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18 Haiti briefs Underwear as aid 19 TCHC sell-off Could ruin mixed ’hoods 20 Web jam Charting RIM’s grim moment

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Chow, eco activist Rick Smith and CBC’s Sook-Yin Lee discuss bold ideas for civic change. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library. torontopubliclibrary.ca. +cruEL AnD TEnDEr Atom Egoyan’s production of this drama based on a Greek tragedy opens tonight. Bluma Appel. $22-$99. 416-368-3110. THE poLITIcS oF proTEST Panel on Occupy, SlutWalk and other movements, with Judith Taylor, Josephine Grey and others. 5 pm. Free. William Doo Auditorium. thepoliticsofprotest.wordpress.com.

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JoE HEnry The veteran roots rocker hits Hugh’s Room. 8:30 pm. $32.50-$35. 416-531-6004. SHErEE rASMuSSEn T.O. artist’s show of textiles, using fabric like paint and scissors like a brush, closes at the Miles Nadal JCC. Free. 416-924-6211.

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or lectures on how we can fight climate change and create jobs. 10:10 am. Free. St. Clement’s Church Parish Hall. 416-483-6664. pEnny pLAIn Ronnie Burkett’s new puppet play, an apocalyptic dark comedy, continues at the Factory Theatre to Feb 26. 2 pm. $38-$55. 416-5049971.

art show addressing issues related to appropriation closes at the Drake. Free. 416-5315042. IcED EArTH Headbangers unite at Iced Earth’s Phoenix show, with openers Symphony X and Warbringer. 6:30 pm, all ages. $37.50. RT, TM.

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Shape of things for Ford for me, rob ford isn’t trying to lose weight for the right reasons, and thus will ultimately fail. The motivat ing force behind an effort to lose weight must be strong. This one is pol itical. I was diagnosed as prediabetic in late 2009, and the doctors told me that if I didn’t get my life in order I had to take insulin jabs every day. It really scared me into action. I’ve lost 180 pounds since. I’m no longer prediabetic and I’m in the best shape of my life. It wasn’t easy, but I can say that everyone can do it if they have the right program. Ryan E. Parker From nowtoronto.com

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Two faces of Karen Stintz as karen stintz hides from residents on budget and bus route cuts (NOW Daily, January 20), she has re treated from her constituents. She has a problem keeping her two faces fully operational. She has declared a con flict of interest regarding a ravine de velopment at Chatsworth and Yonge She’s refusing to help her own neigh bourhood, because “she lives near there.” She knows she might have to resist a developer, and you can’t do that and run for mayor. I fear her neighbours are in for a shock. Even with Anne Johnston we didn’t have this much divisiveness in the ward. Patrick Smyth Toronto

Airing for women’s hockey regarding michael hollett Shoots Hockey’s Gender Gap (NOW, January 1925). Great article. I sure hope it lands on a few desks over at TSN. It would be wonderful if sports networks gave our female hockey players a little airtime. Thanks so much for supporting female sports. John Hebert Director of player development Leaside Girls Hockey Association Toronto

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Susan G. Cole on female fetuses at risk News that women are terminating pregnancies when the fetus is female – they find out via ultrasound – is making my brain bubble. The data, sketchy though it is, had Canadian Journal of Medicine interim editor Rajendra Kale so worked up, he proposed that doctors and technicians withhold info about the baby’s sex until the pregnancy is beyond 30 weeks. Damn. So I have to choose between letting doctors withhold information about women’s bodies, thereby com promising our control over our repro duction, and forcing medical practi tioners to release data that may put female fetuses at risk. Many women undergo ultrasound because their husbands threaten to divorce them if they don’t and then push them to terminate their preg nancy if they’re disappointed with the result. You can see how this is a nowin situation for women.

Only women can make life-anddeath decisions about their bodies. When prochoice advocates tout the famous stat that 76 per cent of Canadians believed abortion should be a matter between a woman and her doctor, I’m never impressed. I believe a doctor should have nothing to say about it and that only women have the right to make lifeanddeath decisions about our own bodies. So I find the idea that health work ers might deny women information about our personal health – i.e., results of an ultrasound – deeply problematic. Then again, except for rare situa tions, why do you need to know the sex of your baby? If you’re obsessed with sex stereotypes and want to paint the baby’s room the “right” col our, choose green or yellow. Patriarchal guys who put their part ners through this physically gruelling sequence – pregnancy, ultrasound, abortion if it’s a girl – are perpetrators of violence against women, and I’m not referring to the fetus but to the pregnant woman. Multiple abortions are something women have the right to choose, but they’re not good for your body. You can influence the sex of your baby without getting knocked up and terminating the pregnancies you don’t like. For example, the closer to ovula tion sperm begins its travels, the great er the chance you’ll get a boy. Get the sperm travelling a few days before ovulation and you increase the chances of having a girl. That’s the kind of reproductive strategy I’m into, one that gives us real control over our own bodies – all nat ural and without a doctor in sight. 3 susanc@nowtoronto.com

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Future world The Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility vehicle, PUMA for short, from GM and Segway was unveiled by GM at the Detroit Auto Show. Cool-looking, but most auto industry types doubt the electric people-mover will revolutionize urban travel. Range: 56 kilometres per charge.

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$222 MILLION ÷ 675 = $328,888 Amount the city aims to raise from its big social housing sell-off

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What the city would have to net from the sale of each property to hit its target – an unlikely amount, critics say, given the state of disrepair of TCHC homes.

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Yonge Street’s circa-1905 CIBC building (pictured on the right), vacant since 1987, has been given a new lease on life – maybe. We won’t know for sure until designs are made public in a few months, but MOD Developments announced plans this week to restore the building and erect a 60-storey “mixeduse” tower behind the landmark and treed public space next door. Facadism? Let’s hope not.

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WHAT A demolished 81 Wellesley East, the latest case of heritage destruction by neglect. The building had been approved for historical designation by Toronto Community Council. WHEN Shortly after heavy machinery moved in Wednesday, January 18. WHY A loophole in current heritage regs allows demolition permits to be issued by the city on commercial properties (the building used to house a cancer support centre) without notice to the public – or local councillor.

Rising Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, a confessed pot smoker, takes a hit from libertarians for once advocating the death penalty for those caught importing 2 or more ounces of pot into the U.S.

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giant trojan horse was wheeled to the gates of City Hall Monday, January 23 – the front doors, actually. But gates seem a more appropriate image for a Ford administration suddenly under siege after the previous week’s surprise budget smackdown. The über-prop for a press conference warning of the hidden dangers posed to the city by an impending CanadaEurope free trade deal (think privatization) made for some delicious irony given last week’s betrayal of former Ford allies. No word if Mark Ferguson, president of CUPE Local 416, the city’s outside workers’ union, was hiding inside the wooden figure after spending the weekend across the street at the Sheraton Hotel in contract talks. He was spotted at Tuesday’s meeting of the mayor’s executive, at which making paramedics an essential service was the topic of discussion. The clock has been ticking down to a lockout after a provincial conciliator declared a stalemate January 12. But something strange has happened on the way to a full-blown city-versus-unions cage match. And all of a sudden a lockout may not be a foregone conclusion, thanks in part to the reversal of political fortunes that took place on the council floor over the budget. Some $19 million in city services were saved from the axe, and a sizeable chunk of Ford’s political capital went up in flames. Is it a coincidence that labour talks until then that amounted to both sides staring at the wallpaper for weeks swiftly took off the day after Tuesday’s budget vote? It’s a mistake to think anything that happens at 100 Queen West occurs in a vacuum. Those councillors in the mushy-cum-mighty middle who rallied against cuts, and the few more on the right who joined them, have been hearing from constituents about more than just budget cuts. Taxpayers prize their public services, it turns out, and the men and women who deliver them. Surprise. If we didn’t know that

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from the Core Services Review, that exercise meant to tell us otherwise, we know it now. So do the Fordists, whose tune on the labour front has gone from giving no quarter to something like conciliatory. It’s not clear if the city’s been doing any internal polling outside of the regular feedback at Tim Hortons the mayor seems to rely on. But I do recall Councillor Doug Ford saying something about siccing crack pollster Nick Kouvalis, the mayor’s former chief of staff, on the unions after he was done with that Ford Nation business. It’s the Windsor model of privatization the Fordists are looking to follow, and Nicky, being a Windsor boy, knows a little something about it. CUPE’s own polling shows that the public is losing its appetite for Ford’s war on public services. And that may be putting it mildly. In a poll of 600 Torontonians conducted by Environics, the majority, some 84 per cent, wanted to see spending on public services increased. Only 10 per cent wanted spending on services and programs reduced. The poll, conducted between January 10 and 13, highlights a few other developing trends. Chief among them: two-thirds of Torontonians want services maintained, even if it means higher taxes or fee increases. The kicker: only 38 per cent of Environics’ respondents said the mayor was on the right track on city priorities. While no poll is definitive, these numbers help ex-

plain the city’s newfound cooperation with labour, which was noticeably absent even after Local 416 offered to accept a three-year wage freeze. The union’s proposal was part of a highly publicized PR offensive in the days before the budget debate, and even Ford friendlies in the City Hall press corps had to admit begrudgingly that it’s a significant concession. The city’s point man on contract talks, deputy mayor Doug Holyday, said then that the overture was not enough. Parroting the party line, he said the city needed more – namely concessions on job security language, the so-called “jobs for life” provisions of the current collective agreement, which the usually measured city manager, Joe Pennachetti, termed the most restrictive in the country. But even on that front, the administration’s been playing word games. In fact, the two sides aren’t as far apart as we’ve been led to believe on employee “bumping” rights, which allow those with more seniority to bump those with fewer

All of a sudden a lockout of city workers may not be a foregone conclusion – the Fordists’ tune has gone from giving no quarter to something like conciliatory.

years on the job in the event of layoffs. Reality check: the current contract gives bumping rights only to employees with more than 10 years’ seniority – and only in the event their jobs have been lost to contracting out. The city, after showing no flexibility on the issue, has come partway, making a counter-offer to restrict bumping rights to employees with more than 25 years’ seniority. Whether the union will give a little more on that score remains to be seen. It’s unlikely, though. Some might argue, and rightly so, that the city should have conceded more, given the $8.5 mil in savings in each of the next three years the union has handed over through its wage-freeze offer. But losing more ground on bumping rights would put a serious dent in the mayor’s privatization plans for garbage pickup east of Yonge. The administration didn’t rush to privatize curbside pickup there when it moved to do it west of Yonge, precisely because it didn’t want to be stuck with redeploying city employees. Not that privatizing services means savings, or guarantees an end to work stoppages. We need only look north to York Region, where transit services run by private interests were deadlocked in a battle with unionized workers from October until this week’s tentative deal. There, the regional government has been caught in the middle, powerless to do anything but urge the two sides to get back to bargaining. To expect Ford to find the middle ground in contract talks may be too much to ask. For many of his supporters, the so-called “gravy” has always been the supposedly bloated workforce. But he may be forced to invoke the c-word, as in “compromise.” On Tuesday, the brakes were put on a plan to sell off 675 TCHC homes scattered across Toronto, another sign that the administration doesn’t want to risk another political defeat so soon after the budget backlash. If Ford has learned anything from that experience, it’s that residents don’t want drama. They want solutions. He’d best get on with it.3 enzom@nowtoronto.com

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The secret of Occupy Shape-shifting org bravely struggles for strategic elegance By ELLIE KIRZNER

waiting for the 505 a few weeks back, I heard an elderly man in a suit explaining to the woman beside him that our political institutions are controlled by the 1 per cent. It’s easy to forget how quickly Occupy-thought has penetrated public discourse – and how small are the actual numbers spiriting the movement along. Case in point: Occupy Toronto’s somewhat smallish Activist Assembly last weekend, January 20 to 22, at OISE, though what the happening lacked in numbers it made up for in heroic grit. As always with the shape-shifting org, the people count was elusive because of all the comings and goings (there was a mobilization at Caterpillar in London the same weekend), but I’d wager about 150 in total showed up to celebrate past successes, fortify the consensual decision style and chart new forays. OT may not have been terribly visible in the months since its November expulsion from St. James Park, but it has, astonishingly, remained in emergency mode, as if in the current economic crisis politics were of necessity a daily practice. In this vein, the general assembly has until recently been meeting nightly at Nathan Phillips Square – frost, snow and rain notwithstanding – although attendance varies widely and some meetings are cancelled due to no-shows. As well, mostly below the media radar, the group has valiantly kept its Livestream alive, fomented GAs in subways, streetcars and malls, bolstered climate justice and anti-cutback organizing, as happened at City Hall last week, hosted a New Year’s Day border meeting with U.S. Occu-

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piers and maintained a number of watery but generally intact committees, from marshalling to outreach. At the same time, there’ve been wrenching challenges: a tumultuous conflict over control of the finances, an unsettling showdown with an individual participant, more physical assaults and soul-searching over safety issues, and a major contest over meeting periodicity (GA now meets four times a week) and what constitutes quorum (now 26). At Friday night’s OISE session, Judy Rebick in a thoughtful presentation praising the movement for breaking through “the manufactured consent to say inequality is obscene,” quoted filmmaker Velcrow Ripper to the effect that Occupy “isn’t an ideology; it’s a methodology.” It’s really the only way of grasping this unconventional mode of organizing, which gets its strength and legitimacy from remaining responsive to a multitude of issues and the various groups organizing around them, and providing a sort of permacadre of protesters. But the contradiction has always been that while the movement declares itself uncontainable, and boundary-less, it also aspires to coherence and strategical elegance. The disjuncture was evident at Saturday night’s GA on the frozen terrain of the OISE courtyard. Here, discussion focused on the ongoing tent-in at Osgoode Hall established during the city’s anti-cut showdown. OT had issued a media release promising a three-day camp in City Hall square (later moved to Osgoode). But here it was, day five after an obvious budget victory, and a group of enthusiasts were still hold-

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ing their ground. The question was whether they had the GA seal of approval and if OT should back their effort to fight eviction by seeking a temporary injunction. (The issue, by the way, was not “It’s freaking freezing, wet and miserable.”) One participant suggested they were breaking a contract with the public by continuing the action past its stated expiry date. “Is the Osgoode camp a wise and strategic application of our energies?” he asked. “We told the media three days, and now it’s a stealth occupation. It shows us to be undisciplined and unfocused.” Another felt the group was dutybound to follow their most energetic flank. “Occupy is a mysterious process, creative and spontaneous, and responds to things that need to be addressed as they come up; this is one of those moments.” In the end, campers, with discernment, heeded the caution of Movement Defence lawyer Omar Ha-Redeye that the legal bid had been too hastily initiated and a court loss would prejudice future occupations. Still, for all the dilemmas dogging autonomous action, activists remain dedicated to their unusual post-lefty modus. The best-attended workshop Saturday was Occupy Neighbourhoods, where facilitator Andrew Owen codified an Occupy organizing manual. Unlike project management, he said, Occupy encompasses many issues at once and relies on the spontaneous and heartfelt initiatives of individuals. “We are an expressive movement,” he said. “People do what they feel moved to do, after checking in with the GA. It’s not linear. It’s not ‘Let’s do this campaign and then this one.’ People contribute what they want to contribute.” Soon enough, discussion turned to the possibility that Occupy might try to run some of the social services lost to the austerity knife. “We are creative; we can find our own solutions,” one woman said. “No one can tell you a vision is too big or too small,” Owen emphasized. And that, as Leonard Cohen would say, is “how the light gets in.” 3 ellie@nowtoronto.com

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on the second anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, let’s get down to a skimpy project that lays bare a whole lot about the men in charge of international emergency aid missions. This has to do with women’s drawers, and their new role in the agenda of global emergency assistance. The story starts here in T.O. at a fundraiser for Beaches Alternative School last summer. Haitian musician Jaffa Charles performed there, and when parent activist Maggie Hayes asked Charles’s wife, Canadian filmmaker Sandra Whiteley, what one person could do for the people of Haiti, Whiteley told her, “Collect underwear.” Hayes mulled it over, then got down to work. She and some friends coined a hokey slogan, “We care with

underwear,” and connected to a charitable host, Rights Action, which supports grassroots groups in Central America. By November, they had 1,500 pairs of new underwear to send to Port au Prince with Whiteley. Huge lineups greeted Whiteley’s drop-off. Underwear, says Hayes, is “the most basic part of dignity and femininity and who you are. We don’t need to do big, fancy things.” Rules were minimal. No secondhand donations. No corporate or big charity sponsors. The third rule came from yoga, which Hayes teaches: no attachment. “It’s about women giving to women freely, with no attachment or expectations.’’ Now Hayes has defined her January 2012 project as a step toward Haitian self-reliance, with the founding of a workers’ co-op of underwear

makers. The Women’s Bookstore held a fundraiser that netted $3,500. Peach Berserk donated silkscreened pockets so the undies could have a tiny pocket for personal things, because Haitian women carry no purses. Designer Fabrics discounted the materials. Beach Sewing Centre donated industrial thread and five reconditioned sewing machines. Hayes bought the scissors. Air Canada gave free shipping for 19 duffel bags of cloth and sewing equipment. Almost all the $3,500 in donations goes to pay four Haitian women, who will work five hours a day while their kids are at school. Co-op staff call their unique brand La Poche, the French and Haitian word for pocket. “The one thing they want to be known,” says Hayes, “is that the underwear is made in Haiti under the control of Haitians,” not one of the foreign factories set up by occupying

forces in a unregulated zone. In mid-January, Hayes and Whiteley took 3,000 pairs of already-mades to give away at a Port au Prince encampment as the co-op project was gearing up. I saw Hayes’s pictures of the four-woman co-op taking lessons from Hayes, herself recently taught by her donors. The work will be done on tables placed in the donated backyard of an art shop. Hayes will bring no more underwear to Haiti. Her next stop is Zimbabwe. Across town from the new co-op, Canada’s Haitian-born former Governor General, Michaëlle Jean, now a UNESCO envoy to Haiti, gave an address for the January 12 anniversary at the government palace directly facing a park bursting with makeshift shelters. What killed about 300,000 Haitians was not an earthquake, she said. What killed them was “extensive, even murderous negligence.” What is hurting people now is the global refusal to provide funds to the elected Haitian government and the

hoarding of power and funding in foreign agencies and NGOs. “The aid and handouts system has become a business that corrodes the power of self-government,’’ she said, calling for more small and medium local businesses. Providing people with small articles that affirm personal dignity also resonates with the message of Dr. Paul Farmer, who has worked for 20 years in Haiti. No, he doesn’t write about underwear in his classic Pathologies Of Power: Health, Human Rights And The New War On The Poor. But Farmer identifies themes central to the relentless but stoically endured suffering of his patients – victims, he says, of “structural sin.” The suffering silence of people is eloquent, he argues, because they know their needs are not deemed worthy or lofty enough , and because their whole lives have been filled with small indignities – perhaps some related to underwear. Though it’s too early to situate Hayes’s project in the global history of underwear, I remember from my previous life as a social historian specializing in women’s movements the story of how Dr. Augusta Stowe-Gullen, pioneer of Women’s College Hospital, came out as an early crusader for votes for women. She bicycled down Yonge Street – in full emancipatory bloomers. There’s always nine-tenths more under the surface — and that applies to undies as much as icebergs. 3 news@nowtoronto.com

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FORD’S SCATTERED SELL-OFF STALLS By BEN SPURR

rob ford’s executive committee deferred a vote on hundreds of Toronto Community Housing Corporation homes Monday night (January 23), hours before the mayor’s inner circle was expected to rubber-stamp the decision to auction them off. The delay until February 13 averts a rushed sale, but tenant groups say they want the sale put off indefinitely, lest Toronto revert to the dark ages of social housing policy. The 675 properties whose sale staff

is recommending are so-called “scattered” units, stand-alone TCHC houses embedded in neighbourhoods. Most contain one or two large units, and blend in with neighbouring properties to create mixed-income communities. To the Ford administration, the units are low-hanging fruit. Because they’re more expensive to operate and more easily sold off than large, multi-unit buildings, they’re seen as the logical source of revenue to address TCHC’s $650-million repair backlog. City staff estimate their sale would bring in $222 million. But people living in the houses say they have roots in their communities and don’t want to leave. Sherri Adams’s Malvern home is one of those at risk, and she says she doesn’t know how she and her five children would cope if forced to move into smaller accommodation in one of TCHC’s multi-unit buildings.

“Scattered units work for the whole community of Toronto,” Adams says. “Scattered units have no crime.” Selling the houses could also negatively impact current residents in the housing complexes. To make room for those pushed out by the sell-offs, apartments in bigger TCHC buildings now rented at market rates would be

redesignated as subsidized units for low-income tenants, squeezing out higher-income residents and creating less balanced communities. “We need the mixed-income people,” says TCHC tenant Wally Simpson. “You can’t go putting all the low-income people away from everybody. It leads to stigmatization and ghettoization, and the crime goes up.” Simpson lives in a multi-unit TCHC building in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood that he says is 60 per cent market rent and is “a worldwide example of how mixed neighbourhoods should be.” History suggests that concentrating the poor in one area, like the old Regent Park, is a terrible idea. That project is now being torn down to create a mixed-income neighbourhood. Ford’s critics warn he’s in danger of repeating the same mistake. “[The sell-off] is moving us back to the 1890s,” says Councillor Adam

Vaughan. “It’s been delayed a month, but it should be delayed a year so councillors can work on a solution.” For now, solutions are in short supply. TCHC says its repair backlog will continue to grow by $100 million a year, and by 2022, 95 per cent of its properties will be in a critical state. Everyone agrees that the provincial and federal governments need to come to the table, but there’s no sign of that happening soon. Other ideas floated include breaking TCHC up into smaller, more specialized entities, or enlisting the non-profit sector for redevelopment. Vaughan believes Ford is delaying the sale because he fears another defeat after last week’s budget vote. “The goal here is to create better housing, but also more housing [rather than selling it off],” says Vaughan. “There are a number of councillors willing to do that and the mayor ought to listen to them.” 3 news@nowtoronto.com

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1999 The first-ever BlackBerry is announced in Munich, Germany, for some reason. Its name was devised by the same marketing firm that Apple hired to brand its PowerBook. early 2000s RIM approaches the federal government about providing employees with BlackBerrys at cost. The government declines. Years later, Canada pays a whole lot more for a similar contract.

2003  Enter the BlackBerry as we know it today. Concentrating on email, it’s available through 25 or so carriers worldwide. july 2005 RIM launches its revolutionary BlackBerry Messenger, a social networking service that proved its most popular feature ever. 2007 A stock scandal knocks Balsillie out of his role as chairman of the board. The Ontario Securities Commission fines Balsillie, Lazaridis and another RIM executive $9 million each, and orders them to repay the company $68 million after they’re caught backdating stocks to make prices more attractive. january 2008 Barack Obama becomes the first president to carry a smartphone – and it’s a BlackBerry. late 2000s Balsillie begins a bizarre public campaign to bring an NHL team to southern Ontario. He frequently appears in

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aPril 19, 2011  Almost a year after announcing it, RIM releases the PlayBook, a meek entry in the tablet market that’s sold only 850,000 units to date. july 21, 2011 Amid investor fears, declining market share and the appearance of an embarrassing critical leaked memo from a RIM executive, the media turns on the once adored company. NOW Magazine urges RIM to relocate from Waterloo to a more mature business centre like Toronto.

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the Fu ture oF aiD: our shareD responsiBility (War Child Canada) Panel discussion with

War Child founder Samantha Nutt and others. 7 pm. $20, stu $10. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles W. warchild.ca/futureofaid.

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australia Day Tranzac Club open house with performances by Sandro Perri, Andre Ethier, Bob Wiseman and others. 8 pm. Freepwyc. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. 416-9238137. avoiDing activist Burnout Workshop for activists with Angela Bischoff of Ontario Clean Air Alliance. 6:30 pm. $20, unwaged $10 sugg. U of T St George Campus. Preregister toolsforchange.net. Democracy anD the Decline oF great poWers Discussion with political science

prof Vsevolod Gunitskiy. 4 pm. Free. University College, rm 179, 15 King’s College Circle. scienceforpeace.ca.

Digital activism – applying technology to empoWer community Talk. 7 pm. $5

min. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. 647-7269500. interior Design shoW Contemporary design exhibits, installations and speakers. Today 9 am-5 pm; Jan 28, 10 am-7 pm; Jan 29, 10 am-6 pm. $22, adv $19, gala (today) $60$195. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. interiordesignshow.com. meet the artist: yael Bartana Discussion of the artist’s work with Bartana, Polish activist Slawomir Sierakowski and curator Chen Tamir. 7 pm. $22.50, stu $17. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. ago.net/talks. pan-asian cultural shoWcase Japanese short films, Chinese music, South Asian dance, readings and more. 7 pm. Pwyc. Hart House Music Rm, 7 Hart House Circle. facebook.com/events/332861243400333.

the politics oF protest: BriDging the local anD gloBal in emerging social movements Panel discussion on emerging social

movements such as Occupy and SlutWalk with professor Judith Taylor, Josephine Grey and others. 5 pm. Free. William Doo Auditorium, 40 Willcocks. thepoliticsofprotest. wordpress.com. sherBourne Bike lane upgraDes Public meeting to learn more about the design and offer input. 6 pm. Free. Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, 444 Sherbourne. cyclometer@toronto.ca. social meDia Workshop Scarborough Arts Meet Up informal workshop on social media including Facebook and Twitter. 6 pm. Free. Scarborough Arts, 1859 Kingston. Pre-register programs@scarborougharts.com. steal this iDea! Panel discussion on bold ideas for civic change with radio host/filmmaker Sook-Yin Lee, author/environmentalist Rick Smith and MP Olivia Chow. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. Preregister torontopubliclibrary.ca/appelsalon.

that line oF Darkness: the shaDoW oF Dracula anD the great War Robert A

Douglas lectures on how the current appeal of the Gothic is rooted in the late 19th century. 7 pm. Free. Palmerston Library, 560 Palmerston. torontopubliclibrary.ca. unikkausivut: sharing our stories Film screening and panel discussion. 7 pm. Free. NFB Mediatheque, 150 John. 416-973-3012.

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8 Fest Festival of Super 8 and small-gauge films with

screenings by Milena Gierke, Ed Ackerman, Tanya Read, HomeMovie History Project and others, plus workshops. Trash Palace, 89B Niagara. the8fest.com. Jan 27 to 29 Winterlicious Culinary festival with participating restaurants offering special prix-fixe menus. toronto.ca. Jan 27 to Feb 9

continuing Big smoke Festival Local, homegrown musical talent. $6.

Magpie, 831 Dundas W. 416-916-6499, bigsmokefest.com. To Jan 28 rmosaic storytelling Festival Performances for all ages by storytellers including Itah Sadu. Every second Sun. Pwyc. St David’s Anglican Church, 49 Donlands. For schedule, call 416-466-3142, stdavidstoronto.ca/mosaic/mosaic. html. To Mar 18 toronto Design oFFsite Festival Exhibitions and events mark Toronto Design Week at venues across the city. todesignoffsite.com. To Jan 29 u oF t neW music Festival Compositions in a wide gamut of genres by student, faculty and guest composers, plus lectures. Free-$25. Edward Johnson Bldg, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744, music.toronto.ca. To Feb 5

Friday, January 27

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purple pinkies For polio (End Polio Now)

Benefit screening of the documentary Benda Bilili followed by a reception. 7:30 pm. $30. TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 4, 350 King W. rotarytoronto.com.

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come up to my room 2012 Alternative design event featuring artists’ room installations, public space projects and curator’s tours. Today noon-8 pm; tomorrow noon-10 pm; Jan 29 noon-5 pm. $10, stu $5, design talks free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-5314635, comeuptomyroom.com. girlesque 7 Evening of burlesque with Miss Indigo Blue, Coco Lectric, Fiona Flauntit and others. 8 pm. $40, adv $35. Revival, 783 College. greatcanadianburlesque.com. harm reDuction – american style Interactive discussion with Harm Reduction Coalition executive director Allan Clear. 10:30 am. Free. Health Centre, 410 Sherbourne. 416-8673728. occupy DeBrieF Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly coffeehouse with talks by Occupy activists Brendan Bruce and Lana Goldberg. 7 pm. Free. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. 647-7269500. oWl proWl Walk to search for owls. 7 pm. $8. Humber Arboretum, 205 Humber College. Preregister arboretum@humber.ca. psychiatric FrauD, lies & the Dsm Lecture by anti-psychiatry activist Don Weitz. 7 pm. Free. OISE, rm 2199, 252 Bloor W. dweitz@rogers. com. rsuper Fun p.a. Day camp Kids five to 12 bake over an open hearth, make crafts and play games. 9 am-4 pm. $32/child. Scarborough Museum, 1007 Brimley. 416-338-8807. toronto monologue slam Local up-andcoming actors deliver performances in a New York-style slam. 7 pm. $15. Trane Studio, 964 Bathurst. 416-913-8197, toslam.com.

Saturday, January 28

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paWs on the shore (Support Hershey’s Bill) Hike for dogs and their owners to repeal the pit bull ban. Noon. Donation. SE corner Kipling and Lakeshore. supporthersheysbill.com. Walk For memories (Alzheimer Soc of Toronto) Fundraising walk though the underground PATH system. 9 am. Min $20 in pledges. Brookfield Place, 181 Bay. alzheimertoronto.org.

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chinese neW year For FooDies Tour and tasting with culinary historian Shirley Lum. Today

and tomorrow 10 am. $45, stu/srs $40, child $30. Lucky Moose Statue, 393 Dundas W. Preregister 416-923-6813. come up to my room Design talks Artists and designers talk about their room installations. 11 am-2 pm. Free. Gladstone Ballroom, 1214 Queen W. gladstonehotel.com. contra Dance Beginners class and dancing to live music by Anne Lederman. 7 pm. $10. St Barnabas Anglican Church, 175 Hampton. tcdance.org. Dare night v3.0 Party where participants execute exhilarating dares in front of a crowd. 7:30 pm. Pwyc. Gallerywest, 1172 Queen W. hello@mammalian.ca. Dj skate night Skate beside the lake while DJs spin. Saturdays to Feb 19. 8-11 pm. Free. Harbourfront Ice Rink, 235 Queens Quay. 416973-4000. rFamily Fun at the Bata Kids three to nine try on shoes, go on a treasure hunt and more. Today 11 am-4 pm; tomorrow noon-4 pm. Free w/ admission. Bata Shoe Museum, 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799, batashoemuseum.ca.

monitoring ButterFlies in urBan settings

Toronto Entomologists Assoc talk. 1:15 pm. Free. Victoria College, rm 206, 73 Queen’s Park. ontarioinsects.org.

a musical intro to chinese through youtuBe songs Learn how to sing Chinese golden

oldies at a basic Mandarin class. Saturdays to Jan 28. 2:30 pm. Free. Scadding Court Community Centre, 707 Dundas W. Pre-register mandarinthroughmusic@yahoo.ca. roWl proWl Family walk to search for owls. Today 11 am; Feb 1, 7 pm. $8. Humber Arboretum, 205 Humber College. Pre-register arboretum@humber.ca.

soliDarity anD social jeWish: a raBBinic aDvocate For palestinian human rights

Talk by rabbi Lynn Gottlieb. 7:30 pm. $10 or pwyc. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. 416-9239280. sounD as art 1 New Adventures in Sound Art recording and editing workshop with Darren Copeland. 10 am-5 pm. $100. NAISA Space, 601 Christie. Pre-register naisa.ca. rsuper hero school Kids create a secret identity. Saturdays to Jan 28. $60. Scarborough Museum, 1007 Brimley. Pre-register 416338-4386, toronto.ca/torontofun. ultimate travel shoW Seminars, exhibits, entertainment and destinations. Today 10 am-6 pm; tomorrow 10 am-5 pm. $10, stu/srs $6.50, children free. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. travelandleisureshow.com.

youth Dialogue: social justice through art Forum on using art as a tool for un-

earthing history, plus a performance of Diana Tso’s play Red Snow. 11 am-4 pm. $15. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. torontoalpha.org/ index.php?.

the artists’ soup kitchen Talk by artist Naty Tremblay and free lunch for artists. Noon-3 pm. Free. Raging Spoon, 761 Queen W. starvingartistsoupkitchen@gmail.com. DraWing From oBjects/still liFe Open drawing session. 6:30 pm. $2-$3. Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen E. donriverdwgsessions@hotmail.com. Faith anD occupy Discussion on ways faith communities can support the Occupy Movement. 7 pm. Free. Friends House, 60 Lowther. 416-686-2129. shinjuku Boys Trans film screening and discussion. 6:30 pm. Free. Centre for Women and Trans People, rm 100, 563 Spadina. 416-9788201. unBuilt toronto 2: more oF the city that might have Been Presentation by Mark Os-

baldeston. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

Tuesday, January 31

Benefits

sounD aFFects (War Child Canada) CD release

party with performances by Brett Caswell, the Elwins and others. 8 pm. $10. El Mocambo, 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777.

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Sunday, January 29

Events

BBlack history Brunch Ontario Black History Soc kicks off Black History Month with a brunch hosted by CBC news hosts Anne-Marie Mediwake and Dwight Drummond. Noon. $85. Liberty Grand, 25 British Columbia. blackhistorysociety.ca. Brian steWart: insiDe the vortex The CBC news correspondent lectures on media in time of crisis. 10:10 am. Free. St Clement’s Church Parish Hall, 50 Briar Hill. 416-483-6664. Dance Dance party party All-women, alcohol-free party. 3:30 pm. $8. Mad for Dance, 263 Adelaide W. ddpptoronto@gmail.com. eurozone From greece to germany: explaining the crisis Presentation by political

economist Paul Kellogg. 4 pm. Free. OISE, rm 8201, 252 Bloor W. ideasleftout@gmail.com.

rinDian mela & repuBlic Day celeBration

Cultural performances, an Idol contest, kids’ drawing competition, bazaar and more. 11 am-5 pm. Free, Idol contestants $10. Pearson Convention Centre, 2638 Steeles E, Brampton. panoramaindia.org.

reshaping the minD: the BeneFits oF Bilingualism Lecture by Ellen Bialystok. 3 pm.

Free. U of T Medical Sciences Bldg, 1 King’s College Circle. royalcanadianinstitute.org. selF-DeFense: politics anD practice Activist training workshop with Jen Danch. 1-4 pm. $20, unwaged $10. U of T St George Campus. Pre-register toolsforchange.net/2011/12/08/ self-defense-politics-and-practice. sunDay scene: sarah parsons Artist-led tour of the current exhibitions. 2 pm. Free w/ admission. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949.

thoroughly moDern: the inFluences oF 1920s Fashion Lecture and tour of the Roaring

Twenties exhibition. 2 pm. $16. Bata Shoe Museum, 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799. rWinter in the valley Tour the wildflower preserve to learn how birds, animals and plants adapt to winter. 1:30 pm. Free w/ admission. Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery, E of Bayview. 416-396-2819.

ence voting and an auction. 7:30 pm. $15, stu $10. Great Hall, 1087 Queen W. artbattleto. com. cooking classes RAW: Sexy red tomato class. 7 to 9:30 pm. $70. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. thebigcarrot.ca. Drummers in exile Weekly drum and dance circle. $2-$5. Annex Wreck Room, 794 Bathurst. drummersinexile.com. the evolving visual consumer Panel discussion on how the experience and consumption of media is transformative, with BMO creative director Bev Forster and others. 6:30 pm. $15. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. Pre-register eventbrite.com/event/2364871394.

gloBal austerity, access to the city & citizenship Hart House Social Justice Comm

panel discussion with professor David Hulchanski, Jayme Turney of Toronto Pubic Space Initiative and others. 4 pm. Free. Hart House Debates Rm, 7 Hart House Circle. Pre-register hhsocialjustice@gmail.com. greg payce The artist talks about his exhibition Greg Payce: Illusions with curator Amy Gogarty. 6:30 pm. $15. Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. hoW Do mysteries really get solveD? Lecture by a forensic identification officer. 7 pm. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 599 Mt Pleasant. torontopubliclibrary.ca. memory & aging Demonstration of techniques to improve memory and mental abilities. 2 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

reconsiDering iDeas aBout early maya political organization Lecture by archaeo-

logical research associate Helen R Haines. 7 pm. $23. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-5797.

Bsearching For heroines: Black Women anD community in 19th-century hamilton-WentWorth Talk by author/historian Adrienne Shadd. 5:45 pm. Free. St Lawrence Hall, 157 King E. herstoriescafe.ca.

the WorlD We Want: an evening With Frances moore lappe Discussion with the

Diet For A Small Planet author. 7:30 pm. Free. Wychwood Barns (Barn 2), 601 Christie. jlaforge@usc-canada.org. you guesseD it! you can’t unguess it! Futurama trivia night. 8 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

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Wednesday, February 1

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antarctica 2041: the quest to save earth’s last WilDerness Seminar. 4:10 pm. Free.

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of York Region) Signing of the book Read... Think... Remember with authors including Joanne Elder, Doug Smith and Rick Blechta. 6:30 pm. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. jelder1@rogers.com. quiz/trivia night (Horizon Children’s Centre) Play for prizes. $10/team. Pour Boy, 666 Manning. 416-343-7969.

Bahen Centre, rm 1190, 40 St George. environment.utoronto.ca. BcoFFee, cream anD curry Author Judy Powell talks about her historical fiction about Jamaica. 1:30 pm. Free. York Woods Library, 1785 Finch W. 416-395-5980.

Brelements oF aFrican theatre: story, Dance anD music Storytelling workshop for

kids and teens led by professional actors. 1:30 pm. Free. Highland Creek Library, 3550 Ellesmere. Pre-register 416-395-5980. Fireside: The AudiTions Performers of all kinds audition for the upcoming Fireside Culture Week. 1-8 pm. Free. Cadillac Lounge, 1296 Queen W. festival@parkdalevillagebia.com.

From Chernobyl To FukushimA: A CAmpAigners’ Journey Film screening and discus-

sion with Greenpeace’s Shawn-Patrick Stensil and John Perry of the Jesuit Forum. 7 pm. Free. Regis College, 100 Wellesley W. greg.kennedy@utoronto.ca. shAre The love WiTh preloved Workshop on making your own mitts and scarves with Preloved designers. 6:30 pm. $85, stu $75. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. Pre-register 416-363-6121. (un)publiC: A CAse For CollATerAl ArT Lecture by art historian/theorist/curator Patricia Phillips. 5 pm. Free. York U Accolade W Bldg, rm 004, 4700 Keele. yorku.ca. volunTeer AbroAd Travel talk. 6:30 pm. Free. Adventure Travel Co, 408 King W. atcadventure.com.

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Thursday, February 2

Events

BblACk Women ArTisTs Talk by artist/his-

torian Suzanne Tevlin. 7 pm. Free. Bloor/Gladstone Library, 1101 Bloor W. 416-393-7674. BAn evening WiTh pAm grier The actor talks about why she entered the film busi-

ness, the choices she’s made as an actor and the challenges she’s faced. 7 pm. $18.50. Cineplex Odeon Varsity and VIP Cinemas, 55 Bloor W. ticketweb.ca. The gArdens oF versAilles Illustrated talk by artist David Wistow, plus French music and fare. 6:30 pm. $20, stu $15. Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence E. 416-3971340.

iF CAnAdA And mexiCo Are so neCessAry For u.s. idenTiTy, Why Are They so impoTenT When FACing WAshingTon’s border seCurTy demAnds? Discussion with political science prof Stephen Clarkson. 4 pm. Free. University College, rm 179, 15 King’s College Circle. scienceforpeace.ca.

kevin smiTh: live From behind FeATuring JAy & silenT bob geT old ISmith and fellow

actor Jason “Jay” Mewes broadcast live via satellite to movie theatres across Canada and the U.S. 9:30 pm. $50 live, satellite broadcast $17. Scotiabank Theatre, 259 Richmond W. cineplex.com/events.

The syriAn uprising, The ArAb leFT And The pAlesTiniAn CAuse Talk. 7 pm. $5 min. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. 647-726-9500.

BvisiTing AFriCAns in The diAsporA, virTuAlly Teens explore the culture of the

Gullahs through their songs, arts and crafts. 6 pm. Free. York Woods Library, 1785 Finch W. Pre-register torontopubliclibrary.ca. yiddish vinkl Music and stories commemorating the life of Yiddish diva Adrienne Cooper. Noon. $16 (includes lunch). Free Times Café, 320 College. yiddishvinkl@yahoo.ca. 3

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Food For everyone Diet For A Small Planet: you’ve heard the title of this 70s bestseller. Now come and meet the author, Frances Moore Lappé, one of the pioneers of the food politics movement. Moore Lappé speaks about her latest insights, found in her new book, EcoMind: Changing The Way We Think, To Create The World We Want, at a discussion hosted by USC Canada, an org dedicated to family farms and healthy ecosystems across the globe. Tuesday (January 31), 7:30 pm. Free. Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. usc-canada.org.

greenpeACe’s nuke odyssey If nuclear power bugs you at all, this is one doc you don’t want to

miss. The Regis College Social Justice Film Series at U of T hosts a screening of From Chernobyl To Fukushima: A Campaigner’s Journey, released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl meltdown and featuring the fact-finding mission of Greenpeace’s Shawn-Patrick Stensil. The radiation-monitoring enviro activist appears in person to offer his thoughts, along with John Perry of the Jesuit Forum. Wednesday (February 1), 7 pm. Free. 100 Wellesley West. tst.edu.

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launches Sound Affects, a compilation CD featuring local bands and aimed at raising bucks for the globe’s kids. See performances by Newmarket pop band the Elwins, folk rocker Brett Caswell and others. Tuesday (January 31), 8 pm. $10. El Mocambo, 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777.

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Design Week’s class of 2012 is full of fresh faces as interested in sustainability and community-building as in bringing a sense of playfulness and killer good looks to their work. Here’s who’s inspiring us to switch up our spaces now.

Mason

mason-studio.com Last week in a chilly warehouse north of Woodbine Racetrack, some of our country’s brightest design minds were converting six bright-blue shipping containers into conceptual rooms. When the Interior Design Show (page 28) opens tonight (Thursday, January 26), they’ll be stacked high for an installation called How Do You Live, which comments on the seemingly never-ending condo boom in Toronto. Stanley Sun and Ashley Rumsey of the Junction-based studio Mason might be the newbiest of the teams participating – they founded Mason less than a year ago, though both have considerable experience on big international projects with other firms and made a name for themselves locally with the Show Off exhibition of 20 designer works in 13 Dundas West storefronts in the fall – but that just makes their slick creation stand out more. “We wanted to challenge what a kitchen and bathroom can be,” says Sun. “One is a completely private space, and the other is completely public.” To make them work together, the duo broke down each area to its functional rather than social use. In the middle of the container, water flows from a pot filler faucet into a long oak trough before passing under a cooking platform and cascading into a garden. The phrase “Our Home and Native Land” glows in a neon light mounted on a back wall of charred pine boards. “There is less delineation between cooking, dining, living and working spaces,” says Rumsey about the reality of living in a shoebox-sized apartment. “Our exhibit aims to challenge the way you can live within a space.”

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Public DisPlays of affection PhOtOS by SteFAniA yARhi

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The Practice of Everyday Design’s Antoine Morris (left) and David Long collaborate to tell a story.

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“Design has the ability to do more than make things look pretty,” says René Ng as we tour the main floor of 40 Oak Street in revitalized Regent Park with his Public Displays of Affection colleagues Parimal Gosai and Katherine Ngui. The building is the new headquarters for Toron-

to’s Christian Resource Centre and houses 87 affordable housing units and a 10,000-square-foot community hub, including a multi-faith worship space. PDA is putting its stamp on the structure by having local designers outfit the space with over 100 pieces of sustainable, custom-designed furniture. This isn’t the first time the team has brought design out of its sometimes exclusive bubble. Public Displays of Affection’s first major project in 2009 was Edmond Place, an affordable housing development in Parkdale. That initiative opened PDA’s eyes to how enthusiastically the design community might

support similar ones. “It’s surprising how many people come forward when we put out the call,” says Ngui. If you attend tomorrow evening’s opening reception for 40 Oaks (Friday, January 27 from 6 to 10 pm), you’ll pass through an entranceway outfitted with a Brothers Dressler fixture and a donor wall by Rob Southcott. Connie Chisholm engaged her Sheridan College furniture design class to create 20 custom cabinets, while George Brown students developed a mural for a community meeting room that’s also home to a Fugitive Glue pendant light and a table by Studio Junction.

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Antoine Morris and David Long, who run the Practice of everyday Design, might live thousands of kilometres apart, but that doesn’t keep them from working together. Who needs face-to-face studio sessions when you can Skype to figure out how to hang thousands of fibre optic lights to create a 4-metre-tall illuminated installation in the shape of an elephant (as they did for nuit blanche in October) or plan their piece for Design Week’s Associates show (Don’t Miss, page 28)? “It’s a bit harder when it’s a built piece,” says Toronto-based Morris about collaborating cross-country with Vancouver-based Long. What makes it work is that their design philosophies are both coming from the same place. “Our goal is always to come up with something unique based on a playful concept,” says Morris. “And there’s always a storyline.” The tale of their Associates lamp started with a play on the word “light.” A 30-foot length of silver cord wraps around a chiselled, hefty piece of reclaimed limestone before threading through a stack of vintage industrial shades. It might look precarious (dare you to pull the cord to turn it on!), but it’s actually completely balanced. “Design can be gruelling, iterative and stressful,” says Morris. “But we know a piece is ready when we look at it and smile.”

Public Display of Affection’s Jeremy Vandermeij (left), Katherine Ngui and René Ng.

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Jean Willoughby (left) and Lizz Aston find creative inspiration in simple wine stains.

Jean Willoughby& lizz aston jeanwilloughby.com, lizzaston.com Most people try to avoid getting wine stains on a new piece of furniture, but not Jean Willoughby, a furniture designer who made a splash at last year’s Design Week with a pair of wood and concrete dressers, and Lizz Aston, who makes oversized installations by twisting traditional textile techniques. For Radiant Dark (page 28), they paired up

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to design a table dyed in a giant Rubbermaid basin of vino. The starting point for the project was a photo Aston found of a jar of pickles that had exploded on a supermarket floor. The brine-etched tiles got them thinking about the popularity of concrete counters in contemporary kitchens and how the material doesn’t

always stand up to food acids like lemon juice, white vinegar and wine. “We call it the Malbec Etched Table,” says Willoughby who created its form and had it cast in concrete. Using one of Aston’s exploded lace designs as a stencil, they then covered the piece in cold wax before placing it in a bath of Misterio red. “We may have had a few glasses ourselves during the process,” admits Willoughby, but Aston thinks their creative differences are the reason for the project’s success. “I like the dialogue that happens when you collaborate with another designer,” she says. “It takes you somewhere you wouldn’t necessarily go on your own.”

one concept tricky. Tompkins describes the final space in room 212 as a playful and conceptual mix of elements, including a rug inspired by one of Watson’s canvases, boards that have been burned, sandblasted and painted, and curls of orange wood chips. tinselandsawdust.com After CUTMR closes, she moves on to an even bigger project: opening a every year a few overachievers like store and café in the new Academy of Katrina tompkins take on a heap of Lions gym on Ossington Design Week projects. the furwith her Tinsel & Sawdust niture maker has a piece in partners Watson, designCapacity (take 5, page 30) er Amy Markanda and and has already participated foodie Mandy Ridley. in toronto Design Offsite’s She calls the concept PechaKucha night and the “experiential retail” and Design exchange’s Making it says that rather than mertalks. chandising products in a When I met up with her at traditional way, café her garage studio tucked becustomers will use hind the Dufferin Mall, pieces – chairs though, the project and tables, for that got her giddiest example – that is an installation in are for sale. collaboration with “We put out painter Janna Wata call for prodson at the Gladucts from stone for its Come young, local Up To My Room exmakers,” she hibition (page 28). says. “We want “I’ve been waiting to show people five years to do this,” that design is she says, admitting that actually quite acthe anticipation has Katrina Tompkins gets playful at Come Up To My Room. cessible.” made sticking with

ONES TO WATCH

More emerging names on the design scene radar. THOM FOUGERE (thomfougere.com)

“Last year. Thom Fougere and Nils Vik won the IDS RADO award for best new prototype for their ingenious bench and coat rack combination. This year. Thom is going it alone with a new coffee table made of beautiful Manitoba Tyndall stone. The top is left unfinished so it will wear down, exposing fossil fragments embedded in the material.”

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John Baker, co-owner of Mjölk (mjolk.ca)

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BETTIE COTT AND LAUREN REED

“I met Bettie and Lauren in September at the first meeting for the participants of this year’s Capacity show (see Take 5, page 30). They stood out because they are still students at Sheridan College, and I was intrigued by their project, which they described as a ‘personal management system’. It’s essentially a clothes rack made of wood for people with tiny apartments and too much clothing.” Bev Hisey, textile designer (bevhisey.com)

RAW (rawdesign.ca)

“When it came time to select an emerging architecture firm to create the installation for the IDS 12 entrance (see show preview, page 28), it wasn’t a difficult choice. I went with RAW. The firm, led by Roland Rom Colthoff, truly pushes the envelope on how we live, producing mixed-use dwellings as well as successful laneway and infill projects.” Roland Rom Colthoff

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ON WITH THE SHOW

Design Week’s lineup keeps growing, but we’re here to help you navigate the three big events and can’t-miss offsite exhibitions. By ANDREW SARDONE

INTERIOR DESIGN SHOW The Concept: Called Canada’s Largest Contemporary Design Fair, IDS mixes the international design establishment with Canada’s best furniture markers, housewares developers and architects. Look for: Design Docs, an on-site film festival featuring flicks on subjects like mid-century architecture in Palm Springs, and icons Charles and Ray

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Eames. Offsite Onsite presents 10,000 square feet of experimental installations by Kathryn Walter, Commute Home and students from the country’s top design schools, while Studio North is where names like Brothers Dressler and Mushaboom Design unveil new work. The Party: Tonight’s (Thursday, January 26) industry mega-mixer is the place to spot everyone from HGTV personalities to indie design stars. And check out ONEXONE’s charity auction featuring 20 Julian chairs gussied up by the likes of Arthur Mendonça, Debbie Travis and Yabu Pushelberg. When and where: Thursday to Sunday (January 26 to 29, professional trade day Friday) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (255 Front West). Opening-night tickets $60 at the door. General admission tickets Saturday and Sunday $22. interiordesignshow.com.

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including uphoarders Fugitive Glue, the hotel’s artist-in-residence, Bruno Billio, and Gareth Bate, who installs hundreds of hand-painted portraits on plastic discs in his space. On Saturday (January 28), the annual Design Talks session zones in on the theme of disposability between 11 am and 1 pm. The Party: Last year it seemed like everyone doing Design Week descended on the Gladstone’s sweaty ballroom to dance under a ceiling hung with giant red balloons. This year, Junction-based Metropolis Living brings its salvaged aesthetic to the party, Saturday at 10 pm. When and where: Friday to Sunday (January 27 to 29) at the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen West). General admission $10. Free admission for Design Talks and the Love Design Party.

Look for:: We’ve sneaked a peek at Jean Willoughby and Lizz Aston’s winestained table (see designer profile, page 26), Jade Rude’s acrylic trophy series featuring brass plates printed with Bad Religion ’s slipper-style lyrics, and Evan Bare’s Töffel chair. On Sunday, the show’s designers gather at the space to dish on the inspiration and process behind their work. The Party: Stop by the reception on Saturday (January 28) between 3 and 7 pm and then wander Dundas West checking out Do Design’s window installations (see Don’t Miss, below). When and where: Thursday to Sunday (January 26 to 29) at 859 Dundas West. Free.

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DON’T MISS…

The Concept: Every year Shaun Moore and Julie Nicholson hunt for a new home for their product-focused show. This year the city’s design community will discover new names and the covetable things they make in an abandoned convenience store a few doors east of Moore and Nicholson’s shop, MADE.

ASSOCIATES To January 29 at Cooper Cole Gallery (1161 Dundas West). Preview new design pieces by Derek McLeod, Dylan McKinnon, Zoë Mowat, The Practice of Everyday Design (see designer profile, page 26) and more. associatestoronto.com. DESIGN ICONS To January 29 in front of the Metro Toronto Convention

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Have we inspired you to revamp your own space? Here’s where to buy the best contemporary furniture and housewares in the city.

By ANDREW SARDONE 1. For extra-organized fashion types, Heidi Earnshaw creates a white oak dresser with seven drawers for filing a week’s wardrobe. 2. If your dinner guests are prone to bringing along unexpected plus-ones, Katrina Tompkins’s (see designer profile, page 26) walnut chair is just for you. The single-seater folds open to become a spot for two.

3. All porcelain teapots don’t have to look perfectly proper. Krystal Speck switches up the traditional ceramic vessel’s form and function. 4. Morley’s own Capacity entry is a series of lamps and vases made out of duck, goose, chicken and turkey eggshells.

5. Inspired by the shape of brass bicycle bells, Suzanne Carlsen crafts this pretty pin cushion. 9 am to 6 pm daily until Sunday (January 29) at 1066 Dundas West. Reception Saturday (January 28) from 4 to 8 pm. Free. capacitytoronto.com.

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Does green design get you drooling but you just can’t afford new shelves made of sunflower husks or a sofa made from recycled fridges? (Yes, they exist.) If you crave a bottomless makeover budget but haven’t figured out how to grow money in upcycled planters, you’ve come to the right place. Here are some tips on reviving your decor eco-style without draining your wallet. REPURPOSE IT: If you’ve been living under a rock, you might have missed the ongoing upcycling trend, which, as luck would have it, makes waste-turned-treasure super en vogue again in 2012. (Think old belts into doormats, cardboard boxes into lounge chairs.) There’s a growing number of fab pro upcyclers in Toronto (shops like Forever Interiors, MADE and Metropolis Living), but you can also try your hand at your own DIY repurposing. It can be straightforward (I turned an antique sewing machine into a TV stand; my friend turned wooden crates into shelves) or require a glue gun and pliers. (See Susan Wasinger’s Eco-Craft book for a cool baby-food-jar chandelier, or Danny Seo’s Upcycling book for a million ideas.) To paraphrase Seo, just put on your MacGyver-meetsMartha cap. REPAINT IT: After nearly two years of living with the light-sucking, dark olive walls my apartment came with, I slapped down a zeroVOC primer and a fresh coat of

cream in my living room and, wow, let there be light! Feels like I’ve got a whole new pad. Zero VOC ain’t cheap (about $60 a gallon for Benjamin Moore Aura, AFM Safecoat or Yolo, though The Zero Point on Queen East has some Yolo at 25 per cent off), but it’s way less costly than full-on redecorating. And I’m not just talking walls. Repaint furniture, too! I got my pal Jelena at Poppyseed Living to give my mom’s old oak kitchen table a weathered paint job for a fraction the cost of a fancy reclaimed harvest table. If you’re creative, you can try a weathered paint job yourself. SWAP IT: You don’t have to be crafty or wealthy to green your decor if you opt to swap. Swapsity.ca lets you browse barterable furniture, wall decor, lamps and way more. One sample swapper I stumbled across is willing to give up some super-cool shelves in exchange for garden seeds or French lessons. Student alert: the U of T Swap Shop is a great place to drop off or pick up old furniture you’re not using any more. SHIFT IT: Co-opt the ways of a rich Rosedale wife and refresh your home’s look by, say, recovering your throw pillows and switching up your table runner instead of sinking your cash in a whole new table or couch. It’s especially eco if you use recycled fabrics (try sewing vintage cloth nap-

kins or old scarves together for a runner, and turn preloved skirts into throw pillows). Moving your art around and regrouping it also gives your place an updated vibe without buying a single new item. REFURBISH IT: Sick of looking at a footstool your cat shredded? Water marks or wobbly chair legs getting you down? Before you toss it, look into refurbishing. There are furniture repair shops on yellowpages.ca. (Ask if they offer soy stuffing or eco/vintage fabrics.) Wanna tackle repairs on your own? Weldbond makes a good Eco Logo-certified universal adhesive (weldbond.com). The Zero Point and Homestead House Paint Company carry one of the least toxic paint strippers that works: Franmar Soy Gel. CYBER-STALK IT: When you’re hunting for anything from a second-hand coffee table to random recycled decorative accents like antique typewriters, browse craigslist. ca, kijiji.ca and ebay.ca. (Just make sure you’re not buying from those selling new items.) It’s not as fun as physically walking through an antique/flea market – Guelph’s openair Aberfoyle market is my fave – but the web is full of time-saving scores. RESTORE IT: I don’t mean polishing up dying antiques, but making the most of Habitat for Humanity’s awesome ReStores, where you can buy or donate random stuff like an old sink or chandelier, paint and windows (which make great upcycled picture frames, FYI). In 2010, ReStores diverted 20,000 tonnes of stuff from landfills in this country. Plus, profits go to Habitat. Now, that’s feel-good design. ecoholic@nowtoronto.com

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Winterlicious makes upscale places like Chiado more affordable By STEVEN DAVEY CHIADO (864 College, at Concord)

416-538-1910, chiadorestaurant. com) $25 lunch Monday to Friday noon to 2:30 pm, $45 dinner nightly 5 to 10 pm. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNNN

now celebrating its 10th year, Winterlicious, which runs from Friday (January 27) to February 9, is equally loved and loathed. Some say the semi-annual discount

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food fest gives a needed boost to the industry at the slowest time of the year. Others see it as a disappointing parade of assembly-line food served by disgruntled staff to cheapskates who never go out any other time. We see ’Licious as the perfect opportunity to check out a few of the restaurants we couldn’t otherwise afford, like first-time participant Chiado. If noshing on multi-culti tacos to a soundtrack of slammin’ beats in a

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dingy basement is your idea of dining fine, then this long-running Portuguese seafood spot is not your kind of joint. If, instead, you prefer an elegantly appointed room complete with formal service, linen napkins folded like tuxedo jackets and Picasso lithographs on the wall, welcome aboard. But will chef Manuel Vilela’s inaugural Winterlicious carte measure up to Chiado’s considerable rep? “I refuse to bastardize my food,”

says Albino Silva, the 28-year-old resto’s owner. “I’m always looking for new ways to bring in customers, but I will not sell my soul.” And so our meal begins with a linen-wrapped basket of sliced cornbread to dip into nutty olive oil, followed by a wedge of ricotta-like queijo fresco plated alongside a smear of balsamic reduction and a puddle of rosemary-freckled honey. Expertly grilled sardines ($8.50 lunch à la carte/$12 dinner) ride a bed of sweetly roasted peppers, while a dairy-free take on lobster bisque studded with butterflied shrimp and lashed with cognac ($10) needs salt, something easily fixed by the flaky sea salt provided at table.

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Vegetarians get short shrift come Winterlicious, vegans even more so. Sure, there’s always some token salad or plain white pasta with grilled vegetables to keep the herbivores happy. But until consulting executive chef Doug McNish created the first all-vegan ’Licious lineup ($25 lunch/$45 dinner) for Prime in the

Windsor Arms Hotel, those who don’t do dairy or meat were literally left out in the cold. While the pricey steak house’s Alist clientele dig into eggy Waldorf salads, vegans can chow down on what McNish calls his “winter-kill salad.” Picture a heap of raw local organic kale slaw tossed with crunchy walnuts, sweet raisins, salty sun-dried tomatoes and protein-rich hemp seeds in a creamy lemon dressing intensified with tahini and avocado. Instead of aged 10-ounce grilled New York strip loins sided with lethal pommes purée, McNish counters with

Those on a low-sodium diet will appreciate a vegetarian risotto ($16.50) rife with al dente asparagus and wilted spinach, although seekers of heat will do better with the salty fire of garlicky capon breasts in piri-piri sauce over buttery mashed potatoes ($17.50, both lunch). We finish by splitting a sugary Molotof soufflé ($12) so spectacularly monumental, we assume they’ve given us two orders by mistake. Surely, they’ll be smaller come Winterlicious? “The portions will be exactly as they always are,” insists the ever-hospitable Silva. “I might be lowering my prices but I’ll never reduce the quality.” 3 stevend@nowtoronto.com

cornmeal-crusted tempeh steaks sided with sweet potato mash, steamed greens and cherry tomato relish, a slice of raw raspberry-cashew cheesecake for dessert. Isn’t the former Urban Herbivore and Live Organic chef worried he’s scaring off his target market? Most vegans I know balk at paying $15 for dinner, let alone $45. “You’re not only paying for the food – you’re paying for the luxury of eating in the Windsor Arms. It’s not Annapurna,” says McNish, who has a raw vegan cookbook coming out this spring. “You get high-end service in a beautiful room, you get to listen to Frank Sinatra and you get to eat your kale salad sitSD ting at a table next to Brad Pitt’s.”

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Winterlicious prix fixe picks Banu

777 Queen West, at Euclid, 416-777-2268, banu.ca. Meaty grilled Persian mains with lots of vegetarian options in a chic lounge setting. $15 lunch noon to 3 pm, $25 dinner 5 to midnight. Licensed. Access: barrierfree, washrooms in basement.

Bymark

66 Wellington W, at York, 416-777-1144, bymark.ca. Always wanted to try this notorious 8-ounce USDA Prime hamburger but been put off by the $35 price tag? Get it – and two other courses – for 25 bucks at lunch. And, yes, it comes with fries. $25 lunch Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, $45 dinner Monday to Saturday 5 to 11 pm. Closed Sunday. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

Chefs’ house

215 King E, at Princess, 416-415-2260, thechefshouse.com. Student servers and wanna-be Gordon Ramsays at the George Brown test resto. $15 lunch Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 2 pm, $25 dinner 6 to 10 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free,

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Owner/chef John Lee has revealed that he is no longer associated with Omi in Cabbagetown. The highly regarded Japanese resto famed for its sustainable omakase quietly changed hands two months ago. Was business hurting? “No, not at all,” says Lee, who’s not to be confused with the similarly named chap who owns Chippy’s. “But my knees sure do!” Seems that standing on your feet 16 hours a day slicing fish for nearly 15 years does a number on the knees.

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Drake hotel

1150 Queen W, at Beaconsfield, 416-5315042, thedrakehotel.ca. Not only are chef Anthony Walsh’s globe-trotting comfort food cards available in the swanky boutique hotel’s dining room, but they’re served in its ground-floor café, lounge and winterized rooftop SkyYard as well. $20 lunch daily 11 am to 4 pm, $35 dinner nightly 6 to 11 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

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2448 Bloor W, at Jane, 416-763-2222, thinkglobaleatlocal.ca. Though it’s also available at Globe on the Danforth, executive chef Kevin McKenna’s locavore lineup is significantly less expensive out in Bloor West Village. $15 lunch daily 11:30 am to 2 pm, $25 dinner nightly 5 to 10 pm. Licensed. Access: four steps at door, washrooms in basement.

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1290 Queen E, at Hastings, 416-4653600, edwardlevesque.ca. The Leslieville

Lee undergoes surgery next month. “I won’t be back on my feet for a while, so I thought it best to let Omi go,” he says. He’s quick to explain that he won’t be hanging up his Ginsu knives any time soon and should be back in the saddle by summer. “I don’t want another high-end sushi bar. I’m thinking something along the lines of what David Chang does at Momofuku. Something Korean but different. It’s a tough market out there.”

Daisuke’s back

You don’t have to tell Daisuke Izutsu how hard things are. He knows firsthand, having recently shuttered his

pioneer keeps flavours fresh, local and innovative. Note: regular brunch served Saturday and Sunday from 9 am. $20 lunch Thursday and Friday 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, $35 dinner Tuesday to Saturday 5:30 pm to 10 pm. Closed Monday. Licensed. Access: four steps at door, washrooms in basement.

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317 Dundas W, at McCaul, 416-9796688, ago.net/frank. Cornish hen cacciatore and boozy rum-raisin bread pudding in the Art Gallery’s flagship dining room. Go for a Reuben, stay for the Rubens. $20 lunch Tuesday to Friday 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, $35 dinner Tuesday to Sunday 5:30 to 10:30 pm. Closed Monday. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

il Posto

148 Yorkville, at Avenue Rd, 416-9680469, ilposto.ca. Posh Italian trat in Yorkville known for its high-end contemporary card and fawning old-school service. $25 lunch Monday to Saturday 11:30 am

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Kaiseki Sakura at Church and Wellesley after a five-year run. A chef of his calibre wasn’t going to stay unemployed long, and he’s since resurfaced at DonDon Iza kaya in the old Sai Woo space at Bay and Dundas. Think Guu without all that shouting.

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601 King W, at Portland, 416-504-7867,

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susur.com. Experience top TV chef Susur Lee’s East-meets-West menu – pot-stickers with salted chilies, mahi mahi with aloo gobi croquettes – on the relative cheap. $35 dinner Monday to Saturday 5:30 to 11:30 pm. Closed Sunday. Access: one step at door, washrooms on same floor.

LiNDA MoDerN ThAi

Saturday and Sunday noon to 4 pm, $20 dinner Sunday to Thursday 5 to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday 5 to 11 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

11 Karl Fraser, at Don Mills, 416-6423866, lindarestaurant.com. Upmarket and much prettier spinoff of downtown’s Salad King. Crispy beef in Panang curry, yes. Student-friendly pad thai, no. $15 lunch Monday to Friday 11 am to 4 pm,

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350 King W, at John, 647-288-4715, oliverbonacini.com. Ex-Auberge du Pommier chef Jason Bangerter shines at the O&B supper club on the second floor of the TIFF Lightbox. $20 lunch Sunday to Friday 11 am to 3 pm, $35 dinner Monday to Saturday 5 to 11 pm, Sunday 5 to 9 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

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85 Hanna, at Snooker, 416-588-5695, templekitchen.com. The sequel to Mildred Pierce might be difficult to find – it’s down the walkway behind the Liberty Village LCBO – but the value’s hard to miss. Save for the impossible-to-book Canoe, Winterlicious’s most breathtaking space? $20 lunch Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 3 pm, $35 dinner nightly from 5:30 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

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WHY: A number of premium American whiskies come and go through Vintages, but for a regularly stocked LCBO offering, Maker’s is an excellent upmarket mash option. Straight up at 45 per cent alcohol, it shows smoke, maple, sweet corn and a slow burn tinged with licorice-like intensity. Throw that in an Old Fashioned or Manhattan and you’re off to the races, which is a most Kentuckian state of affairs. PRICE: 750 ml/$37.95 AVAILABILITY: At most liquor stores (product #103747) 3

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93 Harbord, at Robert, 416-922-5914, 93harbord.com. Chef Isam Kaisi specializes in sophisticated takes on the Middle Eastern and North African canon on the Annex’s ever-trendy restaurant row. $25 dinner nightly 6 to 10:30 pm. Licensed. Access: no steps at door, washrooms on main floor.

PeTer PAN

373 Queen W, at Peter, 416-593-0917, thepeterpanbistro.com. Historic art deco diner complete with cozy booths, known for its solid and inexpensive contemporary carte. Pan-braised Atlantic salmon with potato dauphinoise, anyone? $15 lunch daily noon to 5 pm, $25 dinner Sunday to Thursday 5 to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday 5 to 11 pm. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement.

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550 Wellington W, at Portland, 416-6013590, scottconant.com/restaurants/ scarpetta/toronto. New York celebu-chef Scott Conant goes bargain-basement with a sampling of his greatest hits, including his ambrosial wild mushroom risotto and outrageous-to-some $24 meatball-free spaghetti. Winterlicious’s most audacious meal deal? $35 dinner Sunday to Thursday 5:30 to 11 pm, Friday and Saturday 5:30 pm to midnight. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

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307 Danforth, at Bowden, 416-469-5183, sevennumbers.com. Dining at this family-style southern Italian trat is chaos most nights, even more so during Winterlicious. Warning: if you mind being hit on the head with the occasional bun, you might want to try somewhere else. Also: 516 Eglinton W, at Headington, 416-3225183. $25 dinner Tuesday to Saturday 5 to 11 pm, Sunday 5 to 10 pm. Closed Monday. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

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21 Avenue Rd, at Yorkvile, 416-928-7330, fourseasons.com/toronto. One of your last chances to visit this legendary Yorkville hot spot popular with the ladies who lunch before it gets turned into condos later in the year! $20 lunch Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 3 pm, $35 dinner nightly 5 to 10 pm. Licensed. Access: barrier-free.

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2009 Yonge, at Glebe, 416-483-3747, tabule.ca. Health-conscious Israeli takes on falafel and kebab combos popular with the early-bird set. $15 lunch Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 3 pm, and Saturday and Sunday noon to 3 pm, $25 dinner Monday to Friday 3 to 10:30 pm, and Saturday and Sunday 3 to 11 pm. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement. 3

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per cent of people. It’s hoarding when clutter impairs people’s ability to engage in everyday activities: inviting people over, enabling children to play freely, etc. You’ve crossed the line when it’s interfering with your life. The treatment is cognitive and behavioural. There’s mistaken thinking: ‘Oh, I might need this someday,’ or ‘I won’t be able to tolerate it if I get rid of this.’ [In treatment] we would practise, practise, practise so they could learn to get rid of something and tolerate it and change their thinking about what they need to keep.” GAIL STEKETEE, professor, Boston University School of Social Work

When clutter’s in charge

Messy’s one thing, but how can you tell if you’re hoarding? By elizaBeth Bromstein The few times I let myself watch the A&E show Hoarders, about people who live disgustingly in mounds of crap, I’ve found myself thinking what I bet others do, too: “I know someone who could be headed in that direction.” That program has brought the obsessive collecting instinct to public attention. Now experts tell me the proclivity to let stuff pile up to the point where it overwhelms your life is far more common than people think. Even if you’re not crossing the line into hoarding turf, it can’t hurt a bit to clean out the clutter, right? As for me, I think I’m suffering from “bibliomania”: amassing large quantities of books I’m never going to read again – or even once. Maybe it’s time to let the husband throw out that dogeared copy of The Tommyknockers with the unidentifiable sticky stuff on it.

What the experts say “The expectation that you’re going to clear clutter in a weekend by yourself is not realistic. People are held back by fear; they’re afraid they’re going to throw something out they might need someday. But if people keep everything, the consequences are much worse. Prepare yourself. Get garbage bags, markers, boxes to take stuff to charity. Do not get storage containers. Hoarding is different from letting clutter get out of hand; it requires therapy. To determine if you’re a hoarder, check the scale at the Institute for Challenging Disorganization. For the average person, de-cluttering is about making space for what we really want in our lives.” HELLEN BUTTIGIEG, life coach, We Organize U, Oakville “The first path to hoarding is genetics. Research indicates that 84 per cent of hoarders have a mother, father, sister or brother who hoards. There are three chromosomes with markers in com-

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by Rob Brezsny

Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 The coming week is

likely to be abnormally free of worries and frustrations. I’m afraid that means you’re not going to have as much right to complain as you usually do. Can you handle that? Or will you feel bereft when faced with the prospect of having so little to grumble about? Just in case, I’ve compiled a list of fake annoyances for you to draw on. 1. “My iPhone won’t light my cigarette.” 2. “The next tissue in my tissue box doesn’t magically poke out when I take one.” 3. “I want some ice cream, but I overstuffed myself at dinner.” 4. “I ran out of bottled water and now I have to drink from the tap.” 5. “My cat’s Facebook profile gets more friend requests than me.” 6. “When people tell me I should feel grateful for all I have instead of complaining all the time, I feel guilty.”

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 The state of

California was named after a storybook land described in a 16th-century Spanish novel. The mythical paradise was ruled by Queen Calafia. Gold was so plentiful that the people who lived there made weapons out of it and even adorned their animals with it. Did the real California turn out to be anything like that fictional realm? Well, 300 years after it got its name, the California Gold Rush attracted 300,000 visitors who mined a fortune in the precious metal. Your assignment, Taurus: think of the myths you believed in when you were young and the fantasies that have played at the edges of your imagination for years. Have any of them come true, even a little? I suspect that one may do

just that in the coming weeks and months.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 In Bill Moyers’

DVD The Language Of Life, poet Naomi Shihab Nye is shown giving advice to aspiring young poets. She urges them to keep an open mind about where their creative urges might take them. Sometimes when you start a poem, she says, you think you want to go to church, but where you end up is at the dog races. I’ll make that same point to you, Gemini. As you tune in to the looming call to adventure, don’t be too sure you know what destination it has in mind for you. You might be inclined to assume it’ll lead you toward a local bar for drinks when in fact it’s nudging you in the direction of a wild frontier for a divine brouhaha.

CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 Renowned comic

book writer Grant Morrison claims he performed a magic ritual in which he conjured the spirit of John Lennon, who appeared and bestowed on him the gift of a new song. I’ve heard Morrison sing the tune, and it does sound rather Lennon-esque. The coming week would be a good time for you to go in quest of a comparable boon, Cancerian: a useful and beautiful blessing bequeathed to you by the departed spirit of someone you love or admire.

Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 “There are works

which wait, and which one does not understand for a long time,” said Oscar Wilde. “The reason is that they bring answers to questions which have not yet been raised; for the question often arrives

mon among those who hoard. People with these appear to be at higher risk. The second path involves factors like grief, life transition points or mental health disorders. Obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder don’t cause hoarding, but there’s a higher incidence among those with OCD or PTSD. There’s often an undercurrent of loss — of health, status, a relationship. The third path is chronic disorganization coupled with a feeling of vulnerability. A traumatic situation disrupts your equilibrium and overwhelms you. People might acquire things to compensate, or stop processing things that come into their life, like mail. A counsellor needs to help people clear the barriers.” ELAINE BIRCHALL, hoarding specialist, hoarding.ca, Ottawa “A lot of hoarders are no different than you or me, but two or more things happened to them at once. [When] you get to the root, you find

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a terribly long time after the answer.” I predict that sometime soon, Leo, you will prove that wisdom true. You will finally learn the brilliant question whose crucial answer you got years ago. When it arrives, you will comprehend a mystery that has been churning in the semi-darkness all this time.

VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 Shedding is

healthy – not just for cats and dogs and other animals, but also for us humans. Did you know that you shed thousands of particles of dead skin every hour? And just as our bodies need to shed, so do our psyches. I bring this up, Virgo, because you are in an unusually favourable phase to do a whole lot of psychic shedding. What should you shed exactly? How about some of these: old ideas that don’t serve you any more, habits that undermine your ability to pursue your dreams, compulsions that are at odds with your noble intentions, resentment against people who did you wrong a long, long time ago and anything else you carry with you that keeps you from being fully alive and radiant. To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, the price of freedom and aliveness is eternal shedding.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 According to research published in the journal Psychological Science, many people are virtually allergic to creative ideas. When asked to consider a novel proposal, they’re quite likely to reject it in favour of an approach that’s well known to them. (More info here: tinyurl.com/3oor4nq.) This could be a problem for you in the coming weeks, Libra, since one of your strengths will be

out their boyfriend left them, their mom died and they got cancer in the same year. All three of those things can happen to you or me over the course of a life; these people just happened to get them at the same time. There’s a scale of 1 to 5. All of us are stage 1 hoarders. There are probably those at stage 5 in every neighbourhood, and in everyone’s life there’s at least one person who hoards.” MATT PAXTON, author, The Secret Lives Of Hoarders, Richmond, Virginia “Hoarding’s prevalence in the adult population is between 4 and 5 per cent. The most common accompaniment is not OCD. Typically, the issues are major depression, social phobia anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder. It overlaps with OCD in about 17

your ability to come up with innovations. So it won’t be enough for you to offer your brilliant notions and original departures from the way things have always been done; you will also have to be persuasive and diplomatic. Think you can handle that dual assignment?

sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 “A single sun-

beam is enough to drive away shadows,” said St. Francis of Assisi. I’m afraid that’s an overly optimistic assessment. In many circumstances, just one ray of light may not be sufficient to dispel encroaching haze and murk. Luckily for you, though, there will be quite an assortment of sunbeams appearing in your sphere during the coming weeks. Here’s the complication: they won’t all be showing up at once, and they’ll be arriving in disparate locations. So your task will be to gather them all up and unite them so they can add to each other’s strength. If you do that successfully, you’ll have more than enough illumination to chase away any darkness that might be creeping around.

sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 Poet

Elizabeth Alexander says that in order to create a novel, a writer needs a lot of uninterrupted time alone. Poems, on the other hand, can be snared in the midst of the jumbled rhythms of everyday chaos – between hurried appointments or while riding the subway or at the kitchen table waiting for the coffee to brew. Alexander says that inspiration can sprout like grass poking up out of the sidewalk cracks. Whether or not you’re a writer, Sagittarius, I see your coming weeks as being more akin to snagging poems than cooking up a novel.

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 “A true poet does not bother to be poetical,” said the poet Jean Cocteau. “Nor does a nursery gardener perfume his roses.” I think that’s wise counsel for you in the com-

“Sometimes hoarding remains a private mental health problem. But sometimes it reaches the point where it becomes a fire hazard or public health hazard. People who hoard are often characterized as lacking good insight. Or they have fluctuating insight. One day they might say, ‘This is a problem. I need help with this,’ but a week later they’ll say it’s not a problem. The age range of onset is 11 to 20, but the average age of those seeking treatment is 50. Some traits to do with the brain’s complicated executive functioning – difficulty with decisionmaking, procrastination – might tip us off long before we see the physical manifestation of clutter.” CHRISTIANA BRATIOTIS, director, Hoarding Research Project, Boston U School of Social Work

ing weeks, Capricorn. It’s important that you do what you do best without any embellishment, pretentiousness or self-consciousness. Don’t you dare try too hard or think too much or twist yourself like a contortionist to meet impossible-to-satisfy expectations. Trust the thrust of your simple urges.

AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 Collectors

prefer wild orchids, says William Langley, writing in the UK’s Telegraph. Orchids grown in nurseries, which comprise 99.5 per cent of the total, are tarnished with “the stigma of perfection.” Their colours are generic and their petal patterns boringly regular. Far more appealing are the exotic varieties untouched by human intervention, with their “downy, smooth petals and moistened lips pouting in the direction of tautly curved shafts and heavily veined pouches.” Whatever your sphere or specialty is, Aquarius, I suggest you model yourself after the wild orchid collectors in the coming days. Shun the stigma of perfection.

pisCes Feb 19 | Mar 20 While doing a film a few years ago, actor Sandra Bullock stumbled upon a stunning secret: rubbing hemorrhoid cream on her face helped shrink her wrinkles and improve her complexion. I predict that at least one and possibly more comparable discoveries will soon grace your life. You will find unexpected uses for things that were supposedly not meant to be used in those ways. Here’s a corollary, courtesy of scientist Albert SzentGyorgyi, that describes a related talent you’ll have at your disposal: “Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” Homework: When they say “Be yourself,” which self do they mean? Testify at http://FreeWillAstrology.com. NOW january 26 - february 1 2012

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NNNN When Sneaky Dee’s gets packed, it feels like the floor might collapse. That was especially true at the oversold Pissed Jeans show Friday, and the Pennsylvania hardcore band did everything in its power to maintain the crowd’s intensity. With no real promotional motive for this mini-tour, they channelled their energy into performing at their noisiest, sludgiest and most dissonant. The set was especially overwhelming for those too thrifty to pay the $2 coat check charge, but the sweaty sardine-tin vibe worked for lead singer Matt Korvette, who adroitly plays the role of caustic, hammy frontman that this kind of band demands. Few acts are keeping up the ear-shredding confrontational spirit of 90s noise rock, but Pissed Jeans would stand out even in a crowded pool. Toronto has a few of those bands,

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and one, Anagram, was the opening act. (The other, Metz, opened the last time Pissed Jeans played here). Their chugging, insistent, ominous mathpunk was the perfect complement. RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

MADLIB and J-ROCC at the Great Hall, Thursday, January 19. Rating: NNN Stones Throw Records’ eclecticism has long found favour in Toronto, so it was no surprise that the Madlib Medicine Show sold out. Noted turntablist J-Rocc opened with a party set: breaks, raw rap and iconic sample flips, plus a reverential showcase of J Dilla gems. We nodded along to De la Soul’s Shoomp and a Flying Lotus remix of Slum Village’s digital opus Raise It Up, and shouted praise when J-Rocc interpolated the trembling piano loop of Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s Shimmy Shimmy Ya with its source: Stevie Wonder’s Knocks Me Off My Feet. Madlib emerged from behind the Great Hall’s red curtains nursing a

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glass of wine, his trademark silver cuffs encircling both wrists. Unlike the intensely animated J-Rocc, he played head down, bouncing to his own beat. He wasn’t playing for the crowd, so the mood shifted from playful to geeked-out observation. Most were there, after all, for this curated dissonance of rare, funky and bass, bass, bass. It was a prized glimpse into Madlib’s hermetically sealed mind. ANUPA MISTRY

ABSOLUTELY FREE at Double Double Land, Friday, January 20. Rating: NNN Toronto’s DD/MM/YYYY broke up in September after eight years of spastic art-punk weirdness but let it slip that four-fifths of the band would reconfigure as Absolutely Free, which debuted Friday at ramshackle Kensington Market DIY space Double Double Land. Too bad they blew a fuse midway through the set, though that’s a risk that comes with playing unconventional venues. Unsurprisingly, Absolutely Free sound a lot like DD/MM/YYYY, but with less punk-rock skronk and more Kraut-

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rock drone grooves and funky mathrock riffs. There’s greater focus on their mutant-pop appeal, with vocals sung more than shouted. The new emphasis on melody is still a work in progress, and worked better on some songs than others. And as in their previous incarnation, the frequent trading of instruments interfered with the set’s flow, though what’s gained in sonic variety is worth the occasional prolonged pause. BENJAMIN BOLES

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ñCEREMONY at the Virgin Mobile Mod Club, Sunday, January 22. Rating: NNNN

For those of us who grew up in the Catholic Church, Ghost’s first appearance in Canada was a soul-rattling experience. Against a backdrop of faux stained glass windows etched with demons, Papa Emeritus stood before the sold-out crowd dressed as a high priest in terrifying makeup, methodically swinging a chained thurible of burning incense. As our buried olfactory memories came alive, the five nameless,

faceless ghouls in black hoods who surrounded him delivered powerful, note-perfect metal. The Satan-worshipping can come off as gimmicky in videos and photos, but it’s profoundly affecting live. Like fellow Swedes ABBA, Ghost are master songwriters, and their tunes have a melodic pop soul hidden inside the darkness. They uplift and slay in equal measure. A glance around the room revealed a crowd with smiles spread across their faces, especially during final song Ritual, when I spotted hugging in the mosh pit. Even the realization that the barely 50-minute set would not include an encore couldn’t dampen the feel-good vibe. Flute-toting tour mates Blood Ceremony played a triumphant homecoming set earlier, full of confidence and playfulness. Alia O’Brien, who has her Ronnie James Dio moves down pat, earned an appreciative cheer when she said, “We’ve only been out a week, but it feels so good CARLA GILLIS to be home.”

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YAMANTAKA//SONIC TITAN with SEXY MERLIN and PINK NOISE at the Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Saturday (January 28), 9 pm. $8-$10. RT, SS.

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan purposely position themselves at the nebulous centre of multiple dialogues about identity politics, culture, genre, discipline and even what it means to be a band. Co-leaders Ruby Kato Attwood and Alaska B started the musical/artistic collective as a way of challenging and complicating the cultural signification often assumed to be inherent in their mixed-race Asian Canadian heritage. That grand scope presented a grand challenge after they signed to Psychic Handshake and had to fit their maximalist, multi-faceted aesthetic into a unified 30-minute debut record. “When we started [at art school in Concordia], it was all about recreating a feeling or moment, and we didn’t approach it from a musical perspective,” says Kato Attwood over breakfast in Toronto. “It was difficult to extract just the music and migrate it onto CD.” “We’re not trying to encapsulate that complexity within the world of a rock band,” clarifies Alaska B. “Instead, we’re trying to express the rock band that lives inside that complex world.” Their impressive self-titled album

not only presents that unique vision, but does so in a graceful, accessible fashion. Sure, it still resists tidy definition, but its mix of prog-rock, baroque rhythms, drone metal and Asian pop is full of depth and eminently listenable. That’s surprising for a band so selfconsciously experimental. And while it features songs from their in-progress opera, Star, it’s a unified, standalone album. The version they present live, meanwhile, includes homemade costumes, set dressings and performative, over-the-top delivery, all adapted to work in bars and rock clubs. Yamantaka//Sonic Titan’s ambitions still extend beyond the musical realm, though. They’ll follow up their January 27 Garrison gig with a February 8 to 12 stint at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in which they’ll present their first fullscale narrative “Noh-wave” musical as part of the Rhubarb Festival. Entitled 33, it blends Christian and Buddhist mythology, projections, numerology, pop art and Japanese theatrical traditions into a 21stcentury tale of a drag queen apprentice with a murderous streak. “Instead of falling in the middle all the time, we can do the touring band version of our show and the rock opera version,” says Kato Attwood. “We can have it both ways.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

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Ravi Coltrane Quartet and the Christine Jensen Quartet featuring Ingrid Jensen Sat., Feb. 4, 2012 8pm Koerner Hall “Ravi Coltrane has established himself as one of the premier saxophonists of the post-bop era.”(CityPages )

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Sat., Feb. 11, 2012 8pm Koerner Hall In Yasmin Levy's music, the purity of Ladino (the Judeo-Spanish music of Spain) meets the fiery heart of flamenco. Turkish multi-instrumentalist Tekbilek is one of the world's foremost exponents of Middle Eastern music.

RAE SPOON with ROUGE and DJS SIGOURNEY BEAVER, JOHNSTON NEWFIELD and KALEB ROBERTSON at the Gladstone Ballroom (1214 Queen West), Friday (January 27), doors 10 pm. $10-$15. 416-531-4635.

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Fri., Feb. 10, 2012 8pm Koerner Hall The Grammy Award-winning a cappella ensemble sings the sacred music of the Black church, clarion calls of the civil rights movement, and songs of the struggle for justice everywhere.

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Mohammad and Najla Al Zaibak

You could say that Rae Spoon’s year began with a battle. In reaction to Xtra’s refusal to refer to transgendered comic artist Elisha Lim as Lim’s preferred “they” in an article and because Xtra editor Danny Glenwright used trans woman Lexi Sanfino’s legal name on his Facebook page, Spoon wrote a lengthy, personal, articulate Tumblr post entitled Instead Of An Interview With Xtra. The Montreal-based transgendered electronic pop maker, who also prefers the plural pronoun, even gave up a cover on Capital Xtra after Xtra refused to issue an apology. “I recognize that the pronoun thing is a challenge, especially grammatically,” says Spoon over sparkling water at the Gladstone. “That’s why I didn’t come out till now. I don’t hate being called ‘he’ but I do prefer ‘they.’ Also, after years of fighting to be called ‘he,’ the idea of coming out again made me tired. “But now I feel kind of rejuvenated, ready to fight on some more. I think the ‘they’ pronoun is a pretty cool thing. It’s letting a lot of people not have to identify as a man or a woman. Whatever it means to them.”

Spoon speaks fast and laughs easily, and grows animated when we move on to the main topic at hand: their impressive new album, I Can’t Keep All Of Our Secrets (Saved By Radio). It’s a moving work propelled by Spoon’s high, endearing voice, affecting melodies and icy programmed beats and synths. Written for a friend who died five years ago, it’s anchored by grief’s myriad shades yet never becomes heavy or dramatic. That Spoon has only recently processed the loss is something they credit partially to their gruelling tour schedule, which has included up to 250 shows a year. “On the road, you don’t have room to feel all your feelings all the time. And when something terrible or dramatic happens, I don’t think that in the moment a person can afford to totally connect with it. You just get these tiny pieces of it sandwiched by not feeling anything at all. “I’ve never done an album that’s so honest about its sources. I also wrote a book of short stories about growing up in Alberta” – out via Arsenal Pulp Press this fall – “so I guess I’m in a confessional period. But I hope anyone hearing the songs will find something in them. When you’re making art, it’s yours while you’re making it, and then when you’re done it’s not any more. So I’m done. I’ve had my time with it.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

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Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Friday (January 27) Insanely catchy glam pop.

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Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Friday (January 27) Moody orchestral post-rock.

lAmB of god, the AcAciA stRAin, mAnAhAn, too lAte the heRo

Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Friday (January 27) High-speed heavy metal mania.

Opera House (735 Queen East), Friday (January 27) See preview, page 45.

JAne Bunnett, the heAvyweights BRAss BAnd

Hugh’s Room (2261 Dundas West), Friday (January 27) Toronto Cuban jazz hero.

yAmAntAkA// sonic titAn, sexy meRlin

The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Saturday (January 28) See preview, page 39.

deAdstock comPilAtion lP ReleAse w/ Metz, Teenanger, Cut Flowers Parts & Labour (1566 Queen West), Saturday (January 28) Punk, garage and noise rock.

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w/ Com Truise, Dakota, Brandon Oliver Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), Saturday (January 28) See preview, page 44.

mAvis stAPles

Royal Conservatory of Music’s Koerner Hall (273 Bloor West), Sunday (January 29) See preview, page 42.

Joe henRy

Hugh’s Room (2261 Dundas West), Monday (January 30) “Lounge-noir” singer/songwriter.

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Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Wednesday (February 1) Recently reformed glam revivalists.

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Cass McCombs

The prolific and nomadic American singer/ songwriter released his fifth and sixth albums last year just seven months apart, so his set at the Garrison should be full of new tunes. While it’s true that McCombs has a death fixation, the dark beauty of his songwriting – which John Peel called “unobtrusively brilliant” – makes for transcendent live shows. At the Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Friday (January 27), doors 9 pm. $14.50. RT, SS.

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Juno Concert Series/Exclaim! 20th Anniversary Edition Horseshoe $20. HS. February 4. DJ pauLy D Sound Academy 9 pm, all ages, $30. RT, SS, TM. February 8.

Jersey, viDeo DeaD, organ thieves Sneaky Dee’s doors 9 pm, $12.50. RT, SS, TM. February 10.

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pm, $10. February 10.

Les sexareenos Horseshoe $12.50. RT,

SS. February 24.

forest city Lovers, snowbLink, snaiLhouse, bocce, kite hiLL, richarD LavioLette, octoberMan, the Meek, Jenny oMnichorD Out

Of This Spark Anniversary Tranzac doors 8 pm, $15-$17. RT, SS. February 25. Mona Virgin Mobile Mod Club doors 7 pm, $12.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. February 25. hunter hayes Virgin Mobile Mod Club doors 7 pm, all ages, $15. LN, TW. February 29. Masta ace, rich kiDD, DJ Linx El Mocambo doors 8 pm, $24.50. PDR, RT, SS, TM, UE. March 3.

the heaD anD the heart, Drew grow anD the pastors wives, bLack girLs Opera House 8 pm, $18.50. RT, SS, TM. March 13.

Dirty beaches Horseshoe $10. March

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reggie watts Music Hall doors 8 pm, all ages, $35. TM, UE. March 22. nneka Canadian Music Fest Virgin Mobile Mod Club doors 7 pm, $15. RT, SS, TM. canadianmusicfest.ca/tickets. March 23. anDy c, MysticaL infLuence, Marcus visionary, rene Lavice,

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vernment doors 10 pm, $30, Bassweek wristband $50. PDR, TW. March 23.

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2012 Kool Haus doors 10 pm, $35, Bassweek wristband $50. PDR, TW. March 24. DaviD choi annex Wreckroom doors 6:30 pm, all ages, $15. RT, SS, TM. March 30.

coMeback kiD, cLose your eyes, Living with Lions, founDations, such goLD Virgin Mobile Mod Club doors

6 pm, all ages, $17.50. RT, SS, TM. March 30. paganfest Opera House 6 pm, $25. TM. April 2. feeD Me, teeth Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8 pm, $29.50. LN, RT, SS, TM. April 2. chick corea Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts 8 pm, $59-$64. April 3. saiD the whaLe The Great Hall doors 8 pm, all ages, $16.50. PDR, RT, SS, TM, UE. April 13. Jesse winchester Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $32.50-$35. April 13, 14 and 15.

Disappears, Lotus pLaza The Garrison doors 8 pm, $11.50. RT, SS. April 15.

the acacia strain, Lionheart Annex Wreckroom doors 7 pm, all ages, $16.50. RT, SS, TM. April 17.

Death cab for cutie Magik*Magik orchestra Massey

Hall doors 7:15 pm, all ages, $59.50-$65.50. RTH. April 19. toM paxton Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $30$32.50. April 20. pLants anD aniMaLs Album release Lee’s Palace doors 9 pm, $15. HS, RT, SS, TM. April 21. ottMar Liebert Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $55-$60. April 29. Miike snow Sound Academy 9 pm, all ages, $26.50. LN, RT, SS, TM. May 1. the boxer rebeLLion Virgin Mobile Mod Club doors 8 pm, $18.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. May 2. schooL of seven beLLs The Hoxton PDR, RT, SS, TW. May 2. beirut Sound Academy doors 8 pm, all ages, $35-$50. RT, SS, TM. July 19.

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Bluegrass Thursday Houndstooth (bluegrass/old-time) 7:30 pm, Bull Kelp 10 pm. underdown PuB Jeff Barnes & Noah Zacharin (roots/blues) 9 pm.

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

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New Music Festival: Chamber Music Of Anders Hillborg 12:10 pm.

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New Music Festival: Beyond Sound 7:30 pm.

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Etude Fantasies Alejandro Vela (piano) noon to 1 pm. gAte 403 Chris Gale Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. gAte 403 Martin Traynor (jazz pop) 9 pm. MucH Me Ben D Cunha (piano). old Mill inn HoMe SMitH BAr John Sherwood (solo piano) 7:30 pm. rePoSAdo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz).

rex Kevin Quain 6:30 pm. rex Mark Eisenman Quintet 9:30 pm. roy tHoMSon HAll The Miraculous Mandarin

Roque (French).

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SutrA The Bridge DJ Triplet (old skool hip-hop). velvet underground DJ Ozaze (industrial/

Toronto Symphony Orchestra 7:30 pm. trAne Studio Ori Dakari (Middle Eastern guitar) 8 pm.

Alice fAzooli’S SquAre one DJ Other Brother

Darryl (rocksteady/rock & roll/hip-hop/funk) 7 pm. Andy PoolHAll Flave The World DJs Lori J Ward & T Orlando (underground house/tech house) 10 pm. college Street BAr DJ Dyslexia. crAwford Rap Bitches Trishelle, Mark Orlic, Swift Ones (party bangers/hip-hop/pop/ hardcore rap). drAke Hotel underground Galapagos//018 Salva, Exeter, Jesse Futerman doors 10 pm. goodHAndy’S Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5 inSoMniA DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house). lee’S PAlAce dAnce cAve Transvision DJ Shannon (rock/dance) 10 pm.

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AquilA uPStAirS Vokurka’s Vicarious Virtuoso Violin Ed Vokurka, Abbey Schlosberg, Kritian Podlaka, James Rohr. ASPettA cAffe Open Mic/Jam One Trick Butler 7 pm. cAStro’S lounge Jerry Leger & the Situation (country/folk/rock) 9 pm. dAkotA tAvern EP release Meanwood, catl, Chris Cresswell 10 pm. HorSeSHoe The Heartbroken, Ladies of the Canyon, Carleton Stone (country roots) doors 8:30 pm. HugH’S rooM Raise The Roof & Raise The Rent For Andy Frank David Newland, Jay Aymar, Jon Brooks, Shawna Caspi, Crabtree & Mills, Suzie Vinnick, Annabelle Chvostek, Bill Garrett & Curly Boy Stubbs and others (roots) 8:30 pm. tHe locAl Great Wooden Trio. lolA Brian Cober (solo acoustic blues) 9 pm. MAgPie cAfe The Big Smoke Festival Whitney Rose, Kirsten Scholte (country) doors 7 pm.

rivoli Pool lounge DJ Plan B (electrobeats/ disco).

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AlleycAtz Ascencion (R&B/soul/funk) 9 pm. Bovine Sex cluB The UltimateMostHigh,

Good Times Running, Teen Violence, DJ Vania.

cAdillAc lounge Little Foot Long Foot. cHerry colA’S rock n’ rollA Black Lace And

Bowties Party Meghan Morrison, DJ Stroke (alt rock) 10 pm. glAdStone Hotel BAllrooM The Crush Project CD release Rae Spoon, Rouge, DJs Sigourney Beaver, Kaleb Robertson, Don De Dieu doors 10 pm. See preview, page 40. grAffiti’S SickKids benefit Paul Martin (classic covers) 5 pm. grAffiti’S The Cornered Horses (rock/soul showband) 8 pm. Holy oAk cAfe Little Red Umbrella Variety Show (pop) 10 pm. HorSeSHoe Smith Westerns, Bleached, Porcelain Raft doors 9 pm. lee’S PAlAce Thee Silver Mt Zion, Fiver doors 9 pm. tHe loAded dog Sugar Rush (pop rock) 9 pm. MAgPie cAfe The Big Smoke Festival Pat Jordache, Jaron Freeman Fox & the Opposite of Everything, L-Con, Amy Nostbakken doors 7 pm. now lounge Brian Alossery, Mike Zingrone, David Goldman (rock) 9 pm. oPerA HouSe A$AP Rocky doors 8 pm. See preview, page 45. oz gAllery CD release party The Holiday Crowd doors 9 pm. PHoenix concert tHeAtre Lamb of God, the Acacia Strain, Manahan, Too Late the Hero 7:30 pm. PlAceBo SPAce Wavelength 533 Thieves, Giant Hand, Holiday Rambler 8:30 pm. PreSS cluB Alister Crystal & the Lonely 10 pm. revivAl Girlesque 7! (burlesque) doors 8 pm. rivoli StolenOwners, Eddy DIAZ, BeatFace, Adam Martin, Kendall Thompson, Elle Beats doors 9 pm. roy tHoMSon HAll Classic Albums Live: The Beatles – Rubber Soul & Revolver 8 pm. Silver dollAr Vaness Alegacy, Thee Sister Wives, Central Nervous System, the Creekside Strays doors 9 pm. tHe SiSter The Reply, Gerry Alvarez Odyssey, Start. SoutHSide JoHnny’S The Lineup (rock/R&B) 10 pm.

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Natalia Ivanovski, DJ No Loves 9 pm. Bovine Sex cluB The Standstills, Exitseekers, One Look Donnybrook, DJ Vania. cAdillAc lounge Shattervox. clinton’S The High Spots, Bones & the Black Stars. cloAk & dAgger PuB Soul Motivators (soul/ funk) 10 pm. crocodile rock Sound Parade Open Mic. drAke Hotel underground Diana Salvatore (rock) doors 7 pm. drAke Hotel lounge Weekend Startup Boot Knives doors 11 pm. tHe gArriSon Dinosaur Dinosaur, Shoot the Stork, Paint, Erica Werry & the Alphabet 9 pm. glAdStone Hotel Melody BAr Maria Bonita 9 pm. grAffiti’S The Greasemarks 7 pm. Holy oAk cAfe The Elwins, Thom Gill, Dr. Ew, Landon AR Coleman (pop) 10 pm. lee’S PAlAce NDMA, Crowe, Futureless, Dean Fraser. PArtS & lABour Dawn Vally, Retna Burn, Soul Grinder 10 pm. tHe PiSton Raw (featuring Melissa Cameron) 10 pm. rAncHo relAxo Thursday Thursday 2nd Anniversary Women & Children, Little Foot Long Foot, Dildoniks, the Ballroom Babies 9 pm. rivoli The Power of Equality, Idioteque (Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute) 9 pm. Silver dollAr Ostrich Tuning, Hussy, This Mess, Mazola doors 9 pm. tHe SiSter Drunk Woman, Beams, Chip Thomas. SneAky dee’S CD release Actual Water, the Marvelous Darlings, the Get Nuns, Troubadour doors 9 pm. SoutHSide JoHnny’S Skip Tracer (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm. SuPerMArket Theodore, Petty Victories, Most People doors 9 pm. trAnzAc MAin HAll Australia Day Sandro Perri, Andre Ethier, Bob Wiseman, Ronley Teper and others (covers of famous songs from down under) 8 pm.

lolABAr DJ Mr Stylus (hip-hop/funk/R&B). MAiSon Mercer Savoir Thursdays DJ Chris La

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By ANUPA MISTRY

MAviS StAPleS at the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Koerner Hall (273 Bloor West), Sunday (January 29), 8 pm. $33.50. RCM.

Mavis Staples is down the line from her home in Chicago, talking about the first time she met gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, her girlhood idol turned mentor and friend. “She looked like a giant princess to me,” Staples reminisces, lost in a moment 65 years ago. Then she laughs. “And I said, ‘Hello, Miss Sister Mahalia Jackson!’ because I thought her first name was Sister.” The 72-year-old Staples, whose career was forged in the civil rights era, is a sonorous, underrated vocalist and a legend in her own right. She’s likely related her Mahalia Jackson story hundreds of times, but it sounds like a revelation because of her love of telling it. This exuberance, in addition to her historical importance, are part of the reason she’s enjoyed a long, successful career. Of course, collaborations with generational icons Prince, John Scofield and, on 2010’s You Are Not Alone, Jeff Tweedy, also help. “Tweedy has kept my music so close to the Staple Singers music,” she says

of her former family band. “The sound, the fuzzy guitar, is different, but I’m singing a gospel – the same thing I’ve been singing my whole life. It just has a Tweedy touch, which makes it more interesting and now.” If her collaborators skew toward reverential when working with her, it’s because of the deep imprint left on popular music by the Staple Singers. Led by her father, Roebuck “Pops” Staples, they challenged the gospel status quo in the 50s by bringing guitar to church music. “I was so young, I didn’t realize people thought our music was different from everyone else’s. But now I realize that no one was using a guitar when we started singing.” Staples’s solo career began in 1969, when she was 30, and she sees it as an extension of the contemporaneous, courageous folk of the family band. “Pops would tell the writers that we wanted to sing about what was happening in the world. If there was something wrong, we wanted to fix it through our music,” she says, adding that she always includes freedom songs in her live set. “That idea is still with me. I’m still here, and I’m going to carry that on.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

toronto reference liBrAry Bidiniband. ñ velvet underground Dirty Sleeves 9 pm.

Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

AquilA uPStAirS The New Mynah Birds

(mostly blues).

cAStro’S lounge Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 5 pm.

dAkotA tAvern Little Birdie, Po’ Girl (roots) 7

pm, John Borra Band (alt country) 10 pm. dorA keogH Root Magic (roots). tHe gArriSon Cass McCombs, Frank Fairfield, Jennifer Castle (folk rock) doors 9 pm. gAte 403 Joanna Moon (flamenco-Latino/ Quebec edge quartet) 9 pm. glAdStone Hotel Melody BAr The Tex-Styles (country/rockabilly). HABitS gAStroPuB Philemene Hoffmann & Joel Archambault 8 pm. HigHwAy 61 SoutHern BArBeque The Little Naturals w/ Jake Chisholm (blues) 8 pm. living ArtS centre HAMMerSon HAll Viva Italia Robert Michaels 8 pm. lolA The Danny Beerio Jam 3 to 7 pm. lolA Suspicious Package 8 pm. lulA lounge Cubano, DJ Suave (salsa) 10 pm. now lounge Rock N’ Blues Jam Johnathan Link, Mike Zingrone, David Goldman. rePoSAdo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex The Jivebombers (blues combo) 6:30 pm. underdown PuB Kevin Myles Wilson (folk/ roots rock) 10 pm. yellow cuP cAfe Mostly Originals Roger ‘Pops’ Zuraw, Steve Raiken, Peter Solmes 8 pm.

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

cHAlkerS PuB Robi Botos Trio 7:30 pm.

Dave’s... On st Clair Happy Hour Jazz Chicken

Scratch 5 to 8 pm.

DOminiOn On Queen Havana To Toronto Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo 9 pm.

eDwarD JOhnsOn BuilDing walter hall

New Music Festival: Electroacoustic Music noon to 1 pm.

eDwarD JOhnsOn BuilDing walter hall

New Music Festival: Karen Kieser Prize in Canadian Music Andrew Staniland, Igor Correia, Abigail Richardson, Constantine Caravassilis and Riho Maimets 7:30 pm. gate 403 Sam Broverman Jazz Duo 5 to 8 pm. hart hOuse arBOr rOOm Jazz At Oscar’s Run Stop Run 9 pm. hugh’s rOOm Jane Bunnett & the Heavyweights Brass Band 8:30 pm. living arts Centre rBC theatre Shannon Butcher 8 pm. lula lOunge Billie Holiday Tribute Dave Fowler, Levi Collins (jazz) 8 pm.

markham theatre fOr the PerfOrming arts Sophie Milman 8 pm. musiC gallery The Slide Summit The Scott Good Ensemble doors 7 pm.

OlD mill inn hOme smith Bar Laura Fernan-

dez Trio (Latin jazz) 7:30 pm. QuOtes Fridays At Five The Canadian Jazz Quartet, Andy Ballantyne (saxophone) 5 pm. rex Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. rex Mark Eisenman Quintet 9:30 pm.

rOyal COnservatOry Of musiC kOerner hall Royal Conservatory Orchestra 8 pm. sOmewhere there stuDiO Leftover Daylight

Series Ken Aldcroft, Wes Neal, Scott Thomson 8 pm. trane stuDiO Monologue Slam & Party. tranzaC The Foolish Things (jazz) 5 pm. tranzaC sOuthern CrOss Harrington (jazz) 7:30 pm. tranzaC sOuthern CrOss The Ryan Driver Quartet (experimental jazz) 10 pm. trinity st. Paul’s ChurCh It Was A Lover And His Lass Toronto Consort, Charles Daniels, David Miller (vocals, lute) 8 pm.

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annex wreCkrOOm Ice Cold: Winter Bass Music Showcase Marcus Visionary, ñ Everfresh, Lush, Rick Toxic, Troopa, Gremlinz and others 10 pm.

BuDDies in BaD times theatre Fuck U Fridays

DJ Triple-X (70s disco/80s new wave/Brit pop/00s electro) doors 10:30 pm.5 CastrO’s lOunge DJ I Hate You Rob (soul/ funk/R&B/punk rock/rockabilly) 10 pm. ClintOn’s Music For Winners Dance Armstrong. COlD tea Mighty Real Dance Floor Work Out DJs John Caffery & the Robotic Kid (bouncy/ acid/disco/funky house) 9:30 pm. COllege street Bar DJ Banks. CrawfOrD uPstairs Grilled Cheese Fundament (funk/disco/motown/reggae). CrawfOrD DOwnstairs Ignition DJ Caff, Rei Von, DJ Aphillyaded (bump ‘n’ grind/hip-hop/ reggae/R&B). CrOwn & tiger Tiger Bar Bounce Elektrotank (dance/indie/pop/rock). Drake hOtel unDergrOunD Itzsoweezee DJ Pump doors 11 pm. Drake hOtel lOunge DJ Your Boy Brian doors 10 pm. fOOtwOrk Luv This City Fridays doors 10 pm. gOODhanDy’s Pansexual Sex Party DJ Todd Klinck doors 10 pm.5 grOttO lOunge Big DJ Small Club Tricky Moreira & Luis Serrano doors 10 pm. hOly Oak Cafe Transgressions DJs Sissy Fuss, KYRA!, Golden Malicious (queer dance party) 10 pm.5 hOt BOx Cafe Big Spliff JodaC & Mike S 7 pm. insOmnia Funkn’ Fresh Fridays Fawn BC (altrock/dance/hip-hop 90s music). lee’s PalaCe DanCe Cave Bif Bang Pow DJ Trevor (60s mod/Britpop) 10 pm. levaCk BlOCk BaCk rOOm DJ Rad McCool (hip-hop). levaCk BlOCk frOnt rOOm DJ Nerdvana. margret Massive Gritty (reggae) 10 pm. mOnarCh tavern Sweetback: Pinball Disco (disco/rare funk/dancefloor jazz). the PistOn Shindig! DJs Splattermonkey, General Eclectic, Double K, Diabloavocado (50s/60s dance party) 10 pm. rivOli POOl lOunge DJ Stu (rock/old school/ Brit/electro/classics/retro). salvaDOr Darling Way Out Dougie Boom, Kaewonder, Scott Seewhale (pan-psychedelic sounds old & new) 10 pm. the savOy DJ JRyDee (hip-hop/ol skool) 10 pm.

sneaky Dee’s Songs: A Dance Party Bonjay (DJ set) 10 pm. ñ suPermarket Course Of Time DJs Rynecolo-

gist, Mr Charlton, Hal Kilmer, Wenzell 10 pm. velvet unDergrOunD DJ High Voltage (alt rock) 11:15 pm. virgin mOBile mOD CluB Come Out And Play Matt Medley (anthems/90s) doors 10 pm.

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alleyCatz Soular (R&B/soul/funk) 9:30 pm. allstars Bar & grill Road To CMW Talent Search: Supernova 8 pm.

BOvine sex CluB Bella Clava, Wentworth, the Pixie Christ, DJ Sir Ian Blurton.

CaDillaC lOunge Pink Floyd Tribute eve. DakOta tavern Album release

Bidiniband 7 to 10 pm. ñ DakOta tavern Swamp Yankees (rock) 10 pm.

DOminiOn On Queen Ronnie Hayward Trio 3 to 7 pm.

DOra keOgh The Woodshed Orchestra (pop

choir).

el mOCamBO DOwnstairs EP release Carlo Meriano, Sacred Balance, John Kameel Farah 9 pm. the garrisOn LP release Yamantaka// Sonic Titan, Sexy Merlin 9 pm. See preview, page 39. graffiti’s Dodge Fiasco (rock) 4 pm. graffiti’s SSW Night Russell Leon 8 pm. hOrseshOe Nightbox, the Balconies, Christien Summers 10 pm. hOt BOx Cafe Dub Science: Open Mic Red Gorilla Sound Brigade (reggae/jungle/dubstep/ dnb/electro) 7 pm. lee’s PalaCe Grateful Dead Tribute Benefit for Jake’s Collection and the Hospital for Sick Children Mars Hotel, the Gratefully Dedicated Soundsystem doors 9 pm. nOw lOunge Soulful Situation Carl Henry, Dougy Flyswatter, Frankie ‘Mayhem’ Mayfield, Dan Scruton 10 pm. On Cue BandClash The Curmudgeons, RedD Monkey, Camden Blues 9:30 pm. OPera hOuse The Jump Off 2K12: benefit for The Ride To Conquer Cancer (iamhighdef.com) Nyiam, Last Bullet, Mikkey T & KT, the Violinist and others doors 9 pm. Parts & laBOur Deadstock compilation LP release Metz, Teenanger, Cut Flowers (punk rock) 10 pm. PlaCeBO sPaCe Fresh Snow, Karaoke, Iderdown. rainBOw PalaCe De Real Ting Friendlyness, Briggidier Kingsly. revival Remix Style Skratch Bastid, PPlus, J-Class, DJ Grouch and others (hiphop/R&B/electro/house/reggae). rex Danny Marks (pop) noon. rex Justin Bacchus (funk/soul/R&B) 7 pm. rOCkPile Dr Acula & In Alcatraz. silver DOllar Late Night Live The Disraelis, the Wilderness, Beliefs 10:15 pm. the sister The Dickens, the Ethers, the Volunteers. sOunD aCaDemy Machine Head, Suicide Silence, Darkest Hour, Rise to Remain doors 7 pm, all ages. sOuthsiDe JOhnny’s Kat House (rock/top 40) 10 pm. tranzaC sOuthern CrOss Joe Hall (pop) 6:30 pm. virgin mOBile mOD CluB Landmark Showcase Competition Retro Circuit, Stephanie Braganza, CampX, Gravewood and others doors 5 pm. waterfalls Rub A Dub Market Progress, Anthony King, Amber Cotes & April Johnston, XIXGON INTL, the Rebel Alliance Band (reggae/dancehall) doors 10 pm.

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aQuila uPstairs Greg Quill & Ironbark (folk/

country) 9 pm.

asPetta Caffe Azalea, Darker Still, Funk Alien (pop/folk/funk) 7 pm. CaDillaC lOunge Mary & Micky (country) 3:30. CastrO’s lOunge Big Rude Jake (blues shouter) 4:30 pm. DOminiOn On Queen The Wicked Grin 9 pm. DOnalDa CluB Robbie Burns Event Sandy MacIntyre & Steeped in Tradition (Celtic) 6 to 10 pm. fOgarty’s The Josh Gordon Band 3 to 7 pm. glaDstOne hOtel melODy Bar Country Saturdays Joanne Mackell & Tru Grit 9 pm. grOssman’s Fried Angels 9:30 pm. highway 61 sOuthern BarBeQue Tim Bastemeyer (blues) 8 pm.

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Picking a name for your musical project is a bit like getting a tattoo. Something that may seem fun in the moment can lose its appeal a couple of years later. Com Truise (aka Seth Haley) discovered this too late, after spoonerisms became de rigueur in the underground electronic scene. (See Wevie Stonder, Mord Fustang, Joy Orbison, Jichael Mackson, Ponty Mython.) “This all happened so fast for me,” Haley explains from his parents’ house in upstate New York. “At first I secondguessed the name, and now there are so many spoonerisms out there, which makes it even worse. I made the decision, though, and I guess I have to live with it.” The cheeky stage name doesn’t do much to counter the perception of some critics that his reimagining of synthy 80s film score sounds and computerized funk are more an ironic joke than an honest artistic statement. But Haley insists his interest in Reagan-era electronic music lies in the sounds

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more than the symbolism. “There are definitely some references to the 80s, but for the most part I’m focused on the technology and the production techniques of that era. I don’t really care about the neon glam vibe, and I’m not being jokey about it. My music is semi-serious for the most part.” Despite the confusion about his intentions and motivations, Haley had an extremely good 2011. He got signed to Ghostly International, enjoyed rave reviews all over the world, did a remix for Daft Punk’s Tron soundtrack (which sounded more appropriate than their original score) and finally quit his day job in advertising and design. But while most musicians pray for the day they can concentrate fully on their art, Haley has encountered an unexpected side effect of his new found freedom. “The more I think about it, the more I realize that I actually miss the advertising world. It was easier for me to write music when I had a full-time job. It helped me focus, which I have difficulty doing now that I have all this extra time.” 3 benjaminb@nowtoronto.com

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HUGH’S ROOM Gregg Lawless (singer/songwriter) 8:30 pm.

THE LOCAL Whoa Nellie. LOFT 210 Xmas Jam Night Red Moon Music Collective.

LOLA Awakening w/ Trevor Jones 8 pm. LULA LOUNGE Jane Bunnett, Son Ache, DJ GIO. REBAS CAFÉ Open Mic Saturdays David Cright-

on 1 to 4 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Jamzac (folk) 3 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS CD release Grand-

pa and the Alleycats 7 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

CHALKERS PUB Cory Weeds, the Bernie Senensky Trio 6 pm. EASTMINSTER UNITED CHURCH Academy Concert Series presents Mozart: A Year In Vienna Nicolai Tarasov, Edwin Huizinga, Emily Eng, Charlene Yeh, Kerri McGonigle (clarinet/violins/viola/cello) 8 pm. EDWARD JOHNSON BUILDING MACMILLAN THE-

ATRE New Music Festival: Large-scale works of Anders Hillborg U of T Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, MacMillan Singers, gamUT, the Royal Conservatory of Music’s New Music Ensemble 7:30 pm. GATE 403 Bill Heffernan 5 to 8 pm. GATE 403 Bartek Kozminsski El Mosaico Flamenco Jazz Fusion Band 9 pm.

MARKHAM THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Anything Goes: The Music Of The Roaring

20s & 30s Grand Salon Orchestra, Paisley Jura 8 pm. OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR Jazz Masters Nancy Walker Trio 7:30 pm. REX Chris Hunt Tentet & 2 3:30 pm. REX Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats 9:45 pm. REX Rich Brown’s Rinse the Algorithm 12:45 am.

ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC KOERNER HALL Susan Graham & Malcolm Martineau 8 pm. SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Ali Berkok, Pete Johnston, Jake Oelrichs 8 pm.

Brunch DJ Shane MacKinnon 11 am. GLADSTONE HOTEL BALLROOM Love Design Party: Come Up To My Room DJs Denise Benson, Joe Blow 10 pm. GOODHANDY’S TNT Naked Dance DJ Sexy Pants 6 pm.5 HARBOURFRONT CENTRE ICE RINK DJ Skate Night: Cherry Bomb 8 to 11 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE Amigo, Amiga (psych/Brazilian) 10 pm. THE HOXTON Bassjackers doors 9 pm. INSOMNIA Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep house). LEE’S PALACE DANCE CAVE Full On Alternative DJ Mr Pete (alternative) 10 pm. LOLABAR DJ Mr Stylus (house/hip-hop/R&B/ reggae). MAISON MERCER Célébration Ramy Vs David. MARO Red Carpet Saturdays DJ Undercover (house/hip-hop/club anthems). MOROCO CHOCOLAT Void Music Adam Khan, Haf (deep house/techno) 8 pm. NEU+RAL Fixion DJ Dwight (alt/electronic/remix). PALAIS ROYALE Carnival Dance Fever 2012 – Snow Queen: Winter Waltz benefit for Epilespy Cure Initiative 6 pm. THE PISTON Brendan Canning (DJ set) 10 pm. PREMIUM BANQUET HALL Hennessy Splash Macka Diamond, Rebel T, Mad Ras, Firekid Steenie, Black Reaction, King Veeza and others. PRESS CLUB Northern Soul DJ (classic Motown/R&B) 10 pm. RIVOLI Footprints DJs General Eclectic, Jason Palma, DJ Stuart (soul/jazz/reggae/ska/funk) doors 9 pm. SNEAKY DEE’S Shake A Tail (60s pop & soul) 11 pm. SUPERMARKET Do Right Saturdays! DJs John Kong, MC Abs. VELVET UNDERGROUND Panic! DJ Lazarus 10 pm. VIRGIN MOBILE MOD CLUB UK Underground MRK, Tigerblood, Bingo Bob (indie/electro/ dubstep/rock) doors 10 pm. WRONGBAR Galapagos//019 Com Truise, Dakota, Brandon Oliver 10 pm. See preview, page 44..

Sunday, January 29

Toronto Symphony Orchestra 8 pm. TRANE STUDIO The Jazztolas (vocal jazz) 8 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Luke Vajsar (bass) 9 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Free Vision, Nick Storring, Khora 10 pm. TRINITY ST. PAUL’S CHURCH It Was A Lover And His Lass Toronto Consort, Charles Daniels, David Miller (vocals, lute) 8 pm. YORKMINSTER PARK BAPTIST CHURCH Community Concert Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Elora Festival Singers (classical) doors 2:15 pm.

CASTRO’S LOUNGE Alistair Christl 4 pm. GRAFFITI’S Michael Brennan 4 pm. MAGPIE CAFE Heavy Generator (ska/reggae) 9

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ANNEX WRECKROOM DJ Rick Toxic (club hits/

Comedy/Cabaret Night Alison Jutzi and others 8 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Sunday Family Acoustic Brunch (bluegrass) 9 am. HIRUT FINE ETHIOPIAN CUISINE Acoustic Dinner Show Sebastian Agnello, Peter Verity, Gary 17 5 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE Lost Girl (old-time) 9 pm. HUGH’S ROOM Ken Whiteley Gospel Matinee Chris Whiteley, Diana Braithwaite, Joe Sealy, Paul Novotny, Jacob Moon 2 pm. THE LOCAL Chris Coole (banjo) 5 pm. THE LOCAL Gord Zubrecki Band 10 pm. LULA LOUNGE Kinobe & the African Sensation (Ugandan soul) doors 7:30 pm. LULA LOUNGE Cuban Son Duo (Cuban son) noon. MUCH ME Open Mic (eclectic) 8 pm. POGUE MAHONE Sandy MacIntyre & Steeped in Tradition (Celtic) 4 to 8 pm. REBAS CAFÉ Just Us Band (country/folk/rock & roll) 1 to 4 pm. SLACK’S Chris Altmann (country/roots) 8 pm. SUPERMARKET Freefall Sundays Open Mic/Jam 7 pm. THIRSTY FOX PUB Acoustic Open Jam Fera 4 to 8 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Kyp Harness (folk/ rock) 7:30 pm. UNDERDOWN PUB Open Mic Porter 9:30 pm.

ñ TORONTO CENTRE FOR THE ARTS GEORGE WESTON RECITAL HALL The Miraculous Mandarin

FREE TIMES CAFE Chicka Boom: All Female

POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL pm.

PARTS & LABOUR Girls Rock Camp Fundraiser Gramercy Riffs, the BB Guns, ñ Cobra, Food Fight (indie rock) 8 pm, all ages. THE PISTON Carlie Howell, Jessica Stuart Few

9 pm.

PRESS CLUB Staggy Townsend 10 pm. ROCKPILE Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions). ROXTON Matt Antaya 9:30 pm. ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC KOERNER HALL Mavis Staples (soul/gos-

pel/blues) 8 pm. See preview, page 42. party anthems) 10 pm. SNEAKY DEE’S Reaction: Jamtastic Concert CLINTON’S Shake, Rattle & Roll Bangs & Blush Series. (Motown/Britpop). SOUND ACADEMY Collie Buddz, Zion-I, New COBRA LOUNGE Crown Saturdays DJ Jed Harper. Kingston doors 8 pm, all ages. COLLEGE STREET BAR Get Down. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Open Jam Rebecca CRAWFORD Ice Cold Dranks (hip-hop/R&B/ Matiesen & Phoenix 9:30 pm. old-school) 10 pm. FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD CZEHOSKI KNOWN I.James.Jones. AQUILA UPSTAIRS Sunday Junction Jam The DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Bang The New Mynah Birds, Bill Priddle (blues/indie Party Pooyan, Emily Law doors 11 pm. rock) 3:30 pm. EMBASSY BAR Pressure Drop: Tribute To AQUILA UPSTAIRS Open Mic The McDale’s Coxsone Dodd Tippertone Sound System, (mostly country) 9 pm. Visionary 10 pm. CLOAK & DAGGER PUB Alex Leggett (folk/pop) EMMET RAY BAR A Nice & Smooth Night DJ 9 pm. Gerald Belanger (cosmic disco/rare grooves/ COLUMBUS CENTRE Shevchenko Choir, Darbazi jazz/minimal techno/deep house) 10 pm. Georgian Singers (Ukrainian & Canadian folk THE FLYING BEAVER PUBARET Slinky DJs Triplesongs) 2 pm. X, Poster Boy (retro dance night) doors 9 pm. DAKOTA TAVERN Bluegrass Brunch 11 am-3 pm. FOOTWORK Edu Imbernon, Nathan Barato, Ad_Now_1-5 190112.ai 1 1/23/12DAKOTA 3:06TAVERN PM Anthony D’Amico, Ivan Kushman doors 10 pm. Flash Lightnin’ 10 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Beats &

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CHALKERS PUB Cory Weeds, the Bernie Senensky Trio 7 pm. CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY Hossein Alizadeh, Pejman Hadadi (Persian classical) 8 pm. DOMINION ON QUEEN Musical Theatre Cabaret 7 pm.

From internet buzz to a $3 million deal By ANUPA MISTRY

A$AP ROCKY at the Opera House (735 Queen East), Friday (January 27), 8 pm. $25. PDR, RT, SS, TM.

It took less than a year for Rakim Mayers, aka A$AP Rocky Rocky, to go from hanging out completely unknown in Harlem to being Sony-signed and Drake co-signed. Last October, on the strength of two street singles, the 23-year-old released the mixtape LiveLoveA$AP, making himself one of LiveLoveA$AP 2011 music’s hypest, strangest memes: a curious collision of future ingenuity meets old-guard aspiration. Troll the archives of now-stalled blog realniggatumblr.tumblr.com and you’ll find an April 14, 2011, entry featuring a YouTube still from Rocky’s first unofficial single, Purple Swag. Site blogger Steve wrote, “Contemporary H-Town rap music from an East Coast perspective, I think.” Steve’s since been outed as an A$AP Rocky affiliate. “Stevie had a Tumblr going with a good following, and we realized we could sneak in some of my freestyles and songs and he’d act like he wasn’t part of it,” laughs Rocky over the phone from L.A., where he’s recording with Purple Swag producer A$AP Ty Beats. “We got good feedback, and that’s when we knew we had a chance.”

EDWARD JOHNSON BUILDING WALTER HALL

New Music Festival Rachel Mercer & Angela Park (cello, piano) 7:30 pm. ENWAVE THEATRE Legends New Music Concerts Ensemble, Tyler Duncan, Robert Aitken 8 pm. GATE 403 Brownman Akoustic Jazz Trio 5 pm. GATE 403 Carissa Newfeld Jazz Duo 9 pm. REX David French’s Bloomsday 9:30 pm, Michael Herring 7 pm, Freeway Dixieland 3:30 pm, Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO NOW Series The Knot, Ken Aldcroft, Rebecca Bruton 8 pm. SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Ancient Egypt (jazz) 5 pm. ST MICHAEL’S COLLEGE SCHOOL Animal Crackers NYCO Symphony Orchestra 2 pm. TRANE STUDIO Generation Next: The Young Vanguard Series Brownman, Rob Christian Quartet 8 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Monk’s Music (jazz) 5 pm.

Over the next six months, the hyper-real, violet-tinted videos for Purple Swag and Peso (co-directed by Rocky) went viral, and he signed a rumoured $3 million deal. “There’s nothing wild about it. I always expected and prayed and hoped for this, so when it came true, I just thanked God,” says a dead-serious Rocky. “I always thought I’d be an iconic figure.” Hyperbole aside, the A$AP crew’s aesthetic, one that used to make them “the weird kids in the neighbourhood,” is essential to A$AP Rocky’s success. That aesthetic includes music steeped in woozy Southern screw, an affinity for tinted Lennon glasses, gold teeth, braids and all-black clothing offset by quirky Jeremy Scott-designed accents. (He’s so into Scott, in fact, that Complex Magazine has them side-by-side on its February cover.) Whether you call him progressive or different – “That’s just all me,” Rocky counters – there’s no doubt he’s leaving a wide audience rapt. In Toronto, you’ll hear Peso played everywhere from hip-hop to moombahton nights. “I think my songs are really good,” he says matter-of-factly. “I never wanted to fit in, and now with my music I’m doing everything I want to do, and it’s happening. That’s the only motivation I need.” 3

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BOVINE SEX CLUB School For Band Aids DJ Candy-O.

CASTRO’S LOUNGE Watch This Sound DJ Greg

(soul/reggae/dub/ska/rock-steady) 9 pm. COLLEGE STREET BAR The Grind. DOMINION ON QUEEN Rockabilly Brunch 11 am to 3 pm. GRAFFITI’S blackmetalbrunch DJ Murder Mike (black metal) 11 am. INSOMNIA DJ Shannon (old-school hip-hop/ disco/funk). LEE’S PALACE DANCE CAVE Manic Mondays DJ Shannon (retro 70s/80s) 10 pm. THE OSSINGTON Unlimited Sundays. VELVET UNDERGROUND DJ Hanna (retro 80s) 10 pm.

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rock) 10 pm.

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DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE Ride the Tiger (60s & 70s

soul/Motown/stax/R&B) doors 11 pm. HORSESHOE Shoeless Monday The MacGregors, Dolly, Talk In Blue 9 pm. PRESS CLUB Domestic Bliss Mondays Big City Hicks, Polyester Heart (rock) 10 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS This Is Awesome! (indie lounge music) 7 pm.

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

CLOAK & DAGGER PUB Blair Harvey (folk/pop) 9 pm.

DAKOTA TAVERN Mariachi Mondays 6 to 10 pm. GRAFFITI’S Kevin Quain’s Gutbucket Lounge 6 pm.

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

HUGH’S ROOM

Joe Henry 8:30 pm. THE LOCAL Hamstrung Stringband (blugrass) 9:30 pm. LOLA Calliope’s Nest: Women’s Open Stage 6 to 9 pm. OLD NICK M Factor Monday Jess McAvoy, Kristin Sweetland, Elana Harte. ON CUE Camdon Blues (blues) 8 pm. ROXTON Michael Peter (bluegrass) 9:30 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Open Mic Mondays 10 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER Five Small Concerts:

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DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

ALLEYCATZ Salsa Night DJ Frank Bischun 8 pm.

BOVINE SEX CLUB Moody Mondays Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

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post punk/new wave/garage/indie) 10 pm. REPOSADO Mezcal Mondays DJ Ellis Dean. WATERFALLS The Lion’s Den (reggae).

Tuesday, January 31 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

EL MOCAMBO Sound Affects album release and

War Child benefit The Elwins, Brett Caswell, the Sweet Mack, Alright Alright doors 8 pm. GRAFFITI’S Max Marshall 5 pm. GRAFFITI’S Tumultuous Tuesdays SSW Night 8 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE Yeah, You’re Right (funk/jazz) 9 pm. HORSESHOE Nu Music Nite The Yage Letters, the Yardlets, the Morning Parade, Camp Radio 9 pm. HUGH’S ROOM Southside Johnny & the Poor Fools 8:30 pm. THE LOCAL Boxcar Boys.

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the Ghost, Allen Stone doors 7 pm, all ages.

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ANNEX WRECKROOM Drummers In Exile (drum

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Matt Miller, Karen Ng, Tena Palmer, Mark Segger 8 pm. TRANE STUDIO Jazz Jam Taylor Cook Quintet 8 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Drumheller 10 pm. TRINITY ST. PAUL’S CHURCH Starry Night Talisker Players, Rufus Müller, Alexander Dobson (tenor, baritone) 8 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

BLOKE & 4TH Swank Tom Wrecks. GOODHANDY’S Ladyplus T-Girl Lust DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5

INSOMNIA Soul Shakedown DJs Mikel BC &

Rusty James. REPOSADO Alien Radio DJ Gord C. SNEAKY DEE’S MFOY late eve.

Wednesday, February 1 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

AQUILA UPSTAIRS James Carroll (acoustic rock). BOVINE SEX CLUB The Shivers, InSeverance, Small Victories.

CADILLAC LOUNGE The Neil Young’uns. DAKOTA TAVERN Hot Rock! (Flash Lightnin’ and Beauties members play Rolling ñ Stones) 10 pm.

GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR The St. Royals (funk/R&B/soul) 9 pm.

GRAFFITI’S Lucas Gadke’s Happy Hour 6 pm. HIRUT FINE ETHIOPIAN CUISINE Gary 17’s Open

Stage Steve Morrison (eclectic) 8:30 pm. HORSESHOE Black Dog Ballroom, Asleep in the Machine, Julia Dales 9 pm. LOLA Johnny Bootz Jam 8 pm. PARTS & LABOUR Streetcats, the Strangers (rock) 10 pm. PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE The Darkness doors 8 pm. SNEAKY DEE’S Whats Poppin’. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Steve Aucoin’s Wingman Duo (acoustic pop) 8 pm. SUPERMARKET Wednesdays Go Pop! Morgan Cameron Ross, Hue, Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers 9:45 pm.

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ALLEYCATZ The Graceful Daddies (swingin

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ALICE FAZOOLI’S SQUARE ONE 209 Rathburn W (Mississauga). 905-281-1721. ALLEYCATZ 2409 Yonge. 416-481-6865. ALLSTARS BAR & GRILL 73 Bramalea (Brampton). 905-791-2315. ANDY POOLHALL 489 College. 416-9235300. ANNEX WRECKROOM 794 Bathurst. 416536-0346. AQUILA 347 Keele. 416-341-8487. ASPETTA CAFFE 207 Augusta. 416-725-0693. BEAVER 1192 Queen W. 416-537-2768. BLOKE & 4TH 401 King W. BOVINE SEX CLUB 542 Queen W. 416-5044239. BRASSAII 461 King W. 416-598-4730. BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATRE 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555. CADILLAC LOUNGE 1296 Queen W. 416-5367717. CASTRO’S LOUNGE 2116 Queen E. 416-6998272. CHALKERS PUB 247 Marlee. 416-789-2531. CHERRY COLA’S ROCK N’ ROLLA 200 Bathurst. CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY 10 Trinity Square. 416-598-4521. CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER 162 Bloor W. 416-922-4948. CLINTON’S 693 Bloor W. 416-535-9541. CLOAK & DAGGER PUB 394 College. 647436-0228. COBRA LOUNGE 510 King W. 416-361-9004. COLD TEA 60 Kensington. COLLEGE STREET BAR 574 College. 416-5332417. CRAWFORD 718 College. CROCODILE ROCK 240 Adelaide W. 416-5999751. CROWN & TIGER 414 College. 416-920-3115. CZEHOSKI 678 Queen W. 416-366-6787. DAKOTA TAVERN 249 Ossington. 416-8504579. DAVE’S... ON ST CLAIR 730 St Clair W. 416657-3283. DELTA CHELSEA HOTEL 33 Gerrard W. 416595-1975. DOMINION ON QUEEN 500 Queen E. 416368-6893. DONALDA CLUB 12 Bushbury. DORA KEOGH 141 Danforth. 416-778-1804. DRAKE HOTEL 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. DUFFY’S TAVERN 1238 Bloor W. 416-6280330. EASTMINSTER UNITED CHURCH 310 Danforth. 416-463-2179. EDWARD JOHNSON BUILDING 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. EL MOCAMBO 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777. EMBASSY BAR 223 Augusta. 416-591-1132. EMMET RAY BAR 924 College. 416-792-4497. ENWAVE THEATRE 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. THE FLYING BEAVER PUBARET 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567. FOGARTY’S 3481 Lake Shore W. 416-2535500.

FOOTWORK 425 Adelaide W. 416-913-3488. FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 145 Queen W. 416-3638231. FREE TIMES CAFE 320 College. 416-967-1078. THE GARRISON 1197 Dundas W. 416-5199439. GATE 403 403 Roncesvalles. 416-588-2930. GERRARD/ASHDALE LIBRARY 1432 Gerrard E. 416-393-7717. GLADSTONE HOTEL 1214 Queen W. 416-5314635. 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. 647-2227178. HABITS GASTROPUB 928 College. 416-5337272. HARBOURFRONT CENTRE 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. HART HOUSE 7 Hart House Circle. 416-9788849. HIGHWAY 61 SOUTHERN BARBEQUE 1620 Bayview. 416-489-7427. HIRUT FINE ETHIOPIAN CUISINE 2050 Danforth. HOLY OAK CAFE 1241 Bloor W. 647-3452803. HORSESHOE 370 Queen W. 416-598-4753. HOT BOX CAFE 191A Baldwin. 416-2036990. THE HOXTON 69 Bathurst. HUGH’S ROOM 2261 Dundas W. 416-5316604. HUMBER COLLEGE LAKESHORE CAMPUS 3199 Lake Shore W. 416-675-5005. INSOMNIA 563 Bloor W. 416-588-3907. LEE’S PALACE 529 Bloor W. 416-532-1598. LEVACK BLOCK 88 Ossington. 416-916-0571. LIVING ARTS CENTRE 4141 Living Arts (Mississauga). 905-306-6000. THE LOADED DOG 1921 Lawrence E. 416-7509009. THE LOCAL 396 Roncesvalles. 416-535-6225. LOFT 210 263 Adelaide W. LOLA 40 Kensington. 416-348-8645. LOLABAR 1173 Dundas E. LULA LOUNGE 1585 Dundas W. 416-5880307. MAGPIE CAFE 831 Dundas W. 416-916-6499. MAISON MERCER 15 Mercer. 416-341-8777. MARGRET 2952 Dundas W. 416-762-3373. MARKHAM THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 171 Town Centre Blvd (Markham). 905-305-7469. MARO 135 Liberty. 416-588-2888. MASSEY HALL 178 Victoria. 416-872-4255. MEZZETTA 681 St Clair W. 416-658-5687. MONARCH TAVERN 12 Clinton. 416-5315833. MOROCO CHOCOLAT 99 Yorkville. 416-9612202. MUCH ME 816 St Clair W. 416-651-0009. MUSIC GALLERY 197 John. 416-204-1080. NAWLINS JAZZ BAR 299 King W. 416-5951958. NEU+RAL 349a College. 416-926-2112. NOW LOUNGE 189 Church. 416-364-1301. OLD MILL INN 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641. OLD NICK 123 Danforth. 416-461-5546. ON CUE 349 Jane. 647-763-0417. OPERA HOUSE 735 Queen E. 416-466-0313. THE OSSINGTON 61 Ossington. 416-850-

SILVER DOLLAR High Lonesome Wednesdays Crazy Strings (bluegrass jam) 9 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

CHALKERS PUB Girls Night Out Jazz Jam 8 pm. DOMINION ON QUEEN Corktown Ukulele Jam 8

pm.

FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING

ARTS RICHARD BRADSHAW AMPHITHEATRE Lost Love Songs Heather Bambrick Quartet 5:30 pm. HUMBER COLLEGE LAKESHORE CAMPUS Latin Jazz Night Hilario Duran, Luis Mario Ochoa, Steve Mancuso 8 pm. MEZZETTA Robi Botos Trio 9 pm.

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Friday, January 27

NOW Rock ’n’ Blues Jam

w/DJ Vania

thu jan 26

The sTanDsTills Vinyl Release

w/exiTseekeRs, one look DonnyBRook w/DJ Vania

fri jan 27

The UlTimaTemosThigh

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Sun jan 29

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Wed feb 1

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DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

BRASSAII Les Nuits DJ Undercover (house/hiphop/club anthems).

Pants, Cesar & Klinck doors 10 pm.5

w/GooD Times RunninG, Teen Violence

Soulful Situation

NAWLINS JAZZ BAR Jim Heineman Trio (jazz) 7 to 11 pm. REX Katie Malloch Farewell Barry Elmes Quintet 6:30 pm, Daniel Jamieson 9:30 pm. SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Complete Chamber Works Of Queen Victrola Nur Intan Murtadza, Mark Zurawinski, Rebecca Bruton, Nicole Rampersaud and others 8 pm. TRINITY ST. PAUL’S CHURCH Starry Night Talisker Players, Rufus Müller, Alexander Dobson (tenor, baritone) 8 pm. UNDERDOWN PUB Jazz Night 10 pm.

HOT BOX CAFE Hump Day Uncut The Man! (old

Special guest Brian Alossery guitar and vocals House band: Mike Zingrone bass, David Goldman drums No cover. Doors 7:00 pm for dinner. Show starts at 10:00pm.

0161. OZ GALLERY 134 Ossington. 416-792-5511. PALAIS ROYALE 1601 Lake Shore W. 416-5333553. PARTS & LABOUR 1566 Queen W. 416-5887750. PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE 410 Sherbourne. 416-323-1251. THE PISTON 937 Bloor W. 416-532-3989. PLACEBO SPACE 1409 Bloor W. POGUE MAHONE 777 Bay. 416-598-3339. THE PORT 1179 Dundas W. 416-516-1270. PREMIUM BANQUET HALL 2360 Lucknow (Mississauga). PRESS CLUB 850 Dundas W. 416-364-7183. QUOTES 220 King W. 416-979-7717. RAINBOW PALACE 213 Augusta. RANCHO RELAXO 300 College. 416-9200366. REBAS CAFÉ 3289 Dundas W. 416-626-7372. REPOSADO 136 Ossington. 416-532-6474. 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. ROXTON 379 Harbord. 416-535-8181. ROY THOMSON HALL 60 Simcoe. 416-8724255. ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC 273 Bloor W. 416-408-0208. THE RUSTY NAIL 2202 Danforth. 647-7297254. SALVADOR DARLING 1237 Queen W. 416534-0488. SAVING GIGI 859 Bloor West. THE SAVOY 1166 Queen W. SILVER DOLLAR 486 Spadina. 416-9750909. THE SISTER 1554 Queen W. 416-532-2570. SLACK’S 562 Church. 416-928-2151. SNEAKY DEE’S 431 College. 416-603-3090. SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO 227 Sterling, unit #112. SOUND ACADEMY 11 Polson. 416-461-3625. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S 3653 Lake Shore W. 416-521-6302. ST MICHAEL’S COLLEGE SCHOOL 1515 Bathurst. 416-789-4970. SUPERMARKET 268 Augusta. 416-8400501. SUTRA 612 College. 416-537-8755. THIRSTY FOX PUB 1028 Eglinton W. TORONTO CENTRE FOR THE ARTS 5040 Yonge. 416-733-9388. TORONTO REFERENCE LIBRARY 789 Yonge. 416-395-5577. TRANE STUDIO 964 Bathurst. 416-913-8197. TRANZAC 292 Brunswick. 416-923-8137. TRINITY ST. PAUL’S CHURCH 427 Bloor W. 416-922-8435. UNDERDOWN PUB 263 Gerrard E. 416-9270815. VELVET UNDERGROUND 510 Queen W. 416-504-6688. VIRGIN MOBILE MOD CLUB 722 College. 416-588-4663. WATERFALLS 303 Augusta. 416-927-9666. WRONGBAR 1279 Queen W. 416-516-8677. YELLOW CUP CAFE 225 the East Mall. 416231-6688. YORKMINSTER PARK BAPTIST CHURCH 1585 Yonge. 416-922-1167.

GOODHANDY’S Amplify Wednesdays DJs Sexy

live at the

MATT MEDLEY & friends

4 6 10

FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS RICHARD BRADSHAW AMPHITHEATRE Mirror

A Year Of Great Sax Joe Lovano Us Five 8 pm.

SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Heather Segger,

VENUE INDEX

doors @ ten

GIRLS NIGHT OUT!

ALLEYCATZ Swing Tuesdays Carlo Berardinucci & the Double A Jazz Swing Band. DOMINION ON QUEEN Hot Club of Corktown Django Jam Wayne Nakamura 8:30 pm.

REX Amanda Tosoff Group 6:30 pm. REX Rex Jazz Jam Daniel Jamieson 9:30 pm. ROXTON C’est La Vie (jazz trio) 9:30 pm. ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC KOERNER HALL

w/DJ sir ian Blurton

Sat jan 28

Bella Clava

w/WenTWoRTh, The Pixie chRisT

B.Y.o.DJ

neW niGhT!

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w/inseVeRance, sWanson's BRiefcase uPCOMInG: Sat feb 11

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THE DAKOTA TAVERN

THE OSSINGTON

Thu Jan 26

Thur 26 EZ Now w/ DJ Lite

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w. SPECIAL GuESTS

7-9pm LITTLE BIRDIE & PO’ GIRL THE JOHN BORRA BAND

Fri Jan 27

Favourites at Work...Smooth tunes for smooth times...

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Sat Jan 28

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SWAMP YANKEES

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THE HOLIDAY CROWD Over The Bluffs

ñLEONARD COHEN

(New Romantic) Rating: NNN On their debut album, the Holiday Crowd sing about Scarborough but make it sound way more like Sheffield. The local band plays an amalgam of dour 80s jangle-pop à la Pulp, the Smiths and the Cure – no surprise considering that guitarist Colin Bowers and drummer Dave Barnes are former members of psych-rock shoegazers the Disraelis (now reformed with members of the Hoa Hoa’s). This mini-album is a good start for the breakaway faction. Sure, the Holiday Crowd sound an awful lot like their influences, but Bowers’s catchy, reverb-laden guitar lines gel nicely with singer Imran Haniff’s impressive Morrissey vox, and the songwriting has lots of potential. It’d be a no-brainer to include these boys at the next reunion of long-running Britpop party BLOWUP. Top track: Never Speak Of It Again The Holiday Crowd play an album release at Oz Studios January 27. JORDAN BIMM

Old Ideas The familiar Cohen themes of heart(Columbia) Rating: NNNN break, seduction and resigned depression I hate to say it, but maybe Leonard Coare well represented, and he’s still got a hen should go broke more great ear for a memorable often. After spending two bittersweet one-liner. More years touring to recoup losscynical listeners might argue es from shady management, that Cohen is simply rethe iconic Canadian singer/ treating to a caricature of his songwriter has emerged with earlier self, but closer listens his best work in well over a reveal a world-weary bluesy decade. Gone are the muchquality that has never soundmaligned synths that domied this natural. Old Ideas feels nated his albums since the like you’re hearing Cohen per80s, replaced with underforming live at a small club stated, earthy production that beautiwith a top-notch band of veteran players, fully complements his richly evocative and this new level of intimacy suits him songwriting. It’s as if being confronted perfectly. 1 12-01-20 3:51 PM Page 1 RCM_Now1/5bw_Sweet_contests_Jan26_Layout with live audiences every night helped Top track: Crazy To Love You BENJAMIN BOLES NADA SURF The Stars Are Indifferent To him remember what we love him for. Astronomy (Barsuk) Rating: NNN Since the surprise 1996 success of their Weezeresque hit Popular and subsequent shortlived dalliance with a major label, Nada Surf have carved out a career as an indie power-pop band with a cult fan WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO THIS CONCERT base. Their seventh album shows them to be consistently good – though perhaps unambitious – songwriters despite not getting much attention for it. The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy is less jangly and more upbeat than previous albums (apparently an on-purpose attempt to recreate their live energy), but still sounds like it was made by a band coasting on their natural ability to create catchy if unremarkable hooks. Some songs stick in your head, but few will blow your mind. Strong melodies make the tunes better than middle-of-the-road, but aside from a bit more distortion, the New York trio show little desire to venture outside their breezy alt-pop comfort zone. Top track: Clear Eyed Clouded Mind Nada Surf play the Opera House April 4. RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

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rasses himself with cheesy Europop on Earthquakey People, LMFAO are just as awful as they are on their own records, and CSS’s Lovefoxxx sounds like she’s trying to emulate the 90s dance pop of Aqua on Heartbreaker. When the most exciting moments are derivative brostep bangers, you know an artist lost all credibility a long time ago. Top track: Ooh (featuring Rob Roy) Steve Aoki plays Kool Haus March 2. BB

Rating: NNN Milo Cordell, one-half of London scenester duo the Big Pink, said in recent interviews that the key to making Future This was zeroing in on what worked best on their debut smash, A Brief History Of Love. In other words, replicate and magnify the big-chorus-anthem pattern from Dominos and Velvet. The result is an album with chartworthy songs that are uncomfortably familiar at times and a touch low on risk. Beat-driven opener Stay Gold best exemplifies this: the chorus that drops in clearly resembles Dominos. It’s hard, though, to fault Cordell and vocalist Robbie Furze too much for wanting to make a record that penetrates live as well as A Brief History does, and their ability to write these kinds of tunes, in particular the standout Hit The Ground (Superman), shouldn’t be entirely dismissed. Top track: Hit The Ground (Superman) JASON KELLER

SCENE ñJOKERS OF THENNNN

J0T5 (Fool’s Gold) Rating: The fifth EP from local duo Jokers of the Scene is a brief but riveting take on expressive dance music. A reaction to the ubiquitous, monotonous siren-synth trope, J0T5 has bot-like techno at its heart, with elements of airy trance, squelching acid house and industrial menace circuiting through. The five songs were written to provide a thematically linked, experiential listen. Closer Killing Jokes II turns the delicate melody of opener Killing Jokes I into something anthemic and slow-building with distortion. And while it’s tempting to hit repeat on twerky Black Mountie, with its rolling peaks of layered fuzz, thudding bass and flickering synths, or In Order To Trance, with its heavy schizoid bliss, playing the album all the way through makes its serious intent clear. Accompanying it is the J0T5 RMXD EP featuring reworks by Daniel Avery, Hrdvsion, Gingy & Bordello, Babe Rainbow and others. Top track: Black Mountie ANUPA MISTRY

ñTHE 2 BEARS NNNN

Be Strong (Southern Fried) Rating: Since 2009, DJ Raf Rundell and Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard have been DJing and making music under the whimsically gay-sounding moniker the 2 Bears. With their debut album of euphoric house music, the London-based duo handily sidestep the potential baggage that might come with a dancey side project (especially a whimsically gay-sounding one). Although the first half relies on straight-up classic house beats and lyric imperatives to be stronger, work harder and get higher, they upend the formula with an oddball-pop sensibility, beautifully crafted melodies and general silliness. The serenely graceful chorus that interrupts the droll, pitch-shifted rhyming on peak-hours jam Bear Hug is an early indicator of the 2 Bears’ knack for subtly shifting tone without compromising the party vibe. The latter half wanders away from the dance floor toward the nerdy, crate-diggers’ lounge, giving the Bears a chance to explore reggae, gospel and countryinflected sounds and show off their seriously fun songwriting. Top track: Bear Hug KEVIN RITCHIE

STEVE AOKI Wonderland (Ultra)

Rating: NN Remember when Steve Aoki seemed vaguely cool? The L.A. DJ/producer/label owner was a key figure in bringing the rock and dance worlds together in the hipster heydays of the early 00s, but in recent years he’s focused on relentless touring more than signing new talents or cranking out innovative remixes. Years of playing for bottle-service VIP booths and hobnobbing with superstars has taken its toll, though. His debut full-length album sounds woefully out of touch. As many DJs do when recording a proper album, Aoki relies heavily on guests to pad out Wonderland, with mixed results. Zuper Blahq (more famously known as will.i.am) is as annoying as ever on Dangerous, Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo embar-

Metal

LAMB OF GOD Resolution (Roadrunner/

Epic) Rating: NNN Richmond, Virginia’s Lamb of God specialize in that brutal sort of thrashy groove metal popularized by Pantera in the early 90s. It lurches forward on lickety-split double-bass-drum work, throat-shredding vocals and a barrage of fast/slow chugging guitar riffs that break off into fleeting bursts of squeals and solos. Resolution is as aggressive as ever, no mean feat for a band sevens albums in, and rife with memorable riffs (Desolation, The Undertow, Barbarosa). And while the five-piece continue to write virtually the same song over and over again (hell, practically in the same key), there are new proggier and acoustic bits (Ghost Walking) on display. Best is when Randy Blythe opts for pure singing, like in the chorus of The Number Six, a welcome change-up from all the screaming. That said, the ominous talk-singing weaving through epically orchestral final track King Me veers perilously close to cheese. Top track: Desolation Lamb of God play the Phoenix Friday (January 27). CARLA GILLIS

Experimental

GONJASUFI MU.ZZ.LE (Warp) Rating: NNNN California rapper/singer/DJ/yoga teacher Gonjasufi has been closely associated with fellow smoked-out West Coast beatsmiths Flying Lotus and Gaslamp Killer, who helped him make his 2010 debut, A Sufi And A Killer, one of the strangest albums to come out that year. His woozy growl evokes George Clinton at his most hallucinatory, or maybe Ol’ Dirty Bastard at his most soulful, while the production feels like Lee Scratch Perry dubbing out rare funk grooves in a broken-down home studio. His approach is both abrasive and comatose-mellow simultaneously, and sounds like how a bad weed addiction probably feels. There was some fear that without the help of his producer friends he would stray too far down the self-indulgent lo-fi path to unlistenability, but instead, MU. ZZ.LE finds the idiosyncratic artist more focused than ever. His unique sonic identity remains intact, but there’s less of a sense that he’s blindly experimenting, and more signs that he knows what he’s doing. His love of distortion, off-key wailing and dramatically feedbacking echoes may scare away many listeners, but you’ll adore this if you prefer your chill-out music with an extra helping of menace. Top track: Blaksuit BB

= Critics’ Pick NNNNN = Stratospheric NNNN = Sizzling NNN = Swell NN = Slack N = Sucks

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What to see this week

OTHER PEOPLE by Christopher Shinn (Mutual Friends Co-op/Mercedes Grundy). At the Young Centre (55 Mill). To January 28. $20, $15 stu/srs. 416-866-8666. See Continuing, page 52. Rating: NNN

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Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (left) gets an offer from Clé Bennett in superb Kim’s Convenience.

Kim’s wins KIM’S CONVENIENCE by Ins Choi

(Soulpepper). At the Young Centre (55 Mill). To February 11. $51-$68, stu $32, rush $5-$22. 416-866-8666. See Continuing, page 52. Rating: NNNNN

Ins Choi’s Kim Convenience deserves to be open for business a long time. It sells a specific story with universal appeal, and it’s as stomach-hurtingly funny as it is dramatic and moving. Korean immigrant Mr. Kim (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee), known as Appa to his devout wife (Jean Yoon) and single daughter, Janet (Esther Jun), proudly presides over his Regent Park variety store, evoked beautifully by Ken MacKenzie’s set. Although the area’s changing – condos are going up – Appa knows his neighbourhood well and can

size up a customer’s theft risk just by looking at him or her. Over one eventful day, Appa literally takes stock of his life. A friendly real estate agent (Clé Bennett, disappearing nicely into several roles) offers to buy him out before a Walmart goes up, but Mr. Kim has other ideas. Couldn’t Janet take over the store? And then there’s the matter of his no-good estranged son, Jung (Choi). The plot’s familiar, but the writing is effective because it’s unfussy, simple and direct. Choi and director Weyni Mengesha understand that drama hits deeper when it’s mixed up with laughter. A new monologue about the Rodney King riots adds complexity to the look at urban race relations, and while there’s only a single flashback – a lovely moment when we see how the store got its name – the characters and direction are so strong, we immediately

theatre listings How to find a listing

Theatre listings are comprehensive and appear alphabetically by title. Opening plays begin this week, Previewing shows preview this week, One-Nighters are one-offs, and Continuing shows have already opened. Reviews are by Glenn Sumi (GS) and Jon Kaplan (JK). The rating system is as follows: NNNNN Standing ovation NNNN Sustained applause NNN Recommended, memorable scenes NN Seriously flawed N Get out the hook

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Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include title, author, producer, brief synopsis, times, range of ticket prices (include stu/srs discounts and PWYC days), venue name and address and box office/info phone number. Listings may be edited for space. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.

Opening

ALL IN THE TIMING by David Ives (Down n’ Out Productions). A series of vignettes satirize the family life of bourgeois America. Opens Jan 28 and runs to Feb 12, daily at 7:30 pm (dinner from 6 pm), mat Sun 2 pm (no shows Feb 4 & 8). $55 (includes dinner), mat pwyc (show only). Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen W. 416-597-0227 ext 2. A BRIMFUL OF ASHA by Asha and Ravi Jain (Why Not Theatre). An Indo-Canadian man discovers that his Indian vacation is actually a

NNNNN = Standing ovation

NNNN = Sustained applause

understand where they come from. The rich performances have deepened since the sold-out Fringe production, with Yoon’s posture and silences suggesting as much as Jun’s cocky confrontational style. (Only Bennett is new to the cast.) But it’s Lee who dominates the show as the authoritative, quick-to-judge patriarch. Physically threatening, Lee nails the smart one-liners, but also reveals the subtle emotional shifts of a man who’s finally coming to terms with what his life means. Kudos to Soulpepper for launching their new season with this, their first new full-length Canadian script. Let’s hope the show’s diverse cast find roles there in future seasons. GLENN SUMI wife-seeking scheme by his parents (see story, page 55). Opens Jan 26 and runs to Feb 19, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Feb 11, 18 at 2:30 pm, Feb 5 at 4:30 pm. $18-$22, stu/previews $15-$19. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman, ExtraExtra Space. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. CLOSER by Patrick Marber (Mnemonic Theatre Productions). Two couples play a game of partner swapping and self destruction. Opens Feb 1 and runs to Feb 4, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $20-$25. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. mnemonictheatre.com. CRUEL AND TENDER by Martin Crimp (Canadian Stage). A general fighting a war in Africa sends a local woman back home to his wife in this modern update of Sophocles’ Trachiniae. (See preview online at nowtoronto.com/stage.) Opens Jan 26 and runs to Feb 18, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mats Wed 1:30 pm, Sat 2 pm. $22-$99. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-3683110, canadianstage.com. HAMLET LIVE (Hamlet Live Team). The Bard’s tragedy is adapted to a dystopian post-apocalyptic future in this production that can be viewed live onstage or via computer live stream. Opens Jan 26 and runs to Feb 11, ThuSat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $5-$40. Annex Theatre, 730 Bathurst. hamletlive.com.

NNN = Memorable scenes

conflicted Mark; an unnamed wealthy Man (Mike McPhaden) tries to take care of Petra. Director Aaron Willis gives a smooth flow and comic moments to the multi-scene action on Kat MisztalMcCubbing’s set, creating dramatic conflicts between the would-be partners. McMurtry-Howlett and McPhaden are adept at opening up layers in characters who are initially not very complex, while Kasapi gives believable anguish to the tightly wound Mark. Maslany’s clever performance gives us two different characters. With Stephen and Mark she’s all surface and often evasive, while with the Man we see a philosophical, questioning woman trying to sort out what she wants from life. Shinn’s portrait of Stephen, unfortunately, is pretty well set in the first few minutes of the play; Lewis offers little further insight into a character defined by his emotional neediness and sense of rejection.

People probs

THEATRE REVIEW ROUNDUP

NN = Seriously ﬂawed

Finding the balance in a relationship, especially after a breakup, is hard, as Stephen, the central figure in Other People, discovers when his ex, Mark, moves back in for a short time. In fact, all the characters in Christopher Shinn’s play have trouble connecting to others; the emotions are true, but this is a young play, the writing sometimes lacking subtlety. It’s the late 90s, and the uptight Stephen (Ben Lewis) and his roommate, Petra (Tatiana Maslany), invite Mark (Indrit Kasapi) to crash in their East Village apartment. Mark’s been in rehab and become a born-again Christian; Petra’s just returned from Japan, supposedly leaving behind her work as a stripper. Despite what he says about being just friends with Mark, Stephen wants his lover back. Everyone, it seems, yearns for a relationship’s comfort: a sometime-date, Darren (Richard Lee), has designs on Stephen; hustler Tan (Brendan McMurtry-Howlett) flirts with the

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Brendan McMurtryHowlett (right) ﬂirts with Indrit Kasapi in Other People.

more reviews on pages 52 & 53 œ

THE LARAMIE PROJECT by Moisés Kaufman

and Tectonic Theatre Project (Encore Entertainment). Residents of a small town react to the beating death of a gay man in this drama based on actual events. Opens Jan 26 and runs to Feb 5, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 1:30 pm. $28-$29.50. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. 1-855-985-2787, encoreshows.com. A REALLY BAD PLAY by Daniel Stolfi (FroMast Productions). Understudies, a bad script and poor production derail a theatre show in this comedy. Opens Jan 31 and runs to Feb 4, TueSat 8:30 pm. $15-$20. Pia Bouman School, 6 Noble. areallybadplay.eventbrite.com. VISITING MR. GREEN by Jeff Baron (Harold Green Jewish Theatre). A court orders a young executive to visit an elderly widower after he nearly runs him down in his car. Previews Jan 28-30, Sat & Mon 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. Opens Jan 31 and runs to Feb 18, Mon-Thu and Sat 8 pm, mats Sun & Wed 2 pm. $40-$70. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. hgjewishtheatre.com. WARRIORS: A DEDICATION (Centre for Indigenous Theatre). This collaborative student creation explores coming of age and finding the warrior within. Jan 27-28 at 8 pm. $10 or pwyc. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Studio. indigenoustheatre.com.

N = Get out the hook

Previewing ZONE by Marcel Dubé (Théâtre français de Toronto/Théâtre la Catapulte). A group of young criminals mix love, dreams and violence in 50s Montreal. Previews Feb 1-2. Opens Feb 3 and runs to Feb 12, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat 3:30 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $33-$57, srs $28-$57. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-534-6604, theatrefrancais.com.

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BABAR (Little Red Theatre). This play for ages three and up looks at the the adventures of an elephant king and his family. Jan 28 at 3:30 pm. $7. Emmanuel Howard Park United Church, 214 Wright. 416-533-8848. THE EMERGENCY MONOLOGUES by Morgan Jones Phillips (Drinking Well). Phillips performs different versions of his play, about the life of an urban paramedic. Jan 27 at 8 and 10:30 pm. $15 for one or both shows. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. emergencymonologues.com. GIRLESQUE 7 (Great Canadian Burlesque). This burlesque showcase features Miss Indigo Blue, April March, Tiffany Carter and others.

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tALes from A suitcAse by Laura Caswell (Acting Up Stage Dark Night Cabaret). Caswell weaves together musical theatre standards and pop favourites to tell a personal story. Jan 30 at 8 pm. $20. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110, actingupstage.com.

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(Lower Ossington Theatre). A college grad moves to NYC and transitions to adulthood in this musical puppet show. Runs to Feb 4, WedSat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm. $45-$60. 100A Ossington. 416-915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. the BLue DrAgon by Robert Lepage and Marie Michaud (Mirvish). Lepage’s latest multimedia

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cAroLine, or chAnge by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori (Acting Up Stage ñ Company/Obsidian Theatre). A black maid and

the son of her Jewish employer struggle with extraordinary life changes in this musical. (See review at nowtoronto.com/daily.) Runs to Feb 12, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 7 pm, mats Sat 2 pm, Feb 12 at 3 pm. $32-$45. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110, actingupstage.com. nnnnn (JK) DisneY’s BeAutY AnD the BeAst by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Linda Wolverton and Tim Rice (Theatre Unlimited). This musical is based on the animated feature film. Runs to Jan 29, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $22$24. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 Montevideo, Mississauga. theatreunlimited.ca. DrAcuLA – A Love storY by Sharyl Hudson (Brant Theatre Workshops). Follow actors through the castle’s historic halls in this adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel. Runs to Feb 14, Fri-Sat 8 pm. $34-$66. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 647-725-1822, casaloma.org. funkYLAnD (Famous People Players). The company presents a twist on Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland. Runs to Apr 28, Tue-Sat noon & 6:45 pm. $62, srs $56, child $40 (meal included). 343 Evans. 416-532-1137, fpp.org. goD: A PLAY by Woody Allen (Trinity College Dramatic Society). The audience become part of the story in this play within a play. Runs to Jan 28, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $10, stu $5. George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire. uofttix.ca. the goLDen DrAgon by Roland Schimmelpfennig (Tarragon Theatre). A restaurant’s kitchen staff help an illegal immigrant search for his lost sister (see review, this page). Runs to Feb 19, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sun 2:30 pm (and Jan 28, Feb 4). $20-$51. 30 Bridgman. 416-5311827, tarragontheatre.com. nnn (Jordan Bimm)

gooDnight DesDemonA (gooD morning JuLiet) by Ann-Marie MacDonald (Theatre

Erindale). A professor goes on a surreal journey

to prove that two Shakespeare tragedies were originally comedies. Runs to Jan 29, Thu 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $15, stu/ srs $10. Erindale Studio Theatre, 3359 Mississauga Rd N. theatreerindale.com. kim’s convenience by Ins Choi (Soulpepper). A Korean family in Toronto struggles with a bitter past and reconciliation (see review, page 51). Runs to Feb 11, see website for schedule. $51-$68, stu $32, rush $22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. nnnnn (GS) murDer At twiLight by Brian Caws and Barb Scheffler (Mysteriously Yours... Dinner Theatre). Vampires, monsters and humans try to coexist in the Deep South in this dinner-theatre murder mystery. Runs to Feb 4, Fri-Sat 6:30 pm. $79-$85. 2026 Yonge. 416-486-7469, mysteriouslyyours.com.

mY mother’s itALiAn, mY fAther’s Jewish & i’m in therAPY by Steve Solomon (Philip Roger

Roy/Dana Matthow/Bud Martin). Solomon performs his solo show about growing up in a wacky, bi-ethnic family. Runs to Feb 5, 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. no exit by Jean-Paul Sartre (art & lies productions). Three deceased people await their punishment in this existential drama. Runs to Feb 4, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2 pm. $25, stu/srs $20. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson, Backspace. 416-504-7529, artandliesproductions.com. other PeoPLe by Christopher Shinn (Mutual Friends Co-op/Mercedes Grundy). Three ambitious young adults struggle with sex, desire and their art over Christmas in the East Village in NYC (see review, page 51). Runs to Jan 28, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2:30 pm. $20, stu/srs $15. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill, Tank House Theatre. 416-866-8666, otherpeopletoronto.com. nnn (JK) the PeneLoPiAD by Margaret Atwood (Nightwood Theatre). Denyse Karn’s

Francks (left), Nappo, Roy, Yee and Fox serve up human viciousness.

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Limited roar the goLDen DrAgon by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Ross Manson (Tarragon, 30 Bridgman). To February 19. $20-$51. 416-531-1827. See Continuing, this page. Rating: nnn You might not want any Thai soup after watching Roland Schimmel pfennig’s disturbing urban parable set in and around a sketchy restaurant, but you will leave with lots of food for thought. The fate of a distressed young cook (Anusree Roy) is being played out in the Golden Dragon, a Chinese-VietnameseThai restaurant in an unnamed Western metropolis. An illegal immigrant from China, he’s searching in vain for his runaway sister and happens to be suffering from a killer toothache. Schimmelpfennig, Germany’s most produced living playwright, has made two strong stylistic choices: the cast, including Roy, along with David Fox, Lili Francks, Tony Nappo and David Yee, all play characters out of sync

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with the actors’ age, sex and ethnicity. They also voice the stage directions – including pauses – and help set up each quick, vignette-style scene. The effect is inherently alienating and takes time to get used to, but director Ross Manson builds effective suspense – especially when the cook’s rotting tooth must be extracted by a rough co-worker brandishing a monkey-wrench – and so catches and holds our attention. At intervals between episodes of the main action, Yee and Francks act out Aesop’s fable about the ant and the grasshopper, in which the happygo-lucky grasshopper finds itself illprepared for a harsh winter. When the fable melds with reality, the true horror Schimmelpfennig has in store for us is revealed. The play’s style, together with its relentlessly dark subject matter, requires close attention and a strong stomach, and obscures the full brunt of his criticism. But its insights into humankind’s insect-like viciousness is spot on.

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spectacular designs and a superb ensemble choreographed by Monica Dottor make this feminist take on the wife of Odysseus a real winner. Atwood’s script doesn’t exactly ooze emotion, relying on wit instead, but the humour succeeds, especially in the hands of Kelli Fox whose androgynous Odysseus is definitely the standout. One of Nightwood’s best ever shows. Runs to Jan 29, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $22-$46. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, nightwoodtheatre.net. nnnn (Susan G Cole) Penny Plain by Ronnie Burkett (Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes). A reclusive old woman’s sanctuary is disrupted by a chaotic outside world. Runs to Feb 26, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $38-$55. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. Pinkalicious, the Musical by Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann and John Gregor (Vital Theatre). A girl turns pink after eating too many cupcakes in this family show. To Mar 11, Sun 1 pm. $20. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-642-8973, vitaltheatre.ca. Red snow by Diana Tso (Red Snow Collective). A Chinese Canadian woman, visiting Nanjing to learn the truth of her grandmother’s death during the 1937 holocaust in that city, falls in love with a Japanese Canadian man, upsetting her stern grandfather. Though plot and characters need further development, the narrative is full of heart and the production beautifully detailed. Runs to Jan 28, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $30, stu $15, Sat mat pwyc. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-5047529, redsnowcollective.ca. nnn (JK) this is waR by Hannah Moscovitch (Tarragon Theatre). Canadian soldiers and their captain deal with various threats in a volatile region of Afghanistan in this WorkSpace presentation. Runs to Jan 28, Thu and Sat 8 pm. Free. 30 Bridgman, Near Studio. tarragontheatre.com. toM Jones: a foundlinG by David Rogers (Rosedale Heights School of the Arts). Students present a stage adaptation of Henry Fielding’s comic novel. Runs to Jan 27, Thu-Fri 7 pm. $10. 711 Bloor E. 416-393-1580. tosca by Giacomo Puccini (Canadian Opera Company). A passionate woman is caught in a web of corruption, lust and betrayal in this Italian opera (see review, this page). Runs to Feb 25: Jan 31, Feb 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 21, 23 and 25 at 7:30 pm, Jan 29 and Feb 5 at 2 pm. $12-$318. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. coc.ca. nnn (JK) the tRoJan woMen by Euripides, translated by Gwendolyn MacEwen (Alumnae Theatre). The women of Troy seek their voice amidst the destruction of war in this exploration of feminist ideals. Runs to Feb 4, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, Wed 2-for-1, Sun pwyc. 70 Berkeley. 416-364-4170, alumnaetheatre. com. 3

dance review

Uneven Sound the sound and feel of it choreo-

Sean Ling (front) moves to the music of John Cage, played by John Kameel Farah.

graphed by Peggy Baker (Peggy Baker Dance Projects). At the Betty Oliphant (404 Jarvis). To January 29. $28, stu/srs $22. peggybakerdance.com. See Dance Listings, page 54. Rating: nnn

After decades of solo work, the extraordinary Peggy Baker has been branching out recently, choreographing works for two and more dancers. It’s telling that the strongest pieces in her latest program, the sound and feel of it, remain two earlier solos. Her new quartet, though intriguing, just doesn’t have the sharpness of those other pieces. First up is In The Fire Of Conflict, a 2008 solo she’s re-envisioned for Benjamin Kamino, a lanky, intuitive dancer who made a lasting impression several seasons ago at Dancemakers. Clad in

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Opera overdone tosca by Giacomo Puccini (Canadian Opera Company). At the Four Seasons Centre (145 Queen West). To February 25. $12-$318. 416-363-8231. See Continuing, this page. Rating: nnn

Tosca is one of Puccini’s most performed operas, with good reason: the gorgeous melodies keep pouring out, the tale is full of excitement, and the three central characters are drawn in bold primary colours. But the current Canadian Opera Company production, directed by Paul Curran, goes for inflated melodrama without making us care much for the people involved.

track pants, Kamino casually leaps onto the spare stage, where he soon dominates our attention, suggesting a fascinating internal struggle. That conflict is reflected in the music, which combines live marimba (performed by Beverley

Johnston) and fragmented snatches of hip-hop by Christos Hatzis. Baker reprises her Dora Awardwinning solo, Portal, a rich work full of startling images of a woman navigating various shafts of light. She uses her

Prima donna Tosca (Adrianne Pieczonka, alternating with Julie Makerov) and her lover, Cavaradossi (Carlo Ventre, alternating with Brandon Jovanovich), find themselves caught up with Scarpia (Mark Delavan), Rome’s chief of police, in a story that combines politics and lust. Maybe it was opening-night jitters, but there was little believable interplay between the characters until the middle of the first act; that connection came and went over the remaining two acts. Pieczonka is a fine actor/singer who understands and communicates the passionate Tosca’s myriad emotional moods, but she didn’t come alive until her first encounter with Scarpia. Their increasingly tense encounter in act two was more histri-

onic than powerful, but when she came to the work’s most famous aria, Vissi d’arte, Pieczonka was musically pure and emotionally convincing. Ventre began with a tight voice, pushing his high notes whenever he could for crowd-pleasing effect. His interaction with Pieczonka was minimal until the final act, when his Cavaradossi blossomed into a warm, tender character. Delavan’s Scarpia had some good dramatic moments early on, but he became a stock villain in the second act; menace is usually scarier when it’s played low-key. Conductor Paolo Carignani drew rich sounds from the COC orchestra; too bad the drama wasn’t as well Jon kaPlan served.

lean, muscular body to maximum effect, at one point turning away from us and, clasping her hands behind her, resembling a figure seen from the front in devout prayer. That focus seems to be missing from the one new work, Piano/Quartet, inspired by the music and poetry of John Cage, whose 1948 Sonatas and Interludes is performed on a prepared piano by John Kameel Farah. The music has a skewed, ever-shifting quality, but Baker’s movement feels woefully earthbound. Occasionally, dancers Ric Brown, Sean Ling, Sahara Morimoto and Andrea Nann evoke an abstract painting come to life, their repeated gestures coming together before splitting off for a solo or duet. But the tension slackens, and the whole exercise is twice as long as it needs to be. Despite the program’s title, there’s too much sound, too little feeling.

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STARRING: David Fox, Lili Francks, Tony Nappo, Anusree Roy, David Yee SET & COSTUME DESIGN: Teresa Przybylski | LIGHTING DESIGN: Rebecca Picherack SOUND DESIGN & COMPOSITION: Thomas Ryder Payne | CHOREOGRAPHER: Heidi Strauss STAGE MANAGER: Melanie Klodt

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Thursday, January 26 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Jim McNally, Dave

Tsonos and host Jeff Leeson. To Jan 29, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. absolutecomedy.ca. COMEDY THURSDAYS The Starving Artist presents a weekly showcase w/ host Natasha Henderson. 9 pm. Free. 584 Lansdowne. 647342-5058, starvingartistbar.com.

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

show that gets a big jolt of energy from four new writer/performers, a bold set and an amplified sound system. The writing is solid, but the performers sharpen each scene with their physicality, especially newcomer Alastair Forbes, a tall, lanky clown who’s unafraid of looking silly. A couple of political sketches hit their targets, and some very long sequences pay off nicely. But the funniest scenes involve a tech-challenged mom bribing her son and a surreal baseball sketch that defies time and place. Wed-Thu 8 pm, Fri-Sat 8 & 10:30 pm, Sun 7 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416343-0011, secondcity.com. NNNN (GS) GAME PLAYA THURSDAYS John Candy Box Theatre presents players from the longform program. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270. GIGGLES @ THE GROOVE The Groove Bar presents open-mic comedy w/ host Tim Golden.

9:30 pm. Free. 1952 Danforth. 647-350-1917. THE GOD-AWFUL COMEDY SHOW JP Hodgkinson and CFI present the monthly atheistfriendly comedy show. 8 pm. $10. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. cficanada.ca/ontario. GUILTY OF BEING FUNNY presents stand-up w/ hosts Andrew Fox and Jamie O’Connor. 10 pm. Free. Hot Wings, 563 Queen W. 416-359-8860. RED NOSE DISTRICT Black Swan Comedy presents the monthly clown comedy show w/ Sketchy & Fesso. 8 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. blackswancomedy.com. THE SOAPS The National Theatre of the World presents a weekly improvised soap opera. 8 pm. Pwyc. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thenationaltheatreoftheworld.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. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Jy Harris. To Jan 28, Thu-Sat 8 pm, plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm. $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S WEST presents Mark Forward. To Jan 28, Thu 8 pm, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $12$20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. yukyuks.com.

Friday, January 27 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 26. BEERPROV Jim Robinson presents an im-

prov competition w/ Sean Cullen and Ron Sparks. 10:30 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. COMEDY @ CAM’S Cam’s Place presents a stand-up showcase w/ host Matt Holmes. 9 pm. Free. 2655 Yonge. 416-488-3976. COMEDY ON THE DANFORTH Timothy’s World News Café presents improv with Athletic Robot. 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416-4612668, comedyonthedanforth.com.

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 26. NAKED FRIDAYS John Candy Box Theatre pre-

sents weekly improv, sketch & stand-up. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. scnakedfridays@gmail.com. OPEN MIC NIGHT Gabby’s Bar & Grill presents Becky Bays, Matt Shury, Matt Richardson, Amanda Day, host Virginia Cowan and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 192 Bloor W. 416-967-5550. THE PANEL SHOW MegaShark Productions presents a comedy quiz show w/ Ron Sparks, Mike Kiss, David Tichauer, Evany Rosen, Ned Petrie, Chris Leveille and others. 8 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 26. YUK YUK’S WEST See Thu 26.

Saturday, January 28 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 26. BLACK SWAN COMEDY presents Improv Drop-

In workshop. 6 pm. $5. Comedy At The Swan w/ Marcel St Pierre, Gord Oxley and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. The Ladder, competitive entertainment. 10 pm. $5. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd fl. 416-903-5388, blackswancomedy.com.

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 26. KRIS BONAPARTE IS THE TRUTH! Comedy

Lounge presents Bonaparte w/ Guy Alaimo, Aastha Lal, Rose Giles, Avi Tanny and host Adrian Sawyer. 8:30 pm. $10-$15. Lambadina, 875 Bloor W. comedylounge.ca. THE SUPERSTARS OF COMEDY Comedy Bar presents Dave Merheje, Alex Pavone, Pat MacDonald, Steph Tolev and host Ben Miner. 9:30 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 26. YUK YUK’S WEST See Thu 26.

Sunday, January 29 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 26. THE BENCH John Candy Box Theatre presents

upcoming improvisers picked by the Second City. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270. CHICKA BOOM Free Times Café presents an all-female comedy/cabaret night w/ Alison Jutzi, Zabrina Chevannes, Two Weird Ladies, hosts Laura Bailey & Jess Beaulieu and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. 320 College. 416-967-1078.

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LIES) See Thu 26. HAPPY HOUR @ EIN-STEIN presents Miriam

Miller, Jesse Owens, Marc Hallworth, Joel West, Rose Giles, host Dave Kemp and others. 8 pm. Free. Ein-Stein, 229 College. ein-stein.ca. THE MCCOMEDY SHOW Shannon McDonough and Michael McLean present sketch comedy and short films w/ Aastha Lal, Julia Bruce, Luke Gordon Field and Darryl Singer. 7 pm. $10-$15. The Flying Beaver Pubaret, 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567, pubaret.com.

NUBIAN DISCIPLES ALL BLACK COMEDY REVUE Yuk Yuk’s Downtown presents ñ the monthly show w/ Jay Martin, Sharif B,

Dave Merheje, Roy Daye, Trixx, Johnny Ki, host Kenny Robinson and others. 8:30 pm. $20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. 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.

Monday, January 30

Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Salia ni Seydou, Ballet Creole and others as part of the International Association Of Blacks In Dance Conference and Festival. Jan 26-28, Thu 6 and 9 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 pm. $50, stu/ srs $35. Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 190 Princes’ Blvd. 416-504-7529, danceimmersion.ca. KAAL – TIME Harbourfront NextSteps and Janak Khendry Dance Company present South

Wednesday, February 1

ALTDOT COMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli presents ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am Dom Pare, DeAnne Smith, Dave Brennan, ñ Night w/ Frank Spadone, Akshay Sharma, Craig Fay, Jack Dani, Andrew Ivimey, MC Debra ñ Alex Kolanko, Dave Healey, Jamie O’Connor, DiGiovanni and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332

Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. BEST. MONDAY. EVER. Second City presents weekly sketch, songs and improvisation. 8 pm. $12. 51 Mercer. secondcity.com. BLACK SWAN COMEDY presents Monday Night Variety Show w/ Azfar Ali, Vest in Show and others. 8 pm. Monday Night Improv Jam w/ Ralph MacLeod. 10 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd fl. blackswancomedy.com. BLAIR STREETER presents a weekly open-mic stand-up comedy. 9 pm. Free. Naughty Nadz, 1590 Dundas E, Mississauga. 905-232-5577. THE COMEDY CABARET Chris MacLean and Robin Crossman present stand-up w/ Barry Taylor, Todd Van Allen, Zabrina Chevannes, Camille Cote, Ali Hassan, Dave Code and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. Charlotte Room, 19 Charlotte. thecomedycabaret.com.

Tuesday, January 31 COMEDY BAR OPEN MIC NIGHT presents Ryan

Rick Jones and host Evan Carter. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy. ca. CHUCKLE CO. PRESENTS Joel Buxton, Adrian Sawyer and DJ Demers present weekly standup. 9 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416551-6540, comedybar.ca. CORKTOWN COMEDY Betty’s presents an open mic w/ Michael Morrison, Christopher Allin, Mike Kolberg, host Brian Coughlin and others. 9 pm. Free. 240 King E. 416-988-2675, corktownproductions.com.

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 26. SIREN’S COMEDY Celt’s Pub presents an open-

mic w/ Ben Beauchemin & host Andrew Barr. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416-767-3339. 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. 3

featuring new works by Pamela Rasbach and Missy Morris. Jan 26-28, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $18. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. typecastdance.com.

dance listings Opening IABD SHOWCASE PRESENTATIONS dance Immersion presents performances by ñ Michele Moss, Caribbean Children’s Dance

Horewood and host Evan Desmarais. 9 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. HARD TIMES COMEDY LOUNGE Impulsive Entertainment and Bite TV present a comedy mashup w/ Ladystache, Marco Timpano, Julia Hladkowicz and others. 7 pm. $5. Hard Luck Bar, 772a Dundas W. impulsiveent.com. THE JOKEBOX Impulsive Entertainment presents sketch by Vest of Friends and others. 9 pm. $5. Hard Luck Bar, 772a Dundas W. impulsiveent.com. OPEN MIC COMEDY AT THE PORT Jon Hyatt presents a weekly open-mic comedy show with musical guests. 9 pm. Free. The Port, 1179 Dundas W. 416-516-1270. SKETCHCOMEDYLOUNGE The Comedy Network presents Canada’s Top YouTube Comedians w/ FluffeeTalks, andypandy311, andywarski, furiouspete123, jusreign, MC Amanda Brooke Perrin and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. sketchcomedylounge.com.

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Asian bharatanatyam, kathak and odissi disciplines alongside western dances to tell the cosmic and modern story of time. Jan 26-28, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $31.50-$38.50. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, jkdanceco.org. SERIES 8:08 presents a choreographic performance workshop featuring Dawne Carleton, Zita Nyarady & Nancy Hughes, Flightworks, Yves Candau and Elizabeth Langley. Jan 28 at 8:08 pm. $10, stu $8. Pia Bouman School, 6 Noble. series808.ca. TOMATO SOUP Typecast Dance Company and DanceWorks CoWorks present a double bill

THE SOUND AND FEEL OF IT Peggy Baker Dance

Projects presents live musicians alongside dancers performing contemporary works by Baker (see review, page 53). Runs to Jan 29, Wed-Sat 8:30 pm, Sun 4 pm. $28, stu/srs $22. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis. 1-888222-6608, peggybakerdance.com. NNN (GS) TWOBYFOUR Dancemakers presents a festival of duets, with works by George Stamos, Peter Bingham, Andrea Spaziani and Martin Nachbar. Runs to Jan 28, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $25, stu/srs $20; passes $54-$60. Dancemakers Centre for Creation, 55 Mill, bldg 58, studio 313. 416-3671800, dancemakers.org. 3

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Sons and lovers

Actor’s mom tries to marry him off By JON KAPLAN

Ravi Jain looks for love in A Brimful Of Asha.

A BRIMFUL OF ASHA written and performed by Asha Jain and Ravi Jain, directed by Ravi (Why Not Theatre/Tarragon, 30 Bridgman). Opens tonight (Thursday, January 26) and runs to February 19, Tuesday-Saturday 8 pm (no show January 31), matinees February 11 and 18 at 2:30 pm; Indian cooking class, meal and performance February 5, 12 and 19 at 4:30 pm (at Dish, 390 Dupont). $15-$22, Dish class and show $75. 416-531-1827.

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most of us know parents who push their kids toward marriage. Instead of grumbling about it, Ravi Jain’s created a play, collaborating with his own mother, Asha, as cowriter and fellow performer.

A Brimful Of Asha depicts a cultural and generational clash that takes place in Canada and India. Ravi goes to India for theatre work and discovers that his mother’s set up a few surprises for him there. “It’s a real story about how my parents tried to encourage me to meet girls, and my finding their definition of ‘encouraging’ way too strong,” says Jain. The show is more difficult for him to perform than Spent or other recent shows. “Not just because I’m opening up so much,” says Jain, “but because we have to tell the story over and over again, wary of each other’s spin on the material and watching how the

audience reacts. “I feel really bare up there.” The interaction was a success at a workshop I saw at the Tarragon over a year ago; mother and son had developed the show as part of the theatre’s playwrights unit. “It wasn’t hard to convince my mom to get involved, since she’s personable, generous and loves to talk. I knew she’d be great onstage. “And she jumped at the chance to try to convince me in front of an audience that I was wrong and she was right in trying to set up a marriage for me.” Jain had been thinking for a while about a show involving his mother and her love of cooking. At the workshop, the audience was served aloo gobi, dal, naan and samosas before the performance. The foodie spinoff during the current production involves several presentations at Dish, the cooking school around the corner from the Tarragon. In addition to the show, participants get a cooking lesson with Asha and share a vegetarian Indian meal. “I remember after the workshop a number of women – Indian, Italian and others – confiding to my mother that she was telling their story. They sympathized with her because they couldn’t talk with their own sons. One even complained that her 35-year-old son was still living in her basement. “The other side of that was some of my friends telling me, ‘You had it easy, man. You have nothing to complain about.’” And while Asha won’t be swayed in her desire to have her son married, she now has a better sense of his work as an artist. “For the first time, she sees a side of what I do for a living. She understands that I work hard,” he laughs, “but I’m not sure she sees any more value in it.” 3

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even if you’re not a fan of books about the web, you’ll see the value of media guru Jeff Jarvis’s Public Parts In very clear and accessible language, he argues that our obsession with privacy squanders opportunities to make connections in the connected world. According to Jarvis, the more transparent we make ourselves, the better

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people we can become. The tools of the internet, primarily social media and their “oversharing” instruments, are giving rise to new ways to organize – not just linking us with people sharing our interests, but also broadcasting revolutions. The Arab Spring, Jarvis says, would not have been possible without access to those unfiltered and very public tweets about the uprisings in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. In the corporate world, info is the new currency. Facebook, for one, wants to learn as much about you as possible to better serve you more customized ads. Jarvis sees no problem with that kind of complicit surveillance. He surrenders his stats will-

ingly, and likes the idea of ads tailored to his interests. Jarvis is enthusiastic about what he sees as the new future: companies continually asking customers for direct input on new products; governments working with data geeks to create new interactive projects for citizens. Alongside all that, we’d compile shared principles for online culture and society. Jarvis wants to continue the discussion on his blog Buzzmachine, to which readers are already flocking. Public Parts arrives on the heels of several recent books on an open and look-at-me internet like The Peep Diaries, by Toronto’s Hal Niedzviecki. But Jarvis brings his depth of experience in media and digital start-ups, and with it a degree of confidence that very few tech writers have DAVID SILVERBERG earned. Write Books at susanc@nowtoronto.com

READINGS THIS WEEK Thursday, January 26 ROBERT DOUGLAS Talking about That Line Of Darkness. 7 pm. Free. Palmerston Library, 560 Palmerston. 416-393-7680. MAYA EICHLER Launching Militarizing Men, with a signing. 6:30 pm. Free. Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord. 416-922-8744. CATHERINE GRAHAM/EDWARD NIXON/LIZ HOWARD Reading. 8 pm. Free. Regal Beagle,

335 Bloor W. 416-591-6859.

TENEILE WARREN/RICHARD SCRIMGER/LEIGH NASH/NINO RICCI Reading. 7:30 pm. Free. Magpie, 831 Dundas W. 416-916-6499.

Friday, January 27 GEORGES BENAY 1 pm. Free. Deer Park Library, 40 St Clair E. 416-393-7657. CANADA READS Meet the 2012 contenders and defenders in CBC’s battle of the books. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. CLARE WALKER LESLIE Talking about her book The Nature Connection. 7 pm. Free. Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles. 647-987-7793.

Saturday, January 28 FAYE HARNEST Launching her YA novel Girl

Rethinking pics Two photo shows go to the source By DAVID JAGER

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archives are the conceptual launching pad for two shows that opened last week at Mercer Union. Curator Sarah Robayo Sheridan has selected two strong artists who explore the taxonomy of images. In the front gallery, as part of her

Originality And The Avant Garde show, Annie MacDonell has rephotographed five pictures from the Toronto Reference Library’s picture collection. These images, reproduced, refracted and doubled, grow into a maze of visual paradoxes reflecting on the elusiveness of anything original. In the room-sized mirrored box nearby (which is also a camera obscura), the same five images appear in her short film, superimposed and

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folded in on one another. A young actor delivers an impassioned manifesto on contemporary art’s obsession with the novel, the original and the authentic, suggesting that the quest is misguided. He becomes another element in MacDonell’s larger meditation on the crucial question of whether representation can ever be original in every sense of the word. MacDonell has no ready answers but she seems to enjoy not knowing in a pointedly intelligent way. In the back space, Pierre Leguillon’s Diane Arbus: A Printed Retrospective is made up of his own personal archive of Arbus photographs. He tracked down copies of every magazine that commissioned an image from Arbus in the 1960s, looking for the most powerful elements in her multifaceted imagery. The tower of magazines from which the pages of reproductions were taken sits

stacked in a plexiglas case, while viewers can sit on grey archival boxes. Leguillon orders the photographs according to his own perceptive reading, taking into account the totality of her work. Thus, Arbus’s early commercial and fashion portraiture are given a place alongside her more celebrated pictures taken on the margins of American life: a portrait of a transgendered man hangs next to a portrait of Warhol superstar Viva, both of them beneath a generically smiling cover model from the early 60s. Leguillon taps into Arbus’s talent for crossing visual and cultural boundaries by creating his own arresting and poignant juxtapositions. Both shows offer keen readings of the philosophical and social tensions hidden within the source imagery, making for thoughtful viewing. 3 art@nowtoronto.com

THIS WEEK IN THE MUSEUMS AGO 15 Years Of The Loop Collective, screen-

ing 3, 5 pm Jan 28-29 (free). Yael Bartana, to Apr 1, artist’s talk 7 pm Jan 26. Team Macho; Sean Martindale and Pascal Paquette (free, Young Gallery), to Apr 1. Jack Chambers, to May 13. $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm. 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. ART GALLERY OF YORK U Will Munro, to Mar 11, workshops 6-9 Feb 1 (at Student Centre, free bus from 333 Sherbourne 5 pm). 4700 Keele, Accolade E bldg. 416-736-5169. DESIGN EXCHANGE Art Deco & Streamline Moderne 1 pm Jan 27 ($8). Design Exchange Awards, to Feb 26, tour 1 pm Jan 26 ($8). B Stephen Burks, to Apr 1. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121.

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Sunday, January 29 JUNE HARIS/QUINCY McCOLGAN Poetry reading and an open mic. 11:30 am. Free. Ellington’s Café, 805 St Clair W. 416-652-9111.

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Wednesday, February 1 ALL-FEMALE POETRY SLAM Poetry competition featuring Lishai Peel. 7:30 pm. $5. The Boat, 158 Augusta. 416-312-3865. KOOM KANKESAN/MARIA MEINDL/JEFFREY ROUND/SUZANNE SUTHERLAND Readings

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Fight. 3 pm. Free. Type Books, 883 Queen W. typebooks.ca. POETRY SLAM Poetry competition. 7 pm. $5. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. WAHIDA VALIANTE Launching A Mosaic Of Thoughts. 3 pm. Free. Noor Cultural Centre, 123 Wynford. 416-444-7148.

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Payce, Feb 2-May 6, artist’s talk 6:30-8 pm Jan 31 ($15). $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm halfprice, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. BJUSTINA M. BARNICKE 28 Days: Reimagining Black History Month, to Feb 19. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398. POWER PLANT Coming After; Stan Douglas, to Mar 4. $6, stu/srs $3, free Wed 5-8 pm. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. ROM The Kingston Prize, to Jan 29. Maya: Secrets Of Their Ancient World, to Apr 9, talk 7-8 pm Jan 31 ($25, stu/srs $22.50, Fri after 4:30 pm $19, stu/srs $17). $15, stu/srs $13.50; Fri

BIRCH LIBRALATO Painting/works on paper: Renée van Halm, Jan 28-Mar 3. 129 Tecumseth. 416-365-3003. DIAZ CONTEMPORARY Prints/video: Dara Gellman, to Feb 11, artist’s talk 5 pm Jan 28. 100 Niagara. 416-361-2972. GALLERYWEST Dare Night: The Torontonians/Mammalian Diving Reflex, 7:3010:30 pm Jan 28 (pwyc). Erin Gee, to Jan 27. 1172 Queen W. 416-913-7116. GENDAI GALLERY Sound installation: Mitchell Akiyama, to Feb 21. Offsite at 1265 Bloor W. 647-200-6161. GENERAL HARDWARE CONTEMPORARY

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Oscar-worthy director Philippe Falardeau’s Monsieur Lazhar gets a big boost with Oscar nomination By RADHEYAN SIMONPILLAI MONSIEUR LAZHAR directed by

Philippe Falardeau, written by Falardeau from the play by Evelyne de la Chenelière, with Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Emilien Néron, Danielle Proulx and Brigitte Poupart. An eOne release. 94 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (January 27). For venues and times, see Movies, page 61.

philippe falardeau has been anxiously hitting the Oscar campaign trail, introducing his film Monsieur Lazhar to Academy members in anticipation of a nomination. “I started dreaming that I was showing my film to these people,” says Falardeau. “The image was good. The sound was good. But all my characters were speaking in English. And I thought, ‘Does this qualify as a foreign-language film?’” That’s when Falardeau realized the nerve-racking suspense was getting to him. At the time of our interview,

he didn’t know he would be strolling the Kodak’s red carpet. Monsieur Lazhar landed its Oscar nomination on Tuesday. Despite the tension, Falardeau is awfully composed the morning after collecting a $15,000 award for best Canadian film from the Toronto Film Critics Association. I’m in a Toronto hotel room with the director, who’s working his way through a club sandwich and fries as he tells me the prize money will be spent on bills and travel. All this positive attention is new to him. His last film, It’s Not Me, I Swear!, passed by virtually unnoticed despite being an assured, clever and comical coming-of-age story. Nobody knew how to market a movie about kids that was geared to a mature audience. Thankfully, Monsieur Lazhar has escaped that fate. The film focuses on the relationship between Bachir Lazhar, an Alger-

ian refugee with a tragic past, and his classroom full of traumatized kids whose previous teacher committed suicide. It sidesteps the typical clichés that dog such projects. Yes, there are unavoidably cute kids, but Falardeau, who’s already proven he can work well with children, cast “the best actors possible” instead of the ones who make an audience go, “Awww.” He also sought a unique tone that distinguishes his project from other influential classroom films like The Class, Half Nelson or Au Revoir Les Enfants. As much as Monsieur Lazhar is about the school system, it’s also about how we deal with immigrants. “Are we really into meeting immigrants individually?” Falardeau asks of Canada, where many arrive in hopes of finding work but often have trouble fitting in or being [accepted]. Bachir would rather let his personal history fade into the background

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as he starts fresh in a new country. “He doesn’t want to be a burden,” Falardeau adds, noting that Bachir’s experience mirrors the story of so many immigrants in Canada. That’s what makes the movie feel so genuinely homegrown, even if, like last year’s foreign-language Oscar nominee, Incendies, it connects to other parts of the globe. That Canada’s two most recent internationally acclaimed films come from Quebec isn’t a coincidence. Our francophone compatriots have consistently made better movies. Falardeau isn’t sure why, but offers a suggestion. “In Quebec we’re less inhibited artistically, culturally, politically. We’re less focused on box office and comparing our films to the American films.” 3 movies@nowtoronto.com

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Monsieur Lazhar is a tender and touching drama that captures the pulse of both primary school politics and Canadian immigration. Algerian refugee Bachir Lazhar (Fellag) gets a job as a substitute teacher for students struggling with grief after their former teacher’s suicide. He must navigate the minefield that is dealing with traumatized children in an institutional setting – no physical contact being of utmost importance. Like the kids who are faced with a new world of tragedy and lost innocence, Bachir confronts his own personal demons while figuring out his place in a new country. Philippe Falardeau (It’s Not Me, I Swear!) proves once again why he’s one of Canada’s top directors, with a focused, intelligent drama that never allows allegorical touches to overwhelm the very personal story at its centre. A witty screenplay, moving performances – particularly from the precocious child cast – and social observations free of a political agenda make this a RS high achiever.

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ONE FOR THE MONEY (Julie Anne Robinson). 106 minutes. Opens Friday (January 27). For venues and times, see Movies page 61. Rating: NN

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Intense actor gets serious behind the camera By NORMAN WILNER TYRANNOSAUR written and directed by Paddy Considine, with Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman and Eddie Marsan. A D Films release. 91 minutes. Opens Friday (January 27). For venues and times, see Movies, page 61. here’s something you might not know about Paddy Considine: he collects little Japanese toys. The day before we sit down to discuss his directorial debut, Tyrannosaur, at the Toronto Film Festival, I happen to duck into Silver Snail for the new Buffy comic (sue me, I’m invested in the characters), and there’s Considine coming downstairs from the second floor with an armload of stuff. I mention it to him when we meet in more formal circumstances at the Intercontinental, and he lights right up. “Oh, I always go to Silver Snail,” he says. “Since I’ve been coming here, about 10 years now. I bought a lot of stuff from there. I love it – I always go down Queen Street and have a good wander around.”

The sunniness of the conversation is in stark contrast to Considine’s movie. A grim study of miserable lives in a tiny corner of Yorkshire – it opens with the protagonist mortally wounding his dog in a drunken fury – Tyrannosaur is a brutal and uncompromising story of despair and redemption, made by a filmmaker intent on showing his audience reality as he understands it. “These people are out there, and they exist,” he says of the broken characters played by Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman and Eddie Marsan. “All they do is function, because they have no realization that there’s another way to live your life.” While the gritty milieu suggests landmark British filmmakers like Alan Clarke or Mike Leigh, Considine wouldn’t dream of comparing himself to those giants. “There’s no social realism in Tyrannosaur,” he says. “It’s not about the social landscape or the political landscape or any of that. It’s just about human beings. I never made Tyrannosaur in reference to anybody – I just

REVIEW TYRANNOSAUR (Paddy Considine) Rating: NNN Sunk deep in the despair of alcohol-fuelled violence, a deeply troubled Yorkshire man (Peter Mullan) finds himself befriended by a younger woman (Olivia Colman), but soon discovers she has problems of her own. In his first feature as a writer/director, invaluable character actor Paddy Considine (The Bourne Ultimatum, Submarine) mashes the misery button down as far as it will go: animal cruelty, abusive husbands, alcoholic rages, child endangerment – and that’s just in the first reel. You can’t deny the intensity or the impact of individual scenes, and the actors hold nothing back, but there’s a sense, as one awful event piles atop the last, that the filmmaker is trying to outdo Leigh and Loach for cinematic NW suffering. And that gets wearying.

made it because I had to make my own films.” Known to international audiences as the struggling Irish father in Jim Sheridan’s In America and the Guardian journalist Jason Bourne steers through Waterloo Station in The Bourne Ultimatum, Considine has spent the last decade building the resumé of an invaluable ensemble player. In the UK, he turns up so often in volatile roles that Edgar Wright made a gag of it in Hot Fuzz by casting him as the touchiest of Sandford’s constables. (“I play a good shithead,” Considine laughs.) But there’s no humour in Tyrannosaur – just the steely focus of a firsttime filmmaker trying to make his mark. “It was important that I got my own voice out there in the world,” he says. “I’d used it on other people’s films, collaborated, and I thought, ‘You know, I can do this myself.’ That was more important than anything else.” I ask how he feels about the experience now that it’s behind him. Did he get what he wanted out of it? “Yeah!” he says, beaming again. “I will direct forever now. I’ll do the odd bit of acting here and there – you know, I hope to do some interesting work – but, yeah, absolutely.” Considine doesn’t appear in Tyrannosaur; would he consider giving himself a part in the next one? “No, I don’t think I could do that,” he says. “There are too many good actors out there who can do it. I’ll get them involved.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com

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Katherine Heigl’s vanity project, One For The Money, based on Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series of novels, goes from dull to dumb, back to dull and then ends. When flat-broke Jersey girl Plum (Heigl) takes a job with a bail bond outfit, her first case involves Joey Morelli (Jason O’Mara), who’s skipped bail after allegedly killing a police officer. Joey happens to be a blast from her romantic past and says he didn’t do it. Soon the bodies pile up as the baddies kill off anyone who talks to Plum. Why don’t they just shoot her? God knows she’s easy to spot driving a neon-blue vintage car from the 60s. But you can’t have a franchise without a main character. Okay, so why does Plum, who last worked in Macy’s lingerie department, think she can handle such risky business? Why does a police officer she doesn’t know buy her a gun when she doesn’t have a permit? And why, in their initial investigation, didn’t the

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Fall guy MAN ON A LEDGE (Asger Leth). 101 minutes. Opens Friday (January 27). For venues and times, see Movies, page 61. Rating: NN I will say this for Man On A Ledge: most of the movie is indeed about a man on a ledge. The man is Nick Cassidy, a generic ex-cop played with clenched intensity by Avatar’s Sam Worthington. The ledge is ostensibly on a high floor of Manhattan’s Roosevelt Hotel, although it’s often (and obviously) on a soundstage instead. The man is up there, he says, because he has been framed for a robbery and this is the best way to clear his name. But there’s obviously more to his plan; he’s requested a specific

police flush out all the info Plum gets so easily from a witness? The flick looks decent, but except for Debbie Reynolds’s amusing turn as Plum’s grandmother, there’s zero wit here. I’m all for watching women kick ass in the bounty-hunting business. But do I have to turn off my brain while SUSAN G. COLE I’m doing it?

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ledge negotiator (Elizabeth Banks), and his eyes keep darting to the roof of a nearby building where his brother (Jamie Bell) and his brother’s hot girlfriend (Genesis Rodriguez) are doing something suspicious under a tarp. So, yeah, this is actually a heist movie, the mechanics of which are so elaborate that the characters have to remind each other they’ve been planning it for a solid year. Otherwise, we might think the whole thing was just made up by a screenwriter with no regard for physics, human stamina or the limits of audience credulity. It’s as dumb as a box of rocks, but it’s the cheesy, shameless kind of dumb where everyone seems to be having a good time – except maybe Worthington, who still hasn’t learned how to enjoy himself in an action role. But he totally nails the physicality of a NORMAN WILNER man on a ledge.

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a handful of plane crash survivors – led by a squinty Liam Neeson – squaring off against a pack of ravenous wolves. All of that is in the movie, but there’s more. Carnahan wants to leave his audience thinking about masculinity and humanity, grief and pain and the indifference of nature. “I don’t have the skill set of, like, an Antonioni,” Carnahan says, “who could make this very still, deeply resonant character study. I have to in-

REVIEW THE GREY (Joe Carnahan) Rating: NNN Joe Carnahan, director of Smokin’ Aces and that A-Team movie, stakes out some pretty specific territory for himself with The Grey. It’s an existentialist survival thriller about a handful of men working out their personal issues after a plane crash in the wilds of British Columbia. This would be a lot easier if they weren’t also being stalked by a pack of ravenous timber wolves. The characters are all types – Frank Grillo plays a thuggish ex-con, Dallas Roberts a thoughtful soul, Dermot Mulroney a company man, Liam Neeson an empty shell who also happens to be the sole expert on wolf behaviour – but that actually works for the story, which builds in intensity as the number of characters dwindles. This is the first of Carnahan’s movies to aspire to depth, and he’s genuinely trying to tell a visceral, meaningful story. And though The Grey is undermined by unconvincing wolf effects (a mixture of CG, animatronics and real animals) and a clumsy backstory for Neeson’s character, it has just enough NW gravity to make you wish it delivered more fully on its potential.

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corporate it within the confines of a genre picture.” In Toronto for a press day with Frank Grillo, who plays one of the struggling survivors, Carnahan explains that he wanted his movie to be a cathartic experience for the cast – and by making Neeson’s character soul-sick over a lost love, he was asking the actor to access the deepest, darkest parts of himself. The Grey was shot just two years after Neeson lost his wife, Natasha Richardson, to a head injury. “Obviously, it comes back to ‘Do you see parallels to this man’s life?’” Carnahan says, “and my answer to that is always yes. There’s no question.” Neeson – who’d starred in Carnahan’s 2010 A-Team movie – embraced the parallels. He wanted to play the character of John Ottway in his native Irish accent, to put even less distance between himself and the role. Carnahan decided the rest of the cast should draw from their own lives as well. “My very dear friend Ben Hernandez, who plays the second guy Liam comes upon [in the wreck], who’s saying, ‘I need to call Vanessa,’ well, that’s his wife in real life,” the director explains. “And Dermot [Mulroney] talking about his daughter’s long hair, he’s talking about his son Clyde. No one’s allowed to cut Clyde’s hair but Dermot. All those pictures at the end are of those guys and their real kids; there’s no Photoshop, no bullshit images. It’s all real. There was an authenticity, and I think Liam gave himself over to that.” Grillo says he was impressed by Neeson’s commitment to the project and his insistence on confronting the personal stuff head on. “We had a table reading so everybody could get to know each other,” the actor says. “Liam comes in, and right off the bat he said, ‘Look, this is going to be a very brutal thing for all of us. I can’t do it without you guys, so I’m hoping you can’t do it without me. We’ll just go through this, from today, as a band of brothers.’ And that’s what we did.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com

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Movie listings are comprehensive and organized alphabetically. Listings include name of film, director’s name in brackets, a review, running time and a rating. Reviews are by Norman Wilner (NW), Susan G. Cole (SGC), Glenn Sumi (GS), Andrew Dowler (AD) and Radheyan Simonpillai (RS) unless otherwise specified.

Alvin And The Chipmunks: ChipwreCked (Mike Mitchell) places the Chip-

munks on a desert island, where they’re accompanied by former SNL player Jenny Slate and series villain David Cross. Preschoolers might enjoy the slapstick in this castaway comedy, but others will find this high-pitched squeakquel unbearable. 87 min. n (Phil Brown) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale

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(Steven Spielberg) brings Belgian cartoonist Hergé’s boy journalist to the big screen. It’s the first “performance capture” movie that doesn’t look like it’s populated by wall-eyed zombies. And it’s thrilling. Spielberg crafts a series of amazingly ambitious action sequences, one of which is as complex as the great truck chase in Raiders Of The Lost Ark. 108 min. nnnn (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton

(Michel Hazanavicius) is a stylistic experiment pulled off with panache. A 1920s silent film star (Jean Dujardin) and fan and aspiring star (Bérénice Bejo) meet cute, and soon her career is taking off (she’s dubbed the “it girl” of talkies) as his falls into decline. Filming in gorgeous black-and-white, director Hazanavicius lovingly embraces all the tropes of silent cinema (iris shots, titles), sharpening the familiar narrative with a slight edge that should satisfy contemporary tastes. 100 min. nnnn (GS) Beach Cinemas, Colossus, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

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BACk To The seA (Thom Lu) comes up dry on thrills, laughs, appealing characters, visual splendour or anything else that might appeal to the small fry who are its intended audience or the adults accompanying them. Things start lively with Kevin the flying fish, who wants to go to Barbados, but he’s soon caught by fishermen and put in the seafood tank of a Chinese restaurant. The movie descends into protracted, repetitive dialogue scenes between Kevin, who wants to escape, the other fish, and the restaurant owner and his perpetually downcast son, who doesn’t want to go into the family business. Kevin’s situation is hopeless until he and the son unite to foil a thief. The characters are visually simple and the fish lack range of movement. Backgrounds are well-drawn and coloured but have little texture or detail. 96 min. n (AD) Opens Jan 27 at Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Yonge & Dundas 24.

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(Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise) is a 3-D rerelease of the classic 1991 animated film about the resourceful Belle (voiced by Paige O’Hara) and the cursed Beast (Robby Benson) who’s holding her captive in his enchanted castle. The film remains one of Disney’s glories, and one of the best movie musicals ever. All elements of the story are introduced in the soaring opening number, and the French-flavoured Be Our Guest is one of the catchiest tunes written by the brilliant team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. Even 20 years after the fact, it’s still rare to find a female movie hero who’d rather read a book and experience adventure than hook up with the buff town hunk. The 3-D adds depth to the forest and castle scenes: wolves leap out at you, snowflakes and dust fall believably in the foreground, and that ballroom scene (you know the one) becomes even more dizzyingly romantic. As a bonus, it’s preceded by a short and very funny 3-D sequel to Disney’s Tangled. nnnnn (GS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

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(Jean-Marc Vallée) finds writer/director Vallée (C.R.A.Z.Y., The Young Victoria) playing out 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. Some people are going to hate it; I found it bracing, daring and entirely invigorating. Stay for the closing credits. Subtitled. 120 min. nnnnn (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema

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(Roman Polanski) turns Yasmina Reza’s play God Of Carnage into a vividly cinematic endurance test, as two sets of parents (Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly, and Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz) face off in a Brooklyn apartment over a fight between their sons. Not necessarily something you’d call a holiday delight, but a damn fine little picture. 79 min. nnnn (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Cumberland 4, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy Commons 20, TIFF Bell Lightbox

ChemiCAl BroThers: don’T Think is the screening of a live multimedia show by the British electronic duo, taped at Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival in 2011. 105 min. Jan 26, 7:45 pm, at Scotiabank Theatre.

ConTrABAnd (Baltasar Kormákur) stars Mark Wahlberg as an ex-smuggler risking everything to run one last job, and yeah, that’s a movie he’s made before. It’s a movie everyone has made before, come to think of it – including director Kormákur, who co-wrote and starred in the 2008 Icelandic thriller Reykjavik-Rotterdam and now finds himself in the curious position of directing its remake. Wahlberg’s got pretty good at the stone-faced hero thing, and his simmering presence suits the film’s tone nicely. The ever-mounting complications start to feel a little ridiculous about an hour

in, but Kormákur keeps the action moving so swiftly, you won’t really mind. The admirably modest scale makes for an interesting change of pace after the IMAX-sized spectacle of the Mission: Impossible and Sherlock Holmes sequels. 109 min. nnn (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

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(Ralph Fiennes) is a modern updating of Shakespeare’s tragedy about a Roman general and war hero (Fiennes) whose refusal to play politics leads to his exile and an eventual alliance with his mortal enemy (Gerard Butler). It’s a muscular, vivid directorial debut for its star, who’s assembled a terrific cast – Vanessa Redgrave as his formidable mother, Jessica Chastain as his loyal wife, and Brian Cox as a wily but ultimately noble politician – and given them their head. (The focus rightly remains on his character, a ferocious warrior undone by his own integrity.) Barry Aykroyd, who shot The Hurt Locker and Green Zone, convincingly creates an alternate Rome out of British and Serbian locations, and John Logan streamlines the play into a series of harsh confrontations, handing most of the formal exposition to media pundits. Sure, Baz Luhrmann did it 15 years ago in Romeo + Juliet, but a good device is a good device. 123 min. nnnn (NW) Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Varsity

A dAngerous meThod (David Cronen-

berg) finds the master filmmaker adapting Christopher Hampton’s play The Talking Cure, exploring the friendship and eventual schism between Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mor tensen), which gave birth to modern psychoanalysis. Cronenberg’s clinical approach to Hampton’s too on-the-nose dialogue makes for a very static drama; it’s as if the filmmaker is much more comfortable dealing with eroticism as subtext than text. Fassbender and Mortensen are never less than watchable as the cautious Jung and the more flamboyant Freud, but Keira Knightley seems mannered and artificial as Jung’s patient, disciple and lover, Sabina Spielrein, whose tragic story is relegated to the background by Hampton’s focus on the conflict between the two analysts. 93 min. nn (NW) Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity

The dArkesT hour (Chris Gorak) feels like a third-rate Stephen King movie of the week. A handful of hot young tourists in Moscow witness an invasion by invisible aliens who instantly eat up every bit of electrical energy (hence the title) and reduce living things to atoms. The CG effects, dialogue and acting are laughable, and there’s no variety in the deaths-by-pulverization. Some subtitles. 89 min. n (GS) Coliseum Scarborough, Yonge & Dundas 24

The desCendAnTs (Alexander Payne) stars George Clooney as a Hawaiian lawyer trying to cope with his wife’s impending death from a brain injury, figure out how to relate to his two young daughters (Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller) and digest the revelation that she was cheating on him before her accident. It’s sort of a comedy. Clooney’s textured performance pulls uneasy laughs out of the misery, and the kids are terrific at the complicated emotional turns. 115 min. nnnn (NW) Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Cumberland 4, Grande Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity

The devil inside (William Brent Bell) elicits boos. A young woman tries to uncover the truth about the triple murder her mother committed while being exorcised. She’s helped by a couple of young priests and a documentary filmmaker who overdoes the shakycam. 87 min. n (AD) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 The divide (Xavier Gens) piles a group of

relative strangers into a claustrophobic underground shelter following an unexplained nuclear attack, where tempers flair, blood is shed and some resort to sexual and psychological abuse. Though Gens slightly reins in the stylistic and violent excess of his previous movies, he still displays a lack of subtlety. Most of the high-strung cast ranges from bland to mediocre, but 80s genre movie fans will enjoy the sadly MIA Michael Biehn chewing cigars and scenery in this enjoyably nihilistic apocalypse romp. 123 min. nnn (Phil Brown) Scotiabank Theatre

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(Stephen Daldry) takes some of the edge off Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2005 novel about a socially challenged boy trying to solve a mystery left behind by the father who died in the collapse of the World Trade Center, but the core story is compelling, Thomas Horn is an appealing hero and director Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Reader) is surprisingly restrained and less patronizing than usual. 129 min. nnn (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24

The fronT line (Hun Jang) is a well-made, energetic horrors-of-war entry that takes its combat style from Saving Private Ryan and its characters from every movie about stress-disordered grunts since Platoon. The guys of Alligator company don’t know it, but they’re about to take part in the final battle of the Korean war, yet another assault on a hill they’ve already taken and lost

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HUGO (Martin Scorsese) turns a children’s

adventure into a heartfelt appeal for film preservation and a love song to pioneering film director Georges Méliès. I don’t blame Scorsese for making this bauble; after decades of tireless advocacy for cinema history, it’s probably the best way to get his message out. I just don’t know whether it works as a movie. 126 min. NNN (NW) Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity

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Pariah, starring Adepero Oduye in a stunning performance, deserves a wide audience. 30 times or more. The movie drags here and there, and lacks much that’s new, but it packs a decent middleweight punch. An underground bunker used by both sides generates some surprise and depth. The hilly Korean countryside makes a powerful setting, and the final shot of the battlefield is devastating. Subtitled. 133 min. NN (AD) Yonge & Dundas 24

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(David Fincher) is a taut thriller adapted from the Swedish bestseller and film. Daniel Craig has lots of charisma as a disgraced journalist investigating the disappearance of an industrialist’s niece, and Rooney Mara rocks as his troubled, tattooed research assistant. But this is another unnecessary English-language remake. 158 min. NNN (SGC) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

THE GREY (Joe Carnahan) 116 min. See

interview and review, page 60. NNN (NW) Opens Jan 27 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale.

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Donagh) is showy, smart and hysterically funny – 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) Carlton Cinema

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(Steven Soderbergh) stars MMA fighter Gina Carano as hardass gun-for-hire Mallory Kane, who spends most of the picture outrunning a series of men who mean to do her harm. Director Soderbergh and screenwriter Lem Dobbs (who last collaborated on The Limey) turn the most generic of action plots into a meditation on what we want from action movies. Carano gets plenty of opportunities to beat the living shit out of several fairly intimidating opponents, but the movie’s rhythms are more about our anticipation of those beat-downs and the way the characters build to the point where they stop talking and start punching each other. The action choreography is rough and graceless, which makes it feel real; people struggle for any advantage they can get, and it’s not always pretty. Soderbergh covers the fight scenes in wide shots, so we can appreciate the ingenuity with which Mallory uses confined spaces to her advantage. She might not be able to outdrive her pursuers in a car chase, but god help them if they corner her in a hallway. 93 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum

(Angelina Jolie) is Jolie’s directorial debut, about Serbian commander Danijel (Goran Kostic), who’s dating the Muslim Ajla (Zana Marjanovic) when war erupts. The Serbian army murders the Muslim men and imprisons the women, who cook and serve meals to the soldiers by day and then are raped by night. Danijel, who runs the prison, decides to protect Ajla. Soon they’re having a full-on sexual relationship. Is this love? Is this real consent? Victims of rape in Bosnia are calling the film exploitive, but the situation comes across as wholly authentic. Both Ajla and Danijel are overwhelmed by guilt and the power of their survival instincts. Too bad Danijel’s father (Rade Serbedzija), a vengeful Serbian general, is a caricature. And the rubble on the war-ravaged landscape looks too carefully arranged. But Jolie sheds light on a brutal conflict and the way war compromises even the most courageous person’s values. Subtitled. 127 min. NNN (SGC) Cumberland 4

MAN ON A LEDGE (Asger Leth) 101 min. See review, page 58. NN (NW) Opens Jan 27 at 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge.

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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 debate whether they should save themselves at the expense of the global economy. Kevin Spacey is flat-out brilliant as a company lifer who sees what’s coming but is powerless to stop it. 106 min. NNNN (NW) Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

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This riveting drama about an Iranian couple’s split is the frontrunner for the best foreignlanguage Oscar. And it’s great that it got a deserving original screenplay nod, too.

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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) Regent Theatre, TIFF Bell Lightbox

THE IRON LADY (Phyllida Lloyd) portrays former British PM Margaret Thatcher as a proto-feminist outsider fighting the male establishment, and steers clear of her union-busting, privatizing, deregulating policies. It’s a jaw-dropping performance by Meryl Streep, both as the formidable politician in her prime and as the elderly retiree suffering from dementia whose attempt to MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST go through her late husband’s (Jim BroadPROTOCOL (Brad Bird) puts genius bent) personal effects triggers memories of animator Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille) her political rise and fall. Lloyd demonin the driver’s seat for a bracing adventure strates better visual chops than in her first that sends Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his feature, Mamma Mia!. But screenwriter Abi team racing around the Eastern hemisphere Morgan tells the story to keep a madman from from inside Thatcher’s triggering a nuclear war head, covering only between the U.S. and EXPANDED REVIEWS those moments when Russia – a defiantly retro nowtoronto.com she felt most embatscheme that’s still scary, tled. This po-mo subespecially when half the jective stuff runs the risk Kremlin gets blown up in a mysterious of being misread by uninformed audiences bombing pinned on Hunt’s crew. As Cruise who’ll see only near-wholesale celebration. runs through traffic, battles umpteen vilThe politics are a mess; even Thatcher lains and scales tall buildings (in spectacular would be appalled. But Streep’s performIMAX footage, even), Ghost Protocol zips ance is genius. 105 min. NNN (SGC) Beach Cinemas, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, through its paces with marvellous craftsEglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kenmanship; the action scenes are only innedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow coherent when they need to be, the characMarket Square, Rainbow Promenade, Silverters are sharply and simply defined, and the City Mississauga, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas locations are attractively photographed 24 and smartly used. Some subtitles. 133 min. NNNN (NW) JOYFUL NOISE (Todd Graff) is a lazily script401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton ed and sloppily directed musical that stars Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton as feuding Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, gospel choir members whose teenage kin Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, (Jeremy Jordan and Keke Palmer, both Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Prombland) get all hot and heavy with each enade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank other between ballads. Meanwhile, the Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, choir gears up for the Super Bowl of gospel SilverCity Yorkdale competitions, the only hope left for their small town, where the recession hovers in MONSIEUR LAZHAR (Philippe Falarthe background. (Apparently the church is deau) 94 min. See interview and rethe only business still open.) The characters view, page 57. NNNNN (RS) and plot turns are so contrived, you’re Opens Jan 27 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. forced to swallow it all on blind faith. The music offers no salvation either, unless of THE MUPPETS (James Bobin) recapcourse you’re big on gospel. However, Partures the unpredictable energy and ton is certainly a delightful presence here, genuine magic of Jim Henson’s beloved felt despite the fact that she seems unable to creations and releases that energy back into move most of the muscles on her prosthethe wild. No, the new songs don’t have the tic-like face. 117 min. N (RS) scale or impact of The Rainbow Connection; 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Carlton what could? But when Camilla the chicken Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum covers Cee Lo, all is right with the world. 98 Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton min. NNNN (NW) Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Walk, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24 Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale continued on page 64 œ

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as star-struck by its subject as its narrator is. It’s based on the memoirs of Colin Clark, who barely registers as a character. As for Marilyn Monroe (an excellent Michelle Williams), the film acknowledges the void between her public persona and private life but it does very little to fill it. 101 min. NN (RS) Canada Square, Cumberland 4, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24

NOT SINCE YOU (Jeff Stephenson) is like a

way less successful Big Chill. A group of NYU alums gathers in Athens, Georgia, for a wedding, which brings out grudges, secrets and rivalries. No one has any motivation, and the leads are so dull you don’t care what happens. Worse, Stephenson doesn’t even exploit the Athens location. It looks like it could’ve been filmed in southwestern Ontario. 90 min. N (GS) Carlton Cinema

NEW YEAR’S EVE (Garry

Marshall) is strictly by the numbers, a generic ONE FOR THE MONEY exercise in empty moEXPANDED REVIEWS (Julie Anne Robinson) 106 mentum that follows min. See review, page 58. nowtoronto.com various slick hipsters, NN (SGC) lovelorn singletons and Opens Jan 27 at 401 & Moroverprotective parents around New York ningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Missisover the course of the eponymous holiday. sauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton There’s no wit or charm in Katherine FuTown Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress gate’s schematic screenplay, and producerWalk, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, director Marshall doesn’t ask anything of Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Fairview, his cast beyond saying their lines while SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, staying in focus. 117 min. N (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24.

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(Dee Rees) is that rare thing, an excellent lesbian coming-out film with energy and edge. Charismatic Adepero Oduye (unbelievably, 33 years old playing 17) stars as Alike, an African-American highschool poet struggling for affirmation in a Brooklyn, New York, household where her Christian mom (Kim Wayans) gives her no support and her police officer dad (Charles Parnell) is keeping too many secrets of his own to pay much attention. Pariah has three things going for it: great performances, an exhilarating soundtrack of girlpowered hip-hop, metal and soul (including Reema Major and Khia) and director Rees’s savvy script. Among its pleasures are Alike’s dykey best friend, Laura (Pernell Walker), who scares the shit out of Alike’s mother, and Alike’s classic encounter with a girl who’s only toying with her. Totally fresh. 86 min. NNNN (SGC) Yonge & Dundas 24

ñPINA 3D

(Wim Wenders) doesn’t reveal a lot about dance great Pina Bausch – she died right before shooting was set to begin – but it does capture the essence of her art through excerpts from suggestive, richly dramatic works like The Rite Of Spring and Café Müller. Director Wenders uses 3-D technology effectively, allowing the viewer practically to feel the heat emanating from the dancers’ bodies and get up close to complex configurations that defy description. The range of settings includes traditional stages as well as parks and rivers outside Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal. The performers, interviewed in unconventional ways – we see them, but hear them on a separate track – recall Bausch with affection and intelligence. Of course, they communicate best through dance. Subtitled. 104 min. NNNN (GS) Kennedy Commons 20, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Varsity

RED TAILS (Anthony Hemingway) is a well-

meaning banality about the Tuskegee Airmen, a squadron of black pilots who flew fighters and bombers in the segregated U.S. Army during the Second World War. As one has come to expect from a George Lucas production, the digital effects used to recreate the dizzying aerial dogfights are state-of-the-art (if a little too soft, in that specifically Lucasy way), and everything that has to be rendered in meatspace – characters, dialogue, emotions – feels like it was slapped together from old parts. 124 min. N (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Asghar Farhadi) is one of the strongest films of the year. A middle-class Tehran couple (Peyman Moadi and Leila Hatami) attempt to separate, and in their stubbornness and lack of communication irrevocably affect the lives of those around them, including their precocious 11-year-old daughter (Sarina Farhadi), the husband’s Alzheimer’s-stricken father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi) and a devout cleaning woman (Sareh Bayat). Writer/director Farhadi has created a complex, grip-

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successful New York suit (Michael Fassbender) who’s a slave to his sexual compulsions. Fassbender lays himself bare in every way imaginable, but the forceful visual sensibility that worked so well in McQueen’s abstract film Hunger isn’t suited to the more human-scale story here. Shame’s set pieces feel like showy flourishes rather than grace notes that clarify and amplify the drama. 99 min. NNN (NW) Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Regent Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (Guy Ritchie) follows the bigger-

and-louder formula devised by producer Joel Silver for his Lethal Weapon and Die Hard sequels; shit constantly blows up or catches on fire, and the story rarely pauses for breath. Robert Downey Jr. is still miscast as Holmes, but it’s less bothersome than it was the first time around because we already know what we’re in for. Jude Law remains an excellent Watson, Jared Harris makes a decent Moriarty, and a delightful Stephen Fry steals the picture as Holmes’s brother, Mycroft – though that might simply be a side benefit of his appearing exclusively in scenes where nothing explodes. 129 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

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is an encore broadcast of the Tchaikovsky ballet performed by the world-renowned troupe. 180 min. Jan 29, 1 pm, at Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Grande Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge.

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(Tomas Alfredson) is a sleek, expertly acted adaptation of John le Carré’s thriller about a retired British intelligence operative on the hunt for a Soviet mole within MI-6. Director Alfredson (Let The Right One In) understands that this is largely much ado about nothing; for all their posturing and self-importance, the British are basically middlemen in the larger battle between the Americans and the Soviets. But he’s assembled a remarkable cast – Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Tom Hardy and the invaluable Benedict Cumberbatch – and given them the challenge of never quite revealing the raging emotions hidden just behind their eyes. 127 min. NNNN (NW) Colossus, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk,

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ping mystery that sheds light on modern Iran’s religious and class differences, not to mention its circuitous legal system. But above all it’s a human and moral drama that plays with your sympathies and poses questions of innocence and guilt while providing no pat answers. Superbly acted and crafted, with an ending that will provoke arguments, A Separation is a great film that will haunt you. Subtitled. 123 min. NNNNN (GS) Grande - Yonge, Varsity

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(Terrence Malick) perfects the intuitive approach to cinema Malick has been developing for nearly four decades, and it affected me more profoundly than any of his earlier films. It embraces the awe of adolescence and the loss of innocence in the purest sense of those terms. It’s a rhapsody on the mystery of simply being alive. 138 min. NNNNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

TYRANNOSAUR (Paddy Considine) 91 min. See interview and review, page 58. NNN (NW) Opens Jan 27 at Cumberland 4. UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING (Måns Mår-

lind, Björn Stein) brings the horror franchise back to “Kate Beckinsale in a rubber catsuit shooting monsters with machine guns” but is still incredibly stupid, with vampires and werewolves carrying on their blood feud 12 years after humans have finally figured out they walk among us. Beckinsale’s Selene, accompanied by a mysterious little girl (India Eisley), has found another vampire coven to involve in the war against the Lycans, and that’s pretty much when everything gets thrown out for more shooting and growling and snarling and bleeding. I can’t complain that Underworld: Awakening breaks no new ground for the series; there’s no new ground to break. I just don’t understand why people go to see these movies in the first place. 88 min. N (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, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

THE VIRAL FACTOR (Dante Lam) follows two estranged brothers on opposite sides of the law who join forces to prevent a lethal small pox formula from reaching the black market. One is a cop with a bullet lodged in his brain (Jay Chou), the other a recent prison escapee (Nicolas Tse). Lam is a master of white-knuckle action, but his inability to elevate melodramatic plot above daytime soap standards constantly kills momentum, despite the natural movie star charisma of the two leads. Isolated action scenes are undeniably impressive, though, so the movie might be worth checking out at home with a fast-forward button. Subtitled. 123 min. NN (Phil Brown) Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Steven Spielberg) adapts Michael Morpurgo’s children’s novel to tell a simple but affecting story about an English farm boy (Jeremy Irvine) following his beloved horse into World War One. The script allows Spielberg to touch on the senseless brutality of combat and the redemptive power of a non-human creature, all captured in cinematographer Janusz Kaminski’s vivid imagery. The result is an old-fashioned picture full of humanity and heroism that only occasionally dips into sentimentality. 146 min. NNNN (GS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Eglinton Town Centre, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Yonge & Dundas 24

WE BOUGHT A ZOO (Cameron Crowe) is a

syrupy concoction that stars Matt Damon as a recent widower with a troubled emo son and a precocious little girl who seems manufactured to giggle adorably. The mourning clan leave their troubles behind and embark on a mission to rehabilitate a broken-down zoo, which the characters practically tell you is an earnest allegory for rehabilitating themselves. 124 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñYOUNG ADULT

(Jason Reitman) gives us the ultimate mean girl in Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron). She’s returned to her hometown of Mercury, Minnesota, determined to snag her high school boyfriend (Patrick Wilson), who’s now happily married with a new baby. 94 min. NNNN (SGC) TIFF Bell Lightbox 3

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A dAngErous METhod (14A) thu, mon-Wed 1:25, 3:55, 6:55, 9:15 Fri-Sun 12:25, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 ThE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu, mon-Wed 1:15, 4:05, 7:05, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:20, 2:55, 5:25, 8:05, 10:25 ThE Iron lAdy (PG) thu, mon-Wed 12:55, 3:25, 6:05, 9:05 Fri-Sun 12:15, 2:35, 5:05, 7:25, 9:55 A sEPArATIon (14A) thu, mon-Wed 12:45, 3:35, 6:35, 9:25 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:35, 9:25

yonge & dundaS 24 (amC)

rEd TAIls (PG) 3:00, 4:10, 6:00, 7:00, 9:15, 10:00 thu 2:00 mat, 5:00, 7:45, 10:45 Sat-Sun 10:30, 12:00, 1:15 mat TInkEr TAIlor soldIEr sPy (14A) 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 SatSun 10:40, 1:40 mat undErWorld: AWAkEnIng (18A) thu 4:00, 6:30, 8:30, 9:00, 11:00 Fri 4:00, 6:30, 9:00, 11:00 Sat 11:00, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00, 11:00 Sun 11:00, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 monWed 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 undErWorld: AWAkEnIng – An IMAx 3d ExPErIEnCE (18A) 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Sat-Sun 10:30, 12:45 mat undErWorld: AWAkEnIng 3d (18A) 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 thu 8:30, 11:00 late Sat-Sun 11:45 mat ThE vIrAl fACTor 4:25, 7:20, 10:20 Sat-Sun 10:40, 1:40 mat WAr horsE (PG) 3:35, 7:05, 10:20 Sat-Sun 11:50 mat WE boughT A zoo (PG) thu 2:20, 5:10

midtown Canada Square (Ce) 2200 yonge St, 416-646-0444

CAfé dE florE (14A) thu 4:05, 6:30 CArnAgE (14A) thu 4:20, 7:10 A dAngErous METhod (14A) thu 4:40, 7:20 Fri 4:20, 7:10, 9:35 Sat-Sun 1:35, 4:20, 7:10, 9:35 mon-Wed 4:20, 6:40 ThE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu 4:25, 7:05 Fri 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 mon-Wed 4:25, 7:30 ThE gIrl WITh ThE drAgon TATToo (18A) Fri 5:00, 8:20 Sat-Sun 1:40, 5:00, 8:20 mon-Wed 3:50, 7:10 Joyful noIsE (PG) thu 4:15, 6:45 My WEEk WITh MArIlyn (14A) Fri 4:15, 7:00, 9:25 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:25 mon-Wed 4:15, 6:45 onE for ThE MonEy (PG) Fri 4:40, 7:05, 9:45 Sat-Sun 2:05, 4:40, 7:05, 9:45 mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20 rEd TAIls (PG) 4:10, 6:55 Fri 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:25 mat, 9:30 shErloCk holMEs: A gAME of shAdoWs (PG) 4:05, 6:50 Fri 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:15 mat, 9:40 WAr horsE (PG) thu 3:55, 7:00 Fri 4:55, 8:10 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:55, 8:10 mon-Wed 4:00, 7:15 WE boughT A zoo (PG) thu 4:00, 6:50

mt PleaSant (i)

675 mt PleaSant rd, 416-489-8484 hugo (PG) Fri 6:50, 9:25 Sat 4:00, 6:50, 9:25 Sun 4:15, 7:00 tue-Wed 7:00 lE hAvrE (PG) thu 7:00

regent theatre (i) 551 mt PleaSant rd, 416-480-9884

MIdnIghT In PArIs (PG) Fri-Sat, tue-Wed 7:00 Sun 4:30 shAME (18A) thu, Sun 7:00 Fri-Sat 8:55

10 dundaS St e, 416-335-5323

SilverCity yonge (Ce)

ThE AdvEnTurEs of TInTIn 3d (PG) thu 4:15 7:00 9:45 Fri-Wed 4:15, 6:50, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:00, 1:30 mat ThE AdvEnTurEs of TInTIn (PG) 3:30, 6:00, 8:45 Sat 1:00 mat Sun 10:35, 1:00 mat AgnEEPATh 2:25, 6:05, 9:50 Sat-Sun 10:40 mat All’s WEll, Ends WEll 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Sat-Sun 11:10, 1:50 mat ThE ArTIsT (PG) thu 4:25 7:00 8:15 9:25 10:40 Fri-Wed 4:25, 7:00, 8:15, 9:40, 10:40 Sat-Sun 11:20, 1:50 mat bACk To ThE sEA 3d 3:20, 5:35 Sat-Sun 10:50, 1:05 mat ThE dArkEsT hour (PG) thu 5:55, 10:45 ThE dEvIl InsIdE (14A) 2:50, 4:55, 7:45, 10:00 Sat-Sun 10:35, 12:45 mat ExTrEMEly loud & InCrEdIbly ClosE (PG) 4:30, 7:25, 10:15 Sat-Sun 10:45, 1:40 mat ThE fronT lInE thu 4:40, 7:45, 10:40 ThE Iron lAdy (PG) thu, mon-Wed 2:30, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:00, 6:45, 7:30, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15 Fri 2:30, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:00, 6:45, 7:30, 8:35, 9:30, 10:15 Sat 10:30, 11:15, 11:55, 1:00, 1:45, 2:30, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:00, 6:45, 7:30, 8:35, 9:30, 10:15 Sun 10:30, 11:15, 11:55, 1:00, 1:45, 2:30, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:00, 6:45, 7:30, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15 MArgIn CAll thu 3:25, 8:10 ThE MuPPETs (G) 2:20, 5:05 Sat-Sun 11:35 mat My WEEk WITh MArIlyn (14A) 2:20, 4:45, 8:20, 10:40 Sat-Sun 11:50 mat nEW yEAr’s EvE (PG) thu 2:05, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Wed 8:10, 10:45 onE for ThE MonEy (PG) thu 12:01 Fri, mon-Wed 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 8:45, 9:30, 10:30 Sat 11:45, 12:45, 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 8:45, 9:30, 10:30 Sun 10:30, 11:45, 12:45, 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 8:45, 9:30, 10:30 PArIAh (14A) 3:45, 6:20, 8:30, 10:45 Sat-Sun 11:15, 1:30 mat

ThE AdvEnTurEs of TInTIn 3d (PG) thu-Fri, mon-Wed 1:10, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20 Sat 1:10, 6:30, 9:20 Sun 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 bEAuTy And ThE bEAsT 3d (G) thu 1:50, 4:15, 6:45, 9:10 Fri, mon-Wed 2:10, 4:30, 6:45, 9:10 Sat 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:35 Sun 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:20, 9:35 ConTrAbAnd (14A) thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:15, 10:00 mon-Wed 1:40, 4:40, 7:15, 10:00 ExTrEMEly loud & InCrEdIbly ClosE (PG) thu, montue 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Fri 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 Sat 12:40, 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 ThE gIrl WITh ThE drAgon TATToo (18A) thu 1:25, 4:50, 8:15 ThE grEy (14A) Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 10:05 Sun 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 9:55 mon-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 hAyWIrE (14A) thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:40 Fri 1:50, 4:15, 6:50, 9:30 Sat 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:30 Sun 1:40, 4:25, 6:45, 9:20 mon-Wed 1:50, 4:15, 6:50, 9:15 MAn on A lEdgE (PG) Fri, mon-tue 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 9:50 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Sun 1:30, 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 Wed 4:20, 7:20, 9:50 ThE METroPolITAn oPErA: rodElIndA EnCorE Sat 12:30 MIssIon: IMPossIblE – ghosT ProToCol (PG) thu-Fri, mon-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sat-Sun 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 shErloCk holMEs: A gAME of shAdoWs (PG) thu 1:05, 3:55, 6:50, 9:50 slEEPIng bEAuTy – bolshoI bAllET lIvE Sun 1:00 undErWorld: AWAkEnIng 3d (18A) thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 9:45

2300 yonge St, 416-544-1236

humber Cinema (i)

east end

undErWorld: AWAkEnIng (18A) 7:00, 9:00 thu 3:00 mat, 5:00

1651 queen St e, 416-699-5971

2442 bloor St. WeSt, 416-232-1939

beaCh CinemaS (aa)

kingSWay theatre (i) 3030 bloor St W, 416-232-1939

ThE ArTIsT (PG) 1:00, 7:00 hugo (PG) 2:50 ThE IdEs of MArCh (14A) 9:00 ThE MuPPETs (G) Fri-Sun 11:00 My WEEk WITh MArIlyn (14A) 5:00

queenSWay (Ce)

1025 the queenSWay, qeW & iSlington, 416-503-0424 ThE AdvEnTurEs of TInTIn 3d (PG) thu 1:25, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25 Fri-Sun 1:25, 4:10, 6:45, 9:25 mon-Wed 1:25, 3:55, 6:35, 9:05 AlvIn And ThE ChIPMunks: ChIPWrECkEd (G) thu 2:25, 4:50, 7:15 Fri-Sat 2:20, 4:45 Sun 2:10, 4:45 mon-Wed 1:45, 4:10 bACk To ThE sEA Fri-Sat 2:30, 5:00, 7:20 Sun 2:20, 4:55, 7:25 mon-Wed 2:50, 5:20, 7:45 bEAuTy And ThE bEAsT 3d (G) thu 1:55, 4:20, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Sat 2:40, 5:05, 7:30 Sun 2:35, 5:05, 7:30 mon-Wed 2:00, 4:25, 6:45 ConTrAbAnd (14A) thu 2:00, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 Fri-Sat 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25 Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 monWed 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 10:00 A dAngErous METhod (14A) thu 1:20, 3:50, 6:30, 9:40 Fri 1:55, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Sat 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Sun 5:00, 7:25 mon-Wed 1:35, 4:10, 6:45, 9:15 ThE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:35, 7:35, 10:20 Sun 12:40, 3:30, 7:10, 9:50 monWed 1:05, 3:45, 7:05, 9:45 ThE dEvIl InsIdE (14A) thu 2:50, 5:30, 8:05, 10:25 FriSun 9:45 mon-Wed 10:05 ExTrEMEly loud & InCrEdIbly ClosE (PG) thu 1:00, 4:05, 7:05, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:40, 6:35, 9:30 Sun 12:55, 3:45, 6:35, 9:30 mon-Wed 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 ThE gIrl WITh ThE drAgon TATToo (18A) thu 2:20, 6:40, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:40 Sun 3:00, 6:30, 10:15 mon-Wed 3:00, 6:30, 9:55 ThE grEy (14A) Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:45, 10:40 Sun 1:10, 4:00, 6:55, 9:45 mon-Wed 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 hAyWIrE (14A) thu 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:15 Fri 12:35, 3:05, 5:35, 7:55, 10:15 Sat 1:55, 3:35, 5:25, 7:55, 10:15 Sun 12:30, 2:45, 4:35, 7:00, 9:20 mon-Wed 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 ThE Iron lAdy (PG) thu 1:50, 4:45, 7:30, 10:25 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 mon-Wed 1:40, 4:20, 6:55, 9:30 Joyful noIsE (PG) thu 1:35, 4:40, 7:25, 10:15 MAn on A lEdgE (PG) Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:45 Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:50, 10:15 mon-tue 2:30, 5:00, 7:50, 10:15 Wed 5:00, 7:50, 10:15 ThE METroPolITAn oPErA: rodElIndA EnCorE Sat 12:30 MIssIon: IMPossIblE – ghosT ProToCol (PG) thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:55, 6:55, 10:00 Sun 12:50, 3:55, 7:15, 10:00 mon-Wed 1:05, 4:05, 7:10, 10:05 onE for ThE MonEy (PG) Fri-Sat 12:30, 2:55, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 Sun 12:45, 3:05, 5:20, 7:40, 10:05 mon-tue 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 9:55 Wed 4:50, 7:40, 9:55 rEd TAIls (PG) thu 1:05, 3:55, 6:55, 9:50 Fri-Sat 7:00, 10:05 Sun 10:10 mon-Wed 6:25, 9:35 shErloCk holMEs: A gAME of shAdoWs (PG) thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Fri, Sun 12:35, 3:35, 6:40, 9:35 Sat 12:35, 6:40, 9:35 mon-Wed 1:20, 4:30, 7:25, 10:15 slEEPIng bEAuTy – bolshoI bAllET lIvE Sun 1:00 TInkEr TAIlor soldIEr sPy (14A) thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:05 Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:45, 6:50, 10:10 Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:10 mon-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 undErWorld: AWAkEnIng 3d (18A) thu 2:30, 5:20, 7:55, 10:20 Fri-Sat 1:05, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:35 Sun 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:35, 9:55 mon-Wed 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 9:50 WAr horsE (PG) thu 2:10, 6:35, 9:45 Fri-Sun 9:55 monWed 9:10 WE boughT A zoo (PG) thu 9:35 WWE royAl ruMblE - 2012 Sun 8:00

rainboW Woodbine (i)

Woodbine Centre, 500 rexdale blvd, 416-213-1998 AlvIn And ThE ChIPMunks: ChIPWrECkEd (G) 12:55, 3:55 ConTrAbAnd (14A) 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:45 ThE dEvIl InsIdE (14A) thu 7:20, 9:20 ExTrEMEly loud & InCrEdIbly ClosE (PG) 1:00, 3:55, 7:00, 9:30 ThE grEy (14A) Fri-Wed 1:05, 4:05, 6:45, 9:30 hAyWIrE (14A) 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 9:50

ThE AdvEnTurEs of TInTIn (PG) thu 6:40, 9:20 ThE ArTIsT (PG) 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:30 mat, 4:10 bEAuTy And ThE bEAsT 3d (G) thu 6:50, 9:10 ThE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) 7:00, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:00 mat ThE grEy (14A) 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:20 mat, 4:20 hAyWIrE (14A) 7:20, 9:50 Fri, Sun 1:40 mat, 4:30 Sat 1:10 mat ThE Iron lAdy (PG) thu 7:30, 10:00 Fri, Sun 1:10, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Sat 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 mon-Wed 6:40, 9:20 ThE METroPolITAn oPErA: rodElIndA EnCorE Sat 12:30 MIssIon: IMPossIblE – ghosT ProToCol (PG) thu 7:00, 10:00 undErWorld: AWAkEnIng 3d (18A) thu 7:10, 9:30 FriSun 1:50, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 mon-Wed 7:30, 10:00

north york emPire theatreS at emPreSS Walk (et) 5095 yonge St, 416-223-9550

bEAuTy And ThE bEAsT 3d (G) 4:10, 7:00, 9:20 Sat 1:10 mat Sun 2:00 mat, 4:20, 9:10 thu 4:10 7:00 9:30 Sun only 2:00 4:20 7:00 9:10 CArnAgE (14A) thu 4:20, 7:10 A dAngErous METhod (14A) thu-Fri, mon-Wed 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 Sat 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 Sun 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 ThE dEvIl InsIdE (14A) thu 9:50 ThE gIrl WITh ThE drAgon TATToo (18A) 5:00, 9:00 Sat 1:30 mat Sun 1:40 mat, 5:10 Sun only 1:40 5:10 9:00 ThE grEy (14A) Fri, mon-Wed 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Sat 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Sun 1:50, 4:40, 6:30, 9:30 hAyWIrE (14A) thu-Fri, mon-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Sat 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Sun 2:10, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Joyful noIsE (PG) thu 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 onE for ThE MonEy (PG) Fri, mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:20, 3:40, 7:10, 9:50 shAME (18A) thu 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 shErloCk holMEs: A gAME of shAdoWs (PG) thu 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 Fri, mon-Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Sat 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Sun 1:10, 3:50, 6:40 TInkEr TAIlor soldIEr sPy (14A) Fri, mon-Wed 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 Sat 12:30, 3:20, 6:20, 9:10 Sun 1:50, 4:40, 6:30, 9:30 undErWorld: AWAkEnIng 3d (18A) thu-Fri, mon-Wed 3:40, 4:50, 6:30, 7:40, 8:50, 10:20 Sat 12:40, 2:00, 3:00, 4:45, 6:30, 7:40, 8:50, 10:20 Sun 1:30, 2:30, 4:10, 5:00, 7:40, 9:20, 10:20 WWE: royAl ruMblE Sun 8:00

grande - yonge (Ce) 4861 yonge St, 416-590-9974

ThE AdvEnTurEs of TInTIn 3d (PG) thu 3:55, 7:10, 9:35 ThE ArTIsT (PG) thu 3:40, 6:50, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:20, 6:20, 9:20 mon-Wed 3:20, 6:20, 9:20 ConTrAbAnd (14A) thu, mon-Wed 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:25 Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 CorIolAnus 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:30 mat ExTrEMEly loud & InCrEdIbly ClosE (PG) thu 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:10, 10:10 mon-Wed 4:30, 7:10, 9:55 hugo 3d (PG) thu 3:45, 6:40, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 mon-Wed 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 ThE Iron lAdy (PG) 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:00 mat MAn on A lEdgE (PG) Fri-Sat 2:00, 5:00, 7:40, 10:30 Sun 2:00, 5:00, 7:40, 10:00 mon-Wed 5:00, 7:40, 10:00 ThE METroPolITAn oPErA: rodElIndA EnCorE Sat 12:30 MIssIon: IMPossIblE – ghosT ProToCol (PG) thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:25 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:10, 7:20, 10:20 Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 mon-Wed 4:10, 7:15, 10:00 rEd TAIls (PG) thu 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 Fri 4:25, 7:25, 10:15 Sat 6:50, 10:00 Sun 3:50, 6:50, 10:00 mon-Wed 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 A sEPArATIon (14A) thu 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:25, 7:15, 10:15 Sun 1:10, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 mon-Wed 4:05, 6:55, 9:45 slEEPIng bEAuTy – bolshoI bAllET lIvE Sun 1:00 TInkEr TAIlor soldIEr sPy (14A) thu 3:20, 6:20, 9:20 continued on page 66 œ

NOW

january 26 - february 1 2012

movie times œcontinued from page 65

SilveRCiTy FAiRvieW (Ce)

FAiRvieW MAll, 1800 ShePPARd Ave e, 416-644-7746 tHe AdventUres of tintin 3d (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:20, 7:10 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:20 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:05 BeAUty And tHe BeAst 3d (G) Thu 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 Fri 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 10:10 Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:10, 6:45, 9:15 ContrABAnd (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:35 Sun 1:50, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:50 tHe devil inside (14A) Thu 3:00, 5:20, 7:50, 10:05 extremely loUd & inCrediBly Close (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20 Fri-Sat 7:20, 10:15 Sun 7:05, 10:00 MonWed 6:40, 9:40 tHe girl witH tHe drAgon tAttoo (18A) Thu 3:10, 7:00, 10:20 tHe grey (14A) Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:30, 7:25, 10:10 HAywire (14A) Thu 2:40, 5:00, 7:40, 10:00 Fri 2:55, 5:15, 7:45, 10:05 Sat-Sun 12:40, 2:55, 5:15, 7:45, 10:05 Mon-Wed 2:15, 4:35, 6:55, 9:30 mAn on A ledge (PG) Fri 3:00, 5:30, 8:15, 10:45 Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:15, 10:45 Sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Mon-Tue 2:10, 4:40, 7:15, 10:00 Wed 4:40, 7:15, 10:00 mission: impossiBle – gHost protoCol (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:10, 7:25, 10:25 Sun 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:20 Mon-Wed 1:25, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 one for tHe money (PG) Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Mon-Tue 2:00, 4:15, 6:50, 9:20 Wed 4:15, 6:50, 9:20 sHerloCk Holmes: A gAme of sHAdows (PG) Thu 9:45 Underworld: AwAkening 3d (18A) Thu 2:50, 5:10, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:40 Sun 12:45, 3:10, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25 Mon-Wed 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45

SilveRCiTy yoRKdAle (Ce) 3401 duFFeRin ST, 416-787-4432

tHe AdventUres of tintin (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:10 Alvin And tHe CHipmUnks: CHipwreCked (G) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:25, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:30, 3:45, 6:40, 9:00 BeAUty And tHe BeAst 3d (G) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:10, 6:45, 9:15 ContrABAnd (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:55 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 Sun-Wed 1:50, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 tHe devil inside (14A) Thu 12:45, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:10, 10:25 Sun-Wed 2:15, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 tHe girl witH tHe drAgon tAttoo (18A) Thu 1:25, 4:50, 8:15 Fri-Sat 10:10 Sun-Wed 9:50 tHe grey (14A) Fri-Sat 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:40 Sun-Wed 1:10, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 JoyfUl noise (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:40 Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:10, 7:00 Sun 1:00, 4:10, 7:00 Mon-Wed 1:00, 3:50, 6:50 mission: impossiBle – gHost protoCol (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:50, 4:00, 7:20, 10:30 Sun 12:35, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 one for tHe money (PG) Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:10, 5:30, 8:00, 10:35 Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 red tAils (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:15 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 sHerloCk Holmes: A gAme of sHAdows (PG) Thu 6:50, 9:55 Underworld: AwAkening 3d (18A) Thu 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:00, 3:20, 5:50, 8:15, 10:45 Sun-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:45, 10:10

Scarborough 401 & MoRningSide (Ce) 785 MilneR Ave, SCARboRough, 416-281-2226

tHe AdventUres of tintin (PG) Thu 5:25 Alvin And tHe CHipmUnks: CHipwreCked (G) Thu 5:50 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:10 Mon, Wed 4:55 Tue 4:15 BeAUty And tHe BeAst 3d (G) Thu 5:40, 8:00 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:10, 5:30, 7:45, 9:55 Mon, Wed 5:30, 7:40 Tue 5:00, 7:10, 9:30 ContrABAnd (14A) Thu 5:05, 8:35 Fri-Sat 2:30, 5:10, 7:55, 10:30 Sun 2:10, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 Mon, Wed 5:10, 7:55 Tue 4:35, 7:15, 10:00 tHe devil inside (14A) Thu 7:55 extremely loUd & inCrediBly Close (PG) Thu 5:30, 8:20 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:35, 7:25, 10:15 Sun 1:30, 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 Mon, Wed 4:45, 7:35 Tue 4:25, 7:25, 10:10 tHe grey (14A) Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:35, 10:20 Mon, Wed 5:20, 8:10 Tue 4:50, 7:35, 10:20

january 26 - february 1 2012 NOW

HAywire (14A) Thu 6:15, 8:40 Fri-Sat 1:40, 3:55, 6:10, 8:25, 10:40 Sun 1:00, 3:35, 5:50, 8:05, 10:25 Mon, Wed 6:00, 8:20 Tue 3:35, 5:50, 8:05, 10:25 JoyfUl noise (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:50 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:30, 7:15, 10:05 Sun 1:20, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Mon, Wed 4:50, 7:30 Tue 4:05, 7:00, 10:05 mAn on A ledge (PG) Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:20, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 Sun 2:50, 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 Mon, Wed 5:50, 8:15 Tue 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 mission: impossiBle – gHost protoCol (PG) Thu 5:15, 8:15 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 Mon, Wed 5:00, 7:50 Tue 3:55, 6:50, 9:50 one for tHe money (PG) Fri-Sat 12:55, 3:25, 5:40, 8:05, 10:20 Sun 12:55, 3:25, 5:40, 8:00, 10:15 Mon, Wed 5:40, 8:00 Tue 3:30, 5:40, 7:55, 10:15 red tAils (PG) Thu 5:20, 8:10 Fri-Sat 7:05, 9:50 Sun 6:55, 9:40 Mon, Wed 7:20 Tue 6:40, 9:40 sHerloCk Holmes: A gAme of sHAdows (PG) Thu 4:55, 7:45 Underworld: AwAkening 3d (18A) Thu 6:00, 8:30 Fri-Sat 1:35, 3:45, 6:00, 8:20, 10:35 Sun 1:35, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:25 Mon, Wed 6:10, 8:20 Tue 3:45, 6:00, 8:10, 10:25 we BoUgHt A Zoo (PG) Thu 8:05

ColiSeuM SCARboRough (Ce) SCARboRough ToWn CenTRe, 416-290-5217

tHe AdventUres of tintin 3d (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:55, 6:45, 9:30 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 Sun-Wed 12:55, 3:30, 6:45, 9:35 ContrABAnd (14A) Thu, Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:20, 7:05, 10:05 Fri-Sat 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 A dAngeroUs metHod (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50 tHe dArkest HoUr 3d (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:00, 9:25 tHe devil inside (14A) Thu 1:25, 3:45, 7:50, 10:15 Fri-Sat 2:20, 4:55, 7:35, 10:15 Sun 12:50, 4:30, 7:10, 10:05 Mon-Wed 12:50, 4:30, 7:10, 10:15 tHe girl witH tHe drAgon tAttoo (18A) Thu 2:15, 6:30, 9:55 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:55, 7:20, 10:55 Sun-Wed 2:15, 6:20, 9:55 tHe grey (14A) Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:50, 10:35 Sun-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:10 HAywire (14A) Thu, Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:55, 7:30, 10:00 FriSat 12:50, 3:20, 5:45, 8:10, 10:40 JoyfUl noise (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:35, 9:35 Fri 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:25 Sat 7:30, 10:25 Sun 3:40, 9:45 Mon-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 6:55, 9:55 mAn on A ledge (PG) Fri-Sat 12:35, 3:00, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 Sun-Wed 12:45, 3:35, 6:50, 9:30 tHe metropolitAn operA: rodelindA enCore Sat 12:30 mission: impossiBle – gHost protoCol (PG) Thu 3:00, 6:40, 9:45 Fri-Sat 12:55, 4:10, 7:15, 10:20 Sun 3:00, 6:40, 9:50 Mon-Wed 3:10, 6:40, 9:50 red tAils (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:00, 6:55, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Sun 1:05, 4:05, 7:00 Mon-Wed 1:05, 4:05, 7:00, 10:05 sleeping BeAUty – BolsHoi BAllet live Sun 1:00 Underworld: AwAkening 3d (18A) Thu, Sun-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:50 wwe royAl rUmBle - 2012 Sun 8:00

eglinTon ToWn CenTRe (Ce) 1901 eglinTon Ave e, 416-752-4494

tHe AdventUres of tintin 3d (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:25 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:15 Alvin And tHe CHipmUnks: CHipwreCked (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:40, 6:55 Fri-Sun 12:35, 2:55, 5:15, 7:30 BACk to tHe seA Fri-Sat 2:40, 5:15, 7:50 Sun 2:00, 4:35, 7:10 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:10 BeAUty And tHe BeAst 3d (G) Thu 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 FriSun 1:45, 4:20, 6:45, 9:10 Mon-Wed 4:20, 6:45, 9:10 ContrABAnd (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:35, 7:25, 10:20 Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 A dAngeroUs metHod (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:15, 10:00 Fri-Sat 10:25 Sun 9:45 Mon-Wed 9:35 tHe devil inside (14A) Thu 5:05, 7:30, 9:45 extremely loUd & inCrediBly Close (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:05, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:05, 10:15 tHe girl witH tHe drAgon tAttoo (18A) Thu, MonWed 5:00, 8:30 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:55, 7:20, 10:45 Sun 1:30, 5:00, 8:30 tHe grey (14A) Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:45, 10:40 Sun 1:10, 4:05, 7:00, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:05, 7:00, 10:05 HAywire (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:35 Sun 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 9:55 Mon-Wed 5:05, 7:35, 9:55 tHe iron lAdy (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:35, 4:15, 6:55, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:55, 9:40 JoyfUl noise (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 Fri-Sun 10:05 Mon-Wed 9:20 mAn on A ledge (PG) Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:45 Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:25, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:25, 10:10 mission: impossiBle – gHost protoCol (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:40, 9:45 Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:20, 7:30, 10:40 Sun 12:35, 3:45, 6:50, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:40, 6:50, 10:00 one for tHe money (PG) Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:55, 10:35 Sun 1:10, 4:15, 7:20, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:20, 9:45 red tAils (PG) Thu 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:30 Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 sHerloCk Holmes: A gAme of sHAdows (PG) Thu 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 Fri-Sat 12:50, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sun 12:50, 4:00, 9:55 Mon-Wed 3:30, 9:40

Underworld: AwAkening 3d (18A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-Sat 2:15, 4:50, 7:50, 10:30 Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 wAr Horse (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:45, 10:05 we BoUgHt A Zoo (PG) Thu 9:15 wwe royAl rUmBle - 2012 Sun 8:00

Kennedy CoMMonS 20 (AMC) Kennedy Rd & 401, 416-335-5323

AgneepAtH 2:15, 6:00, 9:45 Fri-Sun 10:30 mat All’s well, ends well 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:15 Fri-Sun 11:00 mat Alvin And tHe CHipmUnks: CHipwreCked (G) Thu 1:45, 4:10 tHe Artist (PG) 1:40, 4:05, 6:35, 9:05 Fri-Sun 11:05 mat BACk to tHe seA 3d 2:00 Fri-Sun 11:45 mat BeAUty And tHe BeAst 3d (G) 1:45, 3:55, 6:00, 8:15 FriSun 11:30 mat CArnAge (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:05 CoriolAnUs 2:00, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25 Fri-Sun 11:15 mat A dAngeroUs metHod (14A) 1:35, 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Sun 10:50 mat tHe desCendAnts (14A) 2:15, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:20 mat don 2 (14A) Thu 2:25, 6:30, 10:00 extremely loUd & inCrediBly Close (PG) 1:30, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Fri-Sun 10:40 mat HUgo 3d (PG) Fri-Wed 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 tHe iron lAdy (PG) Thu 1:45, 2:45, 4:15, 5:15, 6:45, 7:45, 9:15, 10:15 Fri-Sun 11:10, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 mArgin CAll Thu 6:40, 9:20 tHe mUppets (G) Thu 1:35, 4:10 my week witH mArilyn (14A) 3:40, 6:20, 8:45 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:15 mat nAnBAn (PG) Thu 4:30, 8:30 Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:00, 4:30, 6:00, 8:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 6:00, 8:30, 10:00 new yeAr’s eve (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 one for tHe money (PG) 2:30, 4:05, 4:50, 6:25, 7:10, 9:00, 9:30 Fri-Sun 10:45, 12:15, 1:25 mat pinA 3d (G) 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 Fri-Sun 10:40, 1:20 mat plAyers (PG) Thu 6:25, 10:05 sHAme (18A) Thu 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 sHerloCk Holmes: A gAme of sHAdows (PG) 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:25 mat tinker tAilor soldier spy (14A) 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:35 mat tHe twiligHt sAgA: BreAking dAwn pArt 1 (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:15 tHe virAl fACtor 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:20 Fri-Sun 11:00 mat wAr Horse (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:50, 8:00 Fri-Sun 10:35, 1:40, 4:45, 8:00 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:45, 8:00

WoodSide CineMAS (i) 1571 SAndhuRST CiRCle, 416-299-3456

AgneepAtH Fri 2:30, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 9:30 Sat 12:30, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 7:30, 9:30, 11:00 Sun 12:30, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 7:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:00 don 2 (14A) Thu 6:30 nAnBAn (PG) Thu 6:30, 10:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 7:30 Sat 3:30, 10:00 Sun 1:00, 8:00 plAyers (PG) Thu 9:30

GTA Regions Mississauga

ColiSeuM MiSSiSSAugA (Ce) SquARe one, 309 RAThbuRn Rd W, 905-275-3456

Alvin And tHe CHipmUnks: CHipwreCked (G) Thu 2:20, 4:40, 6:40, 8:50 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:10, 6:30, 8:45 BeAUty And tHe BeAst 3d (G) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:20 Fri-Wed 2:10, 4:40, 6:50, 9:00 tHe devil inside (14A) Thu-Sat 2:50, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 SunWed 2:50, 5:10, 7:40, 9:45 tHe girl witH tHe drAgon tAttoo (18A) Thu 3:00 6:20 9:45 Fri-Wed 2:50, 6:20, 9:40 tHe grey (14A) Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 HAywire (14A) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 Fri 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Sat 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Sun-Tue 1:50, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 Wed 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 JoyfUl noise (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:45, 6:30, 9:00 tHe metropolitAn operA: rodelindA enCore Sat 12:30 mission: impossiBle – gHost protoCol (PG) Thu 2:10, 5:30, 8:30 Fri-Sat 2:10, 5:20, 8:30 Sun-Wed 2:20, 5:20, 8:30 mission: impossiBle – gHost protoCol: tHe imAx experienCe (PG) Thu, Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 one for tHe money (PG) Fri-Sat 1:10, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20 Sun 1:10, 5:00, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Tue 1:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:50 Wed 5:00, 7:30, 9:50

sHerloCk Holmes: A gAme of sHAdows (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:20, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Sat 12:40, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 sleeping BeAUty – BolsHoi BAllet live Sun 1:00 tHe twiligHt sAgA: BreAking dAwn pArt 1 (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 Underworld: AwAkening 3d (18A) Thu 2:30, 3:20, 4:50, 5:55, 7:30, 8:40, 10:00 Fri 2:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:10, 7:20, 9:20, 9:40 Sat 2:40, 4:50, 7:10, 7:20, 9:20, 9:40 Sun 2:40, 3:40, 4:50, 5:50, 7:10, 9:20 Mon-Wed 2:40, 3:40, 4:50, 5:50, 7:10, 8:10, 9:20 wwe royAl rUmBle - 2012 Sun 8:00

CouRTney PARK 16 (AMC)

110 CouRTney PARK e AT huRonTARio, 888-262-4386 tHe AdventUres of tintin 3d (PG) 4:35, 7:20, 9:55 FriSun 11:20, 1:50 mat BeAUty And tHe BeAst 3d (G) 3:15, 5:25, 7:40, 9:40 FriSun 10:40, 1:05 mat ContrABAnd (14A) Thu 2:45, 5:15, 8:05, 10:45 Fri-Sat 11:45, 2:45, 5:15, 8:05, 10:45 Sun 11:45, 2:45, 5:15, 8:05, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:45, 5:15, 8:05, 10:30 tHe desCendAnts (14A) 2:10, 4:50, 7:25, 10:20 Fri-Sun 11:35 mat tHe devil inside (14A) Thu 3:20, 5:35, 8:15, 10:35 extremely loUd & inCrediBly Close (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:40, 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:25 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:30, 10:25 tHe girl witH tHe drAgon tAttoo (18A) Thu 2:15, 5:40, 9:20 Fri-Sun 1:35, 7:25 Mon-Wed 7:25 tHe grey (14A) Fri-Sat 11:30, 2:15, 5:15, 8:15, 11:00 Sun 11:30, 2:15, 5:15, 8:15, 10:50 Mon-Wed 2:15, 5:15, 8:15, 10:50 HAywire (14A) Thu 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:30, 12:45, 3:00, 5:45, 8:00, 10:35 Mon-Wed 3:00, 5:45, 8:00, 10:35 tHe iron lAdy (PG) 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Sun 10:55, 1:25 mat JoyfUl noise (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 mAn on A ledge (PG) 3:00, 5:30, 8:15, 10:45 Fri-Sun 10:30, 12:45 mat mission: impossiBle – gHost protoCol (PG) Thu 2:00, 5:00, 8:10, 11:00 Fri-Sat 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:35 Sun-Wed 4:45, 7:45, 10:35 one for tHe money (PG) 3:15, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:00 mat red tAils (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:40, 10:40 Fri-Sun 10:35, 1:20, 4:20, 7:30, 10:40 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:30, 10:40 sHerloCk Holmes: A gAme of sHAdows (PG) Thu 2:05, 5:05, 7:55, 10:40 Fri-Sun 10:50, 4:40, 10:40 Mon-Wed 4:40, 10:40 Underworld: AwAkening (18A) Thu 3:30, 5:45, 8:30, 11:00 Fri-Sun 11:45, 2:15, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Mon-Wed 2:15, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Underworld: AwAkening – An imAx 3d experienCe (18A) Thu 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 Fri-Sat 11:15, 1:30, 3:30, 5:45, 8:30, 11:00 Sun 11:15, 1:30, 3:30, 5:45, 8:30, 10:45 Mon-Wed 3:30, 5:45, 8:30, 10:45 Underworld: AwAkening 3d (18A) Thu 3:00, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:45, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:10, 5:20, 7:45, 10:15

SilveRCiTy MiSSiSSAugA (Ce) hWy 5, eAST oF hWy 403, 905-569-3373

tHe AdventUres of tintin 3d (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:25, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 Alvin And tHe CHipmUnks: CHipwreCked (G) Thu 4:10, 6:35, 9:05 Fri-Sun 1:05, 3:25, 6:20, 9:15 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:20, 9:05 tHe Artist (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 ContrABAnd (14A) Thu 4:35, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 tHe desCendAnts (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:45, 9:35 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:55, 6:55, 9:50 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:55, 9:45 extremely loUd & inCrediBly Close (PG) Thu 3:30, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:35, 9:25 HUgo 3d (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:05, 7:00, 9:50 tHe iron lAdy (PG) Thu 4:25, 6:55, 9:25 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:20, 6:45, 9:25 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 JoyfUl noise (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:35, 9:35 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 one for tHe money (PG) Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:25, 7:25, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 tinker tAilor soldier spy (14A) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:55, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:50, 9:55

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

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Festivals the 8 Fest

trash Palace, 89-b Niagara. the8Fest.com

FRI 27-SUN 29 – Film festival devoted to all

forms of small-gauge film, including Super 8, 8mm, 9.5 and loops, shown in their original formats. $5, festival pass $25. FRI 27 – Depuis que je me souviens/Since I Can Remember: films of Milena Gierke (filmmaker in attendance). 7 pm. ZINGER: Volume III: films by John Porter, Edie Steiner and others. 9 pm. Bagerooooo, five! Part 1, films by Zoë HeynJones, Aubrey Reeves and others. 11 pm. SAT 28 – Introduction To 8mm Filmmaking workshop ($25, pre-registration required). 2 pm. Artist talk by Milena Gierke (at GoetheInstitut, 100 University). 4 pm. FIRST FILMS: films by Brett Bell, Keith Cole, Pixie Cram and others. 7 pm. Notes From Nowhere: Super Winnipeg Super 8, films by Robert Pasternak, Mike Maryniuk and others. 9 pm. Adventures In Animationland: films by Tara Nelson, Chloe Reyes and others. 11 pm. SUN 29 – Bush Films: home movies of hunting, fishing and working in the great Canadian bush. 7 pm. Bagerooooo, five! Part 2, films by Dagie Brundert, Hayley Elliot, Martin Reis and others. 9 pm.

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

THU 26-WED 1 – Closed for renovations.

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

SAT 28 – Bad Day At Black Rock (1955) D: John Sturges. 3 pm. Free.

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reitmaN sQuare, 350 kiNg W. 416-599-tiFF (8433). tiFF.Net

THU 26 – The Tree Of Life (2011) D: Ter-

ñrence Malick. 6 pm. Hope (1970) D: Yilmaz Güney. 6:30 pm. Goethe-Institut pre-

sents: Distant Lights (2003) D: Hans-Christian Schmid, and Nothing But Ghosts (2007) D: Martin Gypkens. 6:30 pm. Soviet Sci-Fi: Moscow Cassiopeia (1973) and Adolescents In The Universe (1974) D: Richard Viktorov. 9 pm. FRI 27 – The Herd (1978-79) D: Zeki Okten. 6:30 pm. Soviet Sci-Fi: Ferat Vampire (1982) D: Juraj Herz. 9:30 pm. SAT 28 – Stuart Little (1999) D: Rob Minkoff. 10:30 am. Yol (1972) D: Serif Gören. 6:30 pm. Valley Girl (1989) D: Marthe Coolidge. 10 pm. SUN 29 – Soviet Sci-Fi: Solaris (1972) D: Andrei Tarkovsky. 2:30 pm. The Poor Ones (1974) D: Yilmaz Güney and Atif Yilmaz. 6:30 pm. Soviet Sci-Fi: Stalker (1979) D: Andrei Tarkovsky. 8:30 pm. TUE 31 – Soviet Sci-Fi: The Great Space Voyage (1974) D: Valentin Selivanov. 8:15 pm. WED 1 – Science On Film Series: Best In Show (2000) D: Christopher Guest. Film followed by discussion with animal behaviourist Pamela J Reid. 7 pm.

repertory schedules

Nicolas Cage gets hairy in Raising Arizona.

Nicolas Cage: the human cartoon BANGKOK DANGEROUS: THE CINEMA OF NICOLAS CAGE Satur-

days (from January 28 to April 7) at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. 10 pm. tiff.net. See listings, this page. Rating: NNNNN

I was going to start this piece by wondering when it was that Nicolas Cage became a cult icon, but of course he’s always been one, hasn’t he? Even in ostensibly straight roles like Peggy Sue Got Married, Moonstruck and Honeymoon In Vegas, Cage is one outburst away from becoming a human cartoon. He stamps his feet, he sings his dialogue, he lets his hair do whatever the hell it wants. The guy swings for the fences even when

Fox theatre

2236 QueeN e. 416-691-7330. Foxtheatre.ca

THU 26 – Moneyball (2011) D: Bennett Miller. 7 pm. The Help (2011) D: Tate Taylor. 9:30 pm. FRI 27 – Hugo 3D (2011) D: Martin Scorsese. 2 & 7 pm. My Week With Marilyn (2011) D: Simon Curtis. 4:30 & 9:30 pm. SAT 28 – NFP Shorts 2: Drawers On The Floor (2011) D: Nathaniel Fox-Pappas. Noon. Hugo 3D. 2 & 7 pm. My Week With Marilyn. 4:30 & 9:30 pm. SUN 29 – Hugo 3D. 2 & 6:45 pm. My Week With Marilyn. 4:30 & 9:15 pm. MON 30-TUE 31 – Hugo 3D. 6:45 pm. My Week With Marilyn. 9:15 pm. WED 1 – See website for details.

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THU 26-WED 1 – Continuous screenings Mon-

day to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Free. THU 26 – Glenn Gould On Television (1964/ 1966). SUN 29-WED 1 – Arctic Air: Episode One – Out Of A Clear Blue Sky.

NatioNal Film board 150 JohN. 416-973-3012. NFb.ca/mediatheQue

THU 26-WED 1 – More than 5,000 NFB films

available at digital viewing stations. Tue-Wed noon-7 pm, Thu-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Free. THU 26 – Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories, screening and panel discussion. 7 pm. Free.

b WED 1 – Free Favourites At Four: Journey

To Justice (2000) D: Roger McTair, and short film Joe. 4 pm. Free. Green Screens: Urban Roots (2010) D: Mark MacInnis. Discussion to follow. 7 pm. $5.

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THU 26-TUE 31 – Closed. WED 1 – Mysteries Of Egypt & Ring Of Fire. 10 am.

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THU 26-FRI 27 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11

am & 2 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. Tornado Alley. 1 pm. SAT 28 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am, 1, 3 & 8 pm. Tornado Alley. Noon, 4 & 7 pm. Under The Sea. 2 pm. SUN 29 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am, 1 &

he’s supposed to be standing still. And when he’s playing the purest of tragic heroes in a movie like Leaving Las Vegas, Cage holds nothing back. His delivery of an offhand “I’m sorry” contains a world of anguish; it crushes me every time. None of these films is screening in TIFF’s late-night Cage series Bangkok Dangerous: The Cinema Of Nicolas Cage. (Nor is Bangkok Dangerous, as it turns out.) The movies selected for Saturday-night screenings at TIFF Bell Lightbox feature Cage’s most crowd-pleasing characterizations, in some of the most absurdly entertaining films he’s made. The series kicks off this weekend with Martha Coolidge’s surprisingly substantive Valley Girl, which gave Cage his first romantic leading role,

and wraps April 7 with Robert Bierman’s Vampire’s Kiss, which gave him his first insane-person leading role. In between, we get everything from outsized action extravaganzas like The Rock (February 4), Con Air (February 18) and Face/Off (March 3) to more artistically minded ventures like Wild At Heart (February 11), Raising Arizona (February 25), Adaptation (March 24) and The Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans (March 31). And, yes, the Lightbox is screening Cage’s finest hour, Neil LaBute’s gonzo remake of The Wicker Man (March 10). You have to give the people what they want.

3 pm. Tornado Alley. Noon & 4 pm. Under The Sea. 2 pm. MON 30-WED 1 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am & 2 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. Tornado Alley. 1 pm.

D: Emilio Estevez. 9 pm. FRI 27– The Room (2003) D: Tommy Wiseau. 11:30 pm. SAT 28 -WED 1– Check website for schedule.

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THU 26-WED 1 – See website for details.

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THU 26 – Charlie Chaplin At Keystone, Part 2

(1914). 2 pm. The History Of Animation: Bob Clampett. 5 pm. Classic 3-D: Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box (1999) D: Brett Leonard. 7 pm. Classic 3-D: The Mad Magician (1954) D: John Brahm. 8 pm. SAT 28 – Metropolis (1926) D: Fritz Lang. 7 pm. SUN 29 – Steppenwolf (1974) D: Fred Haines. 1 pm. Siddhartha (1972) D: Conrad Rooks. 3 pm. Jane Jacobs: Urban Wisdom (2003). 5 pm. Best Of Bugs Bunny & Friends Part 4. 7 pm. The Devils (1971) D: Ken Russell. 9 pm. MON 30 – The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse (1921) D: Rex Ingram. 2 pm. The Marx Brothers: Horse Feathers (1932) D: Norman Z McLeod. 5 pm. Die Nibelungen (1924) D: Fritz Lang. 7 pm. TUE 31 – Purple Noon (1960) D: René Clément. 2 pm. Sullivan’s Travels (1941) D: Preston Sturges. 5 pm. It (1927) D: Clarence D Badger. 7 pm. The Magician (1926) D: Rex Ingram. 9 pm.

NORMAN WILNER ton. 416-572-4372, raindancecanada.com. SAT 28 – St John’s York Mills Church presents Safety Last (1923) D: Fred C Newmeyer and Sam Taylor. Silent film w/ live organ accompaniment by William O’Meara. 7:30 pm. Free. 19 Don Ridge. 416-225-6611, sjym.com.

SAT 28-SUN 29 – The Loop Collective presents 15 Years Of The Loop Collective, two days of retrospective screenings and a book and DVD launch. Screenings of works by Ilana Gutman, Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof, Colin Clark, Ajla Odobasic, Tyler Tekatch and others. 3 & 5 pm. Free. Art Gallery of Ontario, Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas W. loopcollective.com.

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THU 26 – The Birds (1963) D: Alfred Hitchcock. 7 pm. Birdemic: Shock And ñ Terror (2010) D: James Nguyen. 9:30 pm. FRI 27– Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) D:

Darren Lynn Bousman. 9 pm. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) D: Jim Sharman. 11:55 pm. SAT 28 -WED 1 – Check website for schedule.

MON 30 – Reflections In The Hall Of Mirrors: American Movies And The Polñ itics Of Idealism lecture series by film critic

Kevin Courrier presents The Nixon Era, including clips from Easy Rider (1969) D: Dennis Hopper, Dirty Harry (1971) D: Don Siegel, Midnight Cowboy (1969) D: John Schlesinger and other films. 7 pm. $12, stu $6 (nine lectures $100). Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. mnjcc.org.

other Films THU 26-WED 1 –

The CN Tower presents The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D. Continuous screenings daily 10 am to 8 pm. 301 Front W. 416868-6937, cntower.ca.

THU 26-WED 1 – Casa Loma presents The

Pellatt Newsreel (2006) D: Barbra Cooper, a film and permanent exhibit on the history of Casa Loma and Henry Pellatt. Daily screenings 10 am to 4:30 pm. Included w/ admission. 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, casaloma.org. THU 26 – Raindance presents Indie Nite: I Am A Good Person/I Am A Bad Person (2011) D: Ingrid Veninger. Q&A w/ filmmaker to follow. 7 pm. $13. Carlton Cinema, 20 Carl-

The Centre for Women and Trans People presents Shinjuku Boys (1995) D: Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams. 6:30 pm. Free. 563 Spadina. womenscentre.sa.utoronto.ca.

WED 1 – The Conscious Activism Doc Series

presents Pray The Devil Back To Hell (2008) D: Gini Reticker, a documentary about Liberian women who came together to end a civil war. 6:30 pm. Free. Hart House Library, 7 Hart House Circle. harthouse.ca/docfest. 3

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THU 26 – Epicure’s Revue: Babette’s Feast (1987) D: Gabriel Axel. 6:30 pm. ñ Midnight In Paris (2011) D: Woody Allen.

9:30 pm. FRI 27 – The Muppets (2011) D: James Bobin. 1 & 7 pm. Shorts For Your Shorts: Lost In The Woods (2006) and The Riddle In A Bottle (2008) D: Laura Sams and Robert Sams, plus other short films. 3:30 pm. $7-$10 (benefit for My School Cooperative Nursery School). myschoolcooperative.org. Young Adult (2011) D: Jason Reitman. 9:15 pm. SAT 28-SUN 29 – The Muppets. 2 & 7 pm. Young Adult. 4:15 & 9:15 pm. MON 30-TUE 31 – Young Adult. 7 pm. The Tree Of Life (2011) D: Terrence Malick. 9 pm. WED 1 – See website for details.

the roYal 608 college. 416-534-5252. theroYal.to

THU 26 – Dr. Strangelove (1964) D: The Way (2011) ñ Stanley Kubrick. 7 pm.

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Clean up his act

Like, a virgin

Have boyfriend. Several montHS.

i’m a 23-year-old gay guy. i’ve been

Love sex. First time we sixty-nine, I notice he has a little turtlehead sticking out. You get me? Second time, he has bits of toilet paper stuck in that area. CAN I ADDRESS THIS? And how do I do it without giving him a permanently flaccid penis? I love this man to pieces and know this is a humiliating topic. Please help! Mired In The Mud Got you. Wish didn’t. But did. If you don’t have the nerve to speak up when someone is grinding shitbuds and dingleberries in the vicinity of your nostrils, MITM, I’m not sure there’s anything I can say that’s gonna help. But for what it’s worth… YES, YOU ADDRESS IT! IMMEDIATELY! When someone pushes your face into a dirty asscrack – or allows you to place your face in the general vicinity of a dirty asscrack – you say something along the lines of “What the fuck, dude, go take a dump and jump in the shower! Christ!” His ego, to say nothing of his future erections, should be your least concern at a moment like that. So you say it without hesitation, without concern for his feelings, and you say it as you leap out of bed and reach for your shirt, pants, car keys and phone. You don’t just lie there pretending that his buttrasta isn’t dangling over your nose. Even if he’s never able to get another erection with you, MITM, he’ll know to spot-check for cleanliness – are there no washcloths in Gilead? – before he crawls on top of anyone else.

t alking to a nice guy who will possibly become my first boyfriend. The little quibble I’m having is… I’m a virgin. It’s not that big a deal to me – it just hasn’t happened yet – but I was wondering if I should mention it to this guy. He made an aside about virginity (unprompted by me) during one of our chats: “No, I’m not a virgin, that’s nothing that you should worry about with me.” That was probably my opportunity to tell him, but I didn’t. Should I have told him? What if I tell him during sex? Could that make it hot? Thank you for what you do. I found the courage to come out because of you. Ready And Willing If you found the courage to come out to family and friends about being gay – which you found inside yourself, RAW, but thanks for the nice compliment – you can come out to this boy about being a virgin. Don’t tell him during sex, RAW, and don’t tell him in a way that makes this relevant information about your sexual history – you don’t have one – seem like a character flaw, a cancer diagnosis or a request for an open marriage six years after you began an adulterous affair with a congressional staffer. You’re just a 23-yearold virgin, RAW – there’s nothing wrong with you; it’s not like you’re one of Elizabeth Santorum’s idiotic gay friends or a cast member of The A-List: Dallas. The next time you see this boy, initiate a casual, low-stakes, getting-to-know-you makeout session at a time when you can’t transition to full-on, no-holes-barred gay sex. Relax, kiss the boy, be chill. Then pause and inform him that you’re not very sexually experienced – in fact, you’ve never been with anyone. Reassure him that you’re not a duckling – you’re not going to imprint on the first dick you see – but that you wanted him to know.

Oh, brother How are you SuppoSed to react to

t he discovery – entirely accidental – that your youngest brother has a “femdom” relationship with his wife? I stumbled over my brother’s “anonymous” sex blog. It goes into detail about the “domestic

discipline” she subjects him to: humiliation, spanking, “ruined orgasms” (whatever that is!), cuckolding. There are no names, but there are pictures. Their faces are blurred out, but I recognize their living room, their bedroom, the necklace my sister-in-law wears, my brother’s chin and hair. If I recognized them, other family members might. What do I say? Biggest Big Bro Besides “Hey, bro, I’m kinky, too!”? (You “stumbled over” your brother’s kinky sex blog? How’d that happen? Did he leave it sitting in your driveway?) If you can’t bring yourself to say that, BBB, you say nothing and trust that more distant, less kinky family members are unlikely to “stumble over” your brother’s anonymous femdom blog any time soon. And even if they do, they’re probably not familiar enough with your brother and sister-in-law’s home, jewellery, chins, etc, to recognize him.

Monagamish dish congratS, dan. it lookS like you’ve

ot your first high-profile “monogamish” g public figure: Newt Gingrich. You must be so proud. Savage Can’t Understand Monogamy For anyone who spent last week under a rock: Newt Gingrich, brave defender of traditional marriage, was still married to his second wife – and still fucking the consecrated host out of his “devout Catholic” mistress – when he asked his second wife to agree to an open marriage. Newt had been fucking Callista, his devoutly Catholic mistress, for six years when he made the big ask. Newt’s second wife wouldn’t agree to an open marriage, according to Newt’s second wife, which is how she became Newt’s second ex-wife, and Newt’s mistress – the devoutly Catholic Callista – became Newt’s third wife. That’s not monogamish, SCUM. That’s CPOSish. And lumping honest non-monogamists – people who don’t lie or cheat – in with the likes of the Gingriches and Schwarzeneggers of the world, which whiny and insecure monogamists (who are not to be confused with reasonable and secure monogamists) are always doing, is simply unfair. Newt, like Arnold before him, didn’t succeed at non-monog-

amy, he failed at monogamy. Zooming out for a moment: The Gingrich campaign has presented the holesome story of Newt and Callista’s courtship as a redemption narrative: Newt is a better man today thanks to Callista, he’s better suited to be president thanks to Callista, and he’s better prepared to defend traditional marriage thanks to Callista. She’s been described as a “devout Catholic” in every profile written about her – so devout that her love brought Newt to the one, holy, Catholic, apostolic and evermore-rabidly anti-gay Church. So it seems to me that it’s fair to ask if Callista knew in advance that Newt was proposing an open marriage to his then-wife and approved of the arrangement. (It might be more accurate to say that Newt informed his second wife that she was already in an open marriage and asked if she wanted to remain in it.) Did Callista know about Newt’s open marriage proposal? Did Newt bounce the idea off his devoutly Catholic mistress first? Maybe right after he finished bouncing himself off his devoutly Catholic mistress? Would the devout Catholic still be Newt’s mistress today if the second Mrs. Gingrich had agreed to remain in the marriage that Newt had already opened? This news alters the redemption narrative that the Gingrich camp set before the voters. So questioning Callista about the open marriage proposal – what did the mistress know and when did she know it? – seems like an entirely legit line of inquiry to me. Callista Gingrich, like her vile husband, doesn’t believe that gays and lesbians should be equal under the law, because, as a good Catholic, she believes that homosexuality is a sin and that homosexuals should remain celibate. Well, the Catholic Church considers adultery, divorce and birth control sinful, too. Someone in the liberal media really ought to ask Callista to explain why her faith should place limits on my sexual expression but not her own. F ind the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger. com/savage. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

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