the latter, since Toronto’s got more than enough straightforward rock bands. It’s much more refreshing hearing someone try to drag surf and garage into the 21st century. Top track: Doctor, Doctor Hill & the Sky Heroes play the Drake Hotel Friday (November 11). BB

Metal

Organ) Rating: NNN Adaline (aka Shawna Beesley) has gone through quite the creative growth spurt since her 2008 debut, Famous For Fire. Having moved back to Toronto from Vancouver, she’s traded her piano-pop singer/ songwriter side for gurgling synths and crunchy post-industrial drum machines, but the focus is still on her soaring, ethereal vocals. Production help from Hawksley Workman has brought her closer to the contemporary electronic pop sound she’s chasing, but you get the sense that she’s still figuring out her identity. The more minimalist and mellow tunes successfully balance her songwriting style with her new sonic palette, but some of the uptempo electro rockers seem a bit forced. When it all comes together properly, there’s a strikingly original feel to Adaline’s tunes, and she has a real knack for futuristic techno ballads. With a few more of those numbers under her belt, she could go far. Top track: Keep Me High Adaline plays the El Mocambo Saturday (November 12). BENJAMIN BOLES

Nov 12 Flight of Birds/Sacred Spirits - Freida Abtan & Zazalie Z Nov 19 Videomusic Performance - Max Alexander + screenings Nov 25 Fast-Forward - Kaiser Nietzsche & Benjamin Thigpen Nov 26 Time-Space-Play - Jeu de Temps artists + Darren Copeland Nov 10 Sacred Spirits an Artist Talk by Zazalie Z @ Le Labo Nov 13 Workshop by Freida Abtan @ Toronto Animated Image Society Nov 26 Masterclass with Kevin Austin @ the NAISA Space Nov 27 Toronto Artist Salon - a Colloquium to collect the history of 1st & 2nd generation pioneers in Canadian electroacoustics

Though he used songs from the same recording sessions for both, Humor Risk is quite a different collection, accessible and verbose by McCombs’s standards. It’s also a terrifically fun ride, rhythmically speaking, especially on fuzzy opener Love Thine Enemy and jangly earworm The Same Thing. McCombs’s lyrics tell allegorical stories about people in California, comparing a local drug dealer with Daniel in the lion’s den. He muses on the beauty industry’s ideals in a song about a mannequin gallery, and tackles writing, time and immortality on The Living Word. There’s no County Line, but it’s exhilarating stuff. Top track: The Same Thing SARAH GREENE

JEFFREY LEWIS A Turn In The

Dream-Songs (Rough Trade) Rating:

Jeffrey Lewis is often accused of using his songs as little more than word delivery systems – melodically sparse springboards for his wry, conceptual lyrics. On his sixth album, the New York anti-folk singer/ songwriter takes a step toward silencing the critics, tempering his creaky halfspoken vocals with some surprisingly sophisticated arrangements and harmonies with guests like Dr. Dog and Frances McKee of the Vaselines. As always, though, Lewis’s lyrics are the focal point – clever, cute, funny and heartbreaking (often all at once). How Can It Be tries to apply logic to heartbreak, while So What If I Couldn’t Take It paints a suicide attempt as an elaborate farce. Cult Boyfriend might be the quintessential Jeffrey Lewis song, repurposing his cult artist status into romantic terms, all the while name-checking everything from the Misfits to Charles Manson to Meet The Feebles. Top track: Cult Boyfriend Jeffrey Lewis plays the Dakota on Saturday (November 12). RT

Rating: NNN Listening to Megadeth’s 13th album, it’s difficult not to consider Lulu, the collaborative concept album Metallica and Lou Reed released at the end of October. Compared to that universally panned disaster, Thirteen suggests that Megadeth’s defiant leader, Dave Mustaine, has finally come out on top after a bitter, decadeslong rivalry with Metallica, who fired him as their guitarist in 1983. Thirteen makes a strong case for sticking to what you know. It’s thrashy, angry and melody-packed, like Megadeth’s best Peace Sells-era songs, and marks the return of bassist/founding member Dave Ellefson. There’s also a delightfully ridiculous amount of guitar-shredding, something Mustaine has never compromised on even when his former band tamed their virtuosic tendencies for broader appeal (an approach that’s made them multi-millionaires). This isn’t to say the album’s perfect. In between standout tracks like Public Enemy No. 1, Never Dead and Fast Lane is less remarkable filler, and Mustaine’s socially conscious lyrics are sometimes cringe-worthy. But his snarling vocals and guitar work never get old, and the production has a warmer, more vintage feel than steely recent albums. He wins this round. Top track: Public Enemy No. 1 Megadeth play General Motors Centre in Oshawa February 7 and Copps Coliseum in Hamilton February 8. CARLA GILLIS

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JAMES BLAKE Enough Thunder (Atlas/ A&M) Rating: NN The centrepiece of this six-track EP by London-based producer/singer/songwriter James Blake is an effete, fluttering cover of Joni Mitchell’s A Case Of You, sung to piano accompaniment. Because the 22-year-old is best known for his cerebral, dubstep-inflected minimalist aesthetic, the song is noteworthy for its straightforward acoustic sound but otherwise limpid and precious. There’s a frustrating dichotomy at work in Blake’s music. He composes rich, intimate electronic and acoustic soundscapes that suggest myriad emotions and intriguing songwriting possibilities. As a singer, however, he’s maudlin. The more interesting moments on Enough Thunder occur in an abstract grey zone between pop and experimental but don’t veer too far in either direction, as when Blake drifts in and out of the spacious Not Long Now, or the enjoyably sluggish Auto-Tuned melody on Bon Iver collaboration Fall Creek Boys Choir. Top track: Not Long Now KEVIN RITCHIE

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PAINTING INSTALLATION

Going In Deep

Nacha probes underground themes By DAVID JAGER SUZANNE NACHA at Harbourfront

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Centre (235 Queens Quay West), to December 31. 416-973-4000. Rating: NNNN

suzanne nacha has a talent for blurring boundaries. In this painting installation in York Quay Centre’s project room, she’s filled a small space with enigmatic oversized images. In Deep focuses on subterranean themes: tunnels and underground waterways. Shaped to mimic their architectural subjects (two paintings

of waterways are arches leaning against the wall, while two others are perfectly round, like drains), their presence and purpose are pointedly ambiguous. We could be stumbling onto a room of discarded scenery or signage from a stage production. No surprise that Nacha’s painterly inspiration came from working alongside her father in his sign painting business. A jumble of signs leaning in a far corner of the room heightens the uncertainty.

MUST-SEE SHOWS A SPACE GALLERY Video: Louise Noguchi and

soJin Chun, to Dec 11, artist’s talk 3 pm, reception 5-7 pm Nov 12. 401 Richmond W #110. 416-979-9633. BAU-XI PHOTO Chris Shepherd, to Nov 19. 324 Dundas W. 416-977-0400. BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATRE Art Attack fundraiser, preview/silent auction 7 pm, live auction 8 pm Nov 10 ($25). 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555. ESP/ERIN STUMP PROJECTS Photos/installation: Elise Rasmussen, to Nov 30. 1086 1/2 Queen W. 416-834-0005. GENDAI GALLERY Feasibility Study: A Renovation In Three Stages, to Dec 12, Opening

Lines performance/talk 8:30 pm Nov 11. Offsite at 1265 Bloor W. 416-534-1693, gendaigallery.org. HUNTER AND COOK Painting: Nicole Ondre, to Nov 30. 1082 1/2 Queen W. 416-875-6434. INABSTRACTO Métro: Design In Motion, to Nov 27. 1160 Queen W. 416-533-6362. MERCER UNION Installation: Alex Wolfson and Tricia Middleton, Nov 11-Dec 10, reception 7 pm Nov 11, Middleton talk 2 pm Nov 12, Wolfson talk 7 pm Nov 16. 1286 Bloor W. 416-5361519. NICHOLAS METIVIER Drawing/painting: John Scott, Nov 10-Dec 10, reception 6-8 pm Nov 10. 451 King W. 416-205-9000.

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PERIOD FICTION

GG fodder THE LITTLE SHADOWS by Marina Endicott (Doubleday), 525 pages, $32.95 cloth. Rating: NNN

i have been known to mock the Governor General’s fiction jury when it appears to worry more about its mandate than about the quality of the work. Because the GGs want to honour the regions, for example, the fine but not spectacular Cool Water, which came out of the Prairies, took the prize last year.

This year I’m feeling the opposite. Marina Endicott’s novel The Little Shadows has made the short list, and though it’s not, literarily speaking, a knockout, it does exactly what a worthy GG entry should: shed light on a part of Canada’s history that otherwise would’ve stayed in the dark. The novel begins several years before the First World War, when Aurora, Clover and Bella are trying to survive on Canada’s vaudeville circuit under the wing of their widowed mother. Endicott’s plumbed the canon to

Suzanne Nacha’s In Deep blurs the boundary between signs and paintings.

This collection of oddly shaped paintings of underground waterways is unnerving because they refuse to be pinned down. They could be landscape paintings, signs, props or advertisements. Their potential for interpretation is wide open. Like mannequins’ refusal to be fully human or fully sculptural, Nacha’s images similarly radiate the uncanny. Her fascination with hidden or obscure meaning is expressed in the

subjects of her paintings. Underground waterways are a classic symbol of the unconscious, the dark, unknowable currents flowing beneath the familiar spaces of our everyday interactions. Through her use of artfully flattened sign-like surfaces, Nacha hauntingly evokes the complex dual nature of the painted image and the painted sign. 3

OASIS AQUALOUNGE Performance: Commitment Issues (FADO), 7-10 pm ($15, stu/srs $12) Nov 16. 231 Mutual. performanceart. ca. OLGA KORPER Photos: Angela Grauerholz, to Nov 30. 17 Morrow. 416-538-8220. ONTARIO BAR ASSOC Gimme Shelter (benefit for Toronto Human Soc and Cedar Row Farm Sanctuary), 6-8 pm Nov 12. Grand Salon, 20 Toronto, 2nd fl. woolven@sympatico.ca. PAUL PETRO Crossing Natures group show, to Nov 12. 980 Queen W. 416979-7874. PENTIMENTO Painting: Troy Brooks, to Nov 27. 1164 Queen E. 416-406-6772. PREFIX Film: Susan Hiller, to Nov 26. 401 Richmond W. 416-591-0357. SHOW & TELL GALLERY Sculpture: Jannick

Deslauriers, to Nov 20. 1161 Dundas W. 647-347-3316. STEPHEN BULGER Photos: Joseph Hartman, to Nov 26. 1026 Queen W. 416-5040575. SUSAN HOBBS Installation: Didier Courbot, to Dec 3. 137 Tecumseth. 416-5043699. TORONTO FREE GALLERY Installation: Nicholas Galanin, Nov 15-Dec 18, reception/performance 8 pm-1 am Nov 15. 1277 Bloor W. 416-913-0461. THE WHITE HOUSE Savage group show, Nov 12-15, reception 7 pm Nov 12. 277.5 Augusta. WYNICK/TUCK Ted Rettig, Sharon Cook and David Askevold, to Nov 19. 401 Richmond W, #128. 416-504-8716.

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IN PERSON Which does Dave Bidini love more, music or sports? He’s written more books about hockey than anything else, but he’s got huge cred on the music scene as a member of the Rheostatics and Bidiniband. He taps his love for all things musical in Writing Gordon Lightfoot: The Man, The Music, And The World In 1972 ($29.99, McClelland & Stewart). Using as his anchor the 1972 Mariposa Folk Festival – where Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Bonnie Raitt performed (Lightfoot himself made an impromptu appearance) – Bidini explores the Canadian legend’s life and the politically charged and culturally potent era of the early 70s. He talks about the book tonight (Thursday, November 10) at Runnymede Library. See Readings, this page. SUSAN G. COLE recreate entire acts by some of the great stage players of the time, reproducing song lyrics and stunts to take the reader right into their world. Before she started writing fiction, Endicott was herself an actor, and you can tell. She describes the thrill of performance as only someone who’s been there can. And as the sisters de-

READINGS THIS WEEK

Type Books, 883 Queen W. 416-366-8973.

Thursday, November 10

Books, 366 Bay. 416-361-0032.

7 pm. $15, stu/srs $10. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. algreentheatre.ca.

ARLENE CHAN 5:30 pm. Free. Lillian H Smith

Saturday, November 12

MARIA MEINDI Reading. 5 pm. Free. Type

Library, 239 College. 416-393-7746. CAMILLA GIBB 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-395-5577. CARMEN RODRIGUEZ Launching her novel Retribution. 6:30 pm. Free. Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord. 416-922-8744. DAVE BIDINI 7 pm. Free. Runnymede Library, 2178 Bloor W. torontopubliclibrary.ca. DAVID WILSON 8:30 pm. $20-$22. Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604. GILAD SHARON Biography launch and interview.

Books, 427 Spadina Rd. 416-487-8973. ROSEMARY SULLIVAN 3 pm. Free. Type Books, 883 Queen W. 416-366-8973. THEO FLEURY & WENDEL CLARK Book signing. 2 pm. Free. Indigo Eaton Centre, 220 Yonge. chapters.indigo.ca.

Tuesday, November 15 LAWRENCE WESCHLER Reading. 6 pm. Free.

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STEPHEN GAUER/DAVID WHITTON/ESME CLAIRE KEITH Fiction launch. 7 pm. Free. Ben McNally

Wednesday, November 16 CRIS COSTA/HAL NIEDZVIECKI/ROBIN RICHARDSON Pivot Readings series. 8 pm. Pwyc. Press Club, 850 Dundas W. 416-364-7183.

JILL EDMONDSON 6:30 pm. Free. Danforth/

Coxwell Library, 1675 Danforth. 416-3937783. MAUREEN JENNINGS 7 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. 416-395-5535. UMBERTO ECO Discussing his new novel, The Prague Cemtery. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. 3

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velop as artists, she demonstrates her deep knowledge of what it takes to become skilled at stagecraft.

Woman, Nov 10-Dec 22, reception 6 pm Nov 10 (bus from Gladstone, 7 pm). 300 City Centre (Mississauga). 905-896-5088. AGO The Grange Prize, to Dec 10. Robert Motherwell, to Dec 11. General Idea, to Jan 1, talk 7-8:30 pm Nov 16 ($17-$22.50). Chagall And The Russian Avant-Garde, to Jan 15 ($25, stu $16.50). $18, srs $15, stu $10, free Wed 6-8:30 pm. 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. ART GALLERY OF YORK U Raqs Media Collective, to Dec 4. 4700 Keele. 416-736-5169. BLACKWOOD GALLERY Daïchi Saito and Cindy Mochizuki, to Dec 11. 3359 Mississauga N (Mississauga). 905-828-3789. DESIGN EXCHANGE CANstruction, to Nov 11 (free, TD Centre, 222 Bay). RGD Spatial Graphics, Nov 14-30 (pwyc). 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. DORIS McCARTHY GALLERY Beatriz Olano and Magdalena Fernández, Nov 16-Jan 28, reception 6-9 pm Nov 16 (bus from OCADU, 6 pm). 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007. GARDINER MUSEUM Creamware, to Dec 4. The Tsar’s Cabinet: Russian Decorative Arts, to Jan 8. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. JUSTINA M. BARNICKE Models For Taking Part, to Dec 11. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398. THE POWER PLANT Simon Fujiwara, to Nov 11. Derek Sullivan, to Nov 20. RBC Painting Competition, Nov 12-20. $6, stu/srs $3, free Wed 5-8 pm. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-9734949. ROM ICC: David Hockney, to Jan 1. Judith Snow, to Jan 20. The Kingston Prize, Nov 10-Jan 29. Maya: Secrets Of Their Ancient World, curator talk 7-8 pm Nov 15. $15, stu/ srs $13.50; Fri 4:30-8:30 pm $9, stu/srs $8. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. TEXTILE MUSEUM Magic Squares, to Nov 20. Andrew McPhail, Grace Ndiritu and Tazeen Qayyum, to Feb 12. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-5995321. U OF T ART CENTRE Angela Grauerholz, to Nov 26. 15 King’s College Circle. 416-978-1838. 3

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The book is long but told in brief episodes, so it can be read in snatches without getting lost. And that brings me to a tiny weakness in Endicott’s fiction. Like her fine Giller-shortlisted novel Good To A Fault, The Little Shadows, despite its frank treatment of menstruation, pregnancy and sexual assault, is a gentle read. But though it’s not exactly gripping, it is absolutely absorbing. And, as a work evoking an underappreciated phase in Canada’s stage history, it’s infinitely worthy of its spot on the Governor General’s short list. We find out who wins on Tuesday SUSAN G. COLE (November 15). Write Books at susanc@nowtoronto.com

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Jean Yoon (left) and Cara Gee capture all the shifting tones in The Rez Sisters.

THEATRE PREVIEW

Raw, raucus Rez Sisters Factory gives Tomson Highway’s classic a new life By JON KAPLAN THE REZ SISTERS by Tomson Highway, directed by Ken Gass, with Cara Gee, Kyra Harper, Djennie Laguerre, Jani Lauzon, Billy Merasty, Pamela Sinha, Michaela Washburn and Jean Yoon (Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst). Opens tonight (Thursday, November 10) and runs to December 11, Tuesday-Saturday 8 pm, matinee Sunday 2 pm. $20-$45. 416-504-9971.

never underestimate the power of bingo. In Tomson Highway’s classic 1986 play The Rez Sisters, where the seven title characters head off from their Manitoulin Island reserve to Toronto for the world’s biggest bingo game, the game is a means to talk about important issues. “The game is what brings the wo-

men together, offering them social activity and a way to realize their dreams,” says Jean Yoon, who plays gossipy Veronique St. Pierre in the Factory Theatre production. “It’s a potential ticket out from their problems.” The seven women, all powerful characters, live on the fictional Wasaychigan Hill Reserve in a familial way: everyone’s a sister, half-sister, sister-in-law or daughter to someone else. “I love that the play is about hope and a better life,” adds Cara Gee, who plays Veronique’s adopted daughter, Zhaboonigan Peterson. “Everyone has her own dream, whether it’s moving to Toronto, having a stove that works or a special toilet that

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THE BUNDLE by Edward Bond (Ryerson Theatre School). A foundling grows up to be a militant voice for the people against the landowners

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makes her feel like a queen.” Beyond these yearnings, both actors – who build animatedly on each other’s ideas during the interview – respond to the way Highway has created relationships among the characters. “They connect in such a passionate fashion, whether they’re laughing or fighting,” notes Yoon, who most recently appeared in Tout Comme Elle and Kim’s Convenience. “I’m impressed by the writing’s verbal virtuosity. Tomson shamelessly switches from raw ensemble comedy to serious, intimate moments. “I’m also impressed by the sense of the spiritual in Nanabush and how he manifests in the play.” Yoon’s referring to the trickster figin feudal China. Opens Nov 15 and runs to Nov 24, Tue-Fri 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $18, stu/ srs $14. Abrams Studio Theatre, 46 Gerrard E. 416-979-5118, ryersontheatre.ca. THE CHILDREN’S REPUBLIC by Hannah Moscovitch (Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company). A champion of children’s rights and a boy face a looming catastrophe in WWII-era Poland. Previews to Nov 15. Opens Nov 16 and runs to Dec 18, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $38-$47, srs $33-$45, stu/ previews $20-$24. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, hgjewishtheatre.com. CLASS CITY (Action Slacks). An Irish immigrant family struggles to establish themselves in Toronto in this improvised play. Opens Nov 14 and runs to Nov 28, Mon 8 pm. $15. Cameron House, 408 Queen W. classcitytoronto.eventbrite.com. CRAZY TO KILL: A DETECTIVE OPERA by John Beckwith and James Reaney (Toronto Masque Theatre). A detective investigates murders in an asylum for wealthy mental patients in this

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ure in Ojibway culture, the supernatural being who instructs and affects the human characters. Played by Billy Merasty, the only man in the cast, Nanabush alternately appears as a playful white seagull and a sinister nighthawk. Only Zhaboonigan and the ill Marie-Adele see his true nature. “Zhaboonigan has the ability to observe life and death in everything, constantly,” offers Gee, seen in The Jones Boy and Stitch. “She’s often played as mentally challenged, but I believe she has an innate ability that you can’t take a drug to fix. “Having that ability is like being screamed at all the time. It commands your attention like a really hard-core drug trip.” This production of The Rez Sisters is an unusual one: director Ken Gass has cast both native and non-native performers. “That’s a bold choice,” nods Yoon, whose heritage is Korean, “that has generated a lot of discussion in the First Nations and theatre communities. Tomson has always said, however, that his plays could be cast with non-native actors. “It’s exciting to be working with this group. At some point we’ve all sat back and said, ‘Oh my god, I understand just what these women are going through, no matter if my history is different from theirs.’” “By not saying the production is specifically about ethnically diverse casting, we’re asking a relevant question in Toronto theatre,” adds Gee, whose Ojibway grandmother is from the Curve Lake Reserve. “While we can and have talked intellectually about the idea of diverse casting, in the rehearsal hall we’re just a group of actors exploring our humanity to get a play ready for performance. Everyone’s perfect for their role, regardless of their background.” 3 jonkap@nowtoronto.com

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THEATRE REVIEW

High score THE TEST by Lukas Bärfuss, trans-

lated by Birgit Schreyer Duarte, directed by Jason Byrne (The Company Theatre/Canadian Stage). At Berkeley Street Theatre (26 Berkeley). Runs to November 26. $22-$49. 416-368-3110. See Continuing, page 66. Rating: NNNN

There’s a world of tension lurking beneath the often placid dialogue of The Test, an unsettling friction that makes for first-class theatre. In the Lukas Bärfuss play, presented by the Company Theatre and Canadian Stage, Peter (Gord Rand) tries to determine the paternity of his son. Has his wife, Agnes (Liisa Repo-Martell), cheated on him, and has he been showering his love on a bastard? The repulsive possibility can only be determined by a paternity test. The idea of infidelity, planted by Franzeck (Philip Riccio), assistant to Peter’s politician father, Simon (Eric Peterson), grows to monstrous proportions, affecting all the characters, including Simon’s cool wife, Helle (Sonja Smits), who spends much of her time at an Indian ashram. Director Jason Byrne keeps the dramatic stakes high even in the most everyday conversation, and, at times, across the entire expanse of the wide Berkeley Street stage. His excellent cast know how to suggest the anxiety that’s not always in their characters’ words, which are delivered in low-key fashion. Though the pacing is occasionally too slow, we’re always engrossed in the relationships. In the midst of a group of fascinating characters, Franzeck proves the most layered figure. The Iago of this tale, he’s cool, ironic and manipulative, an easy character to dislike. But Riccio so subtly colours his actions with understandable psychological motivations that we become sympathetic toward a man who destroys the lives of everyone around him. This is one Test that passes with flying colours. JON KAPLAN

opera featuring singers, actors and puppets. Nov 11-12 at 8 pm. $40, srs $30, under 30 $20. Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. torontomasquetheatre.com. THE DUMB WAITER by Harold Pinter (Stratical Theatre). Two women play the roles of the assassins in this workshop production. Opens Nov 10 and runs to Nov 20, Tue-Sun doors 7:30 pm, mat Nov 20 at 2:30 pm. $15 sugg donation. Unit 102 Studio, 376 Dufferin. 416-5399788, straticaltheatre@gmail. com. IMPRINTS by Michael Spence (Theatre Gargantua). An Philip Riccio (left) ailing woman is haunted and Eric Peterson by the ghosts of her anconvey layers of cestors while underanxiety in The Test. going an experimental treatment. Previews to Nov 10, Wed 6:30 and

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Juliet reinvented

russian elena Lobsanova steps up By JORDAN BIMM

Elena Lobsanova dances a new version of Romeo And Juliet.

ROMEO AND JULIET choreography by Alexei Ratmansky (National Ballet of Canada). At the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts (145 Queen West). Wednesday (November 16) to November 27, Tuesday-Saturday 7:30 pm, matinees Saturday-Sunday 2 pm. $25-$234. nationalballet.ca.

for the first time in almost 50 years, the National Ballet is updating its classic staging of Romeo And Juliet. We’re not talking a Baz Luhrmannstyle overhaul here – the score is still Prokofiev and the style remains early Renaissance. But thanks to efforts of artistic director Karen Kain, Alexei

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Ratmansky, one of ballet’s most sought-after choreographers, has completely reworked John Cranko’s classic choreography. “In the original version, there were a lot of what we call ‘empty scenes,’” says featured soloist Elena Lobsanova, one of the production’s Juliets, who dances with Guillaume Côté’s Romeo. “That’s not really a nice way to put it, but there were lots of times when we didn’t dance. “In this version, Alexei uses almost every note for a step to convey meaning. He’s filled out the score with his choreography, so there’s a lot more movement and depth.” Moscow-born Lobsanova, who

trained at the National Ballet School and was promoted to first soloist just this year, first worked with Ratmansky in the National’s production of his Russian Seasons. Internationally respected for his commitment to classical technique, Ratmansky is also always ready to explore new possibilities in ballet. “In rehearsal he’s very creative and spontaneous,” says Lobsanova. “He’s like, ‘Okay, how about this? No, that looks weird. Let’s try that again, but how about in this way?’ It’s really exciting to work with him, and we all try to contribute ideas.” So what will the new choreography look like? “He’s using a lot of turns for me, and a lot of jumps for [Romeo],” she explains. “Alexei favours a kind of organic, twisty look. He works from the traditional Russian folk theme, so he uses a lot of port de bras that emphasize the bravura that Russians really liked in their early ballets. And obviously there’s lots of passion in his choreography.” Lobsanova notes that one of Ratmansky’s challenges has been to utilize every dancer in the company. “Karen told him that our old version didn’t use all of the dancers, and he’s got this huge talent for giving a dancing role to everybody onstage.” Lobsanova admits that his commitment to giving everybody something to do has slowed the pace of creation. “Some plenary scenes – like one set in a bustling Verona market – are still in the works. He’s still busy creating.” However, she has no doubt everything will be perfect by opening night. It will be, she says, “a new and completely moving experience.” 3

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9:30 pm, Thu 8 pm. Opens Nov 11 and runs to Nov 26, Thu-Sat (and Nov 15) 8 pm, Nov 13 at 2:30 pm. $20-$25, previews $17. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Studio. 416-504-9971, theatregargantua.ca.

pub. Nov 10-12, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $30. Ernest Balmer Studio, 55 Mill, bldg 58, #315. 416537-6066 ext 243, tapestrynewopera.com. The rez sisTers by Tomson Highway (Factory Theatre). Women on a reservation plan a trip to Toronto to attend a huge bingo tournament (see story, page 62). Opens Nov 10 and runs to Dec 11, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20-$55. 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. ride The cycLOne by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell (Acting Up Stage Company/Atomic Vaudeville). Teens in a choir group get a chance to express themselves after dying in a roller coaster accident. Previews Nov 10-11. Opens Nov 12 and runs to Dec 3, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $30$35, previews $15, mat pwyc. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529, actingupstage.com. seussicAL by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Young People’s Theatre). This all-ages musical is based on the classic Dr. Seuss books. Opens Nov 10 and runs to Dec 30, SatSun 2 pm, see website for other dates and times. $15-$20. 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, youngpeoplestheatre.ca. sPring AWAkening by Frank Wedekind, with music by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater (Toronto Youth Theatre). Teens journey from youth to adulthood in 19th-century Germany in this musical. Opens Nov 16 and runs to Nov 26, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $25-$35. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. tytspringawakening.eventbrite.com. syLViA by AR Gurney (Alumnae Theatre). A stray dog comes between a man and his wife in this comedy. Opens Nov 11 and runs to Nov 26, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, Wed 2-for1, Sun pwyc. 70 Berkeley, Studio. 416-3644170, alumnaetheatre.com. TO seek A chiLd (Poculi Ludique Societas). This three-part excerpt from the 16th-century Chester Mystery Plays presents the bright and dark side of the Christmas story. Nov 11-12, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2:30 pm. $20, srs $15, stu $10. St James Cathedral, 65 Church. 416978-5096, toseekachild.wordpress.com. The TWO Trees by Daniel Giverin (Red Sandcastle Theatre). This solo play is based on the writings of Irish poet William Butler Yeats. Opens Nov 11 and runs to Nov 20, Wed-Sat (and Nov 14) 7:30 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, stu/srs $15. 922 Queen E. 416-845-9411, redsandcastletheatre.com.

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at the Roaring Twenties and Dirty Thirties in Canada. Opens Nov 10 and runs to Nov 27, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $20-$40. Cameron House, 408 Queen W. 416-703-1725, videocab.com. LOrd ArThur sAViLe’s crime adapted by Constance Cox from a short story by Oscar Wilde (Village Players). A palm reader’s prediction sets off a a comedic chain of events. Opens Nov 11 and runs to Dec 3, Thu-Sat (and Nov 16) 8 pm, mats Nov 20, 26 at 2 pm. $20, stu/srs $16. Bloor West Village Playhouse, 2190 Bloor W. 416-767-7702, villageplayers.net. mAmmA miA! by Catherine Johnson, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (Living Arts Centre). A wedding brings together new and old lovers in this musical based on ABBA songs. Nov 12-13 at 7:30 pm, mat Sun 2 pm. $75-$105. 4141 Living Arts, Mississauga. 905306-6000, livingartscentre.ca. mAry POPPins by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman (Mirvish/Disney Theatrical Productions/Cameron Mackintosh). This musical is based on the PL Travers stories and the 1964 Disney film. Previews Nov 10-11. Opens Nov 12 and runs to Dec 24, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm (no eve show Dec 24; see website for other dates). $35$130. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. 1917: The hALifAx exPLOsiOn adapted by the Company (Theatre Erindale). This theatrical work-in-progress looks at the historical accident in Halifax Harbour during WWI. Previews Nov 10. Opens Nov 11 and runs to Nov 20, Thu 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sun (and Nov 20) 2 pm. $15, stu/srs $10. Erindale Studio Theatre, 3359 Mississauga Rd N. 905-569-4369, theatreerindale.com. PLAy reAding Week (Tarragon Theatre). Works in progress by Jason Maghanoy, Haley McGee, Leanna Brodie, Bobby Theodore, Evan Tsitsias and David Yee get staged readings. Opens Nov 14 and runs to Nov 20, Thu-Sat and Mon-Tue 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. Free. 30 Bridgman, Near Studio. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. Pub OPerAs by David Brock and Gareth Williams (Tapestry New Opera). This modern opera tells five stories from Glasgow’s oldest

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Rick Elice and Andrew Lippa (Dancap Productions). This musical comedy is based on the TV series about the ghoulish family. Previews Nov 16. Opens Nov 17 and runs to Nov 27, Tue-Sun

7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm (plus Nov 17, 23). $62-$180. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. 416-644-3665, dancaptickets.com.

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ArTATTAck! (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre). This funder for Buddies features an auction of contemporary art and decor items with host Gavin Crawford and guests. Nov 10 at 7 pm. $25. 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. buy, seLL, TrAde? The currency Of idenTiTy

(Diaspora Dialogues). This interactive event explores identity and representation issues through storytelling with Priscila Uppal, Ins Choi and others. Nov 10 at 7 pm. Pwyc. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W, Studio Theatre. diasporadialogues.com. cArniVALe Of The mind (Workman Arts Hall). Closing night of the Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival features a multimedia journey through distorted perceptions and uncertain realities with Dr. Bruce Ballon, plus buskers and more. Nov 12 at 8 pm. $15. 651 Dufferin. rendezvouswithmadness.com. cherubin by Jules Massenet (Essential Opera). The young page from The Marriage Of Figaro continues his racy exploits in this comic opera. Nov 12 at 7:30 pm. $18-$20. Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton. essentialopera.com. cOmmiTmenT issues curated by Jess Dobkin (FADO Performance Art Centre). Five artists and one collective use their bodies as source material to investigate qualities and dimensions of commitment. Nov 16 at 7 pm. $15, stu/srs $12 (must be 19+). Oasis Aqualounge, 231 Mutual. performanceart.ca. fLirTy fridAy (NOW Lounge). This burlesque variety show features members of Boylesque TO, Miss Trixi Jones and hosts Belle Jumelles and St. Stella. Nov 11, doors 9 pm. $10. 189 Church. facebook.com/nowlounge. LeTTers in WArTime by Kenneth Brown and Stephen Scriver (Living Arts Centre). Young lovers correspond by letter after being separated by WWII. Nov 11 at 3 and 7 pm. $20-$30. 4141 Living Arts, Mississauga. 905-306-6000, livingartscentre.ca.

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LAunch PArTy (Playwrights Canada Press). NOW Magazine’s Jon Kaplan and Susan G Cole host a night of readings of plays by Daniel Karasik, Jonathan Garfinkel, Colleen Wagner, Erin Shields and others. Nov 14 from 6:30 to 9:30 pm. Free. Supermarket, 268 Augusta. 416-703-0013. red (On Stage Performing Arts Theatre Series). Canadian Stage’s Natasha Mytnowych talks about the upcoming production of John Logan’s play. Nov 14 at 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-393-7011. reTurn TO yOur rOOTs burLesque brunch

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The sankofa trilogy, writer-performer d’by.young anitafrika’s chronicle of three female generations of women, concludes with word! sound! powah!, a vibrant look at the characters’ future and past. It’s 2012, and the play’s central figure, 20-year-old benu sankofa, is involved in art and politics during the Jamaican national election. Art because she’s just joined the Poets of Solidarity to explore her talent as a dub poet; politics because this group’s members work for social change through their combined creative talent. Playing all the characters, anitafrika takes us from a harrowing interrogation at a police station to a freedom rally where a group of poets – includ(Great Canadian Burlesque). The troupe presents a revue. Nov 13 at 1 pm. $10. Cadillac Lounge, 1296 Queen W. 416-536-7717. Roll Play live animal PaRty (Treehouse Live). Kids help Splash ‘n Boots write new songs in this live musical performance. Nov 13 at 1 and 4 pm. $25. Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 190 Princes’ Blvd. rollplaylive.ca. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (Shakespeare in Action). This adaptation for young audiences sets the story in a modern, culturally diverse city. Nov 12 at 8 pm. $15. Central Commerce CI Theatre, 570 Shaw. 416703-4881, shakespeareinaction.org. a tale of Rich and Poe by Michael McMurtry (City Playhouse Theatre). An unlucky thief is determined to rob a benevolent millionaire. Nov 13 at 1 pm. $25, child $20. 1000 New Westminster, Vaughan. 905-882-7469. that’s Just cRazy talk by Victoria Maxwell (CREST.BD/CANMAT). Maxwell performs her solo show about one woman’s journey of coming to terms with mental illness. Nov 12 at 7 pm. Free (must pre-register). Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-6035800 ext 2870, crestbd.ca/events.

Always superb, the electrifying d’bi.young anitafrika shows new maturity in word! sound! powah!

ing a physical performer, a Rasta and a young and cynical mother – parade their different styles of creation. Key to the piece is a memory episode in which mudgu, benu’s grandmother, takes her to the forest for a rite of passage that connects the girl to her potent ancestors, protective guides who give her the strength to face adversity. But this show is much more than a narrative. From the moment anitafrika appears, she involves the audience in her characters and their lives; we don’t

just listen to and watch the action but become part of it. It’s that synergy between actor and viewer, even if it occasionally takes a minute to sort out who’s speaking, that makes the production so special. It’s a joy to watch anitafrika perform: her work is constantly changing, adapting, growing, questioning. She throws herself non-stop into a performance, her presentation always fresh and electrifying. How exciting to watch Jon kaPlan her mature as an artist.

music, art, improv, clown, comedy and more by Lauren Stein, Shawn Postoff, Chloe Payne and others. Nov 10 at 9 pm. $5. 303 Augusta. ultimatevarietyshow.blogspot.com.

fiReRaiseRs by Max Frisch (the red light district). Frisch’s play about fear and mistrust during a city’s arson epidemic is given a modern update. Runs to Nov 19, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $20, stu $15. Imperial Pub, 54 Dundas E. theredlightdistrict.ca. Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen (Soulpepper). Director/adaptor Morris Panych’s production of Ibsen’s play of secrets and lies is a hypnotic, ultimately draining experience. The cast understands that horror can be quiet and unrelenting, especially Nancy Palk and Gregory Prest as mother and son cursed by family silence and societal hypocrisy. Runs to Nov 18, see website for schedule. $45-$65, stu $28. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. nnnnn (JK) haiRsPRay by Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meehan, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Curtain Call Players). A quirky 60s teen becomes popular and looks to change the world in this musical. Runs to Nov 12, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $25. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall. curtaincallplayers.com. like the fiRst time by Adam Seelig (One Little Goat Theatre Company). This sluggish rehash of one of Pirandello’s lesser-known comedies

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the daRk Room by SR Krieger (Socratic Theatre Collective). Eight tales of ghosts and spirits from ancient Greece to modern times are presented. Runs to Nov 13, Tue-Fri 8 pm, SatSun 2 pm. $15, stu/srs $10. Unit 102 Studio, 376 Dufferin. socratictheatre.com. deceived by Motti Lerner (TEATRON Theatre). An American Jew is caught transferring information to Israel in this drama based on the Jonathan Pollard story. Runs to Nov 20, TueThu and Sat (and Nov 13) 8 pm, mats Sun 2 pm. $31-$48, stu/srs $26-$30. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge, Studio Theatre. 416733-0545, teatrontheatre.com. ditch by Geoff Kavanagh (Sometimes Y Theatre). Two shipmates on an 1845 Arctic expedition must confront their mortality after their ship is trapped in ice (see review, page 68). Runs to Nov 20, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat SatSun 2 PM pm. $10-$20, OC_NOW_Nov10_Layout 1 11-11-04 2:40 Page 1Sun pwyc. Theatre Passe tRanscendental miRRoR: the ultimate vaRMuraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529, someiety shoW (Waterfalls). This show offers live timesytheatre.com. nn (Naomi Skwarna)

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isn’t funny, or compelling. At 90 minutes, the glazed-over drama amounts to little more than a few bedroom spats and a boring trudge through the old mistaken identity trope. Runs to Nov 13, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20-$23, stu/srs $15-$18, Sun pwyc. Walmer Centre Theatre, 188 Lowther. 416-915-0201, onelittlegoat.org. NN (Jordan Bimm) LittLe WomeN adapted by Emma Reeves from the novel by Louisa May Alcott (George Brown College Theatre School). The March sisters grow up in genteel poverty against the backdrop of the American Civil War. Runs to Nov 19, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Nov 12 and 16 at 1:30 pm. $18, srs $12, stu $7. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666. macbeth by William Shakespeare (Hart House Theatre). Ambition leads to bloody murder in the classic tragedy. Runs to Nov 26, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mat Nov 26 at 2 pm. $25, stu/ srs $10-$15. 7 Hart House Circle. 416-9788849, harthousetheatre.ca. murder at tWiLight by Brian Caws and Barb Scheffler (Mysteriously Yours... Dinner Theatre). Modern-day vampires, old-school monsters and humans try to coexist in this murder mystery. Runs to Dec 23, Fri-Sat 6:30 pm (see website for other dates). $79-$85. 2026 Yonge. 416-486-7469, mysteriouslyyours.com.

my mother’s itaLiaN, my Father’s JeWish & i’m iN therapy by Steve Solomon (Philip

Roger Roy/Dana Matthow/Bud Martin). Solomon performs his solo show about growing up in a wacky, bi-ethnic family. Runs to Jan 1, 2012, Wed 7 pm, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 5:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $51.50-$56. Bathurst Street Theatre, 736 Bathurst. 1-855985-2787, italianjewish.ca. the odd coupLe by Neil Simon (Soulpepper). Simon’s classic 60s comedy about mismatched roommates – the slobbish Oscar and the fastidious Felix – still has some laughs, despite a predictable plot. But the fun is amplified in this Soulpepper production by a sharp cast, especially Albert Schultz and Diego Matamoros in the central roles, whose chemistry and affection for each other is clear. Runs to Nov 19, see website for schedule. $45-$65, stu $28. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. NNN (JK)

Victoria Kann and John Gregor (Vital Theatre). A girl turns pink after eating too many cupcakes in this family show. Runs to Jan 29, 2012, Sun 1 pm. $20. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. vitaltheatre.ca. the provok’d WiFe by John Vanbrugh (Theatre @ York). A woman trapped in a bad marriage ponders her choices in this adaptation of the English Restoration play. Runs to Nov 12, nightly at 7:30 pm, mat Fri 1 pm. $17, stu/ srs $12, previews $5. York University, 4700 Keele, Joseph G Green Studio. 416-736-5888, yorku.ca/perform. the saNkoFa triLogy by d’bi.young anitafrika (Tarragon Theatre). The stories of three generations of Jamaican women are told in the plays blood.claat, benu and word! sound! powah! (see review, page 65), presented in repertory. Runs to Dec 4, Thu-Sat 8 pm, some Tue-Wed nights and Sat-Sun mats (call/see website for details). $20-$45. 30 Bridgman, Extra Space. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. NNNN (JK) shiNiNg city by Conor McPherson (Toronto Irish Players). A Dublin therapist counsels a man haunted by the ghost of his wife. Runs to Nov 19, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, stu/srs $18, Nov 10 $10. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley. 416-440-2888, torontoirishplayers.org. the speciaLs iN 9/11/11 (The Specials). The troupe presents a sketch comedy revue about a security-obsessed mayor and a talent agency. Runs to Nov 13, Thu-Sun 8 pm. $20. Pia Bouman School, 6 Noble, Scotiabank Theatre. brownpapertickets.com. the test by Lukas Bärfuss (The Company Theatre). A man seeks scientific proof of his son’s paternity in this dark comedy (see review, page 62). Runs to Nov 26, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mats Wed 1:30 pm, Sat 2 pm. $22-$49. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-3683110, companytheatre.ca. NNNN (JK) 2 piaNos 4 haNds by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt (Mirvish). Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt’s cozy, clever 2P4H still has the thing that endeared itself to audiences fifteen years ago: the charming writer/ performers making it all look easy, even when it isn’t Runs to Dec 4, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mats SatSun and Wed 2 pm. $39-$74. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNNN (Naomi Skwarna) 3

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Opening At the Wrecking BAll V FundrAiser extrAVAgAnzA Ambitious Enterprises presents

performances by Tina Fushnell, Kate Franklin and others to raise funds for the February 2012 production. Nov 12 at 9 pm. $10. The Extension Room, 30 Eastern, 2nd floor. thewreckingball.wordpress.com. dAnce expeditions Dance Ontario presents Valerie Scannura and Anjelica Scannura of Ritmo Flamenco. Nov 13 at 7 pm. $10. Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm. 416-993-9687.

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Menaka Thakkar Dance Company and Harbourfront NextSteps present a celebration of Thakkar’s 70th birthday and 40 years of dance teaching with a remounted work by 20 company dancers and a solo tribute to Rabindranath Tagore by Thakkar. Nov 11-12, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $30-$35, srs $25-$28, stu $15. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. liVing dAnces Ryerson Theatre School and Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie present three classic works by James Kudelka performed by Laurence Lemieux, Valerie Calam and others. Nov 12 at 8 pm. $35, stu

$20. Ryerson Theatre, 43 Gerrard E. 416-3648011, colemanlemieux.com. MediterrAneAn concert Global Village Creative presents music, dance and poetry by Ani Kouyoumdjian, Suzanne Meyers Sawa and others. Nov 11 at 8 pm. $20. Noor Cultural Centre, 123 Wynford. noorculturalcentre.ca. roMeo And Juliet The National Ballet of Canada presents Shakespeare’s story and Prokofiev’s music, with choreography by Alexei Ratmansky (see story, page 63). Opens Nov 16 and runs to Nov 27, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $25-$234. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-345-9595, national.ballet.ca. 60 YeArs oF rhYthM & MoVeMent Korean Dance Studies Society of Canada presents a celebration of Mi Young Kim’s 60 years in the arts, with Mi Young Kim Dance Co, Sampradaya Dance, Keiko Kitano and others. Nov 15 at 7:30 pm. $30, stu/srs $25. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. koreandance.net. the storY oF AnAnsi Dance Caribe Performing Company presents folklore legend of the Caribbean presented through theatrical dance. Nov 11-13, Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3:30 pm. $45. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis. dancecaribesite.com. World lAtin dAnce cup QuAliFier Latin Energy presents Pro Salsa and Latin Showdance competitions. Nov 13 at 7:30 pm. $45. Capitol Event Theatre, 2492 Yonge. conclave.ca.

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based on the life and music of Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Runs to Nov 12, Thu 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 3 pm. $33-$178.10. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front E. ticketmaster.ca. A rockABellY BAllet: inAnnA Vivace Studio presents a vignette showcase presentation with the Camilleri Dance Company, TyTanya and others. Runs to Nov 12, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $15. 291A Jane. vivacestudios.ca. 3

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DITCH by Geoff Kavanagh, directed by Ed Roy (Sometimes Y Theatre). At Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace (16 Ryerson). To November 20. $10-$20, Sun pwyc. 416504-7529, sometimesytheatre.com. See Continuing, page 65. Rating: NN

been literally ditched by their hungercrazed shipmates on John Franklin’s 1845 Arctic expedition. They have feelings for each other, but they’re guarded and, in their perilous situation, they experience a mix of acceptance and reflexive shame, uncertain how to love each other given their Victorian values. This ain’t The Ride Down Mount Brokeback; Whitbread and Hennesey prod and pick at each other, hungry and

Sartre may have determined that hell is other people, but Ditch, Sometimes Y’s uneven revival of Geoff Kavanagh’s hectic Arctic romance, argues something a little lonelier: hell is being abandoned by all to die in a pit with the man you hate to love. In this story of doomed, or maybe just incomplete love, two Royal Navy men, Whitbread (Clinton Walker) and Hennesey (Robert Tsonos), have TheDitch’sRobertTsonos (left)andClintonWalker playononlytwonotes.

weak, disappearing into crazed reveries for minutes at a time. This is where the production begins to falter. Director Ed Roy, while finding some nice levels in Steve Lucas’s serviceable but unattractive set, doesn’t calibrate Walker and Tsonos’s pitch enough. Trying to offset the static setting, he has them swing wildly between hysteria and strangled woe, with little in between. Too quickly the men succumb to terror – hallucinating so vigorously that there’s rarely a moment for them to simply connect. Only one scene diverges from that pattern; under the canopy of an overturned lifeboat, Hennesey tells a story about selling onion soup on the streets of London. Momentarily, we feel the men’s valiant humanity, a lantern playing across their exhausted faces. Ditch may be based on a horrific historical event, but it’s also a striking analogue for all-consuming, unattainable love – if only briefly affecting. NAOMI SKWARNA stage@nowtoronto.com

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Thursday, November 10 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Perry Perlmutar,

Eman and host Matt David. To Nov 13, 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 a weekly showcase w/ host Natasha Henderson. 9 pm. Free. 584 Lansdowne. 647342-5058, starvingartistbar.com.

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) GAME PLAYA THURSDAYS John Candy Box Theatre presents players from the longform program. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270. GIGGLES @ THE GROOVE Groove Bar presents open-mic comedy w/ host Kris Bonaparte. 9:30 pm. Free. 1952 Danforth. 647-350-1917. THE SPECIALS IN 9/11/11 The Specials presents sketch comedy about a securityobsessed mayor and a talent agency. To Nov 13, Wed-Sun 8 pm. $20. Scotiabank Studio Theatre, 6 Noble. brownpapertickets.com. STONER COMEDY Hot Box Cafe presents a

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Smokes. 7 pm. Ninja Sex Party, Kerpatty! and Approximately 3 Peters. 9 pm. Beerprov. 11:59 pm (free). $15-$20, 4-show pass $40. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 647-505-1050, torontosketchfest.com.

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Vest of Friends, Inside Joke Films and the Imponderables. 10 pm. $15-$20, 4-show pass $40. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 647-505-1050, torontosketchfest.com.

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Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival presents the hit show from last summer’s Fringe. 11 pm. $15-$20, 4-show pass $40. Second City, 51 Mercer. torontosketchfest.com. 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 Alan Park. To Nov 13, Thu-Sun 8 pm (plus FriSat 10:30 pm). $13-$22. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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News Café presents improv with Athletic Robot. 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416-461-2668, comedyonthedanforth.com.

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 10. NAKED FRIDAYS John Candy Box Theatre pre-

sents music, improv, sketch and more. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270. PICNICFACE Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival presents the Canadian Comedy Award-winning troupe. 11 pm. $15-$20, 4-show pass $40. Second City, 51 Mercer. torontosketchfest.com. THE SPECIALS IN 9/11/11 See Thu 10. TEXAS COMEDY MASSACRE 2 Fox & Fiddle Wellesley presents stand-up with Alan Park, John Hastings, K Trevor Wilson, Nick Flanagan, Martha O’Neill, host Xerxes Cortez and others. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 27 Wellesley E. 416-580-4153, texascomedymassacre2.com.

TORONTO SKETCH COMEDY FESTIVAL @ COMEDY BAR presents the Majors, Kerpatty! and Fratwurst. 7 pm. Ninja Sex Party, Inside Joke Films and Carl’s Backyard. 9 pm. Rap Battelz. 11:59 pm (free). $15-$20, 4-show pass $40. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 647-505-1050, torontosketchfest.com. TORONTO SKETCH COMEDY FESTIVAL @ LOT presents the Williamson Playboys and Falcon Powder. 8 pm. Charles and Uncalled For. 10 pm. $15-$20, 4-show pass $40. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 647-505-1050, torontosketchfest.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 10.

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COMEDY AND KARAOKE Impulsive Entertainment presents the Regulars w/ the ñ Boom, Jape, the Sketchersons, Fraser Young,

upcoming improvisers picked by the Second City. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270. DEBRA DIGIOVANNI Mirvish presents the award-winning comic on her Single Awkward Female tour. 8 pm. $40.50. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com.

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 10. LAUGH SABBATH presents Talent Show!

w/ Chris Locke, Tony Ho, Joel Buxton, Tim Polley, Mikey Kolberg, Desiree Lavoy Dorsch, host James Hartnett and others. Doors 8:30 pm. $5. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. laughsabbath. com. LAUNCHPAD COMEDY White Swan presents a weekly open mic w/ host Earl the Sqrl. 10 pm. Free. 836 Danforth. 416-463-8089. THE SPECIALS IN 9/11/11 See Thu 10. SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons present weekly sketch w/ guest hosts and musical acts. 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com.

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Jape. 7 pm. Sunday Night Live w/ the Sketchersons. 9 pm. Dance Party. 11:59 pm (free). $15$20, 4-show pass $40. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 647-505-1050, torontosketchfest.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 10.

Monday, November 14 ALTDOT COMEDY LOUNGE presents Mark Forward, Dave Merheje, Hoodo Hersi, ñ Graham Chittenden, Rhiannon Archer, Nile

Seguin, MC Arthur Simeon and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. BEST. MONDAY. EVER. Second City presents weekly sketch, songs and improvisation. 8 pm. $12. 51 Mercer. secondcity.com. CHEAP LAUGHS MONDAY PJ O’Briens Irish Pub presents a show w/ Russell Roy and guests. 9 pm. Free. 39 Colborne. 416-815-7562. FAT KAT$ COMEDY NITE Nola Belle presents weekly comedy. 9 pm. Free. KOS Restaurant, 61 Bellevue. 416-200-0319. HARD TIMES AT THE HARD LUCK Impulsive Entertainment presents Darrin Rose, PB&J, the Short Form Richards and host Peter Anthony. 9 pm. $5. Hard Luck Bar, 772a Dundas W. hardluckbar.com. LAUGH YOUR NADS OFF Blair Streeter presents weekly open-mic stand-up. 9 pm. Free. Naughty Nadz, 1590 Dundas E, Mississauga. 905-232-5577. LAUGHABLE AT UNLOVABLE presents Alan Park, Nile Seguin, Rebecca Kohler, Steven Patrick Adams, Chris Locke, Debra DiGiovanni, Todd Graham, Steph Tolev and host Nick Flanagan. 9 pm. Pwyc. Unlovable, 1415-B Dundas W. 416-532-6669.

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Queen presents a show to benefit the Toronto Humane Society w/ Trevor Boris, Eddie Della Siepe, George Westerholm, Lianne Mauladin, Mark DeBonis, host Jo-Anna Downey and others. 8 pm. $15-$20. 500 Queen E. dominiononqueen.com. SMASH HIT Opening Night Theatre presents a weekly improvised musical. 8 pm. Pwyc. Augusta House, 152 Augusta. openingnighttheatre.com. THE SPECIALS IN 9/11/11 See Thu 10. 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.

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ñ Peter ‘n Chris and Picnicface. 10 pm. $15-$20, 4-show pass $40. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 647-505-1050, torontosketchfest.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 10.

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pm. $20, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. SKETCHCOMEDYLOUNGE Rivoli presents The Twitter Gong Show! w/ judges Christina Walkinshaw and Garret Jamieson, and host Mark DeBonis. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. sketchcomedylounge.com. STANDING ON THE DANFORTH Eton House presents Kenny Molotov, Tanya Wilson, Jessica Beaulieu, Hoodi Hersi, Todd Downey, Cal Post, John Hastings, Ben Beauchemin, Amanda Perrin and host Jo-Anna Downey. 9 pm. Free. 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up Amateur Night at 9:30 pm. $4. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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Matt Davis, Heidi Brander, Josh Elijah, Darryl Orr, Luke Gordon-Field, Joel Buxton, Sean McKiernan and host Ben Mathai. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. absolutecomedy.ca. CHUCKLE CO. PRESENTS Comedy Bar presents weekly stand-up. 9 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. COMEDY SHOWCASE NOW Lounge presents a show w/ host Jack Dani. Doors 10 pm. 189 Church. 416-364-1301.

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stand-up w/ Jesse Owens and host Jessica Fitzpatrick. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416-767-3339. SPIRITS COMEDY NIGHT presents Marilla Wex, Kevin MacDonald, Cal Post, Lori Pearlstein, Jy Harris, Keesha Brownie, Jeff Faulkner, Bryan Alyward, Feraz Shere, Andrea Elizabeth Mitchell and host Jo-Anna Downey. 9 pm. Free. Spirits Bar & Grill, 642 Church. 416-967-0001. STUDENTS ROCK THE NITE John Candy Box Theatre presents improv by Second City Training Centre students. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416340-7270.

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picture as a dogged detective. It’s sharp, solid genre filmmaking – as it should be, since Mak and Chong are the guys who wrote Infernal Affairs.

BLEAK NIGHT (Yoon Sung-hyun, South Korea). 116 minutes. Subtitled. Saturday (November 12), 2:45 pm; November 19, 4 pm. Rating: NN

In one of the narrative threads of this grim Korean drama, a father (Cho Seong-ha) tries to understand the sequence of events that led to the death of his teenage son (Lee Je-hoon). In the other, those events are played out: the boy is bullied relentlessly by his school friends until something awful happens. Director Yoon Sung-hyun cuts back and forth between the two timelines, but by the fourth repetition of Cho asking questions and Lee being smacked around by his supposed pals, it’s clear that Yoon’s only interested in playing out his gimmick, killing time before the big finish. And since Bleak Night is nearly two hours long, that’s a lot of time to kill.

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TV star (Chadd Stoops) to play guitar for a movie role and winds up bringing the guy on tour with him. It’s a low-key charmer that sets up a few simple relationships and plays them out expertly. Nakamura’s a natural, Saving Face’s Lynn Chen is nicely cast as a friend for whom he not so secretly carries a torch, and Joy Osmanski turns up for a few sharp scenes as a producer who knows them both. Nice songs, too.

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PIERCING 1 (Liu Jian, China). 75 minutes. Subtitled. Saturday (November 12), 10:30 pm. Rating: NNN This isn’t the first drama about a disenfranchised factory worker who turns to crime after his job evaporates, but as far as I know, it’s the first one to be produced as an independent animated feature in China. (It’s also the first of a proposed trilogy that could be interesting.) Decidedly adult in its despairing world view, it looks at the effects of the global financial collapse on China’s booming economy, which has been selling an impossible version of the American dream to its citizens for a decade – and doesn’t know how to stop, even when the money goes away. The animation is a little flat and the facial designs run to the simplistic, but Liu Jian manages to do quite a lot with his limited palette. 3

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it takes a certain kind of orneriness to embark on a four-and-a-halfhour epic when you’re dying of liver cancer, but that’s Raúl Ruiz for you. The Chilean-born, pan-European director (Time Regained, Klimt) wasn’t going to let his own mortality get in the way, even undergoing lifesaving surgery during the production. He died just weeks before Mysteries Of Lisbon screened at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival. The film finds Ruiz in full Dickensian mode, turning Camilo Castelo Branco’s 19th-century novel about an orphan who discovers his true heritage into a complex tale about the stories we tell other people about ourselves. After sustaining a head injury in a fight with another boy, young João (João Arrais) takes to his bed. A beau-

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Depending on your tastes, you’ll either call The Mill And The Cross a pretentious piece of ponderous pageantry or go crazy for it. Put me in the second category. Using almost no dialogue and a ton of technological tricks, Lech Majewski tells the story of... well, actually there isn’t a story. This is a meditation on what inspires a work of art. The masterpiece in question is Pie ter Bruegel’s The Procession To Cavalry, a 16th century painting containing nearly 500 characters that the Flemish artist made during Spain’s occupation of Flanders and relentless repression of the Reformation. In the painting, Jesus Christ is led to his execution not by the Romans but by the Spanish cavalry, while Dutch vil lagers express dismay or get on with their lives. A godlike miller looks down on the scene from a gigantic rock where his mill grinds inexorably – a hamfisted metaphor, sure, but still beautiful. Majewski doesn’t just probe the cre ative process of Bruegel (played by Rutger Hauer, though it could be any one); he gets inside the painting itself, imagining the daily lives of the vil lagers and the brutality of the occupi ers. By ingenious means – including meticulous art direction and the use of

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J.C. Chandor’s drama Margin Call finds an intriguing new angle on the financial meltdown of 2008: it treats the first 48 hours of the crisis like a horror movie, as a handful of people try to contain a monster within their institution and keep it from destroying the outside world. The traders at an over-leveraged Wall Street firm – never named but clearly based on Lehman Bros. – grapple with its impending collapse and debate whether they should save themselves at the expense of the global economy. (Selling the junk securities they’ve amassed would buy them some time, but it’d release the poison into the system.) Chandor’s ingenious script moves the action up the ladder of responsibility as time ticks away, from the analyst (Zachary Quinto) who first does the terrifying

Rutger Hauer looks like he walked out of a Pieter Bruegel painting in The Mill And The Cross.

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Like its titular emotional state, Melancholia gets under your skin and sticks with you long after it’s over. It has a moody aftertaste that’s impossible to shake, and, given its contemplative vision, the director is obviously invested in what’s onscreen. Lars von Trier’s atmospheric, operatic, end-of-the-world allegory feels a bit like two separate movies that never fully connect the way the planets do in its conclusion. The first chapter is a delightfully sinister comedy about a wedding, its resentful guests and bride Justine (Kirsten Dunst), who suffers from depression on her big day. As in Thomas Vinterberg’s The Celebration, the char-

J. Edgar is the latest in Clint Eastwood’s late-period series of stately duds. It’s the sort of Oscar bait that plods along convinced of its own supreme importance when in fact it’s just dull and superficial. I can see why Eastwood favoured the bullet-point expediency of Milk writer Dustin Lance Black’s screenplay. It lets him tick off the key events in Hoover’s career – primarily the Lindbergh kidnapping and the formation of the FBI – while nodding in the direction of rumours that Hoover occasionally wore women’s clothing and was more comfortable around associate FBI director Clyde Tolson than he was around the ladies. Certainly, Armie Hammer plays

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acters are hostile, and you’ll savour their utter lack of decorum. In the second chapter, a waiting game for a mysterious planet called Melancholia that’s due to collide with Earth, von Trier patiently ratchets up the anxiety only subtly felt in the earlier segment. There’s an insightful metaphor here about people who, like the planets, are better left in their own space.

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Tolson as unapologetically queer and devoted to Hoover, but Leonardo DiCaprio’s conception of Hoover seems to be that of a man so deeply terrified of any form of intimacy that he can’t ever allow himself to relax. Throw in Naomi Watts as Hoover’s secretary, who bears witness to his pain but can’t help assuage it, and you’ve got a Douglas Sirk melodrama played out in the corridors of American power – or at least that’s what Black seems to have in mind. But Eastwood refuses to engage with it, dancing around the material without ever committing to it. It’s just one big NORMAN WILNER missed opportunity.

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Immortals (D: Tarsem Singh, 110 min) Henry Cavill stars as peasant warrior Theseus, who must protect humanity from meanie King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke). Look for lots of blood and guts in Tarsem Singh’s (The Cell) sword-andsandals pic. He loves that stuff. Both open Friday (November 11). Screened after press time – see reviews November 11 at nowtoronto. com/movies. A FILM BY

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novel about a woman struggling to keep her business alive. 97 min. Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24

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Obmascik’s non-fiction narrative about competitive American birders trying to spot the most species in a calendar year into a comedy about cuddly eccentrics who bond over their shared passion. It feels wobbly and forced, but every now and then the gimmicks are put aside so that the actors can treat their characters as actual human beings. Jack Black and Steve Martin, as a retired corporate shark determined to devote himself to birding, build a lovely and genuine friendship, and each actor has scenes with another co-star (JoBeth Williams for Martin, Brian Dennehy and Dianne Wiest for Black) that add further depth to our understanding of his character. But every scene with Owen Wilson’s vain contractor who’ll do almost anything to hold on to his record feels like it belongs in a broader movie. 100 min. nnn (NW) Interchange 30

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light’s Taylor Lautner as a teen suffering from a Bourne-like identity crisis. The plot is preposterous and the cast of faded stars dial down their performances so as not to make Lautner look bad. 106 min. n (RS) Kennedy Commons 20

Anonymous (Roland Emmerich) is a Da Vinci Code wannabe that questions the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays to unspool a ridiculous plot about burned manuscripts, incest, and royal bed-hopping. Emmerich directed disaster pics like The Day After Tomorrow and Godzilla, so of course the CGI-created Elizabethan setting, mob scenes and rain and fire effects come off best. But the tone is wildly uneven, and as the Earl of Oxford, the suggested “true” author of the plays, Rhys Ifans whispers his way through the role, resulting in a different kind of disaster movie. 130 min. n (GS) Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24 AtlAs shrugged: PArt 1 (Paul Johansson) is a big-screen adaptation of the Ayn Rand

the most environmentally friendly movies you’ll see this year: all it does is recycle material from Bend It Like Beckham, Score: A Hockey Musical and Russell Peters’s decade-old comedy routines. Writer Vinay Virmani stars as Rajveer, a young Sikh who, despite his father’s annoyance, forms his own hockey team of guys who sport turbans instead of helmets. He makes a charming lead opposite Camilla Belle as his fetching love interest. However, the pandering film seems more intent on stuffing itself with clichés and unnecessary cameos (seriously, what are Drake and Ludacris doing here?) than creating something genuine. 100 min. nn (RS) Coliseum Scarborough, Interchange 30

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(Cindy Meehl) is a documentary about rugged, plain-spoken horse trainer Buck Brannaman, who came by his remarkable empathy the hard way: as a boy in Montana, he and his brother were removed from the care of their violent, alcoholic father and rehabilitated by compassionate foster parents. Meehl illustrates her subject’s kindness and compassion through interviews with family, friends and illustrious colleagues like Robert Redford,

who hired the trainer as a technical adviser on The Horse Whisperer – a film inspired in part by Buck’s own story. But Brannaman’s spirit comes through best in the footage of him working with horses. It’s enough to break your heart, even as it heals his own. 88 min. nnnn (NW) Carlton Cinema

Antonio Banderas tries an experiment with captive Elena Anaya in The Skin I Live In.

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(Werner Herzog) is a hypnotic 3-D documentary that presents the 33,000-year-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) Mt Pleasant

cell 211 (Daniel Monzón) is a hard-edged, fast-paced prison drama from Spain with an unusual premise and a mid-point plot twist that changes the stakes completely. The day before he’s to start work as a prison guard, Juan visits the facility and gets caught in a riot. His only hope for survival is to pose as a prisoner. Juan’s biggest threat is a convict leader who likes the newcomer’s bright ideas but needs to keep him in his place to maintain his status among the rival gangs and negotiate with the authorities. Alberto Ammann’s Juan is nervous but not timid, while Luis Tosar avoids the dominating- psychopath cliché as a natural leader with nothing to lose. Subtitled. 110 min. nnn (AD) Carlton Cinema 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. 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) Coliseum Scarborough, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24 courAgeous (Alex Kendrick) is a Chris-

tian-themed film about police officers dealing with faith and fatherhood. 130 min. Colossus

ñcrAzy, stuPid, love.

(Glenn Ficarra, John Requa) does for the rom-com genre what the two directors’ 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) Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre

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gling 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) Mt Pleasant

dirty girl (Abe Sylvia) has the big, brassy energy of a Broadway musical, but it’s a road movie set in the 80s with a kick-ass soundtrack. Small-town Oklahoma teen misfits Clarke (Jeremy Dozier), the bullied high school queer, and Danielle (Juno Temple), the school’s sexually precocious dirty girl, take off together when her mother (Milla Jovovich) decides to marry a creepy Christian (William H. Macy) and Clarke’s angry dad (Dwight Yoakam) and meek mom (Mary Steenburgen) find out he’s gay. The cast of character actors is terrific, but it’s Temple who’s the revelation, all fucked-up sexy and cruel yet kind to Clarke at the same time. The movie does have tonal problems, sometimes shifting irritatingly from gritty to melodramatic to farcical. But it’s got a big heart. 106 min. nnn (SGC) Carlton Cinema dolPhin tAle (Charles Martin Smith) is a clichéd and overlong inspirational film about a young boy (Nathan Gamble) who helps to rehabilitate an injured dolphin. Sloppily paced and illogically plotted, the film does boast some good performances and cute animal antics, but adults will find it a long sit. 113 min. nn (Andrew Parker)

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(Nicolas Winding Refn) is a solid riff on stylish 80s brooders like Michael Mann’s Thief and William Friedkin’s To Live And Die In L.A. As a stunt driver who moonlights as a wheelman for hire, Ryan Gosling finds the middle ground between Steve McQueen and a Terminator, but Albert Brooks walks off with the picture as a gimlet-eyed heavy with a fondness for edged weapons. 100 min. nnnn (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity

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(Jonathan Levine) is a shaggy and entertaining buddy movie that just happens to have life-or-death stakes, based as it is on screenwriter Will Reiser’s own diagnosis with a rare spinal tumour. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is terrific, Anna Kendrick is great as his novice therapist and Seth Rogen – essentially playing himself – is rock-solid. 99 min. nnnn (NW) Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge

footloose (Craig Brewer) is a slavish re-

make of a movie that wasn’t all that good to begin with. Kenny Wormald steps into Kevin Bacon’s dancing shoes as Ren, a twinkle-toed teen from Boston who moves to a Southern city where partying is outlawed. As in the original, Ren gets on the wrong side of the preacher who helped impose these laws (Dennis Quaid) while falling for his wild daughter Ariel (Julianne Hough, a comely mix of bootylicious and small town sweety). Ren has a local cop on his case (for playing loud music), as well as Ariel’s redneck ex. These characters were already clichés in the 80s, which makes you wonder

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why director Brewer treads so close to the original in this lead-footed and anachronistic remake. Wormald (a charmless actor but a very capable dancer) sticks to Bacon’s old moves, which aren’t exactly a thrill in the age of Step Up and How She Move. Some might excuse it as an homage. I think it’s just lazy. 113 min. N (RS) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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gines a northern Quebec town where the primary industry is a linguistic institute that teaches ignorant anglophones to speak French. The characters in this overpopulated affair have as much nuance as Rob Ford’s rhetoric. Some subtitles. 100 min. N (RS) Cumberland 4, Kingsway Theatre

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(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. Damned if it isn’t one of the best movies I’ve seen this year. 96 min. NNNNN (NW) Cumberland 4

THE HELP (Tate Taylor) is a successful adap-

tation of Kathryn Stockett’s mega-selling 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) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre

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(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) Interchange 30

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(George Clooney) is a nimble adaptation of Beau Willimon’s stage play about the ideological deflowering of a campaign strategist (Ryan Gosling) as he ushers a hopey-changey Democratic governor (Clooney) through the Ohio presidential primary. The plot’s a Mamety mixture of betrayal, disillusionment and high-stakes brinksmanship, but it’s performed by a cast working at peak efficiency. 100 min. NNNN (NW) Beach Cinemas, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

IMMORTALS (Tarsem Singh) 110 min. See Also Opening, page 74. Opens Nov 11 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale. IN TIME (Andrew Niccol) posits a future where time is literally money: people stop aging when they turn 25, and they get one year of time to spend as they see fit. (When you go broke, you drop dead.) An impulsive decision to help a suicidal drunk leaves a working-class guy (Justin Timberlake) in possession of an extra century, eventually sending him on the run to beat the system with a wealthy young woman (Amanda Seyfried). The first hour is vibrant allegorical SF; the second devolves into a lot of running and jumping, and the capitalism metaphor hits a conceptual dead end. Time may be the most valuable commodity in writer-director Niccol’s fictional universe,

but ideas are still the most important thing in ours. 109 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

INNI (Vincent Morisset) is the simple document of a two-night stand at London’s Alexandra Place by Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Rós. Shot in grainy 16mm that evokes both early Jarmusch and Murnau, director Morisset lets the band’s music speak for itself and aims his sights squarely at their fan base, a tactic that might turn off casual observers. The brief 75 minute running time feels just right. Some subtitles. 75 min. NNN (Andrew Parker) TIFF Bell Lightbox AN INSIGNIFICANT HARVEY (Jeff Kopas) is a wobbly construction about a withdrawn janitor (little person Jordan Prentice) whose world expands when he takes in a stray dog and meets an appealing young woman (Kristin Adams). The film swings between credible character development and clumsy plotting, but the genuinely sweet chemistry between Prentice and Adams holds the whole thing together. And if some of writer-director Kopas’s odder choices don’t pay off – like the opening fantasy sequences in which Harvey imagines himself as a raccoon – a few others do, giving the picture an intriguingly unpredictable rhythm. 78 min. NNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24 J. EDGAR (Clint Eastwood) 135 min. See review, page 74 NN (NW) Opens Nov 11 at Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity. JACK AND JILL (Dennis Dugan) 91 min. See

Also Opening, page 74. Opens Nov 11 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24.

JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (Oliver Parker)

returns Rowan Atkinson to his inexplicably popular slapstick spy spoof to stop an assassination plot and uncover the identity of a secretly evil colleague. Atkinson trots out stale one-liners and boring physical business (more often than not involving his groin) that never elicits more than a smile. With a supporting cast full of straight men, there isn’t even anyone to pick up the comedy slack. Sadly, the film is yet another depressingly mediocre effort from the once brilliant creator of Black Adder and Mr. Bean. 101 min. NN (Phil Brown) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

LE HAVRE (Aki Kaurismäki) strains credulity,

but that’s the point. Good-hearted French bohemian Marcel (André Wilms) works shining shoes in the port city of Le Havre, and times are very tough. But he’s well loved by his friends, neighbours and especially his wife (Kati Outinen), who, unbeknownst to him, is gravely ill. When he decides to help an illegal refugee (Blondin Miguel), he must figure out a way to elude a very dogged police inspector (Jean-Pierre Darroussin). This is an unabashed fairy tale that doesn’t ooze irony like Finnish director Kaurismäki’s other movies. But it expertly evokes its titular location and has many quiet pleasures, chief among them its deft performances. Wilms especially is a delight, the kind of sly fox you want to root for. Subtitled. 93 min. NNN (SGC) TIFF Bell Lightbox

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(Drake Doremus) is the most affecting romance since John

Carney’s Once. American Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and Brit Anna (Felicity Jones) meet in college in L.A. and fall madly, can’t-stoplooking-at-you in love. But after Anna violates her student visa and visits London for the summer, she’s not allowed back in the U.S. Their careers start to take off, they meet other people (including, for him, a coolly beautiful assistant played by Jennifer Lawrence), yet they still feel connected to each other. The simplicity of Doremus’s third feature works beautifully, allowing viewers to project their own hopes and dreams about love and fate onto the characters. The spare, suggestive script – devised through improvisation – and deeply felt performances by the appealing leads make this a real heartbreaker. 84 min. NNNN (GS) Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Varsity

THE LION KING 3D (Roger Allers, Rob

Minkoff) is a re-release in 3-D of the iconic animated film about a death, love and courage on the African veldt. 87 min. Coliseum Scarborough, Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24

MARGIN CALL (J.C. Chandor) 106 min. See review, page 72. NNNN (NW) Opens Nov 11 at Yonge & Dundas 24.

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(Sean Durkin) is an intense, actorly study of a young woman (Elizabeth Olsen, better known as the younger sister of MaryKate and Ashley) who flees a cult and comes to stay with her sister (Sarah Paulson) and her new husband (Hugh Dancy), who haven’t the slightest idea how to help her through her decompression. The narrative shifts fluidly between Olsen’s shaky recovery and flashbacks to her time with the cult, dominated by a pitch-perfect John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone), and writer/director Durkin confidently escalates the psychological tension like a seasoned pro. The ending’s going to piss off a lot of people. 103 min. NNNN (NW) Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Lars von Trier) 135 min. See review, page 74. NNNN (RS) Opens Nov 11 at Varsity.

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from the Met of the Donizetti opera, starring soprano Anna Netrebko in the title role. Subtitled. 260 min. Nov 12, 12:55 pm, at Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge

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, Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre THE MILL AND THE CROSS ñNNNN

(Lech Majewski) 95 min. See review, page 72. (SGC) Opens Nov 11 at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

MONEYBALL (Bennett Miller) makes an entertaining if undistinguished sports movie out of Michael Lewis’s book about GM Billy Beane’s revolutionary statistics-based redesign of the 2002 Oakland As. It’s charming enough, though the midsection sags and the ending goes on about three beats longer than it should. 126 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Cumberland 4, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity

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(Raúl Ruiz) 274 min. See review, page 72. NNNN (NW) Opens Nov 11 at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

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Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, ters or invalidates it entirely. Documenting Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, the first encounter between young Katie Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande (Chloe Csengery) and Kristi (Jessica Tyler Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Brown) and the supernatural force that Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenwould return to torment them as adults, ade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Thedirectors Joost and Schulman abandon the atre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississeries’ locked-down, slow-burning aesthetsauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale ic for editorial jumps and a really annoying number of false scares. And screenwriter REAL STEEL (Shawn Levy) has surprising heart Christopher Landon reveals far too much and intelligence for a movie about a father about the nature of the threat and directly and son who bond over contradicts the mytholoutsized games of Rock ogy established in the ’Em Sock ’Em Robots. previous movies for the EXPANDED REVIEWS That’s largely due to sake of a subpar Wicker nowtoronto.com Hugh Jackman’s perMan reference. 84 min. formance as a boxerNN (NW) turned-robot-promoter 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada who grudgingly takes charge of the son he Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Missisbarely knows (Dakota Goyo). It’s utterly presauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, dictable, but Levy hits his marks with warmth Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, and energy, letting Jackman sell us on the Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande emotions and the effects. And the kid’s pretty Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, good, too. 127 min. NNN (NW) Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, & Dundas 24 Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande PUSS IN BOOTS (Chris Miller) finds the tituSteeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, lar feline outlaw (voiced by Antonio BanRainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, deras) from the Shrek series teaming up SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale with his former best friend, Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis), and Kitty Softpaws RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (Rupert (Salma Hayek) to steal some magic beans, Wyatt) follows a genius Alzheimer’s reget to the top of the beanstalk and retrieve searcher (James Franco) who raises a superthe goose that lays the golden eggs. The intelligent chimp (performed though the 3-D animation is top-notch, and the voice magic of motion capture by Andy Serkis), cast (especially Galifianakis) works well who’ll grow up to lead a rebellion of simiwith the artists to keep the film entertainlarly enhanced primates. Stuff happens, but ing for both kids and adults despite some none of it is anchored to anything that sizable plot holes that develop around the makes any kind of sense. 105 min. NN (NW) halfway point thanks to an unnecessary Scotiabank Theatre plot twist. 90 min. NNN (Andrew Parker)

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SARAH’S KEY (Gilles Paquet-Brenner) is a 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) Interchange 30

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(Asif Kapadia) tracks Brazilian Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna 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 has with its own set of challenges: a title is on the line or some heated personal drama raises the stakes. A focused nuts-and-bolts tribute that’s engineered to thrill. 104 min. NNNN (RS) Regent Theatre

THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Pedro Almodóvar) fea-

tures all of the director’s trademark kitsch, over-the-top melodrama and recurring questions about sexual identity and voyeurism. Antonio Banderas, the director’s early muse, plays suave plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard, a mad scientist of sorts who experiments with engineered skin on Vera (Elena Anaya), a fetching lab rat he keeps locked in his home. To say anything more about the plot would only ruin the fun of all the jaw-dropping revelations and startling shifts from tragedy to dark comedy. Let’s just say that at one point a guy shows up in a tiger costume ready to rape and commit murder. In any other filmmaker’s hands, this material would be impossible to swallow, but with Almodóvar it’s a weird and delectable dish. Subtitled. 117 min. NNN (RS) Grande - Yonge, Varsity

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Hunter S Thompson’s early novel about a rookie journalist (Johnny Depp) plunged into the political corruption and general debauchery of 1960 Puerto Rico to the screen with its semi-autobiographical nature front and centre. Venturing behind the camera for the first time in 19 years, director Bruce Robinson (Withnail & I) tones down Thompson’s bad craziness for a more realistic mood. The result is a strange pushpull between Depp’s farcical inclinations and Robinson’s world-weariness, and while it doesn’t totally gel, Aaron Eckhart and Amber Heard do some really interesting work in the margins. 119 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Jeff Nichols) reunites Shotgun Stories director Nichols with star Michael Shannon – who’s since gone on to earn an Oscar nomination for his scene-stealing turn in Revolutionary Road – for a piercing character study of a husband and father who starts having apocalyptic dreams every night. Is it displaced economic anxiety or is there a much more terrifying explanation? Jessica Chastain has some fine moments as the confused wife, but Shannon’s wrenching performance is the film; he conveys the uncertain terror of a man who’d almost prefer to be losing his mind if it meant the rest of the world could keep going. 121 min. NNNN (NW) Cumberland 4, Regent Theatre

THE THING (Matthijs van Heijningen)

has no intention of improving on John Carpenter’s 1982 classic or even impinging on it; instead, it sidles up to the material, nudges it over the tiniest bit and plops down alongside it to tell the story of humanity’s first encounter with the bodystealing alien, a week before the events of Carpenter’s film. Scott Pilgrim’s Mary Elizabeth Winstead makes a compelling hero, and even when he doesn’t quite stick the landing, director van Heijningen is always trying to do justice to the source material. He’s not appropriating Carpenter’s style, but saluting his attitude – walking around in the universe of a movie he truly loves and adding to that universe in a way that not only honours the original, but reminds us

Jessica Chastain stars as secret agent hunting down a war criminal in the thriller The Debt. why it deserves to be honoured in the first place. Some subtitles. 103 min. NNNN (NW) Coliseum Scarborough, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Paul W.S. Ander-

son) is a stupid movie that owns its baser instincts, doesn’t try to be anything but and reminds that there are still some modest pleasures to be had. Director Anderson takes a blunt blade to the Alexandre Dumas novel, turning it into a B-movie adventure with injections of Bond, Indiana Jones and Pirates Of The Caribbean. The dialogue is so atrocious, it’s practically surreal, the plot (involving airborne battleships designed by Da Vinci) is bloated and preposterous, and the Musketeers are far from memorable. Though the supporting players have a ball, including Milla Jovovich as the vixenous Milady, a nimble acrobat even in a corset, and Orlando Bloom as the villainous Buckingham, just as concerned about beating King Louis at fashion as defeating him on the battlefield. The movie is practically a spoof with a few legitimately rousing action scenes and without the condescending tone. If all only all silly movies were this sincere. 110 min. NNN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale

TOWER HEIST (Brett Ratner) stars Ben

Stiller as Josh, the GM at a chic Manhattan residence where the mad wealthy get along winningly with the building’s staff – so long as everyone knows their place. When top resident Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) is arrested for securities fraud and the staff are among his victims, Josh plans a payback scheme to relieve Shaw of a $20 million stash, enlisting a small-time criminal (Eddie Murphy) as a consultant. Murphy initially delights but wears out his welcome as soon as the heist begins. That’s when the laughs peter out, and the incoherent robbery goes down without a lick of sense to it. It’s an improbable comic caper that’s actually entertaining – up to a point. 104 min. NNN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

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(Todd Strauss-Schulson) picks up six years after the last movie, putting our heroes, now facing maturity and in desperate need of a new adventure, on an epic search for the perfect Christmas tree. As in the previous films, absurdity and

raunch are plentiful, with the looser Kumar (Kal Penn) roping the nervous Harold (John Cho) into one insane situation after another, but there’s an underlying sweetness that balances the crassness. This is, after all, the series that paints Neil Patrick Harris as a drug-gobbling sociopathic sex fiend and still makes him seem adorable. Not exactly a new holiday classic, but at least it uses 3-D well. 90 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

THE WAY (Emilio Estevez) charts the spirit-

ual journey of a California ophthalmologist (Martin Sheen) who flies to Europe to claim the body of his dead son and ends up impulsively completing a pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago. It’s a fairly predictable road movie structure, but Sheen sells his character’s evolution with a finely modulated performance. Writer-director Estevez (who plays the dead son in flashbacks) is working at something meaningful here and, if his spiritual points don’t quite crystallize into something dramatic, his film does reach a gentle catharsis by the time the journey ends. 115 min. NNN (NW) Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Varsity

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(Mark Mylod) stars Anna Faris as a newly single, newly jobless Bostonian who enlists the help of the cad across the hall (Chris Evans) to look up her ex-boyfriends. Faris gets to employ her curveball timing in a film that allows her to play an actual human being. The movie occasionally sags is when it hews too closely to the genre it’s mocking, but Faris pulls it back from the edge with a welltimed blurt. She’s just that good. 106 min. NNNN (NW) Scotiabank Theatre

THE WOMEN ON THE 6TH FLOOR (Philippe

Le Guay) is smart about class and but really dumb about sex. A stockbroker, husband and father (Fabrice Luchini) lives in a luxury first-floor apartment in 60s Paris. His maid shares cramped lodgings on the sixth floor with five other domestic servants. When she quits, the new maid (Natalia Verbeke) introduces her boss to her floor-mates, triggering his life transformation. Unfortunately, we’re supposed to cheer him on when he starts falling for her. I can handle the man of the house being hot for the maid, especially since she’s turning his value system upside down. But why make her half his age, especially when the other five women on the sixth floor are more his vintage, including the very sexy Carmen Maura? Subtitled. 104 min. NN (SGC) Cumberland 4 3

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12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 10:00 Wed 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 JACK AND JILL (PG) Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 9:55 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 9:55 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: ANNA BOLENA - ENCORE Sat 12:55 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (14A) Thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:00 PUSS IN BOOTS 3D (G) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:20, 9:35 Mon-Wed 2:20, 4:40, 7:20, 9:35 THE RUM DIARY (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 TOWER HEIST (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:20 Fri 1:00, 3:30, 6:30, 9:10 Sat 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10 Sun 1:00, 3:30, 6:30, 9:00 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS (18A) Thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:40, 2:55, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 Sun 12:40, 2:55, 5:10, 7:40, 10:00 Mon-Wed 2:10, 5:00, 7:40, 10:00

12:10, 2:30, 5:00, 7:40 Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:40 PUSS IN BOOTS 3D (G) Thu 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:30, 5:55, 8:15, 10:35 REAL STEEL (PG) Thu 1:25, 4:20, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Wed 5:15 THE RUM DIARY (14A) Thu 2:05, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25 Fri-Tue 1:00, 4:00, 7:35, 10:20 Wed 4:00, 10:20 THE THREE MUSKETEERS 3D (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:00, 2:35, 8:10, 10:50 Mon-Wed 2:35, 8:10, 10:45 TOWER HEIST (PG) Thu 1:15, 2:15, 4:15, 5:10, 7:00, 7:45, 9:45, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:20, 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:10, 8:05, 9:40, 10:40 Mon-Wed 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:10, 8:05, 9:40, 10:40 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS (18A) Thu 1:40, 3:00, 4:05, 5:15, 6:50, 7:30, 9:15, 9:55 Fri-Sun 12:30, 1:30, 2:50, 3:50, 5:10, 6:10, 7:30, 8:30, 9:50, 10:50 MonWed 1:30, 2:50, 3:50, 5:10, 6:10, 7:30, 8:30, 9:50

Metro

WOODBINE CENTRE, 500 REXDALE BLVD, 416-213-1998

2200 YONGE ST, 416-646-0444

ANONYMOUS (PG) Fri 4:00, 6:55, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:05, 4:00, 6:55, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:15 DOLPHIN TALE (G) Thu 4:05, 6:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:10 SatSun 1:10, 4:10 DRIVE (18A) Thu 4:35, 7:25 Fri 4:45, 7:05, 9:25 Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:45, 7:05, 9:25 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:05 FOOTLOOSE (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:20 THE HELP (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:10 Fri 4:35, 7:45 Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:35, 7:45 JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (PG) Thu 4:25, 7:00 Fri 4:15, 6:40, 9:05 Sat-Sun 1:25, 4:15, 6:40, 9:05 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:50 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 4:10, 6:55 Fri 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:05, 6:30, 9:00 Mon-Wed 4:30, 6:55 MONEYBALL (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:15 Fri 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 SatSun 1:00, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:05, 7:00 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (14A) Fri 7:35, 9:40 Sat-Sun 7:25, 9:30 Mon-Wed 7:20 REAL STEEL (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:05 THE RUM DIARY (14A) Fri 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:25

MT PLEASANT (I)

675 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-489-8484 CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (G) Thu-Sat, Wed 7:00 Sun 4:30 THE DEBT (14A) Fri-Sat 9:05 Sun, Tue 7:00

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

SENNA (14A) Thu, Sun 7:00 Fri-Sat 9:20 TAKE SHELTER Fri-Sat, Tue-Wed 7:00 Sun 4:30

10 DUNDAS ST E, 416-335-5323

SILVERCITY YONGE (CE)

ANONYMOUS (PG) Thu 2:30, 4:30, 5:30, 7:30, 8:30, 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:35, 7:30, 10:20 ATLAS SHRUGGED: PART 1 Thu 2:00 4:30 7:10 9:45 FriWed 2:00, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:30 mat CONTAGION (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 Sat-Sun 10:45, 1:30, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 FOOTLOOSE (PG) Thu-Fri, Mon-Tue 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 SatSun 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Wed 3:45 THE IDES OF MARCH (14A) Thu 2:00, 3:45, 4:30, 6:15, 7:00, 9:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 11:20, 2:00, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 IN TIME (PG) 1:45, 2:30, 3:45, 4:45, 5:45, 6:30, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10:30 Thu 10:00, 11:15 late Sat-Sun 11:00, 11:45, 1:00 mat AN INSIGNIFICANT HARVEY Thu 1:45 3:45 5:45 8:00 10:30

ANONYMOUS (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:55, 6:55, 9:50 50/50 (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:45 Fri 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Sat 6:50, 9:30 Sun-Tue 1:40, 4:10, 7:00, 9:25 Wed 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:15 THE IDES OF MARCH (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 Fri 1:10, 3:40, 6:40, 9:20 Sat 1:10, 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 Sun 1:10, 3:40, 6:40, 9:10 Mon-Tue 1:00, 3:30, 6:40, 9:10 Wed 3:40, 6:40, 9:10 IMMORTALS 3D (18A) Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 IN TIME (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:00, 9:35 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:00, 6:45, 9:50 Sun 1:20, 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 Mon-Tue 1:10, 3:45, 6:45, 9:20 Wed 1:10, 3:50, 6:45, 9:20 J. EDGAR (PG) Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:50, 7:00, 10:05 Sun-Tue

2300 YONGE ST, 416-544-1236

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

CONTAGION (PG) Thu 7:00 Fri-Wed 9:15 CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG) Thu 9:00 Fri-Wed 5:05 DOLPHIN TALE (G) Sat-Sun 11:00 DRIVE (18A) Fri-Wed 7:15 FRENCH IMMERSION (14A) Thu 2:30 THE HELP (PG) Thu 4:20 Fri-Wed 2:35 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 12:45 Fri-Wed 1:00

QUEENSWAY (CE)

1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 ANONYMOUS (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 10:10 Fri, MonWed 4:15, 10:15 Sat-Sun 10:15 DOLPHIN TALE (G) Thu 2:30, 5:05 DRIVE (18A) Thu 7:45, 10:20 50/50 (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:25, 6:55, 9:30 Fri-Wed 10:00 FOOTLOOSE (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:10, 10:00 THE IDES OF MARCH (14A) Thu 1:05, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 FriSun 12:50, 3:20, 6:50, 9:20 Mon-Wed 1:15, 3:55, 6:50, 9:20 IMMORTALS (18A) Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 IMMORTALS 3D (18A) 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 Fri-Sun 12:00 mat IN TIME (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:40, 7:35, 10:25 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:15, 7:20, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:05, 7:20, 10:10 J. EDGAR (PG) Fri-Tue 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:30 Wed 4:25, 7:25, 10:30 JACK AND JILL (PG) Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:40 JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (PG) Thu 1:35, 3:55, 6:45, 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:10, 7:05, 9:30 MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE (14A) 2:45, 5:25, 7:50, 10:25 Fri-Sun 12:15 mat THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: ANNA BOLENA - ENCORE Sat 12:55 MONEYBALL (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri, MonWed 1:05, 7:15 Sat 7:15 Sun 12:35, 7:15 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (14A) Thu 1:10, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 1:35, 3:45, 6:05, 8:25, 10:55 Mon-Wed 1:35, 3:45, 6:05, 8:25, 10:35 A PARK FOR ALL SEASONS Sun 4:00 PUSS IN BOOTS (G) Thu 1:20, 3:40, 6:40, 9:00 Fri-Sun

RAINBOW WOODBINE (I)

FOOTLOOSE (PG) 3:55, 9:20 Thu 1:15 mat, 6:45 IMMORTALS (18A) Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 IN TIME (PG) 1:20, 3:50, 6:50, 9:15 JACK AND JILL (PG) Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (PG) 1:00, 6:55 Thu 3:45 mat, 9:40 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (14A) Thu 1:25 4:00 7:00 9:30 Fri-Wed 1:25, 3:45, 7:05, 9:40 PUSS IN BOOTS 3D (G) 12:55, 3:00, 5:05, 7:15, 9:25 REAL STEEL (PG) 1:30, 6:50 Thu 4:10, 9:30 THE THREE MUSKETEERS (PG) 4:20, 9:35 Thu 1:10 mat, 7:05 TOWER HEIST (PG) 1:05, 4:05, 7:10, 9:45

East End BEACH CINEMAS (AA) 1651 QUEEN ST E, 416-699-5971

THE IDES OF MARCH (14A) 6:40, 9:20 Fri 3:50 mat Sun 1:00, 3:50 mat IMMORTALS (18A) 7:10, 10:00 Fri 4:30 Sat-Sun 1:30 mat, 4:30 JACK AND JILL (PG) 6:50, 9:30 Fri 4:20 Sat-Sun 1:50 mat, 4:20 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: ANNA BOLENA - ENCORE Sat 12:55 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (14A) Thu 7:10, 9:30 PUSS IN BOOTS 3D (G) Thu 9:40 Fri 5:00, 7:20, 9:45 SatSun 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 Mon-Wed 7:20, 9:40 THE RUM DIARY (14A) Thu 6:50, 9:50 TOWER HEIST (PG) Thu 7:00, 9:45 Fri 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 SatSun 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Mon-Wed 7:00, 9:50 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS (18A) Thu 7:35, 10:00 Fri 5:15, 7:30, 10:10 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 7:30, 10:10 Mon-Wed 7:30, 10:10

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

DRIVE (18A) Thu 4:10, 6:30, 8:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:10 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:30, 6:10 IMMORTALS 3D (18A) Fri, Mon-Tue 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 SatSun 2:00, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Wed 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 IN TIME (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:10, continued on page 80 œ

NOW

NOVEMBER 10-16 2011

movie times œcontinued from page 79

6:50, 9:20 Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20 Jack and Jill (PG) 3:50, 4:50, 6:30, 7:30, 8:50, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:20, 2:20 mat Paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:20, 9:10 FriWed 8:40 Puss in Boots (G) Thu 3:40, 6:10, 8:40 Fri, Mon-Tue 3:40, 6:20, 8:30 Sat-Sun 1:10, 3:40, 6:20, 8:30 Wed 4:20, 9:50 Puss in Boots 3d (G) Thu 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Fri, Mon-Tue 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 Sat-Sun 2:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 Wed 3:40, 6:20, 8:35 real steel (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:45, 9:30 the three musketeers 3d (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 tower heist (PG) Thu 4:00 5:00 6:40 7:40 9:20 10:10 FriWed 4:00, 5:00, 6:40, 7:40, 9:10, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:30, 2:30 mat a very harold & kumar 3d christmas (18A) Thu 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 a very harold & kumar christmas (18A) Fri, MonTue 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Wed 4:40, 7:00, 9:30

Grande - YonGe (Ce) 4861 YonGe ST, 416-590-9974

anonymous (PG) Thu 3:25, 6:30, 9:40 Fri 3:35, 6:30, 9:45 Sat 12:35, 3:35, 6:30, 9:45 Sun 12:35, 3:35, 6:30, 9:35 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:30, 9:35 50/50 (14A) 4:05, 6:55, 9:25 Sat-Sun 1:05 mat the ides of march (14A) Thu 4:20 7:20 9:55 Fri-Wed 4:20, 7:15, 9:55 Sat-Sun 1:20 mat J. edgar (PG) 3:30, 6:50, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:20 mat Johnny english reBorn (PG) Thu 3:55, 7:05, 9:45 like crazy (14A) Fri 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 Sat 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:30, 9:50 martha marcy may marlene (14A) 3:40, 7:00, 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:40 mat the metroPolitan oPera: anna Bolena - encore Sat 12:55 moneyBall (PG) Thu 3:20, 6:20, 9:20 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:35, 9:30 Sat 12:30, 3:35, 6:35, 9:30 Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:35, 9:30 a Park for all seasons Sun 4:00 ra. one 3d (PG) Thu 5:00, 8:40 the rum diary (14A) Thu 3:45, 6:40, 9:30 silenced (18A) Thu 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Fri 4:30, 7:20, 10:15 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:15 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 MonWed 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 the skin i live in (18A) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri 4:00, 7:05, 10:05 Sat 7:05, 10:05 Sun 1:00, 7:05, 9:45 Mon, Wed 4:00, 7:05, 9:45 Tue 4:00, 9:45 the way Thu 3:50 6:50 9:50 Fri-Wed 3:50, 6:45, 9:50 Sat-Sun 12:50 mat

SilverCiTY FairvieW (Ce)

FairvieW Mall, 1800 Sheppard ave e, 416-644-7746 the ides of march (14A) Thu 10:30 immortals 3d (18A) Fri-Wed 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 in time (PG) Thu 12:15, 2:50, 5:35, 8:10, 10:45 Fri-Tue 2:10, 4:55, 7:45, 10:25 Wed 4:55, 7:45, 10:25 Jack and Jill (PG) Fri-Tue 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:45 Wed 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:45 Johnny english reBorn (PG) Thu 12:25, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 Fri-Wed 12:10, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:10 Paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:10, 6:20, 8:30, 10:40 Fri-Wed 1:30, 3:45, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Puss in Boots (G) Thu 12:20, 2:40, 4:55 Puss in Boots 3d (G) Thu 1:25 3:40 5:55 8:20 10:35 FriWed 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:35 real steel (PG) Thu 7:20, 10:20 the rum diary (14A) Thu 2:05, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 Fri-Wed 10:00 the three musketeers 3d (PG) Thu 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:45, 7:20 tower heist (PG) Thu 12:30 3:00 5:30 8:00 10:30 FriWed 12:30, 3:00, 5:35, 8:05, 10:40 a very harold & kumar 3d christmas (18A) Thu 1:10, 3:35, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 Fri-Wed 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15

SilverCiTY Yorkdale (Ce) 3401 duFFerin ST, 416-787-4432

footloose (PG) Thu 6:40, 9:30 immortals 3d (18A) Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 Sun 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 in time (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Sat 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 Sun 1:50, 4:50, 7:45, 10:20 Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:55

november 10-16 2011 NOW

J. edgar (PG) Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:30 Sun 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Mon-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Jack and Jill (PG) Fri-Sat 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:40 Sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Mon-Tue 12:55, 3:10, 5:25, 7:50, 10:05 Wed 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 10:05 Johnny english reBorn (PG) Thu 1:20, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10 Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:35, 5:00, 7:25 Sun 1:10, 4:15, 7:10 Mon-Wed 2:15, 4:40, 7:20 Paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 1:05, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:15, 2:30, 4:35, 6:40, 8:45, 10:50 Sun 1:40, 4:00, 6:50, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:20, 3:25, 5:40, 7:45, 9:50 Puss in Boots (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 1:15, 3:40 Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:20, 4:40 Sun 12:40, 3:00, 5:15 Puss in Boots 3d (G) Thu 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:15 Sun 12:00, 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 Mon, Wed 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:35, 9:40 Tue 3:10, 5:20, 7:35, 9:40 real steel (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sun 9:50 Mon-Wed 9:45 the rum diary (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:55, 9:55 the three musketeers 3d (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Sun 7:30, 10:10 Mon-Tue 7:10, 9:40 Wed 9:10 tower heist (PG) Thu 2:15, 4:50, 7:30, 9:55 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:05, 10:40 Sun 12:20, 2:50, 5:25, 8:05, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:20, 7:25, 9:50 a very harold & kumar 3d christmas (18A) Thu 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:30, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30, 10:45 Sun 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:20 Mon, Wed 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:55 Tue 1:00, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:55

50/50 (14A) Thu 4:10, 6:50, 9:25 footloose (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:45, 9:55 the ides of march (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:15, 9:40 immortals (18A) 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:30 mat immortals 3d (18A) 4:50, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Sun 2:15 mat in time (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:35, 9:15 Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:45, 7:20, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:20, 10:05 J. edgar (PG) 3:30, 6:30, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:35 mat Jack and Jill (PG) 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 Fri-Sun 12:30 mat Johnny english reBorn (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:25, 9:00 FriSun 1:20, 3:50, 6:25, 9:15 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:25, 9:15 Paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:00, 9:10 FriSun 2:00, 4:20, 6:35, 9:10 Mon-Wed 4:20, 6:35, 9:10 Puss in Boots (G) Thu 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:10, 5:30, 7:45 Mon-Wed 3:10, 5:30, 7:45 Puss in Boots 3d (G) Thu 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:15, 6:45, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:45, 9:20 real steel (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:55, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 the rum diary (14A) Thu 3:15, 6:15, 9:05 Fri-Wed 10:10 the three musketeers 3d (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:20, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:20, 6:10, 9:05 Mon-Wed 3:20, 6:10, 9:05 tower heist (PG) Thu 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:20, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:00, 1:50, 3:40, 4:30, 6:15, 7:10, 9:00, 10:00 MonWed 3:40, 4:30, 6:15, 7:10, 9:00, 10:00 a very harold & kumar 3d christmas (18A) Thu 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 Fri-Sun 2:20, 5:00, 7:15, 9:45 MonWed 5:00, 7:15, 9:45

Scarborough

kennedY CoMMonS 20 (aMC)

401 & MorninGSide (Ce) 785 Milner ave, SCarborouGh, 416-281-2226

footloose (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:25, 9:00 Fri-Wed 8:45 immortals 3d (18A) Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:20, 10:00 MonWed 4:10, 7:20, 9:55 in time (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Jack and Jill (PG) Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 MonWed 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Johnny english reBorn (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:45, 10:00 Fri-Sun 2:30, 5:05, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 moneyBall (PG) Thu 8:45 Paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:55, 9:50 FriSat 2:45, 5:00, 8:00, 10:10 Sun 2:45, 5:00, 8:00, 10:05 Mon-Wed 5:20, 7:50, 10:00 Puss in Boots (G) Thu 3:50, 6:20 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:20, 6:10 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:15 Puss in Boots 3d (G) Thu 4:30, 7:00, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:00, 6:45, 9:10 Mon-Wed 4:30, 6:45, 9:10 real steel (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:30, 9:20 the rum diary (14A) Thu 3:45, 6:35, 9:20 the three musketeers 3d (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:30, 9:50 the three musketeers (PG) Fri-Sun 1:05, 3:30, 6:20, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:20, 9:00 tower heist (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:20, 9:45 Fri-Sat 1:20, 3:50, 7:40, 10:10 Sun 1:20, 3:50, 7:40, 10:05 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:40, 10:00 a very harold & kumar 3d christmas (18A) Thu 4:50, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Sun 2:15, 4:50, 7:50, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:45, 10:00

ColiSeuM SCarborouGh (Ce) SCarborouGh ToWn CenTre, 416-290-5217

Breakaway Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 contagion (PG) Thu 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 immortals 3d (18A) Fri-Wed 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30, 10:00, 10:30 in time (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Sat-Sun 1:05, 3:50, 7:05, 10:05 Jack and Jill (PG) Fri-Wed 12:45, 1:15, 3:45, 4:15, 6:45, 7:15, 9:45, 10:15 the lion king 3d Thu 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:15 the metroPolitan oPera: anna Bolena - encore Sat 12:55 a mother’s story Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Paranormal activity 3 (14A) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 a Park for all seasons Sun 4:00 real steel (PG) Thu 12:55, 3:55, 6:55, 9:55 the thing (14A) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 tower heist (PG) Thu 12:45, 1:15, 3:45, 4:15, 6:45, 7:15, 9:45, 10:15 Fri-Wed 12:55, 1:25, 3:55, 4:25, 6:55, 7:25, 9:55, 10:25 a very harold & kumar 3d christmas (18A) Thu 12:40, 1:00, 3:05, 4:00, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, 10:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 12:40, 1:10, 3:40, 4:10, 6:40, 7:10, 9:40, 10:10 Sat 1:10, 4:10, 6:40, 7:10, 9:40, 10:10 Sun 12:40, 1:10, 4:10, 6:40, 7:10, 9:40, 10:10

eGlinTon ToWn CenTre (Ce) 1901 eGlinTon ave e, 416-752-4494

anonymous (PG) Thu 3:20, 6:40, 9:35 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:40, 9:35 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:40, 9:35

kennedY rd & 401, 416-335-5323

7aum arivu (14A) Thu 2:45, 3:30, 5:00, 6:30, 7:00, 8:45, 10:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:45, 3:30, 6:30, 7:00, 10:00, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:00, 12:00, 2:45, 3:30, 6:30, 7:00, 10:00, 10:30 aBduction (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 anonymous (PG) 3:20, 6:15, 9:10 Thu 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 footloose (PG) 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:25 Sat-Sun 11:20 mat the helP (PG) Thu 2:40, 5:50, 9:10 Fri, Mon-Wed 7:00 Sat-Sun 1:00, 7:00 the ides of march (14A) 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Sat-Sun 12:15 mat J. edgar (PG) 2:15, 3:00, 4:45, 5:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:45, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:45, 12:30 mat Johnny english reBorn (PG) 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat like crazy (14A) 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:15 mat martha marcy may marlene (14A) 2:30, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 Sat-Sun 12:00 mat moneyBall (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25 Puss in Boots (G) 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Thu 3:00 mat Sat-Sun 12:45 mat Puss in Boots 3d (G) 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15 Sat-Sun 11:15 mat ra. one (PG) 2:30, 6:00, 9:15 Thu 3:15, 4:00 mat, 6:45, 7:15, 9:45, 10:00, 10:15, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:00 mat ra. one 3d (PG) 3:15, 6:45, 10:15 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat real steel (PG) Fri-Wed 4:00, 10:15 rockstar Fri-Wed 3:00, 6:30, 10:00 the rum diary (14A) 1:30, 6:45 Thu 2:15, 2:20, 3:20, 3:45 mat, 4:30, 5:05, 6:00, 6:05, 8:00, 8:15, 9:00 the thing (14A) 4:15, 9:30 Sat-Sun 11:00 mat the three musketeers 3d (PG) Thu 2:15 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:15 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:15 the way Thu 2:15 5:00 7:45 10:20 Fri-Wed 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:15 mat

WoodSide CineMaS (i) 1571 SandhurST CirCle, 416-299-3456

7aum arivu (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 7:00, 10:15 Fri-Sun 7:15, 10:30 ra. one (PG) Thu 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Sat 3:45, 7:00 Sun 12:45, 3:45, 7:00 Mon-Wed 7:00 rockstar Fri-Sat 3:30, 6:30, 9:45 Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:45 Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:30

GTA Regions Mississauga

ColiSeuM MiSSiSSauGa (Ce) Square one, 309 raThburn rd W, 905-275-3456

drive (18A) Thu 1:50, 4:35, 7:30, 9:55 immortals 3d (18A) Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 in time (PG) Thu 1:20, 3:55, 6:35, 9:20 Fri-Tue 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:05 Wed 4:20, 7:20, 10:05 Jack and Jill (PG) Fri-Tue 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 6:40, 7:40, 9:10, 10:10 Wed 3:50, 6:40, 7:40, 9:10, 10:10 the metroPolitan oPera: anna Bolena - encore Sat 12:55 Paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:10, 6:40, 9:00

Fri 1:50, 4:50, 7:45, 10:25 Sat 7:45, 10:25 Sun 12:45, 7:45, 10:05 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:50, 7:45, 10:05 a Park for all seasons Sun 4:00 Puss in Boots (G) Thu 1:00, 4:05, 6:30, 8:55 Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:40, 6:15 Puss in Boots 3d (G) Thu 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:10 Fri-Wed 12:30, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 Puss in Boots: an imaX 3d eXPerience (G) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:00, 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 real steel (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:05, 10:00 Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:20 the three musketeers 3d (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 7:10, 9:50 the three musketeers (PG) Fri-Wed 9:00 tower heist (PG) Thu 1:05, 2:00, 3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:35, 9:30, 10:05 Fri-Sat 12:50, 1:40, 3:30, 4:30, 6:45, 7:30, 9:30, 10:20 Sun-Wed 12:50, 1:40, 3:30, 4:30, 6:45, 7:30, 9:30, 10:10 a very harold & kumar 3d christmas (18A) 12:40, 1:30, 3:00, 4:00, 5:30, 6:50, 8:00, 9:50, 10:30 Thu 1:05 2:20 3:20 4:50 5:35 7:15 8:00 9:45 10:15 Sun only 12:40 1:30 3:00 4:00 5:30 6:50 8:00 9:50 10:15

CourTneY park 16 (aMC)

110 CourTneY park e aT huronTario, 888-262-4386 anonymous (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:40 Fri-Sun 11:05, 4:40, 10:40 Mon-Wed 4:40, 10:40 footloose (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:50, 10:35 Fri-Sun 12:20, 5:35, 10:40 Mon-Wed 5:35, 10:40 the ides of march (14A) Thu 5:25, 10:40 immortals (18A) 1:30, 2:30, 4:15, 5:15, 7:00, 7:45, 9:45, 10:45 Fri-Sun 10:45, 11:45 mat in time (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:10, 8:00, 10:45 Fri-Sun 11:40, 2:10, 5:10, 7:55, 10:25 Mon-Wed 2:10, 5:10, 7:55, 10:25 J. edgar (PG) 1:30, 4:30, 7:45, 10:45 Fri-Sun 10:30 mat Jack and Jill (PG) 2:15, 3:30, 4:45, 5:45, 7:30, 8:15, 10:00, 10:45 Fri-Sun 11:45, 1:00 mat Johnny english reBorn (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 moneyBall (PG) Thu 2:25, 7:50 Fri-Wed 1:50, 7:40 Paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 2:05, 3:25, 4:25, 5:35, 7:00, 8:05, 9:25, 10:25 Fri-Sun 11:40, 2:05, 4:50, 7:00, 9:25 Mon-Wed 2:05, 4:50, 7:00, 9:25 Puss in Boots (G) Thu 2:30, 4:55, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Sun 11:50, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Wed 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 9:50 Puss in Boots 3d (G) Thu 3:30, 5:40, 8:10, 10:20 Puss in Boots: an imaX 3d eXPerience (G) Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:25, 9:30 Fri-Sun 11:15, 1:45, 4:30, 7:25, 9:30 MonWed 4:30, 7:25, 9:30 real steel (PG) Thu 2:05, 4:55, 7:55, 10:35 Fri-Sun 11:10, 2:05, 4:50, 7:55, 10:35 Mon-Wed 2:05, 4:50, 7:55, 10:35 the rum diary (14A) Thu 2:15, 5:05, 8:05, 10:45 Fri-Wed 2:50, 8:05 tower heist (PG) Thu 2:15, 3:15, 5:00, 5:45, 7:45, 8:30, 10:30 Fri-Sat 11:30, 12:45, 2:15, 3:15, 5:00, 5:45, 7:50, 8:30, 10:20, 11:00 Sun 11:30, 2:15, 3:15, 5:00, 5:45, 7:50, 8:30, 10:20 Mon-Wed 2:15, 3:15, 5:00, 5:45, 7:50, 8:30, 10:20 a very harold & kumar 3d christmas (18A) Thu 3:00, 3:30, 5:15, 5:45, 7:45, 8:15, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:00, 12:30, 1:15, 3:00, 3:30, 5:15, 5:40, 7:35, 8:20, 10:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:15, 3:00, 3:30, 5:15, 5:40, 7:35, 8:20, 10:00, 10:30

SilverCiTY MiSSiSSauGa (Ce) hWY 5, eaST oF hWY 403, 905-569-3373

anonymous (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:40, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:15, 3:30, 6:40, 9:40 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:40, 9:40 dolPhin tale 3d (G) Thu 3:50, 6:30, 9:15 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:10, 6:50 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:50 50/50 (14A) Thu 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Wed 9:50 footloose (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 the ides of march (14A) Thu 3:30, 6:20, 9:00 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:50, 6:20, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:20, 9:00 J. edgar (PG) Fri-Sun 12:45, 4:00, 7:20, 10:30 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 10:05 Jack and Jill (PG) Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:40, 10:10 MonWed 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 Johnny english reBorn (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:30, 9:55 FriSun 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Puss in Boots (G) Thu 3:40, 6:30, 9:10 Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:35, 9:10 Puss in Boots 3d (G) Thu 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:00, 2:15, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 the rum diary (14A) Thu 4:00, 7:15, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:15 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:30, 9:10 the three musketeers 3d (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:20, 6:55, 9:45

north ColoSSuS (Ce) hWY 400 & 7, 905-851-1001

anonymous (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:45, 9:55 courageous Thu 3:35, 6:30, 9:45 50/50 (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Fri-Sun 1:15, 3:55, 6:35,

9:30 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:35, 9:30 the ides of march (14A) Thu 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 immortals 3d (18A) Fri-Sun 12:00, 1:10, 2:40, 4:10, 5:15, 7:15, 8:00, 10:00, 10:45 Mon-Wed 4:10, 5:15, 7:15, 7:55, 10:00, 10:30 in time (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:45, 10:20 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:30, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:30, 10:15 J. edgar (PG) Fri-Sun 12:25, 3:35, 6:45, 10:10 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:45, 10:10 Jack and Jill (PG) 3:45, 5:25, 6:15, 8:05, 9:00, 10:30 FriSun 12:20, 1:00, 2:55 mat Johnny english reBorn (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:35, 9:25 FriSun 1:35, 4:05, 6:30, 9:15 Mon-Wed 4:05, 6:30, 9:15 moneyBall (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 Paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:25, 10:10 FriSun 2:00, 5:00, 7:50, 10:25 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:50, 10:25 Puss in Boots (G) Thu 3:30, 6:20, 8:50 Fri-Sun 1:20, 3:40, 6:10 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:10 Puss in Boots 3d (G) Thu 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 9:55 Mon-Wed 5:20, 7:40, 9:55 Puss in Boots: an imaX 3d eXPerience (G) 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:00, 2:20 mat real steel (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:05, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:45, 4:00, 7:20, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:20, 10:05 the rum diary (14A) Thu 4:35, 7:30, 10:20 Fri-Wed 9:45 the three musketeers 3d (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:40, 9:30 FriSun 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:35 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:35 tower heist (PG) Thu 3:50, 4:20, 6:40, 7:10, 9:40, 10:10 Fri-Sun 12:10, 1:40, 2:50, 4:20, 5:30, 6:55, 8:10, 9:40, 10:40 Mon-Wed 4:20, 4:50, 6:55, 7:35, 9:40, 10:15 a very harold & kumar 3d christmas (18A) Thu 4:30, 5:00, 7:20, 7:50, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 12:15, 1:45, 2:45, 4:30, 5:10, 7:10, 7:45, 9:50, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:30, 5:10, 7:10, 7:45, 9:50, 10:20

inTerChanGe 30 (aMC)

30 inTerChanGe WaY, hWY 400 & hWY 7, 416-335-5323 7aum arivu (14A) 4:45, 6:15, 8:00, 9:30 Fri 3:00 mat SatSun 11:40, 1:30, 3:00 mat anonymous (PG) 4:15, 7:00, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:30 mat atlas shrugged: Part 1 Thu 4:55, 7:15, 9:25 the Big year (PG) Thu 7:00, 9:15 Breakaway 4:55, 7:35, 9:55 Fri 2:35 mat Sat-Sun 12:10, 2:35 mat crazy, stuPid, love. (PG) Thu 4:30, 9:45 dolPhin tale (G) Thu 4:30 drive (18A) 5:05, 7:25, 9:50 Fri 2:30 mat Sat-Sun 12:05, 2:30 mat footloose (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:45, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 the helP (PG) 6:15, 9:30 Fri 3:10 mat Sat-Sun 11:50, 3:10 mat horriBle Bosses (14A) Thu 7:20 the lion king 3d 4:15, 6:45, 9:00 Fri 2:00 mat Sat-Sun 11:45, 2:00 mat moneyBall (PG) 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:00 mat ra. one (PG) 6:00, 9:15 Fri 2:45 mat Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:45 mat rockstar 6:00, 9:15 Fri 2:45 mat Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:45 mat sarah’s key (PG) Thu 4:35, 7:20, 9:40 the thing (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:30, 10:00

rainboW proMenade (i)

proMenade Mall, hWY 7 & baThurST, 905-764-3247 footloose (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:10 the ides of march (14A) 4:15, 9:10 Thu 1:15 mat, 6:45 immortals (18A) Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 9:35 in time (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:05, 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:20, 6:55 Jack and Jill (PG) Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:15, 5:15, 7:20, 9:25 Paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 7:15, 9:15 Puss in Boots (G) Thu 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 Puss in Boots 3d (G) Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 tower heist (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:00, 7:10, 9:30 Fri-Sun, TueWed 1:25, 4:00, 7:10, 9:30 Mon 4:00, 7:10, 9:30 a very harold & kumar 3d christmas (18A) Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:50, 7:15, 9:20 a very harold & kumar christmas (18A) Thu 1:05, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20, 9:25

West Grande - STeeleS (Ce) hWY 410 & STeeleS, 905-455-1590

footloose (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 Fri 3:30, 6:40, 9:10 Sat 12:40, 3:30, 6:40, 9:10 Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 immortals (18A) Fri 4:30, 7:15, 10:05 Sat 1:35, 4:30, 7:15, 10:05 Sun 1:35, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 in time (PG) Thu 4:25, 7:20, 10:00 Fri 3:45, 6:40, 9:30 Sat 1:10, 3:45, 6:40, 9:30 Sun 1:10, 3:45, 6:40, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:40, 9:20 Jack and Jill (PG) Fri 4:50, 7:45, 10:15 Sat 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:45, 10:00 Johnny english reBorn (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:30, 9:30 Fri 3:55, 6:30, 9:20 Sat 1:25, 3:55, 6:30, 9:20 Sun 1:25, 3:55, 6:30, 9:15 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:30, 9:15 Paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 9:50 Fri 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 Sat 1:20, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 Sun 1:20, 4:15, 7:05, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:05, 9:35 Puss in Boots 3d (G) Thu 4:00, 7:05, 9:25 Fri 4:20, 7:25, 9:50 Sat 12:15, 2:30, 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 Sun 12:15, 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:20, 9:45 real steel (PG) Thu 3:35, 6:50, 9:40 Fri 4:00, 6:55, 9:45 Sat 1:00, 4:00, 6:55, 9:45 Sun 1:00, 4:00, 6:55, 9:40 MonWed 4:00, 6:55, 9:40 the rum diary (14A) Thu 4:05, 6:55, 9:55 the three musketeers (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:40, 9:15 tower heist (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 Fri, Tue-Wed 3:40, 6:50, 9:35 Sat 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:35 Sun 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:30 Mon 3:40, 6:50, 9:30 a very harold & kumar 3d christmas (18A) Thu 4:30, 7:40, 10:00 Fri 4:40, 7:35, 10:00 Sat 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 Sun 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:35, 9:55 3

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Repertory cinema listings are comprehensive and appear alphabetically by venue, then by date. Other films are listed by date.

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festivals portuguese film festival casa do alentejo, 1130 dupont. 416-537-7766, portuguesefilmfestival.com

fri 11-sun 13 – Festival of films that promote Luso-descendant language and culture. Free. fri 11 – Animation program including Yoga Class N 34, Filomena and others. 9 pm. What’s New About Love (2011) D: Mónica Santana Baptista. 9:30 pm. sat 12 – O Cinema Brasileiro (2009) D: Isabella Nicolas. 6 pm. A Vida No Douro (2011) D: Zev Robinson. 8 pm. Heaven’s Mirror (2010) D: Joshua Dylan Mellars. 10 pm. sun 13 – Fluídos (2009) D: Alexandre Carvalho. 3:30 pm. A Parideira (2011) D: José Miguel Pereira. 5 pm. Gente De Fajãs (2009) D: António João Saraiva. 5:30 pm.

reel asian film festival

isabel bader theatre, 93 charles W(ib); innis toWn hall, 2 sussex (it); national film board, 150 john (nfb); royal cinema, 608 college (rc). nov 18-19 at richomond hill centre for the performing arts, 10268 yonge(rhc). reelasian.com

thu 10-nov 19 – Festival of contemporary

cinema by East Asian and Southeast Asian filmmakers. $12, srs/stu $10; youth screenings $5, closing night gala $15, srs/stu $12; festival pass $80, stu/srs $65; 4-pak $36, stu/srs $30. reelasian.com. thu 10 – Creatures youth program including Hand Soap (2008) D: Kei Oyama, Planet Z (2011) D: Momoko Seto and others. 1 pm (NFB). Resident Aliens (2011) D: Ross Tuttle, and short film Top Spin. 3 pm (NFB). Lily Eng: Reel Asian Canadian Woman Warrior program including Spreading The Space Thinly, Withheld and others. 6:30 pm (IT). Fortune Teller (2010) D: Xu Tong. 8:45 pm (IT). fri 11 – Seize The Moment shorts including Left-Behind Woman (2010) D: Tony Lau, A Winter Song (2011) D: Aonan Yang, and others. 6:15 pm (RC). Saigon Electric (2011) D: Stephane Gauger. 8:45 pm (RC). Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star Of Milos (2011) : Murata Kasuya. 11:30 pm (RC). sat 12 – The Journals Of Musan (2010) D: Park Jungbum. Noon. Bleak Night (2010) D: Yoon Sung-Hyun. 2:45 pm. When Love Comes (2010) D: Chang Tso-Chi. 5:15 pm. Jump Ashin! (2011) D: Lin Yu-Hsien. 7:45 pm. Piercing 1 (2009) D: Liu Jian. 10:30 pm. All screenings at RC. sun 13 – Eternity (2010) D: Sivaroj Kongsakul. 1:30 pm. Surrogate Valentine (2011) D: DAve Boyle. 3 pm. Pearls Of The East (2011) D: Cuong Ngo. 5 pm. Closing night gala: Buddha Mountain (2010) D: Li Yu. 8 pm. All screenings at RC.

rendezvous With madness film festival

Workman arts, 651 dufferin (Wa); tiff bell lightbox, reitman square, 350 king W (tiff). 416-5998433, rendezvousWithmadness.com

thu 10-sat 12 – Festival of films exploring the facts and mythologies surrounding mental illness and addiction. $15. thu 10 – Intervention Canada (2011) D:

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Von Trier from chilly to just grim Lars von trier: WaitinG for the end of the WorLd Novem-

ber 9 to 19, TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King West. tiff.net. See listings, this page. Rating: nnnn

It seems weird that TIFF Cinematheque’s Lars von Trier series – titled Waiting For The End Of The World, and designed to lead into next week’s Lightbox engagement of Melancholia – leaves out key works like Epidemic, The Kingdom and Antichrist. Then again, there’s only so much you can ask an audience to take. That said, the “select retrospective” offers the chance to catch up on some of von Trier’s earlier features made back when he was a chilly visual stylist rather than the grim, sour prankster he’s become. After a screening earlier this week of his vérité 1996 masterpiece Breaking The Waves – still von Trier’s purest Karen Wookey. 6:30 pm. Gods Of Youth (2009) D: Kate Twa. Both screenings at TIFF. fri 11 – Finding Kind (2010) D: Lauren Parsekian. 6:45 pm. Amphetamine (2010) D: Scud. 9:30 pm. Both screenings at TIFF. sat 12 – Sisters & Brothers (2011) D: Carl Bessai. 1 pm (WA).

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506 bloor W. 416-516-2330. bloorcinema.com

thu 10-Wed 16 – Closed for renovations.

camera bar 1028 queen W. 416-530-0011. camerabar.ca

sat 12 – Black Robe (1991) D: Bruce Beresford. 3 pm. Free.

and most powerful film – the series rolls back to his younger, slicker days with The Element Of Crime (Friday, November 11, 6:30 pm) and Europa (Saturday, November 12, 8 pm; November 17, 9:15 pm). Structured as investigations into the soul of Europe, in which the pursuit of

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fox theatre

2236 queen e. 416-691-7330. foxtheatre.ca

thu 10 – Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011) D:

ñGlenn Ficarra and John Requa. 7 pm. Sarah’s Key (2010) D: Gilles Paquet-Brenner.

Mon 14 – Blue Planet & Bugs! 3D. 12:20 pm.

ontario science centre

770 don mills. 416-696-3127. ontariosciencecentre. ca

sat 12-sun 13 – Winnie The Pooh (2011) D: Stephen J Anderson and Don Hall. 2 pm. 50/50. 4 & 9 pm. The Guard. 7 pm. Mon 14 – The Guard. 7 pm. 50/50. 9 pm. tue 15 – 50/50. 7 pm. The Guard. 9 pm. Wed 16 – 50/50. 1 pm. Billy Bishop Goes To War (2010) D: Barbara Willis-Sweete. 9:15 pm.

thu 10-fri 11 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am & 2 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. Tornado Alley. 1 pm. sat 12 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am, 1, 3 & 8 pm. Tornado Alley. Noon, 4 & 7 pm. Under The Sea. 2 pm. sun 13 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am, 1 & 3 pm. Tornado Alley. Noon & 4 pm. Under The Sea. 2 pm. Mon 14-Wed 16 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am & 2 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. Tornado Alley. 1 pm.

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fri 11 – The Guard (2011) D: John Mi-

chael McDonagh. 7 pm. 50/50 (2011) ñ D: Jonathan Levine. 9 pm.

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thu 10-Wed 16 – Continuous screenings Mon-

thu 10 – La Prisonnière (1968) D: HenriGeorges Clouzot. 6:30 pm. Rear Window (1954) D: Alfred Hitchcock. 9 pm. fri 11 – The Element Of Crime (1984) D: Lars von Trier. 6:30 pm. Risky Business (1983) D: Paul Brickman. 9 pm. sat 12 – Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) D: Andy Tennant. 2 pm. To Catch A Thief (1955) D: Alfred Hitchcock. 5 pm. Europa (1991) D: Lars von Trier. 8 pm. Brazil (1985) D: Tery Gilliam. 11 pm. sun 13 – Wind Across The Everglades (1958) D: Nicholas Ray. 1 pm. tue 15 – Rear Window (1954) D: Alfred Hitchcock. Lecture by TIFF director & CEO Piers Handling prior to screening. 5 pm. Wind Across The Everglades. 6:30 pm. La Vérité (1960) D: Henri-Georges Clouzot. 8:45 pm. Wed 16 – Dogville (2003) D: Lars von Trier. 6:30 pm.

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reitman square, 350 king W. 416-599-tiff (8433). tiff.net

knowledge comes at a heavy price, they’re emotionally colder and visually cooler than his subsequent efforts – and two of the calmest, most poised thrillers you’ll ever see. Things got much more ragged once von Trier and his pal Thomas Vinterberg hit on the Dogme 95 manifesto, a “vow of cinematic chastity” eschewing polished visuals, props and non-diegetic sound, among other things. Though von Trier only made one Dogme film – The Idiots, screening November 19 at 8 pm – its intentions can be felt in all of his subsequent work. Both the messy musical Dancer In The Dark (November 18, 6 pm) and the austere Dogville (November 16, 6:30 pm) use documentary-like immediacy to chronicle the suffering of their female protagonists – Björk in the former, Nicole Kidman in the latter – as von Trier inexorably stacks the deck against them. In fairness, that’s all he knows.

day to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Free.

thu 10-fri 11 – Long Story Short: CBC Turns 75. Mon 14-Wed 16 – John A: Birth Of A Country. 150 john. 416-973-3012. nfb.ca/mediatheque

thu 10-Wed 16 – More than 5,000 NFB films available at digital viewing stations. TueWed noon-7 pm, Thu-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Free. Wed 16 – Free Favourites At Four presents Invisible City (2009) D: Hubert Davis. 4 pm. Free. A World Of Shorts presents Christmas Crackers. 6 & 8 pm. $6, stu/srs $4.

ontario place cinesphere 955 lake shore W. 416-314-9900. ontarioplace.com

thu 10 – Hubble 3D & Mysteries Of Egypt. 10:10 am. sat 12 – Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 3D (2011) D: David Yates. 7 pm. sun 13 – Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 3D. 2 pm.

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thu 10 – Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1974) D: Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. 7 pm. Life Of Brian (1979) D: Terry Jones. 9 pm. fri 11 – The Boy Mir (2011) D: Phil Grabsky. 7 pm. Nostalgia For The Light (2010) D: Patricio Guzmán. 9 pm. sat 12 – Meet John Doe (1941) D: Frank Capra. 5 pm. The Boy Mir. 7 pm. Nostalgia For The Light (2010) D: Patricio Guzmán. 9 pm. sun 13 – Meet John Doe. 5 pm. The Boy Mir. 7 pm. Nostalgia For The Light. 9 pm. Mon 14 – Nostalgia For The Light. 7 pm. The Boy Mir. 9 pm. tue 15 – The Boy Mir. 7 pm. Nostalgia For The Light. 9 pm. Wed 16 – Music From The Big House (2010) D: Bruce McDonald. 7 pm.

reg hartt’s cineforum 463 bathurst. 416-603-6643.

thu 10-sat 12 – The Best Of The Sex & Violence Cartoon Festival. 7 pm. 3D: What I Learned From LSD (2011) D: Reg Hartt. 9 pm.

revue cinema

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

thu 10 – Sarah’s Key (2010) D: Gilles Paquet-

Brenner. 7 pm. Moneyball (2011) D: Bennett Miller. 9:15 pm. fri 11 – Billy Bishop Goes To War (2010) D: Barbara Willis-Sweete. 4 pm. The Guard (2011) D: John Michael McDonagh. 7 pm. 50/50 (2011) D: Jonathan Levine. 9 pm. sat 12 – Dolphin Tale (2011) D: Charles Martin Smith. 2 pm. The Guard. 4 & 7 pm. 50/50. 9 pm. sun 13 – Dolphin Tale. 2 pm. The Guard. 7 pm. 50/50. 9 pm. Mon 14 – Billy Bishop Goes To War. 7 pm. 50/50. 9:15 pm. tue 15 – 50/50. 7 pm. Billy Bishop Goes To War. 9:15 pm. Wed 16 – The Guard. 1 & 9:15 pm. 50/50. 7 pm.

the royal

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

thu 10 – Billy Bishop Goes To War (2010) D: Barbara Willis-Sweete. 7 pm. Down The Road Again (2011) D: Donald Shebib. 9:15 pm. fri 11-sun 13– Reel Asian Film Festival. See listings, this page. Mon 14-Wed 16 – Call/check website for schedule.

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

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other films thu 10-Wed 16 – The CN Tower presents The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D. Continuous screenings daily 10 am to 8 pm. 301 Front W. 416868-6937, cntower.ca. thu 10-Wed 16 – Casa Loma presents The Pellatt Newsreel (2006) D: Barbra Cooper, a film and permanent exhibit on the history of Casa Loma and Henry Pellatt. Daily screenings 10 am to 4:30 pm. Included w/ admission. 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, casaloma.org. thu 10 – MINT Film Festival presents I Have A Litle Sugar D: Lalita Krishna, a film about diabetes. Concert by Two Men From Earth at 6:30 pm, screening 7:15 pm. Discussion with filmmaker to follow screening. $15, stu/srs $13. Proceeds to Canadian Diabetes Association. Rainbow Cinemas Market Square, 80 Front E. mintff.org. fri 11 – Toronto Socialist Action presents Rebel Films: Rethink Afghanistan (2009) D: Robert Greenwald, about the ongoing war. 7 pm. $4 donation requested. OISE, 252 Bloor W, room 2-212. socialistaction-canada.blogspot.com. The Canadian Centre for German & European Studies presents Under Control – An Archaeology Of Nuclear Energy D: Volker Sattel. 6 pm. Free. Director in attendance. Discussion to follow screening. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. 416-736-5695. sat 12 – Silk Road Directory Festival presents Wayward Son D: Mustafa Davis, about pro skateboarder Jordan Richter and the conflicts that arise when he converts to Islam. 6:30 pm. $20, stu $15. Q&A w/ filmmaker to follow. U of T Medical Science Bldg Auditorium, 1 King’s College. 647-625-2825. Mon 14 – Green 13 and the Annette Street Library present The Next Frontier: Engineering The Golden Age Of Green (2010) D: Brad Marshland and Morgan Schmidt-Feng. 6:30 pm. Free/pwyc. Annette Street Library, 145 Annette. 416-393-7692, green13toronto.org. White Pine Pictures and the U of T Faculty of Law present a screening of Prosecutor (2010) D: Barry Stevens, a film about the first year of trials at the International Criminal Court, followed by discussion with ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Stephen Lewis and director Stevens. 6:30 pm. Free. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles W. whitepinepictures.com. Wed 16– Istituto Italiano di Cultura presents Cinema E Storia film restrospective: Bronte: Cronaca Di Un Massacro/Liberty (1972) D: Florestano Vancini. 7:30 pm. Free. Dante Alighieri Academy, 60 Playfair. 416-789-4970. Conscious Activism Doc Series, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and Journalists for Human Rights U of T present Our Newspaper (2010) D: Eline Flipse, a documentary about a small newspaper in Russia that speaks out on issues and is then threatened by the authorities. 6:30 pm. Free. Hart House Library, 7 Hart House Circle. harthouse.ca/student-engagement/docfest. 3 NOW november 10-16 2011

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her face to greet visitors. The disc has no extras. We’ll never know if Macabre might be meant as a shot at Indonesia’s upper class. EXTRAS Indonesian audio. English subtitles.

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to tell her story. She comes across as a sweet, straightforward woman with an unwavering belief in true love. The salacious photos, she insists, were doctored. But a darker, more complex personality emerges from Morris’s interviews with friends and journalists and the tales of her fundraising escapades and bizarre flight from England. In the end, Morris leaves you to make up your own mind and ponder the nature of true love and the workings of tabloid journalism. He doesn’t even provide a commentary. EXTRAS English audio and English SDH subtitles.

D: Errol Morris. Rating: NNN; DVD package: none. Like Fast, Cheap And Out Of Control, Tabloid is one of Errol Morris’s droll documentary portraits of unusual Americans. In the late 70s, ex-beauty queen Joyce McKinney falls for 19-year-old Mormon Kirk Anderson. One day he disappears. Joyce hires a detective who tracks him to England, where she shows up with a pilot, a bodyguard and a friend. She abducts him, takes him to a remote cottage and ties him to the bed for three days of sex. When caught, the two tell very different stories. Shocking revelations emerge in the tabloids. Later on, there are cloned dogs. McKinney gets lots of screen time

Cars 2 (Disney, 2011) D: John Lasseter, Brad Lewis, w/ Larry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson (voices). Rating: NN; DVD package: NNNN The cars in Cars 2 aren’t much fun to look at. Their limited movement and under-detailed, monochrome box shapes don’t hold a candle to, say, the creatures in Rango. And those eyes – two irises in a single white

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country where that is not a political statement. My husband and I have been married five years. We have great sex several times a week despite having two kids under age 2. We get along so well that even a couple of my atheist friends have admitted they want what we have. What most of them don’t know is that we waited until after the wedding to have sex – or even kiss. Most secular folk would consider it reckless to tie the knot before making sure we were “sexually compatible,” whatever that means. You seem like a pretty secular guy, so let me ask you: what exactly were we supposed to watch out for? Consider our specific situation: two adult virgins, ready to promise to our God, friends, family and government that we will stick together until one of us dies. Is there anything we could have learned about each other through sex that would have changed our minds? I’m not stupid (I’m a physician), but I can’t figure this one out. Please tell me what disaster we might have brought upon ourselves by not going for a test ride first. Happily Married Woman For someone who claims she isn’t stupid, HMW, you’re doing a pretty convincing job of playing dumb. You damn well know what “sexually compatible” means, HMW, as you’re lucky enough to be married to a man with whom you’re sexually compatible. You want the same things he wants (I’m tak-

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ing your word for that), you satisfy each other equally (taking your word for that) and you’re both content (taking your word for that). That’s what people mean by sexually compatible. That you wound up married to a man with whom you’re sexually compatible despite not fucking him once or twice before marriage can be credited to one of two things: you were smart (you figured you two would be sexually compatible and those calculations proved correct) or you were lucky (you hoped you two would be sexually compatible and, as luck would have it, you were). But don’t pretend that your happiness was guaranteed by waiting or by God. It’s understandable that you’re pleased that everything worked out for you, HMW, but your smugness and self-satisfaction seem a little un-Christian, if I may say so. Where’s the humility? Where’s some of that there-but-for-the-grace-ofGod-go-I stuff? There are plenty of people out there who made the same choices you did – they waited, they made a solemn promise before God, family, friends, etc. – and their marriages fell apart due to issues of basic sexual incompatibility. And finally, HMW, I can think of a million examples of things you “could have learned about each other through sex” on your wedding night that might have led you to change your mind about waiting. I’m just going to toss one out there: Suppose your husband announced when you got to your honeymoon suite that he wouldn’t be able to climax unless you took a massive shit on his chest before vaginal inter-

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course commenced. Would that have changed your mind about the advisability of marrying him without fucking him once or twice first?

I’m a 26-year-old woman who lIves

with two other women around the same age. My roommate G has a boyfriend. She introduced me to two of her guy friends. This past weekend, I went bar-hopping with the two guys. Long story short, I slept with one of the guys. After I told my roommates about that night, G revealed that she had slept with the guy before. Now G is upset with me. I would like to sleep with this guy again, and I don’t feel like G is right to make me feel like crap or make this all about her. Any thoughts? Had Some Fun You know that scene at the end of Inglourious Basterds when Brad Pitt’s Nazi-killin’ character pulls out a huge knife and carves a swastika into the forehead of the one Nazi he isn’t allowed to kill, because he wants everyone to know the dude was a Nazi even after the war? Unless your friend G is willing to do something similar – carve her initials into the forehead of every rando dude she fucks – she can’t complain when a friend accidentally hooks up with a guy she hooked up with two years, two months, two days or two hours ago. G is not right to make you feel like crap, HSF, and I recommend that you fuck the shit out of this guy at least two more times to drive that point home.

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straight sex club here in Texas. There’s another couple who come to the parties. They’re very attractive. They get naked, they have sex with each other but they don’t play with others. Basically, they hang out with swingers but they don’t swing themselves. We think that amounts to prick- and twat-tease behaviour on their part. Do we have a legit beef? Husband And Wife Together No, HAWT, you don’t. The website for the sex club you attend emphasizes more than once that couples who attend are not obligated to swing or play with others. It would be unfair to extend an invite like that – come and enjoy the sexually charged atmosphere, play only with each other or not at all, it’s all good! – and then slap a “prick- and twattease” label on a couple who come and don’t play with others. And just because these two aren’t swinging today, HAWT, doesn’t mean they won’t be swinging someday. Perhaps after they see that swingers really do respect their limits – once they’ve seen, again and again, that they’re not going to be pressured into doing anything they’re not ready to do – they’ll become comfortable enough to start playing with others. Glaring at this hot couple from across the room, HAWT, will only serve to delay the arrival of that happy day. Speaking of sex clubs: Last week the Portland Press Herald reported about the closure of a club in Sanford, Maine, where opposite-sex-attracted adults were having opposite-sex sex in a building that was – THINK OF THE CHILDREN – kinda close to a public library that wasn’t open when opposite-sex-attracted adults were gathering to indulge their sick opposite-sex desires. But, you know, still! Adults were having sex in a place that was kinda close to a place where children who don’t have access to the internet at home sometimes go to “read”! The owners of the club didn’t have a permit to operate an adult business in Sanford, and they’re not going to get one, because Sanford doesn’t issue permits for adult businesses, which means one more small business has been destroyed by burdensome government regulation. (Where are the teabaggers when we need ’em?) Anyway, this quote from the police spokesperson in the Portland Press Herald’s report jumped out at me: “The officers were appalled at the number and variety of sexual acts being performed – and one of the officers has worked vice crimes – right out in the open where everybody was sitting.” My goodness! Opposite-sex-attracted adults were having opposite-sex sex in front of, gee, other opposite-sex-attracted adults who paid to get in and wanted to watch. But at least the children of Sanford are safe from the adult sex parties that they couldn’t attend and didn’t know were going on until the details were splashed all over the front pages of a daily newspaper that’s available for their perusal in the public library where they go to look at porn on the internet. Good work, everybody! Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger. com/savage. mail@savagelove.net

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