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+TORONTO SKETCH COMEDY FESTIVAL The annual fest runs at the LOT, Comedy Bar and Randolph Theatre. To Mar 16. $15-$39, four-show pass $50. torontosketchfest.com.
Richard & Teddy Thompson
Seth gets graphic at Pages, Mar 15
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Billy Joel Catch the piano man in concert at the ACC. 8 pm. $50.50-$146.50. LN, TM. +A BEAUTIFUL VIEW Last chance to see Daniel MacIvor’s play examining the changing relationship between two women over a decade. Factory Studio. $20-$25. 416-5049971.
Grammy darlings Arcade Fire hit the ACC with their Reflektor tour, Mar 13
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It’ll be a family affair when the British folk legend and his son come to Koerner Hall. 8 pm. $35-$80. 416-408-0208. SNAP! ACT gala Live and silent auction of photographs benefits the AIDS Committee of Toronto. 5:30 pm. $100. Andrew Richards Designs. snap-toronto.com.
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play based on the Maurice Sendak classic. To Mar 30 at Young People’s Theatre. 11 am, 2 pm, $15-$29. 416-862-2222.
+THE WANDERERS Kawa Ada’s play looks at a family transplanted from war-torn Afghanistan to a new life in Canada. To Mar 23 at Buddies. 8 pm. $26-$31. 416-975-8555. BRAIN CANDY The Kids in the Hall’s 1996 cult fave gets a staged reading by the original cast. Queen Elizabeth Theatre. 8 pm. $39. torontosketchfest.com. Dirt on film See Dirt! The Movie and discuss the eco and political importance of our soil. 6:15 pm. Free. Runnymede Library. torontopubliclibrary.ca.
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group show of sculptural toys inspired by pop culture is at the Design Exchange to May 19. $13-$16. 416-363-6121. IN SPIRIT Final day for Tara Beagan’s play about the disappearance of a native girl. 2 pm. Aki Studio Theatre. $15$20. nativeearth.ca.
idiosyncratic singer/songwriter throws a Martian Awareness Ball on St. Paddy’s Day. Horseshoe. $15. seeing red power Poet Duke Redbird discusses the red power movement of the 60s and 70s at the Drake Hotel. 7 pm. $10. thedrakehotel.ca.
Massey Hall hosts the influential jazz fusion guitarist. 8 pm. $55-$85. RTH. Better brains Learn how a better tomorrow begins today for the 50-plus crowd at an information fair at Central Eglinton Community Centre. 9:15 am-3:15 pm. Free. centraleglinton.com.
the life cycle of stars. Beaches Library. 7 pm. Free. torontopubliclibrary.ca. arrabal The world premiere of this Argentine coming-ofage story told through dance and song continues at the Panasonic to May 11. 2 and 8 pm. $44-$84. 416-872-1212.
ist talks about her new book, Boy, Snow, Bird, at IndigoManulife. 7 pm. Free. chaptersindigo.ca.
march break at the legislature Scavenger hunt and a
chance to explore the history of the seat of government, for kids six to 10. 10 am-noon. Free. To Mar 14. 416-325-0061.
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Slim Twig The sometime actor, sometime rock and roller lets loose at the Garrison. Doors 9 pm. $8. RT, SS, TW.
Heather Goodchild/Jérôme Havre Superb installations of
sewn imaginary worlds are on view at the Textile Museum. To Apr 13. $6-$15. 416-599-5321. GIRLs stop hating Anti-bullying workshop for girls 12 to 17 at the Leaside Library. 4-6 pm. Free. 416-396-3835.
stars: Birth to bizarre death An illustrated lecture on
PAGES feSTIVAL Bob Bossin and
Bob Rae kick off the three-day fest celebrating the written word in the digital world, in all the arts and everywhere else, at Randolph Theatre. $15. pagesfestival.com. Arcade Fire Montreal art rockers bring their Reflektor tour to town. Don’t forget to dress up. Air Canada Centre. 7:30 pm. $30.50-$70.50. LN, TM. Camp-X Talk about Canada’s military training camp with historian Lynn Philip Hodgson. St. Andrew’s United Church. 2 pm. $10. 416-463-3405.
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novelist launches On Loving Women at the Henhouse. Free. 9 pm. 416-534-5939. A Tribe Called Red The Ottawa electronic group that mixes in First Nations chanting and drumming plays the Hoxton with Tom Wrecks. Doors 10 pm. $15. TW. CounterIntelligence Research-based show linking visual arts and military intelligence is on view at Justina M. Barnicke, to Mar 16. Free. 416978-8398.
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Foundry Music & Arts Festival Forward-thinking
music series kicks off with Four Tet and Anthony Shakir. Tower Automotive Bldg. 10 pm. $27.50-$47.50, series pass $99.50. To Apr 5. TF. +Heather Cassils Video artist uses his body as artistic terrain in works on view until tomorrow. Free. Trinity Square Video. 416-593-1332. Atom egoyan Interview with the scriptwriter about his creative process. Randolph Academy. 7 pm. $15. pagesfestival. com.
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Wild Things plays YPT, Mar 10
SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2014 8PM KOERNER HALL
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artworks made of fabric hangs at the Gladstone Hotel, to Apr 27. Free. 416-531-4635. Absolutely Free Go for a swim while listening to new music by former DD/MM/YYYY members. Miles Nadal JCC. 7 pm. $15. a bsolutelyfree.ca/ inthepool.html. iwd rally and march Celebrate the social and political achievements of women at the annual rally and march. 11 am rally, 1 pm march. Free. OISE auditorium. 416-441-3663 ext 224.
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The Art Of The Graphic Novel
Seth, Fiona Smythe, Michael DeForge and others discuss the craft at the Pages Festival. 9 pm. $15. Randolph Theatre. pagesfestival.com. Lorde Royals singer takes over the Sound Academy. 7 pm, all ages. $44.50-$55. LN, RT, SS. GO POSTAL Demand the Harper government raise the price of postage and keep door-todoor delivery. MP Joe Oliver’s office. 2 pm. socialistaction.ca.
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Bend Sinister Powerhouse Vancouver rock band bring their new LP to the Horseshoe. Doors 8:30 pm. $10. HS, RT, SS, TF. prosecutor Screening of the documentary about Luis Moreno-Ocampo, former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. University College. 7 pm. Free. scienceforpeace.ca.
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