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Thursday, February 9

Benefits

The rag Bag caBareT (vocational training

for women in Kenya) Evening of comedy, burlesque, rap, dance, music and circus arts with Sandra Shamas, Bob Wiseman, Les Coquettes and others. 8 pm. $20. Drake Underground, 1150 Queen W. crowningmonkey@ yahoo.ca.

Events

coMMUniTY acTiviST Panel on Bill c-323

Mining Injustice Solidarity Network panel discussion on the international human rights bill. 7 pm. Free. Centre for Social Justice, 489 College. christine.mettler@hotmail.com.

listings index

Live music Theatre Dance

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festivals • expos • sports etc.

STePhen BUrkS: Man Made ToronTo Discus-

Festivals

sion exploring culture, hybridity and personal identity in design. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. TreehoUSe TalkS Short talks on various topics by Jody Culham, John Godfrey and Karl Schroeder. 6:30 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. treehousetalks.com.

this week

Social Media Week Digital culture festi-

val with activities and talks on emerging trends in social and mobile media with events city-wide. Most events free. socialmediaweek.org/toronto. Feb 13 to 17 U of T draMa feSTival Weekend of competitive theatre written, directed, produced and performed by students. $12, stu/srs $10. Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-8849, harthousetheatre.ca. Feb 15 to 18 WhaT are YoU doing Back There?! Winter arts festival with playwrights, musicians, comics, dancers, poets and others including Socratic Theatre Collective. $5$10 sliding scale. Dominion on Queen, 500 Queen E. facebook.com/events/ 245691598839371. Feb 9 to 18

continuing

rMoSaic STorYTelling feSTival Performances for all ages take place every second Sun (call for schedule). Pwyc. St David’s Anglican Church, 49 Donlands. 416-4663142, stdavidstoronto.ca/mosaic/mosaic. html. To Mar 18

The JUST BeaUTifUl eco-BeaUTY MarkeT

Sample and shop for green skin care and cosmetics, and get tips from experts. 11 am-7 pm. Free. Environmental Defence, 116 Spadina. justbeautiful.ca/events. elecTric SnoW (George Brown College SchollUiS caMniTzer The artist/writer presents arship Fund/SickKids) Performances by the an overview of his work of the last 60 years. Salads and others, blacklight painting, neon Doors 7 pm. Free. Hart House Music Rm, 7 glowsticks, a silent auction and more. 7 pm. Hart House Circle. lacap.ca. $25, George Brown stu $15. Tattoo Rock ParnikoS PaPaSTergiadiS The cultural studies lour, 567 Queen W. 647-231-5298. professor speaks about how public screens valenTine’S dinner and dance gala (Heart transform public space. 7:30 PM. $10, stu/ to Heart Fdn) Live entertainment, a DJ, silent srs $7. Prefix, 401 Richmond W. prefix.ca. auction and more. 6:30 pm. $100. Presidente revolUTion in venezUela? Lecture on the Banquet Hall, 1133 Creditstone (Concord). contradictions of the Chávez government by heart.2.heartfoundation@hotmail.com. professor Thomas Ponniah. 2:30 pm. Free. York U, 280N York Lanes, 4700 Keele. yorku. ca/cerlac/events. Be Mein valenTine! Burlesque with Skin Tight Outta Sight, Stocking Stripping Lederlads and SexY horMoneS Valentine’s Day seminar. 7 others. 9:30 pm. $30, adv $25. Gladstone, pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. 416-4661214 Queen W. bemeinvalentine2012. 2129. eventbrite.com. UrBan SPin Small Plot INtensive farmer BrUce Mcdonald Conversation with the film Curtis Stone lectures on how he effectively director. 7 pm. Free. Drake Underground, manages and profits from SPIN farming. 7 Queen W. thedrakehotel.ca. pm. $25.067 Centre forMag SocialAds Innovation, 215 KRO Now FNL_Layout 1 1150 03/02/12 10:15 AM Page 1 Spadina. greencityacres.com. caMilo BalleSTeroS The political strategist

Friday, February 10

Benefits

Events

BThe UndergroUnd railroad WiTh laUrel TaYlor-adaMS Storytelling. 10 am. Free. Sanderson Library, 327 Bathurst. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

Saturday, February 11

Benefits

have a hearT gala (Wyatt’s Warriors Con-

JoelGrothesitsonthejudgespanel attheUofTDramaFestival.

rhUBarB feSTival New works theatre

festival featuring plays by Maggie Hutcheson and Elinore Whidden, Damien Atkins, Claude Whittman and many others. $20 (Wed-Sun evenings), afternoons pwyc. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. To Feb 19 WinTerlicioUS Culinary festival with participating restaurants offering a special prix-fixe menu. toronto.ca. Jan 27 to Feb 9 and Chilean student movement leader talks about the Chilean student movement and social change. 1 pm. Free. York U Nat Taylor Cinema, 4700 Keele. yorku.ca/cerlac/events. farM PaY Per vieW Animal activists offer people $1 to watch a short video on the inhumane treatment of farm animals. 1-4 pm. Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St George. farmusa. org/ppv.

froM Media lieS To hoT War: U.S.-iSraeli ThreaTS againST iran and The geoPoliTicS of World War 3 Reel Activism screening and discussion with professor Michael Keefer. 7 pm. Pwyc. Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor W. 416-966-2815.

BJUSTice on Trial: The caSe of MUMia aBUJaMal Film and panel discussion with com-

munity worker Nathan Okanta. 7 pm. Free. Bahen Centre, rm 1170, 40 St George. network4panafrikansolidarity@gmail.com.

BralPh BankS: iS Marriage for WhiTe PeoPle? Forum on relationships with the Afri-

can-American author. 6:30 pm. $15. North York Memorial Community Hall, 5110 Yonge. blackmarriage2012.eventbrite.ca.

genital Heart Defects Fdn of Canada) Cocktails, silent and live auctions, dinner, dancing and more. 5 pm. $60-$110. Grand Baccus, 2155 McNicoll. wyattswarriors.ca. hearTS in arTS (Art City youth charity) Youth artist showcase with culinary artist Kyle Kough, performer KidCity and others. 6:30 pm. $25, adv $20. ING Direct Café, 221 Yonge. sara@heartsinarts.com. no More Silence (No More Silence) Party to support a UN investigation of Canada’s missing aboriginal women, with performances by Wabs Whitebird, Faith Nolan and others. 8 pm. $10 sugg. Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor W. nomoresilence@riseup.net. rhYThM of love (Jane Finch Boys Club) Music by Carma and Alley Beat Grind, a silent auction and door prizes. 7 pm. $25, stu $5. Channel Pub & Grill, 2 Villiers. 905-541-5542. WhaT MakeS a Man (White Ribbon Campaign) Conference on how gender roles affect everyday scenarios for men and women. 11 am-7:30 pm. $10 or pwyc. George Vari Engineering and Computng Centre, 245 Church. whatmakesman2012.wordpress.com.

Events

Bad haBiTS: The reTUrn of The SiSTerS of PerPeTUal indUlgence Film screening and

info session on the order of queer nuns. 6 pm. Free. Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, 34 Isabella. torontosisters@gmail.com. BeirUT 2011 United Jewish People’s Order report-back from the Summer University of Palestine with prof Abigail Bakan. 2 pm. Free. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. 647-726-9500. BrThe Black vicTorianS Learn about the early black community in Toronto and print a souvenir copy of Shadd Cary’s newspaper, The Provincial Freeman. Today and tomorrow. Noon-5 pm. Free w/ admission, Sun pwyc. Mackenzie House, 82 Bond. 416-392-6915.

caBBageToWn STarving children’S naTUre Walk To riverdale farM (zoo, 1933) Urban

ecology walk. 2 pm. Free. Parliament and Winchester. 416-593-2656. rchildren’S STorY JaM Workshop for kids four to six with poet Dennis Lee and novelist Vikki VanSickle. 2:30 pm. $5/child, adults free. Academy of the Impossible, 231 Wallace. Preregister smallprinttoronto.org. chineSe neW Year carnival 2012 The history of ancient China is told through dance, acrobatics and music. 8 pm. $30-$100. Sony Centre, 1 Front E. sonycentre.ca.

decolonizing oUr MindS 2012: a PeoPle’S inSTincTive Travel ThroUgh reSiSTance

Conference on art as a healing practice with panels, performances, films, a talk by Lee Maracle and more. 11 am-6:15 pm. Free. William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks. facebook. com/events/344352788916095. 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. eroTic arTS & crafTS fair Subversive, sassy and sexy creations by local artists. Noon-8 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

BiT STarTed WiTh The MaroonS: cariBBean rooTS in canada Reading and inter-

active storytelling with Althea Prince. 3 pm. Free. Pape/Danforth Library, 701 Pape. torontopubliclibrary.ca. BPlaY oWare Teens play one of the oldest games from Africa and the West Indies. 2 pm. Free. York Woods Library, 1785 Finch E. torontopubliclibrary.ca. Pochoir WorkShoP Learn the stencil technique and create a Valentine’s presentation. Noon-3 pm. $25, stu $15. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. Pre-register 416-363-6121. BSandra WhiTing Storytelling. 2 pm. Free. Oakwood Village Library, 341 Oakwood. torontopubliclibrary.ca. So YoU Think YoU can roMance? Learn the art of romance as observed in the animal kingdom at an evening of food and fun. 6:30 pm. $50, cpl $90. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929. Tango valenTine’S MaSqUerade Ball Performances by Ezra Azmone, tango music, dancing and more. 8:30 pm. $10-$20. Hart House Debates Rm, 7 Hart House. taldion.com.

TradiTional indian MiniaTUre PainTing

Workshop with artist Tazeen Qayyum. 10 am-4 pm. $74, stu $45. Textile Museum, 55 Centre. Pre-register 416-599-5321 ext 2228.

BUndergroUnd railroad: The WilliaM STill STorY Documentary screening and dis-

cussion with Rosemary Sadlier of the Ontario Black History Soc. 2 pm. Free w/ admission. Fort York, Garrison off Fleet. 416-392-6907.

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Sunday, February 12

Benefits

All About you: revitAlizing your life witH dr oz (MukiBaum Treatment Centres) Cardiac

surgeon Mehmet Oz talks about reversing the obesity epidemic. 3 pm. $95-$185. Sony Centre, 1 Front E. mukibaum.com. dAnce to conquer cAncer(Princess Margaret Hospital) Take up the challenge to dance 10,000 steps at a fundraising party with Gloria Gaynor. Noon-6 pm. Pledges. Paramount Conference & Event Centre, 222 Rowntree Dairy. pmhf3.akaraisin.com/common/event/ home.aspx?seid=3912&mid=8. dAnces of offering (Toronto East General Hospital) Evening of dance with Janice Pomer, Nicola Pantin, Lisa Weiler and others. 5 pm. $35, child $25. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis. dancesofoffering.myevent.com.

Events

being A super stewArd: skills for working

in tHe field High Park Stewards discussion and presentation. 10:30 am. Free. Howard Park Tennis Club, 430 Parkside. highparknature.org. cHildHood obesity Lecture by nutritionist Rena Mendelson. 3 pm. Free. Medical Sciences Bldg, 1 King’s College Circle. royalcanadianinstitute.org. cHocolAte truffle worksHop Learn about

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NOW editors pick a trio of this week’s can’t-miss events

Help find missing women The failure of law enforcement agencies to find missing aboriginal women and prosecute those who harmed them has turned into a major scandal. Support the No More Silence benefit – aimed at raising funds to convince the United Nations to investigate the matter – on Saturday (February 11), 8 pm, when Wabs Whitebird, Faith Nolan and others perform at Toronto Free Gallery (1277 Bloor West). $10 sugg. And rally at police headquarters (40 College) on Tuesday (February 14), 12:30 pm, to demand action. nomoresilence-nomoresilence. blogspot.com. chocolate and make truffles. 11 am. $25. Riverdale Hub, 1326 Gerrard E. Pre-register chocolatetruffleworkshop.eventbrite.com. mAn mAde At work Workshop with designer Stephen Burks on the ready-made process of bricolage. 1-4 pm. Pwyc. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. pitcH stAn williAms Toronto Screenwriter Meetup Group interactive Skype Q&A with the author/story consultant. 1-5 pm. $40. NFB Mediatheque, 150 John. Pre-register meetup. com/screenwriters-240.

puzzles, pinpricks And knots of love

Workshop for ages 12 and up on the history of the paper valentine. 1-3 pm. $20. Toronto’s First Post Office, 260 Adelaide E. Pre-register 416-865-1833. sundAy scene: dAvid bAlzer Artist-led tour of the current exhibitions. 2 pm. Free w/ admission. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. rvAlentine cAndy-mAking Make oldfashioned candy and chocolates in the historic kitchen. 1-4 pm. $20, child $15. Todmorden Mills, Pottery E of Bayview. 416-396-2819.

Monday, February 13

Benefits

wAnderlust (George Brown College stu-

dent scholarships/Arts for Children and Youth) Entertainment, an art exhibition, interactive activities and cuisine. 7 pm. $25, adv $20. Devil’s Martini, 473 Adelaide W. wanderlustevent.ca.

Events

tHe Artists’ soup kitcHen Talk by artist Swintak and free lunch for artists. Noon-3 pm. Free. Raging Spoon, 761 Queen W. starvingartistsoupkitchen@gmail.com. HumAnitAriAn negotiAtions reveAled

Discussion with author Claire Magone and emergency physician Raghu Venugopal. 5:30 pm. Free. U of T, 6th fl auditorium, 155 College. Register elayna.

Support the No More Silence campaign events February 11 and 14.

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vAlentine’s fetisH bAll Performances by Mimi Cherry Burlesque, a latex fashion show, grappling pit, body painting, DJs Warmuffin and others. $20. Opera House, 735 Queen E. valentinesfetishball.com. rvAlentine’s weekend At tHe zoo Kids bring a valentine for their favourite animal and get in free. Today and tomorrow 9:30 am4:30 pm. Free w/ admission. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929. world peAs expo Occupy Gardens Toronto celebrates peace and food with discussions on gardening and food education, organic food, music, poster-making and more. 11 am-5 pm. Free. OISE, rm 2214/2211, 252 Bloor W. facebook.com/events/359681874060392. x And o sHow Live sketching, a Valentine’s kissing booth and more. 9 pm. $10. Charlotte Room, 19 Charlotte. lovermagazine.ca.

Daniel, a visual artist with Kahaniya – Sisters Sharing Stories, Chandni Desai, a scholar specializing in Palestinian hip-hop, writer Lee Maracle and more. Saturday (February 11), 11 am to 6:15 pm. Free. William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks. uoftessu. com.

mAke it tHe better wAy AgAin

Don’t let the title throw you. Decolo nizing Our Minds 2012 examines the fascinating relationship between art and resistance. The day-long conference features a combo of panels and performances with an impressive roster of participants, including Erick Fabris, psychiatric survivor activist and author of Tranquil Prisons, Natasha

In the midst of the current anti-Ford uprising at City Hall on the transit front, it’s hard to say what the week will bring, but it’s good to know a meeting featuring experts on the subject will be discussing the unresolved issues. It’s Time To Talk: Is Transit Back On Track? features people’s transit expert Steve Munro, policy expert Matti Siemiatycki and former city planner Paul Bedford. Wednesday (February 15), 7 pm. Free. Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. 416-392-0208.

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College. nomoresilence@riseup.net.

sociAl mediA for sociAl good Panel on

red rock: tHe long strAnge mArcH of cHinese rock & roll Talk by musician and for-

Art for cHAnge’s sAke

using the online community for the good of others with My Smart Hands founder Laura Berg. 6 pm. Free. Pauper’s Pub, 539 Bloor W. Pre-register socialmediaweek.org/toronto.

tweetgAsm: lovefools edition dirty bingo Valentine’s bingo event. 7:30 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

Tuesday, February 14

Benefits

red mAsquerAde (Assoc for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts) Masked party with live music by Bear Witness and others. 9 pm. $25, adv $20. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-535-4567 ext 101.

Events

AlternAtives to AnimAl reseArcH York Stu-

dents for Animals presents talks by Liz White of Animal Alliance Canada and others. 2:30 pm. Free. York U Student Centre, rm 430, 4700 Keele. zipporah.weisberg@gmail.com. Amnesty letter-writing Join Amnesty Int’l and write letters to prisoners of conscience. 7:30 pm. Free. St John’s Norway Church, Woodbine and Kingston. beachamnesty@ gmail.com. bloody vAlentine mAssAcre Singles, couples and menages of all types party with gory costumes, fake blood, bloody drinks, free ping pong (after 9 pm), a killer photo booth and more. 9 pm. SPiN Toronto, 461 King W, lower level. rockitpromo.com. HAroon siddiqui on tHe ArAb spring Talk by the Waterlution Toronto Hub. 7 pm. $5. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. 647-726-9500. tHe keyHole sessions: lust Alternative Valentine’s Day life-drawing session. 7:30 pm. $20, stu $17. Great Hall, 1087 Queen W. thekeyholesessions.com. no more silence Rally at police headquarters to demand that the UN investigate Canada’s missing aboriginal women, followed by a feast. 12:30 pm. Free. Police Headquarters, 40

mer Beijing resident Jonathan Campbell. 2 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

Wednesday, February 15

Benefits

sacredwomeninternational@gmail.com. looney poems Poetry workshop with Matthew Tierney. 4:30 pm. Free. Runnymede Library, 2178 Bloor W. 416-393-7697.

Blouis Armstrong, tHe AfricAn HeritAge

And tHe beginnings of JAzz Lecture. 2 pm. Free. Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington. Preregister 416-395-5440. me to we trAvel tAlk Talk on travelling and volunteering, and working with Free the Children. 6:30 pm. Free. Adventure Travel Co, 408 King W. 416-345-9726. monumentAl debAtes: wHAt Are tHe “temples” of neolitHic gobekli yepe? Talk

by anthropologist Ted Banning. 5:15 pm. Free. Bahen Centre, rm 1190, 40 St George. aiatoronto.ca.

Bonce upon An AfricAn villAge: song, dAnce And story witH fule bAdoe All-ages

program. 10:30 am. Free. York Woods Library, 1785 Finch W. torontopubliclibrary.ca. pioneering women – dollArs & sense Talks by It’s Your Money author Gail Vaz-Oxlade and Women, Worth and Wellness founder Nancy Griffin. 7 pm. $30. Scotiabank Theatre, 259 Richmond W. info@pioneeringwomen.com.

upcoming Events

Thursday, February 16 Bfreedom diAlogues: mAlcolm sHAbAzz & krystA williAms Discussion with Malcolm

X’s grandson, Malcolm Shabazz, and indigenous feminist Krysta Williams. 6 pm. Free. Ryerson U, SCC 115 Student Centre, 55 Gould. studentsagainstracism.ca.

queering tHe nAtionAl museum of polAnd

Talk by Polish art historian Pawel Leszkowicz. 1:30 pm. Free. OCAD S-Lab, rm 7410, 205 Richmond W. 416-977-6000 ext 423.

stop cAnAdA’s environmentAl inJustice –

into eternity (Don’t Nuke T.O.) Screening of

the Michael Madsen film and talk by Nukewaste activist Brennain Lloyd. 7:30 pm. $10 or pwyc. Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor W. 416-913-0461. midnigHt in mAnHAttAn (George Brown College Scholarships/SickKids) Music, treats and more. 7 pm. $25, adv $20, George Brown stu $15-$20. Twist Gallery, 1100 Queen W. midnightinmanhattan.wordpress.com.

building for tHe future Conversation among movement activists. 7 pm. Free. OISE, rm 2212, 252 Bloor W. opirgtoronto.com/ category/tags/toronto-bolivia-solidarity. vAndAvA sHivA – seeds And seed multinAtionAls Sneak preview of the animated

video and discussion on stopping GM alfalfa. 7 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. 416466-2129. 3

Events

Art & pHilosopHy: borduAs And tHe existentiAl drAmA of tHe visible Talk by

David Ciavatta. 7 pm. $22.50, stu $17. Art Gallery of Ontario, 37 Dundas W. ago.net/ learning. flAsH mob dAnce pArty A dance party starts at Union Station and travels around the financial district as part of the Rhubarb Festival. 7:30 pm. Free. Union Station, Front and Bay. yyzbuddies.blogspot.com.

if A tree fAlls: A story of tHe eArtH liberAtion front Film screening followed by a discussion. 6:30 pm. Free. Hart House Library, 7 Hart House Circle. harthouse.ca.

it’s time to tAlk: is trAnsit bAck on trAck? Panel discussion with former city

planner Paul Bedford, transit blogger Steve Munro and transportation policy expert Matti Siemiatycki. 7 pm. Free. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. 416-3920208.

tHe Journey from politicAl Activism to

spirituAl Activism Lecture by health advocate/psychotherapist Ebun Adelona. 7 pm. $20. B.A.N.D. Gallery, 823A Bloor W.

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Five ways to satisfy a sweetie’s sweet tooth that go beyond the standard heart-shaped box of chocolates.

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1. Isobel & Co. makes packs of miniature sugar cookies covered in royal icing or oversized hearts for more gluttonous Valentines ($4.25, Pusateri’s, 57 Yorkville, 416-785-9100 and others, pusateris.com).

J.CREW HEART SKIRT Holiday sweaters woven with reindeer and snowmen are best saved for ironically themed office parties, and kindergarten teachers can keep their jack-o’-lantern jewellery, but J.Crew’s Heart Throb-print Jardin skirt will be wear-worthy long after February 14. Subtly pleated and cut just below the knee, it’s plain lovely and a perfect piece to transition you into the bold patterns and punchy colours of spring. $156, jcrew.com. 3

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Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 “Marriage must be

a relation either of sympathy or conquest,” said author George Eliot. I believe the same is true even about intimate bonds that have not been legally consecrated. Each tends to either be a collaboration of equals who are striving for common goals or else a power struggle in which one party seeks to dominate the other. Which of those two models has characterized your romantic history, Aries? Now is an excellent time to begin working to ensure that the partnership model will predominate for the rest of your long life.

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 “Love loves to

love love,” wrote James Joyce in his 1922 novel Ulysses. “Nurse loves the new chemist. Constable 14A loves Mary Kelly. Jumbo, the elephant, loves Alice, the elephant. Old Mr Verschole with the ear trumpet loves old Mrs Verschoyle with the turnedin eye. The man in the brown macintosh loves a lady who is dead. His Majesty the King loves Her Majesty the Queen.” What Joyce said 90 years ago is still true: The world is a churning, burning uproar of yearning. The droning moan of “I want you, I need you” never dies down. Give yourself to that cosmic current without apology this Valentine season, Taurus. Celebrate your voracious ache for love. Honour your urge to merge with reverence and awe for its raw splendour.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 I’ve ghostwritten

a personal ad for you to give to your Valentine or potential Valentine: “I’m looking for

a free yet disciplined spirit I can roll down hills with on sunny days and solve thorny puzzles with when the skies are cloudy. Can you see the absurd in the serious and the serious in the absurd? Are you a curious chameleon always working to sharpen your communication skills? Might you be attracted to a sweet-talking wise-ass who’s evolving into a holy goofball? Emotional baggage is expected, of course, but please make sure yours is organized and well packed. Let’s create the most unpredictably intriguing versions of beauty and truth that anyone ever imagined.”

CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 On average, an adult on planet Earth has sex 103 times a year. But I’m guessing that in the immediate future, Cancerians everywhere may be motivated to exceed that rate by a large margin. The astrological omens suggest that your tribe’s levels of sensual desire may reach astronomical heights. Do you know anyone you’re attracted to who might be willing help you out as you follow your bliss? If not, be your own Valentine. One way or another, it’s prime time to celebrate your relationship with eros. Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 I’d love for you to be

able to always give the best gifts you have to give without worrying about whether they will be received in the spirit with which you offer them. But that’s just not realistic. I would also be ecstatic if you never had to tone down your big, beautiful self out of fear that others would be jealous or intimidated. And yet that’s not a rational possibility, either. Having said

you’re doing until you achieve your goal.

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the astro data for this Valentine season, I realized that you could really benefit from being less sober, solemn and serious about your intimate relationships. That’s why I decided to collect some one-liners for you to use as you loosen up your approach to togetherness. Please consider delivering them to anyone you’d like to be closer to. 1. “Let’s go maniacally obsess about our lives in a soothing environment.” 2. “We’ll be best friends forever because you already know too much about me.” 3. “It would be great if you would schedule your social events around my mood swings.” 4. “I’m sorry I drunkdialed you before realizing you were already in bed with me.” 5. “I wanna do boring things with you.” (All the one-liners come from Someecards.com.)

that, though, I do want to note that now and then both of those pleasurable scenarios can prevail for extended lengths of time. And I believe you’re now in one of those grace periods.

VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 In accordance with

the astrological omens, here’s what I wish and predict for you in the near future: you will be a connoisseur of temptations. By that I mean you will have a knack for attracting and playing with allurements and enticements. More importantly, you’ll have a sixth sense about the distinction between good bait and bad bait – between provocative temptations that will serve your most fervent dreams and debilitating traps that will dissipate your integrity. And when you get a lock on the invigorating, ennobling kind, you will know just how to work with it so that it drives you wild with smart longing.

sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 “The world

is an oyster, but you don’t crack it open on a mattress,” said a character in an Arthur Miller play. He was referring to the idea that if you’re obsessed with sex and romance, your level of worldly accomplishment may be rather low. It jibes with what a friend in my youth told me when he noticed how much of my energy was engaged in pursuing desirable females: “They don’t build statues in parks for guys who chase women.” I realize you may not be wildly receptive to ruminating on these matters during the Valentine season, Sagittarius. However, the omens suggest I advise you to do just that. It’s a good time to fine-tune the balance between your life-long career goals and your quest for love.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 Eliphas Levi was a

19th-century author and hermetic magician whose work has had a major influence on Western mystery schools. The great secret of magic, he said, is fourfold: “to KNOW what has to be done, to WILL what is required, to DARE what must be attempted, and to KEEP SILENT with discernment.” Your assignment, Libra, is to apply this approach to your love life. How can you create a relationship with love that will be a gift to the world and also make you smarter, kinder and wilder? KNOW what magic you have to do. WILL yourself to do it. DARE to be ingenious and inspired. And don’t tell anyone what

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 Ancient Egyptians thought that drinking bear grease could stimulate ardour, while the Greeks believed that eating sparrow brains

would do the trick. When potatoes first appeared in Spain in 1534, imported from the New World, they were used in love potions and worth more than $1,000 a pound. The Asian rhinoceros was hunted nearly to extinction because its horn was thought to have aphrodisiac properties. Just in time for Valentine season, I’d like to suggest that you call on a very different kind of romantic stimulant that costs nothing and doesn’t endanger any species: being a good listener.

AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 Maybe there is a soulmate for you in this world. Maybe there isn’t. But you can count on this: If that person is out there, you will never bond with him or her by clinging to a set of specific expectations about how it should happen. He or she will not possess all the qualities you wish for and will not always treat you exactly as you want to be. I’m sure you already know this deep down, Aquarius, but hearing it from an objective observer like me might help liberate you further from the oppressive fantasy of romantic perfection. That way you can better recognize and celebrate the real thing.

pisCes Feb 19 | Mar 20 “We are all a little

weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” So proclaimed Dr. Seuss. I think this is an excellent meditation for you during this season of love. You need more permission to share your idiosyncrasies and eccentricities, and you need more freedom to ally yourself with people whose idiosyncrasies and eccentricities you’re compatible with – and on behalf of the cosmos, I’m hereby giving you that permission.

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There’s no question that Beer Bistro (18 King East, at Yonge, 416-861-9872, beerbistro.com NN) has one of the most impressive lineups of suds around. Sadly, their mussel bowls (all $18) aren’t steamed so much as steamrollered. How else to explain the six broken shells in our Fancy Shmancy version, upgraded for an additional $8.50 with a shredded lobster, odd crunchy leeks and a splash of Belgian blond ale? That $26.50 doesn’t include frites, but does get you a flaky sourdough bun. No butter, though. The count: 37 mussels. People sure love themselves some Winterlicious if the nearly full house at Pure Spirits (55 Mill, at Trinity, 416-361-5859, purespirits.ca NNN) in the Distillery District is any indication. And they all seem to be starting with the $20 prix fixe lunch’s dainty first course of steamed mussels. We’ve opted, instead for the house’s all-you-can-eat special ($15 all-day Monday only), a large tureen of PEI specimens steamed in a Malaysian laksa broth laced with coconut milk, long strands of aromatic Vietnamese basil and wild kefir lime leaves. They don’t come with frites – no loss judging by the chunky sports-bar-level fries that accompany our turkey burger ($15 à la carte) – but the spongy ciabatta rolls still warm from the oven more than make up the slack. The count: theoretically unlimited, but we only manage 40 mussels. 3 stevend@nowtoronto.com

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Love on the half shell Nothing delivers a sexier bang for your wallet than buck-a-shuck oysters. Problem is, because of the rapidly depleting supply of seafood, few restos can afford to offer them any more. But that’s not the case at Biff’s (4 Front East, at Yonge, 416-860-0086, oliverbonacini.com), where you can still stuff yourselves silly with up to 48 briny bivalves for a dollar a pop every day from 5 pm till close. Oyster Boy supplies the catch, currently choice raw Malpeques from PEI, green Caraquets from New Brunswick and organic Royal Miyagis from BC. Garnish with freshly grated horseradish, lemon wedges and a redwine mignonette and inhale. “We try to offer a variety,” says Biff’s chef Basilio Pesce. “On Friday and Saturday nights, we

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35 Baldwin, at Henry, 416-5463448, ellemadit.com. For the evening of the 14th, chef Gregory Furstoss’s cozy Alsatian bistro serves a romantically themed six-course prix fixe for $55 alongside his regular à la carte lineup. Open for lunch Tuesday to Friday 11:30 am to 2 pm, dinner Tuesday to Sunday 5:30 to 11 pm. Closed Monday, holidays. Licensed. Access: two steps at door, washrooms upstairs. Rating: NNNN

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1288 Dundas W, at Coolmine, 416-5341200, sociale.ca. It’s probably too late to get a reservation for February 14 at Libretto’s fancy-pants sibling Italian trat, where ex-Black Hoof chef Grant van Gameren now heads the kitchen, but remember that half its 60 seats are always held for walk-ins. Average main $25. Open daily 5 to 11 pm. Closed some holidays. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNN

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67 Richmond E, at Church, 416-368-1920, harlemrestaurant.com. Carl Cassell offers a soul-food-inspired five-course $60 taxand-tip-inclusive prix fixe dinner Friday to Tuesday (February 10 to 14). Live music, too! Also: 745 Queen W, at Tecumseth, 416-366-4743. Open Sunday to Thursday 11 am to 11 pm, Friday and Saturday 11 am to midnight. Bar Friday and Saturday till close. Brunch Saturday and Sunday till 3 pm (Church); Monday to Thursday 4 to 11

pm, Friday 11 am to midnight, Saturday 10 am to midnight, Sunday 10 am to 11 pm. Brunch Saturday and Sunday to 3 pm. Bar nighty till close (Queen W). Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms on same floor (Church); one step at door, washrooms in basement (Queen W). Rating: NNN

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492 Queen W, at Portland, 416-929-4900, lapalette.ca. Activist chef Shamez Amlani’s cutting-edge French bistro offers a $60 three-course prix fixe at 6 pm on the 14th as well as a deluxe $100 six-course blowout at 8 pm. The eight seats at the bar for both dinners are reserved for walkins. Open for lunch and brunch daily 11 am to 4 pm, dinner nightly from 4 pm till close. Licensed. Access: barrier-free, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNN

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550 Danforth, at Carlaw, 416-4660400, pizzerialibretto.com. Unlike its Ossington location, which never takes reservations, the east-side outpost does take bookings, but only for half its 150 seats, meaning walk-ins have a 50/50 chance of scoring a table. Also: 221 Ossington, at Dundas W, 416-532-8000. Open Monday to Saturday 11:30 am to midnight, Sunday 4 pm to midnight. Licensed. Access: two steps at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNNNN

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686 Queen E, at Broadview, 416-461-9663, lerossignolbistro.com. Candlelit French bistro in Riverside offers a four-course $55 prix fixe, including dessert tray and a glass of bubbly, Friday to Tuesday (February 10 to 14). Open for dinner Sunday to Wednesday 5 to 10 pm, Thursday to Saturday 5 to 11 pm. Closed some holidays. Licensed. Access: one step at door, tight tables, washrooms on same floor. Rating: NNN

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293 Palmerston, at College, 647342-6307, woodlotrestaurant.com. Though chef David Haman’s charming 40seat room has been booked solid for weeks, the eight seats at the bar and the 12 at the communal table in front of the wood-burning oven that cooks his locavore comfort-food card are reserved for walk-ins. Open for dinner Tuesday to Sunday 5 pm to 11 pm. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNNNN 3

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the scene ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR at the Hoxton, Monday, February 6. Rating: NNN

The crowd at the Hoxton made it tough to pin down exactly what the Asteroids Galaxy Tour’s target demographic is. Their fans span a huge age range and seem evenly split between hipsters and the un-hip, testament to the accessibility of their electro-tinged lounge sound. While the lounge aspects would feel familiar to anyone alive in the 50s, occasional futuristic synth lines keep things just modern enough to have more than retro appeal. Unfortunately, as became obvious during this full live show, they’ve got a very small handful of tricks to draw on. Singer Mette Lindberg has the looks and onstage charisma to entertain, but lacks the range and technique to truly thrill. And while the songs are uniformly fun, not much is going on beyond that, and the underlying goofiness makes it hard to get passionate about them. Good times, but never BENJAMIN BOLES approaching great.

THE DARKNESS at the Phoenix, Wednesday, February 1. Rating: NNN After a brief stumble on their march

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toward the holy hills of rock glory, the Darkness have regained their footing. The British four-piece hit it big around 2004 thanks to Permission To Land’s I Believe In A Thing Called Love, the monster hit that closed Wednesday’s gig. But a subpar second album and a stint in rehab for singer Justin Hawkins caused the lights to go out on the band. At the Phoenix, though, Darkness faithful pointed stageward with every pound of the kick drum during opener Black Shuck, while a svelte and tattooed Hawkins hit his incredibly high falsettos, jumped, ran and pranced. New song Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us keeps alive their fixation on Queen and other 70s rock royals. Everybody’s Having A Good Time, meanwhile, has a long AC/DC-style breakdown that gave Hawkins time to change into a unitard. The sight of him in a pleather onesie invigorated the waning crowd just in time for I Believe, which hits like a JASON KELLER hammer of the gods.

BASIC SOUL UNIT at the Rivoli, Thursday, February 2. Rating: NNN

Toronto dance music has been blowing up internationally, yet we tend to take

that local talent for granted. Basic Soul Unit (aka Stuart Li) has been DJing his melodic techno and house sounds all over the world and releasing tracks on respected labels, but in Toronto he still draws much bigger numbers playing funk, soul and jazz with the Footprints crew as his alter ego, DJ Stuart. It was disheartening to see the Rivoli just half-full for his debut electronic show as Basic Soul Unit, but the heads who did come out were ready to get down. Live sets rarely have the same energy as good DJ sets, but Li’s first attempt showed lots of promise. He favours classy over flashy, which may not always have an immediate impact but offers something substantial and rich to immerse yourself in – exactly what DJs should aim for when showBB casing their own productions live.

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Previous instalments of the Juno Concert Series celebrated individual decades of Canrock, but this version split the night into three genres, allowing

the collected performers to cover a greater stylistic range. Affable youngsters the Elwins played backing band for the rockin’ first set, admirably and gleefully delivering songs by Chilliwack, Anne Murray and the Constantines alongside members of Sloan, Rural Alberta Advantage, Ohbijou and Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning, who nailed the falsetto on a faithful rendition of Remy Shand’s Take A Message. Following a punk rock slide show of photographs by Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet’s Don Pyle, de facto Toronto house band the Sadies stepped out of their country-western comfort zone to take over the Canpunk set. Modern hardcore legends Chris Colohan and omnipresent Damian Abraham gave the Sadies a chance to show off their punk chops. The final set came from the folks behind Hip Hop Karaoke, which, despite its moniker, boasts a

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clubs&concerts EMMA-LEE, CARLETON STONE, GRAND CANYON Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), tonight (Thursday, February 9) Smooth and jazzy folk-pop.

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Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, February 9) Modern jazz tribute to J Dilla.

CATHERINE MacLELLAN, JADEA KELLY Hugh’s Room (2261 Dundas West), tonight (Thursday, February 9) See preview, page 41.

A-TRAK

The Hoxton (69 Bathurst), tonight (Thursday, February 9) Trendsetting Canadian superstar DJ.

Massey Hall (178 Victoria), Friday and Saturday (February 10 and 11) Ex-Alexisonfire singer does folk.

CHARLES BRADLEY & HIS EXTRAORDINAIRES, LITTLE BARRIE

Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Saturday (February 11) See preview, page 39.

THE JIM CUDDY BAND, DOUG PAISLEY Massey Hall (178 Victoria), Tuesday (February 14) Blue Rodeo singer’s solo project.

DIE ANTWOORD

Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Tuesday (February 14) Controversial South African hip-hop.

EIGHT & A HALF

Drake Hotel Underground (1150 Queen West), Wednesday (February 15) Debut show of Broken Social Scene offshoot.

ADAM COHEN

Virgin Mobile Mod Club (722 College), Saturday (February 11) The son of Leonard Cohen (literally).

VERONICA FALLS, BRILLIANT COLOURS The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Tuesday (February 14) See preview, page 40.

SINGER/SONGWRITER

Kathleen Edwards

Edwards hit a home run with her new Voyageur album, its 10 lean songs reflecting the arc between the melancholy ending of one relationship and the hopeful start to another. The Ottawa/Toronto folk-pop musician reveals a vulnerable side, offset by singalong choruses, while co-producer Justin Vernon expands her sound with subtle, textured production. Show’s sold out. At the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Saturday (February 11), doors 7 pm. $29.50. RT, SS, TM.

Just announced RUFUS CAPPADOCIA, MUTAMBA RAINOIS & PASI GUNGUWO World Avant Series Music Gallery $25-$30. TW. March 2.

BRYAN ADAMS Air Canada Centre doors 7 pm, $20 and up. TM. May 3.

DEICIDE, JUNGLE ROT, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, LECHEROUS NOCTURNE Opera House 7 pm, all ages, $28.50. TM. March 6.

SPIRITUALIZED Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8 pm, $27. RT, SS, TM. May 5.

ATLAS SOUND Lee’s Palace doors 8 pm, $16.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. March 6. JOSEPH ARTHUR, MONSTER TRUCK, THE PACK A.D., JORDAN COOK, BRETT CASWELL & THE MARQUEE ROSE Slacker Canadian Music Fest Horseshoe. $13.50. HS, TR, SS, TM. March 22. JEFF BECK Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8 pm, $60. TM. March 22. CHUCK RAGAN, DAN ANDRIANO, TOMMY GABEL, NATHANIEL RATELIFF, CORY BRANAN The Revival Tour (Members of Against Me, Hot Water Music, Akaline Trio) Lee’s Palace. April 3.

QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT Silver Dollar. May 8. JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE W/ TRISTEN Opera House doors 8:30 pm, $18.50. RT, SS, TM. May 12.

BEN HOWARD Virgin Mobile Mod Club doors 7 pm, all ages, $16. RT, SS, TW. April 5.

ACTIVE CHILD, SUPERHUMANOIDS, BALAM ACAB Lee’s Palace doors 8 pm, $15. HS, RT, SS, TM. May 15.

OPETH, MASTODON, GHOST Sony Centre for the Performing Arts doors 6:30 pm, $29.90-$71.90. SC, TM. April 7.

RON SEXSMITH Queen Elizabeth Theatre doors 7:15 pm, all ages, $29.50. RT, SS, TM. May 17.

OF MONSTERS AND MEN, LAY LOW Virgin Mobile Mod Club doors 7 pm, $16. RT, SS, TW. April 12.

MESHUGGAH, BARONESS, DECAPITATED The Ophidian Trek 2012 Sound Academy doors 7 pm, all ages, $26.50. RT, SS, TM. May 17.

CANCER BATS, TOUCHÉ AMORÉ, A SIGHT FOR SEWN EYES Horseshoe. April 14. GOOD OLD WAR Horseshoe doors 9 pm, $12.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. April 20. REVEREND HORTON HEAT, REAL MCKENZIES, THE BRAINS Stewed, Screwed & Tattooed Opera House doors 8 pm, $22.50. RT, TM. April 27.

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WRONGBAR For The D: A Celebration Of The Music Of J Dilla Badbadnotgood, mymanhenri doors 10 pm.

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

ASPETTA CAFFE Open Mic Nite/Jam 7 pm. CAMERON HOUSE Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party, Emilyn Stam.

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Thursday, February 9 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL ALLEYCATZ Jamesking 9 pm. AQUILA UPSTAIRS Weatherstone 9:30 pm.

BOVINE SEX CLUB The Cheap

Thrills, the Get Nuns, Spitfist, the Beverlys, DJ Misty. CADILLAC LOUNGE Mighty Big Word.

CHERRY COLA’S ROCK N’ ROLLA Savanah 10 pm. CLINTON’S Rock The Bard

Paint, Happy Meal doors 8 pm.

CLOAK & DAGGER PUB Kevin Myles Wilson (pop/folk) 10 pm. CROCODILE ROCK Sound Parade Open Mic.

DAKOTA TAVERN Bahamas 7 pm ñ DAZZLING RESTAURANT Liive Thursdays Omar

‘Oh’ Lunan, Mike Ferfolia, Jarelle, DJs Spoonz, Smartiez, Big Jacks, P-Plus (R&B/Motown/ soulful house/selective hip-hop) doors 8 pm. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND The RAG BAG Cabaret Bob Wiseman, Sadie Spins, DJ Malichi Streets and others (multi-arts cabaret) doors 7:30 pm. DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE Weekend Startup Boot Knives (rock) doors 11 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Tenderness & Prince Nifty 9 pm. GRAFFITI’S Bull Kelp 8 pm. HORSESHOE Young Running, Motel English, Silver Creek, Before the Flood 9 pm. LEE’S PALACE Emma-Lee, Carleton Stone, Grand Canyon doors 8:30 pm. ORBIT ROOM Julian Taylor Band (rock singer/ songwriter) 10 pm. PARTS & LABOUR MattyFest Burning Love, Black Lungs, Depressing, Dead Rats, Sex Tears (hardcore punk) 10 pm. THE PORT Gold Soundz Mount Pleasant Symphony Orchestra, Blood Rexdale, Labour Day, the Walls Are Blonde, Stacey Adams (ambient pop/psych folk/rock/ grunge-pop) doors 9 pm. PRESS CLUB Chris Staig (power pop/roots rock) 10 pm.

BRICHMOND HILL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS The Love Train Revue: Black History

Month Musical Celebration Jackie Richardson, George St Kitts & Spider Jones 6:30 pm. ROSE THEATRE Dan Hill (pop/blues/jazz) 8 pm. SILVER DOLLAR Gin City Miracles, Hollis & the Widows, Cairo, Torcus. THE SISTER Darren Eedens, Max Marshall, Reid Armstrong, Old Salts. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Skip Tracer 9:30 pm.

Soirée – Valentine’s Cabaret Kristin Sweetland, Captain Dirt & the Skirt, Jess McAvoy, Evalyn Parry, David Newland, Loretta Jean, Lyndell Montgomery, Scarlett Jane 8 pm. CASTRO’S LOUNGE Jerry Leger & the Situation (country/folk/rock) 9 pm. EMMET RAY BAR Box Full of Cash 9 pm. ETON HOUSE Keith Jolie (blues/roots) 9 pm. GATE 403 Eddie Paton Flamenco Trio 9 pm. HUGH’S ROOM Catherine MacLellan, Jadea Kelly. See preview, page 41. THE LOCAL Nichol Robertson & his Boogaloo Boys. LOLA Brian Cober (double slideblues) 9 pm. LOU DAWG’S Call In Sick Friday Thursdays! Mike C (acoustic blues/funk/soul/ska) 10 pm. MONARCHS PUB Gary Kendall Band (blues) 9 pm. RIVOLI The Chops, Michelle Ronchin, Stella Jean 8 pm. SONY CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Classical Mystery Tour Classical Mystery Tour (Jim Owen, Tony Kishman, John Brosnan, Chris Camilleri), Kitchener Waterloo Symphony (Beatles tribute) 8 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS The Nathan Bishop Band, Kay’la Fraser & Jordan Cassidy (indie folk) 10 pm, Bluegrass Thursdays Houndstooth (bluegrass/old-time) 7:30 pm. UNDERDOWN PUB Jeff Barnes & Noah Zacharin (roots/blues) 9 pm.

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AL GREEN THEATRE Spectrum Composers Collective (contemporary classical/jazz) 8 pm.

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AACH! American Composers Max Christie, Wallace Halladay, Midori Koga and others noon to 1 pm. THE FLYING BEAVER PUBARET Sitting Ovations Dina Martina (drag cabaret) 7 pm. 5

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Darkness & Light: Schubert’s Final Quartet New Orford String Quartet noon to 1 pm. GATE 403 Alex Samaras Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. VLULA LOUNGE Pastel Supernova’s Love Letters cabaret Pastel Supernova, Real-Girl Dolls and others 8 pm. METROPOLITAN UNITED CHURCH Noon At Met Trevor Wilson, William Wright (recorder, organ) 12:15 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 Kiki Misumi Quintet 9:30 pm, Ross Wooldridge Trio 6:30 pm.

ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC KOERNER HALL The Glenn Gould School Concerto Competition Finals 2 pm.

ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC MAZZOLENI HALL Hiroko Kudo & Tobias Bäz (piano, cello) 7:30 pm.

SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Alaniaris 8 pm. TRANE STUDIO Michael Arthurs Group (con-

temporary jazz/standards) 8 pm. TRINITY ST. PAUL’S CHURCH House Of Dreams Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra 8 pm. UPPER JAZZ STUDIO Small Jazz Ensembles 7:30 pm.

YORK UNIVERSITY ACCOLADE EAST BLDG MARTIN FAMILY LOUNGE Jazz At Noon Barry Elmes Quintet 12:30 to 1:30 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

ANDY POOLHALL Flave The World DJs Lori J Ward & T Orlando (underground house/tech house) 10 pm. CHEVAL Brand’d DJ PG-13 (house/hip-hop/ club anthems). COLLEGE STREET BAR DJ Dislexia. GOODHANDY’S Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5 THE HOXTON doors 9 pm. ñA-Trak

FUNK/SOUL

CHARLES BRADLEY Success comes late for the “screaming eagle of soul,” but he’ll take it By BENJAMIN BOLES CHARLES BRADLEY & HIS EXTRAORDINAIRES with LITTLE BARRIE at Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Saturday (February 11), 8 pm. $22.50. HS, RT, SS, TM.

Soul revivalist Charles Bradley’s 2010 debut album, No Time For Dreaming (Dunham/Daptone), garnered him a ton of praise and attention. But considering that the 60-something singer has been slugging it out in clubs for more than three decades, you could call it the longest overnight-success story in history. But Bradley’s nothing but grateful for late-career opportunities like his just-completed European tour. “That was the longest tour I’ve ever been on, and I had to really pace myself,” the gravel-voiced vocalist drawls from a tour stop in New England. “The band likes to go out after the show and have a good time, but I go back to the hotel and get me some rest so I’m ready for tomorrow. “The memories I got from that tour were really great, though. I’ll never forget the love I received. It makes me know that by opening my heart and singing the truth, people feel it and know that I’m for real.” When asked how different his life might have been had he experienced such success 30 years ago, he’s refreshingly modest. “I would be living somewhere in the country where there’s peace and quiet, like I always wanted to, and then I’d go out into the world to show my love when I had to. I want to rest, but at this point in my life I can’t afford it. At my age, I have to keep giving and giving until my heart says it’s enough.” For most of his life, Bradley worked all over the U.S. as a INSOMNIA DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house). LEE’S PALACE DANCE CAVE Transvision DJ Shannon (rock/dance) 10 pm.

LOLABAR DJ Mr Stylus (hip-hop/funk/R&B). MAISON MERCER Savoir Thursdays DJ Chris La

Roque (French). THE PISTON Metal Health (8os/90s hair metal/ hard rock) 10 pm. SUTRA The Bridge DJ Triplet (ol’ skool hip-hop). UNIT BAR Loose Joints DJ Numeric (soul/funk/ hip-hop/disco/R&B) 10 pm.

Friday, February 10 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

ALLEYCATZ Jamesking 9 pm. ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DOWNTOWN Au Tour De

La Guitare Philippe Flahaut, Madagascar Slim, Philippe Lafreniere (cabaret-chanson) 7:30 pm. BAR ITALIA Shugga (funk/soul/R&B/top 40). BOVINE SEX CLUB CD release Tiger Star, a Faster Now, the Creekwater Junkies, My Hallow, DJ Vania. CADILLAC LOUNGE Random Order (reggae/ska). CASTRO’S LOUNGE Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 5 to 7 pm. CORNER PLACE Full Crate doors 10 pm. DORA KEOGH Lucas Stagg (roots/rock). EL MOCAMBO Frames, Saigon Hookers doors 9 pm. ETON HOUSE Midnight Jewel (top 40s/dance/ rock/pop) 9 pm. VGLADSTONE HOTEL BALLROOM Be Mein Valentine! Burlesque Show Alistair Christl & the Cosmotones, Terra Hazelton, DJ Sigourney Beaver doors 9 pm. GRAFFITI’S Paul Martin Rocks For Sick Kids 5 to 7 pm. THE GREAT HALL William Fitzsimmons, Denison Witmer doors 8:30 pm. HARD LUCK BAR DC Music Agency Launch Party Conflicted, Left Turn City, Life Blown Open, Asleep Behind the Flame, Team Blackbird, Concrete Pete & the Bathroom Floor Tiles doors 8:30 pm. HORSESHOE Broken Sons, the New Enemy, Henry Taylor, Shoot the Camerman, the Rising Tide 9 pm. KAPISANAN PHILIPPINE CENTRE Soundz Of The Youth Chairs on the Roadside, Grapefruit Colour, Notification, Lesbian Bondage Fiasco,

Sean Ferkul doors 6:30 pm, all ages. KORNERSTONES Marc Joseph Band (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm. BLEE’S PALACE Bob Marley Birthday Tribute The House of David Gang, Friendlyness & the Human Rights, Michael Garrick, High Plains Drifter, Amber Coates, April Jonston and others doors 9 pm. VLIVING ARTS CENTRE Love Train Revue George St Kitts 8 pm. THE LOADED DOG Tungsten (pop rock) 9 pm. MASSEY HALL City and Colour, the Low Anthem doors 7 pm. PARTS & LABOUR MattyFest Ladyhawk, Julie Doiron, Marine Dreams 10 pm. PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE Hanson doors 7 pm, all ages. PJ O’BRIENS IRISH PUB Fiddlestix (Celtic rock) 9:30 pm. P.K. CREEK The New Millenium Doors, Michael Kleniec (tribute/blues/jazz). PRESS CLUB Chris Gostling (roots rock) 10 pm.

RICHMOND HILL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Classic Albums Live: Led Zeppelin IV 8 pm. RIVOLI KC Roberts & the Live Revolution ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC KOERNER HALL

YORK UNIVERSITY ACCOLADE EAST BLDG STERLING BECKWITH STUDIO Improv Soiree 8 pm.

(funk) 9 pm.

Sweet Honey in the Rock (soul/R&B) 8 pm. SILVER DOLLAR Jane’s Party, Patti Cake, Rival Boys, Different Skeletons. THE SISTER The Greasemarks, Little Brian & the Oat Cereals. SNEAKY DEE’S Jersey, Video Dead, Organ Thieves doors 9 pm. SOUND ACADEMY The Everything To Do With Fred Show USS, Monster Truck, Rebel Emergency, Lee Serviss doors 6 pm. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Pop Cherry (Stonesy rock) 10 pm. TATTOO ROCK PARLOUR Electric Snow: Fundraiser for SickKids and George Brown Special Events Planning Students The Salads, Chasing Jane, DJ Dwight 7 to 10 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Swiss Dice (indie electro pop) 10 pm. VIRGIN MOBILE MOD CLUB Chris Webby, K-Seize (rap) doors 6 pm, all ages.

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

AQUILA UPSTAIRS Fried Angels (blues/R&B/ soul/funk) 9:30 pm.

benjaminb@nowtoronto.com

ASPETTA CAFFE Lucian Thomas (folk/rock) 7 pm. GATE 403 Fraser Melvin Blues Band 9 pm. VHABITS GASTROPUB A Queer Kind Of Valen-

tine’s Returns Debra Anderson, Suki Lee, Roar, Javier Pena, Robert Blanchet, Sara Meinke, Rex Baunsit, Danny & the Holy Mountain 8 pm. VHUGH’S ROOM Cupid’s Cabaret Diana Salvatore, Suzana da Camara & her Company of Men 8:30 pm. VLATIN FEVER Valentine Fiesta Romantica Johannes Linstead, Antonitas D’Havila (Gypsy flamenco guitar) 7 pm. THE LOCAL Lonesome Ace. LOLA Hayley Carro 8 pm. LOU DAWG’S Gotta Groove Fridays Jeff Eager (Motown/funk/soul/blues) 10 pm. LULA LOUNGE Salsa Dance Party Alberto Alberto & Super Banda Show, DJ GIO. NOW LOUNGE Rock N’ Blues Jam Peter Nunn, Mike Zingrone, David Goldman 10 pm. REPOSADO The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). TRANZAC David Woodhead’s Confabulation (alt folk) 7:30 pm. UNDERDOWN PUB Kevin Myles Wilson (folk/ roots rock) 10 pm.

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chef, playing music on the side with whatever cover band would have him. After being laid off from his job of 17 years, he moved back to Brooklyn from California and worked as a handyman. That’s where he was discovered by Daptone Records’ Gabriel Roth, who hooked him up with guitarist Thomas Brenneck (Amy Winehouse, Sharon Jones, Budos Band), effectively launching Bradley’s music career. “Thomas was really the first one who saw that I was good at lyrics,” says Bradley. “If I hear some music right now and it sounds good to my ears, lyrics will pop right out of me. They just come naturally.” Those lyrics, and Bradley’s heartbreaking delivery, are what make him stand out. The song Heartaches And Pain, for example, deals with the murder of his brother shortly after he moved back to Brooklyn, while many other songs clearly draw from a life of hardship and poverty. “I’m trying like hell to forget about all the bad things that happened to me,” says Bradley, “but you know, I’m kind of afraid to forget, because when you forget ’em all, they might happen to you again, so you’ve got to be strong.” No surprise, then, that he was able to turn Nirvana’s Stay Away into a moving blues number for Spin Magazine’s free cover album Newermind. Never mind that Bradley doesn’t really get the lyrics and seems unaware of who Kurt Cobain was (or that he died). “I asked Thomas, ‘Where did you get these lyrics ‘I’d rather be dead than be cool’? I don’t understand them, but I have to find some [emotional place] where I can put my spirit so that I can sing it.’ I still don’t understand it, and I’d like to meet the person who wrote it so I could ask him.”

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 Mike Field Jazz Quintet 8 pm.

ENWAVE THEATRE Cantabile: An Evening Of

Italian Music Art of Time Ensemble, David Pomeroy, Dominic Mancuso 8 pm. THE FLYING BEAVER PUBARET Sitting Ovations Dina Martina (drag cabaret) 7 pm. 5 GATE 403 Donné Roberts Band 5 to 8 pm. BGLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Music Africa BHM Free Concert Series Sonia Aimy (Afrobeat/jazz) 9 pm. GLENN GOULD STUDIO Laila Biali, Phil Dwyer, Marc Jordan, Waleed Abdulhamid (jazz/pop/soul) 8 pm. GROSSMAN’S Kid Bastien Forever New Orleans Jazz Festival Guido Cairo, Happy Pals New Orleans Party Orchestra 9:30 pm. HART HOUSE ARBOR ROOM Jazz At Oscar’s Hat

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ON QUEEN CD release Ronnie Hayward Trio 4 to 7 pm. ñDOMINION VDOUBLE DOUBLE LAND Last Valentine’s B4 The Apocalypse Alpha Couple, Doom ñ Tickler, pachamama, DJ US Girls, DJ Slim Twig

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SATURDAY MAR 3 EL MOCAMBO

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OF LOVE FRIDAY APRIL 13 THE GREAT HALL

9 pm.

& Beard 9 pm.

MUSIC GALLERY The Cold War Songbook Vicky

Chow, Stephen Clarke, Simon Docking (mid20th century works for piano) 8 pm. VNEWMAN CENTRE CHAPEL Valentine Jazz Benefit Concert for the Newman Centre Music Ministry Newman Jazz Group (DongHoon Lee, Barbara Forbes, JD Considine, Josh Brecka), Katie Young, Bruno Cormier 7:30 pm. OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR Fridays To Sing About! Sheree Jeacocke Cerqua Quartet 7:30 pm. QUOTES Fridays At Five The Canadian Jazz Quartet & Bob Brough (saxophone) 5 to 8 pm. REX Benny Goodman Tribute Ross Wooldridge Sextet 9:45 pm, the Maisies (three-part vocal harmony septet) 6:30 pm, Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Leftover Daylight Series Colin Anthony, Michael Lynn, Allison Cameron, Alan Bloor, Guy Leblanc and others 8 pm. TRANE STUDIO Satin Dolls Donna Green & Moo’D Swing (roots/swing) 8 pm. TRANZAC The Foolish Things (jazz) 5 pm. TRINITY ST. PAUL’S CHURCH House Of Dreams Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra 8 pm.

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(alt rock/pop/hip-hop).

BLOKE & 4TH Friday Night Chris Laroque. CASTRO’S LOUNGE DJ I Hate You Rob (soul/ funk/R&B/punk rock/rockabilly) 10 pm.

CLINTON’S Fuck It Dance Party Bangs & Blush

(Motown/Britpop). COBRA LOUNGE The Fix Fridays Mkutz. COLLEGE STREET BAR DJ Dan Haid. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Skratch Bastid doors 11 pm. DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE DJ Your Boy Brian doors 10 pm. EMMET RAY BAR DJ Funky Flavours (funk/soul) 10 pm.

THE HOXTON Keys n Krates, Grandtheft. ñ INSOMNIA Funkn’ Fresh Fridays Marty McFly. 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. VTHE LOCAL COMPANY Valentine’s DJ Val Laville, DJ Tudor 10 pm. MANA BAR DJ Trambo (reggaeton/hip-hop/ Latin urban). THE PISTON SoulSkank 1-Year Anniversary All Vinyl Party Dennis P, Deejay Gramera, the Soul Proprietor, DJ Double K, Cap’N Boogaloo (soul/ reggae/ska/rockers/Motown/Stax) 10 pm. VPRESIDENTE BANQUET HALL Heart To Heart Foundation’s Valentine Dinner & Dance Gala 6:30 pm. THE SAVOY DJ JRyDee (hip-hop/old school) 10 pm. VSMILING BUDDHA The Valentine’s Day Massacre DJs Curly Fanny, Dice Rocker, Team Tofu Killa, Purple Wolf, DJ Spako, Sting & Bump, the Fatty Boom Booms, the Pie of Sumo (mod/soul/ska/R&R/funk) 9:30 pm. SUPERMARKET Market Fresh DJ Classick 10 pm. SUTRA Reach The Beach DJ ary.rez (house/ mashup) 10 pm. THOMPSON HOTEL The Bellboy Did It. VUNLOVABLE Dirty Talk: The Adult Fantasy Adventure DJs Diana, Pam & Jaime (Italo/ disco house/indie dance) 10 pm. VIRGIN MOBILE MOD CLUB Come Out And Play Matt Medley (anthems/dance/90s) doors 10 pm.

Saturday, February 11 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

V221 STERLING One Love Valentine’s Party The Irieband (dub/reggae).

Like Animals, Death & the Ninth Day doors 5:15 pm, all ages. CADILLAC LOUNGE Swamp Yankees 11 pm. CHALKERS PUB Soul Stew (R&B/soul/jazz/ funk) 9:30 pm. DAKOTA TAVERN The Rizdales (roots rock) 10 pm. DC MUSIC THEATRE Indie Night Dover Dreams, Common Sound, Delaney, Jonny Redeyes, Amanda Belle doors 6:30 pm, all ages.

Valentine’s Issue Clara Venice (all-love-song show) 8 pm. BEL MOCAMBO Bob Marley Tribute Kidd Rasta & the Peacemakers, I-Sax, DJ Chocolate, Patrick Roots doors 9 pm. EL MOCAMBO DOWNSTAIRS CD release Paul Price, Low Level Flight, Mrs Johnstone, JR Reyne doors 9 pm. FULL OF BEANS COFFEE Sorry Cousins 4 to 5:30 pm. GRAFFITI’S The John Borra Band 4 to 7 pm. HARD LUCK BAR Crimson Shadows, Kälter, Bolero, Burning the Day 7 pm, all ages. HORSESHOE Stereokid, the Noise, Jojeto, Morning Thieves 9:30 pm. VKEATING CHANNEL Rhythm Of Love Charity Concert for the Jane Finch Boys Club Carma & the Alley Beat Grind 7 pm. KORNERSTONES Red Velvet 9:30 pm. LEE’S PALACE Charles Bradley & his Extraordinaires, Little Barrie doors 8 pm. See preview, page 39. MASSEY HALL City and Colour, the Low Anthem doors 7 pm. NEW COLLEGE Decolonizing Our Minds 2012 Linda Luztono, Red Slam and others (multiarts performances & conference) 11 am-6 pm. PARTS & LABOUR MattyFest Ladyhawk, Slow Learners, Shotgun Jimmie, Cut Flowers (rock) 10 pm. PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE Kathleen Edwards, Hannah Georgas doors 7 pm. PJ O’BRIENS IRISH PUB Fiddlestix (Celtic rock) 9:30 pm. PRESS CLUB Shank Street (hard rock) 10 pm. REX Danny Marks (pop) noon. RIVOLI CD release party Emerson Street Rhythm Band, NewBreed MC, the Family doors 8:30 pm. SILVER DOLLAR FireXfire, Polyester Heart, Allosaurus, Hue 10:15 pm. SNEAKY DEE’S Courage My Love (power punk) 5:30 pm, early all ages show. SOUND ACADEMY Led Zepplin 3 Michael White & the White doors 8 pm. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Rainey & the Mannequins (rock/top 40) 10 pm. 3 MONKEYS Angel Marr Band (rock). VTRANE STUDIO Love For Two: Valentine’s Weekend Concert Carlos Morgan & the Flow (singer/songwriter) 8 pm. VIRGIN MOBILE MOD CLUB Adam Cohen 7 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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DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

ALLEYCATZ Soular (R&B/soul/funk) 9:30 pm. ANNEX WRECKROOM Scale the Summit, Elitist,

BUY TICKETS AT TICKETMASTER, ROTATE THIS, SOUNDSCAPES & PLAY DE RECORD

VDRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Playboy: The

GOTH-POP

VERONICA FALLS

Anti-romance band hits Toronto on Valentine’s Day By CARLA GILLIS VERONICA FALLS and BRILLIANT COLORS at the Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Tuesday (February 14), doors 8:30 pm. $10.50. RT, SS.

It was barely a season ago that UK goth-pop band Veronica Falls swung through Toronto as support for the Drums. But seeing as their on-the-rise debut album, Veronica Falls (Slumberland), had been out for a mere month back in October, it’s no wonder they’re returning so soon. “It’s our first proper headlining tour of America, so we’re really excited,” says easygoing drummer Patrick Doyle from a London café. “Last time we were out, we were playing to the Drums’ audience, and I think we won over some fans. There’s a bit more pressure this time because if no one shows up, it’s our fault.” The other difference is that last time the young four-piece, whose members hail from London and Glasgow, had never toured America before and found themselves unprepared for the long drives. Doyle says they now know to pack the van full of reading material and films. Another van activity? Singing the Friends theme song, otherwise known as I’ll Be There For You, by the Rembrandts. It comes on in the café partway through our conversation, and Doyle stops to let me listen

through the crackly cellphone reception. “Can you hear it?” he asks. “It’s my favourite song ever. It’s so good. I love it. I want to sing it, but I’m in a café, so that would be embarrassing. We actually sing it in the van quite a lot.” The spontaneous admission paints an idyllic picture of Veronica Falls and also speaks to the band’s not always obvious influences. Often lumped in with C86 revivalism or Olympia-inthe-90s-inspired twee, they actually largely draw on 50s and 60s girl groups, says Doyle – especially their dramatic, exaggerated tales of unrequited love. Lyrics that are more than a little dark offset their upbeat, chiming sound. Biting guitars and noisy texture roughen up their girl/boy vocals. Song titles include Found Love In A Graveyard, Misery and Bad Feeling. It’s all rather… “…anti-romance,” offers Doyle. Which makes the fact that their Toronto show falls on February 14 kind of funny. So what can we expect from Veronica Falls on the day of pink hearts and lovebirds? “We haven’t had time to think about it,” Doyle admits, “but I guess we should try to do something. Hey, maybe we could do a cover of the Friends theme song. That would be romantic, wouldn’t it?” music@nowtoronto.com

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

AQUILA UPSTAIRS Bang Howdy (blues/R&B)

9:30 pm.

ASPETTA CAFFE Eighty Nine the Band, Michelle

C, Kevin Martins, Amber Damned, Bearallelogram, House of Coconuts 6 pm to midnight. CADILLAC LOUNGE Mary & Micky (country) 3:30 pm. CAMERON HOUSE Big Tobacco & the Pickers (country) 6 to 8 pm. CASTRO’S LOUNGE Big Rude Jake (blues shouter) 4:30 pm. ETON HOUSE Keith Jolie & the Rag Tag Billy Bobs (roots/country/rock) 4 to 7 pm. FAITH MIRACLE TEMPLE Sunday Best: Final Two Amber Bullock, Andrea Helms (gospel) 7:30 pm. FOGARTY’S The Josh Gordon Band 3 to 7 pm. GATE 403 Bill Heffernan 5 to 8 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Tim Bradford & the Bandits (country/roots) 9 pm. BGLENN GOULD STUDIO Ethiopia: A Musical Perspective Girma Woldemichael, Fantahun Shewankochew, Henok Abebe, Martha Ashagari and others doors 7 pm. HABITS GASTROPUB Stranger Danger w/ Jimi Maze 8 pm. VHART HOUSE DEBATES ROOM Tango Valentine’s Masquerade Ball Ezra Azmon & his Collective (tango music and dance) 8:30 pm. LATVIAN CENTRE The Coldest Night Of The Year Fundraising Gala Sandy MacIntyre & Steeped In Tradition (Celtic) 7 to 10 pm. THE LOCAL Lucas Stagg Band 10 pm, Arthur Renwick 5 pm. LOU DAWG’S Southern Brunch & Live Blues Mark Bird Stafford noon to 3 pm. LOU DAWG’S Goodtimes Don Campbell (acoustic blues/rock) 10 pm.

LuLa Lounge Salsa Saturday Cafe Cubano, DJ Suave.

oLd nick Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 9 pm. Rebas café Open Mic Saturdays David Cright-

on 1 to 4 pm. ReLish New Music Night Mena Hardy (singer/ songwriter) 9:30 pm. Rex Jake Chisholm Group (blues) 3:30 pm.

RoyaL conseRvatoRy of Music koeRneR haLL Yasmin Levy & Omar Faruk Tekbilek

Catherine MacLellan folk singer/songwriter

PEI musician continues her winning streak By Sarah GrEEnE

(Middle Eastern music) 8 pm. VsiLveR doLLaR Valentine’s Day Show The Foggy Hogtown Boys (bluegrass) 8 pm. tRanzac southeRn cRoss Scott B Sympathy (folk) 6:30 pm, Jamzac (folk) 3 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

cadiLLac Lounge CD release party Tia Brazda (jazz vocals) 9 pm. chaLkeRs Pub Dave Young Quartet 6 pm. doMinion on Queen All Sax 4Tet 8:30 pm. enwave theatRe Cantabile: An Evening Of Italian Music Art of Time Ensemble, David Pomeroy, Dominic Mancuso 8 pm. the fLying beaveR PubaRet Sitting Ovations Dina Martina (drag cabaret) 7 pm. 5 gate 403 Keiko Jazz Band 9 pm. gRossMan’s Kid Bastien Forever New Orleans Jazz Festival Guido Cairo, Happy Pals New Orleans Party Orchestra 4 to 8 pm and 9:30 pm. Vhugh’s RooM A Jazz Valentine Micah Barnes & Jackie Richardson, David Restivo, Paul Novotny 8:30 pm. Living aRts centRe haMMeRson haLL Bohemian Voyage Mississauga Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Fung 8 pm. MetRoPoLitan united chuRch Valentine’s Chocolate Cabaret The Velvet Curtain (music from across the world) 8 pm. Music gaLLeRy The Cold War Songbook Vicky Chow, Stephen Clarke, Simon Docking (mid20th century works for piano) 7 & 9 pm. Bnow Lounge Black History Month: A Tribute To Jazz Piano Ken Skinner 10 pm. oLd MiLL inn hoMe sMith baR Jazz Masters Brian O’Kane Trio 7:30 pm. Rex Brad Goode 9:45 pm, Lester McLean Trio 7 pm. RichMond hiLL centRe foR the PeRfoRMing aRts Harlem Gospel Choir 8 pm. soMewheRe theRe studio Ali Berkok’s Ar-

cana (Ali Berkok, Jake Oelrichs, Chris Roberts, Tom Richards, Jim Sexton) 8 pm. tRinity st. PauL’s chuRch House Of Dreams Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra 8 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

annex wReckRooM DJ Rick Toxic (club hits/

catheRine MacLeLLan with Jadea keLLy at Hugh’s Room (2261 Dundas West), tonight (Thursday, February 9), 8:30 pm. $18-$20. HR.

Quietly confident singer/songwriter Catherine MacLellan laughs when I ask if she was surprised to take home five Music PEI Awards in January for her fourth album, Silhouette (True North). “PEI, they got my back,” she says. “Every few years my friends hate me for winning all the awards.” (She walked off with four in 2010.) This time, though, the wins came

as more of a surprise because she felt she was up against stiffer competition. “The music scene has really changed in PEI over the last 10 years. It’s grown, and a lot of people are touring and making records. PEI musicians have upped their game at the same pace as I have.” Recorded in a cabin in rural PEI and finished at producer David Baxter’s home studio in Toronto, Silhouette sees MacLellan’s understated, elegant vocals supported by her Island band plus Toronto guests like pedal steel player Burke Carroll and singer/songwriter Jadea Kelly on backup vocals.

Known for her introspective, poetic lyrics about heartbreak and having the blues, MacLellan tests new ground on catchy country-tinged Stealin’, a rock ’n’ roll tune by her standards. “We could cheat but we’re not going to,” MacLellan explains about the song. “It’s actually one of the few songs in my repertoire that is totally.... I mean, we’ve all been there, but it’s based on imagination rather than something that actually happened.” Silhouette is MacLellan’s first album without a tune about losing her father, celebrated songwriter Gene

MacLellan. It does, however, include a cover of his hit Snowbird, sung as a duet with Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy. “One reason I recorded Snowbird was to keep [my father] tied to what I’m doing,” she says. “But the main reason I put it on the record was because people had been asking for it at shows.” Unlike Anne Murray’s upbeat version, MacLellan plays the song slower and more stripped down. “Instead of avoiding how sad the lyrics are, I fully go for it. The 70s version sounds happy, but the song is really sad.” music@nowtoronto.com

party anthems) 10 pm.

Vbovine sex cLub Valentine Vamps’ Burlesque DJ Ian Blurton 9 pm.

cLinton’s Shake, Rattle & Roll Bangs & Blush

(60s soul/rock & roll party). cobRa Lounge Crown Saturdays DJ Jed Harper. coLLege stReet baR Get Shaky. czehoski KNOWN I.James.Jones. dRake hoteL undeRgRound Evening Standard FCL doors 11 pm. dRake hoteL Lounge DJ DB Cooper doors 10 pm. eMMet Ray baR DJ Soul 2 Hip Hop (funk/soul/ hip-hop) 10 pm. footwoRk Tale of Us. the gaRRison Turning Point (tropical rhythms). gLadstone hoteL MeLody baR Beats ‘n Brunch DJ Kaleb Robertson 11 am to 4 pm. haRbouRfRont centRe ice Rink DJ Skate Night: Reggae Revolution DJ Patrick Roots, Junior Selector, DJ Chocolate 8 to 11 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). VoPeRa house Valentines Fetish Ball DJ Warmuffin, DJ Dwight, DJ Paul Savage. the Piston Digital Needle (soul/funk/new wave/disco) 10 pm. VRivoLi uPstaiRs Bump’n Hustle Love Unlimited: 16th Anniversary & Valentines Bash DJs Paul E Lopes & Mike Tull (soul/funk/ house/disco/Latin/hip-hop/boogie) 10 pm.

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sneaky dee’s Shake A Tail (60s pop & soul) 11 pm.

suPeRMaRket Do Right Sturdays! DJs John

Kong, MC Abs.

thoMPson hoteL Suite Saturdays. viRgin MobiLe Mod cLub UK Underground

MRK, Tigerblood, Bingo Bob (indie/electro/ dubstep/rock) doors 10 pm. wRongbaR Slowed DJ Ayres, Torro Torro, Kill Them With Colour, the Frandiscos, Jesse Bryans.

Sunday, February 12 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

annex wReckRooM Lock Up, Goatwhore, Strong Intention doors 7 pm. ñ castRo’s Lounge Leon Knight & the Neon

Lights (rockabilly) 4 pm, The Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation 8 pm. coLLege stReet baR The Grind, DJ James Redi. doMinion on Queen Rockabilly Brunch 11 am to 3 pm. dRake hoteL undeRgRound Family Concert The Monkey Bunch doors 3 pm. gRaffiti’s Michael Brennan n’ the Roundup 4 to 7 pm. haLo haLo viLLage Medusa Editions 2-Year Showcase Steve Gunn, Coca Cola, Carl Didur, Sacred Lamps 7 pm. the Loaded dog Jessica Mondello & Mark Ripp (acoustic pop) 4 to 8 pm. VLuLa Lounge Will You Be My Valentine? The Holy Gasp, Rambunctious, Jumple doors 8 pm. MagPie cafe Heavy Generator (ska/dub/reggae/rocksteady night) 9 pm. Massey haLL Smoke On The Nation Tour Deep Purple, Monster Truck 7:30 pm. VPacha Lounge Love Always, R&B Emerson Broooks, Othello, Erin Hunt, Joe Louis, PG, Savannah Re, Staasia Daniels and others. RivoLi Music City Toronto Adrenechrome, the Diction, It Will Be, Chasing Charlie, Busker

Bros, Mind Mechanics, Joob, New Fight Scene, Cherina & Devina, Bordeen 7 pm. Roxton Matt Antaya 9:30 pm. Vsound acadeMy Wine, Roses & Laughter Mya, Kim Davis, Tony Cruz, DJ Quincy doors 8 pm. southside Johnny’s Open Jam Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix 9:30 pm. tRanzac Spacecraft 7 (indie rock) 7:30 pm.

PRess cLub Kristine Schmitt & her Special

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

8 pm.

La Guitare Madagascar Slim, Philippe Flahaut, Philippe Lafreniere 7:30 pm. aQuiLa uPstaiRs The McDale’s Open Mic 8:30 pm, Junction Jam The New Mynah Birds (mostly blues) 3:30 pm. VbLooM RestauRant Pre-Valentine Celebration Cuba Tradicional Quartet. cLoak & daggeR Pub Fraser Melvin Blues Band 9 pm. dakota taveRn Flash Lightnin’ 10 pm, Bluegrass Brunch 11 am to 3 pm. eMMet Ray baR One-Day Music Festival #3 Mikko Hilden’s Trio Manouche, Monk’s Music w/ Dan Gaucher, Hobson’s Choice, Paul Kolinski, the Uplifters, the Woodshed Orchestra and others 3 pm to midnight. ePic Lounge Iya Ire (Afro-Cuban drum and dance) 5 to 8 pm. gLadstone hoteL MeLody baR Sunday Family Acoustic Brunch (bluegrass) 9 am to 2 pm. gLadstone hoteL aRt baR Old Time Jam 2 to 5:30 pm. hiRut fine ethioPian cuisine Acoustic Dinner Showcase Nicola Vaughan, Jo-Anne Park, Gary 17 (roots/pop) 4 to 7 pm. hoLy oak cafe Diane Cluck, Dark Ages (folk/ rock) 9 pm. hugh’s RooM Alfie Zappacosta 8:30 pm. the LocaL Steve Gleason (folk) 10 pm, Chris Coole 5 pm. Much Me Open Mic (eclectic) 8 pm. Pogue Mahone Sandy MacIntyre & Steeped in Tradition (Celtic ceilidh) 4 to 8 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

aLLiance fRançaise downtown Au Tour De

Powers (honky-tonk swing stompers) 10 pm. ReLish Stir It Up Sundays Open Mic 10:30 pm. Rex Dr Nick and the Rollercoasters 3:30 pm.

RoyaL conseRvatoRy of Music MazzoLeni haLL Malek Jandali (Middle Eastern music) 3 pm.

suPeRMaRket Freefall Sundays Open Mic/Jam undeRdown Pub Open Mic Porter 9:30 pm.

Brenders, Holger Schoorl, Pete Johnson 5 pm. tRane studio Chelsea & the Socialist Night School (big band) 8 pm. tRanzac The Lina Allemano Four (jazz) 10 pm, Rolling Fork Tour David Essig 7:30 pm, Fred Spek’s CaMp CoMbO (alt jazz/swing/polka) 5 to 7 pm, Toronto Improvisers Orchestra 2 pm. tRinity st. PauL’s chuRch House Of Dreams Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra 3:30 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

cadiLLac Lounge Burlesque Cadillac Brunch

bovine sex cLub B.Y.O. DJ. castRo’s Lounge Watch This Sound (ol’ school

chuRch of the RedeeMeR Cathedral Classics

gRaffiti’s Black Metal Brunch DJ Murder Mike

10:30 am to 3:30 pm.

II: Choirs In Concert The MacMillan Singer, Chamber Choir of Cawthra Park High School 2:30 pm. doMinion on Queen Uptown Swing Band 5 to 8 pm.

edwaRd Johnson buiLding waLteR haLL

Music & Truffles, Classical Music for Family Enjoyment: Beethoven – Immortal Musical Genius Anton Kuerti (piano) 1:15 to 2:15 pm. the fLying beaveR PubaRet Sitting Ovations Dina Martina (drag cabaret) 7 pm. 5 gate 403 David Hutchson Jazz Band 9 pm, Whitney Ross Barris Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. hiRut fine ethioPian cuisine Eucalyptus (jazz) 8 pm. MontgoMeRy’s inn The Neapolitan Connection Concert Series Musical Matinee Felicia Mittica (soprano) 2 pm. Music gaLLeRy ORGANized Continuum Contemporary Music (chamber music) doors 7 pm. oPticianado In-store performance Alex Samaras & Bram Gielen (voice, double bass) 1 to 4 pm. Rebas café Richard Whitman Trio 1 to 4 pm. Rex Fern Lindzon 9:30 pm, the Offbeat 7 pm, Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon. soMewheRe theRe studio NOW Series Robin Buckley, Jesse Levine, Jeremy Strachan, Funky Bunch, Mike Overton 8 pm, Ancient Egypt Kyle

soul/reggae/dub/ska/rock-steady) 9 pm.

(black metal) 11 am. insoMnia Retro Lounge Night DJ Doctor G. Lee’s PaLace dance cave Manic Mondays DJ Shannon (retro 70s/80s) 10 pm. Lou dawg’s Soulful Sundays DJ eMan (funk/ soul/old school hip-hop) 9 pm.

Monday, February 13 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

castRo’s Lounge Rockabilly Mondays 9 pm. cLoak & daggeR Pub The Quiet Revolution (pop/folk) 9 pm.

dakota taveRn The Sure Things (country

rock) 10 pm.

dRake hoteL undeRgRound Elvis Monday doors 9 pm.

dRake hoteL Lounge Ride the Tiger (60s &

70s soul/Motown/stax/R&B) doors 11 pm. gRaffiti’s Kevin Quain’s Gutbucket Saloon 6 to 9 pm. hoRseshoe Shoeless Monday The Feelgoods, Glass Ampp, Bernadette Connors 9 pm. tRanzac southeRn cRoss This Is Awesome! (indie lounge music) 7 pm.

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

dakota taveRn Mariachi Mondays 6 to 10 pm. continued on page 44 œ

NOW February 9-15 2012

horseshoe

canadian music fest horseshoe tavern will be open until 4am fri & saturDay DurinG cmf

thursDay

$ 13.50

march 22

aDv

9:30pm

joseph arthur

friDay

$ 15.00

saturDay

aDv

march 23

$ 15.00

march 24

arts & crafts 11:00pm

aDv

10:20pm

Gentlemen husBands 11:20pm

eiGht & pack a half two hours a.d. traffic 11:30pm

1:00am

12:50am

monster truck

jordan cook brett caswell & the marquee rose

zeus wintersleep 12:40am

special guests @ 2am

snowblink bravestation gold & youth chains of love

lee’s palace

canadian music fest Dance cave & lee’s will be open until 4am fri & saturDay DurinG cmf

winDish aGency • $15 aDv

fri march 23

caveman cloud nothings big scary + doldrums

sat march 24

the

$17.50

aDvance

inbreds reunion show

tuesDay april 3 lee’s palace • $18.50 advance

tuesDay march 6

lee’s palace • $16.50 advance

the revival atlas Tour sound

chuck ragan dan andriano (hot water music) (alkaline trio)

cory branan nathaniel rateliff presents

thurs april 5 sounD acaDemy • $22.50 adv

the naked and famous

10th anniversary (Playing a selection of their discograPhy from 2002 - 2012)

wednesday april 4

friday

@ opera house

nada $ 16.50

march 2

the phoenix • $25 advance

advance • 9:00pm Doors

thurs march 29 @ lee’s palace

surf psychedelic furs

friDay april 13 opera house

$ 18.00

36.50 advance • 8:30pm Doors • 19+

friDay april 6 @ the moD club 18.50 advance • all-aGes • 6:00pm Doors

advance • Doors 7:30pm

w/ BurninG loVe

on sale friDay @ 10:00am

saturDay april 14 @ lee’s palace

lucero 22.50 advance • 8:30pm • 19+

big d & the kids table saturday

april 14 horseshoe • 15.50 adv $

& low

thursday april 19 massey hall all-ages / tickets $59.50 - $69.50 advance on sale January 28 @ the roy thompson hall Box office massey hall Box office & masseyhall.com

march 12 opera house

$ 18.50

advance • 8:30 doors

justin townes earle w/ TriSTEN

february 9-15 2012 NOW

all-ages • $18.50 adv

friday

april 20

kina wooden grannis sky

opera house • $ 15.50 adv

the

lee’s palace • $20 advance

weDnesDay may 2 moD club • $18.50 advance

trampled boxer

tuesDay may 8 the phoenix

touche amore

friDay may 18 & saturDay may 19 scrappy happiness tour

sunDay april 29 the phoenix

sunDay april 15

cancer by turtles rebellion bats queen elizabeth theatre

saturday

J roddy Walston & the Business

$ 29.50 advance + ff (reserved seating)

neon

indian w/ lemonade

wednesday

april 25 phoenix • 20.00 adv

cults $

saturDay may 5 @ the phoenix

spiritualized $ 27.00

advance • 8:00pm Doors • 19+

advance ticketS @ ticketmaster.ca or 1-855-985-5000 • HorSeSHoe Front Bar • SoundScapeS • rotate tHiS Friday february 10 @ great Hall • $17.50 advance

william Fitzsimmons tHurS february 9 • $6.00

younG runninG motel enGlish silver creek BeFore the Flood Sat february 11 alternative rock

• $10.00

stereokid the noise jojeto morninG thieves

Friday february 10 • $7.00 alternative rock

the rising tide shoot the cameraman broken sons the new enemy henry taylor Hosted by bookie (18th year)

tueSday february 14

delta mon february 13 • no cover sounds of fans shoeless mondays in my coma the Feelgoods four nines fine Glass ampp the experimental Bernadette connors tropic Blues Band

Saturday march 31 @ HorSeSHoe • $16.50 adv

toronto indie alt country

jersey

cursive ocean! reunion ShoW! lee’S palace • $15.00 advance

Sunday march 25 @ horSeShoe • $18.50 adv

the wedding

present

hey

With aiden

knight

monday april 16

horSeShoe tavern • $12.50 adv

white comeback kid denim performing claSSic album ‘Sea monSterS’

Friday march 30 @ mod cluB • $ 17.50 adv • all-ages

tueS april 10 @ lee’S palace • $15.00 adv

Santa cruz acouStic punk $ 15.00 advance

tueS april 17 @ annex Wreckroom • $ 16.50 adv

burner

bellaclava noBle prize Fighter slow learners mon february 20 $ 15.50

advance • fat poSSum

Saturday $april 21 lee’S palace • 15.00 advance

Sat february 18 $ 13.50

advance • double header

the queers the ataris

heartless bastards les sexareenos far from finished

the unbelievers

Fri february 24 • $12.50 adv

haCienda

devin therriault

montreal 60’s king kaHn-BBQdeadly SnakeS Style garage punk reunion!

marvelous darlings + rats of spring + the sphinxs

plants & animals

horSeShoe •

amos the

transparent

Juno concert SerieS $ 20.00 advance featuring memberS of

the order of Good cheer the beauties Wed february 29 • 13.50 adv black keyS produced indie rock! the arkells • bss by divine riGht our lady peace treble charGer W/ hospitality the skydiGGers cd release $

tennis

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

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

at door • $10 w/ canned food

advance

old war

belle brigade + family of the year

Saturday may 5 the garriSon • $11.50 advance

friday april 27

thurSday may 15

lee’S palace • $ 15.00 advance

carleton stone grand canyon Sat february 11

friendlyness friday february 17

charles jackson bradley live! and hiS extraordinaires

With

little barrie

sold out!

Sat february 18 local cd releaSe

$ 7.00

@ door

triBute to

michael jackson tueS february 21

$ 15.50

advance • brooklyn

tHurS may 3 @ mod cluB • $ 18.50 adv • all-ages • 6pm

W/ balam acab

tues february 14 @ the drake • $12.50 adv

thurSday march 1

Sun february 19 @ rivoli • $12.00 adv

other lives the barr slow club siGn me to veronica falls brothers matt pryor roadrunner crocodiles pianos become the teeth jonny chairliFt scud mountain grimes corndawg gavin mcinnes boys lost in the trees great hall • $ 15.00 advance

w/ Bleeding rainBow

brilliant colors

WedneSday march 28

mon march 19 @ horseshoe • $8.00 adv

wed march 28 @ horseshoe • $12.00 adv

Saturday february 25

keith’s live preSentS...

Joe pernice alt country $ 16.50 advance

tues march 20 @ drake hotel • $10.00 adv

shovels & rope + roBert ellis

book launch for how to Piss in Public

Saturday march 31

thurSday april 5

friday april 6 @ the drake • $13.50 adv

hunx & his punx

sunday april 8 @ the drake • $11.50 adv

san fran punk!

margot & the nuclear so-so’s

sunday april 15 @ garrison • $11.50 adv

mon april 23 @ horseshoe • $10.00 adv

sun april 29 @ horseshoe • $10.50 adv

Silver dollar • $ 11.50 advance

$ 10.00

friday march 2 @ the drake • $13.00 adv

tues february 14 @ garrison • $10.50 adv

With

shearwater tHurS february 23 • $13.50 adv With

Wed february 22 •

drake hotel • $11.50 advance

Saturday march 3

$ 15

active sharon the fires of child la dispute van ruby spirit etten Wendy versus

friday march 2 @ hard luck • $10.50 adv

Sat february 25 • $10.00

friday february 10

marley emma bob tribute house of good lee david GanG + $ 12.50

lee’S palace • $15.00 advance

promised jetpacks

thurS february 9 cd releaSe • $12.00 advance

friday april 20

makes acacia strain bear in three barn brown heaven bird we were blouse + doldrums lionheart + no braGGinG riGhts

Friday february 17 • $8.00 montreal metal

with

friday march 16

thurS february 16

jerry leger david baxter nichol robertson

Sneaky dee’S • $ 12.50 advance

videodead + organ thieves

shabazz palaces jadea Kelly the devil Wed february 15 • $10.00

friday february 10

garriSon • $ 11.50 advance

poor moon

perfume genius disappears hanni el khatib horse feathers with sundelles

tueS february 28 • $16.50 adv

punch

brothers

feb 29 - twilight sad mar 24 - the inbreds apr 7 - rasputina

artiSt bookingS: 416-598-0720 or ben@leespalace.com

leespalace.com 529 bloor Street WeSt / bathurSt NOW february 9-15 2012

Venue Index

221 Sterling 221 Sterling, Unit 3. Al green theAtre 750 Spadina. 416-9246211. AlleycAtz 2409 Yonge. 416-481-6865. AlliAnce FrAnçAiSe Downtown 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014. (416) 588-4MOD (663) AnDy PoolhAll 489 College. 416-923-5300. Annex wreckroom 794 Bathurst. 416536-0346. AquilA 347 Keele. 416-341-8487. ASPettA cAFFe 207 Augusta. 416-725-0693. BAr itAliA 582 College. 416-535-3621. Bloke & 4th 401 King W. Bloom reStAurAnt 2315 Bloor W. 416-767-1315. Bovine Sex cluB 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239. BrASSAii 461 King W. 416-598-4730. cADillAc lounge 1296 Queen W. 416-536-7717. cAmeron houSe 408 Queen W. 416-703-0811. doors @ ten cAStro’S lounge 2116 Queen E. 416-699-8272. chAlkerS PuB 247 Marlee. 416-789-2531. & friends cherry colA’S rock n’ rollA 200 Bathurst. chevAl 606 King W. 416-363-4933. 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. 416-533-2417. corner PlAce 11 Jarvis. 416-850-1738. crocoDile rock 240 Adelaide W. 416-599doors @ ten 9751. czehoSki 678 Queen W. 416-366-6787. DAkotA tAvern 249 Ossington. 416-850-4579. DAve’S... on St clAir 730 St Clair W. 416657-3283. DAzzling reStAurAnt 291 King W. 416& in the loft 506-8886. Dc muSic theAtre 360 Munster. 416-2340222. De SotoS 1079 St Clair W. 416-651-2109. DeltA chelSeA hotel 33 Gerrard W. 416595-1975. Dominion on queen 500 Queen E. 416368-6893. DorA keogh 141 Danforth. 416-778-1804. DouBle DouBle lAnD 209 Augusta. DrAke hotel 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. DuFFy’S tAvern 1238 Bloor W. 416-628-0330. eDwArD JohnSon BuilDing 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. el mocAmBo 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777. emmet rAy BAr 924 College. 416-792-4497. enwAve theAtre 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. ePic lounge 1355 St Clair W. 416-792-9382. eton houSe 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. FAith mirAcle temPle 280 Yorkland Blvd. 416-650-9550. the Flying BeAver PuBAret 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567. FogArty’S 3481 Shore W. 416-253-5500. RCM_Now1/5bw_Brasil_contests_Feb9_Layout 1 Lake 12-02-03 5:51 Footwork 425 Adelaide W. 416-913-3488. Four SeASonS centre For the Per-

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on cue 349 Jane. 647-763-0417. oPerA houSe 735 Queen E. 416-466-0313. oPticiAnADo 2919 Dundas W. 416-6042020. orBit room 580A College. 416-535-0613. oz gAllery 134 Ossington. 416-792-5511. PAchA lounge 1305 Dundas W. 416-5304781. PArtS & lABour 1566 Queen W. 416-5887750. Phoenix concert theAtre 410 Sherbourne. 416-323-1251. the PiSton 937 Bloor W. 416-532-3989. PJ o’BrienS iriSh PuB 39 Colborne. 416-8157562. P.k. creek 255 Dundas W (Mississauga). 905-306-1999. Pogue mAhone 777 Bay. 416-598-3339. the Port 1179 Dundas W. 416-516-1270. PreSiDente BAnquet hAll 1133 Creditstone (Vaughan). PreSS cluB 850 Dundas W. 416-364-7183. quoteS 220 King W. 416-979-7717. reBAS cAFé 3289 Dundas W. 416-626-7372. reliSh 2152 Danforth. 416-425-4664. rePoSADo 136 Ossington. 416-532-6474. rex 194 Queen W. 416-598-2475. richmonD hill centre For the PerForming ArtS 10268 Yonge (Richmond Hill). 905-787-8811. rivoli 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908. rockwooD 31 Mercer. 416-979-7373. roSe theAtre 1 Theatre Lane (Brampton). 905-874-2800. roxton 379 Harbord. 416-535-8181. royAl conServAtory oF muSic 273 Bloor W. 416-408-0208. the ruSty nAil 2202 Danforth. 647-729-7254. the SAvoy 1166 Queen W. Silver DollAr 486 Spadina. 416-975-0909. the SiSter 1554 Queen W. 416-532-2570. Smiling BuDDhA 961 College. 416-516-2531. SneAky Dee’S 431 College. 416-603-3090. Somewhere there StuDio 227 Sterling, unit #112. Sony centre For the PerForming ArtS 1 Front E. 1-855-872-7669. SounD AcADemy 11 Polson. 416-461-3625. SouthSiDe Johnny’S 3653 Lake Shore W. 416-521-6302. SuPermArket 268 Augusta. 416-840-0501. SutrA 612 College. 416-537-8755. tAttoo rock PArlour 567 Queen W. 416-703-5488. thomPSon hotel 550 Wellington W. 416-640-7778. 3 monkeyS 1585 Warden. 416-609-1511. 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. unit BAr 1198 Queen W. 416-537-6646. unlovABle 1415 Dundas W. 416-532-6669. uPPer JAzz StuDio 90 Wellesley W. virgin moBile moD cluB 722 College. 416-588-4663. wAterFAllS 303 Augusta. 416-927-9666. wrongBAr 1279 Queen W. 416-516-8677. york univerSity AccolADe eASt BlDg 4700 Keele. 416-736-5888.

clubs&concerts œcontinued from page 41

the locAl Hamstrung Stringband (blugrass)

9:30 pm. on cue Camdon Blues (blues) 8 pm. PreSS cluB Domestic Bliss Mondays Gord Zubrecki Band (folk/world) 10 pm. roxton Michael Peter (bluegrass) 9:30 pm. SuPermArket Fundraising Party for the play The Innocents Darren Eedens, Petty Victories doors 9 pm. trAne StuDio Blue Mondays Son Roberts Band (nublues) 8 pm. trAnzAc Southern croSS Open Mic Mondays 10 pm.

JAzz/CLASSiCAL/ExPERiMEnTAL

eDwArD JohnSon BuilDing wAlter hAll

Chamber Music Series St Lawrence String Quartet 7:30 pm. emmet rAy BAr Peripheral Vision (jazz ) 9 pm. gAte 403 Richard Whiteman Jazz Band 9 pm, Denis Schingh (solo piano) 5 to 8 pm. hugh’S room Speak Low Adi Braun, John Alcorn (jazz/cabaret) 8 pm. VolD mill inn Bossa Nova For Lovers Gord Sheard, Bill McBirnie, George Koller, Mark Kelso, Luanda Jones, Barbra Lica (Latin jazz) doors 7 pm. rex Humber College Student Jazz Ensembles 9:30 pm, U of T Student Jazz Ensembles 6:30 pm. Somewhere there StuDio Gone Fishing Michael Murphy, Michael Keith, David Sait (experimental music) 8 pm.

DAnCE MUSiC/DJ/LOUnGE

AlleycAtz Salsa Night DJ Frank Bischun 8 pm. Bovine Sex cluB Moody Mondays Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

inSomniA DJs Topher & Oranj (rock). the PiSton Junk Shop DJs Jorge & Jeeks (pre

to post punk/new wave/garage/indie) 10 pm.

rePoSADo Mezcal Mondays DJ Ellis Dean. rockwooD Mashup Mondays Crunch (house/hip-hop/club anthems).

thomPSon hotel Blacklist.

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wAterFAllS The Lion’s Den (reggae).

Tuesday, February 14 POP/ROCK/HiP-HOP/SOUL

Bovine Sex cluB The Merves. DAkotA tAvern Peter Elkas Band 10 pm. the gArriSon Veronica Falls, Brilliant

Colours (indie pop) doors 8:30 pm. See ñ preview, page 40. glADStone hotel The Red Masquerade: Association for Native Development in ñ the Performing & Visual Arts Fundraiser Derek

Miller, Digging Roots, DJ Bear Witness, Pappy Johns Band doors 9 pm. grAFFiti’S Tumultuous Tuesdays SSW Night 8 pm, Max Marshall 5 to 7 pm. horSeShoe Nu Music Nite Delta, Sounds of Fans, In My Coma, Four Nines Fine, the Experimental Tropic Blues Band 8:40 pm. mASSey hAll The Jim Cuddy Band, Doug Paisley 8 pm. oPerA houSe English Dogs, Toxic Holocaust, Casualties, Havok doors 7 pm. Voz gAllery Love Near Bellwoods Dave Monks (Tokyo Police Club), Luke Laldonde (Born Ruffians), Chris White (Bellewoods) (love song showcase). Phoenix concert theAtre Die Antwoord doors 8 pm, all ages. Vrivoli Valentine’s Day Stacy Kaniuk, Gray (soul infused pop) 8 pm. SounD AcADemy In Flames, Trivium, Veil of Maya, Kying doors 6:30 pm, all ages.

ñ ñ ñ

FOLK/BLUES/COUnTRY/WORLD

VAquilA uPStAirS Valentine’s Day Sounds Different (experimental music) 8:30 pm. cAStro’S lounge blueVenus (acoustic singer/ songwriter ) 10 pm. cloAk & DAgger PuB Slocan Ramblers (bluegrass) 10 pm. DeltA chelSeA hotel Acoustic Tuesday David Essig 7:30 pm. DrAke hotel unDergrounD Other Lives (folk rock) doors 8 pm. DrAke hotel lounge Memphis Tuesdays The Treasures (country/bluegrass) doors 10 pm. DuFFy’S tAvern Szan T No. gAte 403 Blues Night Julian Fauth 9 pm. hABitS gAStroPuB Old-Time Tuesdays Rosalyn Dennett, Harley Card 8 pm. Vhugh’S room Valentine’s Day Show Betty & the Bobs. the locAl Texas Blues Danny Brooks. lolA Calliope’s Nest – Women’s Open Stage 5 to 8 pm. PreSS cluB Toast n’ Jam Open Jam 10 pm. the ruSty nAil Open Stage Jam Chad Campbell 9 pm. trAnzAc Don’t Worry Darlin’ (country rock) 10 pm. york univerSity AccolADe eASt BlDg triBute communitieS recitAl hAll Faculty Con-

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album reviews not a strong singer, but the way his words drop off adds to the intimacy. The closest Lambchop come to rocking is on toe-tapping Gone Tomorrow. For the most part, the tempos range from languid to glacial, drawing attention to the intricacy of the instrumentation and the stories being told. Top track: 2B2 JOANNE HUFFA

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(Daps) Rating: There’s already a ton of advance buzz about Phèdre, the new collaboration between Doldrums and members of Hooded Fang, and this self-titled debut doesn’t disappoint. While NOW loves both acts, Hooded Fang’s bouncy surf pop is a bit too normal to blow up big, and Doldrums lo-fi sampling experiments are a bit too weird. Phèdre, however, combines the best of both projects, with impressive results. Their album sounds like Ariel Pink and Lil Wayne getting together to pro-

Pop/Rock

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Plumb (Memphis Industries) Rating: NNNN Field Music have yet to put out a stinker of an album. The Sunderland, England, band’s fourth is as ambitious, clearheaded and progressive as ever, with 15 seamless songs that consistently keep interest high and ideas varied. More than ever, the Brewis brothers make known their allegiance to prog-rock forefathers XTC, Genesis, ELO and Pink Floyd, moving their brief songs in myriad melodic, rhythmic and tonal directions without frustrating listeners. They go for clean, natural-sounding production, and violins, cello, clarinet and trumpet frequently back their guitar/drums/bass setup. Sorry Again, Mate blends Queenesque operatic touches with Beatlesesque widescreen pop, Choosing Sides starts out like a zany throwaway before moving into psychedelic territory, while the relatively straightforward Who’ll Pay The Bills? keeps their rhythmic chops front and centre. Field Music’s lyrics, too, shouldn’t be overlooked. Few bands can get so much mileage out of a mere five or six lines, especially on the gorgeously harmonized How Many More Times?, which ends on the word “moon” and leads appropriately into the song Ce Soir. Top track: Sorry Again, Mate CARLA GILLIS

PAUL McCARTNEY Kisses On The Bottom (Hear) Rating: NN Can we please call a moratorium on aging rock stars recording cover albums of their early influences? Good intentions aside, they almost always suck, which is exactly the case with Sir Paul’s 16th solo studio album. He sounds like he’s having fun playing the jazz lounge singer, but he’s clearly enjoying it far more than we are,

duce a Human League record. The songs are undeniably pretty electronic pop, but also disorientating, woozy and vaguely unsettling: picture an artsy loft party where far too many are on LSD and removing clothing at an alarming rate. We still have no idea how they managed to make a song constructed around dog bark samples (Aphrodite) work so well, but the fact that they even attempted it (let alone pulled it off) tells you how fearless they are. Top track: In Decay Phèdre play the Great Hall February 24. BENJAMIN BOLES

despite some help from Diana Krall, John Clayton, Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder. Detractors might say he’s always been schmaltzy, but he’s usually pretty good at the mushy, sentimental stuff. This could have been as effective as Harry Nilsson’s A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night but instead comes across like a dinnertheatre version of that vibe: smooth and pleasant, with absolutely no depth. His usually formidable voice could have saved it, but he often sounds like he’s struggling to hit the notes. The two original songs he wrote for the project won’t get anyone other than diehard fans excited either. Top track: Ac- Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive BB

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A Different Kind Of Truth (Interscope) Rating: NNNN Those doubtful about Van Halen’s 12th album, their first since 1984 with – hallelujah! – David Lee Roth back on vocals, and with Eddie Van Halen’s son Wolfgang replacing Michael Anthony on bass, should be reminded that many of its songs were built from old demos and lyrics written in the 70s. Which is why A Different Kind Of Truth sounds familiar in the best way. Roth is as loopy and fun as ever, especially on bizarro Stay Frosty. (Can someone please make him a judge on one of those singing contests?) Eddie’s guitar leads are headspinning and exuberant, like on thrill-aminute China Town, a song also showcasing near-hardcore drumming by brother Alex, who’s on fire throughout the LP. The songs aren’t all winners. Fifty-sixyear-old Roth does his low, talky thing on Honeybabysweetiedoll. Add in his lyrics and age and the effect becomes creepy. (Maybe it always was?) The Trouble With Never, meanwhile, leaves us with the question, “How deep does the rabbit hole go?” Ew. Top track: China Town Van Halen play the Air Canada Centre March 17. CG

SONIC AVENUES Television Youth (Dirtnap) Rating: NNN Sonic Avenues aren’t the most original band to emerge from Montreal, but poppunk isn’t a genre big on originality. Their sophomore album displays a retro reverence for buzz-saw four-chord progressions, lo-fi production and infectious Anglo-tinged vocal hooks. That formula brings to mind everyone from the Buzzcocks to the Undertones to the late Jay Reatard, and Sonic Avenues follow it with enough energy and craftsmanship to belong on that list (or at least to allow them to be mentioned in the same breath as those legends without accusations of blasphemy). It’s fun, fast and frank, and sometimes that’s all you’re looking for. Thematically, the album mines the well of generational idleness and intellectual degradation from which Bad Religion have drawn for decades, but it’s a deep well. Besides, the words “obliterated” and “degenerated” just rhyme so easily over a breakneck punk riff, don’t they? Top track: Television Youth RT

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K’NAAN More Beautiful Than Silence EP (Universal) Rating: NN The voice that opens K’naan’s new EP isn’t the rapper’s own rangy flow but a reedy, super-polished Nelly Furtado (on Is Anybody Out There?). Not the worst thing – Furtado always exudes geniality – but an indicator, it seems, of a contributor-reliant direction for the Torontonian who found mass global success with 2009 single Wavin’ Flag. More Beautiful Than Silence is a glossy sampling of K’naan’s post-Troubador work. It relies heavily on ambiguous world music tropes, highly melodic, canned in-

spirational hooks and arena-style arranging. (See the Coldplay sample on Better.) It’s not that the five tracks here are bad; K’naan is still an adept storyteller. It’s that they’ve been scrubbed clean of humanity. Even Nas’s breathy gristle – his edge – has been swiped from the collaborative Nothing To Lose, leaving the disc’s most rapsounding song disappointingly weightless. Manufactured poignancy kinda contradicts the K’naan vibe that celebrates the human spirit. Top track: Nothing To Lose, featuring Nas ANUPA MISTRY

Blues

DAVID ESSIG Rolling Fork To Gallows Point (Watershed/independent) Rating: NNN The title of Canadian blues musician David Essig’s new album refers to Muddy Waters’s hometown, Rolling Fork, and the view from Essig’s current home on Protection Island in British Columbia. The project, though, began in Ontario in 1985 as a vinyl LP of blues and gospel covers called Whose Muddy Shoes. Instead of reissuing the original recording, Essig invited Chris Whiteley and a few other friends to sit in on a Sunday-afternoon jam session that revisited the same material. Later, he recorded additional songs on his own. The band songs tend to overflow with harmonica and distorted guitar. I prefer the simplicity of gospel opener Waitin’ On You and Essig’s lovely guitar work on solo acoustic Candyman. Top track: Candyman David Essig plays the Tranzac Sunday (February 12), the Delta Chelsea Hotel on Tuesday (February 14) and Winterfolk at the Delta Chelsea (February 18 and February 19). SARAH GREENE

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Mr. M (Merge) Rating: Dedicated to friend and colleague Vic Chesnutt, Lambchop’s 11th album is as refined and dignified as the top-hatwearing gentleman depicted on the cover. Always the central figure in the Nashville band, singer Kurt Wagner is now the lone original member, leading the streamlined five-piece through this collection of bittersweet songs about love and daily life. Though Lambchop are now less than half their peak size, glorious string arrangements and piano parts still complement Wagner’s picked acoustic guitar. His voice stays in his natural register (in the past he’s ventured into falsetto) and retains a warm, conversational tone. He’s

For Paolo (Boompa) Rating: The risk in writing a song with overly specific lyrics is that it won’t mean much to someone unfamiliar with the subject. The title track on Woodpigeon’s For Paolo EP, written for lead singer/songwriter Mark Hamilton’s boyfriend, directly names its recipient and unravels itself with references to his unique speaking habits and pet names. But its lyrics also touch on a universal feeling: the comfort that comes from knowing and accepting all of a partner’s habits and idiosyncrasies. Hamilton’s earnest sincerity gets exhausting over a typically overlong Woodpigeon album but works far better at EP length. The arrangements, subtle almost to a fault, surround his words with nuances, allowing touches of strings, plucked acoustic guitars, organ and occasional distorted grit to dance with his hushed, plaintive vocals. A nice taste of what promises to be a busy year for the Calgary band. Top track: For Paolo RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

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ANOTHER FINE CROP Here’s a guide to what’s sprouting at the fest of new indie works By JON KAPLAN INTERVIEW

Laura Nanni RHUBARB FESTIVAL: RAW. RADICAL. PERFORMANCE. presented by Buddies in Bad Times (12 Alexander), at Buddies and other locations. Runs through February 19, Wednesday-Sunday, various times. Evening passes $20, Sunday afternoons and One-To-One Performance Series pwyc, mobile events free. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com.

nothing is more difficult for Rhubarb Fest director Laura Nanni than being asked which one show out of some 40 must be seen. “Rhubarb isn’t about any one piece,” she says about her scheduling of the 33rd festival. “It’s about the experience of an entire evening of shows in development, since you can see five 30-minute pieces each night. PREVIEWS

The Little G8 That Could… The idea of legacy has a certain attractive romantic quality, and writer/ performer Dan Watson admits being conflicted about what the G8 legacy means to residents of Huntsville. We still hear lots about the July 2010 G20 in Toronto, but less about the G8 that preceded it in Muskoka. “I saw the excited lead-up there, but the fulfillment of the promise hasn’t been as positive,” says the artist, who divides his time between Toronto and his hometown. The theory was that the $50 million

“Rhubarb is about that arc, a conversation that’s made of a series of works. I encourage people to try a number of bite-sized tastes of new ideas and projects, not just one.” Part of the thrill of Rhubarb is seeing the work of established artists like Adam Lazarus, Damien Atkins and Rosa Laborde alongside that of theatre newbies such as Eroca Nicols, Meera Margaret Singh and Luke Painter and musicians Yamantaka// Sonic Titan. “The aim in bringing this mix together is to create an environment where artists can learn and be inspired by each other’s different backgrounds and approaches to performance. This mix of artists also makes for a diverse audience.” Returning are workshops of solo pieces by Buddies’ Young Creators Unit: Daniel Jelani Ellis, cassy walker, Jamie Ebbs and Michael David Lorsch put into the area would have a longterm effect, but the G8 Summit Centre, which has been turned into an ice rink and seniors’ centre, is one of the few positive post-event followthroughs. Watson’s show, The Little G8 That Could…, is a kind of mockumentary in which the personable actor investigates, via monologues and YouTube clips, the dreams and realities of the G8 promises. He’s even created, using actual news coverage, Skype conversations with Conservative MP Tony Clement and Huntsville mayor Claude Doughty that further the show’s tongue-in-cheek tone. To Sunday (February 12), 8 pm

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Clare Preuss moves to her affliction.

Two of this year’s Rhubarb themes, disease and failure, are on display in affliction, a striking dance work by Thomas Morgan Jones and Clare Preuss about multiple sclerosis. Presented in association with Cahoots Theatre, the duet is a spinoff from a script that Jones, diagnosed with MS, has been working on with the company. “The initial work was set in the external world, but here we’re looking at what happens inside the body,” says Preuss, who dances the ill person to Jones’s anthropomorphized disease.

– “some of the bravest works I’ve seen in a while,” she says. Several pieces are again being done outside the Buddies space, and a new performance series called OneTo-One has a single audience member interacting with a work’s creator. It’s also important, adds Nanni, to program international artists. This year’s guests are New York cabaret sensation Justin Vivian Bond and performance artist Keith Hennessey. And what’s Nanni’s guilty Rhubarb pleasure? “I really look forward to the parties. They’re as performative as anything you see onstage, and a great release of the energy between audience and performers. I can’t wait to dance with everybody.” 3 jonkap@nowtoronto.com

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Dan Watson explores fallout from the G8 Summit.

The performers have been working with composer Michelle Bensimon, whose music Preuss describes as “quite dark and sad, with inherent drama. Both the sound and the movement have elements of neurological twitching, since MS is an inflammatory disease in which your own immune system attacks the spinal cord and the brain. The piece plays like a dysfunctional romance.” affliction is a good example of the branching out that Rhubarb encourages, since Preuss and Jones do movement work in the theatre community but neither identifies as a dancer. February 15-19, 8 pm

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PLEASE FOREVER PLEASE Audiences expect gender-bending stories at Buddies. But Alex Napier’s PLEASE FOREVER PLEASE gives a few new twists to Ovid’s tale about Iphis, a girl raised as a boy who falls in love with another girl; Iphis asks a goddess to be turned into a boy. “The original story, quite conservative, is a springboard for our discussion about how identities are created within families,” smiles the author/director. “We’re using it to talk about the way people inherit archetypes and stereotypes and live them even though

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they’re aware of what they’re doing. What does it mean politically to fulfill your stereotype as mother or father, for example?” The show gives Napier a longdesired chance to collaborate with musician Emma McKenna and artist Sojourner Truth Parsons (whose costumes are wearable sculpture) on a work that’s feminist without having feminism as its central theme. “The show lets me bring friends and artists, all talented women from different backgrounds, into the theatre as collaborators.” To Sunday (February 12), 9 pm

changed by a violent event in this musical adaptation about memory, identity and love. Opens Feb 10 and runs to Feb 26, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $25-$35, Sun pwyc. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529, necessaryangel.com. Lucia Di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti (Toronto Opera Repertoire). This story of tragic love, set during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots, is performed in Italian with surtitles. Opens Feb 15 and runs to Mar 3, see website for schedule. $25, stu/srs $15. Bickford Centre Theatre, 777 Bloor W. toronto-opera.com. vno sweetheart requireD (Cabbagetown Theatre Company). This alternative Valentine’s cabaret features comedy, dance, music and theatre by Kim Sprenger, Brent Barkley

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and others. Feb 9-14, Thu-Tue 8 pm. $20, Thu & Mon $10. Whistler’s Grille, 995 Broadview. 416-653-5870. Pomme is french for aPPLe by Liza Paul and Bahia Watson (Paul Watson Productions). Paul and Watson perform a series of vignettes about women and their most embarrassing and empowering moments. Previews Feb 13. Opens Feb 14 and runs to Feb 18, Mon-Sat 9 pm. $20. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. pommeisfrenchforapple.com. PotteD Potter by Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner (Starvox Entertainment/Potted Productions). Clarkson and Turner use costumes, props and music to perform all seven Harry Potter books in 70 minutes. Previews Feb 11-12. Opens Feb 14 and runs to Mar 4, daily at various times, see website for details (no shows Feb 21, 27). $29.95-$99.95. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 1-800-461-3333, mirvish.com. sanctuary song by Abigail RichardsonSchulte and Marjorie Chan (Theatre Direct). This opera for young people looks at the journey of an Asian elephant from captivity to freedom. Opens Feb 10 and runs to Feb 20, Feb 11 ZooCheck benefit at 7 pm, Feb 18 at 4 pm, Feb 19-20 at 2 pm. $10-$20 (ZooCheck benefit $50-$100 at zoocheck.com). Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. 416-5374191, theatredirect.ca. sonnets for an oLD century by José Rivera (Column 13 Actors Company). In a waiting room for the afterlife, souls have one chance to concisely relate the story of their lives. Opens Feb 14 and runs to Feb 25, Fri-Sat and Tue-Wed 8 pm. $12. Palmerston Library Theatre, 560 Palmerston. column13.org. u of t Drama festivaL (U of T Drama Coalition). This competitive showcase features plays written, directed and performed by students. Opens Feb 15 and runs to Feb 18, WedSat 7:30 pm. $12, stu/srs $10 (uofttix.ca). Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-8849, harthousetheatre.ca.

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composer/philosopher John Cage, who regularly cast the I Ching to guide his creativity, director Rose Plotek and her three performers collaborate on a structured improvisation of words, music and movement. “When I read Cage’s moving book

Silence, there was something about the quality of the language and its presentation on the page that felt theatrical,” recalls Plotek. “I didn’t know how it would translate to performance, but we’ve made the use of chance – which in Cage’s case sometimes involved the flipping of a coin – our own by pulling Scrabble tiles and improvising based on a tile’s number or letter.” Following a set of rules, a specific lexicon and the text from Silence, the show plays with narrative in a nonlinear way; of course each performance will be unique. “At Rhubarb, I’m most interested in discovering how the audience relates to the work; they function as the fourth performer in this experiment.” February 15 to 19, 9 pm

arts festivaL (Back Burner Productions). Playwrights, musicians, comics, dancers, poets and others showcase their work, featuring Socratic Theatre Collective, Evelyne Russell, random acts of dance and others. Opens Feb 9 and runs to Feb 18, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $5-$10 sliding scale. Dominion on Queen, 500 Queen E. facebook.com/ events/245691598839371. Zero hour by Jim Brochu (Lia and Danna Matthow). Writer and actor Jim Brochu’s solo show about Zero Mostel draws an immensely sympathetic portrait of a man who acted so he could paint. Brochu instills passion into an occasionally sentimental performance of unbridled, lovingly hokey humour. Opens Feb 9 and runs to Mar 11, Wed 7 pm, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat 2 pm, Sun 3 pm. $59-$70. Bathurst Street Theatre, 736 Bathurst. 1-855-985-2787, zerohourshow.com. nnn (Naomi Skwarna)

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An unlikely group of masterminds plan ‘the perfect crime,’ with dangerous and comic results. Previews Feb 13-20. Opens Feb 21 and runs to Mar 28, see website for schedule. $51-$68, stu $32; rush $22/stu $5. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. Long Day’s Journey into night by Eugene O’Neill (Soulpepper). O’Neill’s story of isolation, addiction and despair reveals a day in the life of his own family. Previews Feb 1422. Opens Feb 23 and runs to Mar 28, see website for schedule. $51-$68, stu $32; rush $22/stu $5. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. war horse based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford (National Theatre of Great Britain/Mirvish). An English boy sets out to find his horse after it’s sold to the cavalry and shipped off to France during WWI. Previews Feb 10-27. Opens Feb 28 and runs to Jun 30, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 1:30 pm (no mats Feb 11, 12, 15, 26, 29). $35-$130. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com.

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VBe Mein Valentine! (Skin Tight Outta Sight Rebel Burlesque). The troupe performs a show in the tradition of Weimar Republic Berlin with Boylesque T.O. and others. Feb 10, doors 9 pm. $25-$30. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. bemeinvalentine2012.eventbrite.com. a night For the innocents (Tango Co). This funder for Daniel Karasik’s upcoming play features live music. Feb 13, doors 9 pm. $10. Supermarket, 268 Augusta. tangoco.net. the rag Bag caBaret (Rachelle Elie). This evening of comedy, burlesque, music, dance and circus arts features Sandra Shamas, Les Coquettes, Elie and others and will raise funds for vocational training for women in Kenya. Feb 9 at 8 pm. $20. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. crowningmonkey@yahoo.ca. VsalVation (Les Coquettes). The cabaret theatre company presents burlesque, music and more about the agony and ecstasy of romance. Feb 12 at 7 and 10 pm. $15-$35. Revival, 783 College. lescoquettes.com. Vspeakeasy (Les Coquettes). The cabaret theatre company presents burlesque, music and more inspired by vintage NYC nightclubs in a dinner theatre show. Feb 14, doors 6 pm, show at 8 pm. $35-$85. Revival, 783 College. lescoquettes.com. suMMertiMe in FeBruary (The Theatre Elusive). Sage Tyrtle, Marilla Wex and other performers tell stories in this benefit for LGBT

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You won’t find anything of The Little Mermaid’s frothiness in Sea Foam Blue, presented by the trio of dancers and animators known as Wives. The central character is a sexually confused mermaid caught between wanting to mate as a fish and being attracted to Ladies’ Man, a drunken sailor who resembles Leonard Cohen. For Wives member Leah Fay Goldstein, the show is “about longing and loneliness that began as a dream I had about all women returning to the sea and leaving behind the search for a mate on land.” Using projections, live and taped music and dance that Goldstein describes as “primal and gyrating,” the piece is “a bit of an anti-fairy-tale, without a traditional happily-everafter ending. “It’s not meant to be self-indulgent high art, but enjoyable entertainment. Our audience roots for us during a show, and one member referred to our work as ‘ghetto magic.’” To Sunday (February 12), 8:30 pm 3

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All In The TImIng by David Ives (Down n’ Out

Productions). Five short Ives comedies, staged in different rooms in historic Campbell House, receive an energetic treatment. Some scripts go on longer than necessary to make their humorous points, but the actors know how to mine the comic material, much of which deals with language in some form or other. To Feb 12, daily at 7:30 pm (dinner from 6 pm), mat Sun 2 pm. $55 (includes dinner), mat pwyc (show only). Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen W. 416-597-0227 ext 2. nnn (JK) The Blue DrAgon by Robert Lepage (Mirvish). Lepage’s latest multimedia show is set in Shanghai, where a middle-aged former Montrealer who runs an art gallery finds his life interrupted by an old flame, even while he’s involved with a younger Chinese woman. The plot and symbolism feel a tad contrived, but the design elements – projections, shifting panels, multi-tiered playing areas – are wondrous. Runs to Feb 19, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats SatSun and Wed 2 pm. $25-$99. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King W. mirvish.com. nnn (GS) A BrImful of AshA by Asha and Ravi Jain (Why Not Theatre). Ravi Jain and his mother Asha present their autobiographical show about mom’s attempts to set actor/writer Ravi up with dates while in India. The show is full to the brim with humour and loving, personal admissions, but the conflicts feel repetitive near the end and some scenes feel forced. Runs to Feb 26, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2:30 pm. $18-$22, stu $15-$19. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman, ExtraExtra Space. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. nnn (Naomi Skwarna) CArolIne, or ChAnge by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori (Acting Up Stage Company/Obsidian Theatre). An ambitious musical that tackles history, civil rights, dreams and the pain of moving on, Caroline is stuffed with musical styles and clever lyrics. It gets a first-rate production by director Robert McQueen and a great cast, led by the awesome Arlene Duncan in the title role. Runs to Feb 12, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 7 pm, mat Sat 2 pm, Sun 3 pm. $32-$45. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110, actingupstage. com. nnnnn (JK) Cruel AnD TenDer by Martin Crimp (Canadian Stage). Atom Egoyan’s production of Crimp’s 2004 update of Sophocles’s The Trachiniae is

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rarely dull, what with bad karaoke singing, blown-up video projections and scenes that end with broken glass. But these gimmicks – along with weird lighting and sound design – detract from Crimp’s play about the spoils of war. Debra Hanson’s stark white set is used nicely, and some performances are focused, but in the central role of the bored, pampered wife of a corrupt general, Arsinée Khanjian is woefully miscast. 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. nn (GS) The DouBle by Fyodor Dostoevsky (TheatreRUN). See review, page 54. Runs to Feb 19, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20-$28, Sun pwyc. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Studio. 416-504-9971, theatrerun.wordpress.com. nnn (JK) VDrACulA – 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. The goD of hell by Sam Shepard (Unit 102 Actors Co). A small-town couple’s peaceful life is undone by a friend in trouble and a patriotic stranger in this post-9/11 tragic farce. To Feb 11, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $12-$15 (email unit102tix@ gmail.com for adv tickets). Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. unit102theatre.com. The golDen DrAgon by Roland Schimmelpfennig (Tarragon Theatre). This disturbing urban parable centers around a young cook, an illegal immigrant from China who is searching in vain for his runaway sister and who’s suffering from a terrible toothache. The show delivers great suspense, but stylistic choices like having characters speak stage directions might obscure its scathing criticism. Runs to Feb 19, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sun 2:30 pm. $20-$51. 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. nnn (Jordan Bimm) The greAT mounTAIn by Tracey Power (Red Sky Performance). Drama, dance and movement are used to tell the story of a girl who discovers the power of nature and the importance of courage. Runs to Feb 20, Sat-Sun 2 pm (see website for other days and times). $15-$20. Young People’s Theatre, 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, youngpeoplestheatre.ca. hAmleT lIve (Hamlet Live Team). Shakespeare’s tragedy is adapted to a dystopian post-apocalyptic future in this production that can be viewed live onstage or via computer live stream. Runs to Feb 11, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $5-$40. Annex Theatre, 730 Bathurst. hamletlive.com.

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You might not immediately grasp Kaija Saariaho’s contemporary opera Love From Afar, but if you let yourself go, I guarantee you’ll fall under its spell. In this Canadian Opera Company production, the music and visuals – if not the drama – are immersive. It helps to not think too much about the plot, which is set in 12th-century Aquitaine and ancient Tripoli and concerns troubadour Jaufré Rudel (Russell Braun) and countess Clémence (Erin Wall), who both hear about the other from a pilgrim (Krisztina Szabò), who acts as a go-between. As the characters sing (usually alone) of idealized love, Saariaho’s score glistens and shimmers with complex colours that evoke other realms and times, beautifully realized by Johannes Debus and the COC Orchestra. Director Daniele Finzi Pasca and a strong design team create imagery to match the score, using shadow puppetry, billowing fabric and screens that allow images to be projected on them nnn = Recommended, memorable scenes

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yet also hint at the psychological depths behind them. What’s most innovative about this production, however, is how Finzi Pasca lets each character be represented by three performers, who do things like soar through the air or whirl around like dervishes. This movement goes beyond acrobatics to suggest something spiritual and profound – and helps pass the time in a work that could be monotonous. Not that there’s anything dull about the singers, who draw on every colour in their voices to express their characters’ inner lives. They may not be singing traditional arias about love, but their voices will affect you all the glenn sumI same.

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Body politic How to make sociology moving By GLENN SUMI Les cheminements de L’infLuence (pathways of infLuence) choreographed and danced by Laurence Lemieux. Presented by Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie at the Citadel (304 Parliament). Opens Wednesday (February 15) and runs to February 25, Wednesday- Saturday 8 pm. $25. 416- 364- 8011, colemanlemieux.com.

father’s day is a few months away, but Laurence Lemieux is giving her dad an early present. The acclaimed dancer/choreographer’s new full-length solo, Les Cheminements De L’Influence, is in-

spired by her political scientist father’s research into the Quebec people. Vincent Lemieux’s been called the province’s Nostradamus. “He was one of the few people to predict the victory of the Parti Québecois in 1976,” says Lemieux. “And in the recent election he predicted the Harper majority and the decline of the Bloc.” His predictions, she says, are based on hard data, not emotion – although she also says he’d make a good artist. “He’s methodical, which all artists need to be to be able to take that next step. His comments on society are almost artistic or philosophical.”

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prises presents short works by Kate Holden & Joshua Van Tassel, Julia Male & Zazu Myers, Jacob Niedzwiecki and others. Feb 9-12, ThuSat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm. $15, stu/srs $12. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-9888462, thewreckingball.wordpress.com. dances of offering Pegasus Studios presents dance by Janice Pomer, Lisa Weiler and others to benefit the Paediatric Ambulatory Clinic at Toronto East General Hospital. Feb 12 at 5 pm. $35, child $25. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis. dancesofoffering.myevent.com. Jamra Harbourfront Centre NextSteps, Small World Music and Arabesque present a contemporary production inspired by dances of the nomadic peoples of Egypt, Turkey, North Africa, Iran and Lebanon. Feb 9-12, Thu-Sun 8

pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $35-$45, srs $30-$40, stu $15. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, arabesquedance.ca.

kickstart: 6 choreographers pushing Boundaries Canasian Dance Festival presents new works by Hiroshi Miyamoto, Susan Lee, Emily Cheung, Meena Murugesan, Tomomi Morimoto and William Yong. Opens Feb 9 and runs to Feb 11, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $22, stu/srs $18. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. 416-504-7529, canasiandancefestival.com.

Les cheminements de L’infLuence (pathways of infLuence) Coleman Leñ mieux & Compagnie presents a solo dance

work created and performed by Laurence Lemieux as a tribute to her father (see story, page XX). Opens Feb 15 and runs to Feb 25, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $25. The Citadel, 304 Parliament. 416-364-8011, colemanlemieux.com.

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But how to put into dance what seems highly theoretical? “I can’t dance sociology or political science,” Lemieux laughs. “But I might use movement to try to capture the feeling that he had doing research, or to remember my feeling watching him do research.” from the upcoming works by Estelle Clareton, Deborah Dunn, Lina Cruz and Jean-Sébastien Lourdais. Feb 13 at 7 pm. Free. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. tdt.org. swan Lake State Ballet Theatre of Russia presents the classic Tchaikovsky ballet. Feb 9 at 7:30 pm. $65 and up, child from $35. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts, Mississauga. 905-306-6000, livingartscentre.ca. Vtango VaLentine’s masQuerade BaLL TalDion presents live music and dance to watch or join in. Feb 11 at 8:30 pm. $10 nondancers/stu, $15-$20 for dancers. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, Debates Rm. taldion.com. temenos York Department of Dance presents MFA thesis projects from Shannon Roberts, Ilse Gudiño Barthold and Nancy Latoszewski. Opens Feb 15 and runs to Feb 17, Wed-Fri 7:30 pm. $20, stu/srs $10. York University Accolade East Bldg, 4700 Keele. 416-736-5888.

Composer Gordon Monahan has provided the hour-long work with original score that blends bits of Chopin with sounds evoking the Church and political speeches. Unfortunately, Lemieux’s parents probably won’t be able to see the piece in person. Her father has a leg condition that may prevent him from travelling from Quebec City. “But I’ll send him a DVD of it and

will dance sections for him next time I see him,” she says. Lemieux, the only artist in a family of academics, says her father always supported her career. “He quoted a French mathematician who said that the master of dance surpasses the master of thought, because the dancer needs full control of the mind and body, while the thinker only needs the mind.” The show also marks the debut of the Citadel, a new Regent Park dance rehearsal and performing space run by Lemieux and her partner, Bill Coleman. Included in the building is a paywhat-you-can yoga studio. “You usually need a lot of money to practise it,” says Lemieux, who, like her dad, is obviously sensitive to the people around her. “We want to make sure that people who don’t have much money have access to spiritual guidance.” 3 glenns@nowtoronto.com

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HUGHIE by Eugene O’Neill (The Alley Theatre Workshop). A night clerk at a NYC hotel hears a small-time hustler’s tale of woe in this oneact play. Runs to Mar 3, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $25, stu/srs $20. Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416-538-0988. IN THE HEIGHTS by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegria Hudes (Dancap Productions). Theatre, music and dance are used to tell the stories of residents of a hip Latino neighbourhood in NYC. Runs to Feb 19, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $51-$165. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. 416644-3665, dancaptickets.com. KIM’S CONVENIENCE by Ins Choi (Soulpepper). Choi’s groundbreaking script looks at a Korean-Canadian-run variety store in a rapidly changing Regent Park. Paul SunHyung Lee dominates the production as the street-smart, stern patriarch who wants his independent daughter (Esther Jun) to take over the business. Director Weyni Mengesha, working with Ken MacKenzie’s naturalistic set, brings out all the laughs and drama in a play that deserves to be open for business a long time. Runs to Feb 11, see website for schedule. $51-$68, stu $32, rush $22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416866-8666, soulpepper.ca. NNNNN (GS) VLOVE FROM AFAR by Kaija Saariaho (Canadian Opera Company). See review,

page 52. Runs to Feb 22: Feb 10, 14, 18 and 22 at 7:30 pm, Feb 12 at 2 pm. $12-$318. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, coc.ca. NNNN (GS) THE MAN OF MODE by George Etherege (George Brown College Theatre School). This Restoration drama satirizes the behaviour of the libertines, courtiers and wits of 17th-century London. Runs to Feb 18, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 1:30 pm. $18, srs $12, stu $7. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416866-8666. MARATHON ‘33 by June Havoc (Ryerson Theatre School). Fading celebrities and the jobless looks for cash prizes at marathon dance competitions in the 1930s. Runs to Feb 15, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $18, stu/srs $14. Ryerson Theatre, 43 Gerrard E. 416-979-5118, ryersontheatre.ca. BA NEW HOPE by Shelley Hamilton and Stan Christie (Shelley Hamilton Productions). Hamilton performs her solo play about the first African-Canadian communities in Canada in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation Arts Fund. Runs to Feb 26, Sun 3 pm (no show Feb 12) plus Feb 26 at 1 pm. $25. ING Direct Café, 221 Yonge. 416-826-6855. PENNY PLAIN by Ronnie Burkett (Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes). Ronnie Burkett’s puppetry is always amazing, and his latest, an apocalyptic satire filled with quirky characters and thoughtful confrontations, is a powerful piece about the tenacity of family. Burkett can invest marionettes with feeling in such a subtle yet dazzling way that their

physical interaction is as emotional as their words, all voiced by Burkett himself. Runs to Mar 4, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $38-$55. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. NNNN (JK) RHUBARB FESTIVAL (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre). See story, page 48. Runs to Feb 19, Wed-Sun evenings and Sun afternoons (see website for details). $20 evening pass, Sun pwyc. 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. TOSCA by Giacomo Puccini (Canadian Opera Company). Musically the production of this popular Puccini opera succeeds, but dramatically it’s frequently histrionic; the melodrama’s grounded in believable emotions only partway through the performance. Still, Adrianne Pieczonka is a fine singing actor who knows how to play the title character’s myriad moods. Runs to Feb 25: Feb 9, 11, 13, 16, 21, 23 and 25 at 7:30 pm. $12-$318. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, coc.ca. NNN (JK) VISITING MR. GREEN by Jeff Baron (Harold Green Jewish Theatre). Veteran character actor Theodore Bikel stars as Mr. Green, an aging Jewish widower who receives court-ordered visits from Ross (Aidan deSalaiz), a young business executive. Standout performances by Bikel and deSalaiz make this realistic exploration of stubbornness, bigotry and friendship both poignant and memorable. (See full review at nowtoronto.com/daily.)Runs to Feb 18, Mon-Thu and Sat 8 pm, mats Sun and Wed 2 pm. $39.50-$69.50. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-366-7723, hgjewishtheatre. com. NNNN (Jordan Bimm) THE WHO’S TOMMY by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff (UC Follies). A traumatized boy discovers his talent for pinball in this rock musical. Runs to Feb 11, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $25, stu/srs $15. Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-8849, uofttix.ca. ZONE by Marcel Dubé (Théâtre français de Toronto/Théâtre la Catapulte). A group of young criminals mix love, dreams and violence in 50s Montreal. 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. 416534-6604, theatrefrancais.com. 3

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Double fun THE DOUBLE adapted from the Dostoevsky novella (TheatreRUN). At Factory Studio (125 Bathurst). Runs to February 19. Pwyc$28. 416-504-9971. See Continuing, page 52. Rating: NNN Not all hauntings involve ghosts, as Golyadkin, the central figure in The Double, discovers to his horror. Adapted from an early Dostoevsky novella, the TheatreRUN production has eerie moments of terror, but the narrative is also laced with wicked humour. The company (co-creators and per-

formers Adam Paolozza – who also directs – Arif Mirabdolbaghi and Viktor Lukawski) fills the Factory Studio’s tiny stage with more than a dozen characters in this tale of an insecure, paranoid man whose world collapses when a look-alike figure begins to take over his life. It’s done in music hall style, with cabaret tables in front of the stage, faux gaslights at its edge and Mirabdolbaghi as the show’s genial narrator. He complements his narration with a soundscape performance on a double bass, the instrument offering the one touch of colour in designer Ken MacKenzie’s largely black-andwhite production, lit by André du Toit. The bass also plays one of the central characters. Paolozza is the often tentative Golyadkin, a strange mixture of a man proud of his ordinariness and simplicity yet fearful that he’s constantly misstepping at work and in social situations. When the double appears, Paolozza also sometimes performs that role, relying on physical comedy that’s one of the show’s highlights. IEWS, REV At other times Lukawski steps in as the double; he also plays several other characters. The actor impressively shifts, chameleon-like, from one person to another by altering his stance or voice. The show’s not without flaws. There’s too much wordy set-up in the first half, and the charming Mirabdolbaghi, a musician rather than an actor, delivers a great deal of text without much vocal variety. But there’s lots to admire in this adroitly staged tale of a man increasingly divorced from reality. It’s double fun much of the time, a fine showcase JON KAPLAN for the performers.

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Thursday, February 9 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Jon Fisch, Matt

Carter and host Dan Shaki. To Feb 12, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. COMEDY THURSDAYS The Starving Artist presents a weekly showcase w/ host Natasha Henderson. 9 pm. Free. 584 Lansdowne. 647342-5058, starvingartistbar.com. GUILTY OF BEING FUNNY presents weekly stand-up w/ hosts Andrew Fox and Jamie O’Connor. 10 pm. Free. Hot Wings, 563 Queen W. 416-359-8860. THE IMPROV SHOW Comedy Bar presents Rob Baker, Lauren Ash, Kerry Griffin, Kayla Lorette, Carmine Lucarelli, Jerry Schaefer and Leslie Seiler. 8 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. LAUNCHPAD COMEDY presents a weekly show. 8:30 pm. Free. White Swan, 836 Danforth. 416-463-8089. SITTING OVATIONS The Flying Beaver Pubaret presents comedy, music and more with Dina Martina. To Feb 12, Thu-Sun 7 pm. $20-$25. 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567, pubaret.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. SPRING ‘12 MAINSTAGE REVUE Second City presents previews of the upcoming revue, featuring a collection of sketches, songs and improvisations. Wed-Sat 8 pm (plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm), Sun 7 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.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 Darcy Michael. To Feb 12, Thu-Sun 8 pm, plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm. $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Friday, February 10 ABOUT AN HOUR Comedy Bar presents the real-time improv show w/ Rob Baker, ñ Jan Caruana, Kerry Griffin, Alex Hatz and Jim

Annan. To Feb 24, Fridays 10 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, comedybar.ca. ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 9. CHRIS HARDWICK Empire Comedy and the Comedy Addict present the Nerdist creator/writer/comic performing stand-up w/ Rob Mailloux and others. To Feb 11, Fri-Sat 8 & 10:30 pm. $20. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. COMEDY ON THE DANFORTH Timothy’s World News Café presents improv with Gord’s Mix ‘85 (Gord Oxley and others). 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. comedyonthedanforth.com. EAST SIDE REPRESENTS Red Sandcastle Theatre presents a monthly female comedy revue w/ Fiona Carver, Allana Harkin, Erin Keaney, Precious Chong, Jeanie Calleja, token male Phil Luzi, host Sandra Battaglini and others. 8 pm. $10. 922 Queen E. redsandcastletheatre.com. NAKED FRIDAYS John Candy Box Theatre presents weekly improv, sketch, stand-up and music. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. scnakedfridays@ gmail.com. THE NO NAME COMEDY SHOW The Bar with No Name presents a weekly comedy and people talking loudly w/ host Matt Shury. 9:30 pm. Free. 1651 Bloor W. 416-997-6045. SITTING OVATIONS See Thu 9.

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Wellesley presents stand-up with David Heti, Julia Bruce, Graham Kay, Chris Locke, Rachelle Elie, host Xerxes Cortez and others. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 27 Wellesley E. 416-580-4153, texascomedymassacre2.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 9.

Saturday, February 11 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 9. CHRIS HARDWICK See Fri 10. SITTING OVATIONS See Thu 9. SMASH HIT Opening Night Theatre presents a weekly improvised musical. 7:30 pm. Pwyc. Augusta House, 152 Augusta. openingnighttheatre.com. SPRING ‘12 MAINSTAGE REVUE See Thu 9. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 9.

Sunday, February 12 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 9. GLENN WOOL Empire Comedy presents

the comic in a live show w/ Rob Mailloux. 8 pm. $15-$20. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. empirecomedylive.com/wool. HAPPY HOUR @ EIN-STEIN presents Vandad Kardar, Alex DeWitt, Peter Aterman, Matt Holmes, Marty Simsovic, Karina Karina, host Dave Kemp and others. 8 pm. Free. Ein-Stein, 229 College. ein-stein.ca. THE REAL SECRETS STORYTELLING SHOW Catherine McCormick presents comedic storytelling with audience participation. 8 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. SITTING OVATIONS See Thu 9. SPRING ‘12 MAINSTAGE REVUE See Thu 9. SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons present weekly sketch w/ guest host Todd Van Allen and live music. 9 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 9.

Monday, February 13 ALTDOT COMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli presents Dave Merheje, Gilson Lubin, Eddie Della ñ Siepe, Alex Pavone, Tim Gilbert, Steph Tolev,

Claire Stollery, MC Ali Hassan and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. BLAIR STREETER presents weekly open-mic stand-up comedy. 9 pm. Free. Naughty Nadz, 1590 Dundas E, Mississauga. 905-232-5577. CHEAP LAUGHS MONDAY PJ O’Briens Irish Pub presents a show w/ Russell Roy and guests. 9 pm. Free. 39 Colborne. 416815-7562.

the performers sharpen each scene with their physicality, especially newcomer Alastair Forbes, a tall, lanky clown who’s unafraid of looking silly. 7 & 9:30 pm. $24, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. NNNN (GS) I HEART JOKES The Central presents weekly comedy w/ host Evan Desmarais. 7 pm. $5. 603 Markham. 416-913-4586. 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.

ON THE DANFORTH VALENTINE’S DAY SHOW Eton House presents ñ Becky Bays, Dave Healy, Kate Davis, Cal Post, VSTANDING

Ted Morris, Mark Walker and host Jo-Anna Downey. 9 pm. Free. 710 Danforth. 416-4666161. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up Amateur Night at 9:30 pm. $4. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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Jason Laurans, Adrian Sawyer, Chris Brazeau, Keven Soldo, Owen McLaughlin, Sharif Musah and host Martha O’Neill. 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. THE CLASSY SHOW presents comedic storytelling with audience participation. 9 pm. $10. Crawford, 718 College. crawfordbar.com. CORKTOWN COMEDY Corktown Productions presents Matt Shury, Suneet Luthra, Peter Aterman, host Brian Coughlin and others. 9 pm. Free. Betty’s, 240 King E. 416-988-2675, corktownproductions.com. RON JAMES Shantero Productions presents the comic in a live show. 8 pm. $57.50. Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts, 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469. SPIRITS COMEDY NIGHT presents Ian Sirota, Nile Seguin, Jeanie Calleja, Eric Clifford, Todd Graham, Adam Kagan, Danny Mendlow, host Jo-Anna Downey and others. 9 pm. Free. Spirits Bar & Grill, 642 Church. 416-967-0001. SPRING ‘12 MAINSTAGE REVUE See Thu 9. TORONTO’S INDIE COMEDY HOUR Catherine McCormick presents Avery Edison, Jon Kane, Blair Streeter and Diana Love. 8 pm. Pwyc. No One Writes to the Colonel, 460 College. indiecomedytoronto@gmail.com. THE WIN-JESTER BUCKET OF COMEDY Winchester Kitchen & Bar presents a weekly open mic w/ host Michael McLean. 9 pm. Free. 51A Winchester. winchesterkitchen.com.

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Second City presents a comedic play about relationships in the age of social networking. 8 pm. $12. 51 Mercer. 416343-0011, secondcity.com. LAUGHABLE AT UNLOVABLE presents Rob Pue, Glenn Macaulay, Sandra Battaglini, Todd Graham, Greg Cochrane, Patrick Maguire, Steph Tolev and host Nick Flanagan. 9 pm. Pwyc. Unlovable, 1415-B Dundas W. 416-532-6669. THE LITTLE COMEDY SHOW THAT COULD Jon Kane presents Ron Josol, K Trevor Wilson, Rhiannon Archer, Adam Downey and Todd Van Allen. 9 pm. $5. The Avro, 750 Queen E. jonkane.ca.

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works by harold klunder, one of Canada’s leading painters, who’s now based in Montreal, convey the roughhewn, bohemian aura of the 60s and 70s. That was when he first made his name, a time when painting was an unironic, wholly impassioned business. Klunder’s canvases in Clint Roenisch’s Black Sun show are seriously

meaty forays into form and colour. His use of brutally thick impasto paint implies the strong influence of his Dutch predecessors; Rembrandt, Willem de Kooning and Karl Appel come to mind. He piles these textures onto thin washes of underlying pigment, often building up strong outlines and motifs that lie on the hazy edge of representation. While the overall effect is abstract, heads and faces do on occasion erupt from the roiling surfaces – never enough, however, to break the organic tension be-

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Harold Klunder’s Black Sun shows the tension between form and formlessness.

tween form and formlessness. This tension is one of the driving forces of Klunder’s work. His accretionary, often meditatively slow painting process means that some canvases stay in his studio for years. Feb 26. 990 Queen W. 416-925-4222. MERCER UNION Installation: Annie MacDonell and Pierre Leguillon, to Mar 10. 1286 Bloor W. 416-536-1519. MKG127 Laura Kikauka, Feb 11-Mar 10, reception 2-5 pm Feb 11. 127 Ossington. 647435-7682. PARI NADIMI Video/photos/installation: Michael Dudeck, Feb 9-Mar 24, reception 5-8 pm Feb 9. 254 Niagara. 416-591-6464. PREFIX Nikos Papastergiadis, Urban Field Speakers Series talk 7:30 pm Feb 9 ($10, stu/ srs $7). Installation: Uriel Orlow, to Apr 21. 401 Richmond W. 416-591-0357. SCRAP METAL Read All Over group show, to May 1. Fri-Sat or by appt. 11 Dublin (enter via laneway). 416-588-2442. TORONTO FREE Photos: Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge, to Feb 26, artists’ talk Feb 9 (at OCADU) . 1277 Bloor W. 416-913-0461. VTAPE Video: Aleesa Cohene, to Feb 25. 401 Richmond W. 416-351-1317. WYNICK/TUCK Painting: Gerald Ferguson and William Kurelek, to Feb 18. 401 Richmond W, #128. 416-504-8716.

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This is abstraction as a painterly journal, a geologic record of a life in paint that the artist describes as psychic self-portraiture. In the Black Sun Triptych, exhibited here for the first time and painted over a four-year period, three gorgeous, totemic columns convey, despite the time invested in them, a fresh sense of amorphous possibility. Klunder retains some of the best qualities from abstract painting’s heyday, keeping alive the struggle between the artist, the object of his attention and his materials. It’s one not rooted in conceptual parsing but in painting as a both intuitive and poetic endeavour. Over the decades, he has maintained his faith in painting as both a psychological and narrative path, a process that arouses in viewers moments of pure, unabashed visual pleasure. 3

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his Jewish partner, Nathan – is inclined toward assimilation. Mina has enraptured Hayat, urging him to study the Quran. His mother stands somewhere in between, trying to honour her tradition while fearing that Muslim men are hard-wired to disrespect women. When Nathan and Mina fall in love, Hayat, deeply influenced by his first experience at mosque, learns the meaning of anti-Semitism and soon subverts their relationship in ways that change the family forever. If American Dervish is turning heads, it’s not because of its literary merit. The prose is precise enough and the characters, especially Hayat’s father, have some complexity. But I suspect the novel is getting love because it’s telling a frightened America exactly what it wants to hear: that Muslims in America, aided and abetted by their imams, are promoting hatred in the face of America’s fundamental values. I appreciate that Akhtar is writing what he knows. But there are times when an artist has to go beyond that. What Americans should be asking is why new immigrant populations in the U.S. become more extremist than their compatriots back home. This

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there can be poetry in stillness. More effectively than any other narrative medium, film allows us to watch a story unfold – to truly examine it, from every angle and in incredible intimacy – before our eyes. A handful of filmmakers have been able to turn that intimacy into art, and from art into transcendence. Yasujiro Ozu did it. Chantal Akerman. Terrence Malick. And then there’s Robert Bresson, who may well have done it best. The French filmmaker, who died in 1999, will be celebrated at the Lightbox starting this week with a new retrospective organized by TIFF Cinematheque’s James Quandt. Titled The Poetry Of Precision, it’s the first full Bresson retrospective in 14 years, allowing Toronto cineastes to expand their understanding of the film-

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maker beyond the handful of titles available on DVD in North America. And trust me, Bresson deserves your understanding. A filmmaker of profound ideas and obsessive intellectual focus, he uses the film frame as an arena for spiritual inquiry. Employing a cinematic language that borders on the stark, he approaches his subjects almost as specimens, steeping us in their environments and allowing them to reveal themselves over time. Bresson’s uncluttered, austere filmmaking never draws attention to itself, even when the story might call for it. His 1957 drama A Man Escaped, which opens the series on Thursday and is shown again Sunday (February 12), is the most existential film about a prison break ever made. The filmmaker’s subject is a French Resistance leader (François Leterrier) awaiting execution in a Nazi POW camp. Meticulously reconstructed from actual events, this could be the stuff of a whiteknuckle thriller, but Bresson presents it as an existential drama, measuring out

the meticulous preparations for escape as more and more precious time slides away. Plenty of movies feature heroes who say they’re risking everything; A Man Escaped allows us to glimpse what that might really be like, and the moral choices that go along with it. Morality was always a focus of Bresson’s films, whether it was personal, situational or spiritual. Diary Of A Country Priest (Sunday, February 12; March 3) finds a young padre (Claude Laydu) with a terminal illness looking for grace among his venal congregation. Au Hasard Balthazar (February 26 and March 1) seems to consider all of human existence through the experiences of a donkey passed from owner to owner. And then there are the films inspired by Russian literature. Pickpocket (Friday, February 10; March 1) transposes the action of Dostoevsky’s Crime And Punishment to 1959 Paris, as a thief (Martin LaSalle) moves from one unwitting victim to the next, ruining lives without remorse or reflection.

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Decades later, Bresson would play a variation on Pickpocket’s theme in his final film, L’Argent (March 17 and 18). Adapted from a Tolstoy novella, the 1983 feature follows a counterfeit 500-franc note as it’s passed from hand to hand, corrupting everyone it touches and eventually landing in the possession of an unwitting truck driver (Christian Patey). These aren’t Bresson’s only great works, mind you. His filmography also includes the glorious mythological reinterpretation Lancelot Du Lac (February 20 and March 6), the grim procedural The Trial Of Joan Of Arc (March 2) and the fascinating The Devil, Probably (March 4 and March 15), a study of college-student nihilism dubbed “the most punk film ever made” by none other than Richard Hell. It may seem odd, a director as composed and precise as Bresson being credited with making a punk movie. Just watch, and see, and you’ll understand.3 normw@nowtoronto.com

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Talk therapy directed by Lynne Ramsay, written by Ramsay and Rory Kinnear from the novel by Lionel Shriver, with Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller and Jasper Newell. An eOne release. 112 minutes. Opens Friday (February 10). For venues and times, see Movies, page 62.

before she found we need to talk About Kevin, it seemed like Scottish director Lynne Ramsay might never make another film. Certainly, she never planned on adapting another successful novel. Ramsay didn’t simply disappear for a decade. She worked on The Lovely Bones for years before losing the project to Peter Jackson amidst a series of personal and professional setbacks. “DreamWorks took over and a lot of people started mulching around, so I got screwed and that hurt a lot,” recalls Ramsay after screening the new film at the Toronto Film Festival. “Then my best friend died and my dad died, so it was a couple of years of fuck. But film is like that. It’s Fitzcarraldo: you’re always pushing a boat over a mountain.” Thankfully, the inventive director of Ratcatcher and Morvern Callar eventually found a project worth the fight in Lionel Shriver’s novel about a detached mother (Tilda Swinton) struggling with the memories and scars left by her disturbed killer son. “The book almost felt like a modern classic,” she says. “It was sent to me early on, and I’m sure it was sent to other people as well, but they were frightened of it. It felt right, and I had to make it.”

The filmmaker, known for vividly depicting the internal lives of her characters through beautifully expressive cinematography, related to the project about a woman’s mental breakdown because of her own troubled years away from the camera. Her return to moviemaking was fraught with almost as many challenges as her last project, from financing to dealing with the bureaucracy of American film production. “It took seven or eight meetings just to get a jackhammer on the streets of New York. I started laughing in some meetings because it became Kafkaesque,” she recalls, but admits that once shooting began, it was her smoothest production yet. A major part of what made it a joyful experience was the extraordinary cast led by Swinton and Ezra Miller, who was fascinated by his murderous role. “What I love about this film is how much it asks, like ‘Where does violence really come from?’” says Miller, speaking with impressive insight for a 20-yearold. “It’s not actually in your hands in the moment when you kill someone. It’s deeper and found in some pretty suburban castle.” Ramsay and Miller’s depiction of a frightening child may evoke superficial comparisons to parental horror classics like The Bad Seed, but the director and her precocious actor dismiss the genre label. “I don’t really see it as black-and-white like The Bad Seed, where the kid is truly evil. I’m much more interested in how the mother projects onto that as well,” says Ramsay.

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Lynne Ramsay’s latest expressionistic tone poem examines a Columbinestyle tragedy from a new perspective. Tilda Swinton plays the suffering mother of a teen killer. Adapting Lionel Shriver’s bestselling novel, the director vividly captures her nervous breakdown through a non-linear narrative as she struggles with memories of her son and the repercussions of his actions. Is the boy (Ezra Miller as a teen, Jasper Newell as a child, both excellent) psychotic from birth? Ramsay wisely avoids easy answers or pat psychoanalysis. Instead, she creates a terrifying lifelong chess match between an emotionally absent mother and her embittered son, laced with dark humour (including a vindictive diaper-filling scene) and filmed with a painter’s eye for emotive details. The result is almost as disturbing, fascinating and enigmatic as the school shootings that inspired the PB story.

We all have illusions, but just one life-changing experience can smash them all. Take Michel (Jean-Pierre Darroussin), the central figure in The Snows Of Kilimanjaro. He thinks of himself as a workingclass hero, and why not? When his portside shop in Marseilles must hold a lottery to determine which 20 workers are to be laid off, he doesn’t have to join the draw: he’s the shop steward. But he throws his name in anyway, and gets chosen. Then he and his wife, his sister-in-law and her husband are robbed at gunpoint by a coworker who has also lost his job. Soon Michel’s having doubts about who’s the bad guy here. The thief is stealing to feed his younger brothers. Maybe Michel is just bourgeois, sucking back his pension in a comfortable home. Should he revoke his complaint to police? Will it make any difference? As the man wrestling with his conscience, Darroussin delivers a compelling performance, alternating between rant and resignation, and he’s aided by the luminous Ariane Ascaride as his wife. Marilyne Canto gives a subtly restrained turn as the victim most traumatized by the crime. The Snows Of Kilimanjaro – a reference not to Hemingway but to a popular French song – has a strangely washed-out look, in keeping with director Robert Guédiguian’s theme of faded ideals. The ending is too tidy. But it’s a supremely human, thought-provoking story. SUSAN G. COLE

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Skywalker, but there’s no reason not to try to make [my characters] as memorable and as real as possible so you care. And that way you can squeeze in a musical number. I’m focused on storytelling, so I don’t actually go, “Oh, yeah, this is a musical number.” I just think, “Oh, wouldn’t it be really funny if Dwayne did this?” And then we get into “Let’s not just do the song – let’s make up lyrics and make fun of Michael and let the characters bang off of each other.”

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(Steven Spielberg) brings Belgian cartoonist Hergé’s boy journalist to the screen for a new generation. It’s the first “performance BIG MIRACLE (Ken Kwapis) tells the true capture” movie that doesn’t look like it’s story of three whales trapped under the populated by wall-eyed zombies. And it’s Alaskan ice that became a thrilling. Spielberg crafts national media sensation a series of amazingly in 1988 when Greenambitious action sepeace, the Army, an oil EXPANDED REVIEWS quences, one of which is company and a Russian nowtoronto.com as complex as the great icebreaker teamed up to truck chase in Raiders Of free them. Yep, it’s another The Lost Ark. 108 min. animal-in-danger melodrama. Fortunately, NNNN (NW) it’s one of the better examples of the genre, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney and sitcom directing veteran Kwapis clevPark 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Humber Cinerly assembles a cast of comedic actors led ema, Queensway, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & by John Krasinki as an awkward reporter Dundas 24 and Ted Danson as a charmingly sleazy oil ALBERT NOBBS (Rodrigo García) isn’t nearly tycoon. The welcome laughs stifle the as good as its performances. Glenn Close cheese factor just enough prevent the film plays an uptight butler working in a luxurifrom becoming Free Willy On Ice. 107 min. ous 19th-century Dublin hotel, whose big NNN (Phil Brown) secret is that he’s actually a she. When she 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Colimeets another woman (Janet McTeer) living seum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park comfortably as a man, her life takes a turn. 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Close’s performance is rock solid, especially Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow physically, while McTeer’s charm and charWoodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity isma leap off the screen. Too bad the script Mississauga doesn’t travel to some more interesting CAFÉ DE FLORE (Jean-Marc Vallée) places about gender and sexuality in a finds writer/director Vallée (C.R.A.Z.Y., repressed era. 113 min. NN (GS) The Young Victoria) playing out a complex, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy time-jumping narrative involving a presentCommons 20, Varsity day Montreal father (Kevin Parent) in the ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPthroes of a mid-life crisis and the mother WRECKED (Mike Mitchell) places the (Vanessa Paradis) of a Down syndrome Chipmunks on a desert island, where child in 1969 Paris. Some people are going they’re accompanied by former SNL player to hate it; I found it bracing, daring and Jenny Slate and series villain David Cross. entirely invigorating. Stay for the closing Preschoolers might enjoy the slapstick in credits. Subtitled. 120 min. NNNNN (NW) this castaway comedy, but others will find Carlton Cinema this high-pitched squeakquel unbearable. CARNAGE (Roman Polanski) turns 87 min. N (Phil Brown) Yasmina Reza’s play God Of Carnage 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, into a vividly cinematic endurance test, as Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Kingsway two sets of parents (Jodie Foster and John Theatre, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, C. Reilly, and Kate Winslet and Christoph SilverCity Yorkdale Waltz) face off in a Brooklyn apartment THE ARTIST (Michel Hazanavicius) is a over a fight between their sons. Not necesstylistic experiment pulled off with sarily something you’d call a holiday depanache. A 1920s silent film star (Jean light, but a damn fine little picture. 79 min. Dujardin) and fan and aspiring star (BéréNNNN (NW) nice Bejo) meet cute, and soon her career is Carlton Cinema, TIFF Bell Lightbox taking off (she’s dubbed the “it girl” of talkCHRONICLE (Josh Trank) is an ingenies) as his falls into decline. Filming in gorious, resourceful feature that applies geous black-and-white, director Hazanavithe found-footage principle to a very uncius lovingly embraces all the tropes of likely genre, using the gimmick to ground silent cinema (iris shots, titles), sharpening its more outsized activity in a believable, the familiar narrative with a slight edge even mundane reality. Most of that footage that should satisfy contemporary tastes. is shot by Andrew (Dane DeHaan), a miser100 min. NNNN (GS) able teenager dealing with an ailing mothBeach Cinemas, Canada Square, Colossus, er, a drunken, abusive father and a hellish Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy school life. And then, one night, Andrew’s Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Rainbow popular cousin Matt (Alex Russell) and Market Square, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

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Matt’s friend Steve (Michael B. Jordan) drag Andrew and his camcorder down into a hole in the ground. They find something there that changes them – and not necessarily for the better. There’s no way to describe why the movie works so brilliantly without spoiling its greatest moments. But it’s thrilling to watch it evolving, blossoming into something very familiar while feeling utterly new. Go see it and marvel. 84 min. NNNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

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. But he’s got pretty good at the stone-faced hero thing, and his simmering presence suits the film’s modest scale nicely. The ever-mounting complications start to feel a little ridiculous about an hour in, but director Kormákur keeps the action moving so swiftly that you won’t really mind. 109 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, 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.) 123 min. NNNN (NW) Cumberland 4, Interchange 30

A DANGEROUS METHOD (David Cronenberg) finds the master filmmaker exploring the friendship and eventual schism between Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen), which gave birth to modern psychoanalysis. Cronenberg’s clinical approach to Christopher Hampton’s too on-the-nose play makes for a very static drama; it’s as if he’s much more comfortable dealing with eroticism as subtext than text. 93 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity

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(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 com plicated emotional turns. 115 min. nnnn (NW) Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Cumberland 4, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity

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elicits audience boos. A young woman tries to uncover the truth about the triple mur der her mother committed while being ex orcised. She’s helped by a couple of young priests and a documentary filmmaker who overdoes the shakycam. 87 min. n (AD) Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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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) Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(David Fincher) is a taut thriller adapted from the Swedish bestseller and film. Dan iel 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 Englishlanguage remake. 158 min. nnn (SGC) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Humber Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

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(Steven Soderbergh) stars MMA fighter Gina Carano as hardass gunforhire 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 opportun ities to beat the living shit out of several fairly intimidating opponents, but the mov ie’s rhythms are more about our anticipa tion of those beatdowns 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 cov ers the fight scenes in wide shots, so we can appreciate the ingenuity with which Mal lory uses confined spaces to her advantage. She might not be able to outdrive her pur suers in a car chase, but god help them if they corner her in a hallway. 93 min. nnnn (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Steeles, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge

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The Grey (Joe Carnahan) is an existentialist

survival thriller about a handful of men working out their personal issues after a plane crash in the wilds of British Columbia, which would be a lot easier if they weren’t also being stalked by ravenous timber wolves. After Smokin’ Aces and The ATeam, this is the first of Carnahan’s movies to

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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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THE INNKEEPERS (Ti West) follows a

pair of hotel employees (Sara Paxton, Pat Healy) investigating mysterious phenomena in their almost empty workplace. It’s so good at capturing the natural rhythms of being bored at work that the supernatural stuff – when it finally rears its head – feels like an unnecessary intrusion. The movie’s at its best when it’s just watching Paxton and Healy screw around – browsing the web, taking out the garbage, playing a passive-aggressive game with the bell on IN THE LAND OF the front desk. We get to BLOOD AND HONEY EXPANDED REVIEWS genuinely like these (Angelina Jolie) is Jonowtoronto.com people before they go in lie’s directorial debut, a the spooky basement, and harrowing story of a that makes a world of difference. 101 min. Serbian commander who protects his MusNNNN (NW) lim lover in the prison camp he operates. TIFF Bell Lightbox Though it sometimes lapses into caricature, the film does shed light on a brutal conflict THE IRON LADY (Phyllida Lloyd) portrays and the way war compromises even the former British PM Margaret Thatcher (Meryl most courageous person’s values. Subtitled. Streep) as a proto-feminist outsider fight127 min. NNN (SGC)

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JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND

(Brad Peyton) 96 min. See Q&A and review, page 61. NNN (NW) Opens Feb 10 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24.

JOYFUL NOISE (Todd Graff) is a sloppy

musical that stars Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton as feuding gospel choir members whose teenage kin get all hot and heavy with each other between ballads. The characters and plot turns are so contrived, you’re forced to swallow it all on blind faith. The music offers no salvation either, unless of course you’re big on gospel. 117 min. N (RS) 401 & Morningside, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Yorkdale

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punch even though you can see it coming from a mile away. Gilbert Sicotte plays Marcel, the eponymous salesman in a smalltown Quebec car dealership, whose likeability and smarts have earned him consecutive salesman-of-the-year plaques. The 67-yearold widower could retire and spend more time with his daughter and cute grandson, but he loves his work. Even though business is bad – the town’s pulp and paper mill is threatening closure – Marcel stills finds a way to charm customers and close the deal. Pilote’s script eschews Glengarry Glen Ross anger for a quiet tone reminiscent of one of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Decalogue films. A stronger editor could tighten the pace, while the ominous soundtrack could be scaled back. But it’s a small yet powerful recession-era moral fable, and Sicotte delivers a completely convincing portrait of a decent, kind man forced to examine his soul. Subtitled. 107 min. NNN (GS) Canada Square, Cumberland 4

MAN ON A LEDGE (Asger Leth) is a heist movie, the mechanics of which are so elaborate that the characters have to remind each other they’ve been planning this 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 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 Sam Worthington, who still hasn’t learned how to enjoy himself in an action role. But he totally nails the physicality of a man on a ledge. 101 min. NN (NW) 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 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: GOTTERDAMMERUNG is a live broadcast in high-def of the final opera in Wagner’s Ring Cycle,

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directed by Canadian Robert Lepage. 385 min. Feb 11, noon, at Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge

ñMISS BALA

(Gerardo Naranjo) is a fast-paced, surrealistic take on the drug wars in Mexico, shot from the perspective of the unlikeliest abetter. Stephanie Sigman stars as Mexican teen Laura, a beauty pageant contestant who witnesses a nightclub massacre and ends up under the thumb of a viscious cartel. Like Alice through the rabbit hole, Laura is helplessly thrust into a world where the cartels control politics, the police and, yes, even beauty pageants—a nice jab at superficial aesthetics. The film is inspired by a real-life event, but director Naranjo forgoes docudrama for a critical mood piece that’s both nightmarish and darkly comical, where the wide frames and long takes teem with seemingly infinite sleaze and violence. Miss Bala, which translates as Miss Bullet, hits the mark. Subtitled. 113 min. NNNN (RS) Yonge & Dundas 24

IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL ñMISSION:

(Brad Bird) puts genius animator Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille) in the driver’s seat for a bracing adventure that sends Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his team racing around the Eastern hemisphere to stop a madman from triggering a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia. The movie zips through its paces with marvellous craftsmanship; the action scenes are only incoherent when they need to be, the characters are sharply and simply defined, and the locations are attractively photographed and smartly used. Some subtitles. 133 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale

ñMONSIEUR LAZHAR

(Philippe Falardeau) is a tender and touching drama that captures the pulse of both primary school politics and Canadian immigration. Algerian refugee Bachir Lahzar (Fellag) becomes a substitute teacher to students struggling with grief after their former teacher’s suicide. He must navigate the minefield that is dealing with traumatized children – no physical contact being of utmost importance. Like the kids who are faced with a new world of tragedy and lost innocence, Bachir must confront his own personal demons while figuring out his place in a new country. Director Falardeau proves once again why he’s one of Canada’s premier talents in this focused and 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 makes Monsieur Lazhar a high achiever. Subtitled. 94 min. NNNNN (RS) TIFF Bell Lightbox, Varsity

MOON POINT (Sean Cisterna) is not the first coming-of-age road movie about a traumatized young man drawn out of his shell by his weird best friend and a fetching young stranger. But it’s the first one that thinks the weird best friend should be the star. 85 min. NN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

ñTHE MUPPETS

(James Bobin) recaptures the unpredictable energy and genuine magic of Jim Henson’s beloved felt creations and releases that energy back into the wild. No, the new songs don’t have the scale or impact of The Rainbow Connection; what could? But when Camilla the chicken covers Cee Lo, all is right with the world. 98 min. NNNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (Simon Curtis) is

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, Humber Cinema, Yonge & Dundas 24

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: TRAVELLING LIGHT is a broadcast in high-def of Nicholas Wright’s play about eastern European immigrants who became major figures in the early days of Hollywood, live from London’s National Theatre. 180 min. Feb 9, 7 pm, at Coliseum Mississauga, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge

ONE FOR THE MONEY (Julie Anne Robinson) stars Katherine Heigl as flat-broke Jersey girl Stephanie Plum – from Janet Evanovich’s series of novels – who takes a job with a bail bond outfit. Her first case involves Joey Morelli (Jason O’Mara), a blast from her romantic past, who convinces her he’s not guilty. Soon the baddies are killing off anyone who talks to Plum. Why don’t they just shoot her? She’s easy to spot in that neon-blue vintage car. Why does a police officer she doesn’t know buy her a gun when she doesn’t have a permit? Why, in their initial investigation, didn’t the police flush out all the info Plum gets so easily from a witness? I’m all for watching women kick ass in the bounty-hunting business, but do I have to turn off my brain while I’m doing it? 106 min. NN (SGC) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñPARIAH

(Dee Rees) is a lesbian coming-out story starring charismatic Adepero Oduye as an African-American high-schooler struggling for affirmation, with great performances, an exhilarating soundtrack of girl-powered hip-hop, metal and soul and director Rees’s savvy script. Totally fresh. 86 min. NNNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema

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 her richly dramatic works and unconventional interviews with her dancers. Director Wenders uses 3-D technology effectively, getting visceral effects from Bausch’s complex choreography. Subtitled. 104 min. NNNN (GS) TIFF Bell Lightbox, Varsity

ñPINK RIBBONS, INC.

(Léa Pool) riffs off Samantha King’s book of the same name to probe the outrageous ways corporations exploit breast cancer for profit while doing almost nothing about the epidemic itself. The political anger that spawned the movement to end breast cancer has morphed into a series of feel-good events that serve to build brands. Worse, many of the corporations involved – including Revlon, Ford and even KFC (!) – support Pink Ribbon campaigns while promoting products that could themselves be related to cancer. Like Pool’s previous features, the film looks terrific, thanks, ironically, to all those seas of pink. Animated sequences add to the effect, and the talking heads are brilliant, including King, Barbara Ehrenreich (whose article Welcome To Cancerland also inspired the doc) and especially Barbara Brenner of Breast Cancer Action. Shitdisturbing at its best. 98 min. NNNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kennedy

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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. The digital effects used to recreate the dizzying aerial dogfights are state-of-the-art, but everything else feels like it was slapped together from old parts. 124 min. N (NW) Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

SAFE HOUSE (Daniel Espinosa) 115 min. See Also Opening, page 61. Opens Feb 10 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24.

A SEPARATION (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, gripping 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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TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (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. 127 min. NNNN (NW) Cumberland 4, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING (Måns Mår-

lind, Björn Stein) brings the monster franchise back to “Kate Beckinsale in a rubber catsuit shooting monsters with machine guns,” with vampires and werewolves still carrying on their blood feud. It breaks no new ground for the series. 88 min. N (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, 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 VOW (Michael Sucsy) 104 min. See

Also Opening, page 61. Opens Feb 10 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande -

Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24.

WAR HORSE (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) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

W.E. (Madonna) is a lesser take on The

Hours, with two overlapping stories instead of three and none of the emotional depth. Abbie Cornish plays Wally, a late-1990s Manhattan socialite married to a successful but distant psychiatrist (Richard Coyle). Intrigued by an upcoming auction of items belonging to Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) and King Edward VIII (James D’Arcy), Wally (named after Wallis) reimagines scenes from the historic couple’s romance while finding herself attracted to a

Sotheby’s security guard (Oscar Isaac). The film is over-produced yet hollow, like one long perfume commercial. 119 min. NN (GS) Carlton Cinema

This Means War

ñWE NEED TO TALKNNNNABOUT KEVIN

(Lynne Ramsay) 112 min. See interview and review, page 60. (Phil Brown) Opens Feb 10 at Varsity.

THE WOMAN IN BLACK (James Watkins) takes place a century ago, when a widowed estate lawyer (Daniel Radcliffe) encounters a vengeful spirit in a remote coastal town. Though director Watkins deploys a few strategic crashes and thuds to keep the attention-deficit set from drifting off, there’s a stateliness and gravity to his film that recalls grand ghost stories of decades past like The Haunting and The Innocents. And in his first role after wrapping the Harry Potter series, Radcliffe is entirely credible as a widower with a small child, proving able to hold the screen in a 20-minute set piece played entirely without dialogue. 95 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, 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, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 3

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SHAME (Steve McQueen) is the study of a

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) Carlton Cinema, Regent Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre

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OWS (Guy Ritchie) follows the bigger-andlouder sequel formula; shit constantly blows up or catches on fire, and the story rarely pauses for breath. Robert Downey Jr. is still miscast as Holmes, but a delightful Stephen Fry steals the picture as his brother, Mycroft – though that might simply be a side benefit of his appearing exclusively in scenes where nothing explodes. 129 min. NNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

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THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO (Robert

Guédiguian) 90 min. See review, page 60. NNN (SGC) Opens Feb 10 at the Royal (see Indie & Rep Film, page 68).

STAR WARS: EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM

MENACE 3D (George Lucas) 133 min. See Also Opening, page 61. Opens Feb 10 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale. THIS MEANS WAR (McG) 98

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MAn on A lEdgE (PG) thu 1:40, 4:20, 6:45, 9:10 Fri, Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 Sat 6:45, 9:15 mon-tue 1:30, 4:20, 6:45, 9:10 Wed 1:30, 4:20, 10:10 ThE METroPolITAn oPErA: göTTErdäMMErung lIVE Sat 12:00 MIssIon: IMPossIblE – ghosT ProToCol: ThE IMAx ExPErIEnCE (PG) 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 thu 1:00 4:00 7:00 9:50 mon only 1:00 4:00 6:50 9:50 nATIonAl ThEATrE lIVE: TrAVEllIng lIghT thu 7:00 roboCoP thu 9:35 shAME (18A) thu 2:45, 5:10, 10:00 shErloCk holMEs: A gAME of shAdoWs (PG) thu 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 Fri, Sun-tue 2:15, 5:20, 8:30 Sat 6:10, 9:10 Wed 2:15, 9:45 sTAnd by ME thu 2:00 sTAr WArs: EPIsodE I – ThE PhAnToM MEnACE 3d thu 12:01 Fri 1:15, 2:30, 4:10, 6:20, 7:20, 9:40, 10:30 Sat 1:00, 2:30, 4:10, 6:30, 7:20, 9:40, 10:30 Sun 1:00, 2:30, 4:00, 6:20, 7:15, 9:40, 10:30 mon 1:15, 2:30, 4:10, 6:20, 7:15, 9:40, 10:20 tue 1:15, 2:30, 4:10, 6:20, 7:15, 9:40, 10:30 Wed 1:15, 2:30, 4:10, 6:10, 7:15, 9:30, 10:20 ThE TErMInATor thu 7:00 To kIll A MoCkIngbIrd Wed 7:00

5:00, 6:15, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 9:15, 10:00, 11:00 Sat-Sun 10:30, 11:15, 12:15, 1:15, 2:00, 3:15, 4:00, 5:00, 6:15, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 9:15, 10:00, 11:00 ThIs MEAns WAr (14A) tue 7:00 TInkEr TAIlor soldIEr sPy (14A) 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 SatSun 10:40, 1:35 mat undErWorld: AWAkEnIng (18A) 4:00 thu 6:30, 9:00 Sat-Sun 11:00, 1:30 mat undErWorld: AWAkEnIng – An IMAx 3d ExPErIEnCE (18A) thu 3:00, 5:30, 8:00 undErWorld: AWAkEnIng 3d (18A) 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:50 mat ThE VIrAl fACTor thu 4:25, 7:20, 10:20 Fri, mon-Wed 4:45, 7:45, 10:30 Sat-Sun 10:45, 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:30 ThE VoW (PG) thu 12:01 Fri, mon-Wed 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:15, 6:30, 7:30, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:15, 11:00 Sat-Sun 10:30, 11:00, 11:45, 12:45, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:15, 6:30, 7:30, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:15, 11:00 WAr horsE (PG) thu 5:15, 8:25 ThE WoMAn In blACk (14A) thu 2:00, 3:00, 4:45, 5:45, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:15, 11:00 Fri, mon-Wed 2:45, 4:15, 5:15, 6:45, 7:45, 9:45, 10:45 Sat-Sun 10:45, 11:45, 1:45, 2:45, 4:15, 5:15, 6:45, 7:45, 9:45, 10:45

Carlton Cinema (i)

tiFF bell lightbox (i)

20 Carlton, 416-494-9371

350 king St W, 416-599-8433

CAfé dE florE (14A) thu 1:35, 4:05, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:00, 6:50, 9:15 CArnAgE (14A) thu 1:55, 7:25 Fri-Wed 4:30, 9:45 ChronIClE (14A) thu 1:50 4:00 7:10 9:05 Fri-Wed 1:50, 3:55, 7:15, 9:05 ConTrAbAnd (14A) thu 7:15, 9:45 ExTrEMEly loud & InCrEdIbly ClosE (PG) thu 1:30, 6:45 ThE gIrl WITh ThE drAgon TATToo (18A) thu 3:50, 9:15 Fri-Wed 1:20, 6:30 hAyWIrE (14A) thu 4:10, 9:25 In ThE lAnd of blood And honEy (14A) thu 1:40 6:50 Fri-Wed 1:40, 6:45 MAn on A lEdgE (PG) thu 1:25, 3:55, 7:00, 9:10 Fri-Wed 3:50, 9:10 onE for ThE MonEy (PG) Fri-Wed 1:45, 7:00 PArIAh (14A) thu 4:30, 9:30 PInk rIbbons, InC. (G) thu 2:00, 7:20 Fri-Wed 4:20, 9:40 sAfE housE (14A) Fri-Wed 1:55, 4:10, 7:05, 9:25 shAME (18A) thu 4:20, 9:35 Fri-Wed 4:15, 9:20 ThE VoW (PG) Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:25, 7:20, 9:30 WAr horsE (PG) thu 1:20, 4:15 Fri-Wed 1:25, 6:40 W.E. thu 1:45 4:25 6:55 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:35, 4:05, 6:55, 9:35

ThE InnkEEPErs (14A) thu 3:00, 9:00 Sat-tue 9:00 Wed 9:30 MonsIEur lAzhAr (PG) thu 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:45, 6:20, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Sun, tue-Wed 1:30, 5:00, 7:15, 9:45 mon 7:15, 9:45 PInA (G) thu 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 8:45 PInA 3d (G) Fri-Sun, tue-Wed 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 8:45 mon 6:15, 8:45 PInk rIbbons, InC. (G) Fri-Sat, tue 1:00, 3:45, 6:45 Sunmon 6:45, 9:15 Wed 1:00, 3:45 ThE TrEE of lIfE (PG) thu 8:00

midtown

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Downtown

Cumberland 4 (aa) 159 Cumberland ave, 416-646-0444

CorIolAnus thu 2:15, 5:15, 8:15 Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:30, 6:45, 9:40 Sun-Wed 2:10, 5:10, 8:15 ThE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu, Sun-Wed 2:40, 5:20, 8:00 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:15, 6:50, 9:50 lE VEndEur (PG) thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 My WEEk WITh MArIlyn (14A) thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:00 FriSat 1:10, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Sun-Wed 2:20, 4:45, 7:15 TInkEr TAIlor soldIEr sPy (14A) Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sun-Wed 2:00, 5:00, 7:45

rainboW market Square (i) market Square, 80 Front St e, 416-494-9371

ThE ArTIsT (PG) 1:15, 3:45, 6:45, 9:05 Fri 11:15 late ChronIClE (14A) 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 Fri 11:00 late ConTrAbAnd (14A) thu 9:40 ExTrEMEly loud & InCrEdIbly ClosE (PG) thu 4:00, 7:05 hAyWIrE (14A) thu 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:15, 9:25 ThE Iron lAdy (PG) thu 1:25, 4:05, 7:20, 9:35 JournEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnd (PG) Fri, Sun-mon, Wed 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:15, 9:25, 11:25 Sat, tue 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:15, 9:25 sAfE housE (14A) Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:05, 7:20, 9:35 ThE VoW (PG) 1:30, 4:00, 7:05, 9:20 Fri 11:35 late ThE WoMAn In blACk (14A) thu 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:25, 9:30 Fri 1:05, 3:05, 5:15, 7:25, 9:30, 11:30 Sat-Wed 1:05, 3:05, 5:15, 7:25, 9:30

SCotiabank theatre (Ce) 259 riChmond St W, 416-368-5600

ThE bIg lEboWskI (14A) thu 4:10 bIg MIrAClE 1:15, 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 thu 1:10 3:50 6:50 9:30 Fri only 1:15 3:50 6:40 9:20 Sat only 1:15 3:50 6:40 10:30 Sun only 1:15 3:50 6:40 9:20 mon only 1:20 3:50 6:40 9:20 tue only 1:15 3:50 6:40 9:20 ChronIClE (14A) thu 1:20, 3:30, 5:40, 8:10 Fri, Sun 12:45, 3:10, 5:30, 8:00, 10:20 Sat 12:40, 3:10, 5:30, 8:00, 10:20 mon 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 tue 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:20 Wed 3:00, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 ConTrAbAnd (14A) thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:45, 10:20 Fri, SunWed 1:50, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 A dAngErous METhod (14A) thu 1:10, 3:50 Fri, Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Sat 7:00, 9:30 mon 1:40, 4:15, 9:30 tue 1:40, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Wed 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:15 ThE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu 1:00, 3:30, 6:10, 8:50 Fri, Sun 12:50, 3:30, 6:10, 9:10 Sat 12:30, 3:30, 7:10, 9:45 mon 1:00, 3:30, 6:10, 9:00 tue-Wed 1:00, 3:40, 6:15, 9:00 ThE gIrl WITh ThE drAgon TATToo (18A) thu 3:00, 6:40, 10:05 Fri-tue 3:00, 6:30, 10:00 Wed 2:00, 5:30, 9:10 ThE grEy (14A) thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Fri, Sun 2:00, 5:00, 7:40, 10:30 Sat 2:00, 5:00, 7:40, 9:20 mon 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 tue 1:20, 4:05, 6:45, 9:45 Wed 1:20, 4:05, 6:45, 9:40 hAyWIrE (14A) thu 2:15, 4:30, 7:20, 9:45 Fri-Sun 2:45, 5:10, 7:50, 10:15 mon-Wed 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:00 hugo 3d (PG) thu 3:20, 6:00, 8:40 Fri, Sun 12:40, 3:20, 6:15, 9:00 Sat 12:15, 3:20, 6:15, 9:00 mon-Wed 3:20, 6:00, 8:45

february 9-15 2012 NOW

varSity (Ce)

55 bloor St W, 416-961-6304 AlbErT nobbs (14A) thu, mon-Wed 12:35, 3:35, 6:30, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:20, 6:40, 9:20 ThE ArTIsT (PG) thu, mon-Wed 12:40, 3:40, 6:20, 9:10 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 A dAngErous METhod (14A) thu, mon-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:05, 10:05 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 hugo 3d (PG) 12:25, 3:25, 6:25, 9:40 ThE Iron lAdy (PG) thu, mon-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 MonsIEur lAzhAr (PG) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 A sEPArATIon (14A) thu, tue-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:20 mon 1:10, 4:10, 10:10 TInkEr TAIlor soldIEr sPy (14A) thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:50, 10:00 WE nEEd To TAlk AbouT kEVIn (14A) Fri-Sun 12:20, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 mon-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:50, 10:00

VIP SCREENINGS

ThE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu, mon-Wed 1:15, 4:05, 7:05, 9:55 Fri-Sun 12:25, 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 MonsIEur lAzhAr (PG) thu 12:35, 2:45, 5:05, 7:35, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:35, 3:05, 5:15, 7:35, 9:45 mon-Wed 12:35, 3:05, 5:15, 7:25, 9:45 PInA (G) 1:05, 3:45, 6:45, 9:25

yonge & dundaS 24 (amC) 10 dundaS St e, 416-335-5323

ThE AdVEnTurEs of TInTIn 3d (PG) Fri, Wed 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Sat-Sun 11:00, 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 tue 3:15, 6:00 ThE AdVEnTurEs of TInTIn (PG) thu 3:30, 6:05 AgnEEPATh (14A) 2:25, 6:05, 9:50 Sat-Sun 10:45 mat All’s WEll, Ends WEll thu 10:00 Fri, mon-Wed 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Sat-Sun 11:15, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 ThE ArTIsT (PG) 4:25, 7:10, 9:40 Sat-Sun 11:20, 1:50 mat bEAuTy And ThE bEAsT 3d (G) thu 3:05 ThE dEVIl InsIdE (14A) thu 2:50, 4:55, 7:45, 10:00 Ek MAIn Aur Ekk Tu 3:15, 6:35, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat ExTrEMEly loud & InCrEdIbly ClosE (PG) 4:35, 7:35, 10:35 Sat-Sun 10:50, 1:45 mat ThE Iron lAdy (PG) thu 2:30, 3:30, 5:00, 6:00, 7:30, 8:30, 10:00 Fri, tue-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:55, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 mon 2:30 JournEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnd (PG) 2:45, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45 Sat-Sun 12:15 mat mon 9:15 JournEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnd – An IMAx 3d ExPErIEnCE (PG) thu 12:01 Fri, mon-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:00, 11:30, 1:45, 2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 JournEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnd 3d (PG) Fri, Wed 11:45, 2:30, 3:45, 5:15, 6:15, 8:00, 9:15, 10:45 Sat-Sun 10:30, 11:45, 1:15, 2:30, 3:45, 5:15, 6:15, 8:00, 9:15, 10:45 mon-tue 11:45, 2:30, 3:45, 5:15, 6:15, 8:00, 10:45 loVE tue 7:00 MIss bAlA thu 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 Fri, mon, Wed 5:00, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:30, 5:00, 10:30 tue 10:30 Moon PoInT 2:00, 4:45, 7:00, 9:20 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat ThE MuPPETs (G) thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:20 Fri, mon-tue 2:10, 4:50 Sat-Sun 11:35, 2:10, 4:50 Wed 2:10 My WEEk WITh MArIlyn (14A) thu 2:20 Fri-tue 8:20, 10:40 onE for ThE MonEy (PG) thu 2:00, 3:10, 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30, 10:25 Fri, mon, Wed 2:35, 4:00, 4:40, 6:30, 6:40, 10:00 Sat-Sun 10:25, 11:00, 12:30, 1:30, 2:35, 4:00, 4:40, 6:30, 6:40, 10:00 tue 2:35, 4:00, 6:30, 10:00 PInk rIbbons, InC. (G) thu 3:30, 6:00, 8:30, 11:00 rEd TAIls (PG) thu 3:10, 6:00, 9:15 Fri-mon, Wed 2:15, 7:40 tue 2:15 sAfE housE (14A) thu 12:01 Fri, mon-Wed 2:00, 3:15, 4:00,

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

ThE ArTIsT (PG) thu 4:20, 7:00 Fri 4:35, 7:15, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:00, 9:45 mon-Wed 4:35, 7:15 bIg MIrAClE thu 4:40, 7:10 Fri 4:05, 6:30, 9:00 Sat-Sun 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:00 mon-Wed 4:05, 6:30 ConTrAbAnd (14A) Fri 4:25, 7:00, 9:35 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:25 mon-Wed 4:25, 7:00 A dAngErous METhod (14A) thu 4:50, 7:15 Fri 4:30, 7:10, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:30 mon-Wed 4:30, 7:10 ThE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu 4:05, 6:50 Fri 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:40, 6:40, 9:20 mon-Wed 4:00, 6:40 ThE gIrl WITh ThE drAgon TATToo (18A) thu 4:00, 7:20 hAyWIrE (14A) Fri 4:45, 7:30, 9:45 Sat-Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 9:45 mon-Wed 4:45, 7:20 lE VEndEur (PG) Fri, mon-Wed 4:15, 6:50 Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:00, 6:45 MIssIon: IMPossIblE – ghosT ProToCol (PG) thu 4:35, 7:30 My WEEk WITh MArIlyn (14A) thu 4:10, 6:30 Fri 4:50, 7:20, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 mon-Wed 4:50, 7:20 onE for ThE MonEy (PG) thu 4:30, 6:40 undErWorld: AWAkEnIng (18A) Fri 9:15 Sat-Sun 9:10

mt PleaSant (i)

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

SilverCity yonge (Ce) 2300 yonge St, 416-544-1236

ThE AdVEnTurEs of TInTIn 3d (PG) thu 1:10, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10 Fri 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 Sat 1:30, 6:50 Sun 12:40, 3:20, 7:10 mon-Wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:10 bEAuTy And ThE bEAsT 3d (G) thu 2:00, 4:25, 6:45, 9:00 ChronIClE (14A) thu 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 9:55 Fri 2:00, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 Sat 11:50, 2:00, 4:30, 7:30, 10:05 Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:40, 9:50 mon, Wed 2:10, 4:40, 7:40, 9:50 tue 2:10, 4:40, 9:50 ConTrAbAnd (14A) thu 1:15, 3:55, 10:30 ExTrEMEly loud & InCrEdIbly ClosE (PG) thu-Fri, mon 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Sat 6:40, 9:45 Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 9:30 tue 1:00, 3:30, 6:40, 9:30 Wed 3:50, 9:30 ThE grEy (14A) thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:00 Fri 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 Sat 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 Sun-Wed 1:10, 3:55, 6:50, 9:35 hAyWIrE (14A) thu 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20 JournEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnd (PG) Fri 1:05 Sat 11:45 Sun 12:50 mon-Wed 1:40 JournEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnd 3d (PG) Fri, Sun 3:40, 6:30, 9:10 Sat 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 mon-Wed 4:05, 6:30, 9:10 MAn on A lEdgE (PG) thu 1:30, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Sat 10:10 Sun-Wed 9:45 ThE METroPolITAn oPErA: göTTErdäMMErung lIVE Sat 12:00 nATIonAl ThEATrE lIVE: TrAVEllIng lIghT thu 7:00 sAfE housE (14A) Fri 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Sat 1:00, 4:10, 7:00, 10:30 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 sTAr WArs: EPIsodE I – ThE PhAnToM MEnACE 3d Fri-Sat 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 Sun-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 ThIs MEAns WAr (14A) tue 7:00 ThE VoW (PG) Fri 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:40 Sat 12:30, 3:50, 7:20, 10:00 Sun-tue 1:30, 4:10, 6:45, 9:25 Wed 4:10, 6:45, 9:25 ThE WoMAn In blACk (14A) thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 Fri 1:50, 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 Sat 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 9:55 mon-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 9:55

ThE AdVEnTurEs of TInTIn (PG) 1:00 ThE gIrl WITh ThE drAgon TATToo (18A) Fri-Wed 9:00 ThE IdEs of MArCh (14A) thu 9:00 ThE Iron lAdy (PG) 3:00, 7:00 My WEEk WITh MArIlyn (14A) 5:00

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

AlVIn And ThE ChIPMunks: ChIPWrECkEd (G) Sat-Sun 11:30 ThE ArTIsT (PG) 1:00, 7:00 hugo (PG) 2:50 PInk rIbbons, InC. (G) 5:00 thu 9:00 shErloCk holMEs: A gAME of shAdoWs (PG) Fri-Wed 9:00

queenSWay (Ce)

1025 the queenSWay, qeW & iSlington, 416-503-0424 ThE AdVEnTurEs of TInTIn 3d (PG) thu 1:25, 4:10, 6:55, 9:25 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25 mon, Wed 1:40, 4:25, 7:00, 9:35 tue 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 9:50 AlVIn And ThE ChIPMunks: ChIPWrECkEd (G) thu 2:20 bACk To ThE sEA (G) thu 2:10, 4:45 bEAuTy And ThE bEAsT 3d (G) thu 2:00, 4:20, 6:45 bIg MIrAClE thu 1:05, 3:45, 7:05, 10:25 Fri 2:15, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Sat 1:15, 3:55, 7:20, 9:55 Sun 1:30, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 mon, Wed 1:15, 3:45, 6:35, 9:10 tue 1:15, 3:45, 6:45, 9:20 ChronIClE (14A) thu 2:40, 5:25, 7:40, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30 Sun-mon 1:05, 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:15 tue 2:05, 4:30, 10:40 Wed 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:15 ConTrAbAnd (14A) thu 1:15, 3:55, 6:35, 9:40 Fri-Sat 2:20, 5:00, 7:45, 10:25 Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 mon 2:00, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55 tue 2:00, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 Wed 1:25, 4:05, 7:20, 9:55 A dAngErous METhod (14A) thu 9:05 ThE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 mon, Wed 1:10, 3:55, 6:40, 9:30 tue 1:05, 3:55, 6:40, 9:30 ExTrEMEly loud & InCrEdIbly ClosE (PG) thu 1:00, 3:55, 7:00, 9:55 Fri 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:35 Sat 12:45, 6:40, 9:35 Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:35 mon 1:00, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 tue 1:10, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Wed 12:55, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 ThE gIrl WITh ThE drAgon TATToo (18A) thu 2:50, 6:20, 9:45 ThE grEy (14A) thu 1:40, 4:40, 7:25, 10:05 Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:10, 6:55, 9:45 Sun 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:45 mon, Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:45 tue 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 hAyWIrE (14A) thu 5:00, 7:30, 10:15 Fri 2:25, 4:45, 7:05, 9:30 Sat 7:05, 9:30 Sun 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 10:05 mon 2:55, 5:20, 7:40, 10:05 tue 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:25 Wed 1:20, 3:40, 10:05 ThE Iron lAdy (PG) thu 1:15, 3:50, 6:30, 9:15 Fri-Sat 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Sun 2:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 mon, Wed 1:35, 4:10, 6:45, 9:15 tue 1:35, 4:10, 6:50, 9:25 JournEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnd (PG) Fri-Sun 12:25 mon-Wed 2:30 JournEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnd 3d (PG) Fri-Sun 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 mon, Wed 5:05, 7:35, 10:00 tue 5:00, 7:25, 10:00 MAn on A lEdgE (PG) thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 Fri-Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 Sun 1:50, 4:25, 7:05, 9:40 mon, Wed 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 tue 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 ThE METroPolITAn oPErA: göTTErdäMMErung lIVE Sat 12:00 MIssIon: IMPossIblE – ghosT ProToCol (PG) thu 1:10, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 Fri 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sat 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sun 12:30, 3:25, 6:25, 9:30 mon-Wed 1:05, 4:00, 6:55, 9:55 nATIonAl ThEATrE lIVE: TrAVEllIng lIghT thu 7:00 onE for ThE MonEy (PG) thu 2:05, 4:30, 7:20, 9:35 FriSat 1:05, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:25 Sun 1:25, 3:55, 6:35, 9:00 mon, Wed 3:00, 5:25, 7:45, 10:05 tue 1:25, 3:50, 6:35, 9:35 sAfE housE (14A) Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:55, 7:50, 10:40 Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 mon, Wed 1:55, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 tue 1:55, 4:40, 7:35, 10:20 shErloCk holMEs: A gAME of shAdoWs (PG) thu 10:05 sTAr WArs: EPIsodE I – ThE PhAnToM MEnACE 3d thu 12:01 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:25, 7:30, 10:35 Sun-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 ThIs MEAns WAr (14A) tue 7:00 TInkEr TAIlor soldIEr sPy (14A) thu 1:00, 4:00, 10:00 To kIll A MoCkIngbIrd Wed 7:00 undErWorld: AWAkEnIng 3d (18A) thu 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 9:50 Fri-Sat 12:55, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:15 Sun 12:35, 3:00, 5:20, 7:35, 10:00 mon, Wed 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 tue 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:25 ThE VoW (PG) Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:45 Sun 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 mon 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 tue 2:15, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Wed 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 ThE WoMAn In blACk (14A) thu 1:55, 4:35, 7:10, 9:30 Fri 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 Sat 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:55, 10:20 Sun 2:40, 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 mon, Wed 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:25 tue 2:35, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05

rainboW Woodbine (i)

Woodbine Centre, 500 rexdale blvd, 416-213-1998 AlVIn And ThE ChIPMunks: ChIPWrECkEd (G) thu 12:55, 3:55 bIg MIrAClE 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:15 ChronIClE (14A) 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 ConTrAbAnd (14A) thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 ThE grEy (14A) 1:05, 4:05, 6:55, 9:30 hAyWIrE (14A) thu 9:35 JournEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnd 3d (PG) Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:55, 6:50, 9:15 Joyful noIsE (PG) thu 6:50, 9:25 MAn on A lEdgE (PG) 1:20, 4:00, 7:05, 9:25 sAfE housE (14A) Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 undErWorld: AWAkEnIng (18A) thu 1:25, 4:20, 7:25, 9:40 ThE VoW (PG) Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 ThE WoMAn In blACk (14A) thu 1:15 3:45 7:00 9:20 FriWed 1:15, 3:45, 7:10, 9:20

east end beaCh CinemaS (aa) 1651 queen St e, 416-699-5971

ThE ArTIsT (PG) thu 6:40, 9:20 ThE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu 7:00, 9:40 Fri 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Sat, tue-Wed 7:10, 9:50 Sun 1:10, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 mon 9:50 ThE grEy (14A) thu 7:10, 10:00 ThE Iron lAdy (PG) thu 6:50, 9:30 JournEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnd 3d (PG) 7:00, 9:30 Fri 4:10 Sat-Sun 1:30 mat, 4:10 ThE METroPolITAn oPErA: göTTErdäMMErung lIVE Sat 12:00 sAfE housE (14A) 7:20, 10:10 Fri 4:30 Sat-Sun 1:40 mat, 4:30 sTAr WArs: EPIsodE I – ThE PhAnToM MEnACE 3d 6:50, 10:00 Fri 3:40 mat Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:40 mat undErWorld: AWAkEnIng 3d (18A) thu 7:30, 10:00 ThE VoW (PG) 7:30, 10:15 Fri 4:40 Sat-Sun 1:50 mat, 4:40 ThE WoMAn In blACk (14A) thu 7:20, 9:50 Fri 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 mon-Wed 6:40, 9:20

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

AlbErT nobbs (14A) thu 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 Fri, mon-Wed 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 bEAuTy And ThE bEAsT 3d (G) thu 3:35 ChronIClE (14A) thu 3:40, 6:30, 8:50 Fri, mon-Wed 3:20, 6:20, 9:20 Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:20, 6:20, 9:20 A dAngErous METhod (14A) thu 4:40, 7:30 ThE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu 3:50, 6:40, 10:10 Fri, monWed 4:30, 7:40, 10:20 Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:40, 10:20 ThE gIrl WITh ThE drAgon TATToo (18A) thu 5:50, 9:20 ThE grEy (14A) thu 4:00, 7:10, 9:50 Fri, mon-Wed 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 Sat-Sun 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 hAyWIrE (14A) thu 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 JournEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnd (PG) Sat-Sun 1:20 JournEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnd 3d (PG) Fri-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 onE for ThE MonEy (PG) thu 4:20, 6:50, 9:05 sAfE housE (14A) 3:10, 4:10, 6:10 Sat-Sun 12:10, 1:30 mat shErloCk holMEs: A gAME of shAdoWs (PG) thu 10:00 sTAr WArs: EPIsodE I – ThE PhAnToM MEnACE 3d 3:30, 4:20, 6:40, 7:30, 9:50, 10:30 Sat-Sun 12:30, 1:10 mat TInkEr TAIlor soldIEr sPy (14A) thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Fri, mon-Wed 3:50, 6:50 Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:50 undErWorld: AWAkEnIng (18A) Fri-Wed 10:00 undErWorld: AWAkEnIng 3d (18A) thu 4:50, 7:40, 10:15

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

ThE ArTIsT (PG) 3:20, 6:20, 9:20 Sat-Sun 12:40 mat bIg MIrAClE thu-Fri, tue 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 mon, Wed 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 ConTrAbAnd (14A) thu, Wed 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 Fri, tue 4:50, 7:25, 10:10 Sat 7:25, 10:10 Sun 1:40, 4:50, 7:25, 10:10 mon 9:55 ExTrEMEly loud & InCrEdIbly ClosE (PG) thu 4:05, 9:45 Fri, tue 3:50, 6:55, 9:55 Sat 6:55, 9:55 Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:55, 9:55 mon, Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:35 hugo 3d (PG) thu 3:30 6:30 9:25 Fri-Wed 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:30 mat ThE Iron lAdy (PG) thu-Fri, tue 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 mon, Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 MAn on A lEdgE (PG) thu 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 Fri, tue 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 2:00, 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 mon, Wed 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 ThE METroPolITAn oPErA: göTTErdäMMErung lIVE Sat 12:00 MIssIon: IMPossIblE – ghosT ProToCol (PG) thu 3:50, 9:35 nATIonAl ThEATrE lIVE: TrAVEllIng lIghT thu 7:00 A sEPArATIon (14A) thu 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 Fri, tue 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 Sat-Sun 1:10, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 mon, Wed 4:15, 7:05, 9:50 ThE VoW (PG) Fri, tue 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 mon, Wed 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 ThE WoMAn In blACk (14A) thu, mon, Wed 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 Fri, tue 4:40, 7:40, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:15

SilverCity FairvieW (Ce)

FairvieW mall, 1800 ShePPard ave e, 416-644-7746 bEAuTy And ThE bEAsT 3d (G) thu 2:30, 5:05, 7:25 ChronIClE (14A) thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Fri-Sat 1:00, 3:15, 5:25, 7:45, 10:10 Sun 12:50, 3:00, 5:25, 7:40, 10:00 mon 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 10:00 tue 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:50, 10:20 Wed 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 10:00 ConTrAbAnd (14A) thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:50 ThE grEy (14A) thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:15 Sun-mon, Wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 tue 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 hAyWIrE (14A) thu 9:55 JournEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnd (PG) Fri 12:25 Sat 12:20 Sun 12:30 mon-Wed 2:30 JournEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnd 3d (PG) Fri-Sat 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 Sun 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 mon, Wed 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 tue 5:00, 7:45, 10:10 MAn on A lEdgE (PG) thu 1:45, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 ThE METroPolITAn oPErA: goTTErdAMMErung Sat 12:00 MIssIon: IMPossIblE – ghosT ProToCol (PG) thu 1:00, 3:55, 6:55, 10:00 Fri 12:55, 4:00, 7:10, 10:05 Sat 7:10, 10:05 Sun 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 9:55 mon 1:05, 4:00, 6:55, 9:55 tue 1:05, 4:00, 10:05 Wed 1:00, 4:00, 9:55 onE for ThE MonEy (PG) thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:35 sAfE housE (14A) Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Sun-mon, Wed 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 tue 1:30, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 sTAr WArs: EPIsodE I – ThE PhAnToM MEnACE 3d FriSat 1:20, 4:25, 7:30, 10:35 Sun-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 ThIs MEAns WAr (14A) tue 7:00 To kIll A MoCkIngbIrd Wed 7:00 undErWorld: AWAkEnIng 3d (18A) thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 mon, Wed 2:40, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 tue 2:40, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 ThE VoW (PG) Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:15, 10:45 Sunmon 1:45, 4:20, 7:05, 9:35 tue 1:45, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Wed 4:20, 7:05, 9:35

thE Woman in Black (14A) Thu 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8:10, 10:40 Sun-Mon, Wed 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 Tue 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 thE VoW (PG) Mon 1:45, 4:20, 7:05, 9:35 Tue 1:45, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Wed 4:20, 7:05, 9:35 thE Woman in Black (14A) Thu 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Mon, Wed 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 Tue 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55

SilverCiTy yorkdale (Ce) 3401 duFFerin ST, 416-787-4432

alVin and thE chipmunkS: chipWrEckEd (G) Thu 1:25, 3:45, 6:40 BEauty and thE BEaSt 3d (G) Thu 1:40, 4:10, 6:45, 9:15 Fri-Sun 12:35, 3:00, 5:20, 7:50 Mon-Wed 2:25, 4:50, 7:20 chroniclE (14A) Thu 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:15 Mon, Wed 2:10, 4:35, 7:10, 9:30 Tue 2:10, 4:35, 9:30 contraBand (14A) Thu 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:20, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 thE dEVil inSidE (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:30 thE grEy (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:05, 7:00, 9:50 FriSat 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 Sun 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:20 JournEy 2: thE myStEriouS iSland (PG) Fri-Sat 12:30 Sun 12:25 Mon-Wed 1:55 JournEy 2: thE myStEriouS iSland 3d (PG) Fri-Sun 2:55, 5:25, 7:55, 10:25 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 JoyFul noiSE (PG) Thu 9:00 miSSion: impoSSiBlE – ghoSt protocol (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 onE For thE monEy (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 9:40 FriSat 10:40 Sun 10:10 Mon-Wed 9:40 SaFE houSE (14A) Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:45, 10:40 Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Star WarS: EpiSodE i – thE phantom mEnacE 3d FriSat 1:20, 4:25, 7:30, 10:35 Sun-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:15 thiS mEanS War (14A) Tue 7:00 undErWorld: aWakEning 3d (18A) Thu, Mon-Wed 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 Fri-Sat 1:15, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:45 Sun 12:55, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:30 thE VoW (PG) Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:45 Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 10:00 thE Woman in Black (14A) Thu 2:35, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:35, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:20 Mon-Wed 2:15, 4:55, 7:35, 10:05

Scarborough 401 & MorningSide (Ce) 785 Milner ave, SCarborough, 416-281-2226

alVin and thE chipmunkS: chipWrEckEd (G) Thu 4:50 BEauty and thE BEaSt 3d (G) Thu 5:05, 7:15 Big miraclE Thu 5:00, 7:25 Fri 4:40, 7:10, 10:00 Sat-Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 10:00 Mon, Wed 4:40, 7:10 Tue 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 chroniclE (14A) Thu 6:00, 8:10 Fri 3:50, 6:15, 8:25, 10:30 Sat-Sun 1:30, 3:50, 6:15, 8:25, 10:30 Mon, Wed 6:00, 8:20 Tue 4:50, 9:40 contraBand (14A) Thu 5:10, 7:50 Fri 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Sat-Sun 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Mon, Wed 5:30, 8:15 Tue 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 thE grEy (14A) Thu 4:55, 7:35 Fri 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 Mon, Wed 5:00, 7:35 Tue 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 JournEy 2: thE myStEriouS iSland (PG) Sat-Sun 12:45 JournEy 2: thE myStEriouS iSland 3d (PG) Fri 5:20, 7:40, 10:05 Sat-Sun 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:05 Mon, Wed 5:20, 7:40 Tue 4:20, 6:50, 9:30 JoyFul noiSE (PG) Thu 7:05 Fri 4:25, 7:00, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:25, 7:00, 9:50 Mon, Wed 4:40, 7:20 Tue 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 man on a lEdgE (PG) Thu 5:45, 8:15 miSSion: impoSSiBlE – ghoSt protocol (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:40 onE For thE monEy (PG) Thu 5:40, 7:45 SaFE houSE (14A) Fri 5:00, 7:55, 10:40 Sat 2:25, 5:00, 7:55, 10:40 Sun 2:25, 5:00, 7:55, 10:30 Mon, Wed 5:10, 7:50 Tue 4:40, 7:40, 10:15 Star WarS: EpiSodE i – thE phantom mEnacE 3d Fri 4:15, 7:25, 10:35 Sat 1:10, 4:15, 7:25, 10:35 Sun 1:10, 4:15, 7:25, 10:30 Mon, Wed 4:50, 8:00 Tue 4:10, 7:20, 10:25 thiS mEanS War (14A) Tue 7:00 undErWorld: aWakEning 3d (18A) Thu, Mon, Wed 6:10, 8:20 Fri 4:00, 6:25, 8:35, 10:45 Sat 1:50, 4:00, 6:25, 8:35, 10:45 Sun 1:50, 4:00, 6:20, 8:25, 10:35 Tue 3:50, 6:05, 8:20, 10:30 thE VoW (PG) Fri 5:40, 8:10, 10:40 Sat 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:10, 10:40 Sun 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:10, 10:35 Mon, Wed 5:30, 8:10 Tue 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 thE Woman in Black (14A) Thu 5:35, 8:00 Fri 3:45, 6:00, 8:20, 10:45 Sat 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:45 Sun 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:35 Mon, Wed 5:50, 8:15 Tue 5:40, 8:10, 10:30

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

thE adVEnturES oF tintin 3d (PG) Fri-Sat, Tue 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:05, 3:50, 7:10, 9:50 thE adVEnturES oF tintin (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 Big miraclE Thu 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Sat, Tue 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:35 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:35, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 contraBand (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:20, 7:25, 10:10 Fri-Sat, Tue 2:15, 5:15, 8:10, 10:50 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:50, 4:50, 7:25, 10:05 thE dEVil inSidE (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 9:20 thE girl With thE dragon tattoo (18A) Thu 2:30, 6:30, 10:00 thE grEy (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Fri, Tue 1:00, 5:10, 8:15, 10:55 Sat 12:05, 2:45, 8:15, 10:55 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:10, 3:55, 6:55, 9:45 hayWirE (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 Fri, Tue 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:55, 10:25 Sat 5:25, 7:55, 10:25 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 9:55 JournEy 2: thE myStEriouS iSland (PG) Fri-Sat, Tue 12:30 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:25 JournEy 2: thE myStEriouS iSland 3d (PG) Fri-Sat, Tue 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 Sun-Mon, Wed 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 man on a lEdgE (PG) Thu 1:05, 3:45, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Sat, Tue 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:05, 10:40 Sun-Mon, Wed 2:15, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 thE mEtropolitan opEra: göttErdämmErung liVE Sat 12:00 miSSion: impoSSiBlE – ghoSt protocol (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:50, 9:55 Fri-Sat, Tue 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:40 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00

rEd tailS (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 7:05, 10:15 SaFE houSE (14A) Fri-Sat, Tue 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 11:00 SunMon, Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 undErWorld: aWakEning 3d (18A) Thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:35, 10:05 Fri-Sat, Tue 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:55 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:20, 4:55, 7:35, 10:05 thE VoW (PG) Fri-Sat, Tue 12:35, 3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:45 Sun-Mon, Wed 2:00, 5:00, 7:30, 10:10

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

thE adVEnturES oF tintin 3d (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 Mon, Wed 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 Tue 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 alVin and thE chipmunkS: chipWrEckEd (G) Thu 4:20 Back to thE SEa (G) Thu 3:30, 6:00 BEauty and thE BEaSt 3d (G) Thu 4:20, 6:45, 9:10 Big miraclE Thu 4:00, 6:40, 9:25 Fri 2:10, 4:45, 7:50, 10:20 Sat 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Sun 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 MonWed 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 chroniclE (14A) Thu 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 Fri 12:50, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:30 Sat 12:50, 3:20, 8:00, 10:30 Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Mon 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Tue 4:20, 10:05 Wed 4:20, 7:25, 10:05 contraBand (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:45, 7:25, 10:10 Sun 1:40, 4:15, 6:55, 9:55 Mon, Wed 4:15, 7:00, 9:55 Tue 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 EXtrEmEly loud & incrEdiBly cloSE (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:55, 9:55 Fri 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 10:20 Sat 4:20, 7:25, 10:20 Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Mon, Wed 4:00, 6:50, 9:55 Tue 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 thE girl With thE dragon tattoo (18A) Thu 8:40 thE grEy (14A) Thu, Mon, Wed 4:05, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 Sun 1:15, 4:05, 7:00, 10:00 Tue 4:35, 7:30, 10:20 hayWirE (14A) Thu 5:05, 7:25, 9:55 Fri 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 8:00, 10:35 Sat 12:45, 5:25, 7:50, 10:20 Sun 2:30, 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 Mon-Tue 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 Wed 5:00, 9:50 thE iron lady (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:45, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:35, 4:15, 6:55, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:55, 9:40 JournEy 2: thE myStEriouS iSland (PG) Fri-Sat 12:30 Sun 2:00 JournEy 2: thE myStEriouS iSland 3d (PG) Fri-Sat 3:00, 5:25, 7:55, 10:35 Sun-Mon, Wed 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Tue 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 man on a lEdgE (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Fri-Sat 2:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 Sun 1:55, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 Mon, Wed 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 Tue 4:45, 7:20, 10:10 thE mEtropolitan opEra: göttErdämmErung liVE Sat 12:00 miSSion: impoSSiBlE – ghoSt protocol (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:15 Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:05, 10:05 Mon, Wed 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Tue 4:05, 6:55, 9:40 onE For thE monEy (PG) Thu 4:55, 7:20, 9:50 SaFE houSE (14A) Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:50, 7:45, 10:45 Sun 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 Mon, Wed 4:25, 7:15, 10:15 Tue 4:40, 7:30, 10:25 ShErlock holmES: a gamE oF ShadoWS (PG) Thu 6:45, 9:40 Star WarS: EpiSodE i – thE phantom mEnacE 3d Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:25, 7:30, 10:40 Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 Mon, Wed 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 Tue 4:00, 7:10, 10:30 thiS mEanS War (14A) Tue 7:00 to kill a mockingBird Wed 7:00 undErWorld: aWakEning 3d (18A) Thu 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:00, 5:30, 8:05, 10:35 Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 Mon, Wed 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 Tue 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 thE VoW (PG) Fri-Sat 2:20, 5:10, 8:00, 10:45 Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 Mon, Wed 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 Tue 4:40, 7:25, 10:15 thE Woman in Black (14A) Thu, Mon, Wed 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:15, 10:40 Sun 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Tue 5:35, 8:00, 10:25

kennedy CoMMonS 20 (aMC) kennedy rd & 401, 416-335-5323

agnEEpath (14A) 2:15, 6:00, 9:45 Fri-Sun 10:30 mat alBErt noBBS (14A) 2:05, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 Fri-Sun 11:15 mat all’S WEll, EndS WEll Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:25, 6:20 Mon-Wed 1:35, 6:20 thE artiSt (PG) 1:40, 4:05, 6:35, 9:05 Fri-Sun 11:05 mat BEauty and thE BEaSt 3d (G) Thu 1:45, 4:00, 6:10, 8:15 chroniclE (14A) Thu 2:30, 3:45, 5:00, 6:15, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30 Fri-Sun 11:15, 1:25, 2:30, 3:45, 5:00, 6:15, 8:40 Mon-Wed 2:30, 3:45, 5:00, 6:15, 8:40 a dangErouS mEthod (14A) Thu 1:35, 7:00 thE dEScEndantS (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 2:15, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:20, 2:15, 5:05, 7:50 Ek main aur Ekk tu Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 Mon-Wed 1:35, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 EXtrEmEly loud & incrEdiBly cloSE (PG) 1:30, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Fri-Sun 10:40 mat thE girl With thE dragon tattoo (18A) 3:00, 6:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 11:30 mat hugo 3d (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Sun 10:40, 1:30, 4:15, 7:15 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:15 thE iron lady (PG) 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Fri-Sun 11:10 mat nanBan (PG) 2:00, 4:30, 6:00, 8:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:30 mat onE For thE monEy (PG) Thu 1:55, 4:05, 6:25, 9:00 FriSun 11:10, 4:05, 9:00 Mon-Wed 4:05, 9:00 pink riBBonS, inc. (G) Thu 2:10, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35 rEd tailS (PG) 1:45, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Sun 10:45 mat ShErlock holmES: a gamE oF ShadoWS (PG) Thu 4:10, 9:30

Star WarS: EpiSodE i – thE phantom mEnacE 3d 2:30, 5:30, 7:30, 8:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 10:30, 11:30 mat, 10:30 tinkEr tailor SoldiEr Spy (14A) Thu 1:35, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:35, 4:35, 7:30, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:35, 7:30, 10:30 thE Viral Factor 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Sun 11:00 mat War horSE (PG) 1:40, 4:45, 8:00 Fri-Sun 10:35 mat thE Woman in Black (14A) 3:15, 5:45, 8:05, 10:25 Fri-Sun 10:35, 12:55 mat

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

agnEEpath (14A) Thu 4:00, 5:30, 7:30, 9:00 Fri-Sun 3:00, 6:15, 9:30 Mon-Wed 5:30, 9:00 Ek main aur Ekk tu Fri-Sun 2:45, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 MonWed 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 marina Thu-Sun 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Mon-Wed 7:00, 10:00

GTA Regions Mississauga

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

alVin and thE chipmunkS: chipWrEckEd (G) Thu 2:00, 4:10, 6:20, 8:30 Fri-Sat 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:10 Sun-Wed 1:30, 3:45, 6:30, 8:50 BEauty and thE BEaSt 3d (G) Thu 2:10, 4:40, 6:50, 8:50 Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:20 chroniclE (14A) Thu 1:30, 3:40, 5:45, 7:50, 10:00 Fri 2:40, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Sat 12:30, 2:40, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Sun-Tue 2:40, 5:00, 7:40, 9:45 Wed 5:00, 7:40, 9:45 thE dEVil inSidE (14A) Thu 3:00, 5:10, 7:30, 9:40 thE girl With thE dragon tattoo (18A) 6:10, 9:30 Thu 2:50 mat thE grEy (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:40 hayWirE (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00 Fri 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 Sat 7:50, 10:15 Sun-Tue 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:05 Wed 1:50, 4:15, 10:05 JournEy 2: thE myStEriouS iSland (PG) Fri-Wed 1:20 JournEy 2: thE myStEriouS iSland 3d (PG) Fri-Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:10 thE mEtropolitan opEra: göttErdämmErung liVE Sat 12:00 miSSion: impoSSiBlE – ghoSt protocol (PG) Thu 2:20, 5:20, 8:40 Fri-Sun 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 10:00 miSSion: impoSSiBlE – ghoSt protocol: thE imaX EXpEriEncE (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 national thEatrE liVE: traVElling light Thu 7:00 onE For thE monEy (PG) Thu 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:45 Fri, Sun-Tue 2:20, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 Sat 12:10, 2:20, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 Wed 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 SaFE houSE (14A) Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10, 10:30 SunTue 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Wed 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 ShErlock holmES: a gamE oF ShadoWS (PG) Thu 1:20, 3:50, 6:30, 9:15 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:50, 3:30, 6:20, 9:20 Sat 12:40, 3:30, 6:20, 9:20 Star WarS: EpiSodE i – thE phantom mEnacE 3d Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 Sun-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 to kill a mockingBird Wed 7:00 undErWorld: aWakEning 3d (18A) Thu 2:40, 4:50, 7:10, 9:20 Fri-Wed 3:00, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50

CourTney Park 16 (aMC)

110 CourTney Park e aT huronTario, 888-262-4386 thE adVEnturES oF tintin 3d (PG) Thu 5:25, 9:50 BEauty and thE BEaSt 3d (G) Thu 3:25, 7:50 Big miraclE Thu 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:30, 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:10 Mon-Wed 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:10 chroniclE (14A) Thu 3:00, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Fri-Sun 10:50, 1:00, 3:15, 5:25, 7:30, 9:45 Mon, Wed 3:15, 5:25, 7:30, 9:45 Tue 2:40, 4:50, 9:45 contraBand (14A) Thu 2:45, 5:15, 8:05, 10:45 Fri-Sat 11:50, 2:35, 5:20, 8:05, 10:40 Sun-Wed 2:35, 5:20, 8:05, 10:40 thE dEScEndantS (14A) 2:10, 4:50, 7:25, 10:20 Fri-Sun 11:35 mat EXtrEmEly loud & incrEdiBly cloSE (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 10:25 thE girl With thE dragon tattoo (18A) Thu 3:50, 9:55 thE grEy (14A) Thu 2:30, 5:30, 8:15, 10:45 Fri-Sat 11:30, 2:30, 5:30, 8:15, 11:00 Sun 11:30, 2:30, 5:30, 8:15, 10:40 Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:30, 8:15, 10:40 hayWirE (14A) Thu 3:00, 5:45, 7:55, 10:40 thE iron lady (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 JournEy 2: thE myStEriouS iSland (PG) Fri-Sun 11:00 Mon-Wed 1:45 JournEy 2: thE myStEriouS iSland – an imaX 3d EXpEriEncE (PG) Thu 12:01 Fri-Sun 11:45, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 Mon-Wed 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 JournEy 2: thE myStEriouS iSland 3d (PG) 4:00, 6:15,

8:30 Fri-Sun 1:30 mat man on a lEdgE (PG) Thu 3:10, 5:30, 8:20, 10:40 Fri-Sun 10:30, 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8:20, 10:50 Mon-Wed 3:10, 5:35, 8:20, 10:50 miSSion: impoSSiBlE – ghoSt protocol (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:45, 10:35 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:35 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:35, 10:35 onE For thE monEy (PG) Thu 3:20, 5:35, 8:00, 10:30 FriSun 1:25, 6:15, 10:50 Mon-Wed 6:15, 10:50 SaFE houSE (14A) 2:00, 2:30, 4:45, 5:30, 7:30, 8:15, 10:25, 11:00 Fri-Sun 11:15, 11:45 mat Star WarS: EpiSodE i – thE phantom mEnacE 3d Thu 12:01 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 thiS mEanS War (14A) Tue 7:00 undErWorld: aWakEning (18A) Thu 7:40 Fri-Sun 12:20, 2:50, 5:10, 7:20, 9:40 Mon-Wed 2:50, 5:10, 7:20, 9:40 undErWorld: aWakEning – an imaX 3d EXpEriEncE (18A) Thu 2:15, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 undErWorld: aWakEning 3d (18A) Thu 3:20, 5:40, 8:10 thE VoW (PG) 2:45, 3:30, 5:15, 7:45, 8:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:00, 12:15 mat thE Woman in Black (14A) Thu 3:30, 5:45, 8:15, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:30

SilverCiTy MiSSiSSauga (Ce) hWy 5, eaST oF hWy 403, 905-569-3373

Big miraclE Thu 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:45, 7:10, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 chroniclE (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:15, 7:40, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:40, 9:50 contraBand (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:15, 10:00 Fri, Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 10:00 Sat 7:15, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:15, 9:55 thE dEScEndantS (14A) Thu 4:00, 6:55, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:30, 9:15 EXtrEmEly loud & incrEdiBly cloSE (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:25, 9:20 hugo 3d (PG) Thu 3:35, 6:35, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:40, 9:35 thE iron lady (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:45, 9:15 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:15, 6:45, 9:10 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:45, 9:10 thE mEtropolitan opEra: göttErdämmErung liVE Sat 12:00 onE For thE monEy (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 Star WarS: EpiSodE i – thE phantom mEnacE 3d Fri-Sat 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 tinkEr tailor SoldiEr Spy (14A) Thu 3:45, 6:50, 9:55 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:20, 6:20, 9:40 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:20, 9:30 thE VoW (PG) Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 thE Woman in Black (14A) Thu 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:10, 7:20, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:20, 9:40

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

thE adVEnturES oF tintin 3d (PG) Thu 3:15, 6:15, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:20, 3:50, 6:35, 9:05 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:35, 9:05 alVin and thE chipmunkS: chipWrEckEd (G) Thu 3:00, 6:10 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:30 Mon, Wed 3:55, 6:10 Tue 3:55 thE artiSt (PG) Thu 1:35, 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:05, 3:45, 6:55, 9:35 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:55, 9:35 Back to thE SEa 3d (G) Thu 3:50 BEauty and thE BEaSt 3d (G) Thu 3:45, 6:45, 9:15 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:20, 6:45, 9:10 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:45, 9:10 thE Big lEBoWSki (14A) Thu 4:10 Big miraclE Thu 1:30, 4:05, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:40, 6:25, 9:15 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:25, 9:15 chroniclE (14A) Thu 2:45, 5:20, 7:40, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:50, 7:45, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:45, 10:05 thE dEScEndantS (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:55, 3:35, 6:20, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:20, 9:20 thE dEVil inSidE (14A) Thu 7:05, 9:35 EXtrEmEly loud & incrEdiBly cloSE (PG) Thu 3:35, 6:40, 9:30 thE girl With thE dragon tattoo (18A) Thu 2:30, 6:00, 9:25 Fri, Sun 2:30, 6:40, 10:05 Sat 6:40, 10:05 MonWed 5:00, 8:45 hayWirE (14A) Thu 1:55, 5:00, 7:25, 9:55 Fri-Sun 10:25 Mon-Wed 9:55 JournEy 2: thE myStEriouS iSland (PG) Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:15 Mon-Wed 3:30 JournEy 2: thE myStEriouS iSland 3d (PG) 4:05, 6:50, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:10 mat man on a lEdgE (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:55, 7:35, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 thE mEtropolitan opEra: göttErdämmErung liVE Sat 12:00 miSSion: impoSSiBlE – ghoSt protocol (PG) 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:30 mat miSSion: impoSSiBlE – ghoSt protocol: thE imaX EXpEriEncE (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 onE For thE monEy (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:40, 6:55, 9:20 FriSun 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 rEd tailS (PG) Thu 8:50 roBocop Thu 9:35

SaFE houSE (14A) Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:40 Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:00, 10:00 ShErlock holmES: a gamE oF ShadoWS (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:35, 9:40 Stand By mE Thu 2:00 Star WarS: EpiSodE i – thE phantom mEnacE 3d Thu 12:01 Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 thE tErminator Thu 7:00 thiS mEanS War (14A) Tue 7:00 undErWorld: aWakEning 3d (18A) Thu 2:15, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-Sat 2:15, 5:10, 8:00, 10:45 Sun 2:15, 5:10, 8:00, 10:25 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:25, 10:00 thE VoW (PG) Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 6:30, 7:10, 9:30, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:30, 7:20, 9:30, 10:00 thE Woman in Black (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 Fri-Sun 2:00, 5:00, 7:50, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:00, 9:25

inTerChange 30 (aMC)

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sat 11 – The Desperate Hours (1955) D: William Wyler. 3 pm. Free.

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thu 9 – A Man Escaped (1956) D: Robert Bresson. Introduced by Bart Testa, senior ñ lecturer in the Cinema Studies inst at U of T. 6:30 pm.

Fri 10 – Pickpocket (1959) D: Robert Bres-

son. 6:30 pm. Soviet Sci-Fi: In The Dust ñ Of The Stars (1976) D: Gottfried Kolditz. 9 pm.

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970) D: Oldrich Lipský. 9 pm. sat 11 – All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989) D: Don Bluth. 10:30 am. Soviet Sci-Fi: Stalker (1979) D: Andrei Tarkovsky. 3 pm. Mouchette (1967) D: Robert Bresson. 7 pm. Wild At Heart (1990) D: David Lynch. 10 pm. suN 12 – The True Story Of Jesse James (1957) D: Nicholas Ray. 1 pm. Diary Of A Country Priest (1950) D: Robert Bresson. 4 pm. A Man Escaped. 7 pm. btue 14 – New African Voices: Colour Me (2011) D: Sherien Barsoum. 6:30 pm. wed 15 – Packaged Goods: Engaging With Interactivity, a program of ads, short films and music videos. 7 pm.

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thu 9 – Hugo 3D (2011) D: Martin Scorsese.

And we Hate this film I HATE TORONTO: A LOVE STORY (Daniel Wilson) Rating: N I Hate Toronto: A Love Story ima gines it’s a drama of considerable weight. It’s not. Daniel Wilson’s fourth feature is, in a word, terrible. It’s clumsily written, amateurishly shot, awkwardly acted and haphazardly edited, a reworking of Leaving Las Vegas that doesn’t actually understand that film. It’s a child’s idea of tragedy, whose suicidal young hero (Al Miro) buries himself in empty sex over some deeply repressed trauma until he meets a Manic Pixie Dream Girl (Amy Clare Lockwood) who might save him. The romantic relationship isn’t convincing, because neither

character is defined well enough to be believable as a partner for the other. Wilson gives them the slightest of character traits – she’s got allergies! He keeps a noose hanging in his bathroom because of that tragic secret! – without giving them personalities or lives. Miro and Lockwood can’t turn these inconsis tent sketches into living, breathing characters. The soundtrack rights to music by Spirit of the West, the Band, Blue Rodeo, Matthew Good and Serena Ryder must have cost more than the actual production. But Wilson manages to screw that up, too, tracking songs in and out with no consideration for what they might be doing for the mood of a given scene. Even the title is arbitrary: Miro’s

thu 9-wed 15 – 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. wed 15 – A World Of Shorts: Romance In Ruins. 6 & 8 pm. $6, stu/srs $4.

pm. Ma Mere (2004) D: Christopher Honoré. 9 pm. wed 15 – Cheyenne Autumn (1964) D: John Ford. 7 pm.

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& 2 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. Tornado Alley. 1 pm. sat 11 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am, 1, 3 & 8 pm. Tornado Alley. Noon, 4 & 7 pm. Jane Goodall’s Wild Champanzees. 1 pm. Under The Sea. 2 pm. suN 12 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am, 1 & 3 pm. Tornado Alley. Noon & 4 pm. Jane Goo dall’s Wild Champanzees. 1 pm. Under The Sea. 2 pm. MoN 13-wed 15 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am & 2 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. Tornado Alley. 1 pm.

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thu 9 – Nostalgia For The Light (2010) D: Patricio Guzmán. 1 pm. Midnight In Paris ñ (2011) D: Woody Allen. 3 pm. Cave Of Forgot

6:45 pm. Moneyball (2011) D: Bennett Miller. 9:15 pm. Fri 10 – My Week With Marilyn (2011) D: Simon Curtis. 7:30 pm. The Girl With The Drag on Tattoo (2011) D: David Fincher. 9:30 pm. sat 11 – The Adventures Of Tintin 3D (2011) D: Steven Spielberg. 2 pm. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. 4:15 & 9:15 pm. My Week With Marilyn. 7 pm. suN 12 – The Adventures Of Tintin 3D. 2 pm. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. 4:15 & 9:15 pm. My Week With Marilyn. 7 pm. MoN 13 – My Week With Marilyn. 7 pm. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. 9:15 pm. tue 14 – Young Adult (2011) D: Jason Reitman. 7 pm. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. 9 pm. wed 15 – Young Adult. 7 pm. Beginners (2010) D: Mike Mills. 9 pm.

ten Dreams (2010) D: Werner Herzog. 5 pm. Le Havre (2011) D: Aki Kaurismäki. 7 pm. The Ponzi Scheme (2010) D: Billie Mintz, Cinemall (2011) D: Craig Belliveau and Gavin Shaw, and Matatu Express (2010) D: Colm Hogan. 9 pm. Fri 10 – The Ponzi Scheme, Cinemall and Ma tatu Express. 1 pm. Nostalgia For The Light. 3 pm. Le Havre. 5 pm. My Perestroika (2010) D: Robin Hessman. 7 pm. Midnight In Paris. 9 pm. sat 11 – The Ponzi Scheme, Cinemall and Matatu Express. 1 pm. My Perestroika. 3 pm. Nostalgia For The Light. 5 pm. Midnight In Paris. 7 pm. Black Cat (1934) D: Edgar G Ulmer. 9 pm. suN 12 – Midnight In Paris. 2 pm. Mybindi.com presents Kabhi Kabhie (1976) D: Yash Chopra. 6 pm. $8, family $25. mybindi.com. MoN 13-wed 15 – Check website for schedule.

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Risk (2008) D: Greg MacGillivray. 7 pm. Taza, Son Of Cochise (1954) D; Douglas Sirk. 8 pm. sat 11 – Jane Jacobs: Urban Wisdom (2003). 5 pm. Key 56 (2011) D: Alexandre Hamel. 7 pm. suN 12 – The Ring Of The Nibelungs (1924) D: Fritz Lang. 12:30 pm. What I Learned From LSD (2011) D: Reg Hartt. 7 pm. tue 14 – White Heat (1949) D: Raoul Walsh. 7

day to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Free. thu 9-Fri 10 – Arctic Air – Episode Two: All In. MoN 13-wed 15 – Arctic Air-Episode Three.

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thu 9 – Grand Canyon Adventure: River At

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thu 9 – Beginners (2010) D: Mike Mills. 7 pm.

Amy Clare Lockwood and Al Miro may put you to sleep.

tive short films. 8 pm. Free. 240 King E. 416368-1300, bettysonking.com. suN 12 – Toronto Film Society presents Chip Off The Old Block (1944) D: Charles Lamont, and The Pajama Game (1957) D; George Abbott. 2 pm. $15. Innis College Town Hall, 2 Sussex. torontofilmsociety.com. Pleasure Dome and the Rhubarb Festival present a screening of video works by James Diamond: The Man From Venus (1999), First Things First (2001), Brain Plus World (2002), X (2004), Mars WombMan (2006), Private Property (2007), and I Am The Art Scene Starring Woman Polanski (2010). Discussion with Diamond to follow. 4 pm. Pwyc. Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander, South Chamber. pdome.org. VMoN 13 – Robert Bruce presents three short silent films by Buster Keaton about love and romance: Neighbors (1921), The Balloonatic (1923), and Sherlock Jr (1924) with live piano scores. 8 pm. $15, stu/srs $12. Trinity St Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor W. 905-777-9196, robertbrucemusic. com. Reflections In The Hall Of Mirrors: American Movies And The Politics Of Idealism lecture series by film critic Kevin Courrier presents The Reagan Era, including clips from Moscow On The Hudson (1984) D: Paul Mazursky, Diner (1982) D: Barry Levinson, Pennies From Heaven (1981) D: Herbert Ross, and others. 7 pm. $12, stu $6 (nine lectures $100). Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. mnjcc.org. Positive Space Ryerson and RyePRIDE present I Am (2011) D: Sonali Gulati, a film on the journey of an Indian lesbian filmmaker and her interactions with gay and lesbian families in India. 6:30 pm. Free. Ryerson University, Thomas Lounge, 55 Gould. ryerson.ca/equity/positivespace. wed 15 – Hart House Conscious Activism Doc Series presents If A Tree Falls: A Story Of The Earth Liberation Front (2011) D: Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman. 6:30 pm. Free. Hart House Library, 7 Hart House Circle. harthouse.ca/student-engagement/docfest. Don’t Nuke TO presents Into Eternity (2010) D: Michael Madsen. Discussion with Nuke waste activist Brennain Lloyd to follow. 7:30 pm. $10/pwyc. Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor W. torontofreegallery.org. 3

character hates nothing specific about Toronto except, perhaps, a certain section of the Don Valley Parkway. It could take place in any city and you still wouldn’t give a shit. Opens Friday (February 10) at the Toronto Underground Cinema. NorMaN wiLNer darity’s Afrikan Liberation Month Film Series presents Justice On Trial: The Case Of Mumia AbuJamal (2010) D: Kouross Esmaeli. Panel discussion to follow film. 7 pm. Free. Bahen Centre, 40 St George, rm 1170. network4panafrikansolidarity@gmail.com. Betty’s On King presents the first annual King Street Alt Film Festival. Experimental & narra-

Moneyball (2011) D: Bennett Miller. 9:15 pm.

Simon Curtis. 7 pm. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) D: Brad Bird. 9:15 pm. sat 11-suN 12 – The Muppets (2011) D: James Bobin. 2 pm. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. 4:15 & 9:15 pm. My Week With Marilyn. 7 pm. MoN 13-tue 14 – My Week With Marilyn. 7 pm. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. 9:15 pm. wed 15 – Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. 1 pm. Tree Of Life (2011) D: Terrence Malick. 6:45 pm. Young Adult (2011) D: Jason Reitman. 9:15 pm.

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(2011) D: Robert Guédiguian. 7 pm. Shame (2011) D: Steve McQueen. 9:15 pm. suN 12 – The Snows Of Kilimanjaro. 4:30 & 9 pm. Shame. 7 pm. MoN 13 – No screenings. tue 14-wed 15 – Shame. 7 pm. The Snows Of Kilimanjaro. 9 pm.

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(2011) D: Daniel Wilson. 4:30, 7 & 9:30 pm. sat 11 -wed 15 – Check website for schedule.

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The Royal Ontario Museum’s RasTa At The ROM presents screening of RasTa: A Soul’s Journey (2011) D: Stuart Samuels. Sat and Sun 2:30 pm. Free w/ admission. 100 Queen’s Park. rastaonline.ca/rom. thu 9 – Toronto Reference Library presents Invisible City (2009) D: Hubert Davis, a documentary about the transformation of community and identity in Toronto’s Regent Park. 2 pm. Free. 789 Yonge. 416-395-5577, torontopubliclibrary.ca. bFri 10 – The Network for Pan-Afrikan Soli-

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Outing a closet case I’m a 21-year-old gay male. my frIend

“Marcelo” is friends with “Chad.” Everyone who meets Chad assumes he’s gay. Never had a girlfriend, a dance major, dyes his hair blond/ green/purple, got up at 2 am to watch Kate marry William – I could go on. Over four years at college, this situation has gone from funny to sad as we realize he may never come out and could pull a Marcus Bachmann and live a miserable life with a miserable wife. Last night, Marcelo was on Grindr and got a message from a guy who turned out to be Chad! Chad sent a face pic, Marcelo sent a faceless one back, they chatted. It turns out that Chad is experienced enough to know his homosex likes and dislikes and carry on a detailed conversation about them with a guy on Grindr. Should we say something to Chad? Would letting him know he’s been outed be the best course of action? Should we have a gayvention? Closet Case Confusion Chad hasn’t “been outed,” CCC. Chad outed himself. Before Al Gore invented the internet and ruined everything for everyone forever, a college-age closet case had to work up the nerve to visit the campus gay bar if he wanted some dick. (Or visit the cruisey bathroom in the undergraduate library, but let’s leave that one alone for now.) The closet case knew he was running a risk by showing his face in the campus gay bar – even the gay bar three towns over – but going to the bar was the only way to get some dick. So the pre-Grindr college-age closet case would slip into a gay bar and, after pounding shots in a wildly successful effort to self-medicate against his inhibitions, wind up shirtless on the dance floor making out with some random dude. There was a code of conduct for friends of closet cases when I was in college – which was, I’m sorry to say, just a couple of years before Grindr came along (cough, cough) – and a section that

dealt with dance-floor make-out sessions: If you saw a guy who told you he was straight in class on Friday morning making out with some random dude on the dance floor of the campus gay bar on Friday night (or in the gay bar three towns over), you had a right – no, you had a responsibility – to tap him on the shoulder, smile, and say, “Welcome out, dude.” And if you had engaged in a little subterfuge – if you, say, ducked behind a post when you saw the closet case come in so he wouldn’t spot you and flee the gay bar pre-shots/shirtless-makeout-session – that was an understandable impulse and forgivable sin. What Chad is doing on Grindr – sending out face pics, chatting about his homosex preferences – is the Grindr-era equivalent of making out with a random dude on the dance floor of a campus gay bar. What Marcelo did was the Grindr-era equivalent of ducking behind a post. And now Marcelo has a right – no, a responsibility – to tap Chad on the shoulder and, without any sense of malice or triumph, say, “Welcome out, Chad.”

Second, a girlfriend who endorses your interest in cross-dressing and pegging is a girlfriend who might have endorsed your interest in a boy-onboy make-out session. (Particularly if she could watch.) If you’d had the decency to ask for her permission, NOTBI, you wouldn’t now be in the position of having to ask for her forgiveness. Third, I think you should discuss this with your girlfriend, but I don’t think you must. You’re 18, you’re not married, you (briefly) kissed a boy, and you didn’t like it. If you think coming clean would destroy your relationship and you’re sure it’s never going to happen again, stuff this one up your memory hole. Fourth, if you do talk with your girlfriend, NOTBI, you might not wanna emphasize the beard/ tongue details. Not unless you want your girlfriend wondering the same thing I did after reading your letter: maybe if it had been a different guy, with a different tongue, a lot more than his tongue would’ve wound up in your AND MOR E mouth.

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guy) recently attended a boring business conference where I ran into an old friend (middleaged, married, straight guy). He came to my room for a moment, noticed a camera on a small tripod on the desk, and asked what I was shooting. Emboldened by a few beers, I told him about my hotel room routine: shoot myself naked and masturbating, then upload pics to an amateur exhibitionist website. Since I had shared my little secret, he shared his: he gets naked in hotel rooms and masturbates while spanking himself with his belt. You can see where this is going. I whacked his ass while he took photos of me. There was no sucking or fucking – no physical contact at all – but his Catholic guilt came out afterwards and he started going on about how he’d just had gay sex and cheated on his wife. To me, it was masturbation with a few toys (camera, belt and,

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in the way of a bit of cross-dressing and pegging. My girlfriend endorses these interests, and I love her for that. Recently, a hot 22-yearold gay guy told me he was interested. I tried to tell him I was in a relationship, but we kissed. It sucked ass. His stubble hurt, he used too much tongue and I got nothing out of it. Do I tell my girlfriend? I worry that telling will make her worry, and the worry will cause distrust, and that distrust will ruin a great three-year run. Now Over Transient Bisexual Interests First, after reading your letter, NOTBI, I was left wondering what would’ve gone down (you, perhaps?) if the gay dude you made out with – after you tried so very, very hard to tell him you were in a relationship – hadn’t had a rough beard and uses too much tongue.

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