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National Ballet artists alternate in the title roles in a new version of the classic. Four Seasons Centre, to Nov 27. 7:30 pm. $25-$234. 416-345-9595. +JAnnick deSlAuRieRS Montreal soft-sculptor sews ghostly weapons, at Show & Tell to Nov 20. 647-347-3316. Ride THe cYclone In Atomic Vaudeville’s latest, a teen choir sings its last songs after its members die in a roller coaster accident. 7:30 pm. $30-$35. To Dec 3, at Theatre Passe Muraille. 416-504-7529.
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play about activist and director Eugenia “Jim” Watts and poet Dorothy Livesay begins previews at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace. 7:30 pm. $15-$30. 416-504-7529. SuzAnne nAcHA Painter’s intriguing sign-centred installation is at Harbourfront Centre, to Dec 31. Free. 416-973-4000.
ber solos at a benefit for Dixon Hall Music School. Arcadian Court. $200. dixonhall.org. WoRld AidS dAY eve Performances and discussion with Stephen Lewis, poet d’bi young and drummer Kwasi Dunyo. 6 pm. Free. Hart House Great Hall. Pre-register j.kopelow@ utoronto.ca.
hosts a forum on the city’s 2012Poperating budget. 9:30 am to noon. Free. YWCA Elm Centre. Pre-register 201citybudget.form.eventbrite.com. FeiST The beguiling melodymaker brings her star power and dark new album to Massey Hall. Doors 7 pm. $35-$55. RTH, TM.
NOW’s Norman Wilner introduces a free screening at the Toronto Underground Cinema. 9:30 pm. torontoundergroundcinema.com. RoY AYeRS The soul legend plays the Virgin Mobile Mod Club as part of the NuJazz Festival. 8 pm. $25-$30. CB, PDR, RT, SS, TW.
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Foundation hosts federal minister Suzanne Legault, lawyer Paul Schabas and more. 6:30 pm. Free-$15. Innis Town Hall. cjffoi.eventbrite.com. ciTY FoR SAle! Public Spaces panel on city naming rights with Rick Miller, Jayme Turney and more. 6:30 pm. Free. Pauper’s Pub. cityforsale. eventbrite.com.
Cabaret’s comic look at Canadian history continues. 2:30 pm. $20-$40. To Nov 27 at the Cameron. 416-703-1725.
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well done to emily weedon! her balanced and meaningful article on social housing (NOW, November 1016) personifies the unfortunate byproducts of Rob Ford’s answer to the Toronto “gravy train.” Should it be a privilege to live in a quiet, safe, convenient neighbourhood? Are residents using the benefits of TCHC asking too much? If there is a problem with TCHC, surely the experienced, intelligent minds of the city can make improvements without giving up on it. Neglecting people and services will not fix our city’s problems but will just hide them long enough to let the next round of city leaders tackle what will emerge. Steven Colucci Toronto
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i enjoyed joshua errett’s article about his time at Ralph Wilson Stadium watching the Bills game (NOW, November 10-16). It’s a shame Errett was heckled so badly by fans there. I am from Buffalo, and used to absolutely love going to the games as a kid. I went last year for the first time in years and was shocked at how absolutely vulgar the crowd can be. I went, like you, in non-Bills regalia and stood out like a sore thumb. Buffalo is known as the City of Good Neighbors, but Bills games can attract some ignorant people. Hope Errett was able to see some of the incredible architecture Buffalo has to offer. That’s the good thing about being a broke city: too poor to tear down the historical buildings. Nicholas Rolle Toronto
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on waybe roberts’s what the Cluck? (NOW, November 10-16). I think raising goats is going a little too far, but we raise hens in our Toronto backyard for eggs (and soup at the end of their laying period) with very little fuss. My real concern is that people will think raising chickens is easy and we’ll end up with a bunch of abused birds. You have to get up before sunrise to let them out of their coop. chicken_keeper
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November 10-16). As far as I am concerned, the city does bear responsibility for the well-being of cyclists, who are thrust into a sort of no-man’s land where they are bound to obey the rules of the road without any of the rights enjoyed by drivers or pedestrians. The death and maiming of cyclists is an obvious, even predictable, outcome of forcing cyclists to compete for space with cars, trucks, streetcars and buses. Owen Rafferty Toronto
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in his article about the untimely death of cyclist Jenna Morrison and her unborn child (NOW, November 10-16), Ben Spurr describes the negligence of governments to act on the recommendation of a 1998 coroner’s report to explore making (life-
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in response to jason kenney’s plan to cap the number of parents and grandparents of immigrants [who can come] to Canada, you sarcastically sneer, “We don’t want old people sucking up those health care bucks, do we?” (NOW, November 10-16). Well, why should we, if the system can hardly support the ones who pay for it now? I suppose by your left-wing logic, the whole population of the planet should be living in Canada, drawing benefits, occupying parks and blaming Israel for everything. David Townson Toronto NOW welcomes reader mail. Address letters to: NOW, Letters to the Editor, 189 Church, Toronto, ON M5B 1Y7. Send e-mail to letters@nowtoronto.com and faxes to 416-364-1166. All correspondence must include your name, address and daytime phone number. Letters may be edited for length.
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Barometer Bicycle justice A motorist who drove his car onto the sidewalk to knock a cyclist off her bike at Ossington and Harbord on Wednesday, November 9, is charged with assault with a weapon.
Tap water Scarborough-Agincourt space cadet Mike Del Grande tosses a grenade – in the form of a surprise motion to stop fluoridating tap water – onto the agenda at last week’s Budget Committee meeting. Gulp. But the motion loses.
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Who’s the greenest electronics company of them all? According to Greenpeace’s recently released green guide to electronics, not one of the world’s 15 major electronics competitors makes the grade. Only HP managed to register a passable 5.9 out of 10. Canada-based BlackBerry maker RIM finished dead last. The report notes that RIM makes no products that are free of hazardous substances.
Mayor Rob Ford, famous for his short fuse – and for sparking them, politically speaking, under his opponents – will be lighting a wick of a different kind in one performance as the cannon lighter in the National Ballet of Canada’s annual presentation of The Nutcracker this holiday season. That cannon fires confetti, but this week the mayor signalled his intention to bring out the heavy artillery against Occupy Toronto protesters and city unions. Our stories on pages 16 and 18.
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These BeVeg.ca ads on the Toronto subway system, launched as part of a campaign by “a grassroots group of Canadians,” have been getting emotional responses from transit riders (and NOW readers pissed at our meat cover last week). Part of a series highlighting the inhumane treatment of chickens, pigs and cattle in the manufacture of food, the ads say more than 665 million (wow!) animals are slaughtered for consumption in Canada each year. See Toronto’s best vegan restaurants, page 28.
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TAHRIR 2011 NOW sits down with filmmakers who captured the Egyptian revolution in a new movie. 7:22 BLITZEN TRAPPER The Portland alt-folk band stops by Honest Ed’s for an acoustic version of Taking It Easy Too Long at Sonic Boom. 2:57 THE FACES OF OCCUPY TORONTO See scenes from a protest –
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No plan to leave Occupy folks are engaged in high-stakes political action with society’s most forgotten in tow By ELLIE KIRZNER my favourite occupy tweet says it all: “In future generations they will ask, Where were you during the great shift?” Well, we know where some folks are. As events hurtle toward that injunction hearing on Friday morning (November 18) and wealthy-born Mayor Ford works to wreck Occupy’s stand for economic justice, it’s time to note who’s doing and saying what. All those silent sitting MPs, MPPs and councillors who’ve bought into the “gone on too long” argument are really telling us they basically don’t care about the global movement that’s taking on the social disparity eating the world alive. As the occupiers say, the money folks own the game, which is why condo construction can disrupt the cityscape with noise, dust and fumes while a tattered-looking tent community gently interrupting business-asusual with an urgent message faces extinction. On frantic Tuesday, November 15, the city’s eviction notice arrived, demanding tents be dismantled and the park vacated daily from midnight until 5:30 am. Protesters, under a rare November sun, spent the day spinning out strategies and scenar-
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ios for what they feared was a looming bust. As always, the GA consensus process was painstakingly inclusive of ideas both strange and brilliant – form a defensive conga line, surround the park, link arms with PVC plastic, create affinity groups, etc. A proposal to hold a midnight-deadline dance party was junked for optics reasons, though Charles added another wrinkle: “While we’re dancing, the media won’t be able to hear our screams as cops beat the shit out of us.” Meanwhile, marshals were devising an intelligent plan urging participants to divide themselves into red, orange and green groups according to their tolerance for arrest. Reds would non-violently protect the yurts and the First Nation sacred fire, and others would be marshalled to the sanctuary space beside the church. The evening of that manic day ended in a giddy calm: a judge, responding to a court injunction against the city’s action filed by five campers, had ordered a reprieve until his promised Saturday ruling. Nonetheless, by 11 pm the park was crawling with solidarity-exuding labour-
ites, yellow Steelworkers flags flashing in the night. It was a mixed blessing, since one of the terms of the stay was that protests in the park wouldn’t be cranked up. OFL head Sid Ryan, obviously enjoying the rebel drama, told occupiers, invoking Martin Luther King
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has already issued its caution that constitutional rights to assembly and even an enduring public presence take precedence over inconvenience in the absence of other compelling issues. And what exactly would these be?
ble for a mayor who believes in privatized services and privatized citizens, and the successful model pioneered by Occupy’s police-liaison committee will never be allowed to extend to city matters. Instead, columnists were allowed to develop the theme line: the park is dirty, the portapotties smell, occupiers are partiers and layabouts. The party charge must really smart. The key organizers are working about as hard as most corporate execs and are exhausted, exhilarated and sometimes despondent about the challenges of democratic processes, keeping folks fed, mediating nasty arguments and coping with the city’s most oppressed showing up on their doorstep for solace and sustenance. As one of the core protesters said Monday night, referring to the troubled souls now the responsibility of Occupy, “I came here because I knew the world out there was messed up. But I didn’t really know how messed up till I got here.” The same night, following that ferocious rain, one of the campers slipped in the mud, and I struggled to get him up for several seconds before I realized my problem wasn’t that I hadn’t the strength, but that he was drunk. The people who set up this action are among the most committed of a generation, but they are engaged in a high-stakes political action with the most forgotten in tow: the mentally ill, addicts, alcoholics, ex-prisoners. And now, in some karmic intervention, these folks are suddenly and through a most fascinating process, participants in forging a new political reality. This week, as occupiers were dealing with the eviction threat, they also had their hands full fending off truly dangerous individuals, easing fiery disagreements over marshalling, chilling out a major blowout on the food committee, encouraging mavericks not partial to group processes to stick it out, and guarding the integrity of GAs. Their coping skills are getting sharpened in the confusion of mixed personalities and experiences and a chronic sense of flux that requires several days and many meetings to establish any new idea. It’s a university of social transformation, but will occupiers have time to graduate? And where will Saturday’s ruling leave the camp when next week rolls around? The mayor’s positioning is that he only seeks to see the tents depart. But what he really wants off the scene are the upcoming leaders (though they hate the word) of the great equalizing project to come, somewhere in a future we cannot yet see. 3
Condo construction can disrupt the city with noise and fumes, but a gentle tent city faces extinction. and other movements, that “there’s nothing wrong with a little civil disobedience. Do not go down without a fight.” Steelworker Nancy Hutchinson, too, sent out kisses. “We are here with you because we believe in you.” There under the midnight sky, the labourOccupy love-in promised interesting times to come, but to be frank, it’s hard to believe a mayor ready to chop up union contracts will have his head turned by such occurrences. One protester handed out leaflets with the message “We are not camping; we are assembling peacefully to fully express our grievances,” a sentiment sure to form part of lawyer Susan Ursel’s argument in court Friday.
There’s no danger to the public or health and safety disaster emanating from St. James, only puffed-up pretexts. Anyone who’s spent time on site knows passersby are mostly enjoying being courted by campers and touring the site like it’s an exotic vacation spot. As for the limp rationale about winterizing the sprinkler system, give me a break. As if the city weren’t dealing with the most negotiationpositive rebels ever. Occupiers have made it clear on several occasions that they would like to work with the Parks Department on this, and are even discussing returning in springtime to help with planting. But dialogue was never on the ta-
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Leveraging for a lockout Fordists are spoiling for a fight, but city unionists are poised to make a grand gesture to win public’s support By ENZO DiMATTEO the city lowered the boom on Occupy Toronto protesters in St. James Park Monday, November 14, serving them with an eviction notice to vacate the premises or else – the “or else” being the threat to send in the cops to forcibly remove those who’ve been camped out there for a month if they didn’t pack up and leave “immediately.” A court order granted protesters Tuesday against the city’s notice has put a halt to po-
lice action, at least in the short term. The eviction attempt provided more evidence, ironically enough during Anti-Bullying Week, that Mayor Rob Ford seems to have no qualms about using the power of his office to order the chief of police around. What next on Ford’s hit list? Unionized workers? Who’s to say cops won’t be called in to crack down on unions if the labour disruption – strike, lockout,
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chetti. Late last week he announced that the voluntary separation package offered workers has been a bust: only 200-odd workers of the more than 1,000 who applied were given packages. And layoffs were now “likely.” Lost in the reportage was the fact that it was the city that said no to the 800 who would happily have taken the money and run. But back to the matter of contract negotiations. The city is clearly setting up a confrontation dynamic. Many who voted for Ford see the
Unions were warned months ago that nothing they could say or do would stop a lockout. unionized workforce as the “gravy” floating around City Hall. The mayor has said the city currently employs 7,000 more people than we need. Which is why employment security provisions or those “jobs for life” are at the top of the list of wished-for union concessions. Ford & Co. want the flexibility to eliminate positions,
services and programs at will without having to worry about employees’ legal protections. The city could be in a position to lock out workers as early as January 19. Union contracts expire December 31. Historically, the two sides have honoured the existing agreement and kept negotiating, often into the summer months, until a new agreement was reached. The fear among labour types this time around is that the city will try to antagonize the unions into a strike by moving unilaterally to cut wages, for example, once the current contract expires, to flip the blame for a labour disruption onto the unions. Whether it’s a strike or lockout, the unions know that from a PR standpoint they’ll be blamed, remembering that the stink of the garbage strike a couple of years back is still in the public’s nostrils. Word is, the unions are preparing to make a grand gesture on the wage front to win back public support – say a zero increase in the first year and less than 2 per cent hikes in the second and third years of a threeyear deal. Whether a show of good faith on the wage front will convince the city or public seems unlikely. Fordists appear to be far more intent on demonizing the unions than on cutting a fair deal. 3 enzom@nowtoronto.com
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Our city’s diversity is no longer reflected on council’s agencies and boards By ADAM GIAMBRONE most of us would agree that we should strive to include people from every background in our civic institu tions. But a troubling trend is emer ging when it comes to citizen appoin tees to the boards of directors of over 120 city agencies, boards, commis
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sentative groups of appointees in the last 20 years. It’s not like these positions re quire special expertise. In fact, the great majority don’t. Instead, they call for people with a general under standing of how to provide over sight and some ability to understand financial information. For the most part what’s needed is individual in tegrity, a willingness to learn on the job and a commitment to the com munity. This description fits many people across Toronto. But in a city where visible minority groups (or should that be “majority”?) make up over 50 per cent of the population, only 15 per cent of these positions are going to nonwhites. This is compared to 55 per cent during the 20072010 council term. Indeed, according to city reports, there are no appointees of Latin American, aboriginal or Southeast Asian background, according to the city clerk’s numbers. Further, in a city where the biggest annual events are Pride and Caribana, there are no people of Caribbean or African origin, and only 0.2 per cent identify as LGBTQ, compared to 6 per cent under the last council. This seems particularly skewed. When it comes to gender balance, the situa
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speakers, food and silent auctions. 7 pm. $125. 99 Sudbury. 416-491-3353 ext 4920. World’s largEst human star (Make-AWish) Country singer Drake Jensen and 300 students 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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of the Big Bang, dark matter and quantum computers. 7 pm. Free. Gerrard/Ashdale Library, 1432 Gerrard E. 416-393-7717. Eating For EnErgy Learn how to prepare foods that give you energy. 6 pm. $20. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. harthouse.ca/ student-engagement/eating_for_energy.
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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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thE skiEs Lecture on doomsday scenarios. 7 pm. Free. Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview. 416-393-7720. u oF t animal rights CluB First meeting of the club with speakers and vegan snacks. 7 pm. Free. Earth Science Auditorium, 33 Willcocks. Pre-register facebook.com/event. php?eid=177530149002722.
Friday, November 18
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yoga BEnEFit (Family of Jenna Morrison) Flow class and vegan treats raise money for the family of the cyclist killed on Nov 7. 6:30 pm. Donation. Octopus Garden Yoga, 967 College. octopusgardenyoga.com.
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formances of plays including A Depper Kind Of Love and The One. $15, 2 shows $25. Red Sandcastle Theatre, 992 Queen E. 416-8459411, redsandcastletheatre@gmail.com. Nov 22 to 27
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aluCinE Toronto Latin Film + Media Arts Festival with films, videos, performances and installations. $6-10, stu $4-$10. Revue Cinema (400 Roncesvalles). alucinefestival.com. To Nov 19 iCElandiC arts FEstival Films, art, music and more. $5-$25. El Mocambo (464 Spadina) and Nocturne Club (550 Queen W). torontobestparty.com. To Nov 18 ing up to thE harpEr thrEat Panel discus-
sion with Algonquin Nation policy consultant Russell Diabo, Ryerson U’s Pamela Palmater and others. 7 pm. Free. OISE, rm 2215, 252 Bloor W. defendersoftheland.org/toronto. Coups, tradE and human rights Talk on the changing face of Canadian foreign policy in Latin America and the Caribbean by social activist Betty Matamoros. 7 pm. Free. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. 647-726-9500. thE dukE in Canada Celebration of the music of Duke Ellington. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-395-5577. irish CEili Traditional Irish group dances for all ages with instruction. $5-$12. Christ the Saviour Church, 823 Manning. set-dance.ca.
oCCupiEd EConomiEs: dEsigning solutions to gloBal proBlEms Panel discussion with
former mayor David Miller, OCAD president Sara Diamond, law professor David Kennedy, members of Occupy Toronto and others. 4:45 pm. Free. Design Exchange, 234 Bay, 2nd floor. 416-363-6121. vEry BEautiFul things Aboriginal arts, crafts and fashion sale. Noon-5 pm daily. To Nov 20. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. gladstonehotel.com.
Saturday, November 19
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angEls in aCtion prospErity Ball (New Beginnings Support Program) Aerial Dance Cirque Company and Graffiti Park perform at a gala dinner. 6 pm. $125. Pantages Hotel, 200 Victoria. 416-260-8465. Frholiday magiC (Hospital for Sick Children Toys & Games Fund) Seasonal lighting ceremony with jazz vocalist Molly Johnson. 5 pm. Free. Village of Yorkville Park, Cumberland and Bellair. bloor-yorkville.com. kiCking thE Fossil FuEl haBit (Environmental Defence) Author Tom Rand talks about moving towards a low-carbon economy with existing technologies. 6 pm. $10. Octopus Garden Yoga, 967 College. 416-515-8885. rising sun (Japan Earthquake Relief Fund/ East Africa Drought Relief Fund) Performances by Yakudo taiko drummers, SAMA, Njacko Backo and Ayame Kai Dance Group. 7 pm. $25, stu/srs $20. Trinity-St Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor W. risingsunconcert.com. Frstars For WishEs Workshops (Children’s Wish Fdn) Kids create a crystal tree ornament. 10 am to noon to Dec 10. $20. Swarovski Crystal Wish Tree at the Eaton Centre, 220 Yonge. Pre-register 647-439-8584. statE oF mind (Three to Be) Conteur Contemporary Dance and singer/songwriter Rob
rEEl asian Film FEstival Contemporary cin-
ema by East Asian and Southeast Asian filmmakers. $5-$20. Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles W), Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex) and other venues. reelasian.com. To Nov 19 soundplay Festival of experimentation in sound art and new media, with performances, installations, workshops and more. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. naisa.ca/soundplay. To Nov 26 Words and imagEs Theatre, films, music, books and art promote Latin American culture in the city. Various venues. wordsandimagesfestival.com. To Nov 19 James perform in support of children’s neurological disease research. Today 8 pm; tomorrow 2:30 & 8 pm. $43. St Michael’s College School Centre for the Arts, 1515 Bathurst. conteurdance.com.
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asians in motion Queer Asian youth launch
a gathering of LGBTTIQQ2SA East and Southeast Asian youth. 6 pm. Free. 519 Church Community Centre. qay.ca. CaFE skEptiquE Discussion on whether religion is more beneficial than harmful 5 pm. $4. Free Times Cafe, 320 College. cficanada. ca/ontario/events.
Campaign to rEstorE dEmoCraCy in thE
ontario ndp NDP Socialist Caucus forum with federal candidate Diana Andrews and others. 11:30 am. Free. U of T Student Residence, 89 Chestmut. 416-535-8779. Changin’ timEs Science for Peace talk on reclaiming the Indigenous Commons, greenhouse gas emissions, and weaponization and nuclear power in space with Bob Lovelance and others. 12:30-4 pm. Free. Bahen Centre, 40 St George. scienceforpeace.ca. ElECtro play Workshop Learn the delicate art of electro-stimulation and how to safely shock. 3-7 pm. $10. Black Eagle, 457 Church. 416-413-1219. Esa CraFt Fair & silEnt auCtion 10 am-3 pm. Free. Etobicoke School of the Arts, 675 Royal York. esainfo.ca. EuropEan-Canadian Co-produCtion Films Talk by producer Michael A Dobbin.
4:30 pm. Free. Royal Cinema, 608 College. eutorontofilmfest.ca. FaCilitation Workshop 201 Learn strategies to build a movement. 11 am-1 pm. $20, unwaged $10 (sugg). U of T St George Campus. tools.change@gmail.com. Fholiday dinnEr CruisE Seasonal dinner cruise aboard the Captain Matthew Flinders. $73. mariposacruises.com. ontario hEalth Coalition Conference on organizing social movements and building solidarity amongst healthcare sectors. Today and tomorrow. Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen W. Pre-register ontariohealthcoalition.ca. roriEntEEring Learn how to find your way around High Park using a map and compass. 1 pm. $2. High Park Nature Centre, 440 Parkside. highparknaturecentre.com. rskating on thE lakE Harbourfront’s outdoor rink opens today and goes to Mar 11, 10 am-10 pm daily. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. FrsWEdish Christmas FEstival A Lucia
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Occupy Toronto has held its ground for over a month, and now the Design Exchange is joining the discussion with Occupied Economies: Designing Solutions To Global Problems. The panel includes former mayor David Miller, a rep from Occupy Toronto, David Kennedy of Harvard Law School’s Institute for Global Policy, U of T Law prof David Schneiderman, author of Constitutionalizing Economic Globalization: Investment Rules And Democracy’s Promise, OCAD president Sara Diamond and others. Friday (November 18), 4:45 pm. Free. 234 Bay. dx.org.
With the provincial government now strategizing over leaner social services, the Ontario Health Coalition hosts a two-day Health Action Assembly to explore how social movements can organize to protect health care. Featured speakers include author Linda McQuaig, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives economist Armine Yalnizyan, Occupy Toronto’s Taylor Chelsea, street nurse Cathy Crowe, Carleton U professor of social work Hugh Armstrong and more. Saturday (November 19), 9 am to 4:40 pm, and Sunday (November 20), 9:30 to 2 pm. Pwyc to $30. Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen West. Pre-
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pageant, Swedish singing, folk dancing, crafts workshops and more. Today 11 am-5 pm; tomorrow 11 am-4 pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000.
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how to green your business while tapping into a new revenue stream. 1 pm. Free. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas W. Pre-register dundaswestgorenewable.eventbrite.com. whAT’s YouR sToRY? Storytelling from diverse cultural traditions. Today and tomorrow. 2, 3 & 4 pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. rwInTeR woofsToCk Doggie fashions, a wiener dog race, schnauzer Santa and more. Today and tomorrow 10 am-6 pm. $10, adv $8, srs $5, under 12 free. Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place. winterwoofstock.com.
Sunday, November 20
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rThe GoonIes! (Horizon Arts Camp) ScreenDavid Miller joins the Occupied Economies panel on November 18.
ing of the Steven Spielberg classic. 4 pm. $20, adv $15. Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles. 416-558-0922. mAnsA Bk musA (Sickle Cell Anemia) Launch of three books and two calendars, plus comedy and music. 6 pm. $55 (includes one book
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PRovIdInG foR PeoPles’ needs Toronto Bolivia Solidarity discussion with Zainab Amadahy, Judy Deutsch and others. 2 pm. Free. OISE, rm 5280, 252 Bloor W. boloiviaclimatejustice@gmail.com. lIvInG wIThouT RelIGIon Discussion on living a positive life free of guilt, fear and shame. 3 pm. Free. Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick. cficanada.ca/ontario/events. rThe mouse CITY summIT Urban planners ages two to eight gather to conceive, create and construct a mouse city out of recycled materials. 10:30 am. $10, child $5. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. move: The TRAnsPoRTATIon ChAReTTe Teams assigned to address 10 sustainable transportation challenges present their ideas. 10:30 am-5 pm. Free. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. ebw.evergreen.ca/move. FrReAdInGs wITh sAnTA Kids listen to Santa read classic holiday stories. Saturdays and Sundays 9 am to Dec 24. Free (reserve). Eaton Centre, 250 Yonge. 416-598-8560. FrsAnTA ClAus PARAde The annual parade of floats, bands, clowns and more kicks off at 12:30 pm at Christie Pits (Bloor and Christie), moves E on Bloor to University, S on University to Wellington, and E on Wellington to the St Lawrence Market (Front and Jarvis). Free. thesantaclausparade.ca.
lecture. 3 pm. Free. Macleod Auditorium, Medical Sciences Bldg, 1 King’s College. 416977-2983.
Monday, November 21
Benefits
CheATeR’s TRIvIA nIGhT (Children’s Book Bank) Children’s book trivia with Robert Paul Weston. 7 pm. $20, stu $12. Blake House Pub, 449 Jarvis. childrensbookbank.com.
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The mAkInG And unmAkInG of musICAls In fIlm Film clips and a lecture by film critic Shlomo Schwartzberg. 7-9 pm. $12, stu $6. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. 416-924-6211.
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Identity, Privacy and Security Institute lecture. 4 pm. Free. Bahen Centre, rm 1190, 40 St George. ipsi.utoronto.ca.
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mate change talks with author/environmental journalist Alanna Mitchell. 7:30 pm. Pwyc. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth. 416-463-2179, eastminsteruc.org.
Tuesday, November 22
Benefits
FChRIsTmAs BAzAAR (St Christopher House)
Handmade crafts, a white elephant table and more. Today 10 am-7:30 pm; tomorrow 10:30 am-4 pm. Free. St Christopher House, 248 Ossington. 416-532-4828 ext 114. GIve A dAY (Give a Day to World AIDS) World AIDS Day breakfast talk with Stephen Lewis and Janet Philpott. 7:30-9 am. $50. National Club, 303 Bay. giveaday.ca.
Events
BIodIveRsITY In The CITY City staff talk
about a series of biodiversity books exploring the flora and fauna of Toronto. 1 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. Preregister torontopubliclibrary.ca. CAnAdA’s wAR In lIBYA Discussion on the situation and Canada’s involvement with Derrick O’Keefe. 7 pm. Free. Asteria Souvlaki Place, 661 Danforth. gtwa.isc@gmail.com.
CITY foR sAle! T.o.’s new PuBlIC sPACe AdveRTIsInG PolICIes And You! Panel discus-
sion on the city’s proposed naming rights and sponsorship policies. 6:30 pm. Free. Pauper’s Pub, 539 Bloor W. Pre-register cityforsale.eventbrite.com. dIdIeR fAusTIno Lecture by the Paris archi-
tect. 6:30 pm. Free. U of T Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, 230 College. 416-978-5038.
Freedom (or Not) oF INFormatIoN IN CaNada Canadian Journalism Fdn panel with federal information minister Suzanne Legault, lawyer Paul Schabas and others. 6:30 pm. $15, stu free. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. Pre-register cjffoi.eventbrite.com. LeadershIp mastery Seminar with Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and Quantum Corporation CEO Rick Belluzo. 9 am-5 pm. $169. Sony Centre, 1 Front E. Pre-register 1-866-994-2555. rLearN to skate Lessons for kids and adults start today and run to Dec 18. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4093. marC ChagaLL: a LIFe IN dreams The AGO’s David Wistow talks about the artist. 7 pm. Free. Yorkville Library, 22 Yorkville. 416-3937660.
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emIes reveaLed Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities lecture. 7 pm. $35 (4part series $125). 4 Bancroft. 647-520-4339, thessea.org. What Not to BeLIeve aBout the aNCIeNt maya Lecture by archaeology profesor Elizabeth Graham. 7 pm. $23. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-5797. FrWrIte a Letter to saNta CLaus Write with old-fashioned pen and ink on stationery made on an 1845 printing press. Tue to Fri noon-4 pm, Sat & Sun noon-5 pm. To Dec 24. Free w/ admission. Mackenzie House, 82 Bond. 416-392-6915.
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workshop. 6:30-8:30 pm. $5/pwyc. Location tba. transitiontoronto.ning.com/events.
east eNders For puBLIC servICes stop the Cuts meetINg Discussion on proposed cuts.
7 pm. Free. Ralph Thornton Community Centre, 765 Queen E. 416-465-5976.
hyperaCtIve dreamers: CreatIve or adhd?! Presentation by Marko Ferek on creative people being wrongly diagnosed. 7 pm. Free. Metropolitan Community Church, 115 Simpson. hyperactivedreamers.com. INspIratIoNs studIo Art-based micro-business incubator for low-income women. Noon. Free. OISE, 252 Bloor W, rm 3-104. secspeakerseries@gmail.com. roWL proWL Search for Great Horned, Long Eared, Saw Whet and Screech owls in the forest. 7 pm. $7.90. Humber Arboretum, 205 Humber College. Pre-register 416-675-5009. raNdom aCts oF sCIeNCe Learn how to make “hot” ice, get cornstarch to dance and more. Free. Union subway station (7:30-9 am), First Canadian Place (11 am-1 pm), Yonge-Eglinton subway (4:30-6 pm). 416413-4695. toroNto: CIty uNder pressure Lecture on the backlash against highrise growth by architecture critic Christopher Hume. Free. Japan Fdn, 131 Bloor W. Pre-register jftor. org/whatson.rsvp.php.
the tWo FaCes oF mexICo aNd the proteCtIoN oF INdIgeNous peopLes’ rIghts Maria Estela Barco talks about her work in the State of Chiapas. 7 pm. Free. Amnesty International, 1992 Yonge, 3rd floor. aito.ca. uNBuILt toroNto 2 Talk on the city that might have been. 7 pm. Free w/ admission. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. rom.on.ca.
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gIve a NIght (Stephen Lewis Fdn/Dignitas
Int’l) World AIDS Day gathering with a silent auction and prizes. 8 pm. $20-$25. Devil’s Martini, 473 Adelaide W. giveanight.ca. movemBer For JaCk (Movember Canada) Jack Layton tribute event and fundraiser. Great Hall, 1087 Queen W. Details at facebook.com/MovemberForJack.
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housINg, homeLessNess aNd the CIty Budget Housing Action Now forum on af-
fordable housing, emergency shelter and supporting tenants. 6:30 pm. Free. St Stephen’s Community House, 91 Bellevue. Preregister hanmeeting.eventbrite.com.
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Clothing, accessories, furniture, crafts, toys and more plus hands-on workshops. Weekdays and Sat 10 am-9 pm, Sun 10 am-6 pm. To Dec 4. $12, stu/srs $7. Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place. oneofakindshow.com. 3
Toronto Island Water Supply Route Study Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Notice of Filing of Addendum The City of Toronto (the City) has completed an addendum for the Toronto Island Water Supply Route Study Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) Project File. The Class EA study was completed in April 2011 and followed the Schedule B Municipal Engineers Association, Municipal Class EA document planning process. As presented in the Project File, the preferred construction method and watermain route was based on a deep tunnel installation from the mainland on the east side of Eireann Quay that would extend under the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (BBTCA) lands to Hanlan’s Point (outside airport south property line). In March 2011, the Toronto Port Authority (TPA) completed an Environmental Screening Report for a proposed pedestrian/services tunnel that would improve pedestrian access from the mainland to the BBTCA. The proposed TPA pedestrian tunnel is in the same general location of the City’s proposed Western Channel watermain crossing, and is proceeding to design and construction. Recognizing the potential cost savings and co-ordination opportunities, the City has completed an addendum to its April 2011 Class EA Project File that now supports alignment of the watermain route (mainland to Hanlan’s Point section) with the TPA pedestrian tunnel. A Project File Addendum Report has been prepared that includes a review of the planning and design process of the original Class EA, and documents what has changed with regards to proposed watermain route alignment, construction methods and anticipated impacts. The Addendum Report is available for a 30-day public review period. Copies of the EA Addendum Report and all supporting documentation are available during normal business hours at the following locations starting on November 17, 2011 and ending on December 16, 2011: Toronto City Hall City Clerk’s Office 100 Queen St. W., 13th Fl. Toronto ON M5H 2N2 (Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p. m.)
Sanderson Library 327 Bathurst St. Toronto, ON M5T 1J1 (Hours: Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Information can also be found on the project webpage at: toronto.ca/involved/projects/toronto_island_water_supply/index.htm Please note that only the changes proposed in the addendum are open for review. During the public review period, anyone who has any outstanding concerns with the project that cannot be resolved in discussion with the City may request that the Minister of the Environment make an order for the project to comply with Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act (referred to as a Part II Order), which addresses individual environmental assessments. Requests must be submitted to the contacts below. If no request is received on or before December 16, 2011, the City may proceed with the detailed design and construction of the project. Jim Bradley Minister of the Environment Minister’s Office, Ministry of the Environment 77 Wellesley St. W., 11th Fl., Ferguson Block Toronto ON M7A 2T5
Mae Lee (Rigmea) City of Toronto Public Consultation Unit Metro Hall 55 John St., 19th Fl., Toronto ON M5V 3C6 rigmea_lee@toronto.ca or 416-392-8210
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885 Dundas W, at Claremont, 416703-0668, cafe668.com. Think vegetarian restaurants are grim cafés lit by fluorescent tubes and frequented by folks dressed in burlap sacks? This elegantly appointed split-level space – floor-to-ceiling glass, offwhite banquettes – will persuade you otherwise. Best: Southeast Asian-inspired dishes like pad thai tossed with carrot, peanuts, cabbage, sprouts ’n’ ’shrooms; #1 668 salad dressed with deep-fried tofu and toasted cashews in a sweet Sriracha vinaigrette; Summer Rolls of cellophane noodles, tofu, carrot, Thai basil and napa cabbage. Complete dinners for $35 per person (lunches $25), including tax, tip and an organic beer or glass of wine. Average main $13. Open Monday to Thursday 5 to 9 pm, Friday and Saturday 3:30 to 10 pm, Sunday and holidays 3:30 to 9 pm. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNNNN
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or crunchy haricots verts tossed with button mushrooms. Complete meals for $12 per person, including tax, tip and an organic coffee. Average main $7. Open daily 11 am to 6 pm. Closed some holidays. Unlicensed. Access: three steps at door, washroom on same floor. Rating: NNNN
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834 Bloor W, at Shaw, 416-901-9779. An offshoot of Kensington’s Hot Beans café, this dairy-free diner reinvents comfort food classics with a meatless twist. Best: hefty Reuben sandwiches on toasted pumpernickel piled with shaved seitan “pastrami,” sauerkraut and vegan “cheese”; Big Mac-style soy burgers dressed with more fake cheese, tomato relish and chopped lettuce on the proverbial sesame seed bun; extraordinarily rich flourless – and gluten-free, like much of the card – chocolate torte. Complete dinners for $30 per person (brunches $22), including tax, tip and a domestic beer. Average main $12/$10. Open Monday to Friday 5 to 11 pm, Saturday and Sunday 11:30 am to 11 pm. Brunch weekends to 3:30 pm. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNN
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Going both ways A steak house is the last place you’d expect to go vegan. But that’s exactly what’s happened at Prime (18 St Thomas, at Bloor West, 416-9719666, windsorarmshotel.com/ prime). They’ve just introduced a parallel animal-free menu alongside the pricey rib-eyes and T-bones. “That’s the way I like to eat,” says the luxe Yorkville hotel’s George Friedmann. “One day, I’ll splurge on steak. The next, I try to eat healthy.” Friedmann’s brought in former Urban Herbivore and Live Organic
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Compiled by STEVEN DAVEY ic veggie lunches for all of four bucks. Watch for a full-time café in the new year. Best: from a menu that changes weekly, the likes of sweet ’n’ sour beet soup with Ontario cucumber salsa; root vegetable shepherd’s pie; veggie chili and flaxseed cornbread; cranberry ’n’ wild rice salad; oven-roasted rutabaga frites; maple syrup carrot spice cake; vanilla cupcakes with vegan butter-cream icing; to drink, hot mint tea. Complete lunches for $4, first week of the month pwyc. Open for lunch Wednesday noon to 2 pm only. Unlicensed. Cash only. Access: barrier-free. Rating: 264 Dupont, at Spadina, 416-5152002, livefoodbar.com. Local raw food diva Jennifer Italiano offers an always inventive card in stylish day-glo digs. Extensive cocktail card, local micro-brew and organic wine by the glass. Best: sprouted-walnut-crust pizza topped with red pepper marinara, marinated greens, herbed cashew “chèvre” splashed with basil oil; at brunch, raw banana and almond cocoa crepes finished with cashew fluff, marinated local berries and maple “cream.” Complete dinners for $45 per person (lunches/brunches $25), including tax, tip and an organic beer. Average main $14/$10. Open Monday to Thursday 11:30 am to 9:30 pm, Friday 11:30 am to 10 pm. Brunch Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 3 pm, dinner Saturday till 10 pm, Sunday till 9 pm. Closed some holidays. No reservations. Licensed. Access: 11 steps at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNNNN
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Sexy burlesque ladies cover Bespoke Uprising’s collection of tea towels ($34, Kid Icarus, 75 Nassau, 416-977-7236, kidicarus.ca).
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All reusable coffee vessels aren’t created equal. Jonathan Adler perks up his collection of ceramic cups ($16.90, Ziggy’s at Home, 794 College, 416535-8728, ziggysathome. com) with multicoloured prints. Striped button crewneck ($39, Joe Fresh, 589 Queen West, 416361-6342, joefresh.com).
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Schylling’s tin toy collection includes this elephant-on-abicycle figure ($19.95, Blackbird Vintage Finds, 55 Mill, building #57, 416-681-0558, blackbirdvintage.com).
What he or she stores in Hoi Bo’s corktopped amber glass mini-carafes ($45/set of two, Mjölk, 2959 Dundas West, 416-5519853, mjolk.ca) is none of our business.
Steep your favourite tea in this sharp tin pot ($28, Scout, 405 Roncesvalles, 416-546-6922, iheartscout.com).
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Lego’s Darth Vader alarm clock ($40, Propaganda, 686 Yonge, 416-961-0555, shopaganda.ca) is more interested in getting you out of bed than luring you over to the dark side.
If Yasmin Louis’s onesies ($28 each, Planet Kid, 87 Roncesvalles, 416-537-9233, planetkid.ca) are any indication, even babies are taking sides in Toronto’s east end vs. west end debate.
Inspired by vintage canteens, this felt-covered flask ($48, Drake General Store, 1144 Queen West, 416-531-5042 ext 101, and others, drakegeneralstore.myshopify.com) keeps your favourite tipple toasty.
For the Canadiana fetishist in your life, Identity’s wool blanket pillow ($48, Distill, 55 Mill, building #47, 416304-0033, distillgallery.com) is a guaranteed great gift.
2-D puzzles are so 2010! Tease your brain in three dimensions with this spherical bamboo puzzle ($9.99, Grassroots, 372 Danforth, 416466-2841, and other, grassrootsstore.com).
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What I want Catherine Dean
Photo-editor-turned-landscape architect-in-training What’s the best gift you’ve ever received? The vintage Courrèges coat I got this year for my birthday is definitely high up on the list. What’s the best gift you’ve ever given? That’s hard. I think you’d have to ask the person I gave it to. What’s on your list this year? One thing I could really use after a semester of not being home often enough to clean or organize is a visit from Citizen Frances cleaning and STEFANIA YARHI concierge services (416-554-0929, citizenfrances.com).
No speakers? No problem! The Rock-it 2.0 is an ultraportable device that turns anything from cardboard boxes to juice containers to household pets into speakers ($49.99, Moog Audio, 442 Queen West, 416-5996664, moogaudio.com).
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Slide out the keyboard on the Sony Xperia PLAY Android touch-screen smartphone and… wait, that’s not a keyboard, it’s a PlayStation gaming pad ($29.99 with three-year term, Rogers Plus, Eaton Centre, 218 Yonge, 416-351-1522, and others, rogers.com).
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Get nine classic movies – Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut – in the Stanley Kubrick Limited Edition Collection (Warner, Blu-ray). Ample extras include feature-length profiles of Kubrick and Clockwork star Malcolm McDowell, commentaries, interviews, making-of docs, plus a 40-page book on the director’s work ($89.99, HMV, 333 Yonge, 416-596-0333, and others, hmv.ca). For the Scarface Limited Edition (Universal, 1983, Blu-ray), Brian De Palma’s explosive gangster flick about a Cuban immigrant who slaughters his way to the top of Miami’s cocaine trade comes in a handcrafted, cedar-lined, Scarface-themed humidor. Extras include the original 1932 Scarface, 10 fan-made art cards, a Scarface legacy doc, conversations with the director, star Al Pacino, the writer and producer, acting and making-of docs and more ($1,000, Bay Street Video special order, 1172 Bay, 416-964-9088). In Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory 40th Anniversary Blu-ray/DVD Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Warner, 1971), new interviews and making-of docs, commentary with the Wonka kids, a new director interview, a 144-page making-of book, production correspondence, scratch ’n’ sniff pencils and more augment the imaginative children’s fantasy about a poor boy who wins a tour of a candy factory ($52.95, Bay Street Video, 1172 Bay, 416-964-9088). The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season, Three-Disc Special Edition (Anchor Bay) gives you great visuals and high production values in all six episodes of the zombie apocalypse series, plus the original black-and-white pilot episode, audio commentaries on every episode, a featurette on adapting the source comic and more ($38.95, Bay Street Video, 1172 Bay, 416-964-9088). Weirdly packaged in an anatomically approximate rendering of Randy’s beer belly, The Trailer Park Boys 17-DVD Complete Collection (Alliance) is seven seasons, two feature films and two TV specials of non-stop hilarity featuring the most stoned, drunk, foul-mouthed, inept petty criminals on earth. Extensive extras include commentaries (three of them in character) on almost everything, alternate endings, two music videos and more ($69.99, HMV, 333 Yonge, 416-596-0333, and others, hmv.ca).
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There’s a bounty of bubbles waiting to be released in Lollia’s oversized willow and lotus bath wash bottle ($56.90, Ziggy’s at Home, 794 College, 416-535-8728, ziggysathome.com).
Janna Burford’s retro-feeling owl bowls ($50, Distill, 55 Mill, building #47, 416-304-0033, distillgallery.com) are a hoot.
Lomography’s newest collection of Diana F+ cameras ($99, Lomography Gallery Store, 536 Queen West, 647352-6702, lomography.com) comes in bold colours like this yellow and green “Buttercup” scheme. H&M striped sweater ($34.95, 1 Dundas West, 416593-0064, and others, hm.com).
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If he thinks he’s Captain Cookie Eater or she calls herself Ultimate Awesome Woman, they need Seedling’s Design Your Own Superhero Cape kit ($58, Advice from a Caterpillar, 8 Price, 416-9602223, advicefromacaterpillar.ca).
Jillian Wood recycles vintage fur to create fluffy winter headbands ($59, Tabula Rasa, 745 Broadview, 416-4654450, tabularasaclothing.com) for her Headmistress collection.
Long & McQuade’s web shop promises that MXR’s ’75 Vintage Phase 45 ($99, 925 Bloor West, 416-588-7886, long-mcquade.com) will “add texture to your tone.”
LELO’s lower-priced Pico Bong vibrator lineup includes the Mahana duo vibe ($69.99, Seduction, 577 Yonge, 416-966-6969, seduction.ca).
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The peeps at Free the Children’s sister biz, Me to We, have a storefront at 223 Carlton and a huge online shop full of stylin’ threads and accessories, including these punchy grass earrings made by a small women’s cooperative in Rwanda. Comes in natural driedgrass hue, too. And 50 per cent of the profits go to Free the Children’s development projects around the globe. metowe.com/shop
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Fans of Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Phil Ochs will, like, totally dig the two-CD box set Amchitka: The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace. The historic musical event helped fund the fledgling eco org’s first voyage to Alaska’s Amchitka Island to protest U.S. nuke testing. On this, Greenpeace’s 40th anniversary year, all proceeds from the digitally remastered recording go to these earth crusaders. Comes with a 48-page book of images. amchitka-concert.com
Crossroads famine-weathering tools $35 Already given a goat in your grandma’s name and want to dig deeper? Give the gift of famine relief by funding the innovative ways the people of Niger are adapting to the hardships of climate change. Canadian Crossroads International offers training and tools for cultivating community gardens as well as new irrigation and food preservation techniques. cintl.org
“Quality wines that won’t break the bank.” I like this one for its textbook cabernet notes of cassis, black olive and menthol – a hallmark of Chilean cabernet. The fine, siltlike tannins make it a good candidate for up to three years of cellaring. Serve it with grilled beef or lamb. Beppi Crosariol, Globe and Mail, March 2, 2011 Proudly represented by Charton Hobbs
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The Tonka Ricochet XL radio-controlled truck rips, spins, jumps, flips and crashes and is equipped with a Fast And Furious-worthy suspension that’ll let it drive at worm level or soar above obstacles ($89.99, Canadian Tire, 65 Dundas West, 416-979-
Hook up an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to Numark iDJ Live – a virtual two-decksand-mixer set-up– and you’re now a DJ ($99.99, Moog Audio, 442 Queen West, 416-599-6664, moogaudio.com).
The TomTom Nike Sport Watch uses GPS powered by TomTom to track distance, speed, pace, heart rate and calories burned, and unlike other GPS units, it works indoors ($199.99, Best Buy, 65 Dundas West, 416-642-8321, and others, bestbuy.ca).
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An armful of Jamin Puech bracelets ($140/set of five, Gaspard, 913 Queen West, 416-546-7480, gaspardshop. com) are the way to any fashionista’s heart.
What’s the best gift you’ve ever received? For the past five years I’ve received a subscription to Monocle magazine, which I love. My mom always gives me multiple cans of maple syrup, which I also love. But the best gift ever was the Damien Hirst butterfly-print folding chair I got last year. What’s the best gift you’ve ever given? I surprised my partner with a weekend trip to see the Alexander McQueen exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on a Monday, when the museum is closed. What’s on your list this year? A Monocle subscription ($73, monocle.com), cans of maple syrup and an Yves Gaucher painting from 1985 (Mira Godard Gallery, 22 Hazelton, 416-9648197, godardgallery.com) that I saw at the Toronto International Art Fair. SY
Skateboard away on this Homer Simpson deck ($149, Hammer Skateboards, 2225 Queen East, 416-698-0005, hammertoronto.com).
We spot a handsome blanket-stripe detail on Jack’s shrunken pea jacket ($129, Tabula Rasa, 745 Broadview, 416-465-4450, tabularasaclothing.com).
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This limited-edition navy blue patent leather carryall ($325, Fred Perry, 964 Queen West, 416-538-3733, fredperry.com) is one of fall’s best satchels.
Create homegrown music videos with the Olympus LS-20M one-touch camcorder, which combines full HD video, pristine, studio-grade audio with auto levelling that cuts background noise, and sketch, pinhole and pop filters ($329.99, Steve’s Music, 415 Queen West, 416593-8888, stevesmusic.com).
Matryoshka dolls are inspiring everything from kitchen timers to this fancy Noir ring ($249, Love of Mine, 781 Queen West, 416-368-4999, loveofmineboutique.com) this gifting season.
The PlayStation 3 24-inch 3D LED Display Bundle includes the PlayStation 24-inch 3-D LED display with built-in speakers and subwoofer, 3-D glasses and MotorStorm Apocalypse. PlayStation 3 not included ($499.99, Best Buy, 65 Dundas West, 416-642-8321, and others, bestbuy.ca).
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Neo bowls ($135, Ma Zone, 63 Jarvis, 416-868-0330, ma-zone.com) are woven with lengths of spongy neoprene in small to extra-extra-large sizes.
Susie Osler creates a flock of slightly varied yellow-headed blackbird wall figures ($160, MADE, 867 Dundas West, 416-607-6384, madedesign.ca).
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tunate, like a crystal, rock, charm, pair of underwear or hat? The use of symbolic objects to call
forth life’s positive spirits has a long human history. Superstition abounds. NBA star Michael Jordan wore his col-
lege basketball shorts underneath his uniform. Tiger Woods always wears red on Sunday. Can trinkets actually change outcomes? Or is luck just a mental adjustment that opens possibilities? And when does counting on fortune’s favour work against us?
What the experts say “When the outcome is somewhat uncertain, part of the appeal of good-luck charms is that they make you feel as though you’ve done something extra that could help you along. They give what psychologists call ‘the illusion of control.’ It’s a psychological benefit even if it’s an illusion. There’s also evidence that belief in luck can improve your performance. A study was published last year in which people were asked to putt a golf ball into a cup; half were just told, ‘Here’s your ball,’ and half, ‘This ball has been lucky today.’ Lo and behold, the people in the lucky group did putt significantly better.” STUART VYSE, professor of psychology, Connecticut College, New London “In Buddhist terms there’s really no such a thing as luck. The word ‘luck’ implies that good things happen to you for no particular reason. But in Buddhism, they happen because of karma,
the results of things you’ve done in the past. There’s no way you can really know your past fully, so it often seems like random chance. In that sense it might be appropriate to call it luck. Also, there’s a sense that many of the things we consider to be good fortune may not be. Dogen, the founder of the school in which I was ordained, talked about people becoming wealthy as a result of bad action in the past. The wealth was a trap and ultimately not a good thing. So we have a tendency as Buddhists to be a little skeptical about things others might consider lucky.” BRAD WARNER, author, Zen Wrapped In Karma Dipped in Chocolate: A Trip Through Death, Sex, Divorce, And Spiritual Celebrity In Search Of The True Dharma, California “We’re interested in the psychological distortions you see in gamblers, the different ways they overestimate their
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Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 If you go into a
major art museum that displays Europe’s great oil paintings, you’ll find that virtually every masterpiece is surrounded by an ornate wooden frame, often painted gold. Why? To me, the enclosure is distracting and unnecessary. Why can’t I just enjoy the arresting composition on the naked canvas, unburdened by the overwrought excess? I urge you to take my approach in the coming weeks, Aries. Push and even fight to get the goodies exactly as they are, free of all the irrelevant filler, extraneous buffers and pretentious puffery.
TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 “Judge a moth by the beauty of its candle,” said the 13th-century poet Rumi. More prosaically put: evaluate people according to the nobility and integrity of the desires they’re obsessed with. Do you want to hang around with someone whose primary focus is to make too much money or please her parents or build a shrine to his own ego? Or would you prefer to be in the sphere of influence created by a person who longs to make a useful product or help alleviate suffering or make interesting works of art? It’s an excellent time to ponder these issues, Taurus – and then take action to ensure you’re surrounded by moths that favour beautiful candles.
GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 In Santa Cruz there used to be a nightclub that featured live rock bands on a big stage but enforced a strict policy forbidding its patrons from dancing. The one time I went there, the music was loud and infectious, and I naturally felt the urge to move in vigorous rhythm. Moments after I launched into my groove, a bouncer accosted me and forced me to stop. I think this situation has certain resemblances to the one you’re in now, Gemini. Some natural response mechanism in you is being unduly inhibited; some organic inclination is being unreasonably restrained or dampened. Why should you continue to accept this? CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 During the time
a blue crab is growing to maturity, it is very skilled at transforming itself. It sheds its exoskeleton an average of once every 18 days for an entire year. You’re in a phase with some similarities to that period of rapid ripening, Cancerian. Your commitment to change doesn’t have to be quite as heroic, but it should be pretty vigorous. Could you manage, say, two moultings over the course of the next 30 days? If done in a spirit of adventure, it will be liberating, not oppressively demanding.
Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 “Progress isn’t made
by early risers,” wrote author Robert Heinlein. “It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.” That’s exactly the kind of progress you are in an excellent position to stir up in the coming weeks. You don’t have to match the stress levels of the Type A people who might seem to have an advantage over you, and you won’t help yourself at all by worrying or trying too hard. The single best thing you can do to supercharge your creativity is to think of yourself as a “happy-go-lucky” person while you go around dreaming up ways to have more fun.
VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 “Our elders
know you don’t find the answer by asking thousands of questions,” says an essay on the website of the environmentalist group The Last Tree (thelasttree. net). “The wise way is to ask the right question in the beginning.” I recommend this approach for you in the coming weeks, Virgo. Given the sparkly mysteriousness that now confronts you, I know you may be tempted to simultaneously try a lot of different routes to greater clarity. But the more effective strategy in the long run is to cultivate silence and stillness as you wait expectantly for the intuition that will reveal the simple, direct path.
tory to 2003.” From that dizzying factoid we can infer that you are more inundated with data than were all of your ancestors put together. And the surge will probably intensify in the coming weeks. You are in a phase of your astrological cycle when you’ll be asked to absorb and integrate a voluminous amount of interesting stuff. Don’t be hard on yourself if you sometimes need to slow down to digest what you’ve been taking in.
sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 In his poem Ode To The Present, Pablo Neruda tells us how to slip free and clear into the luxuriously potent opportunity of the present moment. The here and now is so ripe and willing, he says, so malleable. “Take a saw to its delicious wooden perfume,” he continues, and then “build a staircase. Yes, a staircase. Climb into the present, step by step, press your feet onto the resinous wood of this moment, going up, going up, not very high.... Don’t go all the way to heaven. Reach for apples, not the clouds.” Such good advice for you, Scorpio! It’s a perfect time to learn more about the magic of the present moment as you free yourself from “the unrepairable past.” (Read the poem at bit.ly/NerudaOde.) sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 Seminal
psychologist Carl Jung wasn’t afraid of applying his scholarly analytical skills to the phenomena of pop culture. Late in life, he even wrote a thoughtful book on
LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 In a review of James Gleick’s book The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood, The Week magazine reported that “the world now produces more information in 48 hours than it did throughout all human his-
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UFOs called Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth Of Things Seen In The Skies. To be as thorough and careful as he could possibly be about such an elusive subject, he wrote an afterword to his main argument, to which he added an epilogue, which in turn was followed by a concluding supplement. I hope you are as scrupulous in wrapping up loose ends in the coming week, Sagittarius, especially when you’re dealing with enigmas and riddles. As you seek resolution and completion, go well beyond the bare minimum.
and look around you – madness is in the saddle anyhow.” Let’s take this hypothesis as our starting point, Aquarius. I propose that in the coming weeks you make an effort to get more accustomed to and comfortable with the understanding that the entire world is in the throes of utter lunacy. Once you are at peace with that, I hope you will commit yourself to the sacred kind of lunacy – the kind that bestows wild blessings and perpetrates unreasonable beauty and cultivates the healing power of outlandish pleasure.
CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 A great
pisCes Feb 19 | Mar 20 It won’t be enough to simply maintain your current levels of strength, clarity and intelligence in the coming weeks. To stay healthy, to keep up with the rapidly evolving trends swirling in and around you, you will have to actively push to get stronger, clearer and smarter. No pressure, right? Don’t worry, the universe will be conspiring to help you accomplish it all. To trigger the boost you’ll need, imagine that you have a reservoir of blue liquid lightning in the place between your heart and gut. Picture yourself drawing judiciously from that high-octane fuel as you need it, bringing it first to your heart and then to your brain.
deal of land in the Netherlands has been reclaimed from the sea by human effort. But the system of dikes that holds back the primal flow is not a foolproof or permanent guarantee against flooding. That’s why more and more people are building homes that can float if they have to. “We are actually trying to move away from fighting against the water,” says architect Koen Olthuis. “We are beginning to make friends with the water.” I recommend you adopt this as a useful metaphor, Capricorn. During the coming months, you should be doing a lot of foundation work. What can you do to add buoyancy?
AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 According to my old philosophy professor Norman O. Brown, “Our real choice is between holy and unholy madness: open your eyes
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solos, but where are the songs, man? How about more of that guttural boom and rhythm that makes people want to move? No one wants to dance to solos all night.” Mac Arthur is more obsessed with rhythm than most. Instead of relying on a drum kit, he pounds out beats using an idiosyncratic homemade setup with a suitcase for a kick drum. It might seem gimmicky, but years of sonic experimentation have led him to a sound that more than fills up the average rock club. Maybe it’s not so weird, then, that he’s ended up on Awesome/EMI, an imprint known more for electronic dance music than for guitars and harmonicas. “When they first approached me, that was my first question, too. Where does a 50-year-old blues-trash guy fit in with [electronic] music? Their answer was that they like me because I’m real.” The other factor might be the steady pounding of the suitcase drum, a sound that has a lot more in common with techno than is immediately obvious. After all, although blues is thought of as dinner theatre music nowadays, it was once the dance music of its time. “I found this vintage suitcase that’s all wood in an antique store, and it’s the best one yet. It’s really solid, and the cavity has awesome acoustics. That boom-boom-boom just makes people want to dance.” 3
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“A Feast for the Ears and the Eyes!” - Classical 96.3FM
The DioDes, DenTaTa, The DilDoniks
Horseshoe (370 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, November 17) Reunited Toronto new wave legends.
nujazz FesTival
Maceo Parker
w/ Trombone Shorty, Toubab Krewe, Breakestra, Roy Ayers Various venues, continues till Sunday (November 20) Jazz, funk and soul festival.
Pee Wee Ellis
Cheikh Lô
tickets
Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), tonight (Thursday, November 17) Misleadingly named local folk rockers.
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.
Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Friday (November 18) See preview, page 52.
Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Saturday (November 19) See Bradleyboy Mac Arthur preview, page 49.
neveRenDing whiTe lighTs
Drake Hotel Underground (1150 Queen West), Tuesday and Wednesday (November 22 and 23) Collaborative conceptual pop project.
hey RoseTTa!, The jezebels, ivan & alyosha
The RuRal albeRTa aDvanTage, PaRlovR, The PainT MoveMenT
Still Black, Still Proud An African Tribute to James Brown
Featuring Pee Wee Ellis, Maceo Parker, and Cheikh Lô
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The lyRes, bRaDleyboy Mac aRThuR, The bon
Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Wednesday (November 23) Anthemic Newfoundland indie pop.
The kooks, The PosTelles
The DaRcys, aMos The TRansPaRenT, gRounDeRs, kanDle
Sound Academy (11 Polson), Tuesday (November 23) Britpop torchbearers.
M83, acTive chilD
Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Friday (November 18) Ethereal electronic dream pop.
MaTThew baRbeR, louise buRns
Music Gallery (197 John), Friday (November 18) Local singer/songwriter hero.
D-sisive
Rivoli (332 Queen West), Friday (November 18) Toronto rapper releases new disc.
uMa noTa FesTival oF TRoPical uRban exPRession
Chava Alberstein and Maryem Tollar Saturday, December 3, 2011 8pm Koerner Hall “The most important female folk singer in Israel history,” (Yedioth Ahronoth), Chava Alberstein shares the stage with Egyptian-Canadian vocalist Maryem Tollar, the voice of the theme song for Little Mosque on the Prairie.
Various venues, Friday to Sunday (November 18 to 20) w/ Boogat, Samba Elégua, Luanda Jones, Maracatu Mar Aberto and many more Tropical funk and soul festival.
youTh lagoon, young Magic, beeF TeRMinal
The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Saturday (November 19) See preview, page 53. Hip-Hop
Watch the Throne Kanye West and Jay-Z’s Throne collaboration was easily one of the most eagerly anticipated albums of the year, and there might actually be more buzz for the tour itself. Early reviews paint a picture of a marathon show packed with huge hits from both rappers’ catalogues and the kind of visual extravaganza that only someone as nuts as Kanye would blow the budget on. Air Canada Centre (40 Bay), Wednesday and Thursday (November 23 and 24), 7:30 pm. $59.50-$347.50. TM.
Just announced
Spanish Harlem Orchestra: A Salsa Christmas
sunPaRlouR PlayeRs
Friday, December 9, 2011 8pm Koerner Hall The classic sounds of New York City salsa by the Grammywinning 13-member all-star ensemble directed by Oscar Hernández. “[As] thrilling as riding a horse that suddenly breaks into a gallop.” (Los Angeles Times)
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The Great Hall doors 9 pm, $13.50. RT, SS, TW. December 10.
ToRonTo syMPhony oRchesTRa, DaRRen DunsTan, cawThRa PaRk chaMbeR choiR
The Twelve Days Of Christmas Roy Thomson Hall 3 pm, $16.50-$65. RTH. December 11.
ToRonTo syMPhony oRchesTRa Handel’s Mes-
siah Roy Thomson Hall 8 pm, $38-$107. RTH. December 14, 16, 17, 18 and 19.
jaMes chance, ell v goRe, sliM Twig Silver
Dollar $9. RT, SS. December 16.
liDo PiMienTa, Dj linTeRna & ullaDaT, Dj javieR esTRaDa, sonoRa longoRia, sTeve waRD anD oTheRs Asalto Navideño Reimagined: A Christmas Concert Music Gallery doors 7 pm, $25-$30. RT, SS, TW. December 16.
ali shaheeD MuhaMMaD Cheval 12:30 am, $20. December 17.
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The new Deal Farewell Show Opera House doors 9 pm, $20-$55. December 17. abanDon all shiPs Virgin Mobile Mod Club doors 7 pm, all ages, $16.50. PDR, RT, SS, TW. December 18.
ToRonTo syMPhony oRchesTRa, canaDian bRass, eTobicoke school oF The aRTs choRus Christmas With The
Canadian Brass Roy Thomson Hall 8 pm, $29-$109. RTH. Decenber 20 and 21. sTeve aoki Guvernment. December 31.
The saDies, Daniel RoMano Horseshoe doors 8:30
pm, $25. HS, RT, SS, TM. December 31.
buRaka soM sisTeMa
Virgin Mobile Mod Club doors 10 pm, $10. PDR, RT, SS, TW. January 13.
casey jones & DeaTh
beFoRe DishonoR Hard Luck Bar doors 6 pm, all ages, $13.50. RT, SS. January 15.
jj gRey & MoFRo Horseshoe doors 8 pm, $15.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. January 22.
in FlaMes, TReviuM, veil oF Maya, kying
Sound Academy doors 6:30 pm, alla ges, $tba. RT, TM. February 14.
shaRon van eTTen, sheaRwaTeR Lee’s Palace
doors 8 pm, $15.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. February 21. big TiMe Rush Air Canada Centre $tba. TM. February 26.
chilDRen oF boDoM, eluveiTie, ThReaT signal, RevocaTion Sound Academy. February 26.
banD oF skulls, we aRe augusTines Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8 pm, $17.50. RT, SS, TW. March 30. naDa suRF Opera House doors 9 pm, $16.50. HS, RT, SS, TD, TM. April 4.
il Divo & oRchesTRa Air Canada Centre. May 19.
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Music listings appear by day, then by genre, then alphabetically by venue. Event names are in italics. See Venue Index, page 60, for venue addresses and phone numbers.
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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.
Thursday, November 17 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul
AlleycAtz Soular (R&B/soul/funk). BoAt Suzy Wilde & the Treasures doors 9 pm. Bovine Sex cluB The River of Ghosts, Raised Emotionally Dead, Battle Soul, DJ Cactus.
cAdillAc lounge Shattervox. clinton’S Jeff Buckley Tribute. dominion on Queen Usual Suspects, Car-
dinal Chase 8 pm.
drAke Hotel lounge Weekend Startup Boot Knives (rock) doors 11 pm.
el mocAmBo upStAirS Hope For Hope Benefit
Concert to purchase a wheelchair for a fiveyear old Jamaican orphan Colin Response, Dean Lauderdale, Milan Boronell, Cullen Live, Arctic Parc doors 8:30 pm. tHe gArriSon Record release The Get By. glAdStone Hotel melody BAr Thomas & Gay 10 pm. HArd rock cAfe Fire In The Sky Aboriginal Music Showcase Leanne Goose, the Johnnys, Gabriel Ayala, Bruthers of Different Muthers, David R Maracle, Thomas Clair 9 pm. HemingwAyS Jan Albert (rock/country) 9 pm. Holy oAk cAfe Mike Evin (pop) 7 pm, Hunting Horns (rock) 10 pm. HorSeSHoe The Diodes, Dentata, the Dildoniks doors 8:30 pm. lee’S pAlAce Professor, Lad Classic, Laganza, New Ghost. operA HouSe NuJazz Festival Troy ‘Trombone Shorty’ Andrews, Heavyweights Brass Band (supafunkrock) doors 9 pm. pHoenix concert tHeAtre The Rural Alberta Advantage, Parlovr, the Paint Movement (indie folk) doors 8 pm, all ages. tHe piSton The Elwins, the Old Crowns 9 pm. preSS cluB The Polymorphines, Dany Laj & the Looks, Street Cats & the Evil Eyes 10 pm. rAncHo relAxo Movember fundraiser Down by the Riverside, Purple Hill, the Motherlode, Prosimii (punk rock). rivoli Aboriginal Manitoba Showcase Lorenzo, Vince Fontaine, Eagle & Hawk, Cassidy Mann, Ali Fontaine 9 pm.
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Silver dollAr Red Nightfall, Crowns for Con-
upper JAzz Studio Small Jazz Ensembles 7:30
tHe SiSter Daiva Paskauska. SoutHSide JoHnny’S Skip Tracer (rock/top 40)
Dance MuSic/DJ/lounge
SupermArket CD release Erin Hunt (soul)
BlondieS No Rule!! (underground rock & roll
voy, the Diction doors 9 pm.
9:30 pm.
doors 9 pm.
tHe wilSon 96 Jeff Eager (roots/rock) 9 pm.
Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRlD
ASpettA cAffe Open Mic Nite 7 pm. Blue moon Firedance (drum and dance circle)
8 pm.
cAmeron HouSe Fedora Upside Down 10 pm. cAStro’S lounge Jerry Leger & the Situation (country/folk/rock) 9 pm.
tHe dAnny Acoustic Open Stage Sebastian Agnello (eclectic) 9:30 pm.
dAve’S... on St clAir Uncle Herb’s Open Mic (country/folk/blues/rock) 9:30 pm.
emmet rAy BAr Ken Yoshioka (blues) 9 pm. glAdStone Hotel BAllroom Muddy York
Mashup Anne Lederman, Ian Bell, Jeff Bird, Pat O’Gorman and others doors 7:30 pm. grAffiti’S Andrew Hickey 5 to 7 pm, Ben & Gary’s Ice Cream Band (eclectic singer/songwriters) 8 pm. HArt HouSe ArBor room U of T Idol Dave Clark & the Woodshed Orchestra 8 pm. HugH’S room Dar Williams 8:30 pm. tHe locAl Scotty Mack Band 9 pm. lulA lounge Tio Chorinho w/ Luanda Jones (Brazilian choro music). revivAl NuJazz Festival Toubab Krewe, lightsweetcrude, DJ Medicineman (world) doors 9 pm. trAnzAc SoutHern croSS Bluegrass Thursdays Houndstooth (bluegrass/old-time) 7:30 pm, The Slocan Ramblers 9:30 pm.
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cHerry Street reStAurAnt Thursday Night Jazz Robi Botos Trio 7:30 pm.
cool runningS reStAurAnt Norman Marshall Villeneuve’s Jazz Message Trio 8 pm.
edo Tony Quarrington, Dave Field & Joel Diamond (jazz) 7:30 pm.
edwArd JoHnSon Building wAlter HAll
Thursdays At Noon: Opera A Casa Andrea Grant & Mia Bach, Jeffrey McFadden noon to 1 pm.
four SeASonS centre for tHe performing ArtS ricHArd BrAdSHAw AmpHitHeAtre
What To Do ‘Til The Power Comes On TorQ Percussion Quartet noon to 1 pm. gAte 403 Justine Campbell Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm, String Theory Collective 9 pm. HABitS gAStropuB Jazz Duos 7 to 10 pm. HArlem underground Carl Bray (jazz) 8 pm. JAne mAllett tHeAtre The Gryphon Trio 8 pm. metropolitAn united cHurcH Noon At Met Mark Toews (organ) 12:15 to 12:45 pm. old mill inn Home SmitH BAr John Sherwood (solo piano). repoSAdo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex Kevin Quain 6:30 pm, Mike Murley 7 9:30 pm. roy tHomSon HAll Lang Lang Plays Beethoven 2 Toronto Symphony Orchestra 8 pm. SomewHere tHere Studio Aaron Lumley, Kyle Brenders 8 pm. trAne Studio The Singer’s Den Al St Louis 8 pm. trAnzAc mAin HAll YVR & YYZ Aeroplane Trio, Stop Time, Carsick 9 pm.
fri 2 dec 8 pm, TIFF Bell Lightbox Mike Stevens documentary premiere
awalkinmydream
sat 3 dec 8:30 pm, Hugh's Room
nominee showcase
sun 4 dec 1pm, Alumni Hall, Victoria College
AFTERNOONWORKSHOPS
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Alice fAzooli’S SQuAre one DJ Other Brother Darryl (rocksteady/hip-hop/funk) 7 pm.
past and present) 10 pm. coBrA lounge Manuel De La Mare, Manzone & Strong, Jed Harper. drAke Hotel underground 100% Silk Dance Party: Toronto Edition LA Vampires, Ital, Octo Octa, Magic Touch, Innergaze, Hvywtr and others 9 pm. 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). lolABAr DJ Mr Stylus (hip-hop/funk/soul/ R&B). tHe oSSington Cellar Door Justin R. pArtS & lABour Bangers & Thrash DJs Scoeb City & Chris Woodford 10 pm. SHAllow groove New Country Thursdays DJ Jonathan Demers 8 pm. velvet underground Dance For The Decades: The Only Human Dance Collective 7 pm. velvet underground DJ Ozaze (industrial/ goth) 11:30 pm.
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Friday, November 18 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul
AlleycAtz Ascencion (R&B/soul/funk). ASpettA cAffe David Thiessen, Dream Awake, My Friends Big Heads 7 pm to midnight.
BAr itAliA upStAirS Shugga (funk/soul/R&B/ top 40) 9:30 pm.
BlAck SwAn Normal for Once, Jennifer LFO,
Johnny Trash 9 pm. Bovine Sex cluB Snake & Crane, Metsu, Auto Portrait, DJ Vania. cAdillAc lounge The Wayward Angels w/ Jack Connoly. dAkotA tAvern Cam Penner. dAve’S... on St clAir Patrick Noonan (rock/ pop) 9:30 pm. el mocAmBo The Cautioneers, the Best Friends, Wolves, Cai.ro 9 pm. eton HouSe Playback (R&R dance) 9 pm. tHe gArriSon Wavelength #529: LOVEL(IN)ESS The My Bloody Valentine Party Mean Red Spiders, 122 Greige, Flowers of Hell 9 pm. grAffiti’S Rockin For Sick Kids Hospital Paul Martin (classic covers) 5 to 7 pm. grAffiti’S Bill Wood & the Woodies 8 pm. HArd luck BAr Unexpect, Hallows Die, Legions, Into Exile. HArlem Saint Peter Miller (soul) 7:30 pm. HemingwAyS Jan Albert (rock/country/blues/ jazz) 10 pm. Holy oAk cAfe Parks & Rec (pop) 10 pm. HorSeSHoe CD release The Darcys, Amos the Transparent, Grounders, Kandle doors 9 pm. See preview, page 52. lee’S pAlAce M83, Active Child doors 9 pm. muSic gAllery Matthew Barber & Louise Burns. pHoenix concert tHeAtre Elliott Brood, One Hundred Dollars doors 9 pm.
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THE DARCYS pop/rock
Losing a lead singer can’t keep a good band down
By RICHARD TRAPUNSKI
Seated in a row at their merch table, the four members look exhausted after the long drive to the Maritimes. But as they greet their fans, something else creeps into their expressions: relief. After all, the table is stocked with vinyl copies of their self-titled Arts & Crafts debut album – officially their second LP but, according to them, their “first as far as we’re concerned.” They’re sharing it for the first time with the city where they started working on it way back in 2008 as students
at Dalhousie University. Although their band name hasn’t changed, the version of the Darcys that pulled into Halifax just prior to the Pop Explosion showcase (with me riding in the back seat of their van) isn’t exactly the one that once called the city home. “When we first got together, we were just a few dudes who played instruments,” recounts bassist Dave Hurlow. “Now this is what we live for. We all really want to be here, and there’s nothing in the world we’d
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The DaRcyS with amoS The TRanS paRenT, gRounDeRS and kanDle at the Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Friday (November 18). $8-$10. RT, SS.
I’m in Halifax with the Darcys, watching their Pop Explosion showcase. The sound is spotty, and due in part to the out-of-the-way north-end venue there isn’t a huge audience. But by the time the Toronto band finish their set, an enthusiastic crowd is swarming around them.
rather be doing.” That’s the kind of resolute statement you sometimes hear from bands who’ve gone through a lot, which the Darcys have. Considering the ordeal they went through trying to get the record out, it’s a wonder they’re still kicking. In March 2010, their original lead singer, Kirby Best, abruptly left the band, leaving the already-in-can album unsuitable for release. Instead of breaking up, the remaining members regrouped as a fourpiece, re-recorded the songs, honed their live chops and eventually found a home on Canada’s biggest indie label. With help from a crowded pedal setup that resembles the exploded contents of a guitar store, they’re adeptly translating the album’s complex, multi-faceted art rock to a live setting. Jason Couse, once relegated to backup vocals, has assumed the frontman role, adding his passionate singing to a set of responsibilities that also include guitar and keyboard duties. “I feel like the story of this record has become ‘Band continues after loss of singer,’” says drummer Wes Mar skell a little later from behind the wheel of the tour van. “It’s kind of frustrating, because we’re way beyond that now, but everyone else is just catching up to the fact that he left.” After stalling for so long with their self-titled album, they’re making up for lost time and already planning the next two. The first, a conceptual curveball, is planned for release in January, while the second “official” LP is already being demoed. Both will come out on Arts & Crafts within the next year. “In a way, we had to get this record out to move beyond it,” says Marskell. “If instead we had all quit being in a rock band and got full-time jobs, I think we’d look back on a record that was 85 per cent finished and obsess over the fact that we’d just left it there.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com
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danCe musiC/dJ/lounge
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glaDSTone hoTel meloDy BaR The Key
Rancho Relaxo Movember Benefit Jeff
Geady, Dream Jefferson, Santa with Muscles, Smugshot, the Damn Wolovicks and others. Revival Hip-Hop Karaoke: Round 58 Abdominal & More or Les, DJ Numeric, Ted Dancin’ doors 10 pm. Rivoli Album release D-Sisive 9 pm.
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Rockpile Last Bullet. SilveR DollaR Battrie, Barabarosa, Swedish
Fish, the Castros, Northern Drawl (indie rock) doors 8:30 pm. The SiSTeR Milk Run, Tres Bien Ensemble, Cowlick. Slack’S CD release Kris & Dee.
Sony cenTRe foR The peRfoRming aRTS
Puscifer, Carina Round (music meets comedy troupe) 8 pm. SouThSiDe Johnny’S Pop Cherry (Stonesy rock) 10 pm. TRanzac Ryan Driver Quartet (indie) 10 pm.
Folk/Blues/Country/World
caDillac lounge Back paTio Ancient Chinese Secret (instrumental) 7:30 pm.
cameRon houSe David Celia (folk/rock) 6 pm, Kayla Howran 10 pm.
gaTe 403 Patrick Tevlin’s New Orleans Rhythm
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Lewis Jazz Orchestra 9 pm. olD mill inn Lara Solnicki, Mark Kieswetter, Jim Vivian 7:30 pm. QuoTeS Fridays At Five Brian O’Kane 5 to 8 pm. Rex Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm, Don Scott Trio 6:30 pm. SomewheRe TheRe STuDio Leftover Daylight Series Allison Cameron, Germaine Liu, Nicole Rampersaud and others 8 pm. TRane STuDio The Ryan Oliver Trio w/ Victor Lewis (contemporary jazz) 8:30 pm. TRanzac SouTheRn cRoSS The Foolish Things (jazz) 5 pm, YVR & YYZ Inhabitants, Steve Ward & Drumheller 7:30 pm. waTeRfallS NuJazz Festival: CD release Mike Field Jazz Quintet, the Jessica Stuart Few & Lord Bubba’s NuJazz Project 9 pm, Jim Heineman Trio (jazz) 6:30 pm.
Frames (roots rock) 9 pm. gRoSSman’S Gregg Stafford (traditional New Orleans jazz) 8 pm. hugh’S Room Stan Rogers Tribute Fred Jorgensen, Laura Smith, Ariel Rogers, Rick Taylor & Tannis Slimmon, Arthur O’Brien 8:30 pm. konRaD lounge Ken Yoshioka (blues) 8 pm. The local Morgan Davis (blues). pReSS cluB This Is a Parade (folk) 10 pm. RepoSaDo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). Rex Jake Chisholm (blues) 9:45 pm.
Dave’S... on ST claiR Happy Hour Jazz Chickenwave TheaTRe The Songbook 6 Art of Time
Ensemble, Steven Page 8 pm. fleck Dance TheaTRe HANA Nagata Shachu (taiko drums) 8 pm. The flying BeaveR puBaReT David Gale & Randy Vancourt (cabaret) 8 pm. fuzion Fridays At Fuzion Melissa Lauren & Ken Lindsay 6 to 9 pm. gaTe 403 James Brown Jazz Duo 5 to 8 pm. glenn goulD STuDio Gems Old And New Sinfonia Toronto, Ratimir Martinovic, Jeff Reilly 8 pm. gRoSSman’S Heavyweights Brass Band (jazz/funk) 11 pm.
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Bradley, the Goons, Mattyson (funky/tech house). caSTRo’S lounge DJ ‘I Hate You’ Rob (soul/ funk/R&B/punk rock/rockabilly) 10 pm. clinTon’S Girl & Boy Dance Party. DRake hoTel unDeRgRounD Edumacation DJ Fase (hip-hop) doors 11 pm. DRake hoTel lounge DJ Dougie Boom doors 10 pm. fly Ax-A-Gogo DJ Alex 10 pm.5 fooTwoRk Luv This City Jelo (house/techno) doors 10 pm.
foReSTview chineSe ReSTauRanT Happy Endings 9 Chrissy Murderbot, Pho ñ 10 pm. gooDhanDy’S Amplify DJs Jeff Breen, Red Lion, D-Syfa, Baghead doors 10 pm.5 hoT Box cafe Big Spliff Joda C, Mike S (roots/ reggae/rocksteady/dub/early dancehall) 7 pm. inSomnia Funkn’ Fresh Fridays Splattermonkey, Skank Honto (house/breaks). lula lounge Salsa Dance Party Friday Of Gozadera DJ Gio (cumbia/vallenato/pasodoble/ porros). naco galleRy cafe Sheroes #4 DJ Noloves (Madonna tribute) 9 pm. nocTuRne DJ Senking, Reptilicus, Runar Magnússon, Orphx, DJs Heiki & Huren 9 pm. The oSSingTon Sweat Pants DJ Coolin. paRTS & laBouR White Girl DJs Pat McGuire, Josh McIntyre & Ghetto Gold Matt (hip-hop) 10 pm. The piSTon Soulskank (soul/funk/dancehall/ ska) 10 pm. The Savoy DJ JRyDee (hip-hop) 10 pm. Shallow gRoove House & Old School. Smiling BuDDha Seven Inch Samurai: DJ Competition/Dance Party (7 DJs, 7 songs each, on 7-inch records) 10:30 pm. SupeRmaRkeT Course Of Time Members Only, Mr Charlton, Derek Blaise, Tudor B2B Goldngrams 10 pm. velveT unDeRgRounD DJ Bingo Bob 10 pm. vogue SuppeR cluB Pure Pleasure: The Scorpio Experience Rych Kidd, DJ Starven Marvin, DJ Dun, Smartiez, DJ Pnutt.
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Trevor Powers is a 22-year-old musician from Boise, Idaho, who goes by the name Youth Lagoon. His debut album, The Year Of Hibernation (Fat Possum), is a bedroom pop record with wide sonic parameters and intimate vocals. We caught up with Powers ahead of his Saturday (November 19) show at the Garrison (1197 Dundas West) to discuss where Hibernation is taking him.
Q&A
You recorded this record on Christmas break while you were in college. Since you’re on the road, can I assume you’re not in school any more? I’m done with it. I’d always wanted to do music but I wasn’t sure how it was going to happen. As soon as this door opened, I couldn’t see myself going back to college. It did me some good and I grew from it, but my passion is music. The record deals with loss and anxiety. Is it tough to bring that to the stage every night? It can be. Playing live takes me back to the time when I first wrote the songs. It’s almost like time travel. It’s kind of weird to close my eyes and go back to a different moment and then open them and there’s a crowd in front of me. Is it weird having critics examine these personal aspects of the record? That’s been the biggest adjustment: going from music being something I do for myself to having people critiquing and judging it. The most important thing is not to get caught up in that, because when it comes time to write more music, [the critiques] will be on your mind. Music needs to come from a place that’s meaningJason Keller ful to you.
YouTh Lagoon
November 25 – 27
Kenneth Welsh in The Gospel According to Mark & Stand Up Shakespeare
Rebecca Davey, Ins Choi & Kristofer Van Soelen in The KJV: The Bible Show
A 400 th anniversary celebration of the King James Bible and the works of Shakespeare! Visit youngcentre.ca for full performance listing. Tickets* $20 in advance, $25 day of, Student $15. Festival Packages available The National Theatre of the World in Impromptu Splendor
Resident Artist Program supported by:
Raoul Bhaneja in Hamlet (solo)
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Woo’s Lounge Heart Of The City DJs J-Class, Kariz doors at 10:30 pm.
Saturday, November 19 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul
ALLeycAtz Uptown Band (R&B/soul/funk). Bovine sex cLuB Teenage X, Brothers of Brazil, Von Drats, DJ Sir Ian Blurton. to 7 pm.
Tizzard (rock) 8 pm. eton House Silmaril (70s rock) 9 pm. tHe gArrison Youth Lagoon, Young Magic, Beef Terminal doors 9 pm. See preview, page 53. grAffiti’s The Screwed (rock) 4 to 7 pm. HemingWAys Jan Albert (rock/blues) 10 pm. HorsesHoe The Lyres, the Bon, Bradleyboy Mac Arthur 9 pm. See Bradleyboy Mac Arthur preview, page 49. kooL HAus Mavado, Fire Kid Steenie, Blax Dun Da Place, Boodoo. Lee’s PALAce Do Mar, Nubian Kings, Riots & Revelry, Moorelands Project (rock). oPerA House The Boxer Rebellion, Canon Blue (alt rock) doors 9 pm. PHoenix concert tHeAtre NuJazz Festival Breakestra w/ Afrodyete, Krafty Kuts, Stickybuds doors 9 pm. rAncHo reLAxo My Friends Big Heads, Shoot the Stork, Broken Bricks. rex Brunch Matinee Danny Marks (pop) noon, Justin Bacchus (funk/soul/R&B) 7 pm. rivoLi Secret Broadcast, Shoot the Image, ATTAGIRL, Saidah Talibah 9 pm. rockPiLe Crued (Mötley Crüe tribute).
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writers Sing And Tell (pop) 8 pm. siLver DoLLAr EP release The Mercy Now, Catl, the Mad Ones, Pkew Pkew Pkew (Gunshots) doors 9 pm.
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cADiLLAc Lounge Mary & Micky (country)
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eDWArD JoHnson BuiLDing WALter HALL Per-
cussion Master Class Michael Burritt 10 am to noon. enWAve tHeAtre The Songbook 6 Art of Time Ensemble, Steven Page 8 pm. fLeck DAnce tHeAtre HANA Nagata Shachu (taiko drums) 8 pm. tHe fLying BeAver PuBAret David Gale & Randy Vancourt (cabaret) 8 pm. gAte 403 Sandy Blakeley Trio noon to 3 pm. HArLem Gibbran (jazz/soul/blues/funk/ reggae/R&B) 7:30 pm. HArLem unDergrounD Carl Bray (jazz) 8 pm. kingston rD uniteD cHurcH Beyond Venice Bud Roach, Sara-Anne Churchill (sacred and secular music for three voices & instruments from the early 17th century) 3 pm. music gALLery Improvisations And Alternatives Array Ensemble 8 pm. oLD miLL inn Jazz Masters Brigham Phillips Trio 7:30 pm. roy tHomson HALL Lang Lang Plays Beethoven 5 Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Lang Lang (piano) 8 pm. someWHere tHere stuDio Kyle Brenders Quartet (experimental/jazz) 8 pm. trAnzAc mAin HALL CD release Canaille, I Am Robot & Proud doors 8 pm. trinity st. PAuL’s cHurcH Rising Sun: United For East Africa & Japan Benefit Yakudo, Sacred Arts & Music Alliance, Njacko Backo 7 pm. FviLLAge of yorkviLLe PArk Holiday Magic Molly Johnson (jazz/blues) 5 to 6 pm.
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suPermarkeT Do Right Saturdays! DJ John
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Dj Dickie in the Loft’ BEATSMODE
CadillaC lounge Tia Brazda & her Madmen
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Garland Jefferies Roy Ayers Korpikani Digitalism Lana Del Ray
PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul
asPeTTa Caffe Strange Specimens’ (indie) 3 to 5 pm.
9 pm.
CasTro’s lounge Tom Parker 4 to 7 pm. Cherry Cola’s roCk n’ rolla The Digs (funk)
9:30 pm.
ClinTon’s Home & Native Sound Series Days of Grace, Maybe Refuge, the Bloody Five, the Broadys doors 7:30 pm. dave’s... on sT Clair John Campbell (soul/ pop/rock) 6 pm. drake hoTel underground Live album recording Big Rude Jake doors 8 pm. graffiTi’s Michael Brennan 4 to 7 pm. lambadina The Known Unknown Tre Mission & KJ, Jay Ohshawn, Logik Dat Lad, Parlay, Brandon Brown. TranzaC souThern Cross AVH (indie pop) 7:30 pm, Nick Storring, Bemnet & Thom Gill (indie pop) 10 pm. The wilson 96 Beefknuckle Sunday Supper Show 6 to 9 pm.
Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld
CadillaC lounge Scotty Campbell & his Wardenairs.
THE OSSINGTON Thurs 17 Cellar Door
pm, Kevin Quain & the Mad Bastards 9 pm.
Cloak & dagger Pub Alex Bien 9 pm. duffy’s Tavern Ken Yoshioka (blues) 9:30 pm. ePiC lounge Iya Ire (Afro-Cuban drum & dance) 5 to 8 pm.
gladsTone hoTel melody bar Sunday
Family Acoustic Brunch (bluegrass) 9 am-2 pm. gladsTone hoTel melody bar CD release Tim Bastmeyer (solo blues) 7 to 10 pm. grossman’s Blues Jam Brian Cober 9:30 pm. hugh’s room CD release The Foggy Hogtown Boys & Ivan Rosenberg (bluegrass) 8:30 pm. The loCal Deer River 5 pm, Gord Zubrecki Band 10 pm. lula lounge Uma Nota Festival Of Tropical Urban Expression Community Cultural Fair Luanda Jones, Maria Bonita & the Band, Maracatu Mar Aberto, DJ David Dacks 3 to 11 pm. lula lounge Sunday Family Salsa Brunch. noT my dog Laura Repo (country). Press Club Staggy Townsend (country rock) 10 pm. rebas Café Ken Yoshioka & James Thomson (blues) 1 pm, Isabelle Fryszberg (old-time) 1 to 4 pm. rex Dr Nick (blues) 3:30 pm, Victor Lewis & Ryan Oliver 9:45 pm. souThside Johnny’s Jam Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix Band 9:30 pm. suPermarkeT Freefall Sundays Open Mic/Jam 8 pm.
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The oddball local record label (sorry, we meant “recording club”) hosts its monthly showcase tonight (Thursday, November 17) at the recently renovated Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar. Performing this week: experimental smooth jazz guitar virtuoso T H O M A S and jangly guitar-pop band Gay. Free.
hoT box Cafe Jazz 7 pm. markham TheaTre for The Performing arTs International Guitar Night: The Best In
World Guitar Brian Gore, Adrian Legg, Lulo Reinhardt, Marco Pereira 8 pm. oPTiCianado Arnold Faber (jazz vibraphone) 1 to 4 pm. rex Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon, Ugly Beauties & Marilyn Lerner 7 pm. somewhere There sTudio Jack Vorvis, Alan Bloor 5 pm, Monthly Rent Party: November Night Of Songs Alex Lukashevsky, Thom Gill, Marcel Aucoin, Ronley Teper 8 pm. sT olave’s angliCan ChurCh Traces Of A Silent Landscape Windermere String Quartet 3 pm. ToronTo CenTre for The arTs JPEC Concert Series Lionel Loueke Trio, Darren Sigesmund Strands Sextet (jazz) 7:30 pm. TranzaC souThern Cross Composers’ Workshop 2 pm, Monk’s Music (jazz) 5 pm. virgin mobile mod Club NuJazz Festival Closing Party Roy Ayers, Ian Kamau, Bab Bad Not Good, DJ John Kong doors 8 pm.
bovine sex Club School For Band Aids DJ Candy-O.
Wed 24 hUmblemania XXXi
CasTro’s lounge Watch This Sound DJ Greg
The legend continues-screening, live performance, vinyl...
(old school soul/reggae/dub/ska/rock-steady) 9 pm. dominion on Queen Rockabilly Brunch 11 am to 3 pm. graffiTi’s Blackmetal Brunch DJ Murder Mike (black metal) 11 am to 5 pm. insomnia Sunday Mass DJ TvT (old school hiphop/disco/funk). The ossingTon Unlimited Sundays. velveT underground DJ Hanna (retro 80s) 10 pm.
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Monday, November 21 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul
boaT The Details, Kalle Mattson. CasTro’s lounge Cosmotones (rockabilly) 9 pm.
drake hoTel underground Elvis Monday doors 9 pm.
drake hoTel lounge Ride the Tiger (60s & 70s soul/Motown/stax/R&B) doors 10 pm. harlem Open Jam Night Carolyn T (R&B/ soul/jazz/Motown/Latin) 8 pm. harlem underground Daniel Gagnon (pop/ folk/rock) 8 pm. horseshoe Shoeless Monday Bonwit Teller, Rye & Silence, the Pick Brothers Band 9 pm. Press Club Domestic Bliss Mondays Alco Beat, JCR, Great Aunt Ida (roots rock) 10 pm. The wilson 96 Jeff Beadle (roots/alt country) 9 pm.
Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld
Cameron house Rucksack Willies 6 pm, David Baxter Band 10 pm.
Cloak & dagger Pub Alun Pigguns (folk/pop) 9 pm.
dave’s... on sT Clair Improv Monday Series Bob Vespaziani (blues/rock) 8 pm.
graffiTi’s Kevin Quain’s Gutbucket Lounge 6
to 9 pm.
highway 61 souThern barbeQue Chris Chambers (blues) 7 pm.
hugh’s room The Heartland Levy: Tom Petty Tribute Scott Driscoll, No Regrets and others 8:30 pm. The loCal Hamstrung String Band. TranzaC souThern Cross Open Mic 10 pm.
Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental
CadillaC lounge Juliannes Jazz Jam Richard
Underhill.
CenTre for The arTs gallery TheaTre A Little Night Music: Early 20th-Century Modernism: Debussy Violin Sonata Kerry Stratton (lecture/ performance) 7:30 pm. emmeT ray bar Dan Fortin Quartet, David French, Michael Davidson & Fabio Ragnelli 9 pm. gaTe 403 Jeffrey Hewer Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm, PRAM Trio (jazz) 9 pm. rex U of T Student Jazz Ensembles 6:30 pm, John Cheesman Jazz Orchestra 9:30 pm. TranzaC souThern Cross This Is Awesome (jazz) 7 pm.
dance muSic/dJ/lounge
bovine sex Club Greg Rekus, Dennis Clark, Eric Jorgensen.
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insomnia DJs Topher, Oranj (rock). the ossinGton Ice & Yo (spooky styles). the Piston Junk Shop DJs Tweed & Jeeks (preto post-punk/new wave/garage/indie) 10 pm. rePosado Mezcal Mondays DJ Ellis Dean.
Tuesday, November 22 POP/ROCK/HiP-HOP/SOuL
air Canada Centre Judas Priest, Black Label Society, Thin Lizzy doors 5:30 pm. ñ Bovine sex CluB Judas Priest After Party Lady Starlight, Aggressor, Conflicted.
CadillaC lounGe Rolling Stones DVD & CD
release party.
Cameron house Friendly Rich 10 pm. drake hotel underGround CD release Neverending White Lights doors 8 pm. ñ GraFFiti’s Max Marshall 5 to 7 pm, Tumultu-
ous Tuesday Marcus Walker (pop/rock/acoustic) 7 to 10 pm. harlem underGround John Campbell (soul/ jazz/pop/R&B) 8:30 pm. holy oak CaFe Stephen Foster & Luke Kuplowsky (pop) 9 pm. horseshoe Nu Music Nite Left Foot Yellow, Die by Remote, the Light Brights, Street Phar-
macy, Today I Caught The Plague 8:30 pm. the Piston Dead Tuesdays Shred Kelly 9 pm. sneaky dee’s Ten Second Epic, Acres of Lions doors 7 pm, all ages. suPermarket Manitoba Music Showcase Greg MacPherson, Les Jupes, the Details, Tom Keenan 8 pm. tranzaC southern Cross Rebecca Hennessey’s RJH Project 10 pm.
FOLK/BLuES/COunTRY/WORLD
annex WreCkroom Drummers In Exile (free-
style drum and dance circle) 8:30 pm. Cameron house Whitney Rose (country) 6 pm. Castro’s lounGe Quiet Revolutions Acoustic Jam blueVenus 10 pm. Cloak & daGGer PuB Slocan Ramblers (bluegrass) 10 pm. dave’s... on st Clair Classical Revolution Music Jam 8 pm. drake hotel lounGe Memphis Tuesday The Treasures (country/bluegrass) doors 10 pm. Gate 403 Blues Night Julian Fauth (barrelhouse) 9 pm. hot Box CaFe Hot Box Unplugged: Acoustic Open Mic 7 pm. huGh’s room CD release The Navigators 8:30 pm. the loCal Jordan Faye, Grady Kelnick. lula lounGe Lonesome Heroes Concert Series Charles Tilden, Erin Costelo, Jadea Kelly, Terra Lightfoot. monarChs PuB Acoustic Tuesday Tia McGraff.
naCo Gallery CaFe Story & Song Night 8 pm. Press CluB Open Jam 10 pm.
JAzz/CLASSiCAL/ExPERiMEnTAL
dominion on queen Hot Club Of Corktown Django Jam Wayne Nakamura 8:30 pm.
edWard Johnson BuildinG Walter hall
Performance Class For Singers noon to 1 pm, U of T Student Composers 7:30 pm.
Four seasons Centre For the PerForminG arts riChard BradshaW amPhitheatre
Atmospheres Ricker Choi (piano) noon to 1 pm. Gate 403 Frederic Pauze Jazz Trio 5 to 8 pm. reservoir lounGe Beverly Taft & Her Swell Fellas 7 to 9 pm. rex Richard Whiteman 6:30 pm, Classic Rex Jazz Jam Terra Hazelton 9:30 pm. trane studio Chris Lesso’s Modus Factor w/ Brownman 8 pm. tranzaC southern Cross Carol Oya (jazz vocalist) 8 pm.
DAnCE MuSiC/DJ/LOunGE
andy Poolhall 24K Hip-Hop Jam DJ
ñSerious, Kaewonder, DJ Starting From Scratch, Muziklee Inzane, Big Jacks, Mensa,
DJ Ariel and others 10 pm. Clinton’s Sweatin’ To The 90s: Fundraiser for Half Pint Theatre. Goodhandy’s Ladyplus T-Girl Lust DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5 insomnia Soulful Tuesday D-Jay. rePosado Alien Radio DJ Gord C.
Wednesday, November 23 POP/ROCK/HiP-HOP/SOuL
air Canada Centre Watch The Throne Tour The Throne (Kanye West & Jay-Z) ñ 7:30 pm. BlaCk sWan Gary’s 17s Jam Sebastian Agnello, Deanna Fae Prall, Mena Hardy, Pete Otis, Brian Gladstone, the McDales and others 8 pm. Bovine sex CluB Tupper Ware Remix Party, Time Giant. CadillaC lounGe The Neil Young’uns. Clinton’s The T.O. Staches Movember Fundraiser Under the Covers. drake hotel underGround CD release Neverending White Lights doors 8 pm. emmet ray Bar Alistair Christl & the Lonely (rockabilly) 9 pm. GraFFiti’s The Matthew Bailey Band 5 to 7 pm. haBits GastroPuB Meghan Stock 7:30 pm. holy oak CaFe Nif D, Beard Closet, Castle If (pop) 10 pm. horseshoe Tim Chaison, My Favourite Tragedy, the Higher Key 9 pm. lee’s PalaCe Peter Murphy, She Wants Revenge, Hussle Club doors 8 pm. naCo Gallery CaFe Singapore 10 pm. Phoenix ConCert theatre Hey Rosetta!, the Jezebels, Ivan & Alyosha doors 8 pm. the Piston Danielle Duval 9 pm. slaCk’s This Ship. sneaky dee’s Black Skies. sound aCademy The Kooks, the Postelles doors 8 pm, all ages. tranzaC The Kilowatt Band (funk) 10 pm.
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alleyCatz The Graceful Daddies (swingin’ blues/vintage R&B) 8:30 pm. Cameron house Joshua Cockerill 6 pm, The Strumbellas (folk) 10 pm. Castro’s lounGe Smokey Folk 9 pm. Cloak & daGGer PuB Daniel Gagnon (pop/ folk) 10 pm. Four seasons Centre For the PerForminG arts riChard BradshaW amPhitheatre In
The Shadow Of The Volcano Vesuvius Ensemble (traditional music of Southern Italy) noon to 1 pm. Gate 403 James Carroll & Ken Yoshioka (country/rock) 5 to 8 pm. GraFFiti’s Kitgut Oldtime Stringband 7 to 10 pm. Grossman’s Rockin’ Blues Jam Ernest Lee & Cotton Traffic 9 pm. hiGhWay 61 southern BarBeque Sean Pinchin (folk) 7 pm. huGh’s room Jenn Grant 8:30 pm.
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the loCal Jerry Leger & the Situation, Sam
Cash.
silver dollar High Lonesome Wednesday:
Big City Bluegrass Crazy Strings doors 9 pm.
tranzaC tiki room Comhaltas Irish Slow Ses-
sion 7:30 pm. tranzaC Kyp Harness (folk/rock) 7:30 pm.
JAzz/CLASSiCAL/ExPERiMEnTAL
dominion on queen Corktown Ukulele Jam 8 pm.
edWard Johnson BuildinG Walter hall U
of T Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Orchestra 7:30 pm. Gallery 345 The Art Of The Piano Mauro Bertoli 8 pm. Gate 403 Snake Oil Johnson Ken Kawashima & Bob Vespaziani 9 pm. mezzetta David Young, Rob Piltch (jazz) 9 & 10:15 pm. naWlins Jazz Bar Jim Heineman Trio 7 pm. rex Morgan Childs Trio + 1 6:30 pm, Michael Skinner 9:30 pm. roy thomson hall Branford Marsalis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra (saxophone) 8 pm. trane studio Fred Pauze Quartet (jazz/modern jazz) 8 pm.
DAnCE MuSiC/DJ/LOunGE
hot Box CaFe Hump Day Uncut The Man (50s & 60s R&B/hip-hop/dance/pop) 7 pm. insomnia Parro (house). the ossinGton HumbleMania XXXI. rePosado Sol Wednesdays Spy vs Sly vs Spy. sneaky dee’s What’s Poppin’ (80s/90s hiphop). 3
Venue Index 187 Parliament 187 Parliament. 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. ame 19 Mercer. 416-599-7246. andy Poolhall 489 College. 416-923-5300. annex WreCkroom 794 Bathurst. 416-5360346. aquila 347 Keele. 416-761-7474. art Gallery oF ontario 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. asPetta CaFFe 207 Augusta. 416-725-0693. Bar italia 582 College. 416-535-3621. the Barn 418 Church. 416-593-9696. BlaCk sWan 154 Danforth. 416-469-0537. Blondies 1378 Queen W. Bloor street united ChurCh 300 Bloor W. 416-924-7439. Blue moon 725 Queen E. 416-463-8868. Boat 158 Augusta. 416-593-9218. Bovine sex CluB 542 Queen W. 416-5044239. CadillaC lounGe 1296 Queen W. 416-5367717. Cameron house 408 Queen W. 416-7030811. Castro’s lounGe 2116 Queen E. 416-6998272. Centre For the arts 263 Adelaide W. 647-436-2787. C’est What 67 Front E. 416-867-9499. 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. 647-4360228. CoBra lounGe 510 King W. 416-361-9004. Cool runninGs restaurant 2708 Main. dakota tavern 249 Ossington. 416-8504579. the danny 2183 Danforth. 416-686-1705. dave’s... on st Clair 730 St Clair W. 416657-3283. dominion on queen 500 Queen E. 416368-6893. drake hotel 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. duFFy’s tavern 1238 Bloor W. 416-6280330. edo 484 Eglinton W. 416-322-3033. edWard Johnson BuildinG 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. el moCamBo 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777. emmet ray Bar 924 College. 416-792-4497. enWave theatre 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. ePiC lounGe 1355 St Clair W. 416-792-9382. eton house 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. FleCk danCe theatre 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Fly 8 Gloucester. 416-410-5426. the FlyinG Beaver PuBaret 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567. FootWork 425 Adelaide W. 416-913-3488. ForestvieW Chinese restaurant 466468 Dundas W. 416-597-0319. Four seasons Centre For the Per-
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ForminG 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. 416-5199439. Gate 403 403 Roncesvalles. 416-588-2930. Gladstone hotel 1214 Queen W. 416-5314635. Glenn Gould studio 250 Front W. 416-2055555. Goodhandy’s 120 Church. 416-760-6514. GraFFiti’s 170 Baldwin. 416-506-6699. Grossman’s 379 Spadina. 416-977-7000. Grotto lounGe 647 College. haBits GastroPuB 928 College. 416-5337272. hard luCk Bar 772a Dundas W. hard roCk CaFe 279 Yonge. 416-362-3636. harlem 67 Richmond E. 416-368-1920. harlem underGround 745 Queen W. 416-366-4743. hart house 7 Hart House Circle. 416-9788849. heliConian hall 35 Hazelton. 416-9223618. heminGWays 142 Cumberland. 416-9682828. hiGhWay 61 southern BarBeque 1620 Bayview. 416-489-7427. holy oak CaFe 1241 Bloor W. 647-345-2803. horseshoe 370 Queen W. 416-598-4753. hot Box CaFe 191A Baldwin. 416-203-6990. huGh’s room 2261 Dundas W. 416-5316604. insomnia 563 Bloor W. 416-588-3907. Jane mallett theatre 27 Front E. 416-3667723. kinGston rd united ChurCh 975 Kingston. 416-699-6091. konrad lounGe 2902 Lake Shore W. kool haus 132 Queens Quay E. 416-8690045. lamBadina 875 Bloor W. 416-888-4607. lee’s PalaCe 529 Bloor W. 416-532-1598. the loCal 396 Roncesvalles. 416-535-6225. lolaBar 1173 Dundas E. lula lounGe 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307. markham theatre For the PerForminG arts 171 Town Centre Blvd (Markham). 905-305-7469. 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. 416-5854352. musiC Gallery 197 John. 416-204-1080. naCo Gallery CaFe 1665 Dundas W. 647347-6499. naWlins Jazz Bar 299 King W. 416-5951958. neu+ral 349a College. 416-926-2112. noCturne 550 Queen W. 416-504-2178. not my doG 1510 Queen W. old mill inn 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641. oPera house 735 Queen E. 416-466-0313. oPtiCianado 2919 Dundas W. 416-6042020.
the ossinGton 61 Ossington. 416-850-0161. Parts & laBour 1566 Queen W. 416-5887750. Phoenix ConCert theatre 410 Sherbourne. 416-323-1251. the Piston 937 Bloor W. 416-532-3989. Press CluB 850 Dundas W. 416-364-7183. quotes 220 King W. 416-979-7717. ranCho relaxo 300 College. 416-9200366. reBas CaFé 3289 Dundas W. 416-626-7372. the red liGht 1185 Dundas W. 416-5336667. rePosado 136 Ossington. 416-532-6474. reservoir lounGe 52 Wellington E. 416955-0887. revival 783 College. 416-535-7888. rex 194 Queen W. 416-598-2475. rivoli 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908. roCkPile 5555 Dundas W. 416-504-6699. roy thomson hall 60 Simcoe. 416-8724255. royal Canadian leGion #101 3850 Lake Shore Blvd W. 416-255-4381. royal Conservatory oF musiC 273 Bloor W. 416-408-0208. the savoy 1166 Queen W. shalloW Groove 559 College. 416-9448998. silver dollar 486 Spadina. 416-763-9139. the sister 1554 Queen W. 416-532-2570. slaCk’s 562 Church. 416-928-2151. smilinG Buddha 961 College. 416-516-2531. sneaky dee’s 431 College. 416-603-3090. someWhere there studio 227 Sterling, unit #112. sony Centre For the PerForminG arts 1 Front E. 416-872-2262. sound aCademy 11 Polson. 416-461-3625. southside Johnny’s 3653 Lake Shore W. 416-521-6302. sPortster’s 1430 Danforth. 416-778-0258. st olave’s anGliCan ChurCh 360 Windermere. 416-769-5686. suPermarket 268 Augusta. 416-840-0501. toronto Centre For the arts 5040 Yonge. 416-733-9388. toWn talk 1701 Queen E (Brampton). trane studio 964 Bathurst. 416-913-8197. tranzaC 292 Brunswick. 416-923-8137. trinity st. Paul’s ChurCh 427 Bloor W. 416-922-8435. uPPer Jazz studio 90 Wellesley W. velvet underGround 510 Queen W. 416504-6688. villaGe oF yorkville Park Cumberland and Bellair. virGin moBile mod CluB 722 College. 416-588-4663. 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. Woo’s lounGe 10 Dundas E, 4th floor. 416-977-9966. WronGBar 1279 Queen W. 416-516-8677.
disc of the week
Drake fans lined up overnight at the Queen West HMV to get the hometown superstar’s autograph Monday. See more photos at nowtoronto.com
Hip-hop
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME Lebron Flocka James 3 (Bricksquad Monopoly) Rating:
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Take Care (Young Money/Universal) Rating: NNNN Drake describes his sophomore album as a tribute to his hometown from the point of view of someone who once felt like an “outsider looking in.” Now that he’s one of the most talked-about MCs in hip-hop, period, Toronto couldn’t be more elated, and yet, an overwhelming sense of alienation and sadness dominates Take Care. It’s an idiosyncratic, aggressively self-
Pop/Rock
KELLY CLARKSON Stronger (RCA)
Rating: NNN Of all the pop stars peddling selfempowerment radio anthems these days, Kelly Clarkson is the most believable. Unlike her peers, the 29-year-old doesn’t undermine her sisterly authority by invoking gossip fodder – real or concocted – to sell records, and on her fifth album she mercifully avoids the monotonous dancepop trend in favour of a timeless pop-rock sound that occasionally flirts with the dance floor. Seven years after Since U Been Gone, Clarkson’s primary concern is still that proverbial “you” – a familiar musical foil but one that works for her. She’s good at selecting collaborators – in this case Brian Kennedy, Ester Dean, Darkchild, Greg Kurstin – to help her craft pointed, catchy songs that find joy and catharsis in sobering introspection. It’s hard to argue with her zero tolerance for bullshit and her full-throttle delivery. What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger) is about as clichéd as a mission statement can get, but it also makes for a solid pop song. Top track: You Love Me KR
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(Unfamiliar) Rating: The term “band crush” was invented for groups like RatTail. They’re not doing anything particularly groundbreaking on their self-titled debut LP, but the Toronto threepiece indie pop outfit charms with personality and charisma. On the surface, the songs are relatively straightforward, built on grungy three- or four-chord guitar progressions and sticky 111111.ai vocal hooks.Ad_Now_1-5 But by repeating parts ad 1 nauseam, the band achieves a hypnotic
conscious and occasionally sentimental album, one that falls somewhere between languid, finger-snapping R&B and hip-hop braggadocio. Drake succeeds at giving the disc a sound all its own, distilling 90s R&B, Southern rap and soul influences into a beautifully realized mix of rumbling, low-end grooves and wistful introspective songwriting. Take Care’s most thrilling moments come when the romantic, singsongy flourishes conwarmth. Plus, frontwoman Jasmyn Burke’s deep, unconventional twang has unexpected versatility and depth, veering from the singsong delivery of Gasmask to the screams and barks of Sicko. There’s something alluring about her playful eccentricity, demonstrated aptly in the gurgled “underwater part” of Go Green. The record just barely fits the time requirements for a full-length, but that won’t stop us from calling it a strong debut album. Let’s hope there’s more on the way. Top track: Sicko RICHARD TRAPUNSKI
NICKELBACK Here And Now (Universal) Rating: NN Maybe Nickelback fans are right: the rest of us hate the band because we’re jealous. While cool, critically approved bands struggle to reinvent themselves each album and keep up with the trends, Nickelback sell a bazillion records and fill stadiums by making the same record over and over. Their radio-friendly post-grunge sound hasn’t been fashionable for well over a decade, but they wear that as a badge of honour, spinning it as proof of their authenticity. In the Nickelback world, it’s a good thing that critics love to spit venom at them. To the legions of haters, the band’s continued success is a painful reminder that much of the world is happy with derivative meat-and-potatoes, hard rock songs about beer, girls, partying and more beer. For every person who uses the word “bro” as an insult, there are another four who think it’s a compliment. Here And Now reinforces all the reasons so many people hate Nickelback, but those exactly the same things that make fans pump their fists in the6:35 air. PM 11/13/11 Top track: This Means War BENJAMIN BOLES
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nect with a confrontational flow or lyric, as on slow-burner Marvin’s Room, the Weeknd-assisted closer The Ride and gospel banger Lord Knows. The prettier songs are enjoyable but tend to toe a fine line between soulfulness and schmaltz, like nearacoustic piano lament Look What You’ve Done and Chantal Kreviazuk’s uplifting piano chords on opener Over My Dead Body. Top track: The Ride KEVIN RITCHIE
RIHANNA Talk That Talk (Universal)
Rating: NNN Does Rihanna ever take a day off? Besides singing hooks on every major rapper’s single and constantly touring, she cranks out an album a year, even if that means recording in the tour bus. To her credit, Talk That Talk doesn’t come across like a rush job pumped out between sound checks and hotel check-ins. It’s actually more solid than last year’s inconsistent Loud. She’s less gloomy and dark than on her last few albums, but the horny, sexobsessed subject matter is even more dominant. She’s amped up that side of her persona so much that it’s starting to come across as camp, which works better than you’d think. The brilliantly ridiculous Bangladesh-produced Cockiness (Love It) shows what she can do when paired with a hitmaker who isn’t trying to emulate the established RiRi formula. When she’s not challenging herself in that way, she can sound a little bored, but you could argue that’s part of her ice-queen R&B appeal. Top track: Cockiness (Love It) BB
Country/Folk
LAURA REPO Get Yourself Home (inde-
pendent) Rating: NNN Like Gillian Welch, Laura Repo has a classic folk voice and gentle way of conveying weariness. Her third album focuses on
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The Hogtown Sessions (Vole-O-Tone) Rating: Toronto bluegrass band the Foggy Hogtown Boys teamed up with American dobro player Ivan Rosenberg to record The Hogtown Sessions, a collection of songs inspired by the style of bluegrass popular in the 70s. Think Flatt & Scruggs, Buzz Busby and the Stanley Brothers. Neither old-timey nor “newgrass,” the band’s fluid and robust reworkings are clever. Only after going back to the originals does it occur to you how modern they are. Opener Lost is intentionally rushed and then slowed down, while toe-tapper Reno Bound is deceptively upbeat. And I actually prefer their darker, richer version of call-and-response number Up This Hill And Down to the Osborne Brothers’ performance that inspired it. Top track: Up This Hill And Down The Foggy Hogtown Boys with Ivan Rosenberg play Hugh’s Room Sunday (November 20). SG
Waka Flocka Flame is one of rap’s most charismatic, prolific weirdos. This year he’s released multiple mixtapes, announced yet another collaboration project with rapper French Montana and completed a studio sophomore, Triple F Life, both due by the year’s end. Waka’s success is due in some part to his staunch unselfconsciousness, an aberration in the age of tenderhearted lifestyle rappers. Lebron Flocka James 3 is the slapdash, basketball-themed sequel to this burgeoning oeuvre. It travels familiar territory: singsong hooks (and some actual singing), skittering, lurid production courtesy of Lex Luger and Southside and unrelenting assault raps by Waka and his Bricksquad proteges. Higher-profile guests include Drake, playing up a drawl and clipped flow on Round Of Applause, and Jadakiss and Styles P on the Lightz On Remix. Waka fans know he’s capable of more than just unhinged barking (catch him gruff and subdued on the recent Mobb Deep tribute Hell On Earth), but his appeal is such that we also don’t care if that’s all he chooses to do. Top track: Round Of Applause, featuring Drake ANUPA MISTRY
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Terrific Life & Times Of Mackenzie King lights up the Cameron House.
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SEUSSICAL by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Young People’s Theatre, 165 Front East). To December 30. $15-$20. 416-862-2222. See Continuing, page 67 . Rating: NNNN
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Historians agree that Canada’s longest-serving prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, was probably pretty boring in person, but this survey of his life and times (an instalment of Michael Hollingsworth’s colourful Canadian history saga The History Of The Village Of The Small Huts) is an
Mary flies MARY POPPINS by Julian Fellowes, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe (Disney/Cameron Mackintosh/Mirvish). At Princess of Wales (260 King West). To January 8. $38.50-$185. 416-872-1212. See Continuing, page 66. Rating: NNNN
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engaging, funny tour de force. VideoCabaret’s signature black box approach bathes the audience in total darkness and then reveals a series of highly stylized vignettes, each lasting about a minute. The result is total immersion in the quickly advancing plot and a sense of excitement as each richly decorated scene is illuminated. The look and feel of Hollingsworth’s entire 15 part series is like Brecht directing a British comedy of manners. This episode looks at King (Paul Braunstein) during his three periods as PM, from the Roaring Twenties through the Great Depression to the beginning of World War Two. To make the notoriously stodgy politician interesting,
Hollingsworth plays up the PM’s foibles: his love for his deceased mother, his obsession with spiritualism and the occult and his affinity for dogs. But he doesn’t limit his focus to political titans like King and his rivals Arthur Meighen, R.B. Bennett and Julian Byng. There are scenes depicting the struggles of women and the working poor as well as Prohibition mobsters, Communist union movements and Depression-era relief camps. The often grim subject matter is lightened by liberal helpings of cute or crass humour. Thanks to lightning-fast costume changes, the cast of six feels more like 16, and their comedic timing is spot on.
(Camden Angelis and Dakota Ruiz), she’s assisted by an array of stealthily hidden gadgets that allow her to rearrange rooms with the snap of her fingers, bring toys to life and perform her signature slide up the bannister. To the audience, it works seamlessly. The eye candy peaks in the second half when Bert (Nicolas Dromard), the lovable chimney sweep, sings and tap dances his way up the side of the stage and along the ceiling – and, of course, Poppins flies around, umbrella in
hand, to audible gasps. Wallace is practically perfect in the lead, and shares a palpable chemistry with Dromard’s affable Bert. Eyre and Matthew Bourne’s classically inspired choreography is generally strong, although the tap sequence for Step In Time (which should be a standout) doesn’t quite fly. Seekers of Disney magic will get what they’ve come to expect from the mouse: breathtaking spectacle for audiences young and old. JORDAN BIMM
Just like their films, big-budget Disney musicals rely on lots of technology for their effect. At the end of Richard Eyre’s stage version of Mary Poppins, it’s actually a toss-up what’s more impressive: the human singing, acting and dancing or the technology and engineering that create the “magic” of the whimsical British nanny. The centrepiece of the vibrantly coloured, visually stunning set is a spacious Victorian house that rotates and opens up like a full-sized dollhouse, Rachel Wallace and Nicolas complete with human actors Dromard will sweep you inside. Once Mary (Rachel away in Mary Poppins. Wallace) arrives to reform the unruly Banks children
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There’s magic onstage at Young People’s Theatre, magic for all ages. Seussical, the Stephen Flaherty/ Lynne Ahrens musical, blends Dr. Seuss tales, child-friendly rhymes and colourful characters. It gets a fine production in the hands of a talented troupe directed by Allen MacInnis. Apart from some problems at the one-hour mark, the show is a winner. At one level, it’s all entertainment and musical numbers. But underneath is the idea that it’s fun to use your imagination, that limitless pleasure and new worlds can spring from inventive play. At the start of the show, we meet Jojo (Jennifer Villaverde), a child of the
tiny planet of Whoville, who’s inspired by the lively, bouncy Cat in the Hat (Damien Atkins) to exercise her mind and imagine all sorts of things. Another main figure is Horton (George Masswohl), the elephant who helps the citizens of Whoville and later hatches an egg that the bored bird Mayzie (Sharron Matthews) is too restless to sit on. Add a little romance for Horton with the shy Gertrude McFuzz (Jane Johanson) and there’s lots of story for a 70-minute production. Clad in Judith Bowden’s multihued costumes, the energetic cast is terrific, especially Atkins, who wins us with his playful smirk and sparkling cameos. You’ll recognize the Cat’s trademark red-and-white colour scheme in his every appearance. The show’s energy dips a bit when Horton ends up in the circus – you can tell by the young audience’s restlessness – but it revs up again for the climax, in which everyone gets his or JON KAPLAN her heart’s desire.
Visual Imprints IMPRINTS by Michael Spence (Theatre Gargantua). At Factory Studio (125 Bathurst). To November 26. $20-$25. 416-504-9971. See Continuing, page 66. Rating: NNN “Fire in the blood” has a whole new meaning in Michael Spence’s Imprints. Despite some rough narrative edges, the Theatre Gargantua show, which employs the company’s trademark physicality and a cappella music, has a compelling visceral excitement. Lily (Stephanie Belding), the central character, has an incurable genetic disease; at the show’s start, she’s put into a state of suspended animation until a cure is found. She finds herself in a strange place with echoes of Alice In Wonderland, where she meets ancestral spirits who impart some less-thanhappy information: there’s murder, treachery and a touch of incest in her past and in her genetic makeup. Among those she meets are the vengeful Than (a menacing Ron Kennell), the helpful trickster Had (a winning Spence, reminiscent of Alice’s Cheshire Cat), mirror images of herself and a trio of tiny characters who might
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represent her id. The ever-flowing production depends on Belding, who’s onstage for most of the show. She literally throws herself into the work, and her physical work helps define Lily. If the story isn’t always clear, director Jacquie P.A. Thomas’s staging is often striking, thanks in part to Cameron Davis’s projections and Laird Macdonald’s lighting. Imprints leaves an image, sometimes more by the visions we see than JON KAPLAN the words we hear.
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what does it mean to speak out against the leaders of your society? The Arab Spring that’s been lighting up the Middle East politically and socially for the past year might seem like a new phenomenon, but back in the ninth century, another revolution rocked the Islamic world. It stemmed from the works of the philosopher and poet Hallaj (857922), a Sufi whose thoughts about the heavenly and human in everyone brought him into conflict with orthodox teachings. He is the subject of Hallaj, the latest production by Modern Times, a company devoted to bringing Iranian theatre and characters to life for Toronto audiences. “I don’t see Hallaj as a historical piece but as one with a universal message,” says Bahareh Yaraghi, a Humber College grad who plays several roles in the show. “We’re looking at what it means for a person in any society to have a vision, one that offers a different opinion of what is true and right. Does that person try to break boundaries and be true to himself or play according to society’s rules?” Written by Peter Farbridge (who takes the title role) and director Soheil Parsa, the work is a memory
play; on the eve of his execution, Hallaj reflects on his life, the choices he’s made and the people who’ve affected his journey. “Though his Sufi teachers begged him not to go against the authorities, Hallaj made a decision to stand up for what he believed in,” explains Yaraghi, whose credits include both Shakespeare and new works. “He wanted to figure out how to live in the world with as much compassion and as simply as he could. But he angered the religious and political leaders by asserting that everyone has moral and ethical choices within the context of their religion. The leaders saw that line of thinking leading to disorder.” Another side of the conflict involves the two women in the play, Hallaj’s wife and Atiyah, the caliph’s daughter. Yaraghi plays the latter. “While Hallaj searches for God and oneness with the earth, it’s the women who remind him to think also about the people he loves. You can’t simply be alone, they suggest. They ground him in a different way, bringing home the reality of the people close to him.” Like all Modern Times shows, the production is based in physicality as much as text. “Even the movement feels like a dance, like poetry,” offers Yaraghi, who next performs in Contrary Company’s Prisoner Of Tehran. “The intense physical work is a reminder for the performers that Hallaj is, at one level, not a social or religious play but about being in touch with our sweat, blood and humanity.” 3
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intestinal problem or a taste for country music. Watching over them all, in the play’s The reZ sisTers by Tomson Highway (Facmost theatrical element, is Nanabush tory Theatre, 125 Bathurst). To December (Billy Merasty), a shape-shifting Trick11. $20-$45, Sunday pwyc. 416-504-9971. ster figure. See Continuing, page 66. Rating: NN Director Ken Gass’s uneven production has received attention because of Never having seen Tomson Highway’s its colour-blind casting. This isn’t a big The Rez Sisters before, I have to trust issue, especially when you have perthat the original 1986 production and formers like Jean Yoon (as the gossipsubsequent tour deserved all that acmonger Veronique St. Pierre) and claim. Certainly, this remount of HighMichaela Washburn (as butch store way’s breakthrough play isn’t a strong owner Emily Dictionary) in the cast, but argument for its classic status. not everyone’s in the same league, and On a Manitoulin Island reserve, the show feels under-rehearsed, as if seven women dream of attending the the actors hadn’t really got to know “biggest Bingo in the World” in Toroneach other. to, a goal that lets Highway comment Wayne Kelso’s distracting sound on their poverty and cramped lives, not design drowns out certain scenes on to mention his own indebtedness to Gillian Gallow’s merely serviceable set. Michel Tremblay’s stamp-saving Belles And while Highway’s words still resoSoeurs. nate, the production’s most memorThrough some raucous exchanges, able moments are physical, such as an the occasional monologue and a series energetic sequence where the women of songs, Highway sheds light on abdo whatever they can – laundry, bakuse, loneliness and unrealized dreams, although sometimes the characters 24706_NSEnterShadowNOWAd:Layout 1 11/15/11 3:54 PM Page 1ing, babysitting – to raise money for gleNN sumi their bingo trip. lack depth, defined only by a gastro-
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stone (Under the Blood Productions). Church ladies are upset when a minister’s wife is busted for prostitution in this solo comedy. Opens Nov 19 and runs to Nov 26, Sat 8:30 pm. $15$18. Trinity St. Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. bourgee-bushwoman.com. hAirsprAy by Mark O’Donnell, Marc Shaiman, Thomas Meehan and Scott Wittman (Clarkson Music Theatre). A quirky 60s teen becomes popular and looks to change the world in this musical. Opens Nov 18 and runs to Nov 27, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mats Sun (and Nov 26) 2 pm. $26, stu/srs $24. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 Montevideo, Mississauga. 905-615-4720, clarksonmusictheatre.com. hAllAj by Soheil Parsa and Peter Farbridge (Modern Times Stage Company). This drama is based on the life of the 10thcentury Sufi poet Mansur el-Hallaj (see story, page 63). Previews Nov 18-20. Opens Nov 22 and runs to Dec 4, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $18-$35, Sun pwyc. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, moderntimesstage.com.
Rick Elice and Andrew Lippa (Dancap Productions). This musical comedy is based on the TV series about the ghoulish, quirky family. 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. CrowN mATrimoNiAl by Royce Ryton (Stage Centre Productions). The queen is torn between her sons when one wants to marry a divorcee in 30s England. Opens Nov 17 and runs to Nov 26, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mats Nov 19, 26 at 2 pm. $27.50, stu/srs $22. Fairview Library, 35 Fairview Mall. 416-299-5557, stagecentreproductions.com. desperATe ChurCh wives by Diane L John-
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Red by John Logan (Canadian Stage/Vancouver Playhouse/Citadel Theatre). Painter Mark Rothko struggles to create a masterpiece in the face of fame, fortune and commercialism. Previews Nov 19-23. Opens Nov 24 and runs to Dec 17, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mats Wed 1:30 pm, Sat 2 pm. $22-$99. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-368-3110, canadianstage.com. Topdog/UndeRdog by Suzan-Lori Parks (Obsidian Theatre/Shaw Festival). Two brothers learn to survive as hustlers while trying to overcome their past. Previews Nov 22-23. Opens Nov 24 and runs to Dec 4, TueSat 7 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $20-$30, previews $15, Nov 29 pwyc. Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416-538-0988, obsidiantheatre.com.
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School). A foundling grows up to be a militant voice for the people against the landowners in feudal China. 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 The-
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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, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm. $18, srs $12, stu $7. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666. loRd aRThUR SaVile’S cRiMe adapted by Constance Cox from a short story by Oscar Wilde (The Village Players). A palm reader’s prediction sets off a a comedic chain of events. 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. 416-7677702, villageplayers.net. 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. harthousetheatre.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 (see review, page 62). 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). $38-$185. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. nnnn (Jordan Bimm) MaTT & ben by Brenda Withers and Mindy Kaling (Theatre Elusive). Matt Damon and Ben Affleck seek success as screenwriters in this satire. Runs to Nov 26, Wed-Mon 8 pm, mat Nov 19 at 3 pm. $20, stu $18 (totix.ca). Annex Theatre, 730 Bathurst. theatreelusive.com. 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.
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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. italianjewish.ca. 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. Runs to Nov 20, Thu 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat SatSun 2 pm. $15, stu/srs $10. Erindale Studio Theatre, 3359 Mississauga Rd N. 905-5694369, theatreerindale.com. 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) pinkalicioUS, The MUSical by Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann and John Gregor (Vital Theatre). A girl turns pink after eating too many cupcakes in this family show. Runs to Jan 29, 2012, Sun 1 pm. $20. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-642-8973, vitaltheatre.ca. play Reading week (Tarragon Theatre). Works in progress by Leanna Brodie, Haley McGee, Jason Maghanoy, Bobby Theodore, Evan Tsitsias and David Yee get staged readings. Runs to Nov 20, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. Free. 30 Bridgman, Near Studio. 416-5311827, tarragontheatre.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 review, page 64). Runs to Dec 11, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20-$45, Sun pwyc. 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. nn (GS) 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. Runs to Dec 3, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $30$35, mat pwyc. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529, actingupstage.com. 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!, presented in repertory. The third part of the trilogy, word! sound! powah!, uses the prism of the 2012 Jamaican election to look at the possibility of social change
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through art. The extraordinary d’bi.young anitrafrika, playing multiple characters, enthralls the audience by drawing us into the storytelling and the action. Runs to Dec 4, Thu-Sat 8 pm, some Tue-Wed nights and SatSun mats (call/see website for details). $20$45. 30 Bridgman, Extra Space. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. NNNN (JK) SEUSSICAL by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Young People’s Theatre). This all-ages musical is based on the classic Dr. Seuss books (see review, page 62). Runs to Dec 30, Sat-Sun 2 pm, see website for other dates and times. $15-$20. 165 Front E. 416-8622222, youngpeoplestheatre.ca. 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. 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. Runs to Nov 26, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $25-$35. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-915-6747, tytspringawakening.eventbrite.com. SYLVIA by AR Gurney (Alumnae Theatre). A stray dog comes between a man and his wife in this comedy. Runs to Nov 26, WedSat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, Wed 2-for-1, Sun pwyc. 70 Berkeley. 416-364-4170, alumnaetheatre.com. THE TEST by Lukas Bärfuss (The Company Theatre). When a man starts to believe that his son is someone else’s offspring, only a paternity test can prove the truth. Director Jason Byrne’s taut production gives the excellent cast a chance to explore the nuanced lives of the characters, lives filled with doubt, anger and a desire for security and love. Runs to Nov 26, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mats Wed 1:30 pm, Sat 2 pm. $22-$49. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110, 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) THE TWO TREES by Daniel Giverin (Red Sandcastle Theatre). This solo play is based on the writings of Irish poet William Butler Yeats. 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. 3
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Thursday, November 17 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Matt Davis, K
Trevor Wilson and host Ben Mathai. To Nov 20, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-4867700, absolutecomedy.ca. THE BOB REVUE: SHOW US YOUR BOBS VUSAC Productions presents Canada’s longest running sketch comedy show in its 139th year. To Nov 19, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $12, stu/srs $10. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles W. uofttix.ca. COMEDY THURSDAYS The Starving Artist presents a show w/ host Natasha Henderson. 9 pm. Free. 584 Lansdowne. 647-342-5058.
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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) GIGGLES @ THE GROOVE Groove Bar presents open-mic comedy w/ host JP Hodgkinson. 9:30 pm. Free. 1952 Danforth. 647-350-1917. THE IMPROV SHOW Comedy Bar presents Rob Baker, Kerry Griffin, Carmine Lucarelli, Jan Caruana, Jerry Schaefer, Lauren Ash, Kayla Lorette and Leslie Seiler. 8:30 pm.
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$5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. MATCH FEVER Flying Beaver Pubaret presents a dating game show w/ host Maggie Cassella. 7:30 pm. $10. 488 Parliament. pubaret.com. STONER COMEDY Hot Box Cafe presents a weekly show w/ host Jillian Thomas. 7 pm. $5. 191A Baldwin. hotboxcafe.ca. THE TASTY SHOW presents weekly stand-up w/ host Jeffrey Danson. 10 pm. Free. La Revolucion, 2848 Dundas W. 416-766-0746.
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Poor John’s Café presents all-girl stand-up w/ Marilla Wex, token boy Matt O’Brien, Daniela Saioni and brand new comics. 8 pm. $5. 1610 Queen W. 647-435-2688. 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 Steven Kravitz. To Nov 20, Wed-Sun 8 pm (plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $13-$22. 224 Richmond W. 416967-6425, yukyuks.com.
Friday, November 18 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 17. THE BOB REVUE: SHOW US YOUR BOBS See Thu
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COMEDY ON THE DANFORTH Timothy’s World News Café presents improv w/ the Common Glitterati. 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416461-2668, comedyonthedanforth.com.
DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 17. MOVEMBER PROS Jesse Owens presents the
city’s hairiest comedians raising money for prostate cancer. 9 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. SEX WITH JEREMY Comedy Bar presents long form improv w/ the Jeremy Birrell Show and Sex T-Rex. 10:30 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 17.
Saturday, November 19 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 17. BEST OF WEST END GIRLS Comedy Bar
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BLACk SWAn COmEDy presents an Improv
Drop In workshop w/ Ralph MacLeod. 6 pm. $5. Fingers On Buzzards, improv trivia show. 8 pm. $5. The Ladder, competitive comedy. 10 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. 416-903-5388, blackswancomedy.com. ThE BOB REVUE: ShOW US yOUR BOBS See Thu 17. ThE ‘C’ BOmB VARIETy hOUR Comedy Bar presents comedians, buskers, blind dates and more w/ host Moniquea Marion. 9 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. CAnADA VS USA COmEDy CLASh Kingston 6 Entertainment presents a duel of jokes w/ Jay Martin, Dave Merheje, Jean Paul and Arthur Simeon (Canada) vs Dave Lester, Chris Clarke, Dino Vigo and John Moses (USA). 8 pm. $20-$30. Toronto Underground Cinema, 186 Spadina. eventbrite.com/ event/2265010708.
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DREAmS REALLy DO COmE TRUE! (AnD OThER LIES) See Thu 17.
petry and songs. To Dec 17, Saturdays at noon. $12, family 4-pack $40. 51 Mercer. 416343-0011, secondcity.com. SmASh hIT Opening Night Theatre presents an improv musical. 8 pm. Pwyc. Augusta House, 152 Augusta. openingnighttheatre.com. ThEATRESPORTS Bad Dog Theatre presents a new cycle of unscripted comedy battles leading up to the Dec 10 Ca$h $howdown. 8 pm (undercard from 7 pm). $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. baddogtheatre.com. TITS n’ SASS Breast Fest Film Festival presents comedy benefitting Rethink Breast Cancer w/ Sandra Battaglini, Gavin Crawford, Allison Lane, Sandra Shamas, Dawn Whitwell, Tania Katan and host Elvira Kurt. 8 pm. $25. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. breastfestfilmfest.com. yUk yUk’S DOWnTOWn See Thu 17.
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Sunday, November 20 ABSOLUTE COmEDy See Thu 17.
"Dazzling... imaginative... always provocative... there is never a dull moment onstage in a Theatre Gargantua production." - The Globe and Mail
BULLETS OVER BROADVIEW Black Swan Comedy presents a variety show featuring sketch, storytelling and improv w/ Ruckus, Sage Tyrtle and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. blackswancomedy.com. DREAmS REALLy DO COmE TRUE! (AnD OThER LIES) See Thu 17. LAUGh SABBATh presents The Loner
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Show Revisited w/ Chris Locke, Desiree Lavoy Dorsch, Garrett Jamieson, James Hartnett, Kathleen Phillips, Tim Polley, host Brian Barlow 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. 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. yUk yUk’S DOWnTOWn See Thu 17.
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Forward, Alan Park, Steve Dylan, Gilson Lubin, Matt O’Brien, DJ Demers, MC Dave Merheje and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. hARD TImES AT ThE hARD LUCk Impulsive Entertainment presents a comedy mashup w/ the Boom, Two Weird Ladies, Darcy & Bingley, Jonathon Schabl and host Trevor Wilson. 9 pm. $5. Hard Luck Bar, 772a Dundas W. hardluckbar.com. LAUGhABLE AT UnLOVABLE presents Tim Gilbert, Aaron Eves, John Hastings, Bryan
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Hatt, Fraser Young, Nick Reynoldson, Richard Steudl and host Nick Flanagan. 9 pm. Pwyc. Unlovable, 1415-B Dundas W. 416-532-6669. mOnDAy nIGhT ImPROV JAm Black Swan Comedy presents a weekly open jam. 8 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. 416-903-5388, blackswancomedy.com.
FThE SECOnD CITy’S DySFUnCTIOnAL hOLIDAy REVUE Second City presents a holiday-
themed show of scenes and songs. To Dec 30, Mon 8 pm, Wed-Fri 2 pm. $15-$22. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.
Tuesday, November 22 COmEDy AnD kARAOkE – ShOELESS Impulsive Entertainment presents troupe Shoeless w/ Laugh Draft, Catherine McCormick, Ned Petrie, Dave Tichauer and others. 8 pm. $5. Hard Luck Bar, 772a Dundas W. hardluckbar.com.
ThE SECOnD CITy’S ImPROV ALL-STARS City presents a fast-paced, comñSecond pletely improvised weekly show. To Nov 29, 8
pm. $20, stu $15. 51 Mercer. secondcity.com. SkETChCOmEDyLOUnGE Rivoli presents The Headliner Series w/ British Teeth, Mike Rita, Vest of Friends, MC Mark Edwards and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. sketchcomedylounge.com. STAnDInG On ThE DAnFORTh Eton House presents Ryan Belleville, Chris Roberts, Marc Hallworth, Evan Richardson, Reid Brackenbury, Morgan George, Hunter Collins, Cal Post and host Jo-Anna Downey. 9 pm. Free. 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. STELLA AnD mE: A COmEDy ShOW Jordan Foisy and Stephen Patrick Adams present Rhiannon
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dance listings Opening AL khAImA Arabesque Dance Studio presents
12 belly dance soloists performing in an Arabian tent. Nov 19 at 8 pm. $15-$20. 1 Gloucester. 416-920-5593, arabesquedance.ca. ThE ATOmIC WEIGhT OF hAPPInESS Stand Up Dance presents a remount of Meagan O’Shea’s theatre/dance mashup about human emotion and ecological responsibility. Opens Nov 18 and runs to Nov 27, Fri-Sat 8 pm (no show Nov 25), Sun 2 pm. $10-$15. Theatre Direct, 76 Wychwood. 416-537-4191, theatredirect.ca. COExISDAnCE SERIES #42 presents dance improvisers performing with AIM Toronto musicians. Nov 19 at 8 pm. $10. Arraymusic Studio, 60 Atlantic. coexisdance.wordpress.com.
EVERyThInG I ShOULD hAVE SAID Nexx Level Dance & Theatre presents choreography by Chris Clarke telling a story of our innermost thoughts. Nov 19 at 8 pm. $34. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-837-2212, nexxleveldancetheatre@live.com.
hUmAnITy In hARmOny FESTIVAL: LIVInG AFRICA presents live music, dance, art, spoken
word and more with African Dance Ensemble, Isaac Akrong and others. Nov 23 at 7:30 pm. $10, stu/srs $5. York University Accolade East Bldg, 4700 Keele, 2nd floor Student Lounge. afridance.com. PLATO WAS A RAVER The Parahumans present five dancers and three actors telling a story of Plato’s journey from ancient Greece to current-day Toronto. Nov 17-20, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, stu/srs $15. Dancemakers Centre for Creation, 55 Mill,
Archer, Mike Harrison, Monty Scott, Jeff Elliot, Jonathon Schabl, Adrian Sawyer and others. 9:30 pm. Pwyc. Stella Cafe, 1261 Bloor W. 416-655-7142.
Wednesday, November 23 ABSOLUTE COmEDy presents Pro-Am Night w/ Ward Anderson, Brian Kyle, ñ Dan Ramos, Jeffrey Danson, Nimrod Zack, JP
Hodgkinson, Sarah Grange and host Dave Paterson. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-4867700, absolutecomedy.ca. ChUCkLE CO. PRESEnTS Comedy Bar presents weekly stand-up. 9 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. CORkTOWn COmEDy Betty’s presents an open mic w/ Rory McElroy-Walker, Byron Collins, Matt Doyle, host Brian Coughlin and others. 9 pm. Free. 240 King E. corktowncomedy.com.
DREAmS REALLy DO COmE TRUE! (AnD OThER LIES) See Thu 17. ThE SECOnD CITy’S DySFUnCTIOnAL hOLIDAy REVUE See Mon 21. SIREn’S COmEDy Celt’s Pub presents open-mic
stand-up w/ Jeff Clark and host Steve Gignac. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416-767-3339. SPIRITS COmEDy nIGhT presents Chris Betts, Ted Morris, Martha O’Neill, Alex Nussbaum, Ryan Long, Dom Pare, Ben Mathai, Camille Cote, host Jo-Anna Downey and others. 9 pm. Free. Spirits Bar & Grill, 642 Church. 416-967-0001. yUk yUk’S DOWnTOWn presents Allyson Smith. To Nov 26, Wed-Sat 8 pm (plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $13-$22. 224 Richmond W. 416967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3
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bldg 58, studio 313. 416-588-9452. RyERSOn DAnCES 2011 Ryerson Theatre School presents works by Valerie Calam, Aresenio Andrade Calderon, Vicki St Denys and Allen Kaeja, performed by students. Opens Nov 22 and runs to Nov 26, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $18, stu $14. Ryerson Theatre, 43 Gerrard E. 416-979-5118, ryersontheatre.ca. STATE OF mInD Conteur Contemporary Dance Company presents works choreographed by Eryn Waitman to benefit Three To Be. Nov 1920, Sat-Sun 8 pm, mat Sun 2:30 pm. $43. St Michael’s College School, 1515 Bathurst. conteurdancecompany.com.
Continuing ROmEO AnD JULIET The National Ballet of Canada presents Shakespeare’s ñ story and Prokofiev’s music, with choreog-
raphy by Alexei Ratmansky. 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. 3
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montreal artist jannick deslauriers’s installation of cloth poppies a few years back could have been just a room of long-stemmed flowers, but her current show, What’s Next?, at Show & Tell leaves no doubt that they came from Flanders Fields. This show’s centrepiece, standing alone in the gallery’s big white front room, is a fantastic, life-sized army tank made entirely from pieces of
white crinoline net sewn together with black thread. It hangs from hundreds of barely visible plastic filaments attached to the tin ceiling with magnets. (According to gallery owner Simon Cole, Deslauriers, who had to pin or nail the work up before, found the easily movable magnets made for the best installation so far.) Her patchwork construction technique, with black stitching and dangling threads acting as a kind of sketchy 3-D drawing, results in a precarious, delicate object with a lovable homemade aesthetic that totally undercuts its subject’s form and function as a heavy-metal all-terrain kill-
MUST-SEE SHOWS AKASHA ART PROJECTS Photos: Johnnie Eisen, to Dec 17. 511 Church, 2nd fl. 647348-0104. ART SQUARE GALLERY Hanoi Dreams group show (the East Gallery), Nov 21-Dec 5. 334 Dundas W. 416-595-5222. BARBARA EDWARDS CONTEMPORARY
Prints: Bon A Tirer group show, Nov 18-Jan 21, reception 6-9 pm Nov 18. 1069 Bathurst. 647-348-5110. BIRCH LIBRALATO Painting: Cathy Daley and Ginette Legaré, to Jan 21. Micah Lexier, to Nov 19. 129 Tecumseth. 416-365-3003. CHRISTOPHER CUTTS Painting: Matthew Carver, Nov 19-Dec 17, reception 2-6 pm
Nov 19. 21 Morrow. 416-532-5566. COOPERS FINE ART GALLERY Dreamland (benefit for Youthdale Child and Adolescent Sleep Program), Nov 18-30. 111 Bathurst, upstairs. 647-501-3632. DE LUCA FINE ART Installation: Janet Bellotto, to Nov 27. 217 Avenue Rd. 416-537-4699. 401 RICHMOND W Brickolage gallery tour w/ William Huffman, 12:30-2:30 pm Nov 19. Prints/drawing (SAVAC): Afshin Matlabi, to Nov 28. Lounge. 416-595-5900. GLADSTONE HOTEL Apji Gwenaajwang (Very Beautiful Things) aboriginal arts/crafts, Nov 18-20. Ancestral Teachings: Contemporary Perspectives, to Nov 30, reception 6 pm Nov
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LAST MAN IN TOWER by Aravind
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READINGS THIS WEEK Thursday, November 17
Library, 239 College. 416-393-7748.
JOSHUA GLENN/MARK KINGWELL/SETH 6 pm.
Saturday, November 19
Free. Type Books, 883 Queen W. 416-3668973. ADRIAN HUMPHREYS 7 pm. Free. Hungarian House, 840 St Clair W. MeetTheWeasel@ gmail.com. STEPHANIE PEARL-MCPHEE 7 pm. Free. Chapters, 142 John. chapters.indigo.ca.
KARLEEN PENDLETON JIMENEZ/KATHRYN MOCKLER/ASHLEY LITTLE Launch. 6 pm. Free.
Slack’s, 562 Church. tightropebooks.com. ANNA PORTER 7 pm. Free. Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington. torontopubliclibrary.ca. JOHN SCALZI 7 pm. Free. Lillian H Smith
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Bachman’s Vinyl Tap Stories. 2 pm. Free. Indigo Manulife, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca. DOYALI FARAH ISLAM 2 pm. Free. U of T Multi-Faith Centre, 569 Spadina. buschekbooks.com.
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Sunday, November 20 ADAM ABBAS/ANYA DOUGLAS/ROD WEATHER-
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ing machine. It’s like the military’s ghostly, feminine undergarment. A back room holds a few smaller sewn sculptures. Two bomb-like weapons with propellers share the tank’s wonky feel. The artist pays tribute to the main tool of her trade with a life-sized sewing machine, and to soft-sculpture pioneer Claes Oldenburg with a slightly larger-than-life typewriter. Oldenburg made his shiny black vinyl sculpture in the 70s, when people still used typewriters, but Des-
lauriers explodes her net version into an object of fantasy, its keys bouncing out on long plant-like stems. She makes an endearing visual joke with a small, light-as-air brick, its iconic form still instantly recognizable despite being made of terracottacoloured net instead of clay. But it’s that amazing tank that gives the show depth, mixing the martial and the whimsical, leaving us unsure whether we should laugh or cry. 3
17. Textiles: Amanda McCavour, to Jan 29. Post-Graffiti group show, to Nov 20. 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. HARBOURFRONT CENTRE Moon Circle Void; Likeness; Material Explorations group shows; painting/photos/prints: Suzanne Nacha, Clare Samuel and Astrid Ho and others, to Dec 31. Multimedia (Fresh Ground): Shelley Miller and More or Les, to Dec 4. Too Tall? group show, to Dec 31. Architecture Gallery, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. JESSICA BRADLEY ART + PROJECTS Sculpture/ works on paper: Derek Sullivan, to Dec 23. 1450 Dundas W. 416-537-3125. KATHARINE MULHERIN Drawing: Lisa Neighbour, to Nov 27. 1082/1086 Queen W. 416993-6510. MIRA GODARD Painting: Andrew Hemingway,
Nov 19-Dec 17, reception Nov 19. 22 Hazelton. 416-964-8197. MONTE CLARK GALLERY Photos/painting: Karin Bubas, to Dec 23. 55 Mill, bldg 2. 416703-1700. O’BORN CONTEMPORARY Drawing/sculpure: Kate McQuillen, to Dec 23. 131 Ossington. 416-413-9555. PARI NADIMI Installation: Jim Campbell and David Rokeby, to Dec 22. 254 Niagara. 416591-6464. PREFIX Film: Susan Hiller, to Nov 26. 401 Richmond W. 416-591-0357. SPENCE GALLERY Painting: Nahúm Flores, to Nov 27. 588 Markham. 416-795-2787. VSVSVS Installation: Duy Khuong Pham, to Dec 11. 25 Polson.
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who wants to buy out every co-op member for an unbelievably generous sum. He wants to raze the building to make way for a sleek new luxury tower, the Shanghai. Standing in his way is Masterji, a retired, widowed schoolteacher who starts off ambivalent about and finally opposes Mr. Shah’s offer. A severe and impeccably upright man of principle, he becomes the focus Mr. Shah’s wheeling and dealing, which eventually takes a violent turn. Masterji also inevitably alienates the other members, who see BIE/LISA YOUNG 6 pm. Free. Pauper’s Pub, 539 Bloor W. 416-530-1331. AUTHORS’ BRUNCH Adam Gopnik, Shannon Moroney, Steven Pinker and Anthony Horowitz. 10 am. $45. King Edward Hotel, 37 King E. 416-361-0032. DRAFT 7.2 Readings by Farzana Doctor, Gale Zoë Garnett and others. 3 pm. Free. Only Café, 966 Danforth. draftreadings.wordpress.com. BOB ROBERTSON 4:30 pm. Free. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908.
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Cake Boss: 100 Of Buddy’s Best Recipes And Decorating Secrets. Noon. Free. Indigo Manulife, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca.
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Nov 19 (free). The Grange Prize, to Nov 27. Robert Motherwell, to Dec 11. General Idea, to Jan 1. Chagall And The Russian AvantGarde, to Jan 15. Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok, to Apr 1. Songs Of The Future: Canadian Industrial Photographs, to Apr 29. $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, 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 Ken Jacobs, screening/ artist’s talk 8-10 pm Nov 18 (rm 245, bus from OCADU, 6:30 pm). Daïchi Saito and Cindy Mochizuki, to Dec 11. 3359 Mississauga N (Mississauga). 905-828-3789. DESIGN EXCHANGE RGD Spatial Graphics, to Nov 30 (pwyc). 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. DORIS McCARTHY GALLERY Beatriz Olano and Magdalena Fernández, to Jan 28. 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007. GARDINER MUSEUM Twelve Trees Of Christmas, Nov 19-Dec 11, gala 6:30-9:30 pm Nov 17 ($200). Kate Hyde, to Dec 4 (free). Creamware, to Dec 4. The Tsar’s Cabinet: 200 Years Of Russian Decorative Arts, to Jan 8. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. JUSTINA M. BARNICKE Models For Taking Part, to Dec 11. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398. MOCCA Ineffable Plasticity; Human/Nature, Nov 18-Dec 31, reception 8-11 pm Nov 18. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067. POWER PLANT Derek Sullivan; RBC Painting Competition, to Nov 20. $6, stu/srs $3, free Wed 5-8 pm. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. ROM ICC: David Hockney, to Jan 1. The Kingston Prize, to Jan 29. Maya: Secrets Of Their Ancient World, Nov 19-Apr 9. $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: The Patterned Imagination Of Muslim Africa, 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. 416-599-5321. U OF T ART CENTRE Ken Jacobs, screening/artist’s talk 7-9 pm Nov 19. Angela Grauerholz, to Nov 26. 15 King’s College Circle. 416-9781838. 3
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LAUNCHING THIS WEEK CBC Radio’s wildly popular Canada Reads series is nearing its final stages. Readers have named their favourite non-fiction books – this year’s theme is True Stories – and a list of 40 has been whittled down to 10. The five finalists – and the celebrity panelists who will promote them – are announced Wednesday (November 23). The launch, hosted by Jian Ghomeshi, who’s turned into the go-to emcee for just about everything these days, happens at the CBC SUSAN G. COLE Broadcast Centre. See Readings, this page. him as an obstacle to their dreams of wealth. How they handle the situation is nothing short of shocking. In his parable on the subject of gentrification, stuffed to the gills with Dickensian detail, Adiga unleashes a hilarious yet tragic drama in which
Indian middle-class aspiration turns to greed and ultimately a total loss of principle. In the end, Last Man In Tower is about the struggle for India’s soul as it’s tempted by increasingly rapacious and amoral profit-seekers. DAVID JAGER
Launch. 7 pm. Free. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. tourdafrique.com.
Viswanathan, Loren Edizel and others. 6:30 pm. Free. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. tsarbooks.com.
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POETRY Launch. 8 pm. Free. Bar Italia, 582 College. 416-535-3621.
Tuesday, November 22 ANDREW BORKOWSKI 7 pm. Free. Jane Dundas Library, 620 Jane. 416-394-1014.
WALTER ISAACSON Discussing his biography
of the late Steve Jobs. 7 pm. Free. Indigo Manulife, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca.
SOPHIE KALLINIS LAMONTAGNE AND KATHERINE KALLINIS 7 pm. Free. Indigo Yorkdale, 3401 Dufferin. chapters.indigo.ca.
RAY SOUSTER TRIBUTE Terry Barker, Anna Yin and others. 6:30 pm. Free. Runnymede Library, 2178 Bloor W. 416-393-7697. TSAR FALL LAUNCH Readings by Latha
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ñ(Jean-Marc Vallée) Rating: NNNNN After flirting with conventionality in The Young Victoria, writer/director Jean-Marc Vallée returns to the fluid, intuitive filmmaking that made him a sensation with C.R.A.Z.Y. In Café De Flore, he spins a complex, time-jumping narrative involving a present-day Montreal father (Kevin Parent) in the throes of a mid-life crisis and the mother (Vanessa Paradis) of a Down syndrome child in 1969 Paris. Parent’s character is a DJ, and that’s the role Vallée assumes as a filmmaker, tracking powerful emotional beats against themes sampled from Krzysztof Kieslowski, Nicolas Roeg and early Denis Villeneuve. Some people are going to hate it; I found it bracing, daring and entirely invigorating. A word of advice, though: when the credits NW start rolling, remain seated.
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C.R.A.Z.Y. director Jean-Marc Vallée spins two fabulous tales in complex Café De Flore By NORMAN WILNER CAFÉ DE FLORE written and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, with Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent and Evelyne Brochu. An Alliance Films release. 120 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (November 18). For venues and times, see Movies, page 74.
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in café de flore, director jeanMarc Vallée shifts expertly between two parallel storylines like a DJ spinning two platters. As it turns out, that’s exactly how Vallée approached the movie. The Quebecois director, who broke out in 2005 with the bravura com-
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soulmate (Evelyne Brochu) while trying to put things right with his shattered ex-wife (Hélène Florent). “I’m a DJ,” Vallée explains in an interview just before his film’s Canadian premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. “Music is so much [of] my life. It makes me want to make films,
makes me want to dream, makes me want to be alive. I think this movie confronts the audience with how important music is in your life. How do you use music to be happy? To love? To tell your loved ones that you love them?” Vallée makes mix tapes. “When I do a mix tape for my kids, for my friends, for my lover, I meticulously choose the tracks, and it’s beautiful,” he says. “And when they are alone they think of me – and when I am alone I think of them. It’s great, man. And this film does that.” Propelled by a soundtrack of eccentric pop songs, Café De Flore moves like a juggernaut through its emotional peaks and valleys, with Vallée’s intuitive editing shaping the narrative. You’re encouraged to form connections through the juxtaposition of moments. It’s a risky tactic, to say the least, and seems even more ambitious when you consider that Vallée’s last film was the far more conventional biopic The Young Victoria. “I wanted to go back to my first love, which is editing,” he says. “So I wrote this script and I knew I was going to cut it myself. I didn’t want to do another traditional linear love story like Young Vic. But there’s a link, you know? Victoria and Albert truly believed they were soulmates, and this guy thought he had a soulmate and he meets another woman.” I tell him I’m amazed at the film’s precision, for all its apparent chaos in the cross-cutting. Was the complex structure planned from the first? “I would say 90 per cent,” he says, “and then there’s the 10 per cent of things that I moved here and there. But it’s written on the page: I had 310 scenes. So it’s already cut; there was a cutting plan. It’s pretty much like storyboarding without the drawings – I play the music so I have the thing in my head. When I’m lost, I just close my eyes and picture myself watching the film.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com
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The Descendants gives George Clooney another fine role as a comfortable man shaken by the realities of life. Matt King is an easygoing Hawaiian lawyer whose world is destroyed when his wife ends up on life support after a brain injury. Told she’ll never regain consciousness, Matt must prepare himself for her impending death and figure out how to
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break the news to his two young daughters (Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller). And then there’s also the revelation that she was cheating on him before her accident. Alexander Payne’s first feature since Sideways treads the same prickly, seriocomic ground, focusing on a man who’s not quite as equipped to deal with the world as he believes himself to be. The subject matter plays more seriously, but Clooney’s textured performance pulls uneasy laughs out of the potentially miserable subject matter. The kids are terrific at the complicated emotional turns; The Secret Life Of The American Teenager’s Woodley got all the buzz at the Toronto Film Festival, but the younger Miller more than holds her own. As good as they all are, though, it’s Judy Greer who ends up stealing the picture with just three stunning scenes as a sympathetic spectator to the family drama. If Beatrice Straight could win an Oscar with a single scene in Network, Greer surely deserves a chance at a norman Wilner statuette of her own.
Hart problems laugh aT my Pain (Leslie Small). 88 minutes. Opens Friday (November 18). For venues and times, see Movies, page 74. Rating: nn The problem with paying big-screen prices for a stand-up special is that you really have to like the comic to feel you’re getting your money’s worth. I saw Kevin Hart’s Laugh At My Pain for free, and I feel like I barely broke even. This isn’t entirely Hart’s fault. His stand-up is competent, and he clearly knows how to work a crowd, telling elaborate stories around a punchline that occurs several times within the routine, building laughs with each repetition. (One of them involves his
debit card, another his crackhead father’s inappropriate enthusiasm at grim social functions.) The specific problem with Laugh At My Pain is that Hart’s stand-up set runs only about 50 minutes; it’s been padded to feature length with an opening trip to Hart’s old neighbourhood in Philadelphia (cheesesteaks for everyone!) and a really, really long skit in which he and his buddies try to hold up a bank Reservoir Dogsstyle. The heist skit is directed by Tim Story, who made the Fantastic Four movies and knows how to set up a shot but isn’t so great with comedy; all the laughs in the sequence come from Taraji P. Henson, who cameos as a pragmatic bank teller. Not really something you want to pay $13 for. norman Wilner
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Action king George Miller gets emotional about animation By NORMAN WILNER HAPPY FEET TWO directed by
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George Miller, written by Miller, Gary Eck, Warren Coleman and Paul Livingston, with the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams and Hank Azaria. A Warner Bros. release. 100 minutes. Opens Friday (November 18). For venues and times, see Movies, page 74.
it’s hard to believe george Miller is in his mid-60s. The Australian filmmaker, who made his name with the kinetic Mad Max trilogy, carries himself with the bright-eyed enthusiasm of a man decades younger.
He kinda has to, really. A more easily exhausted fellow couldn’t make movies as complex and emotionally demanding as Miller’s. From the human-scale drama of the underrated Lorenzo’s Oil through the storybook fables of Babe (which he produced) and its tragically misunderstood sequel (which he directed himself) to the computer-animated Happy Feet movies, he tells layered, tightly structured stories that explode into emotional crescendos in the final reel. “I’ve often likened it to a composer writing a concerto or a symphony,” Miller says, looking stylish in a bow
tie and bright blue Harry Potter eyeglasses on a Toronto press stop. “How do you bring all these disparate instruments together and make them one creamy experience for the audience? It’s digital animation – you can do what you want. So anything that fits is appropriate, any little bit. It’s like [being] a bird that collects stuff out of the zeitgeist.” It’s all rooted in keeping [the story of Mumble] simple and understandable, Miller says. “He keeps losing his son. Now he has to find a way to get back together in a world that’s chaotic and rapidly changing. So the kid, Erik, has to grow up super-quick and get to know who his father is, and the father has to learn to be a parent superquick.” Miller may have spent the last decade working with digital characters, but he has no intention of abandon-
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ñRating: NNNN The saga of Mumble the tap-dancing penguin (voiced once again by Elijah Wood) continues in George Miller’s equally ambitious sequel to his Oscar-winning 2006 feature, which ups the ante by giving Mumble a son who doesn’t want to dance. But that becomes a secondary issue once a glacial catastrophe separates them from the rest of their Antarctic colony. Happy Feet Two brings back most of your favourite characters (as well as those voiced by Robin Williams) and introduces a few intriguing new ones. There’s a puffin named Sven (Hank Azaria, basically recycling Bartok the bat from Anastasia) who promises salvation through flight, and a particularly ambitious krill (voiced with good humour by Brad Pitt) whose existential crisis sends him on a quest for purpose under the ice shelf. I know, it sounds crazy. And yet it all builds to a spectacular and even moving payoff. At this point, that should surprise no one – such things are practically Miller’s specialty – but it’s still incredible that a movie this odd can NW reach for that sort of profundity and achieve it. ing live action. In fact, he was supposed to start shooting a new Mad Max movie, Fury Road, earlier this year, but work on Happy Feet Two ran long and production was pushed to 2012 – which turned out to be a good thing. “There were unprecedented rains in the centre of Australia,” Miller says. “We had completely flat, red earth over which we could drive the
vehicles. It’s now a flower garden. The great salt lakes are now full of pelicans and fish. The rains haven’t stopped, so we’re going to Namibia next year, where there is complete desert.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com
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As a doc, The Whale is all wet.
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Woeful Whale THE WHALE (Suzanne Chisholm, Michael Parfit). 85 minutes. Opens Friday (November 18). For venues and times, see Movies, page 74. Rating: NN
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ends up living in a peaceful Vancouver Island inlet called Nootka Sound, where his constant rubbing up against boats causes rifts between residents, the government and the First Nations community. Should the fisheries ministry attempt to return Luna to his family (who may not accept him) or let him stay, where he could eventually cause danger to himself and others? The dilemma raises questions about nature vs. nurture, anthropomorphism and even the spirit world: the aboriginal people believe he’s imbued with mystical properties. With its moderately interesting sub-
ject and gorgeous backdrop, this might have made a decent half-hour nature doc, and CBC Newsworld was in fact a producer on Saving Luna. But Chisholm and Parfit clutter the film with repetitive, dull talking heads, a manufactured climax and a sentimental score. Worse, they get all selfrighteous themselves, trying to influence the story’s outcome. While executive producer Ryan Reynolds does a fine job narrating, the script itself lacks momentum, and Parfit’s own onscreen statements sound so rehearsed, he comes off like Christopher Plummer reciting the classics. GLENN SUMI
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (D: Bill Condon, 117 min) Just like the Harry Potter franchise, the Twilight movie series ends with a two-parter. Breaking Dawn, the fourth in Stephenie Meyer’s gazillion-selling quartet of books about holding off on pre-vampiric sex until marriage, is being released in two parts. In Part 1, Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward’s (Robert Pattinson) relationship takes a few interesting turns and everything falls into place for a final battle (to be fought in Part 2, opening next summer) between the wholesome Cullen brood and the evil Volturi. Yes, there will be red-tinted contact lenses.
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Opens Friday (November 18). Screened after press time – see review November 18 at nowtoronto.com/ movies. Because of U.S. Thanksgiving, Arthur Christmas, Hugo and The Muppets open Wednesday (November 23). See reviews and features in next week’s issue.
Europe’s best
Here’s what to see at the eU fest By NORMAN WILNER
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart star in Twilight’s second-last gleaming.
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it’s back! the european union Film Festival returns to the Royal for its seventh year, once again offering two weeks of free screenings of the finest European cinema. As always, the programming is a grab bag of festival darlings, Oscar hopefuls and obscurities. One film per nation. I was surprised, but not in a bad way, to see Spain reaching back to 2006 for its contribution, DarkBlue AlmostBlack (November 26, 8:30 pm). Daniel Sánchez Arévalo’s drama about a young man (Quim Gutiérrez) with an ailing father and a brother in prison is a solid character study with an unexpected sexual zing, and any excuse to put it back on the big screen is a good one. Ireland sends Rebecca Daly’s The OtherSideOfSleep (November 29, 6 pm), a murder mystery revolving around a young sleepwalker (Antonia Campbell-Hughes). The film played both Cannes and Toronto but got lost among the bigger galas; I’m looking forward to catching up to it now. I’m also keen to see the Dutch entry, Stricken (November 29, 8:30 pm), about a man (Barry Atsma) whose perfect world collapses when his wife (Carice van Houten, of Black Book) falls ill. (The film’s also part of Breast Fest – see review, page 82.) Representing Hungary and Slovenia, TheMaidenDancedToDeath is actually a Canadian co-production. Deborah Kara Unger, Stephen McHat tie and Gil Bellows pop up in the story of a rivalry between two Hun gar ian brothers (Zsolt Lázsló and wri ter-director Endre Hules). It screens Saturday (November 19) at 6 pm, preceded by a conversation with producer Michael A. Dobbin at 4:30 pm. 3 normw@nowtoronto.com
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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
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(Glenn Ficarra, John Requa) does for the rom-com genre what the directors’ I Love You Phillip Morris did for the caper picture, revitalizing a well-worn formula with intelligence, charm and clever storytelling. Steve Carell
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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) Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24
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Arthur ChristmAs (Sarah Smith) is an animated film about Santa’s youngest son, featuring the voices of James McAvoy and Jim Broadbent. See review in next week’s issue. 100 min. Opens Nov 23 at 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24.
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(Jean-Marc Vallée) 120 min. See interview and review, page 70. (NW) Opens Nov 18 at Cumberland 4. (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
Kirsten Dunst has a major bout of Melancholia.
the deBt (John Madden) has plot holes all over the place – no one notices spies smuggling a body into an apartment, for example – but it’s an effective nail-biter. Three Mossad agents return to Israel as heroes after they’ve tracked down and killed a Nazi war criminal. Or have they? The Debt features a fascinating moral dilemma, but that doesn’t surface till way late, so the film isn’t nearly as weighty as it wants to be. It’s really just a thriller with superb performances, especially by Helen Mirren as the agent whose daughter has written a book about the case, and Tom Wilkinson as the spymaster who fears for his reputation. Watch for the scene where one of the spies gets a gynecological exam. Totally terrifying. 112 min. nnn (SGC) Mt Pleasant
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) Canada Square, Kingsway Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga
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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. Disaster pic specialist Emmerich makes the most of his CGI-created Elizabethan setting and mob scenes, but the tone is wildly uneven and the performances stiff. 130 min. n (GS) Canada Square, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24
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) Kingsway Theatre
(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, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre
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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) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Grande - Yonge, Kingsway Theatre, 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’s outlawed. 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. 113 min. n (RS) Courtney Park 16, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Rainbow Woodbine, Yonge & Dundas 24
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Donagh) 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
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(George Miller) 100 min. See interview and review, page 72. (NW) Opens Nov 18 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24.
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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 shares 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
hugo (Martin Scorsese) is a 3-D adaptation of Brian Selznick’s children’s story about a boy who lives in a Paris train station. See review in next week’s issue. 127 min. Opens Nov 23 at Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity.
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(George Clooney) is a nimble adaptation of Beau Willimon’s stage play Farragut North, 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, Canada Square, Grande Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24
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IMMORTALS (Tarsem Singh) is the latest ultra-violent, CGI-heavy Greek mythology movie to follow 300’s lead by wallowing in carnage. Marching over similar terrain as last year’s 3-D disaster Clash Of The Titans, it’s an improvement of sorts, though that doesn’t say much. Future Man of Steel Henry Cavill lets his pecs do the talking as Theseus, a peasant warrior who must protect the heavens and earth from Mickey Rourke’s sufficiently nasty, would-be conqueror King Hyperion. There’s enough squirm-worthy torture to satisfy genre fans waiting for the next Saw movie. Director Singh excels at concocting nightmarish sights (remember The Cell?), and the 3-D serves him well. Theseus and the Gods engage in some nifty swordplay, but the film’s riddled with pompous speeches and characters as colourless and stiff as Greek statues. There’s a whole lot of death in Immortals, but frankly not enough life. 111 min. NN (RS) 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, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
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
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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) is the latest in Eastwood’s late-period series of stately patrician duds. Dustin Lance Black’s screenplay ticks off the key events in Hoover’s career while nodding to the rumours that he occasionally wore women’s clothing and was more comfortable around associate FBI director Clyde Tolson than he was around the ladies. Leonardo DiCaprio’s Hoover is a man so deeply terrified of any form of intimacy that he can’t ever relax with anyone, and Armie Hammer plays Tolson as unapologetically queer and devoted to his boss. Throw in Naomi Watts as Hoover’s secretary, who bears witness to his pain but can’t assuage it, and you’ve got a Douglas Sirk melodrama playing out in the corridors of American power. Eastwood dances around the material without ever fully committing to it. It’s just one big missed opportunity. 135 min. NN (NW) Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons
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returns Rowan Atkinson to his inexplicably popular slapstick spy spoof to stop an assasother overextended comedy sketch starring sination plot and uncover the identity of a Adam Sandler. He plays both a commercial secretly evil colleague. Atkinson trots out director trying to land Al Pacino for a stale one-liners and boring physical busiDunkin Donuts ad and his annoying twin ness (more often than not involving his sister, who inexplicably attracts the actor’s groin) that never elicits more than a smile. eye. It’s an irritating, one-note comedy like With a supporting cast all Happy Madison producfull of straight men, tions and worth watching there isn’t even anyone only for the perverse fasEXPANDED REVIEWS to pick up the comedy cination associated with nowtoronto.com slack. Sadly, the film is seeing Pacino deliberateyet another ly ham his way into selfdepressingly mediocre efparody for once. 91 min. N fort from the once brilliant creator of Black (Phil Brown) Adder and Mr. Bean. 101 min. NN (Phil 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Brown) Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, ColosEglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at sus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow PromenQueensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity ade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity
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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) Mt Pleasant, TIFF Bell Lightbox
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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
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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. Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24
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(J.C. Chandor) frames the first 48 hours of the 2008 financial meltdown like a moral horror story, as the traders at an over-leveraged Wall Street firm grapple with their company’s impending collapse – and debate whether they should save themselves at the expense of the global economy. Writer-director Chandor structures the story brilliantly, moving in small steps up the ladder of responsibility from the analyst (Zachary Quinto) who first does the terrifying math all the way to the bloodless CEO (Jeremy Irons), showing us how each additional level of management tries to dodge responsibility and focus on the bottom line. And Kevin Spacey is flatout brilliant as a company lifer in the awful position of knowing what’s coming but being powerless to stop it. 106 min. NNNN (NW) Kennedy Commons 20, 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) gets under your skin, and a moody aftertaste sticks with you long after it’s over. Given its contemplative vision, the director is obviously invested in what’s onscreen. His atmospheric, operatic, end-of-theworld allegory feels a bit like two separate
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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 a bride (Kirsten Dunst) who suffers from depression on her big day. In the second chapter, a waiting game for mysterious planet Melancholia’s collision with Earth, von Trier patiently ratchets up the anxiety only subtly felt in the earlier segment. It’s an insightful metaphor for people who, like the planets, are better left in their own space. 135 min. NNNN (RS) TIFF Bell Lightbox, Varsity
who discovers the scope of his true heritage with the aid of a kindly priest (Adriano Luz). The-four-and-a-half-hour running time gives Ruiz ample space in which to play out all the switchbacks of his convoluted narrative, which turns on revelations of new connections and sub-relationships between the characters. This is the work of a grand master who has absolute confidence in his strengths, and in his story. Talk about going out on a high note. Subtitled. 274 min. NNNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox
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Ariel Schulman) finds the found-footage franchise jumping back to 1988 for a prequel that documents the first encounter between young Katie (Chloe Csengery) and Kristi (Jessica Tyler Brown) and the supernatural force that would return to torment them as adults. Directors Joost and Schulman abandon the series’ lockeddown, slow-burning aesthetic for editorial jumps and a really annoying number of false scares. 84 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
from the Met of the Donizetti opera, starring soprano Anna Netrebko in the title role. Subtitled. 260 min. Nov 21, 6:30 pm, at Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga
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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, Regent Theatre
THE MILL AND THE CROSS (Lech Majewski) uses almost no dialogue in a meditation on what inspires a work of art, specifically Pieter Bruegel’s 16th century The Procession To Cavalry, painted during Spain’s occupation of Flanders and relentless repression of the Reformation. In the painting, Spanish cavalry lead Jesus to his execution through a crowd of nearly 500 Dutch villagers while a godlike miller looks down from a gigantic rock. Majewski doesn’t just probe the creative process, he gets inside the painting itself, imagining the daily lives of the villagers and the brutality of the occupiers. By ingenious means – meticulous art direction, the use of blue screen and more – the action seems to take place in the painted landscape, which appears as the background in almost every shot. You’ll either call this a pretentious piece of ponderous pageantry or go crazy for it. Put me in the second category. Amazing. 95 min. NNNN (SGC) TIFF Bell Lightbox
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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) Canada Square, Courtney Park 16, Cumberland 4, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24 THE MUPPETS (James Bobin) brings back Jim Henson’s plush puppets for a feature about saving an old theatre, with Jason Segel and Amy Adams playing human characters. 98 min. Opens Nov 23 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24. MYSTERIES OF LISBON (Raúl Ruiz)
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finds the late director in full Dickensian mode, adapting Camilo Castelo Branco’s epic novel of a young orphan (João Arrais)
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PUSS IN BOOTS (Chris Miller) finds the titular feline outlaw (voiced by Antonio Banderas) from the Shrek series teaming up with his former best friend, Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis), and Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek) to steal some magic beans, get to the top of the beanstalk and retrieve the goose that lays the golden eggs. The 3-D animation is top-notch, and the voice cast (especially Galifianakis) works well with the artists to keep the film entertaining for both kids and adults despite some sizable plot holes that develop around the halfway point thanks to an unnecessary plot twist. 90 min. NNN (Andrew Parker) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale REAL STEEL (Shawn Levy) has surprising heart and intelligence for a movie about a father and son who bond over outsized games of Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots. That’s largely due to Hugh Jackman’s performance as a boxer-turned-robot-promoter who grudgingly takes charge of the son he barely knows (Dakota Goyo). It’s utterly predictable, but Levy hits his marks with warmth and energy, letting Jackman sell us on the emotions and the effects. And the kid’s pretty good, too. 127 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yorkdale THE RUM DIARY (Bruce Robinson) brings 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 push-pull 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) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24 THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Pedro Almodóvar) features all of Almodóvar’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 œcontinued from page 78
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(Matthijs van Heijningen) has no intention of improving on John Carpenter’s 1982 classic or even impinging on it; instead, it plops down alongside it to tell the story of humanity’s first encounter with the body-stealing alien, a week before the events of Carpenter’s film. Mary Elizabeth Winstead makes a compelling hero, and director van Heijningen is always trying to do justice to the source material. He’s not appropriating Carpenter’s style, but saluting his attitude. Some subtitles. 103 min. NNNN (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24
Lapland Odyssey - Finland
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Graveyard Keeper’s Daughter - Estonia
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(Jeff Nichols) reunites Shotgun Stories director Nichols with star Michael Shannon for a piercing character study of a husband and father who starts having apocalyptic dreams every night. 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 means the rest of the world keeps going. 121 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Cumberland 4, Regent Theatre
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SleepiNg Beauty – BolShoi Ballet live
is a broadcast of the Tchaikovsky ballet performed by the world-renowned troupe. 180 min. Nov 20, 1 pm, at Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Grande Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge.
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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) Cumberland 4, Grande - Yonge, Varsity
the three MuSketeerS (Paul W.S. Anderson) 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 with injections of Bond, Indiana Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean. The movie is practically a spoof, without the condescending tone. 110 min. NNN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale
DarkBlueAlmostBlack - Spain Balls - Sweden
Stricken - Netherlands
CLOSING NIGHT My Piece of the Pie - France
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Stiller as Josh, the GM at a chic Manhattan residence where the mad wealthy get along 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
the twilight Saga: BreakiNg DawN part 1 (Bill Condon) 117 min. See Also
Opening, page 73. Opens Nov 18 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, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity.
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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
the whale (Suzanne Chisholm, Michael Parfit) 85 min. See review, page 72. NN (GS) Opens Nov 18 at Yonge & Dundas 24. the woMeN oN the 6th Floor (Philippe
Le Guay) is smart about class and but really dumb about sex. A stockbroker husband (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. 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, but why make her half his age, especially when the other five women on the sixth floor are more his vintage? Subtitled. 104 min. NN (SGC) Canada Square, Cumberland 4 3
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BUCK (PG) 2:00, 7:10 Thu 4:30, 9:10 DRIVE (18A) 4:20, 9:35 50/50 (14A) 1:35, 3:50, 6:45, 9:00 HAPPY FEET TWO (PG) Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:55, 7:05, 9:30 THE HELP (PG) Thu 1:20, 6:50 JACK AND JILL (PG) Thu 1:50 4:25 7:15 9:25 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:25, 7:15, 9:40 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) 1:55, 7:25 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (14A) Thu 4:05 PUSS IN BOOTS (G) Thu 1:40 4:35 6:40 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:35, 6:40, 9:15 THE RUM DIARY (14A) 1:25, 7:00 Thu 4:00 mat, 9:40 TAKE SHELTER Fri-Wed 4:00, 9:25 TOWER HEIST (PG) 1:45, 4:15, 6:55, 9:05 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) FriWed 1:30, 4:05, 6:50, 9:20 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR CHRISTMAS (18A) Thu 1:30, 3:55, 7:05, 9:15 Fri-Wed 4:30, 9:45
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ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (G) Wed 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:05, 9:05 HAPPY FEET TWO (PG) 12:50, 3:00, 5:10, 7:25, 9:30 Fri-Sat 11:35 late THE IDES OF MARCH (14A) Thu 3:55 J. EDGAR (PG) 1:00, 3:45, 6:50, 9:35 Wed no 6:50 JACK AND JILL (PG) 1:25, 3:30, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40 Fri-Sat 11:30 late THE MUPPETS Wed 1:30, 3:40, 7:15, 9:25 PUSS IN BOOTS (G) 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:05, 9:05 Fri-Sat 11:05 late THE RUM DIARY (14A) Thu 1:15, 7:00 TOWER HEIST (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:20, 9:25 Fri-Sat 1:35, 4:00, 7:20, 9:25, 11:25 Sun-Tue 1:35, 4:00, 7:20, 9:25 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) FriWed 1:15, 3:55, 7:00, 9:45 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR CHRISTMAS (18A) Thu 1:10, 3:15, 5:15, 7:25, 9:30
SCOTIABANK THEATRE (CE) 259 RICHMOND ST W, 416-368-5600
1:15, 3:20, 6:20, 8:40 Mon 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:10 Tue 2:20, 5:20, 8:00, 10:20 Wed 1:10, 3:45, 6:10, 8:50 PUSS IN BOOTS: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (G) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:00, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:20, 2:30, 4:40, 7:10, 9:20 Mon 2:15, 4:30, 7:10, 9:20 Tue-Wed 2:10, 4:30, 7:10, 9:20 REAL STEEL (PG) Thu 6:30, 9:30 SLEEPING BEAUTY – BOLSHOI BALLET LIVE Sun 1:00 THE THREE MUSKETEERS 3D (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:20 TOWER HEIST (PG) Thu 2:10, 3:10, 4:40, 6:10, 7:20, 8:50, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:15, 7:20, 10:10 Mon-Tue 1:40, 4:15, 6:45, 9:50 Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:40, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:25, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:10, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 10:55 Mon 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 3:40, 4:20, 4:50, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:40, 8:20, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Tue 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 3:40, 4:20, 4:50, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:40, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Wed 1:00, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:50, 5:20, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:40, 8:20, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS (18A) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:10 Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:50, 5:10, 8:00, 10:40 Mon 1:45, 4:00 Tue 2:50, 5:10, 7:50, 10:10 Wed 1:30, 4:10, 7:50, 10:15 WWE SURVIVOR SERIES - 2011 Sun 8:00
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ANONYMOUS (PG) Thu-Tue 1:30, 4:35, 7:30, 10:20 ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (G) Wed 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 ARTHUR CHRISTMAS 3D (G) Wed 2:15, 3:00, 4:45, 5:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:45, 10:30 ATLAS SHRUGGED: PART 1 Thu 2:00, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45
CONTAGION (PG) 1:30, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 Sat-Sun 10:45 mat FOOTLOOSE (PG) Thu 3:45 Fri, Mon-Tue 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 HAPPY FEET TWO (PG) 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 10:45 Sat-Sun 11:00 mat HAPPY FEET TWO 3D (PG) 2:45, 3:30, 5:45, 6:30, 8:45, 9:30 Fri 11:00, 12:30 mat Sat-Sun 11:45, 12:30 mat HAPPY FEET TWO: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:15 mat THE IDES OF MARCH (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:20 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:20, 6:55, 9:25 Sat-Sun 11:20, 2:00, 4:20, 6:55, 9:25 IN TIME (PG) Thu 1:45, 2:30, 3:45, 4:45, 5:45, 6:30, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:40, 2:40, 4:20, 5:20, 7:00, 8:00, 9:40, 10:40 Sat-Sun 11:00, 12:00, 1:40, 2:40, 4:20, 5:20, 7:00, 8:00, 9:40, 10:40 AN INSIGNIFICANT HARVEY Thu 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 8:00, 10:25 JACK AND JILL (PG) Thu-Fri 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10:00, 10:45 Sat-Sun 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1:00, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10:00, 10:45 Mon-Tue 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4:00, 4:45, 6:15, 7:00, 8:30, 9:15, 10:45 Wed 1:45, 3:00, 4:00, 5:15, 6:15, 7:30, 8:30, 9:45, 10:45 JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (PG) 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Sat-Sun 12:30 mat LAUGH AT MY PAIN 3:30, 5:55, 8:20, 10:45 Sat-Sun 10:40, 1:00 mat THE LION KING 3D 3:10, 5:25, 7:35, 10:00 Fri 10:50 mat Sat-Sun 10:50, 12:55 mat MARGIN CALL 1:55, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:10 mat MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE (14A) 2:05, 4:35, 7:10, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:40 mat MONEYBALL (PG) Wed 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 THE MUPPETS Wed 1:45, 2:30, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:15, 10:00, 10:45 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (14A) Thu 1:30, 2:15, 3:00, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:00, 6:45, 7:30, 8:15, 9:00, 9:45, 10:30 Fri 2:30, 3:30, 4:50, 5:50, 8:10, 9:35, 10:35 Sat-Sun 11:05, 12:20, 1:20, 2:30, 3:30, 4:50, 5:50, 8:10, 9:35, 10:35 Mon 2:30, 3:30, 4:50, 5:50, 7:10, 8:10, 9:35, 10:35 Tue 2:30, 3:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:35 Wed 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:35 RA. ONE (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:45, 10:00 ROCKSTAR (PG) 3:00, 6:20, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat THE RUM DIARY (14A) Thu 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30, 10:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 Sat-Sun 10:35, 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 THE THING (14A) 2:00, 4:25, 7:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 11:30 mat THE WHALE 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Sat-Sun 12:30 mat
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50/50 (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:10, 6:35 HAPPY FEET TWO 3D (PG) Fri-Sun 11:45, 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10 Mon-Tue 1:10, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10 Wed 1:25, 3:55, 6:30, 9:10 HUGO 3D Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:05 THE IDES OF MARCH (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:40, 7:00 IMMORTALS 3D (18A) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:25, 7:30, 11:00 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:25, 7:25, 10:10 IN TIME (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05 J. EDGAR (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:35, 6:40, 9:45 Mon-Wed 1:05, 4:10, 7:15, 10:20 JACK AND JILL (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 Fri, Sun 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 9:30 Sat 1:20, 4:15, 8:20, 10:40 Mon-Tue 1:50, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Wed 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: SATYAGRAHA Sat 12:55 THE MUPPETS Wed 1:10, 3:45, 6:45, 9:20 PUSS IN BOOTS (G) Wed 1:20, 3:35, 6:40, 9:00 PUSS IN BOOTS 3D (G) Thu 1:10, 4:20, 6:45, 9:10 Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:15 Mon-Tue 1:30, 4:15, 6:40, 9:20 SLEEPING BEAUTY – BOLSHOI BALLET LIVE Sun 1:00 TOWER HEIST (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 10:10 Fri, Sun 12:40, 3:20, 6:30, 9:10 Sat 6:30, 9:10 Mon-Tue 1:20, 3:50, 6:50, 9:30 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) Thu 10:00, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:00, 1:00, 2:40, 4:00, 5:25, 7:00, 8:10, 10:00, 10:55 Mon-Tue 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 4:50, 7:00, 7:40, 10:00, 10:30 Wed 2:00, 4:00, 4:50, 7:00, 7:40, 10:00, 10:30 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS (18A) Thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:00 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR CHRISTMAS (18A) Fri 1:50, 4:40, 8:00, 10:30 Sat 7:10, 9:30 Sun 4:40, 8:00, 10:30 Mon 2:10, 4:30, 10:30 Tue 2:20, 5:00, 8:00, 10:30
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KINGSWAY THEATRE (I)
ANONYMOUS (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:15 Fri 4:00, 6:55, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:05, 4:00, 6:55, 9:50 DOLPHIN TALE (G) Thu 4:10 DRIVE (18A) Thu 4:35, 7:05 Fri 4:45, 7:05, 9:25 Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:45, 7:05, 9:25 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:05 50/50 (14A) Fri 4:05, 7:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:05, 7:00, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:35, 6:55 THE HELP (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:10 Fri 4:35, 7:45 Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:35, 7:45 THE IDES OF MARCH (14A) 4:10, 7:25 Fri 9:55 Sat-Sun 1:25 mat, 9:55 IN TIME (PG) Fri 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:35, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:20 JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (PG) Thu 4:15, 6:50 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 4:30, 6:55 MONEYBALL (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:05, 7:00 Fri 3:55, 6:50, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (14A) Thu 7:20 THE RUM DIARY (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:25 THE WOMEN ON THE 6TH FLOOR (PG) 4:15, 6:45 Fri 9:15 Sat-Sun 1:45 mat, 9:15
ANONYMOUS (PG) Fri-Wed 3:00 CONTAGION (PG) Thu 9:15 CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG) Thu 5:05 DOLPHIN TALE (G) Sat-Sun 10:30 DRIVE (18A) Thu 7:15 Fri-Wed 9:35 50/50 (14A) Fri-Wed 5:15 THE HELP (PG) Thu 2:35 Fri-Wed 12:30 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 1:00 MONEYBALL (PG) Fri-Wed 7:15
2200 YONGE ST, 416-646-0444
MT PLEASANT (I)
675 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-489-8484 CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (G) Thu 7:00 THE DEBT (14A) Fri-Sat 9:10 Sun 7:00 LE HAVRE (PG) Fri, Tue-Wed 7:00 Sat 4:30, 7:00 Sun 4:30
REGENT THEATRE (I) 551 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-480-9884
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Fri-Sat 9:20 Sun, Tue 7:00 SENNA (14A) Thu 7:00
3030 BLOOR ST W, 416-232-1939
QUEENSWAY (CE)
1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 ANONYMOUS (PG) Thu 4:15, 10:15 ARTHUR CHRISTMAS 3D (G) Wed 1:15, 4:05, 7:20, 10:05 50/50 (14A) Thu 10:00 HAPPY FEET TWO (PG) Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 9:30 MonTue 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20 Wed 4:10, 6:50, 9:20 HAPPY FEET TWO 3D (PG) Fri-Sun 11:30, 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:55, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 HUGO 3D Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:15 THE IDES OF MARCH (14A) Thu 1:15, 3:55, 6:50, 9:20 Fri 11:45, 2:05, 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 Sat 7:05, 9:45 Sun 11:45, 2:05, 4:30, 7:05 Mon-Wed 2:05, 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 IMMORTALS (18A) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:20, 6:55, 9:40 Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:15, 6:55, 9:40 IMMORTALS 3D (18A) Thu 1:30, 4:05, 6:55, 9:55 Fri-Sun 11:55, 2:35, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 Mon 2:25, 4:55, 7:45, 10:20 Tue-Wed 2:15, 4:55, 7:45, 10:20 IN TIME (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:05, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Sun 11:40, 2:15, 4:50, 7:45, 10:20 Mon-Tue 1:50, 4:50, 7:45, 10:20 Wed 1:50, 4:50, 7:45 J. EDGAR (PG) Thu 1:25 4:25 7:25 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25
JACK AND JILL (PG) Thu 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:15 Fri-Sun 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:40 Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35 JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:10, 7:05, 9:30 MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE (14A) Thu 2:45, 5:25, 7:50, 10:25 Fri-Sun 12:15, 2:45, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Mon-Tue 2:45, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Wed 10:20 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: ANNA BOLENA - ENCORE Mon 6:30 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: SATYAGRAHA Sat 12:55 MONEYBALL (PG) Thu 1:05, 7:15 THE MUPPETS Wed 1:05, 3:50, 6:45, 9:25 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (14A) Thu 1:35, 3:45, 6:05, 8:25, 10:35 Fri 1:35, 3:45, 6:05, 8:25, 10:50 Sat 8:25, 10:50 Sun 5:05, 10:50 Mon 1:35, 3:45, 10:35 Tue 1:35, 3:45, 7:15, 9:50 PUSS IN BOOTS (G) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:40 Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:30, 5:00 Mon-Tue 2:30, 5:00 Wed 1:10, 3:25, 5:55, 8:15, 10:30 PUSS IN BOOTS 3D (G) Thu 1:10, 3:30, 6:45, 10:45 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:30, 5:55, 8:15, 10:30 Mon-Tue 1:10, 3:25, 5:55, 8:15, 10:30 REAL STEEL (PG) Thu 5:15 THE RUM DIARY (14A) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:35, 10:20 Fri-Tue 7:20, 10:05 SLEEPING BEAUTY – BOLSHOI BALLET LIVE Sun 1:00 THE THREE MUSKETEERS 3D (PG) Thu 2:35, 8:10 TOWER HEIST (PG) Thu 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:10, 8:05, 9:40, 10:40 Fri-Sun 11:50, 2:25, 5:15, 7:55, 10:40 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:35, 7:20, 10:00 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) Thu 10:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:30, 12:00, 12:40, 1:30, 2:10, 2:40, 3:35, 4:15, 4:55, 5:25, 6:40, 7:10, 7:40, 8:10, 9:35, 9:55, 10:35, 10:55 Mon 1:00, 2:00, 2:20, 2:40, 3:30, 4:00, 4:50, 5:30, 6:30, 7:00, 7:40, 8:20, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Tue 1:00, 2:00, 2:40, 3:30, 4:00, 4:50, 5:30, 6:30, 7:00, 7:40, 8:20, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Wed 2:00, 2:40, 3:30, 4:00, 4:50, 5:30, 6:30, 7:00, 7:40, 8:20, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS (18A) Thu 1:30, 2:50, 3:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Sat 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 Sun 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 Mon 5:10, 7:35, 9:55 Tue 2:20, 5:10, 7:35, 9:55 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR CHRISTMAS (18A) Sun 12:30, 2:50 Wed 2:20, 5:10, 7:35, 9:55 WWE SURVIVOR SERIES - 2011 Sun 8:00
RAINBOW WOODBINE (I)
WOODBINE CENTRE, 500 REXDALE BLVD, 416-213-1998 ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (G) Wed 12:45, 2:55, 5:10, 7:20, 9:35 FOOTLOOSE (PG) Thu 3:55, 9:20 HAPPY FEET TWO 3D (PG) Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:40, 6:50, 9:20 IMMORTALS (18A) 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 IN TIME (PG) Thu-Tue 1:20, 3:50, 6:50, 9:15 JACK AND JILL (PG) 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (PG) Thu 1:00, 6:55 THE MUPPETS Wed 1:20, 3:50, 7:05, 9:15 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (14A) Thu-Tue 1:25, 3:45, 7:05, 9:40 PUSS IN BOOTS (G) Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:00, 5:05, 7:15, 9:25 PUSS IN BOOTS 3D (G) Thu 12:55, 3:00, 5:05, 7:15, 9:25 REAL STEEL (PG) Thu 1:30, 6:50 THE THREE MUSKETEERS (PG) Thu 4:20 TOWER HEIST (PG) 1:05, 4:05, 7:10, 9:45 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) FriWed 1:30, 4:15, 6:55, 9:40
East End BEACH CINEMAS (AA) 1651 QUEEN ST E, 416-699-5971
HAPPY FEET TWO 3D (PG) 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:00, 2:30 mat, 5:00 THE IDES OF MARCH (14A) Thu 6:40 IMMORTALS (18A) Thu 7:10, 10:00 Fri, Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Sat 1:30, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 7:10, 9:50 JACK AND JILL (PG) 6:50, 9:30 Fri, Sun 1:40 mat, 4:10 Sat 4:10 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: SATYAGRAHA Sat 12:55 THE MUPPETS Wed 7:00, 9:40 PUSS IN BOOTS 3D (G) Thu 7:20, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Mon-Wed 7:40, 10:10 TOWER HEIST (PG) Thu 7:00, 9:50 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:40, 1:20, 3:40, 4:20, 6:40, 7:20, 9:40, 10:20 Mon-Tue 6:40, 7:20, 9:40, 10:20 Wed 7:20, 10:20 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS (18A) Thu 7:30, 10:10
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DRIVE (18A) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 50/50 (14A) Thu 2:50, 5:15, 7:50, 10:30 Fri-Sat 2:20, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 Sun 2:20, 4:50, 7:40 Mon 1:00, 3:30, 6:15, 9:10 Tue 1:15, 3:50, 6:20, 8:50 HUGO Wed 12:30, 3:20, 6:20, 9:20 HUGO 3D Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 IMMORTALS 3D (18A) Thu 1:00, 1:10, 1:50, 3:30, 4:00, 4:50, 5:45, 6:50, 7:30, 9:30, 10:10 Fri, Sun 12:50, 2:10, 3:50, 5:00, 6:50, 7:50, 9:40, 11:00 Sat 2:10, 5:00, 6:50, 7:50, 9:40, 11:00 Mon 1:20, 1:50, 4:00, 4:40, 6:50, 7:30, 9:40, 10:20 Tue 1:20, 1:50, 4:00, 4:40, 6:50, 7:30, 9:40, 10:15 Wed 1:50, 4:40, 6:15, 7:30, 9:10, 10:10 J. EDGAR (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Sun, Wed 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:50 Mon-Tue 1:05, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: SATYAGRAHA Sat 12:55 MONEYBALL (PG) Thu 12:55, 3:50, 6:45, 9:45 Fri 12:00, 3:10, 6:10, 9:10 Sat 6:45, 9:45 Sun 10:15 Mon 1:10, 4:10, 9:45 Tue 2:40, 6:10, 9:10 PUSS IN BOOTS (G) Thu 2:40 PUSS IN BOOTS 3D (G) Thu 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:10 Fri-Sun
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EmpirE ThEaTrEs aT EmprEss Walk (ET) 5095 YongE sT, 416-223-9550
Drive (18A) Thu 3:30, 6:10 Happy Feet two (PG) Fri, mon-Tue 4:10, 6:40, 9:30 satsun 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:30 Wed 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 Happy Feet two 3D (PG) 5:00, 7:40, 10:10 sat-sun 2:20 mat immortals 3D (18A) Thu 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Fri, mon-Wed 4:45, 7:20, 10:20 sat-sun 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 10:20 in time (PG) Thu 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Jack anD Jill (PG) Thu 4:50, 5:00, 7:30, 7:40, 10:10, 10:30 Fri, mon-Tue 4:00, 6:20, 9:15 sat-sun 1:30, 4:00, 6:20, 9:15 Wed 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 tHe muppets Wed 3:45, 6:30, 9:10 puss in Boots (G) Thu 3:40, 6:20, 8:40 Fri, mon-Wed 3:30, 6:00, 8:40 sat 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:40 sun 1:00, 3:30, 6:00 puss in Boots 3D (G) Thu 4:40, 7:20 tower Heist (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:30 Fri, mon-Tue 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 sat-sun 2:00, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Wed 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 tHe twiligHt saga: Breaking Dawn part 1 (PG) Thu 10:00, 10:15 Fri, mon-Tue 3:50, 4:30, 5:30, 6:50, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00, 10:15 sat-sun 1:10, 1:50, 2:30, 3:50, 4:30, 5:30, 6:50, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00, 10:15 Wed 4:05, 4:30, 6:50, 7:30, 10:00, 10:15 a very HarolD & kumar 3D cHristmas (18A) Thu 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 a very HarolD & kumar cHristmas (18A) Fri, mon-Wed 3:35, 6:10, 8:50 sat 1:20, 3:35, 6:10, 8:50 sun 1:20, 3:35, 8:50 wwe survivor series - 2011 sun 8:00
grandE - YongE (CE) 4861 YongE sT, 416-590-9974
anonymous (PG) Thu 3:35, 6:30, 9:35 Fri, sun 12:35, 3:35, 6:20, 9:30 sat 6:20, 9:30 mon-Tue 3:35, 6:20, 9:30 artHur cHristmas 3D (G) Wed 4:20, 7:15, 9:55 50/50 (14A) Thu 4:05, 6:55, 9:25 Fri-sun 1:05, 4:05, 6:55, 9:20 mon-Tue 4:05, 6:55, 9:20 Wed 4:05, 7:00 Hugo Wed 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Hugo 3D Wed 4:40, 7:10, 10:10 tHe iDes oF marcH (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:15, 9:55 Fri-sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:00, 9:55 mon-Tue 4:20, 7:00, 9:55 Wed 4:10, 7:05, 9:30 J. eDgar (PG) 3:30, 6:50, 10:00 Fri-sun 12:20 mat like crazy (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 mon-Tue 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 Wed 4:00, 7:20, 10:05 martHa marcy may marlene (14A) Thu 3:40, 7:00, 9:40 Fri-sun 12:40, 3:40, 7:15, 9:40 mon-Tue 3:40, 7:15, 9:40 Wed 9:20 tHe metropolitan opera: anna Bolena - encore mon 6:30 tHe metropolitan opera: satyagraHa sat 12:55 moneyBall (PG) Thu 3:35, 6:35, 9:30 Fri-sun 12:30, 3:20, 6:40, 9:45 mon-Tue 3:20, 6:40, 9:45 Wed 3:20, 6:45, 9:45 silenceD (18A) Thu 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:10, 10:15 mon-Tue 4:30, 7:10, 10:15 Wed 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 tHe skin i live in (18A) Thu 4:00, 7:05, 9:45 Fri 1:00, 4:00, 7:20, 10:05 sat-sun 7:20, 10:05 mon 4:00 Tue 4:00, 7:20, 10:05 sleeping Beauty – BolsHoi Ballet live sun 1:00 tHe way Thu 3:50, 6:45, 9:50 Fri-sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:35, 9:50 mon-Tue 3:50, 6:35, 9:50 Wed 3:25, 6:30, 9:50
silvErCiTY FairviEW (CE)
FairviEW mall, 1800 shEppard avE E, 416-644-7746 artHur cHristmas (G) Wed 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 Happy Feet two (PG) Fri-sun 12:10 mon-Wed 2:20 Happy Feet two 3D (PG) Fri-sun 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 mon-Wed 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 Hugo 3D Wed 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 immortals 3D (18A) Thu 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 Fri-sun 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 mon-Tue 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Wed 1:50, 4:35, 7:15, 10:00 in time (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:55, 7:45, 10:25 Fri, sun 12:00, 2:30, 5:10, 7:45, 10:35 sat 5:10, 7:45, 10:35 mon-Tue 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 Jack anD Jill (PG) Thu 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:45 Frisun 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:20, 10:45 mon-Tue 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:30 Wed 2:40, 5:05, 7:50, 10:20 JoHnny englisH reBorn (PG) Thu 12:10, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 tHe metropolitan opera: satyagraHa sat 12:55 tHe muppets Wed 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 1:30, 3:45, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 puss in Boots (G) Wed 5:00, 7:30, 9:40 puss in Boots 3D (G) Thu 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 Fri-sun 1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25 mon-Tue 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45 tHe tHree musketeers 3D (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:45, 7:20 tower Heist (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:00, 5:35, 8:05, 10:40 Fri-sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 7:55, 10:30 mon-Tue 2:10, 4:40, 7:15, 10:00 tHe twiligHt saga: Breaking Dawn part 1 (PG) Thu 10:00, 10:10 Fri, sun 12:00, 1:50, 2:40, 4:45, 5:25, 7:30, 8:10, 10:15, 10:55 sat 12:00, 1:50, 2:40, 4:45, 5:35, 7:30, 8:10, 10:15, 10:55 mon-Tue 1:30, 2:00, 4:10, 4:50, 7:00, 7:40, 9:50, 10:30 Wed 2:00, 4:10, 4:50, 7:00, 7:40, 9:50, 10:30 a very HarolD & kumar 3D cHristmas (18A) Thu 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 a very HarolD & kumar cHristmas (18A) Fri-sun 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:15, 10:50 mon-Tue 2:50, 5:05, 7:50, 10:20
silvErCiTY YorkdalE (CE) 3401 duFFErin sT, 416-787-4432
artHur cHristmas 3D (G) Wed 1:30, 4:25, 6:50, 9:10 Happy Feet two (PG) Fri-sun 1:15, 4:15 mon-Tue 1:00, 3:40 Happy Feet two 3D (PG) Fri-sun 11:50, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20 mon-Tue 1:45, 4:30, 7:00, 9:40 Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:15 Hugo 3D Wed 1:00, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 immortals 3D (18A) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 10:00 Fri, sun
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11:55, 2:30, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 sat 2:30, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 mon-Tue 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:20 Wed 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 in time (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:50, 6:45, 9:40 J. eDgar (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Tue 12:40, 3:45, 7:10, 10:30 Jack anD Jill (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:10, 7:20, 9:45 Fri-sun 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:40 mon-Tue 2:40, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Wed 2:20, 5:00, 7:30, 9:55 JoHnny englisH reBorn (PG) Thu 1:20, 3:45, 6:20 tHe muppets Wed 1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:45, 9:50 puss in Boots (G) Thu 1:15, 3:40 Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 puss in Boots 3D (G) Thu 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 Fri-sun 12:15, 2:35, 5:15, 7:50, 10:10 mon-Tue 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 real steel (PG) Thu 9:15 tHe tHree musketeers 3D (PG) Thu 6:30 tower Heist (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:05, 10:40 mon-Tue 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 10:10 tHe twiligHt saga: Breaking Dawn part 1 (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-sun 12:00, 2:00, 2:40, 4:45, 5:25, 7:00, 7:30, 8:10, 9:45, 10:15, 10:55 mon-Tue 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 4:50, 6:30, 7:10, 7:40, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Wed 1:00, 2:00, 3:50, 4:50, 6:40, 7:40, 9:30, 10:30 a very HarolD & kumar 3D cHristmas (18A) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 9:55 Fri-sun 1:30, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30, 10:50 mon-Tue 1:50, 4:40, 7:15, 9:45 a very HarolD & kumar cHristmas (18A) Wed 1:10, 3:30, 5:40, 8:00, 10:10
scarborough 401 & morningsidE (CE) 785 milnEr avE, sCarborough, 416-281-2226
artHur cHristmas 3D (G) Wed 4:00, 6:40, 9:15 Happy Feet two (PG) Fri-sun 1:45 Happy Feet two 3D (PG) Fri-sun 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 monTue 4:30, 7:00, 9:25 Wed 4:40, 7:20, 9:45 immortals 3D (18A) Thu 4:10, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-sat 1:10, 4:00, 7:40, 10:15 sun 1:10, 4:00, 7:40, 10:10 mon-Tue 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Wed 4:20, 6:50, 9:25 in time (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 Fri-sun 1:00, 3:40, 6:10, 9:00 mon-Tue 3:40, 6:10, 8:50 Jack anD Jill (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:00, 9:20 Fri-sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 9:40 mon-Tue 4:45, 7:30, 9:45 Wed 4:50, 7:30, 9:40 JoHnny englisH reBorn (PG) Thu 5:10, 7:25, 9:40 tHe muppets Wed 4:10, 7:00, 9:30 paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 5:20, 7:40, 9:45 puss in Boots (G) Thu 4:00, 6:15 Wed 3:50, 6:30, 8:45 puss in Boots 3D (G) Thu 4:30, 6:45, 9:10 Fri-sun 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 8:50 mon-Tue 4:00, 6:35, 8:40 real steel (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:30 Fri-sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:10 mon-Tue 3:35, 6:30, 9:15 tHe tHree musketeers (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:20, 9:00 tower Heist (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:35, 9:55 Fri-sat 2:20, 4:55, 7:50, 10:15 sun 2:20, 4:55, 7:50, 10:10 mon-Tue 4:55, 7:40, 10:00 Wed 5:10, 7:40, 10:00 tHe twiligHt saga: Breaking Dawn part 1 (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-sun 12:30, 12:50, 1:20, 3:20, 3:50, 4:15, 6:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:20, 9:50, 10:05 mon-Tue 3:30, 3:50, 4:20, 6:20, 6:45, 7:20, 9:00, 9:35, 9:55 Wed 3:45, 4:30, 5:00, 6:20, 7:10, 8:00, 9:00, 9:50 a very HarolD & kumar 3D cHristmas (18A) Thu 4:50, 7:30, 9:35 a very HarolD & kumar cHristmas (18A) Fri-sun 2:30, 5:05, 7:55, 10:10 mon-Tue 5:05, 7:45, 9:50 Wed 5:20, 7:50, 9:55
ColisEum sCarborough (CE) sCarborough ToWn CEnTrE, 416-290-5217
artHur cHristmas 3D (G) Wed 1:10, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20 Hugo 3D Wed 1:00, 3:55, 6:45, 9:45 immortals 3D (18A) Thu 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 6:50, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-sun 12:05, 12:20, 2:45, 3:45, 5:30, 7:30, 8:10, 10:30, 10:50 mon-Tue 1:00, 1:25, 4:00, 4:25, 7:00, 7:25, 10:00, 10:25 Wed 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 in time (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Jack anD Jill (PG) Thu 12:45, 1:15, 3:45, 4:15, 6:45, 7:15, 9:45, 10:15 Fri-sun 12:10, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 mon-Wed 1:30, 4:05, 6:55, 9:55 tHe metropolitan opera: satyagraHa sat 12:55 a motHer’s story (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Frisun 12:45, 3:35, 6:45, 9:45 mon-Tue 1:05, 3:45, 6:50, 9:50 paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Fri 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 sat 7:15, 10:15 sun 4:40 mon-Wed 1:20, 4:40, 7:05, 10:05 sleeping Beauty – BolsHoi Ballet live sun 1:00 tower Heist (PG) Thu 12:55, 1:25, 3:55, 4:25, 6:55, 7:25, 9:55, 10:25 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 tHe twiligHt saga: Breaking Dawn part 1 (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-sun 12:00, 12:30, 12:45, 1:00, 2:40, 3:30, 4:00, 4:15, 5:25, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:10, 9:30, 10:00, 10:15, 10:55 mon 1:00, 1:15, 1:30, 3:00, 4:00, 4:15, 4:30, 6:00, 6:45, 7:15, 7:30, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15, 10:30 Tue 12:00, 1:00, 1:15, 2:40, 3:00, 4:00, 4:15, 5:25, 6:00, 6:45, 7:15, 8:10, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15, 10:55 Wed 1:00, 1:15, 1:30, 3:00, 4:00, 4:15, 4:30, 6:00, 7:00, 7:15, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00, 10:15, 10:30 a very HarolD & kumar 3D cHristmas (18A) Thu 12:40, 1:10, 3:40, 4:10, 6:40, 7:10, 9:40, 10:10 Fri-sun 1:10, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:45 mon-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 wwe survivor series - 2011 sun 8:00
EglinTon ToWn CEnTrE (CE) 1901 EglinTon avE E, 416-752-4494
anonymous (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:40, 9:35 artHur cHristmas 3D (G) Wed 3:40, 6:55, 9:35 Happy Feet two (PG) Fri-sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:15 mon-Wed 3:20, 6:15, 9:00 Happy Feet two 3D (PG) Fri-sun 11:45, 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 mon-Wed 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 Hero Hitler in love (14A) Fri-sun 1:50, 4:55, 8:00, 10:50 mon-Tue 3:50, 6:50, 9:55 Wed 3:50, 7:25, 10:20 Hugo 3D Wed 4:00, 7:05, 10:00 immortals (18A) Thu 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 immortals 3D (18A) Thu 4:50, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 10:20 mon-Wed 4:15, 7:15, 10:10
in time (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:20, 10:05 Fri-sun 1:10, 4:25, 7:20, 10:25 mon-Tue 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 J. eDgar (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:40 Fri-sat 12:35, 3:35, 6:45, 9:40 sun 12:35, 3:35, 6:45, 9:45 mon-Wed 3:35, 6:45, 9:45 Jack anD Jill (PG) Thu 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 Fri-sun 11:50, 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 mon-Wed 3:10, 6:10, 9:15 JoHnny englisH reBorn (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:25 tHe metropolitan opera: anna Bolena - encore mon 6:30 tHe metropolitan opera: satyagraHa sat 12:55 tHe muppets Wed 3:00, 6:50, 9:30 paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 4:20, 6:35, 9:10 puss in Boots (G) Thu 3:10, 5:30, 7:45 Wed 4:05, 6:25, 9:20 puss in Boots 3D (G) Thu 4:15, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-sat 2:30, 5:05, 7:45, 10:10 sun 2:30, 5:05, 7:45, 10:05 mon-Tue 3:40, 6:35, 9:20 real steel (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 Fri 12:10, 3:10, 6:50, 9:55 sat 7:55, 10:45 sun 12:10, 3:10 mon 3:00 Tue 3:00, 6:30, 9:30 tHe rum Diary (14A) Thu 10:10 tHe tHree musketeers 3D (PG) Thu 3:20, 6:10 tower Heist (PG) Thu 3:40, 4:30, 6:15, 7:10, 9:00, 10:00 Fri-sun 1:40, 4:15, 7:50, 10:40 mon-Tue 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 Wed 3:45, 6:40, 9:25 tHe twiligHt saga: Breaking Dawn part 1 (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-sun 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:40, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:25, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:10, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 10:55 mon-Wed 3:30, 4:10, 4:50, 5:30, 6:20, 7:00, 7:40, 8:30, 9:10, 9:50, 10:30 a very HarolD & kumar 3D cHristmas (18A) Thu 5:00, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-sun 2:15, 4:50, 7:35, 10:05 mon-Tue 5:10, 7:30, 10:15 a very HarolD & kumar cHristmas (18A) Wed 5:10, 7:30, 10:15 wwe survivor series - 2011 sun 8:00
kEnnEdY Commons 20 (amC) kEnnEdY rd & 401, 416-335-5323
7aum arivu (14A) Thu 2:45, 3:30, 6:30, 7:00, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-sun 11:00, 12:00, 2:50, 3:30, 6:30, 7:00, 10:00, 10:30 mon-Wed 2:50, 3:30, 6:30, 7:00, 10:00, 10:30 anonymous (PG) Thu 3:20, 6:15, 9:10 Footloose (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:25 Happy Feet two (PG) 1:40, 4:15, 6:45, 9:00 Fri-sun 10:45 mat Happy Feet two 3D (PG) 2:00, 3:00, 4:45, 5:45, 7:20, 8:15, 10:00 Fri-sun 11:30, 12:30 mat tHe Help (PG) Thu 7:00 tHe iDes oF marcH (14A) Thu 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-sun 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:10 mon-Wed 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:10 in time (PG) Fri-Tue 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 Wed 9:50 J. eDgar (PG) Thu 2:15, 5:30, 8:45 Fri-sun 11:00, 12:10, 2:15, 3:15, 6:35, 7:15, 9:45, 10:30 mon-Wed 2:15, 3:15, 6:35, 7:15, 9:45, 10:30 JoHnny englisH reBorn (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-sun 11:40, 2:10 mon-Wed 2:10 laugH at my pain Fri-sun 10:40, 1:20, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30 mon-Wed 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30 like crazy (14A) Thu 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-sun 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:25, 9:40 mon-Wed 2:30, 4:45, 7:25, 9:40 margin call 3:20, 6:15, 9:10 Fri-sun 12:25 mat martHa marcy may marlene (14A) 2:30, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 Fri-sun 12:00 mat moneyBall (PG) 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25 Fri-sun 10:30 mat tHe muppets Wed 3:15, 4:35, 5:50, 7:15, 8:20 puss in Boots (G) 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Fri-sun 10:30, 12:45 mat puss in Boots 3D (G) Thu 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15 Fri-sun 11:15, 1:30, 3:45, 6:05, 8:20 mon-Wed 1:30, 3:45, 6:05, 8:20 ra. one (PG) Thu 2:30, 3:15, 6:00, 6:45, 9:15, 10:15 Fri-sun 10:50, 11:45, 2:35, 3:15, 6:00, 6:50, 9:15, 10:15 mon-Tue 2:35, 3:15, 6:00, 6:50, 9:15, 10:15 Wed 2:35, 6:00, 9:15 real steel (PG) Thu 4:00, 10:15 rockstar (PG) Thu 3:00, 6:30, 10:00 Fri-Wed 3:10, 6:25, 9:55 tHe rum Diary (14A) Thu 1:30, 6:45 tHe tHing (14A) Thu 4:15, 9:30 tHe tHree musketeers 3D (PG) Thu 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:15 tHe way 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:20 Fri-sun 11:10 mat
WoodsidE CinEmas (i) 1571 sandhursT CirClE, 416-299-3456
7aum arivu (14A) Thu 7:00, 10:15 Fri-sun 7:00, 10:00 mon-Wed 4:30, 7:45 ra. one (PG) Thu 7:00 Fri-sat 3:45, 6:45 sun 6:45 mon-Wed 4:45 rockstar (PG) Thu 6:30, 9:30 Fri-sun 3:30, 6:30, 9:45 mon-Wed 4:45, 8:00 sri rama raJyam sun 3:30
GTA Regions mississauga
ColisEum mississauga (CE) squarE onE, 309 raThburn rd W, 905-275-3456
Happy Feet two (PG) Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:50 Happy Feet two 3D (PG) Fri-Wed 6:40, 9:20 Happy Feet two: an imaX 3D eXperience (PG) Fri-sun 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:55 mon-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 immortals (18A) Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:20 immortals 3D (18A) Thu 1:10 4:10 7:10 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:20 in time (PG) Thu, sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:20 Fri-sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:05 mon-Tue 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 9:55 Jack anD Jill (PG) Thu 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 6:40, 7:40, 9:10, 10:10 Fri-sun 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 mon-Tue 12:30, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Wed 12:30, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:10 tHe metropolitan opera: satyagraHa sat 12:55 tHe muppets Wed 12:35, 1:15, 3:30, 4:20, 6:45, 7:00, 9:30, 10:00 paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu, mon-Tue 1:50, 4:50, 7:45, 10:05 Fri 1:50, 4:50, 7:45, 10:25 sat 7:45, 10:25 sun 4:50, 10:25 puss in Boots (G) Thu 1:00, 3:40, 6:15 puss in Boots 3D (G) Thu 12:30 2:50 5:20 7:50 10:15 FriWed 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 real steel (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:20 sleeping Beauty – BolsHoi Ballet live sun 1:00 tHe tHree musketeers (PG) Thu 9:00 tower Heist (PG) Thu 12:50, 1:40, 3:30, 4:30, 6:45, 7:30, 9:30, 10:10 Fri-Tue 12:50, 3:30, 6:45, 9:40 Wed 3:40, 6:45, 9:40
tHe twiligHt saga: Breaking Dawn part 1 (PG) Thu 10:00, 10:15 Fri-sun 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:40, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:25, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:10, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 10:55 monTue 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 4:50, 6:30, 7:00, 7:20, 7:40, 9:15, 9:45, 10:10, 10:30 Wed 12:30, 1:30, 2:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 4:50, 6:30, 7:00, 7:20, 7:40, 9:15, 9:45, 10:10, 10:30 a very HarolD & kumar 3D cHristmas (18A) Thu 12:40, 1:30, 3:00, 4:00, 5:30, 6:50, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 wwe survivor series - 2011 sun 8:00
CourTnEY park 16 (amC)
110 CourTnEY park E aT huronTario, 888-262-4386 anonymous (PG) Thu 4:40 artHur cHristmas (G) Wed 2:15, 7:30 artHur cHristmas 3D (G) Wed 4:45, 10:00 Footloose (PG) Thu 5:35 Happy Feet two (PG) 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-sun 11:15 mat Happy Feet two 3D (PG) 1:30, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 Fri, sun 10:45 mat sat 10:45 mat, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 sat only 10:45 1:30 4:45 7:45 10:45 Happy Feet two: an imaX 3D eXperience (PG) 3:15, 5:45, 8:15 Fri-sun 10:00, 12:30 mat Hugo Wed 1:40, 7:40 Hugo 3D Wed 4:40, 10:40 immortals (18A) 2:30, 5:15, 7:45, 10:45 Fri-sun 11:45 mat immortals 3D (18A) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-sat 10:45, 1:40, 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 sun 11:45, 2:30, 5:15, 7:45, 10:45 mon-Wed 2:30, 5:15, 7:45, 10:45 in time (PG) Thu 2:10, 5:10, 7:40 Fri-sun 11:40, 2:20, 5:10, 7:55, 10:25 mon-Tue 2:20, 5:10, 7:55, 10:25 J. eDgar (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:45, 10:45 Fri-sun 10:30, 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 mon-Wed 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 Jack anD Jill (PG) Thu 1:00, 2:15, 3:30, 4:45, 5:45, 7:30, 8:00, 10:00 Fri-sun 11:35, 2:10, 4:35, 7:20, 9:50 mon-Wed 2:10, 4:35, 7:20, 9:50 moneyBall (PG) Thu 1:50, 7:40, 10:40 tHe muppets Wed 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:30 paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 2:05, 4:25, 7:00, 9:25 puss in Boots (G) Thu 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-sat 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:05, 9:10 sun 10:50, 2:10, 4:40, 7:05, 9:10 mon-Wed 2:10, 4:40, 7:05, 9:10 puss in Boots 3D (G) Fri-sun 10:50, 1:10, 3:20 mon-Tue 1:10, 3:20 puss in Boots: an imaX 3D eXperience (G) Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:00 real steel (PG) Thu 2:05, 4:50, 7:35 tHe rum Diary (14A) Thu 2:50, 8:05 tower Heist (PG) Thu 2:15, 3:15, 5:00, 5:45, 7:50, 8:30, 10:20 Fri-sat 12:25, 3:05, 5:40, 8:20, 10:40 sun-Wed 3:05, 5:40, 8:20, 10:40 tHe twiligHt saga: Breaking Dawn part 1 (PG) Thu 12:01 Fri-sat 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:45, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:45, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:15, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:00 sun 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:45, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:45, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:15, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 mon-Tue 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:45, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:15, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 Wed 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:45, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 a very HarolD & kumar 3D cHristmas (18A) Thu 1:15, 3:00, 3:30, 5:15, 5:40, 7:35, 8:00, 9:40 Fri-sun 12:45, 3:10, 5:25, 7:40, 9:50 mon-Tue 3:10, 5:25, 7:40, 9:50
silvErCiTY mississauga (CE) hWY 5, EasT oF hWY 403, 905-569-3373
anonymous (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-sun 12:15, 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 mon-Tue 3:10, 6:30, 9:30 DolpHin tale (G) Fri-sun 1:20, 4:15, 6:50 mon 4:10 Tue 4:10, 6:50 DolpHin tale 3D (G) Thu 4:10, 6:50 50/50 (14A) Thu 9:50 Happy Feet two (PG) Fri-sun 12:30, 3:30, 7:00, 9:45 mon-Wed 3:20, 7:00, 9:40 Happy Feet two 3D (PG) Fri-sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:45, 10:15 mon-Wed 4:30, 7:45, 10:05 Hugo 3D Wed 3:40, 7:15, 9:55 tHe iDes oF marcH (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:20, 9:00 Fri, sun 1:10, 3:45, 6:20, 9:00 sat 6:20, 9:00 mon-Wed 3:30, 6:20, 9:00 J. eDgar (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 10:05 Fri-sun 12:45, 4:00, 7:10, 10:30 mon-Wed 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 Jack anD Jill (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-sun 1:45, 4:20, 7:40, 10:10 mon-Wed 4:20, 7:40, 10:00 JoHnny englisH reBorn (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Frisun 1:50, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55 mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 9:45 tHe metropolitan opera: anna Bolena - encore mon 6:30 tHe metropolitan opera: satyagraHa sat 12:55 tHe muppets Wed 3:10, 3:50, 6:45, 7:25, 9:20, 10:00 puss in Boots (G) Thu 3:45, 6:35, 9:10 Fri-sun 12:00, 3:00 puss in Boots 3D (G) Thu 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 Fri-sun 1:00, 3:50, 7:30, 10:00 mon-Tue 3:45, 7:30, 9:50 Wed 3:00, 7:30, 9:50 tHe rum Diary (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:30, 9:10 Fri-sun 9:40 Tue 9:20 tHe tHree musketeers 3D (PG) Thu 4:20, 6:55, 9:45 Fri-sun 7:15, 9:50 mon-Tue 9:55
north Colossus (CE) hWY 400 & 7, 905-851-1001
artHur cHristmas 3D (G) Wed 4:05, 7:10, 9:50 50/50 (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:35 Happy Feet two (PG) Fri-sun 12:30, 3:20, 6:10, 8:50 mon-Wed 3:30, 6:00, 8:30 Happy Feet two 3D (PG) Fri-sun 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 mon-Wed 4:00, 6:30, 9:10 Happy Feet two: an imaX 3D eXperience (PG) Fri-sun 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:55 mon-Wed 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 immortals 3D (18A) Thu 3:30, 4:10, 6:45, 7:15, 10:00 Frisun 12:05, 1:50, 2:45, 4:40, 5:30, 7:30, 8:15, 10:15, 11:00
mon-Tue 4:40, 5:10, 7:30, 8:00, 10:15, 10:45 Wed 5:10, 8:00, 10:45 in time (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-sat 1:15, 4:10, 6:45, 9:45 sun 1:15, 4:10, 6:45 mon-Wed 4:10, 6:45, 9:45 J. eDgar (PG) Thu 3:35, 6:45, 10:10 Fri-sun 12:20, 3:30, 7:00, 10:10 mon-Wed 3:30, 7:00, 10:10 Jack anD Jill (PG) Thu 3:45, 5:25, 6:15, 8:05, 9:00, 10:30 Frisun 12:15, 1:00, 2:50, 3:45, 5:15, 7:10, 8:00, 9:50, 10:40 monTue 3:45, 5:15, 7:10, 8:00, 9:50, 10:40 Wed 5:15, 8:00, 10:40 JoHnny englisH reBorn (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:30, 9:15 tHe muppets Wed 3:45, 4:40, 6:50, 7:30, 9:35, 10:15 paranormal activity 3 (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:50, 10:25 Fri-sat 1:05, 3:15, 5:40, 8:30, 10:50 sun 2:00, 6:00, 9:00 mon-Wed 5:00, 7:50, 10:45 puss in Boots (G) Thu 3:40, 6:10 Fri-sun 1:30, 3:50 mon-Wed 3:50 puss in Boots 3D (G) Thu 5:20, 7:40, 9:55 Fri-sun 12:45, 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 mon-Wed 4:25, 6:40, 8:55 real steel (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:20, 10:05 tHe rum Diary (14A) Thu 9:45 sleeping Beauty – BolsHoi Ballet live sun 1:00 tHe tHree musketeers 3D (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:40 tower Heist (PG) Thu 4:20, 4:50, 6:55, 7:35, 9:40, 10:15 Fri-sat 1:25, 4:15, 7:15, 10:25 sun 1:25, 4:30, 10:25 monWed 4:15, 7:15, 10:00 tHe twiligHt saga: Breaking Dawn part 1 (PG) Thu 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30 Fri-sun 12:00, 12:40, 1:20, 2:00, 2:40, 3:40, 4:20, 5:25, 6:00, 6:40, 7:20, 8:10, 9:00, 9:40, 10:20, 10:55 mon-Wed 3:40, 4:20, 4:50, 6:00, 6:40, 7:20, 7:40, 9:00, 9:40, 10:20, 10:30 a very HarolD & kumar 3D cHristmas (18A) Thu 4:30, 5:10, 7:10, 7:45, 9:50 Fri-sun 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:30 monWed 4:45, 7:45, 10:25 wwe survivor series - 2011 sun 8:00
inTErChangE 30 (amC)
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festivals alucine latin film + media festival
revue cinema, 400 roncesvalles. alucinefestival.com.
Thu 17-SuN 20 – Festival of Spanish-lan-
guage film and video. All films w/ s-t. $6, srs/stu $4, opening night gala $10, stu/srs $8, festival pass $30. Thu 17 – The Mysterious Presages Of Leon Prozak (2010) D: Carlos Santa, and short film A-Copy. Director Santa in attendance. 7 pm. To Record, To Retell, To React Program: Titans (2011) D: Edison Cajas G, Topo Gigio Is Dead (2011) D: David Miranda, and short film Town Without Memory. 9 pm. fRI 18 – Family Lives Program: No Words (2011) D: Bel Armenteros, Burnt (2010) D: Alejandro Valbuena, Dying Every Day (2010) D: Aitor Echeverria, It Is Not Much What We Inherited From Our Grandfather (2010) D: Fernando Dominguez, and short film Are You Leaving?. 7 pm. Carlos Santa’s Retrospective: El Pasajero De La Noche (1989), La Selva Oscura (1994), and Deep Ocean (2011). 9 pm. Director in attendance. SaT 19 – Shorts For Short People: The Stubborn Mule And The Remote Control (2010) D: Helio Villela Nunes, The Dancer And The Tram (2009) D: Rogério Nunes, and others. 4 pm. Love, Life And Death In The Streets of Brazil program: Iván (2011) D: Fernando Rick, Aurea (2009) D; Zeca Ferreira, Petal (2011) D: Vitor Dourado, and The Sky Downstairs (2010) D: Leonardo Cata Preta. 7 pm. Business Of Spaces program: Penalty Kick (2011) D: Carlito Ghioni, and other short films. 9 pm.
breast fest film festival royal ontario museum, 100 Queen’s park. breastfestfilmfest.com.
fRI 18-SuN 20 – Festival of documen-
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tary and dramatic films that address key issues affecting the breast cancer community. $10, opening night $18. fRI 18 – Baring It All (2011) D: Patricia Zagarella. Director in attendance. 8 pm. SaT 19 – Crazy Sexy Cancer (2007) D: Kris Carr. 1 pm. Stricken (2009) D: Reinout Oerlemans. 4 pm. SuN 20 – One Of The 1 Percent – The Sandy Ahenakew Story D: Sandra Ahenakew and Tracy Stevens. Ahenakew in attendance. 11 am. About Her D: Phyllis Ellis. Director in attendance. 4 pm.
canadian labour international film festival
innis town hall, 2 sussex. labourfilms.ca.
SaT 19-N ov 27 – Films about the world of work and the people who do it. Free.
SaT 19 – Opening Night: Work For All: Films
Against Racism In The Workplace – Le Geste Ordinaire (2011) D: Maxime Coton. 5 pm. Barbieri (2006) D: Corrado De Luca and Roberto Veri. 6:15 pm. SuN 20 – When We Gather Together (2011) D: Frank Saptel. 2 pm. Earth To Mouth (2002) D: Yung Chang. 2:45 pm. Adopted Home: A History In Progress (2010) D: Corrado De Luca. 3:30 pm. These Were The Reasons (Stories Of Union Organizing In British
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Revealing Breast Fest STRICKEN (Reinout Oerlemans). 119 minutes. Subtitled. Screens Saturday (November 19), as part of Breast Fest 2011 (see listings, this page). Rating: N N There’s something to love and a lot to loathe in Stricken, a Breast Fest entry from the Netherlands. Ad exec Stijn (Barry Atsma) and consultant Carmen (Carice van Houten) have a terrific marriage – even though he never stops sleeping Columbia) (2011) D: Howie Smith. 5 pm. Goodwin’s Way (2011) D: Neil Vokey. 5:30 pm. Trek (2011) D: Alan Segal. 5:45 pm.
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royal cinema, 608 college. eutorontofilmfest.ca.
Thu 17-N ov 30 – Festival of contemEuropean Cinema, including 24 ñporary films from 24 countries. Free admission. Thu 17 – The Winner (2011) D: Wieslaw Saniewski. 8:30 pm.
fRI 18 – Tilt (2011) D: Viktor Chouchkov Jr. 6
pm. Protector (2009) D: Marek Najbrt. 8:30 pm. SaT 19 – The Maiden Danced To Death (2011) D: Endre Hules. 6 pm. Almanyia – Welcome To Germany (2009) D: Yasemin Samdereli. 8:45 pm. SuN 20 – Ben X (2007) D: Nic Balthazar. 6 pm. Biloba (2009) D: Sofia Papachristou. 8:30 pm. moN 21 – Joanna (2010) D: Feliks Falk. 6 pm. TuE 22 – Farewell (2010) D: Tomas Donela. 6 pm. Graveyard Keeper’s Daughter (2011) D: Katrin Laur. 8:30 pm. wEd 23 – Lapland Odyssey (2010) D: Dome Karukoski. 6 pm. Fish & Chips (2011) D: Elias Dimitriou. 8:30 pm.
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richmond hill centre for the performing arts, 10268 yonge. reelasian.com
fRI 18-SaT 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. fRI 18 – Opening night gala: Overheard 2 (2011) D: Felix Chong and Alan Mak. 7 pm. SaT 19 – Saigon Electric (2011) D: Stephane Gauger. 1:30 pm. Bleak Night (2010) D: Yoon Sung-Hyun. 4 pm. Closing night gala: Jump Ashin! (2011) D: Lin Yu-hsien. 7 pm.
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19 – Into The Wild (2007) D: Sean Penn. 3 pm. Free. ñSaT
around – until she’s diagnosed with breast cancer. The situation sends Stijn on a sex and drugs binge and, as the crisis deepens, he begins a hot and heavy affair with the painter Roos (Anna Drijver) as Carmen lies on her deathbed. The film is expertly shot, with high-end production values and a superb performance by van Houten, who conveys charm, inner strength and pain with huge skill. But it’s fundamentally problematic.
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Thu 17 – Diabolique (1955) D: Henri-
Georges Clouzot. 6:30 pm. Europa ñ (1991) D: Lars von Trier. 9:15 pm.
fRI 18 – Dancer In The Dark (2000) D: Lars
For one thing, Stijn is a difficult guy to care about, so how can anyone get invested in his story? The script may be based on a quasi-autobiographical book, but the love affair between Stijn and Roos is hard to buy, let alone root for. I mean, how many sensitive artists would happily keep fucking a guy whose wife is dying? If she’s not gonna send him home with a quick “See ya later – when you can focus,” she could express remorse at least once. Carmen and Stijn have a four-year-old daughter who drops out of the picture almost entirely until the end, when she suddenly becomes a major emotional factor. And there’s something icky about director Reinout Oerlemans’s decision to feature so much gratuitous static nudity – including spectacularly beautiful mammaries – in a film about breast cancer. Makes you wonder how this could have been such a smash hit in its home country. Hope other Breast Fest entries stay closer to the SuSaN G. CoLE festival’s spirit.
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moN 21 – Mysteries Of Egypt & Bugs! 3D. 9:50 am. Hubble 3D. 12:30 pm.
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770 don mills. 416-696-3127. ontariosciencecentre.ca
von Trier. 6 pm. Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) D: Amy Heckerling. 9 pm. SaT 19 – Ella Enchanted (2004) D: Tommy O’Haver. 2 pm. Psycho (1960) D: Alfred Hitchcock. 5 pm. The Idiots (1998) D: Lars von Trier. 8 pm. And Now For Something Completely Different (1971) D: Ian MacNaughton. 11 pm. SuN 20 – 55 Days At Peking (1962) D: Nicholas Ray. 1 pm. Dial M For Murder (1954) D: Alfred Hitchcock. 4:30 pm. Rear Window (1954) D: Alfred Hitchcock. 7 pm. TuE 22 – Diabolique. 6:30 pm.
Thu 17-fRI 18 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am & 2 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. Tornado Alley. 1 pm. SaT 19 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am, 1, 3 & 8 pm. Tornado Alley. Noon, 4 & 7 pm. Under The Sea. 2 pm. SuN 20 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am, 1 & 3 pm. Tornado Alley. Noon & 4 pm. Under The Sea. 2 pm. moN 21-wEd 23 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am & 2 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. Tornado Alley. 1 pm.
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Thu 17 – Billy Bishop Goes To War (2010) D:
Barbara Willis-Sweete. 7 pm. 50/50 (2011) D: Jonathan Levine. 9:15 pm. fRI 18-SuN 20 – Lion King 3D (1994) D: Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff. 2 pm. The Help (2011) D: Tate Taylor. 4 & 6:45 pm. Drive (2011) D: Nicolas Winding Refn. 9:30 pm. moN 21-TuE 22 – The Help. 6:45 pm. Drive. 9:30 pm. wEd 23 – The Help. 6:45 pm. Down The Road Again (2011) D: Donald Shebib. 9:30 pm.
graham spry theatre
cbc museum, cbc broadcast centre, 250 front w, 416-205-5574. cbc.ca
Thu 17-wEd 23 – Continuous screenings Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Free.
Thu 17-fRI 18 – John A: Birth Of A Country. moN 21-wEd 23 – The Nano Revolution Part 1.
national film board 150 John. 416-973-3012. nfb.ca/mediatheQue
Thu 17-wEd 23 – 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 23 – Free Favourites At Four presents Force Of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie (2010) D: Sturla Gunnarsson. 4 pm. Free.
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Thu 17 – The Boy Mir (2011) D: Phil Grabsky. 7 pm. Nostalgia For The Light (2010) D: Patricio Guzmán. 9 pm. fRI 18 – Music From The Big House (2010) D: Bruce McDonald. 7 pm. Unauthorized And Proud Of It: Todd Loren’s Rock ’N Roll Comics (2005) D: Ilko Davidov. 9 pm. SaT 19 – Yoga Unveiled (2004) D: Gita Desai. 4:30 pm. $8. Music From The Big House. 7 pm. Unauthorized And Proud Of It: Todd Loren’s Rock ’N Roll Comics. 9 pm. SuN 20 – Disco Dancer (1982) D: Babbar Subhash. 3 pm. Music From The Big House. 7 pm. Unauthorized And Proud Of It: Todd Loren’s Rock ’N Roll Comics. 9 pm. moN 21 – Music From The Big House. 7 pm. Unauthorized And Proud Of It: Todd Loren’s Rock ’N Roll Comics. 9 pm. TuE 22 – Little Terrors Volume 5: Re-animated, series of short films with director Justin McConnell. 8 pm. wEd 23 – Dark Rising 2: Summmer Strikes Back (2011) D: Andrew Cymek. 8 pm.
reg hartt’s cineforum 463 bathurst. 416-603-6643.
Thu 17 – Sex & Violence Cartoon Festival. 7 pm. What I Learned From LSD. 9 pm. SaT 19-wEd 23 – Films Of Andy Warhol. 7 pm. What I Learned From LSD. 9 pm.
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mental problem – which is vague and unhelpful. So I’m asking for the opposite. Is there scientific research about this? Is there hope? Or do I just have to learn to deal? It is lonely and depressing to experience the gold standard that is vaginal sex as a kind of animate masturbatory aid. Also, at what point do I tell my partners I have this malfunction? Wrong Type Freak “I’d recommend that she spend some time exploring her vagina, trying different positions, experimenting with placing pressure on the posterior and anterior walls of her vagina, and with friction on her cervix,” says Meredith Chivers, an assistant professor of psychology, a clinical psychologist and a sexuality researcher at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. “The best position to do all this is with her on top, controlling the speed, depth and trajectory – for lack of a better word – of the thrusts, and pairing this with clitoral stimulation.” If you decide to give vaginal intercourse another shot, Chivers also recommends that you warm up with lots of oral sex, toys, masturbation and the other stuff you enjoy. That way you’ll be “engorged, erect and lubricated and subjectively turned on” before penetration. Chivers also wonders if you’ve discovered your G-spot. “If she hasn’t found her G-spot, finding it might be a watershed moment,” says Chivers. “For some women, G-spot stim is associated with experiencing intense ‘vaginal’ orgasms and ejaculating.” Finding the G-spot can be tricky, Chivers adds, and it’s best to attempt it when you’re very aroused. “Stimulate the anterior wall of the vagina (side nearest the belly button) about five centimeters in,” says Chivers, by using a “come here” motion with the index finger. And if you try all of that – or if you’ve already tried that – and it doesn’t work? “Perhaps it simply is the case that for her, like a substantial minority of women, that vaginal penetration is not all that fulfilling,” says Chivers. “If so, I would strongly recommend that she reinterpret her lack of interest in vaginal sex as a preference – one that is not uncommon – and not a malfunction. “As for telling her partners,” says Chivers, “I suppose it depends on the nature of the relationship and whether or not she’s willing to be GGG and have vaginal sex to satisfy her partner even though this may not be her first choice on the menu.” In other words, WTF, if penetration doesn’t cause you emotional or physical distress – if it’s something you can take or leave – tell a new partner early on about your strong preference for other forms of sex. Then indulge the dude in vaginal intercourse when you’re up for it, or he’s desperate for it, while incorporating lots of clitoral stimulation during the act. Meredith Chivers tweets on sex and gender research, sociopolitical issues relating to sexual and gender minorities, and psych research in general. Follow Chivers – and learn from her – on Twitter @QSagelab. (And you can follow me at @fakedansavage.)
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