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rapper’s What Dreams May Come tour over two nights at Massey Hall. 8 pm. $49.50$69.50. RTH. And Oct 9. Robbie Robertson Canuck singer/songwriter talks about his new book, Legends, Icons & Rebels, with Heather Reisman. 7 pm. Free. Indigo Manulife, 55 Bloor W, chapters.indigo.ca. Deicide Florida death metallers melt our faces at the Annex Wreckroom. 7 pm. $25. RT, TF.
urban sustainability with David Buckland, Katarina Cizek, Dennis O’Hara and others. 6:30 pm. $12-$20. Art Gallery of Ontario. ago.net. +LES MISERABLES The touring 25th-anniversary production of the mega-musical phenom opens tonight at the Princess of Wales for a limited run. 7:30 pm. $35-$130. mirvish.com.
brating the pop icon’s many personas and collaborations continues at the Art Gallery of Ontario to Nov 27. $21.50-$30. ago.net. we can be heroes Second City’s latest revue – one of its strongest – continues in a limited run. 8 pm. $15-$29. 416-343-0011.
songwriter and former NOW cover girl plays two shows at the Polish Combatants Hall in celebration of her new album, Tall Tall Shadow. Doors 7:30 pm, all ages. $20. RT, SS, TF. And Oct 12. captain phillips Tom Hanks goes cruising for a third Oscar in this actioner about a reallife captain whose cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates. Opening day.
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crazy antics will the psychedelic folk rocker get up to this time? Head to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre to find out. 7 pm, all ages. $21.50-$29.50. RT, SS, TF.
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American peace activist. 7:30 pm. Trinity-St.Paul’s Church. $9-$14. cjpme.org.
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Theatre a nowhere scene?
“T.O.’s theatre scene is one of the world’s most admired,” you say (NOW, September 19-25)? Don’t make me cry! Most ignored, actually. Not only abroad, but at home, too. A few weeks ago, I was sent a survey in the mail. It seemed interested in the quality of our lives. Asking about our leisure preferences, it listed restaurants and casinos, sports, books, music and films. Theatre was nowhere to be seen. See what I mean? In Canada, hockey is seen as culture, and theatre as entertainment. Alina Brock Toronto
Bike messengers held hostage
Reading your article concerning possible strike action by bike messengers (NOW, September 12-18), it occurred to me that people may not have a clear idea what the issues are in this largely exploitive “industry.” Proper industry is regulated. The courier industry has no regulation. While the owners of these compa nies drive Bentleys and such, messengers survive on $80 a day. Some downtown make no more than $50 a day and are treated like modern-day slaves. The key to solving this issue is reg ulation of the industry as whole. Hold owners accountable for taxes and for paying their contractors a living wage. Will Broduer Toronto
Mimico’s pigeons no doves
Read 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Toronto’s River Valleys (NOW, September 26-October 2). You have probably received mail about this already, but the word Mimico, “home of the wild pigeon,” refers to the now extinct passenger pigeon and not to the common rock dove that is everywhere today. Otherwise, a good article. Michael J. Harrison Toronto
American Apparel’s Hasidic ad
Kudos to NOW and American Apparel for featuring a Hasidic hunk in the back-page ad (NOW, September 26-October 2). All that remains for follow-up ads is a Hasidic babe, a curvy Muslim woman with a hijab or a bearded young Muslim. Then all will be forgiven. Bogos Kalemkiar Toronto
Condos, not Porter, ruin the waterfront The Colgrasses’ claim they can almost wave to Porter Airlines passengers from their balcony (NOW, September 26-October 2). I have to guess they’re living in a waterfront condo. The waterfront was ruined years ago by the construction of these buildings. I live half a mile from the lake and can’t see the water at all. All I see is high-rises and partially built high- rises. I have no dogs in this fight, but I find your hypocritical NIMBYism very disturbing. Bazl Salazar Toronto
Porn score to settle
Susan G. Cole has made her stance on pornography well known (NOW, September 12-18). “Toxic” is the word she keeps using. It’s therefore unsurprising that she gave middling reviews to the recent porn-themed films Don Jon (NOW, September 26-October 2) and Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guc cione Story (NOW, September 19-25).
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It seems when NOW Magazine reports on a police incident with the public there are the predictable letters from police-bashers and armchair critics implying that our diverse police are racists, poorly trained, trigger-happy, bullies, etc. What happened to Sammy Yatim was tragic. However, at the end of the day our police officers are fathers, mothers, sons and daughters, and their primary responsibility is their own safety and the safety of the public. They are on the front lines dealing with the mentally ill, hardened criminals and disrespectful dolts, and sometimes they have to make split- second decisions that can take someone’s life to save their own. M. Davidson Toronto NOW welcomes reader mail. Address letters to: NOW, Letters to the Editor, 189 Church, Toronto, ON M5B 1Y7. Send e-mail to letters@nowtoronto.com and faxes to 416-364-1166. All correspondence must include your name, address and daytime phone number. Letters may be edited for length.
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A celebration of Susan Trainor’s life brought some 400 friends and family to Palais Royale on September 24. Questions remain about how the experienced cyclist ended up riding into oncoming traffic while heading west on Lake Shore at Dwight on September 18. Did her bike wheel get caught in streetcar tracks? Police are still investigating. The family has requested donations be made in her name to the Share the Road Cycling Coalition. sharetheroad.ca.
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7,547 Number of plants seized by the RCMP in eastern Ontario during the yearly Canada-wide eradication blitz of outdoor marijuana grow ops. Law enforcement agencies involved Canadian Air Force, RCMP’s Criminal Intelligence Section, Ontario Provincial Police, Ontario Provincial Police Drug Enforcement Unit, Cornwall Regional Task Force. Quotable “Some Canadians consider marijuana to be a harmless drug; however, marijuana production fuels a range of criminal activity and violence which are putting Canadians at risk,” said Inspector Tim Kimpan of the Cornwall Regional Task Force. To wit, the two bear traps police say they disarmed near one grow operation.
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WHAT Fifth annual Walk A Mile In Her Shoes WHEN Thursday, September 26, high noon, Yonge-Dundas Square
GREIG REEKIE
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Choir!Choir!Choir! leads the Homegrown Park Crawl from Christie Pits to Bickford Park, Sunday, September 29, hosted by the David Suzuki Foundation.
WHY A chance to watch grown men totter in stilettos for the White Ribbon Campaign, the largest movement of men and boys working to end violence against women and girls.
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DISABILITY PRIDE MARCH
The third annual parade aimed at raising awareness around issues facing people with disabilities in the gay community steps out from Queen’s Park on Saturday (October 5) at 1 pm. The march ends at Ryerson’s School of Disability Studies at 4 pm.
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The Raptors name rapper Drake international ambassador, but it’s unclear just what his job will be. Is MLSE PR-frontin’? The team also announced that the NBA All-star game will be played in Toronto. Full story at nowtoronto.com.
Greenpeace activists took to the street Friday, September 27, to protest the arrest of activists in the Arctic by Russian authorities. Protesters stood outside the Russian Consulate on Church to demand the release of 30 activists arrested on piracy charges after two of them approached the Gazprom Prirazlomnaya oil platform off the Russian coast. Greenpeace says authorities boarded the Arctic Sunrise to make the arrests while the ship was in international waters. Sign the petition at greenpeace.org.
TTCRIDERS
The volunteer group launches its Fair Deal For Riders campaign with a petition-signing effort at more than 15 subway stations on Monday (October 7). The group says $700 million from the province would help pay for a 25 per cent increase in service levels. ttcriders.ca.
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St. James Town joins Rosedale residents in opposing a massive condo development that includes four towers in north St. James Town.
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A CBC investigation reveals Councillors Giorgio Mammoliti and David Shiner have been paying far less than market rates for years on midtown apartments owned by Greenwin-Verdiroc Group. Voting records show Shiner tried to have all the members of a city tribunal removed when it held up a Greenwin proposal to double the number of units it planned for a condo at Bayview and Sheppard.
Nothing puffs smokers up more than stricter rules on their indulgence. See the Board of Health’s latest effort to ban smoking near beaches, parks and sports fields. Read Ben Spurr’s story at nowtoronto.com.
I HAVE A CANON T3I DSLR WITH THE KIT LENS 18-55MM. WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST SETTINGS TO USE IN LOW LIGHT SCENARIOS WITH PROGRAMMED, MANUAL OR OTHER SUGGESTED MODES? THANKS - BRAD G.
We asked stellar Henry’s photographer REN BOSTELAAR to share some of the secrets of his trade. Here’s what he told us.
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Taking your camera out at night opens up a whole world of new possibilities. We get lots of questions about night photography, but it’s an especially timely subject to tackle before Nuit Blanche this weekend. On the city’s packed sidewalks and in busy galleries plenty of photographers will be finding the limits of their cameras’ low light capabilities, but it is possible to get great images in poor lighting. In an automatic scene mode your camera might not make the best choices, so set your mode dial to Program and follow these rules:
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Project Ukulele Gangsterism, the travelling flash mob, gathered in the Yonge and Bloor subway station Thursday, September 26, before making their way to the TEDx conference “to tell our story of non-conformity and disruption for the sake of happiness.” The project was the city’s first recipient of a grant from the Centre for Social Innovation’s Awesome Foundation, which hands out $1,000 for, you guessed it, awesome ideas. Check out the YouTube video.
offers, and if your camera has a viewfinder use that for composition instead of the LCD screen. Hold the camera up to your eye with a relaxed but firm grip, and breathe slowly and steadily. Consider leaning against a nearby wall or pole for extra support. Go Wide: Focal length makes a big difference, because camera shake is exaggerated the more you zoom in. Favour the wider end of your lenses when working in low light, and use your feet to zoom if you need to get closer to your subject.
Crank it Up: Most cameras try to keep ISO fairly low, because high ISO can lead to ugly image “noise” that shows up like coloured speckles in shadows and dark tones. However, most modern interchangeable lens cameras can actually produce clean images at ISO settings a bit higher than the auto-ISO ceiling, so consider cranking your ISO up to 3200 or even 6400. This basically amplifies the light after it’s been captured, allowing you to shoot at higher shutter speeds and prevent camera Go Steady: in low light, your biggest enemy is camera shake. The best solution to unsteady hands or subject blur more effectively. ❋ is a good tripod - even just a small one that you can set up on a flat surface - and a remote release. Want to learn more? This will allow you to leave the shutter open for Henry’s will be hosting Night Time Photography as long as you want, so consider capturing long seminars this Saturday October 5th at 2:15pm, “bulb” exposures that turn moving subjects into 3:15pm and 4:15pm as part of the an artistic blur. GRAND REOPENING of our newly transformed Church St. flagship store. Attendees will be If you must shoot handheld, engage any image entered in a draw for a Manfrotto 190XPROB stabilization technology your lens or camera body W/804RC2 Head kit, valued at $269.99!
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When’s the hammer gonna drop? Maybe there’s nothing to the mayor’s hanging out with known gangsters who sometimes get killed, but right on cue Tuesday.... By ENZO DiMATTEO
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he leaves are falling and Rob Ford has yet to be taken away in handcuffs. A lot of us had ex pected to see that scene flickering across our TV screens by now. It’s not just the media and their friends among the intelligent sia who’ve caught wind of the ru mours. But it looks like the public will have to wait to see what’s in those Project Traveller search warrants that may or may not shed light on the infamous video allegedly show ing the mayor smoking crack. Law yers representing some of the alleged gang members caught up in that raid, including the purveyor of said video, are raising concerns about the slow pace of disclosure. Legal obstacles must be jumped first. A semblance of normalcy has des cended on City Hall. But if a sense of calm has set in, it’s a precarious one. It always is with Ford. And right on cue on Tuesday, Octo ber 1, Alexander Lisi, the mayor’s sometime driver and alleged drug dealer, was arrested, adding to the rogue’s gallery of Ford friends. Four charges were laid: possession of marijuana, trafficking in mari juana, possession from the proceeds of crime and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. A homicide of ficer is named on the police press re lease announcing Lisi’s arrest, but
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police caution that not too much should be read into that. At NOW press time Wednesday afternoon it was not yet known whether the conspiracy charge against Lisi is related to a home inva sion at the Etobicoke bungalow of Ford’s former classmate, Fabio Basso, where the alleged crack video in question may have been filmed. (Check nowtoronto.com for updates). The timing of the arrest couldn’t have been worse for Ford, who was preparing to jetto a trade mission in Austin, pushing an Austin-Toronto music city alliance, when news broke. His crack staff have been dutifully keeping up appearances in recent months, taking to Twitter and Face book to create a virtual reality in which the mayor is seen to be hard at work. Ford’s taken an interest in some odd causes recently – at least for him: the case of Canadian filmmaker John Greyson and physician Tarek Lou bani, currently on hunger strike in an Egyptian prison. Ford penned a letter to the PM offering any support he can give. And his efforts to save the Sam the Record Man sign has heritage buffs buzzing. Is this the real Rob Ford, or is he undergoing an extremely conven ient makeover? The most recent responses to a batch of Freedom Of Information re quests on his whereabouts reveal
that he continues to be MIA from his mayoral duties at least half the time. Just how has he been filling his days outside City Hall, which are longer and emptier now that he’s been re lieved of his coaching duties? His new deputy, Norm Kelly, has offered to keep Ford focused on the tasks at hand, telling repor ters last week that he’d have a word with the mayor to “gently” push him to attend more events. Sadly, Kelly’s stern uncle routine won’t do the trick. We’ve seen it all before from his predecessor, Doug Holyday. Besides, it’s too late. It could all be over soon. And no one knows that better than Ford himself. His public appearances of late have been strained; the laughter, when there’s been anything to laugh about, has been nervous. Was that staggering appearance at Taste Of The Danforth just another misstep, or is the pressure getting to him? Like the rest of us, Ford may suspect the hammer’s coming down. It’s just a matter of time. Maybe clos er to the upcoming election when it’ll have the most impact. He’s not a stupid man. Presumably, there’s a mirror in his bathroom. Maybe I’m drawing too many con clusions. Maybe there’s nothing to the mayor’s hanging out with known gangsters who sometimes get killed. That kind of thing is only supposed to happen in, well, Quebec, where late ly it’s hard to find a politician who’s not
in the pocket of someone with ties to the Mob or Big Construction. Not so fast. A Mafia expert with York Region police let slip at the Que bec inquiry last year that police are investigating Mob links to at least one municipal government contract in the GTA. The city of Toronto is not without it’s own history in this regard.
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The former owner of a recycling bin company that once had a con tract with the city is among seven GTA-area men named in Italian war rants for Mafia association in 2010. Salvatore Oliveti once owned OMG, also known as Olifas Market ing Group, which had the contract to put 4,400 ad-covered bins on streets. The company’s alleged Mob association became public when Vito Rizzuto was stopped by Quebec cops in 2003 while driving a Jeep registered to OMG. Not to spin too large a web, but another Rizzuto was in the news this week. Nick, the Montreal Mafia boss who somehow became the re cipient of a $381,737 cheque from the Canada Revenue Agency. An inter nal investigation has just been called. Is it crazy to think it wasn’t just a bureaucratic mix up? Rewind to the November 2010 byelection in Vaughan. The winner of that seat, associate defence minister Julian Fantino (T.O.’s former police chief) has come under Elections Ca nada scrutiny in recent months. Some of the half-million dollars raised by Fantino during the cam paign, former members of the rid ing association allege, has been fun nelled to other Conservative riding associations. (Speculation is that the money funded robocall campaigns. There were also allegations of secret bank accounts in the Caymans, but the federal Ethics Commissioner de termined documents furnished to prove that were forgeries.) Among the usual array of de velopment power brokers on Fan tino’s list of contributors is John athan Vrozos, another who turns up in Ford’s orbit. Yes, folks, we’ve come full circle. Eyebrows were raised when it came to light shortly after the may or assumed office that Vrozos had a sit-down dinner with Ford. Offi cially, he won the one-on-one at a golf tournament held to raise money for Ford’s campaign. But a few years earlier, the con cert promoter and former bar owner had been involved in the infamous Entertainment District shakedown. Vrozos was supposed to be a key Crown witness in that case involv ing cops allegedly taking bribes from bar owners to get around li quor infractions. One of the officers allegedly involved then, William McCormack, is the brother of Toron to Police Association president Mike McCormack. But Vrozos never testi fied. The charges were eventually stayed because of delays in bringing the case to trial. A task force ordered by Fantino to look into police corruption at the time was eventually starved of cash and unable to complete its work. What legal fate awaits Ford re mains to be seen. But the possible consequences hanging over his head were etched all over his face Wednes day when reporters finally caught up to him to ask about Lisi’s arrest. The mayor stammered something about Lisi being a good guy. 3
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L.E.D. astray: signs of excess
DIGITAL SIGNS ARE BEACONS THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM MILES AWAY; THE CONSEQUENCES FOR SURROUNDING AREAS ARE SEVERE.
Billboard giants find a way to refight video billboard battle they lost four years ago By JONATHAN GOLDSBIE The best thing about fighting billboards is that it’s possible to rack up specific victories with measurable, tangible impacts. You get an illegal sign taken down or prevent a new one from going up, you see the direct effects of your efforts. It’s a rewarding pursuit. The worst thing about fighting billboards is that it never stops – the march of billboards, that is. You can relinquish the battle, but the damn
things keep coming. As long as there are people whose full-time jobs involve finding new ways to expand and intensify their company’s billboard portfolio, the creep of outdoor advertising will proceed, the fingerprints of late capitalism left across the city. In 2009, however, we thought we had slowed it down. I was a campaigner with the Toronto Public Space Committee (TPSC) – one of several
groups that spent years pushing for a comprehensive new bylaw to tighten the city’s control of an industry that had spent over a decade outmanoeuvring it. Corporations that showed so much contempt for Toronto by erecting illegal signs – consistently, persistently and deliberately flouting the rules – hadn’t earned the privilege of defining large parts of our cityscape. With the new bylaw, the city was finally able to pause the installation
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of new signs and the conversion of old signs to newer technologies. But just four years later, City Hall is already conceding to industry pressure to ease vital constraints on the brightest, most imposing signs of all. A series of public meetings held by city staff last week aroused a feeling of dismal déjà vu. * * * Variances are permissions to deviate from a bylaw. They are only supposed to be requested when a particular planning or building application complies with the general spirit but not the specific letter of the law. In the years after amalgamation, however, sign variance applications would more often than not get rubber-stamped regardless of the degree to which they conformed to the relevant rules. Complicating things further, each of the former municipalities had its own sign bylaw that remained in effect; getting them harmonized was simply not a prior-
ity for council. Month after month, members of the TPSC’s Billboard Battalion would show up at community council meetings to depute on variance applications, urging councillors to reject those without merit. Eventually, the Toronto and East York Community Council began examining billboard requests more critically. The North York Community Council followed suit. But it would nearly always come down to the preferences, values or other interests of the local councillor. It was easier, for example, to erect a billboard on the west side of Bathurst downtown than on the east side, because then-councillor Joe Pantalone was more broadly sympathetic to signs than Olivia Chow or Adam Vaughan. The variance process resulted in arbitrary standards and exhausted activists who wished we could continued on page 18 œ
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a motley assemblage of underdog con tenders lined up to make their pitch. Some offered tales of personal struggle. Danish Ahmed, who founded the Party for People with Special Needs to run in the 2007 provincial election, recounted how his albinism and partial blindness make daily tasks like taking public transit a difficult ordeal. “Having that type of challenge is very daunting,” he said. “It takes a lot of effort and structure and discipline,” characteristics that would be useful on council. Others offered up supposed expertise. Chaitanya Kalevar, a diminutive Indian man who said he was an engineer, took the podium wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a poem about global warming. He was vying for a council seat in order to help the city fight climate change. “I think city council doesn’t have any engineers,” he said. “You should give me a chance to fill that void. You need me!” Some proposed spiritual solutions to council divisions. “Whether we are [right wing or left wing], we are basically leaves of the same plant, and we are attempting to give raise to the blossoming of Toronto,” said Naidu Pandurangan. “We are really… the children of god.” Others touted their youth and intellect. Aziza Mohammed, a former Queen’s Park staffer and one-time candidate for Miss Canada Globe, presented an impressive resumé that included volunteering for political campaigns and working with UNICEF in India. Still others waxed poetic about the startling pace of development in the city. Rising from his red mobility scooter to address the room, Rudy Nagel railed against highrises and airport expansion plans. “My name is Old Crusty. I’m a dark
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It’s a free-for-all Fight for council seat brings out bizarre in Ford country By BEN SPURR In the parking lot of the Etobicoke Civic Centre, a lone figure staged a silent protest on Tuesday morning, October 1.
The man, clad all in black, stood next to his van in front of the building’s main entrance, a sign taped to the vehicle’s window declaring “Democracy Is Dead In Ward 3.” Peter Caragianakos was making that solemn pronouncement in response to council’s decision to appoint a successor to former councillor Doug Holyday, who left City Hall for Queen’s Park in August, instead of holding a by-election. Caragianakos had wanted a chance to run in an election, and when he was denied that, he attempted to register his dog Ozzy as a candidate for appointment instead. He was unsuccessful. Inside, where eight members of Etobicoke York Community Council and Mayor Rob Ford had gathered to pick their preferred candidate, the proceedings were only slightly less bizarre. Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti kicked the meeting off by attempting to cancel the meeting. Like Caragianakos, he objected to the appointment process, which
he said was a “horrible decision” because council has the final say on who gets the job. That would allow “councillors that don’t seem to mind their business” to decide who represents Etobicoke Centre, Mammoliti said. Councillor Peter Milczyn was forced to point out that the meeting hadn’t even been called to order, so Mammoliti couldn’t move a motion to cancel it. Once the session was properly under way and Mammoliti’s gambit voted down, all the candidates were given five minutes to address the local council. (Although 45 signed up, only 28 turned out to speak.) The bar to be eligible for a council appointment is not high. Any Canadian citizen who is at least 18 years old, rents or owns property in Toronto and is not legally prohibited from voting or holding office can put his or her name forward. As you’d expect, throwing the doors open to all comers attracted some unexpected characters. In addition to the handful of former politicians looking to revive their career,
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horse. I’m a tortoise. I’m a slow-moving tortoise,” he intoned, stretching out the word “slow.” “The rabbit’s in the race. Remember who won,” he said. Princess Boucher, who has spent some time on the welfare rolls, gamely laid out a decidedly progressive platform for the predominately conservative community council. She said that if appointed she would work to put speed bumps in neighbourhoods and working security cameras in high-risk housing areas, and provide homeless shelters and youth employment programs. “I ask you to consider injecting new blood into the City Hall by appointing me,” said Boucher, who still sometimes relies on food banks to get by. “I am from the people... and I will stand by the people.” With such a diverse field to choose from, it’s perhaps a shame that community council opted for such a predictable choice in Chris Stockwell, the former Metro Toronto councillor and Mike Harris cabinet minister, who won the recommendation on the third runoff ballot. Stockwell had the mayor’s backing from the first vote and beat out fellow former politicians like Bruce Sinclair (Etobicoke mayor 1984-94), Agnes Potts (Etobicoke councillor 1994-97) and John Nunziata (MP for York South-Weston, 1984-2000). But it’s no surprise that with only one year until the October 2014 election and little time for Holyday’s replacement to learn the ropes, councillors were averse to picking a candidate without previous experience. Council will meet next Thursday, October 10, to approve Holyday’s successor. All the candidates who registered to run are still technically in the running, and have the option of addressing council at that meeting as well – but many conceded that community council’s recommendation had likely sealed their fate. 3 bens@nowtoronto.com | @benspurr
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The Ryerson Community Presents
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OCT 7-11, 2013
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 • 5PM IN SOLIDARITY WITH IDLE NO MORE TORONTO EVENT
5-6:15 pm Nation to Nation Unity in Action Pot luck Picnic and Parade in Trinity Bellwoods Park. “ We have the right to say No!” 6.15 -7 pm March to Ryerson University (55 Dundas Street West)
IDLE NO MORE: REFRAMING THE NATION TO NATION RELATIONSHIP
7pm TRSM 1076 Ted Roger’s School of Management, Ryerson University, 55 Dundas St. W. MODERATOR: Dr. Cyndi Baskin, Chair, Aboriginal Education Council, Ryerson University FILM SCREENING: The People of Kattawapiskak River SPEAKERS: Dr. Pam Palmater, Chair, Centre for Indigenous Governance, Ryerson University Alanis Obomsawin, Documentary Filmmaker, the People of Kattawapiskak River Josh Kendrick, Youth artist from Neskantaga First Nation
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 • 7-9PM RACE, LAW, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE LIB072, 350 Victoria St.
MODERATOR: Dr. Denise O’Neil Green, Associate Vice President/ Vice Provost, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Ryerson University
RESPONDENTS: Dr. Akua Benjamin, Professor, School of Social Work, Founding Member of Black Action Defense Committee Rodney Diverlus, President, United Black Students at Ryerson
KIMBERLÉ CRENSHAW, the Faculty Director of the Critical Race Studies program at UCLA Law School.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 • 6-8PM SOLIDARITY VIDEO CONTEST AWARD CEREMONY & SCREENING OF OCCUPY LOVE LIB072, 350 Victoria St.
FILM: Occupy Love followed by discussions with director Velcrow Ripper and Judy Rebick, the Inaugural Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy afterwards.
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achieve some type of finality. Repairing this process was one of the objectives of the new harmo nized sign bylaw adopted by council in late 2009, after two years of input from activists, councillors and others. (As with any industry oppos ing new regulations, the billboard companies maintained that they were never adequately consulted.) Variance requests would be adju dicated by a new citizen panel, free from political interference. And cer tain things, like video billboards, would not be allowed to take advan tage of the variance process at all. The new bylaw ended up working as it was supposed to in this regard, and requests for sign variances slowed to a trickle. The Sign Variance Committee, with its rigid application of defined criteria, was harder to get around than council had been. But the new rules include a loop hole: instead of variances, companies can seek exemptions for individual signs by applying for site-specific amendments to the bylaw itself. These get heard by city council through the Planning and Growth Management Committee and are subject to the same influences as be fore.
* * * Among the other significant but ten uous successes of the bylaw was the throttling of applications for new video billboards. There is nothing the industry would love more than to replace its entire current stock of paper/glue/ wood signs with high-definition LED screens that can cycle through differ ent ads every few seconds. The com panies would save on materials and labour and greatly increase the num ber and visibility of the spaces they can sell. Digital signs are beacons that can be seen from kilometres away, and the flipping of one ad to the next draws the eyes of motorists in a way that traditional billboards don’t; the consequences for surrounding areas are severe. Despite lobbyist efforts to have permission for such signs incorpor ated into the bylaw, council opted to stick with staff’s recommendation that they be limited to the YongeDundas area and the stretch of the Gardiner adjacent to Exhibition Place. But by spring 2012, Sign Bylaw Unit staff were receiving so many ap plications for amendments to permit these signs that they asked council to direct them to conduct a comprehen sive review of the technology and its attendant implications. The city rehired the same consul tant who’d developed the original framework for the bylaw and set out
on a series of consultations to gauge the appetite for a revision of the rules. Yet rather than recommend that the protocol for requesting bylaw amendments be tightened, the con sultant is now proposing that the re strictions on electronic signs be re laxed. Staff are in the process of testing public opinion and reviewing studies on these matters in order to make their own set of recommenda tions to council. The industry’s tenacity has paid off; the outdoor advertisers have convinced the city to restage a key battle that they lost just four years ago. And this time, the conditions are more favourable: the 2010-14 city council is more amenable to such schemes than the prior one, and the public space movement that previ ously fended off the industry has al lowed itself to fall apart in the ab sence of any urgent need. And so on the evening of Wednes day, September 25, a handful of my former TPSC colleagues and I found ourselves back in the council cham bers at City Hall for one of the public consultations on the latest proposed rules. I recognized half the attendees as billboard industry representatives and lobbyists, though I’d forgotten a lot of their names. “Oh god,” I thought. “You guys again.” I’m sure they were thinking the same thing. 3 jonathang@nowtoronto.com | @goldsbie
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“The wounded and dying never stopped coming.” Loubani snapped into doctor mode, and Greyson filmed.
Toronto filmmaker John Greyson and London, Ontario, physician Tarek Loubani, who have been held in a Cairo prison since August 16, dictated the following account of their arrest to lawyers, a statement their family at first withheld, fearing the two would face further harm. Supporters released the letter September 28 upon learning that Egyptian prosecutors were investigating the pair for alleged murder, intention to kill, aiding and abetting murder and using explosives against police. Sign the petition for their release at tarekandjohn.com. We are on the 12th day of our hunger strike at Tora, Cairo’s main prison, located on the banks of the Nile. We’ve been held here since August 16 in ridiculous conditions: no phone calls, little to no exercise, sharing a 3-by-10metre cell with 36 other political prisoners, sleeping like sardines on concrete with the cockroaches, sharing a single tap of earthy Nile water. We never planned to stay in Egypt longer than overnight. We arrived in Cairo on August 15 with transit visas and all the necessary paperwork to proceed to our destination: Gaza. Tarek volunteers at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. John intended to shoot a short film about Tarek’s work. Because of the coup, the official Rafah border was opening and closing randomly, and we were stuck in Cairo for the day. We were carrying portable camera gear and gear for the hospital (routers for a WiFi network and two disassembled toysized helicopters for testing the transportation of medical samples). Because of the protests in Ramses #1319 Rustic Brown with two tone sole $189.85 Square and around the country on August 16, our car couldn’t proceed to Gaza. We decided to check out the square, five blocks from our hotel, carrying our passports and John’s HD camera. The protest was just starting – peaceful chanting, the faint odour of tear gas, a helicopter lazily circling overhead – when sud-
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Sometimes big change happens in quiet, unnoticed corners. Put in that category the creation of a new Business Improvement Association at Wilson and Keele, approved earlier this month at the city’s Economic Development Committee meeting. Sounds sort of insignificant, but it raises an intriguing question: can organizations of retailers and store owners save the burbs from the planning disasters of the past? Not that there are many BIAs outside the downtown. Besides the Keele and Wilson proposal, council will also be asked to approve a BIA at Dufferin and Finch, bringing the grand total to six north of the 401. In the rest of the city, 75 BIAs represent more than 35,000 members. Residents in the core are accustomed to BIAs nurturing street vibrancy – think of Bloor Annex, the Danforth, Little Italy, Queen West. But consider the challenges of BIAs in strip-mall-dominated car-centric neighbourhoods. Sure, the inner burbs have pockets of walkability with good local shopping, but these are remnants of the former villages of Etobicoke, North York and Scarborough. Un fortunately, most of these areas expanded in the period – the 1960s to 90s – when isolated towers and car-dependent bungalows were the fashion. But there’s lots of pressure for change in the environs of these two new proposed BIAs. The new Humber River Hospital on Finch and the Coroner’s Complex on Keele west of Wilson will be sources of new em ployment, and the Spadina subway extension to Vaughan via York University, scheduled to be completed in the next few years, is fostering the growth of University City and Downs view lands. So who will spearhead the street-
scape renewal of bleak, pedestrian- hostile streets? Could it be BIAs? These aren’t, after all, just any old community groups; they’re property and business owners who have joined together in a legal arrangement. They’ve agreed to a mandatory levy by the city to be collected on property tax bills in order to support investment in their neighbourhood. Every business member is charged a proportion of the annual budget based on their share of the BIA’s total commercial realty assessment, and association budgets typically run in the hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly. BIAs are there to invest in commercial strips and to market them. They’re catalysts for large capital investments like decorative lights, pavement improvement, art installations, benches, as well as funding additional street cleaning, security, flower gardens and graffiti removal. But these bodies can also be political players, as both the Emery Village BIA and the Sheppard East BIA were when they promoted LRT lines on Finch West and Sheppard East. Community groups may have their energetic volunteers, but BIAs have staff and funding, and lots of capacity for effective lobbying and advocacy. Not surprisingly, the tasks confronting suburban BIAs today are similar to those faced by the very first business improvement association formed in 1970 in the Bloor-Jane area. This pioneering group became the template for the others, a made- in-Toronto response to pressures on main streets. Back then, local retailers were concerned about the growing popularity of shopping malls and suburban complexes that were putting downtown stretches at risk. This is a familiar problem for new BIAs in the burbs trying to compete
with malls and the large box stores. Acting alone, stores have trouble matching the drawing power of malls. But while small stores can’t regularly beat the prices of larger chains, they can offer an attractive alternative – the allure of a visually appealing and bustling street. Joint BIA action can even solve deteriora-
don’t feel it will directly benefit their business. Then there’s capital-cost-sharing for street improvements. The city matches a BIA’s investment in decorative elements: paving upgrades (with coloured bricks or patterns), custom street signs and banners, decorative lighting, parkettes and improve-
Growing popularity of big box is forcing suburban retailers to rethink their main streets. tion of strip malls where owners of individual stores have difficulty upgrading. One of the advantages of this kind of togetherness is that BIAs get special treatment when it comes to city funding. The Façade Improvement Program shares the renovation costs of a building’s outside, fronting up to $10,000, or $20,000 for a corner structure. This encourages owners to improve their buildings even if they
ments to standard plazas. All these are key to creating a sense of place, both enhancing the neighbourhood and generating business. No, these organizations can’t create change all by themselves, but they are an important way for a locale to help shape processes otherwise controlled by macro-economic and political forces. Let’s celebrate them as a true Toronto invention. 3 news@nowtoronto.com
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denly [we heard] calls of “doctor.” A young man carried by others from god knows where, bleeding from a bullet wound. Tarek snapped into doctor mode... and started to work doing emergency response, trying to save lives, while John did video documentation, shooting a record of the carnage that was unfolding. The wounded and dying never stopped coming. Between us, we saw over 50 Egyptians die: students, workers, professionals, professors, all shapes, all ages, unarmed. We later learned the body count for the day was 102. We left in the evening when it was safe, trying to get back to our hotel on the Nile. We stopped for ice cream. We couldn’t find a way through the police cordon, though, and finally asked for help at a checkpoint. The arrest stories of our Egyptian cellmates are remarkably similar to ours: picked up on dark streets after the protest, by thugs or cops, blocks or miles from the police station that is the alleged site of our alleged crimes. That’s when we were arrested, searched, caged, questioned, interrogated, videotaped with a “Syrian terrorist,” slapped, beaten, ridiculed, hot-boxed, re-
fused phone calls, stripped, shaved bald, accused of being foreign mercenaries. Was it our Canadian passports, the footage of Tarek performing CPR or our ice cream wrappers that set them off? They screamed “Canadian” as they kicked and hit us. John had a precisely etched boot-print bruise on his back for a week. We were two of 602 arrested that night, all 602 potentially facing the same grab bag of ludicrous charges: arson, conspiracy, terrorism, possession of weapons, firearms, explosives, attacking a police station. We’ve been here in Tora prison for six weeks and are now in a new cell (3.5 by 5.5 metres) that we share with “only” six others. We’re still sleeping on concrete with the cockroaches and still share a single tap of Nile water, but now we get (almost) daily exercise and showers. Still no phone calls. The prosecutor won’t say if there’s some outstanding issue that’s holding things up. The routers, the film equipment or the footage of Tarek treating bullet wounds through that long bloody afternoon? Indeed, we would welcome our day in a real court with the real evidence, because then this footage would provide us with our alibi and serve as a witness to the massacre. We deserve due process, not cockroaches on concrete. We demand to be released.
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5Q Ball (Q Hall of Fame) Dress-your-best
party with a talk by LGBT human rights activist Ted Northe, music by Patrick Masse and more. 6:30 pm. $150. Toronto Region Board of Trade, 77 Adelaide W. qballeventzilla.net. The Red Panty Diaries (Femme International) Menstruation-themed comedy by Zabrina Chevanes, Heidi Brander and others benefits girls in Kenya. 8 pm. $15, adv $10. Baltic Avenue, 875 Bloor W. femmeinternational.org. Techno For Good (Wellspring Cancer Support) DJs Roland Gonzales, Elliott Lazer and Rob Nice spin. 8 pm. $10 min donation. Footwork, 425 Adelaide W. footworkbar. com.
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Citizens For Public Justice 50th Anniversary Celebration featuring a talk by Armine
Yalnizyan, live music and dinner. 6 pm. $25$50. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square. cpj.ca/50years. Community Planning Open House Councillor Paula Fletcher holds an open house to discuss five planning studies – Riverside Heritage Conservation District, Port Lands Planning, Carlaw-Dundas Study, Queen East in Leslieville Study and South of Eastern Employment Area. 6-9 pm. Free. Morse St Public School, 180 Carlaw. rjoshi@toronto.ca.
Crime, Crafts, Critters And Christmas: Living Through The Nineteenth Century
Lecture. $12. Montgomery’s Inn, 4709 Dundas W. Pre-register 416-394-8113.
Dancing In The Street (Almost!) & Yoga
Move to the music or unwind with yoga. 4-5 pm. Free. Parking lot at 3446 Dundas W. communityhealthandwellbeing.org. Emily Jacir Artist talk. 7 pm. Free. OCAD U, rm 230, 100 McCaul. tpff.ca. Fall Home Show Talks by celebrites including Jonathan and Drew Scott, seminars, decor tips, exhibits and more. Today and tomorrow 11 am-9 pm; Oct 5, 10 am-9 pm; Oct 6, 10 am-6 pm. $15, adv $12; srs/stu/child $13, adv $10. Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place. f allhomeshow. com.
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Campus, 200 King E. georgebrown.ca. Get Crafty! Make mini-evelopes with banners at a drop-in craft workshop. 11 am-1 pm. Free, all materials provided. Hart House Reading Room, 7 Hart House Circle. 416978-2452. GM Foods Past, Present And Future Lecture on what genetically modified foods we are eating, how they got onto our plates and what we can do to get them off. 7 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. 416-466-2129. Intro To Creative Writing Creative writing class with novelist Brian Francis. To Oct 22, 6:30 pm. $226. York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. Pre-registern 416-9734760, ifoa.org.
Toronto Coin Expo Coins, bank notes, gold jewellery, diamond rings and more. Today and tomorrow 10 am-10 pm. $6, kids free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontocoinexpo.ca.
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Books And Treasures Sale (Deer Park United Church) Books, DVDs, CDs, records, jewellery, crystal, paintings and more. 10 am-1 pm. Free. Deer Park United, 26 Delisle. 416-964-9500. Climb The Turbine (TREC Education) Climb the turbine and raise money to educate and inspire the public in the science and vital importance of clean, renewable energy. To Oct 8. Min $500 in pledges. Windshare/Toronto Hydro Turbine, Exhibition Place. climbtheturbine.com. JoJo’s Kids (YMCA) Live music, comedy, live and silent auctions, food and more. 8 pm. $30. Story’s Bldg, 11 Duncan. t inyurl/jojoskids. 5T.O. Gaymers Monthly Social (World Pride 2014) Console set-ups, card games, board games and a raffle. 1-10 pm. Free. O’Grady’s, 518 Church. t orontogaymers.ca.
Legacy And The Public Realm: Dreaming With Frank Gehry Lunch talk exploring the city’s architecture and urban development with David Mirvish and Christopher Hume. Noon. $80. Westin Harbour Castle, 1 Harbour Sq. 416-364-2878, empireclub.org.
NModernity: The Rise Of Modern Art
Nuit Talks and AGO First Thursdays present a discussion on the art of Ai Weiwei, Michel de Broin, Lisa Hirmer and others. 7 pm. $15, adv $13. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648, scotiabanknuitblanche. ca. Naked Truth PETA founder Ingrid E Newkirk talks about the animal rights movement and how it must move beyond pelts and pets to persuade us to view all animals as fellow citzens. 7:30 pm. $15-$60, stu $10. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. moirac@peta. org. North York Farmers’ Market 7 am-2:30 pm. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge. toronto.ca.
Violeta Went To Heaven screens at Si-Si Cine Toronto Latin Film Festival on Oct 27.
Festivals
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art experience features a sculpture by Ai Weiwei, visual and sound art, installations, performances and more along city streets, in building lobbies, parks, storefronts and alleyways from 6:51 pm to sunrise Sun. Free. s cotiabanknuitblanche.ca. Oct 5 and 6
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Bellwoods Block Party Toronto designers, food vendors, vintage treasures, live music and DJs spinning old school hip-hop, sunshine reggae and more. 1 to 7 pm. Free. 198 Walnut, unit 7, in the back laneway. facebook.com/bellwoodsblockparty.
Si-Si Cine Toronto Latin Film Festival
Films include Panopticon, Historias De Futbol, Anita, El Mural and more. $5-$10. Various venues. festivalofimagesandwords.ca/si-si-cine. To Nov 2 Toronto Palestine Film Festival Features, shorts and documentaries plus panel discussions with Palestinian directors and actors. $7-$10. TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King W), Art Gallery of Ontario (317 Dundas W), Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (506 Bloor W). tpff.ca. To Oct 4
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Arat-Koç. 7 pm. Free. U of T, rm 179, 15 King’s College Circle. scienceforpeace.ca. Ready To Wear Runway Fashion show with designs by Michele Guevara and Elizabeth Kerim. 7 pm. Free. Arts Market, 846 College. artsmarket.ca.
Kennedy and others. 5:30 pm. Free. U of T Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks. octobersffeanrecb.eventbrite.ca. 5Swingin’OUT LGBT swing dance club beginners lesson and dancing. 6:45 pm. $6. 519 Church Community Centre. s winginout. ca. Yiddish Vinkl Musically illustrated lecture by folksinger Jerry Gray on how his Jewish roots have stayed with him. Noon. $18 (in-
tion of Latin American art and culture in Canada, featuring film, theatre, visual art, talks, music and more. Various venues and prices. festivalofimagesandwords.ca. To Nov 9
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Politics Of Peace Vs Politics Of Empire In The Middle East Talk by professor Sedef
Sustainable Urban Development – Challenges And Opportunities For The Toronto Region Forum with author Christopher
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Big Bend, Don River And Slopes, Riverdale Park (1888-89) – Saved By Canadian Pacific Railway Nature, arts and heritage
walk. 2 pm. Free. Parliament & Winchester. 416-593-2656.
Bringing The Past To Life With Collage Animation Workshop for kids 11 to 15.
12:30-3:30pm. Free. Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen W. Pre-register info@ parkdaleshowcase.ca.
NCurators: Public, Academic And Institution Nuit Talks presents a discussion with
cludes buffet lunch). Free Times Cafe, 320 College. yiddishvinkl.com.
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the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust for a march to city hall to protest the ivory trade. 11 am. Free. Trinity Square, behind the Eaton Centre. f acebook.com/MarchForElephantsToronto.
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Gala Dinner (AWIC Community & Social Svs) Dinner and dancing. 7 pm. $65. Woodbine Banquet Hall, 30 Vice Regent. 416-4994144.
Mid-East Upheaval: Imperialist Crimes & Machinations International Bolshevik Tendency presentation. 7 pm. Free. OISE, rm 3-310, 252 Bloor W. bolshevik.org.
Events
Arts Exposed Arts and culture conference,
with talks by TIFF artistic director Cameron Bailey, CBC’s Terry O’Reilly, First Nations curator Suzanne Smoke and others. Today and tomorrow. $50-$110. Seneca College Markham Campus, 8 the Seneca Way. artexposed.eventbrite.ca. Brazil’s Revolt Against Austerity Dinner and discussion with Party of Socialism and Freedom activist Sean Purdy. 5:30 pm. $7$15 sugg. Oak Street Co-op Community Rm, 120 Cornwall. torontosocialists@gmail.com.
NFuture: Science & Technology In Artistic Expression Nuit Talks presents a discus-
sion with artists Claire Ironside, Max Dean and Charles Stankievech, and a video installation by Kelly Richardson. 12:30-2 pm. Free. TIFF Bell Lightbox, Bell Blue Room, 350 King W.
Opera Exchange: Peter Grimes & Britten’s Communities – From 1945 England To Toronto Today Canadian Opera Co
presentation. 7:30 pm. $20. Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227 Front E. coc. ca. SISTERS IN SPIRIT VIGIL Vigil to honour the lives of missing and murdered aboriginal women across Canada. 6:30 pm. Free. Allan Gardens, Carlton and Sherbourne. nwrct.ca. The Spirit Of ‘45 Rebel Films screening and discussion. 7 pm. $4. OISE, rm 2-214, 252 Bloor W. socialistaction.ca. TFN For All Seasons Toronto Field Naturalists celebrate 90 years with a variety show created and performed by members. 7:30 pm. $5-$15. Papermill Theatre, Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery. torontofieldnaturalists. org.
art curators Ami Barak, Patrick Macaulay, Ivan Jurakic and Crystal Mowry. 2-3:30 pm. Free. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. scotiabanknuitblanche.ca. Dr Who And Science Fiction Panel discussion on 50 years of Dr Who and the influence it had on science fiction. 7 pm. Free. Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College. friendsofmerril.org. Exposing The Ugly Canadian Yves Engler talks about the Canadian government’s poor environmental record and lopsided Middle East policy. 7 pm. Pwyc. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. b eitzatoun.org. Game Curious? Six-week play-and-discuss program for artists, activists, parents and non-gamers exploring the alternative side of video games. Free. Academy of the Impossible, 231 Wallace. Pre-register 647-7725468, impossiblearts.ca/games. Green Energy Open Doors Screening and discussion of The 4th Revolution. 1:30 pm. Free. Annette Library, 145 Annette. green13toronto.org. Junction Farmers’ Market Saturdays 8:30 am-12:30 pm. 8:30 am-12:30 pm. Free. Green P Lot, 385 Pacific. junctionmarket.ca. Just Write! Eight-week course for people
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who have always dreamed of writing. 11 am. $85. Central Eglinton Community Centre, 160 Eglinton E. Pre-register 416-3920511 ext 225. Kinesthetic Rope Passionate play workshop with Midori. 1-4 pm. $35. Collective Space, Studio 5, 221 Sterling. Pre-register planetmidori.ticketleap.com/toronto-rope. Larry Towell Performance of Blood In The Soil by the photographer accompanied by slide guitarist Don Rooke. 7 pm. $20-$35. Drake Hotel Underground, 1150 Queen W. 416-504-0575. Mushrooms And Other Fungi 101 Workshop. 10:30 am-3:30 pm. $50. High Park Nature Centre, 40 Parkside. Pre-register highparknaturecentre.com.
New Toronto: A 19th-Century Industrial Suburb Heritage Toronto walk. 1 pm. Free/ pwyc. St Margaret’s Anglican Church, 156 Sixth. heritagetoronto.org. Nuit Blanche The all-night contemporary art experience features a sculpture by Ai Weiwei, visual and sound art, installations, performances and more along city streets, in building lobbies, parks, store fronts and alleyways, from 6:51 pm to sunrise Sun. Free. scotiabanknuitblanche.ca.
Oktoberfest Cruise Cruise the harbour with polka music, schnitzel and more. 7 pm. $73. Mariposa Showboat, York & Queens Quay W. mariposacruises.com. Phoenix Poetry Workshop Read your poem for feedback and provide feedback to others. 2:30 pm. Free. College/Shaw Library, 766 College. phoenixpoetryworkshop.ca. Really Really Free Night Market Goods and services to swap, snacks, crafts, performances and more. 7-11 pm. Free. Dovercourt Park, Bloor and Dovercourt. dovercourtpark.wordpress.com. rRescue Me Weekend Learn what to expect when taking home a rescue animal. Today and tomorrow 11 am-5 pm. Free. PawsWay, 245 Queens Quay W. pawsway.ca. Sustainable House Tours Get the latest on insulation, windows, green roofs, landscaping and more. 11:30 am, 1:30 & 3 pm. Free w/ admission. Kortright Centre, Pine Valley and Major Mackenzie (Kleinburg). 905-8322289. 5TGs in Tiaras Transgender ball with dancing to music by DjEllaVation, food and more. 6:30 pm. $95, cpl $180. Primrose Hotel, 111 Carlton. t inyurl.cm/tgs-in-tiaras. Toronto Disability Pride March March to bring recognition of the struggles and value of disabled people. 1-4 pm. Free. Starts at Queen’s Park and ends at 99 Gerrard E. torontodisabilitypride.wordpress.com. rToronto Zoo Celebrates Fall Fallthemed programs, activities, keeper talks,
tours and more. Today and tomorrow 10 am-4 pm. Free w/ admission. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929. Withrow Park Farmers’ Market Organic and ecologically farmed produce and prepared foods. Saturdays 9 am-1pm. Free. 725 Logan, south of Danforth. w ithrowpark.ca. The Yard Sale That Isn’t Antiques, clothing, collectibles, original art, live music and more. 9:30 am-5 pm. Free admission. Alcan Tower, 158 Sterling. toward18@yahoo.ca.
Sunday, October 6 Autism Is A Pain In The Aspergers (Autism
Ontario) Performances by comics and musicians including Bruce Harvey, the Illustrated Men, Shakura S’Aida and Teresa Pavlinek.
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There’s a reason why the Red Diaries benefit in support of Femme Inter national features menstruationthemed comedy. The org seeks, among other things, to make access to long-lasting, reusable hygiene products available to younger women especially. There’s more at stake here than just managing periods. School absenteeism among girls goes down 74 per cent when they’re provided with sanitary supplies. Comics Heidi Brander, Zabrina Chevanes, Jess Beaulieu and others supply the laughs at Baltic Avenue (875 Bloor West) tonight (Thursday, October 3) at 8 pm, $15. femmeinternational.org. In response to an Idle No More call, protests are being organized globally on Monday (October 7) to mark the 250th anniversary of the British Roy-
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auction of works by Canadian tattooists. 8 pm. Free admission. Six Degrees, 2335 Yonge. george@sevencrownstattoo.com.
Arts & Entertainment ROM walk. For location and tickets, call. 416-586-5799. Eco Chic Fashion Show Eco-friendly men’s, women’s and kids’ fashion and beauty items. 11 am-6 pm. Hilton Hotel Markham,
5880 Warden. simplygreenuniqueevents. com. Erotic Role Play Workshop with Midori. 5:30-8 pm. $35. Come as You Are, 493 Queen W. Pre-register 416-504-7934. Kensington Krawl Stroll through the market to learn the area’s history, view landmarks, meet shop owners and sample foods. 11:30 am. $50. Near Bellevue Square park. Pre-register suzanne@savourtoronto.com. Leslieville Farmers’ Market Every Sunday till Oct 27. 9 am-2 pm. Jonathan Ashbridge Park, 20 Woodward (btwn Queen & Eastern). leslievillemarket.com.
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8:30 pm. $35-$40. Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604. Run For The Cure (Canadian Breast Cancer Fdn) 1K and 5K fundraising runs through the U of T campus. 8:30 am-1 pm. $40-$45, under 18 free. U of T St George Campus. Preregister runforthecure.com.
al Proclamation of 1763, which recognized that all land in North America not ceded to the Crown belonged to First Nations. Toronto supporters gather at Trinity Bellwoods Park (south end, Queen and Gore Vale) at 5 pm for a potluck, speeches and performances. A march along Dundas to Bay follows (puppets in tow, and costumes encouraged), where at 7 pm Idle activist Pam Palmater, filmmaker Alanis Obom sawin and others address the crowd. Free. facebook.com/ events/211862015642380/
(October 6) from 2 pm. Vish Khanna hosts, and elder Garry Sault of the Mississaugas of the New Credit kicks off the afternoon of songs and speeches. Free. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge. rocktheline.ca.
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Sarah Harmer sings out against Line 9 tar sands oil on October 6.
Church, 427 Bloor W. cjpme.org. Rock The Line A concert featuring Sarah Harmer, Hayden, Minotaurs and others raises awareness about the risks of Enbridge’s Line 9 tar sands pipeline. 2 pm. Free. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge. r ocktheline.ca.
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Watch salmon swim upstream in Highland Creek. 1-3 pm. Free. East Scarborough Storefront, 4040 Lawrence E. Pre-register trca.on. ca/highlandevents. Toronto’s Salamanders Illustrated lecture by conservationist Matt Ellerback. 2:30 pm. Free. Northrop Frye Bldg, rm 03, 73 Queen’s Park. torontofieldnaturalists.org. Travels To Berlin & Warsaw Photo presentation and talk by artist Cathy McPherson and writer Paul Weinberg. 11 m-1 pm. Free. 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture. ujpo.org. The Wonders Of Warden Woods Heritage Toronto walk. 10 am. Free/pwyc. Warden Woods Park, SW corner of St Clair and Warden. heritagetoronto.org.
Monday, October 7 Admission Matters: All Boys? All Girls? All Good? Info evening for parents on sin-
gle-sex schools. 7 pm. Free. Havergal College, 1451 Avenue. Pre-register admissionmatters.ca.
Civil Disobedience For The Environment
– When Is It Justified? Screening of the film Bidder 70: This Is What Hope Looks Like followed by a discussion on Tar Sands civil disobedience. 7 pm. Free. St Michael & All Angels Church, 611 St Clair W. gn21.ca. IDLE NO MORE TREATY MESSAGE MARCH Protest and march to honour the 250th anniversary of the British Royal Proclamation. Potluck picnic (5-6:15 pm), march from Trinity Bellwoods Park (790 Queen W), along Dundas to Bay to hear Pam Palmater and Alanis Obomsawin speak at 7 pm. Costumes encouraged. Free. facebook.com/ events/211862015642380.
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with Midori. 7:30-10 pm. $35. Come as You Are, 493 Queen W. Pre-register 416-5047934. Chilean Wine Festival Wine tasting and Chilean cuisine. 7-9:30 pm. $75. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. winesofchile.ca. Climbing Kilimanjaro Travel talk. 6:30 pm. Free. Adventure Travel Co, 48 King W. atcadventure.com. Cooking With Herbs Scarborough Garden & Horticultural Soc lecture. 7:30 pm. Free. Scarborough Village Community Centre, 3600 Kingston. gardenontario.org. Davisville Farmers’ Market Tuesdays to Oct 8. 3-7 pm. Free. June Rowlands Park, Davisville and Mt Pleasant. appletreemarkets@gmail.com.
The Decline Of Nuclear Power – Mycle Schneider Angela Bischoff of Clean Air Alli-
ance interviews the Paris-based independent national consultant on energy and nuclear policy. 7 pm. Free. The Ossington, 61 Ossington. angela@cleanairalliance.org. East York Farmers’ Market 9 am-2 pm. East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell. tfm.ca. Stonegate Farmers Market 4-7 pm. 150 Berry. stonegatefarmersmarket.ca.
Surviving And Thriving This School Year Tips for parents from parenting expert Maureen Dennis. 6:30 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. 416-395-5660.
pression Health talk. 3:30 pm. Free. Toronto Western Hospital Auditorium, 399 Bathurst. 416-340-4800 ext 7181.
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Tour the restored double-decker theatre. Today and tomorrow 5 pm. Free. 189 Yonge. heritagetrust.on.ca. The F Word Student tours of the exhibition. Noon-1 pm. Free. Hart House Information Hub, 7 Hart House Circle. harthouse.ca. rFairmount Park Farm Market Vendors, live music, kids’ activities, a wading pool and more. Wednesdays 3-7 pm. Free. 1725 Gerrard E. 647-929-2968. John Street Farmers’ Market Organic, local produce, fair trade coffee, art and more plus live music Wednesdays to Oct 30. 3:307 pm. Free. Courtyard at 197 John. facebook. com/JohnStreetFarmersMarket. Montgomery’s Inn Farmers’ Market Organic fruit and vegetables, cheese, ethicallyraised meat, bread, honey and more. 2-6 pm. Free. 4709 Dundas W. 416-394-8113. The Night Market Farm-fresh produce, locally produced cheeses, breads and meats, restaurant pop-ups and food trucks, artisan wares and more. 5-10 pm. 99 Sudbury. nightmarketto.com. Toronto Scrabble Club Scrabble games for all skill levels every Wed. 6:30 pm. $4. Earl Bales Community Centre, 4169 Bathurst. torontoscrabbleclub.com. The Walrus Talks Sustainability Talks on urban sustainability by Cape Farewell’s
David Buckland, filmmaker Katarina Cizek, ecotheologian Dennis O’Hara and others. 6:30 pm. $20, stu $12. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. ago.net. Wild Women Expeditions Travel talk. 6:30 pm. Free. Adventure Travel Co, 48 King W. atcadventure.com.
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Thursday, October 10 The Annual Contemporary Art Fair
Showcase of contemporary art by alternative and emerging artists. To Oct 13. $5, stu free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416531-4635.
Business Plans – Your Road To Success
Workshop on writing an effective business plan with author/business coach David Cohen. 6-8 pm. Free. Richview Library, 1806 Islington. Pre-register 416-394-5120.
Explore Mesopotamia: Old Excavations And New Tricks – Rediscovering The Royal Cemetery Of Ur Lecture by Richard Zet-
tler. 7 pm. $25, stu $18. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. rom.on.ca. Get Crafty! Make gratitude cards at a dropin craft workshop. 11 am-1 pm. Free, all materials provided. Hart House Reading Room, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-2452.
I Ain’t Afraid Of No Ghosts?! Exploring Toronto’s Haunted History Presentation
on some of the city’s famous haunted locations. 7 pm. Free. North York Central Library,
5120 Yonge. 416-395-5660.
Meditation And The Healing Heart Workshop. Noon-1 pm. Free. Hart House Activities Rm, 7 Hart House Circle. Pre-register harthouse.ca. Neither Conflict Nor “Use It Or Lose It”: Canada’s Arctic Extended Continental Shelf Talk by professor Elizabeth Riddell-
ixon. 7 pm. Free. U of T, rm 179, 15 King’s D College Circle. scienceforpeace.ca. Opera Talk Opera Canada editor Wayne Gooding talks about the Canadian Opera Co’s upcoming production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes. 7 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. Save Democracy From Politics Green Party leader and MP Elizabeth May consults Torontonians on how to fix our democratic deficit. 7 pm. Free. Hart House Debates Rm, 7 Hart House Circle. fairvote.ca.
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Personal finance advice with Elaine KnotekHolmes. 8 pm. $5. Temple Har Zion, 7360 Bayview (Thornhill). templeharzion.com.
Stress Management Through Restorative Meditation Six-week course on stress-
relieving exercises and meditation techniques. 7 pm. Free. Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington. Pre-register 416-395-5440. The Yellow Book: 1890s Lit Digitized Talk on the avant garde art and literary journal by professor Janzen Kooistra. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. wmsc.ca. 3
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Salsa For Smiles (Transforming Faces) Music from the Clave Kings and DJ Jimmy Suava, salsa lessons and dancing. 7 pm. $30, adv $25. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas W. 416588-0307, transformingfaces.org. Wine Hike (Mothers and Sons Against Violence Against Women) Stand-up comedy performance by Carly Heffernan, wine and hors d’oeuvres. 6:30 pm. $35. House of Moments, 386 Carlaw. masavaw.eventbrite.ca.
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Marie Duffau Bas Armagnac Napoleon Cognac’s underrated craftdistilled cousin doesn’t get enough love, and that’s purely the folly of those who overlook it in favour of mass-produced big-name French brandies. Ah, well, that means more for me. This is a stellar base for fall cocktails. Caramelized orchard fruits keep company with figs, florals and baking spices, all rounded out by a satisfying smattering of vanilla and orange peel. Price 750ml/$44.05 Availability LCBO 313304
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569 College, 416-551-7055, facebook.com/WeldonParkToronto Weldon Park takes me back to the good old days when I was smuggling water bottles filled with booze from my parents’ liquor cabinet to the park around the corner. It’s a throwback to when it took only a few illicit sips to kick-start rambunctious fun, a portal to a less serious stage of life we’d all kill to return to, at least for an evening. Weldon Park channels an inside-out bush party – it’s playful, nostalgic and earnest in its exuberant confusion. Weldon Park-goers hang out on stools upholstered with astroturf or plant themselves on low concrete “walls” under make-believe street lights, sipping tallboys of cheap beer and $5 gin and juice while bopping to rap beats. In the back of the Park, behind a heavy wooden door beyond the dance floor, is a cocktail bar. It’s like a rite of passage to enter that more intimate space to request a cocktail. And Weldon Park’s bartenders know their stuff: they pour classic and signature drinks, prepare seasonal, house-made chasers to soften your shot-taking and, best of all, charm as they serve. As Weldon Park matures (it’s been open less than a month), exciting details will solidify: barrel-aged cocktails, liquid nitrogen shenanigans and a backroom program intended to showcase some of Toronto’s finest barkeeps. In the meantime, a terminal allergy to fun is the only reason to avoid this spot. Hours Daily 9 pm to 2 am. Back room currently open only on weekends. Access Entrance at street level; washrooms tucked in the back beyond the dance floor. A wheelchair could fit, but it’s up one step. Patio Why? You’re already outside, and you can spill onto College to smoke.
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I was that asshole who asked bartender Tyler Newsome to make me “something fun” of his choice, and received this beauty: Bulleit bourbon, Amaro Montenegro, Fernet Branca and cardamom bitters finished with a twist of orange ($12).
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Rating NNNNN Why An elegant Spanish vino exhibiting depth and complexity you’d expect from a bottle costing twice this much. Fruity and savoury, with silky tannins and lasting impact, the first few sips may guilt you into believing you’re ripping someone off – but you’ll be over that by the time you hit midglass. Price 750 ml/$11.80 Availability LCBO 300673
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Hello to Hudson Kitchen
The Huntsman (890 College, 416 901 9919, @TheHuntsmanTO), co-owned by Nic Savage (Red Light) and managed by by Aja Sax (formerly of the County General and the Emerson) is now serving Canadian eats and Sax’s kick-ass signature cocktails.
Chef Robbie Hojilla’s anticipated restaurant, Hudson Kitchen (800 Dundas West, 416-644-8839, hudsonkitchen. com), is finally open, as is its bar. Enjoy signature cocktails like the Silver Margarita ($12) and Earth To Grapefruit ($13).
Taste Ontario tipples at the ROM
Craving a cocktail but laziness got the best of you? Consider Crazy Uncle’s one-pour concoctions crafted with the help of Frankie Solarik of Barchef. Spiced Cola Bitters & Mint Julep (1,000 ml/$18.95, LCBO 327965) seems seasonally appropriate.
Sip over 80 wines from 30 local wineries at Taste Ontario, hosted by Vintages next Thursday, October 10, at the Royal Ontario Museum. $65. Tickets and more info online at vintages.com/tasteontario.
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THE ULTIMATE ART PARTY
stars Robert Hengeveld, John Dickson, Melik Ohanian and tons of spectacular installations guaranteed to blow your mind. Plus, bars and restos for fuelling up. NOW XXXXXX 00-00 2013
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Romancing The Anthropocene exhibition
Saturday (October 5), 6:51 pm to sunrise. Free. Off To A Flying Start (near Yonge between Queen and Dundas); Parade (University from Queen’s Park to Queen West); Romancing The Anthropocene (near Yonge south of Queen). Independent projects all over town. scotiabanknuitblanche.ca.
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Art, party, all night – these are the three basic elements of the mind-blowing Nuit Blanche street event taking over the downtown Saturday night. Exhibits are organized not by zone but by theme this year: Off To A Flying Start, based loosely on found objects; Romancing The Anthropocene, probing human impact on the planet since the Industrial Revolution; and Parade, which turns the concept of the marching spectacle on its ear. Wondering how to get to the main events? The Bloor-Dan forth subway from Keele to Woodbine and the Yonge-Uni versity line from St. Clair West to Eglinton run all night to 7:30 am (reopening at 9 am). Passes are available for $10.75. If you’re hungry, food trucks operate on University at Queen and near College, and on Yonge near Grosvenor and Albert. Or see page 49 for more food tips. And this year it’s not all one-night-only. Nuit Blanche is expanding its reach, with Nuit Talks on offer today, Thursday, through Saturday (October 3 to 5) and five projects on view for a full week after the event. Ai Weiwei’s installation stays up at City Hall until October 27. Get organized on scotiabank nuitblanche.ca with My Night Planner or download the smartphone app that prompts you about shows and events near your GPS location. Twitter hashtag is #snbto. Pace yourself and keep your mind open.
“Anthropocene” refers specifically to the geological period since the Industrial Revolution, a time when humans have made a deeper imprint on the earth than ever before. Near King west of Yonge and Bay south of Richmond, artistic ruminations on our impact on the planet, programmed by Kitchener-based curators Ivan Jurakic and Crystal Mowry, probe tensions between urban environments and the natural world.
hengeveld’s plastic nature is a howl Local artist pokes fun at humankind’s ludicrous attempts to ape the natural world ROBERT HENGEVELD: HOWL Alley behind Bay and Richmond (enter from Richmond or Temperance west of Bay)
In his Bloordale studio, Robert Hen geveld’s fine-tuning the roller coaster for Howl, his latest Rube Goldberg installation that uses in tentionally exposed mechanical elements and thrift store materials to send up our garish, silly or futile attempts to mimic nature. The twostorey-high steel track is a cartoon ish amusement park ride for a coy ote and a rabbit. “The two chase each other,” he says, “but it’s kind of unclear which
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will be chasing which.” Hengeveld’s fascinated by decoys. “They all have very particular uses,” he says. “The coyote scares off birds, while the battery-operated rabbit at tracts coyotes and wolves so we can shoot them. The ducks bring around their peers, and a doe attracts a mate. We create these things to stand in for the natural, and yet they don’t quite succeed.” A bunch of animals – including mechanical songbirds from China town, remote-controlled ducks, three dancing deer, a head-swivelling owl and a swarm of LED fireflies – will watch the chase. The hyper-real yet slightly off-kilter landscape will have a pond, waterfall and misting ma
chine, with sweaters and carpets that act as grass, a Christmas tree forest and cardboard rocks, plus a musical soundtrack that echoes the stop-andstart rhythms of the roller coaster. He hopes Howl’s comedic, specta cle aspects will engage those with Nuit Blanche-induced ADD while also offering a more reflective approach for those who slow down to appreci ate the details. Though he says he’s not a hard core environmentalist, his work fits in with the theme of Romancing The An thropocene (a human-dominated geological era that began with the In dustrial Revolution). He cites con cepts like “natural deficit disorder,” which especially afflicts children who grow up in cities. “The work intentionally has a subtle humour but at the same time explores serious concerns about our relation ship with our sur rounding environ
ments,” he says. He’s particularly interested in how we express this. “We create artificial lumber but stamp wood grain in it. We make an inflatable palm tree; why not make it pink? But there are good reasons we don’t make it pink. It’s a very com plex relationship: we want to con trol nature, but at the same time we have a deep attraction to it.”
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Who Caledon Dance Curry, aka Swoon Where Bay Adelaide Centre, 26 Temperance Why Swoon’s pieces add delicacy and sensitivity to street art. The exquisite draughtswoman and fine art printer’s murals are actually giant prints converted into intricate paper cutouts that are then wheat-pasted onto walls. Her visually staggering work draws on a mix of influences, from German expressionist woodcuts to Balinese shadow puppetry, refined with gorgeous bits of Jugendstil filigree and flourishes. Swoon delivers the visceral punch of urban imDJ agery with a deeply poetic sensibility.
Who Kelly Richardson Where Commerce Court, 25 King West Why Richardson’s video installation depicting the future surface of M ars is even more detailed than her previous efforts, which is saying a lot. Examining years of Martian probe data with astrophysical topologists at NASA let Richardson painstakingly piece together a hyper-real recreation of the red planet pixel by pixel. The result is as close to standing on the Martian surface as most of us will ever get. It took 10 months of 10-hour days to complete and is considered so obsessively accurate, it’s now used by NASA in simulations. It’s also a wild, wild piece of landscape. Go see DAVID JAGER Mars.
Burrman
Who Simon Frank Where Various locations (itinerary on Twitter @Burrman13) Why The Scottish-born, Hamilton- based artist/poet silently wanders the financial district completely covered in Velcro-like hooked burdock seedpods, accompanied by two assistants and a docent. No one in the Scottish town where a man dons a similar outfit at a summer fair remembers exactly what the ancient tradition means, but Frank hopes his incarnation of the Burrman will have a transformative effect both on him and on FS those he encounters.
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Off To A Flying Start exhibition
French curator Ami Barak turns the area around City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square into a celebration of the centenary of Marcel Duchamp’s first “readymade,” a bike wheel mounted on a stool. Barak reverses the current dynamic, taking found objects out of the museums and bringing them back into the streets.
Melik Ohanian hangs a huge hammock Artist’s experience changing focUs proves that the creative process is never predictable By FRAN SCHECHTER
MELIK OHANIAN: EL AGUA DE NIEBLA Bay and Queen
Sometimes the original concept for a project changes – you just have to adapt to the circumstance. The idea for El Agua De Niebla (“water of mist” in Spanish) began when French-Armenian artist Melik Ohanian heard about hammock workshops in Mexican prisons. He want-
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ed a hammock to fit a large room in an abbey near Paris as part of his multi-site 08-09 project, From The Voice To The Hand. Eventually he decided not to attempt a dangerous collaboration with the Mexican penal system and instead followed some weavers he met in Yucatán to Mayapán, a village where everyone makes hammocks. “I told the family that my dad was a giant and I would like to make him a gift of a gigantic hammock,” he says on the phone from Paris. They laughed and agreed to participate, working for
two months on the 40-metre-long object. “At no time did they know about the site. For them it was just a present for my dad. I like producing a kind of language between the request and the production. The deep meaning is that this collective production came from a kind of legend.” People can’t actually get in it, but he says the hammock still symbolizes the idea of collective rest. From a distance it reads as an abstract curved line, but as you get closer you see it’s handmade. Ohanian also hung it outdoors in the Tuileries, but he’s excited by the urban context. “This giant looked so big in a room or in nature, but it will be a small sign compared to the buildings of Toronto. Now it’s a sign that has to travel and carry its story with it.” Enlarging a human-scale object seems like a simple concept but is actually part of a complex
practice involving philosophical inquiries into time, space and politics. “The important thing is that it’s a work of production, an old tradition from Maya times. It’s really an ancestral gesture.” His work is about “travelling and bringing something from one culture to another, producing something that links two territories. “Maybe if I was working with the prisoners I would never have said that my dad was a giant. It’s something instinctive that came to me at the time. After that, the politics of this work specifically was a sort of allegory. “When you stretch it – we can’t do that in Toronto but did at other shows – you discover that it’s something other than a hammock. It’s a cartography, a cartography of production. All these hands came together in a kind of continuation, a way of production that’s really fascinating to me.”
CRASH CARS Who Alain Declercq Where Nathan Phillips Square Why No machine is as deeply and problematically rooted in the North American psyche as the car. In this piece, two driverless luxury sedans circle each other in an endless figure eight, teetering on the verge of collision but never quite doing so. Drawing on the sleek ambience of car commercials, the spectacle evokes the thrills and dangers surrounding our difficult love affair with the car. DAVID JAGER
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FOREVER BICYCLES Who Ai Weiwei Where Nathan Phillips Square Why Yong jiu pai, which means “Forever,” is China’s prevalent bicycle brand, and most Chinese rely on two wheels to get around. Art superstar and dissident extraordinaire Ai pays tribute to bikes in his signature sculptural assemblage. This incarnation will be the biggest yet: 3,144 bicycles bolted DJ and stacked together in an endless, elegant loop.
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1-855-IS IT ART (1-855-474-8278) Who VSVSVS Where Phone line, live video feed at City Hall, 100 Queen West Why The local art collective, who like to take up residence at galleries and festivals, operate a call centre at their port lands HQ to answer the titular question, the one Marina Abramovic said in a recent interview that she misses the most. So far, the accompanying website, 1855isitart.com, has a one-word response: “Yes.” If you dial while drunk (we know some of you will), a collective member promises you’ll have “a hazy memory of talking FS to another intoxicated caller.” NOW OCTOBER 3-9 2013
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parade exhibition
The viewer becomes the art in this clever set of installations curated by Harbourfront Centre’s Patrick Macaulay. Artists’ static floats line University from Queen’s Park to Queen West, and spectators head up and down the street to become the Parade.
John dickson makes noise with music box Installation evokes the clash of instruments heard as
(X)Static Clown Factory Who Ruth Spitzer and Claire Ironside Where University at Gerrard West Why The Toronto-based artist/designers’ static float is a handmade entertainment-factory-cum-depot from which worker clowns at street-level work stations/contraptions churn out balloon products and dispense art prizes to the crowds. The performers, all professional clowns with unique personas and an average of 10 years’ experience, take roles like worker, janitor or floor supervisor. The project investigates clowning as an art form through a meta-narrative of Fordist mass production, repetition and logistics. FS
How To See In The Dark
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JOHN DICKSON: MUSIC BOX at University and Armoury (second flatbed north of Queen).
Adding to Nuit Blanche’s surreal carnival atmosphere – in particular the Parade section – John Dickson’s Music Box, a mechanical band that emerges from a box on a trundle cart, greets the crowd with a blast of gleeful noise. It’s on a giant parade float and consists of a cluster of rock and band instruments, a delightfully absurd piece of sonic sculpture that recalls the playful assemblages of Jean Tinguely. Talking to NOW from his home, Dickson explains the genesis of the project. “Pat Macaulay, the curator for that section of Nuit Blanche, came up with the idea of Parade: 10 flatbed trailers parked up University,” he recalls. “I initially had no idea how to respond to the theme, but I live up at Christie and Bloor, where the Santa Claus Parade gathers every year. I wandered outside for inspiration and emerged where all the bands were getting ready to play. The cacophony was quite surreal. That’s when I decided I wanted to do this project.”
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How to turn that musical mélange into sculpture was the next challenge. “Eventually I settled on the idea of a cart that comes out of a box, referencing, of course, cuckoo clocks and other automatic devices,” he says. “Wacky was the flavour I was going for.” Will the device be entirely automatic, like a cuckoo clock? “At first I thought it would be, but I finally settled on a winch system I can control that will bring the sculpture in and out of the box, owing to the possibility of too many things going wrong. I also decided that I can play with the crowd a bit more if I manually control it: you can actually hear it when it’s inside the box, so it will create a lot of curiosity and anticipation before it finally trundles out.” The sculpture includes an electric guitar and a bass (played by rods and dangling toys), three cymbals on a tall metal pole, a kick drum, a keyboard and a trombone played by a spray gun. Our childlike anticipation of spectacle and the cartoonish wonder of self-playing mechanical instruments (not to mention the gleeful release of unbridled noise) guarantee that Music Box will be one of the night’s sure- fire crowd pleasers.
Who Margaux Williamson Where Queen’s Park Crescent East at St. Joseph Why Can you remember the last time you experienced complete darkness? Can we, in our light-saturated society, even remember what that is? Contemporary cities are blazing islands of light and noise, which makes Margaux Williamson wonder where the darkness has gone. Building on her previous manifesto-based performances, Williamson guides Nuit Blanchers onto a parade float where she helps us to DJ see the dark.
Independent Projects
In addition to the Nuit Blanche-curatedshows related to festival themes, over 70 independently funded exhibits hit the streets, chosen by an artistic advisory committee chaired by OCAD’s Sara Diamond. Here are some not-to-be missed indie offerings.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Travis T. Freeman Queen Mother, 208 Queen West From a tree in Muskoka’s Torrance Barrens Dark Sky Preserve, an artificial-light-free stargazing zone, Freeman beams messages texted to 647499-7544 out into the universe. A live video feed allows us to watch from FS the café’s back patio.
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Who Libby Hague Where Queen’s Park Crescent East at College Why Local artist Hague, best known for her printed paper installations, branches out into inflatables for this interactive carnivalesque work. Participants spin a wheel of fortune to select questions that are put to a 12-foot-tall child oracle who offers answers privately over headphones. These relatively benign proceedings are made menacing by the vengeful spirit of an even larger inflatable hanging spider exploring the night as the locus of imaginary fears. FS
THE TRAPPINGS OF POWER Robin Tinney David Pecaut Square, King and John The Algonquin artist’s sculpture uses hanging animal traps, tools of tradi tional native economic activity, to comment on Canada’s history of broken FRAN SCHECHTER treaties and subjugation of aboriginal peoples.
THE N GAMES League, Germaine Koh and Department of Biological Flow MOCCA courtyard, 952 Queen West Vancouver and Toronto collectives collaborate with artist Koh on this tournament of invented sports in which participants must draw on skills in improvisation, performance, cooperation and strategy to creatively solve FS problems.
Indicator Karen Abel, Jessica Marion Barr and Gareth Bate 401 Richmond West Each artist focuses on a species whose decline warns of ecosystem deterioration: in Abel’s Hibernaculum, glass bats hang from a chandelier; birds fall from the sky in Barr’s Augury; Bates’s Colony Collapse features FS wall drawings done with honey.
THE CHESS SET Blandford Gates Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Gates’s life-size chess pieces are assemblages of scrap metal and all manner of menacing implements, from meat grinders to shovel blades and kitchen tools – returning the game to its medieval roots in feudal DAVID JAGER warfare. continued on page 46 œ
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YOUR TEMPER, MY WEATHER Diane Borsato AGO, 317 Dundas West Bees have increasingly been recognized as front-line indicators of envi ronmental health, and Borsato has assembled 100 regional beekeepers (in their apiary suits) to perform a massive collective meditation aimed at raising Toronto’s environmental awareness. DJ
MY VIRTUAL DREAM Baycrest Health Sciences and University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Leslie L. Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, 144 College If you’ve ever wondered what your thoughts might look like, these medical researchers give you access to the Virtual Brain, cutting-edge imaging software that uses an interface to translate your neural activity into images and animations that flit across a temporary 60-foot dome. DJ
36: TORONTO ALLEYWAY EXPLORATION PROJECT Danielle Sernoskie Harlem Restaurant, 67 Richmond East This project explores the 36 kilometres of winding alleyways and back streets that form part of downtown’s intricate network. The projection celeDJ brates the hidden diversity behind Hogtown’s main streets. october 3-9 2013 NOW
All the official projects at the annual all-night art blowout, plus the pre-event Nuit Talks
CRINGEWORTHY! THE BEST OF THE WORST VIDEOS ONLINE Andrew Gunadie and Andrew Bravener Tiff Bell Lightbox, 350 King West Gunadie and Bravener have curated the best “worst” videos found on online communities like YouTube and Reddit, exploring our fascination with obnoxious rants, music videos and found footage. The filmmakers responsible for the videos comment DJ wherever possible.
FLAGS RAISED IN HOPE AND DESPAIR Sheilah Wilson 480 University The Nova Scotia-born, Ohio-based artist, whose projects conflate the miraculous and the skeptical, runs flags up a flagpole, but her flags are symFS bols of an individual’s emotional states rather than nation states.
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Off to a flying start (near Yonge between Queen and Dundas); PARADE (Queen’s Park and University south to Queen); Romancing The Anthropocene (near Yonge south of Queen). Plus independent projects all over town. scotiabanknuitblanche.ca.
Off To A Flying Start Artworks curated by France’s Ami Barak celebrate the centenary of Marcel Duchamp’s bicycle-wheel readymade. Bay and Queen W Melik Ohanian: El Agua De Niebla (installation). The Paris-based artist commissioned weavers from Mayapán in Mexico to make this 41-metre-long hammock by telling them his father was a giant. Bell Trinity Square Pascale Marthine Tayou: Plastic Bags (sculpture). 483 Bay. Cameroon-born, Belgium-based Tayou transforms everyday plastic trash into a large sculpture that comments on migration and mobility, consumerism and developing economies, the human condition and ecosystem pollution. Campbell House Museum Michel de Broin: Tortoise (sculpture). Lawn, 160 Queen W. The Quebec sculptor assembles picnic tables into an defensive structure inspired by a Roman military formation of overlapping shields, turning the tables’ association with leisure inside out. City Hall 100 Queen W. •Sherri Hay: Hysteria Coordinating (installation). Basement. In Hay’s homage to Marcel Duchamp’s Tulip Hysteria Coordinating – a painting he never made, choosing to exhibit the infamous urinal instead – plastic shopping bags develop a mind of their own.
•VSVSVS: 1-855-IS IT ART (1-855-474-8278) (performance). If you’re perplexed by the titular question, you can call and speak with an adviser tonight or visit the art collective’s call centre headquarters at City Hall. •Workparty: The Little People (installation). The Workparty collective stages a demonstration in the spirit of Russians who, banned from marching against election corruption in 2012, mounted a protest with small toys. Church of the Holy Trinity Bruno Billio: Familia (installation). 10 Trinity Square. 416598-4521. The Toronto artist uses a collection of chairs, audience-initiated sound and a mirrored surface to recreate the moment of people gathering at a family function. Ditty Lane Tongue & Groove: Take A Load Off (installation). Berti S of Queen E. The Toronto artists invite you to take a break in an outdoor living room created from assorted junk furniture. Metropolitan United Church Tadashi Kawamata: Garden Tower In Toronto (installation). 56 Queen E. The Japanese artist stacks chairs, benches and garden furniture into an amphitheatreshaped structure intended to stimulate meetings and discussions. Nathan Phillips Square 100 Queen W. •Alain Declercq: Crash Cars (performance). The French artist sets two riderless cars looping so they threaten to collide, a playful critique of power structures, security and media manipulation. •Ai Weiwei: Forever Bicycles (installation). 100 Queen W. The Chinese artist mounts a labyrinthian installation of 3,144 interconnected Yong Jiu (Forever) brand bicycles. In the council chambers, Alison Klayman’s documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry screens every two hours from 7 pm to 5 am. •Boris Achour: The Rose Is Without Why (sculpture). This giant fluorescent-light text work by Parisian Achour interprets a 17th century German mystic poem by Angelus Silesius. Osgoode Rotunda Laneway Kim Adams: Toaster Work Wagon (sculpture). Enter from S
of 361 University or Nathan Phillips Square. Bicycles mounted together so each is facing in the opposite direction can be ridden by pairs of audience members, who must negotiate which way to go. Trinity Square Park Franck Scurti: The Big Crunch (installation). 1 Trinity Square. In homage to Marcel Duchamp, the French artist mounts a wall of mechanized turning bicycle wheels fitted with clockworks, with stools for spectators. 2 Queen E Faith La Rocque: L’Air Du Temps (installation). Enter from Yonge N of Queen. In a scent installation, La Rocque explores what the air of post-WWI Paris might have smelled like, inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s Air Of Paris, a vial of bottled air he made into an artwork.
PARADE Harbourfront Centre curator Patrick Macaulay brings together a convoy of static parade floats. Queen’s Park Crescent East •Arthur Wrigglesworth, Mohammad Mehdi Ghiyaei and Mojtaba Samimi: Hybrid Globe (installation). At St Joseph. The ephemeral aspect of a parade is captured in a polyhedral sphere on which animated colours and images are projected, its rhythms defined by the audience’s social engagement. •David R Harper: This, I Build For You (performance/installation). At Grosvenor. The artist’s hand embroidering ornamentation is projected on a blank 20-foot structure, filling it with patterns as the night goes on, a meditation on the role of remembrance and public monuments. •Libby Hague: Monster Child (installation). At College. A 12-foot child oracle answers our questions and a giant inflatable spider that moves when viewers pull on guide ropes exacts revenge for insects we have killed. •Lisa Hirmer (DodoLab): A Quack Cure (performance). At Wellesley. A float populated by extinct creatures re-
Lisa Hirmer’s (DodoLab): A Quack Cure (performance) is comprised of both a float populated by extinct creatures reviving the tradition of the Mummers Parade and performances in which characters are resuscitated by quack doctors.
thousands of paper helmets that visitors wear as they parade down University, pulling in asso •Max Dean: Cancer Is Our Story (video). At Orde. A video on a float in the hospital zone along University tells a story through images of hands. •Ruth Spitzer and Claire Ironside: (X)Static Clown Factory (multimedia/performance). At Gerrard W. Creating social commentary on the economy of desire, a group of working clowns construct a float and give happy, sad, goofy and nasty performances along the parade route.
Romancing The Anthropocene The Anthropocene, a geological era of human domination, is the focus of artwork curated by U of Waterloo’s Ivan Jurakic and Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery’s Crystal Mowry. Bay Adelaide Centre Brendan Fernandes:
vives the tradition of the mummers parade, and performances in which characters are resuscitated by quack doctors happen along the way. •Margaux Williamson: How To See In The Dark (performance). At St Joseph. In this silent non-spectacle, activists teach participants to rediscover the real night, learning to appreciate the uncertainty that has no boundaries or dimensions. •Warren Quigley: Human Sweat Generator (installation). At Wellesley. On an absurdist parade float, modest human-powered machines of the future, when cheap energy is exhausted, run lighting and sound systems, signage and projected film.
University Avenue •AGATHOM Co.: Rumbling Drumlins (installation). At College. Local architects AGATHOM’s parade float distills the concerns and questions we have about our city, both its physical presence and more subtle occurrences. •Idea Tank Design Collective: PARALLAX (light installation). At Edward. A stationary parade float with a complex array of light fixtures feels like a moving object when viewers move down the length of it. •John Dickson: Music Box (sound sculpture). At Armoury. A mechanical contraption on the back of a flatbed truck recreates the cacophony of marching bands gathering for a parade. •Katharine Harvey: Ferris Wheel (sculpture). At Dundas W. Two 15-foot tall spinning rings take us back to the roots of the midway attraction. The riderless whirligigs are vehicles for exploring colour in motion. •Lisa Anita Wegner and Vanessa Lee Wishart: Queen Of The Parade (video/performance). At Queen W. Through fashion and performance, a 20-foot-tall woman in an elaborate gown challenges the traditional image of the parade queen. •Marcin Kedzior and Christine Kim: Paper Orbs (performance/installation). At Armoury. A large origami sculpture dissolves into
Night Shift (performance). 333 Bay. Inspired by Le Ballet De La Nuit at the court of Louis XIV, dancers take part in an all-night endurance performance and make gold confetti in anticipation of the dawn appearance of the Sun King. Bay Adelaide Centre Caledonia Dance Curry: The Anthropocene (installation). 26 Temperance. New York street artist Curry (aka Swoon) contributes a printed/cut-paper paste-up mural with a wide range of inspirations, from German Expressionism to Indonesian shadow puppets. Cloud Gardens David Hoffos: Campfire (video). Temperance between Yonge and Bay. An urban campfire tests the limits of illusion technology, conjuring both a nostalgic vision and a premonition of a survivalist future. Commerce Court Kelly Richardson: Mariner 9 (video). 25 King W. UK-based Canadian Richardson envisions a 12-metre-long Martian panorama 100 years in the future, littered with semi-functioning spacecraft. David Pecaut Square Cal Lane: Tanks (sculpture). 55 John. The New York State-based artist cuts lacy patterns into industrial recycled steel oil tanks and I-beams, juxtaposing strong and delicate, masculine and feminine. 56 Temperance Robert Hengeveld: Howl (sculpture). The Toronto installation artist’s scene of a hunt is enacted by mechanical woodland animals accompanied by an operatic soundtrack, sending up representations of nature. First Canadian Place 100-120 King W. •Charles Stankievich: The Soniferous Aether Of The Land Beyond The Land Beyond (video). A film shot at the CFS Alert Signals Intelligence Station on Ellesmere Island (where Berlin-based Stankeivich was an artist-inresidence with Canadian Forces) reflects his interest in remote settings, sci-fi and surveillance. •Polymetis (Michaela MacLeod and Nicholas Croft): Pink Punch v.2 (installation). Courtyard. The New York-based collaborators wrap trees in glowing pink LED rope, highlighting their importance in public spaces. Richmond Adelaide Centre 130 Adelaide W. •Reece Terris: Display-Displace (installation). Vancouver’s Terris recombines furniture from corporate lobbies, shifting its function from attempts to humanize globalized finance into public art. •The Everything Company (Jason Gowans, Simon Benedict and Michael Love): Smoke House (performance). Participants keep the fire going in the Vancouver collective’s smokehouse by pedalling three bicycles to make smoked salmon that will be served at the night’s end. Roy Thomson Hall Peter Flemming: FIGHT or fight (sculpture). 60 Simcoe. Quebec artist Flemming’s kinetic installation, in which animated fishing rods try to catch a canoe, poses the question “Can machines fight for what they want?” Scotia Plaza Janet Biggs: The Arctic Trilogy (video). 40 King W.
Pascale Marthine Tayou’s sculpture Plastic Bags transforms everyday plastic trash into a large sculpture that comments on consumerism, migration and mobility, and more. The Brooklyn-based video artist follows a kayaker, coal miner and spelunker into extreme environments, where they get some assistance from performance artists. Simcoe Park Maggie Groat: Free Land (intervention). 240 Front W. Participants become stewards of soil dug from this small park that was once on the shoreline of Lake Ontario, raising questions about colonialism, resource extraction and the repurposing of land. 21 Jordan St John Notten: Shrine (sculpture). The Toronto Nuit Blanche regular constructs an alternative cathedral made of garbage bins, a space that’s symbolically unclean yet beautiful. Various locations Simon Frank: Burrman (performance). The Hamilton-based artist pays homage to the Scottish ritual of the Burryman by covering himself in hooked burdock seedpods and wandering through the financial district.
Independent Projects
Art Gallery of Ontario Diane Borsato: Your
Temper, My Weather (performance). 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. One hundred beekeepers suit up and meditate on good weather for the bees, attempting to transform environmental conditions with the power of mind. Arts & Letters Club Tabula Rasa (installation). 14 Elm. 416-597-0223. This performance about human interaction allows participants to converse with strangers. Artscape Wychwood Barns 601 Christie. 416-392-7834. • Blandford Gates: The Chess Set (installation). Inspired by a Victorian chess set, Gates has sculpted these warlike large-scale game pieces out of metal recycled from farms and garden equipment, kitchen utensils and thrift store finds. •Lawton Hall: This Place Is No Place (installation/performance). An intermedia installation uses digitally controlled vintage slide projectors and mechanical sounds to create a multi-sensory experience. Hall performs at 9 and 11 pm and 1 am to transform his set-up into a musical instrument. • Michael Jursic: Voices Of Fire (sculpture). For this kinetic sculpture, viewers sing into a karaoke machine to make the fire in a flame tube dance. •Sean Procyk: Soniferous Eyes (installation). Procyk gives new life to reclaimed post-consumer products to create an ongoing concert and light show. Bata Shoe Museum 327 Bloor W. 416-9797799. •(R)ed(U)x Lab: Light_Space (installation). Viewers reconfigure and help grow this installation of velcro-covered cubes that contain multicoloured LED lights. •(R)ed(U)x Lab: Ad Astra (installation). 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799. This interactive light installation encourages visitors to “reach for the stars” in a changing environment of illuminated spheres. •(R)ed(U)x Lab: RevitaLight (installation). 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799.
Motion sensors and other responsive technology encourage passersby to engage with an otherwise unused space. Bathurst and Fort York Lauren Poon and Abraham Galway: The Other Side Of The Gardiner (installation). Beneath Gardiner Expressway. Two architects transform a space under the contentious raised highway into an inviting and surreal landscape with light, snow and sound. Bell Trinity Square Agit P.O.V. (intervention). Bay and Trinity. Presented by Le Labo, the Agit P.O.V. collective combines a 7 LED circuit, an Arduino code, a battery mounted on a bike wheel and a cyclist to illuminate the street with a poetical-political message. Bulthaup 280 King E. 416-361-9005. •KRDW (Kristin Ross and Danielle Whitley): Spatial Construct (installation). Design collective KRDW explores the notion of temporarily constructed space. •Paulina Wiszowata: Art Objects (Ma Babies) Batch 3 (installation). . Wiszowata critiques the idea of herself as an artist by assembling ephemeral art made from the detritus of other artists’ work. CAMH Jennifer Willet: Eco Nuit Parade (performance). 1001 Queen W. The Ontario Science Centre, University of Windsor and bioartist Willet present a parade of phosphorescent performers costumed as nocturnal ecology, leaving CAMH every two hours starting at 9 pm. Canadian Music Centre LeuWebb Projects: A Touch Of Light (installation). 20 St Joseph. 416-961-6602. The Nuit Blanche regulars’ vintage signage marquee with 100 light bulbs provides a visual accompaniment to all-night live piano performances. Church of the Redeemer Robert Scott, Charles Rowland and Ferenc Szabo: Nothing Is Better (video/music/performance). 162 Bloor W. Negative Industries’ 25-minute repeated event is a surreal science musical documentary about the condition of man. Commerce Court Chris Chung: Mouvement Perpétuel (video). King and Bay. Filmmaker Chung explores the illusion of motion in cinema. Daniels Spectrum Dreaming The Luminous Numinous (installation). 585 Dundas E. 416392-1038.
Make music and witness performances and other events put on by ArtHeart, Regent Park School of Music and Film Festival, Native Earth Performing Arts, Collective of Black Artists and Centre for Social Innovation. David Crombie Park CORPUS, Jamii and others: Catwalkers (performance). Esplanade and Frederick. This unique catwalk show is designed and staged by artists ad community members in the Esplanade neighbourhood. David Pecaut Square Robin Tinney: The Trappings Of Power (sculpture). 55 John. Algonquin artist Tinney uses suspended animal traps to represent the government’s attempts to control and exterminate aboriginal people. Deaf Culture Centre Julia Lee Patterson: Identity In Place (sculpture). 34 Distillery Lane. 416-203-2294. Patterson’s sculptures tell stories about deaf identity, including those of Russian deaf children who died in a schoolhouse fire and deaf twins who planted redwoods in BC. Artist talks w/ ASL interpreter at 7:30, 9, 11 pm and 1 am. Dorsey/Holme Experience Apollonia Vanova: Tailes (sculpture). Digital Media Lab, 67 Portland. Exploring desire, repression and dreams, Vanova weaves bull whips into a structure that is both alluring and terrifying. Drake Hotel Alex McLeod: Postcards From The Future (installation). 1150 Queen W. 416531-5042. Interconnected installations on the facade and inside the hotel, which include music and performances, focus on themes of artists’ visions of the future. 480 University Sheilah Wilson: Flags Raised In Hope And Despair (performance). sheilahwilson.com. Ohio-based photography professor Wilson hoists personal messages about emotional states up a flagpole. 401 Richmond WEST 416-595-5900. • Karen Abel, Jessica Marion Barr and Gareth Bate: Indicator (installation). Three installations explore the concept of animal species – birds, bats and bees – whose decline warns us of environmental crisis. • Built For ART group show. 416-595-5900. Interactive and immersive projects using film, video, installation, performance and social sculpture take over all sorts of unconventional spaces in the arts building. • Open Studio Gallery Nui Blanc: Knock Off Merchandise Factory (installation). 416-5048238. Open Studio printmakers create counterfeit commemorative mementos of the evening. Four Seasons Hotel Kagame Murray: The Illusion Of Linear Time (sculpture). 60 Yorkville (outside front door). A sculpture made of 400 pounds of transparent plastic and 4,000 feet of fibre optic tails is meant as a mnemonic device for a theory about particle physics, time and reality. gallerywest Rowan Pantel: Paint By Number – A Saskatchewan Landscape (installation). 1172 Queen W. 416-913-7116. The Regina artist makes paint-by-numbers outlines of the geographic features of Saskatchewan with an interactive component. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art Shannon Litzenberger and Lorna Crozier: Everyday Marvels (performance). 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. Dance artist Litzenberger has choreographed 16 vignettes based on Crozier’s poetry about everyday objects, with a cast of 50 professional and community-based artists. continued on page 48 œ
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SPECIAL PROJECT H&M Chinedu Ukabam and Gabrielle Lasporte: The (Re)Generator Project (installation). 1 Dundas W. The artists combine batik and African patterns into a multimedia installation that explores the concept of ‘RE’ (-cycling, -mixing, -invention, etc). Viewers can upload their own inspirations into the installation using hashtags #regenerator2013, #HMRegeneration and #snbto.
NUIT TALKS THURSDAY (OCTOBER 3) ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Modernity: The Rise Of Modern Art. 317 Dundas W. 416-9796648. Off To A Flying Start curator Ami Barak discusses how work by Nuit Blanche artists Ai Weiwei, Michel de Broin and others celebrates the centenary of Marcel Duchamp’s bicycle wheel readymade. 7-11 pm (part of 1st Thursdays, $12-$15).
FRIDAY (OCTOBER 4) TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX Future: Science & Technology In Artistic Expression. 350 King W. 416599-8433. Claire Ironside, Max Dean and Charles Stankievech talk with TIFF artistic director Noah Cowan about integrating art and science. 12:30-2 pm.
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The thrill of the grill Guacamole, French toast, double-fried wings – Teppan Kenta gets outside the izakaya box TEPPAN KENTA (24 Wellesley West, at St Nicholas, 647345-0905, teppankenta.com) Complete dinners for $35 per person, including tax, tip and an imported beer. Average main $8. Open for dinner Tuesday to Sunday 5 pm to midnight. Closed Monday, holidays. Reservations accepted. Licensed. Access: barrier-free. Rating: NNN
Kenta Taniguchi makes no bones about his food philosophy. It’s hanging right there in the front window of his Teppan Kenta, written on a sign for all to see: “No teppan, no life.” So you’d be right to assume that almost everything on his month-old midtown izakaya’s carte gets cooked on an iron teppan griddle. And you wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Taniguchi managed the kitchen at the very similar Guu until recently. Like his former employer, he’s not afraid to push the fusion envelope. No one expects to see guacamole ($7.50) in a Japanese restaurant, but here it is, prepared tableside by a giggly server to boot. So what if the avocado’s not as fresh as it could be and the corn chips
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that come with it taste like they’re straight out of a bag? The double-fried chicken wings splashed with mirin and lemon juice ($6.50 for four) make a better initial impression. Blood-red slices of barely seared Angus strip loin ($10) benefit from a brushing of sweet sauce and pinches of fiery wasabi and sea salt. Part pizza and part pancake, the Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki omelette shows up layered with sizable shrimp, unusually tender squid, grilled pork belly, chewy chow mein and a handful of fishy dried bonito flakes that literally dance on the surface ($15). You’ll appreciate the dish called ebi cheese ($7.50) more if you think of it as a study in visual and textural contrasts instead of home fries, fava beans and more of those toothsome shrimp in molten mozzarella. And who could have guessed that something listed as “pickled spicy fish innards with potato pizza (chan-pote, $6)” would prove one of the tastiest things on the card? Think cheesy scalloped potatoes with nary a trace of fish guts.
At Teppan Kenta, owner/chef Kenta Taniguchi preps and serves up okonomiyaki; French toast makes for an unusual dessert.
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There’s also a secret menu posted daily on Teppan Kenta’s Facebook page. Not really in the mood for pork intestine hot pot ($15), we opt instead for the sliced duck breast dressed with balsamic vinegar ($7.50), only to be told there’ll be a 30-minute wait. Not a problem, since we’re still working our way through the okonomiyaki, but when it comes, stone cold as advertised, we have to wonder why the delay. Were they waiting for it to cool down? All is forgiven with the arrival of Taniguchi’s idiosyncratic take on French toast ($5), four small slices of eggy griddled baguette sided with a scoop of generic vanilla ice cream and a pitcher of wild honey. Maybe it’s not the most traditional of desserts, but – like the bare-bones room, the quirky service and the obscure location around the back of a condo – that’s Teppan Kenta’s point. 3 stevend@nowtoronto.com |@stevendaveynow
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10 Temperance, at Yonge, 647-348-7000, thechasetoronto.com, @thechaseTO. Sustainable fish ’n’ chips and expenseaccountburgers across from the Adelaide Centre till midnight.
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150 York, at Adelaide W, 416-3636150, drakeonefifty.ca, @thedrakehotel. The boutique hotel brings the west-side vibe to the financial district till 2 am.
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30 Yonge, at Front, 416-546-1062, obika. ca, @ObikaToronto. Upscale pizza and pasta using DOP mozzarella in the spectacular BCE atrium till midnight. 253 Yonge, at Dundas Sq, 416-366-3600, paramountfinefoods.com, @ParamountFoods. Middle Eastern mezes and falafel platters across from the Eaton Centre till midnight. 57 Adelaide E, at Toronto, 416-203-3093; 720 Queen W, at Claremont, 416-5040320, terroni.ca, @terronito. First-rate pizzas and pastas in a historic setting till 11 pm.
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463 Queen W, at Cameron, 647-7488108, theburgerspriest.com, @burgerspriest. The holy grail of hamburgers till 10:30 pm.
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542 Queen W, at Bathurst, 416-504-4239, bovinesexclub.com, @bovinesexclub.
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314 Queen W, at Peter, 416-263-0330, cubetoronto.com, @cubenightclub.
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Rhum ’un The Black Hoof’s J ennifer Agg famously avoids the media spotlight, so it’s no surprise that her and partner Roland Jean’s Rhum Corner (926 Dundas West, at Bellwoods, 647-346-9356, rhumcorner.com) launched quietly in the old Raw Bar last Sunday, September 29, to little fanfare. The late-night spot promises Haitian-style grub like salt cod fritters, slow-roasted griot pork and rum by the bucketful in a place that looks like a Miami rec room circa 1958. SD And, no, they don’t take reservations.
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To get the most out of the art and the crowds, you need the best gear By ALEXANDER JOO
For your drink break in the park, let others supply the alcohol while you provide the music. The totally portable Beats by Dre Beatbox Portable Wireless S peaker connects via Bluetooth, so everyone with a musicloaded smartphone, tablet or laptop gets a turn at playing DJ. $399.95, from Bay Bloor Radio, baybloorradio.com
If you use your smartphone’s feeble camera at night, you risk blurry shots. The Pentax Optio WG-3 is a near-indestructible “real” camera capable of taking low-light photos, and its wide-angle lens captures as much of the scene as possible. $249.99 from Henry’s, henrys.com
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Leave your pricey phone in your pocket and check the time like your granddad did – on your wrist, and drunk. The Casio G-Shock Carbon Fiber Limited Edition shock-proof watch withstands beer spills, freak October temperatures and fist-fights with cabbies trying to charge off-meter at 6 am. $225 from WatchIt, watchit.ca
The GoPro Hero3 WiFi camera is smaller, lighter and therefore more wearable, capturing HD video and photos from strange angles. Use the embedded WiFi to stream the shots to a tablet or smartphone in real time so your friends can also see what the back of a police cruiser looks like. $369.99 from Henry’s, henrys.com
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While traipsing through the whimsical art exhibits, create your own soundtrack with Vestax HMX-05 supple headphones made for audiophiles who want substance with their style. $129 from Moog Audio, moogaudio.com
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Use the Power-Pond 12000 mAh Powerbank ultra-highcapacity back-up battery to keep your and your friends’ devices charged all night long. In the future, electricity will be the new currency, so practise tonight by swapping amps for slugs of whisky. $99.99 from Future Shop, futureshop.ca
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When you’re addicted to the planet By ADRIA VASIL
WATER BELONGS TO EVERYONE
If we keep H2O pristine and public, it will teach us how to live, says Maude Barlow
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Water, water everywhere, but will any of it be fit or free to drink? Not at this rate, warns renowned AND Canadian water warrior Maude Barlow in Blue Future, the final book of her Blue trilogy. The “unrepentant Canadian,” chair of the ass-kicking Council of Canadians since 1988, has been a proud thorn in the government’s side. Two years ago, she was arrested for civil disobedience protesting the Keystone Pipeline, and earlier this year she returned her Diamond Jubilee medal to the governor general in a show of support for Idle No More. Named the UN’s first adviser on water issues in 2008, Barlow was instrumental in the UN General Assembly’s historic 2010 move to recognize water as a human right. Three years later she cautions that, despite the rise in water consciousness, the stage is being set for unprecedented global drought, mass starvation and millions of water refugees. In Blue Future, Barlow catalogues a vast array of H20 abuses due to fracking, tar sands extraction, biofuels, mining, austerity measures and privatization. But she still believes the story doesn’t have to end in tragedy. Ecoholic talks to Barlow about the massive rethink needed to save the source of all life.
What do you think is the fundamental problem in our approach to water? We need a new water ethic, making it a human right and a public trust; we need to [respect] that it has rights, and to understand it will teach us how to live with one another. If we allow water to be put on the open market like oil and gas, we’re going to see millions more people die.
How can we hold the Harper government to account? This government doesn’t recognize the legal obligations it has, and has dismantled all the rules and tools protecting freshwater: gutting the Fisheries Act and the Navigable Waters Protection Act, which means 99 per cent of our lakes and rivers are now unprotected from fracked or tar sands oil carried by pipelines. We are hoping the next step will be that First Nations use the UN resolution in their fight for clean water.
Can you talk about trends in privatization? Water is now being bought and sold as private property. It’s not just the privatization of water services but the privatization of the actual ownership of water. The worst is in Chile, where they’ve privatized water absolutely everywhere and auction if off. Canadian mining companies come to Chile and outbid local and
nature notes HEAD IN THE TAR SANDS When the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its fifth summary report on climate research confirming the direst of warnings for a warming planet, Enviro Minister Leona Aglukkaq thought she’d lighten the mood with a little humour.
Canada, she said, is already “playing a leadership role in addressing climate change.” Or maybe she was highlighting the prime minister’s hard work in New York City the day before the IPCC report came out, when he said he won’t take no for answer on Keystone. He’s showing leadership all right —
indigenous communities and farmers for these rights. Also, the World Bank in the Global South and austerity programs in Europe are promoting public-private partnerships (P3s). Here in Canada, the Harper government has said that if municipalities want funding for water services, they have to go P3. There was a referendum (September 25) on a P3 for a waste water treatment plant in Regina. We lost that vote. It’s going to blow up right across the country, one city after another. Hamilton tried privatization and has gone back to a public system, as have municipalities around the world. Privatization has failed so badly. Private companies have to deliver services but also at least 15 per cent profit for their investors. To do that they lay off workers, cut corners or raise the water rates. Forty municipalities in France alone, including Paris, have taken water back from private companies. Only in Canada are we setting out to do something that has been proven a mistake in so many other places.
Why should Canadians be worried about the Canada-Europe trade agreement? If we sign this, the two biggest water service [companies] in the world, Veolia and Suez, will be allowed to sue for millions of dollars in compensation if a municipality decides to go back to public water. The agreement is a noose around public water services.
Why don’t you support water metres on homes to encourage conservation? I prefer taxation. This is a poor environment politically to ask for more taxes, so I think we need to shift the burden from families and small business, and charge licence fees to big commercial users. That does not mean any commercial user can access water if they pay. I oppose bottled water takings. In Ontario, users only pay $3.71 for a million litres; the public is subsidizing their profits. We have to fiercely manage water systems and care for them, and that can only be done under public and democratic control.
How can water teach us to live together? We see conflict within and between countries over dwindling water supplies. I want people to think like the characters in those Hollywood movies when a comet’s coming. Suddenly, all the differences between people don’t mean anything, because it’s all going to be gone. There is a comet coming at us – it’s called the global water crisis, and we’re going to have to say, “I’ll give up an interest here for a larger good there; I’ll forgive an ancient hatred because we both have to survive on this watershed.” Water can be nature’s gift to teach us how to live with one another. It’s a peacemaking tool.
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TRAIL MIX: THE BIG CHEW ON ENERGY BARS Stashing snack bars for Nuit Blanche or a fall hike? Make sure you fuel up without biting into your green karma. POWERBAR I’ll admit I used to keep a stash of rubbery PowerBars in my backpack to gnaw on while jog-walking between classes back in the 90s. But no longer. They’re definitely not GMO-free (heavy in soy and canola), and these guys are actually owned by international water bottle villain Nestlé. That’s reason enough to stay away. $2.50/56 grams SCORE: N
LÄRABAR This raw, soy-free fruit and nut energy bar is damn tasty, but while it’s advertised as GMO-free, its parent company, General Mills, funnelled $1.2 million into the GMO anti-labelling fight in California. Hence the Organic Consumers Association’s call for a boycott. It ain’t organic either, and for its size and price it could be. For a similar taste, but organic, you’re better off with organic Raw Revolution. $1.95/51 gm SCORE: NN
CLIF/LUNA BARS Both are owned by the same peeps, and both are loaded with 70 per cent organic ingredients, but their main protein source – soy crisps – is made with soy protein isolate. It’s GMO-free but not organic, and controversial processed soy isolate is linked inconclusively to several health concerns. I’d like to see these two stick to chocolate from fair trade organic sources. Lobbied in favour of GMO labelling. Clif $1.99/68 gm; Luna $1.99/48gm SCORE: NNN
TASTE OF NATURE This one’s basically a twist on a granola bar, giving you energy the old-fashioned way with roasted nuts and dried fruit, then mixing in a little agave and brown rice crisps. These Toronto-made bars are now 100 per cent certified organic, and a few Canadian ingredients like Ontario maple syrup and Quebec cranberries get folded in. $1.99/40gm SCORE: NNNN
RAW-MORE SUPERFOOD PALEO BAR just in the wrong direction. HORMONES IN WATERWAYS New research published in Nature has found that hormones used by the beef industry may be coming back from the dead in lakes and rivers. A growth-promoting
steroid approved for Canadian cattle has long been assumed to break down in sunlight. But researchers discovered that the endocrine-disrupting by-products of the hormone actually rebound at night. Call it the zombie prime rib effect.
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alt health
Beating the bad day blues
Self-esteem tanking? Check your thoughts and pick red By elizabeth bromstein Sometimes we have bad days. That’s when we’re suddenly attacked by memories of every stupid or terrible thing we’ve ever done. We look in the mirror and feel ugly and imperfect, and head into that low
self-esteem rut where all we want to do is watch reruns of The Big Bang Theory, eat fried food and drink whisky. But lying around bemoaning how much we suck is no way to go through
life. Do we worry too much about what we think of ourselves? My money is on yes. Getting over ourselves is probably the number-one way to conquer a negative self-concept.
What the experts say “A good way to build your sense of worthiness is to make a list of everything you’re good at. Then ask a bunch of kind and loving people in your life what they think you’re good at. Reflect on how many of these behaviours and qualities are similar to those of people you think very highly of. Now you have placed yourself in very good company. Start treating yourself as well as you think any of these people deserve to be treated.’’ JESSICA JENKINS, life coach, Toronto “Stimulate your senses with vibrant autumn colours to nourish your selfesteem if you’re feeling a little grey with the end of summer. Simply surrender into fall colours and indulge in tantalizing shades of red, orange and lemon swirled into shades of green landscapes and turquoise and aqua
blue waters. You can wear these colours, eat them or use coloured lighting at home and in the office.” JULIANNE BIEN, developer of Lumalight Colour & Geometry System, Spectrahue, Toronto “When you’re experiencing low selfesteem, the culprit is always your own thoughts. You are giving yourself negative messages like “I should be better than I am” or “there’s nothing special about me.” Although you probably believe these painful thoughts with all your heart, they are, in fact, distorted and illogical. You’re telling yourself things that aren’t true. Depression is the world’s oldest con. You’re involved in all-ornothing thinking, mental filtering, discounting the positive, emotional reasoning, “should” statements and
astrology freewill
by Rob Brezsny
Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 Are you good at
haggling? Do you maybe even enjoy the challenge of negotiating for a better price, of angling for a fairer deal? The coming week will be a favourable time to make extensive use of this skill. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will thrive on having friendly arguments with just about everyone, from your buddies to your significant other to your mommy to God Herself. Everywhere you go, I encourage you to engage in lively discussions as you hammer out compromises that will serve you well. Be cheerful and adaptable and forceful.
Taurus Apr 20 | May 20 In David Markson’s experimental novel Wittgenstein’s Mistress, the protagonist fantasizes about the winter she lived at the Louvre Museum in Paris. She says that to keep warm she made big fires and burned some of the museum’s precious artifacts. I’m hoping you won’t do anything remotely resembling that in the coming week, Taurus. I understand that you may be going through a cold spell – a time when you’re longing for more heat and light. But I beg you not to sacrifice enduring beauty in order to ameliorate your temporary discomfort. This, too, shall pass. Gemini May 21 | Jun 20 “Don’t say you want love,” writes San Francisco author Stephen Sparks. “Say you want the morning light through a paint-flecked window; say you want a gust of wind scraping leaves along the pavement and hills 56
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rolling toward the sea; say you want to notice, in a tree you walk past every day, the ruins of a nest exposed as the leaves fall away; a slow afternoon of conversation in a shadowy bar; the smell of bread baking.” That’s exactly the oracle I want to give you, Gemini. In my opinion, you can’t afford to be generic or blank in your requests for love. You must be highly specific. You’ve got to ask for the exact feelings and experiences that will boost the intensity of your lust for life. (Here’s Sparks’ Tumblr page: invisiblestories. tumblr.com.)
Cancer Jun 21 | Jul 22 “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are stronger in the broken places,” wrote Cancerian writer Ernest Hemingway. By my estimation, my fellow Crabs, we are now entering a phase of our astrological cycle when we can make dramatic progress in healing the broken places in ourselves. But even better than that: As we deal dynamically with the touchy issues that caused our wounds, we will become stronger than we were before we got broken. Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 Let’s hope you have given deep thought to understanding who you are at this moment of your life. Let’s also hope you have developed a clear vision of the person you would like to become in, say, three years. How do you feel about the gap between the current YOU and the future YOU? Does it oppress you? Does it motivate you? Maybe a little of both? I’ll offer you the perspective of actress Tracee Ellis Ross. “I
self-blame, to name just a few cognitive distortions. Here’s the good news: when you change the way you think, you change the way you feel.” DAVID BURNS, author, Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, Stanford, California “This issue is not just about having confidence in yourself or putting a smile on your face. It goes back to our childhood and things people have said to us that end up forming dysfunctional thoughts, usually negative, we tell ourselves over and over. It’s important to find out what those thoughts are and flip them around, focusing on positive ones. ‘I’m a charming individual, I have a great job and I have my life put together.’ Focus on three key points that you like about yourself and repeat those
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am learning every day,” she told Uptown Magazine, “to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.”
Virgo Aug 23 | Sep 22 Do the words
“purity” and “purify” have any useful purpose? Or have they been so twisted by religious fundamentalists and mocked by decadent cynics that they’re mostly just farcical? I propose that you take them seriously in the coming week. Give them your own spin. For instance, you could decide to purify yourself of petty attitudes and trivial desires that aren’t in alignment with your highest values. You might purify yourself of selfdeceptions that have gotten you into trouble and purify yourself of resentments that have blocked your creative energy. At the very least, Virgo, cleanse your body with extra-healthy food, good sleep, massage, exercise and sacred sex.
Libra Sep 23 | Oct 22 I periodically hike alone into the serene hills north of San Francisco and perform a set of my songs for the birds, insects, squirrels and trees. Recently I discovered that British comedian Milton Jones tried a similar experiment. He did his stand-up act for a herd of cows on a farm in Hertfordshire. I can’t speak for Jones’s motivations, but one of the reasons I do my nature shows is because they bring out my wild, innocent, generous spirit. Now is a good time for you to do something similar for yourself, Libra. What adventures can you undertake that will fully activate your wild, innocent, generous spirit?
as often as you can.” KIMBERLY MOFFITT, psychotherapist and relationship counsellor, Toronto “Talk to yourself in a nurturing voice. ‘I understand that you are having a difficult day’ or ‘I’m sorry you are having such a difficult time.’ Don’t force yourself to ‘be happy.’ Acknowledge that you are having a difficult time and allow yourself to feel angry, sad, afraid, etc. Self-soothe with a massage or a warm bath. Talk to a friend who knows you well and is likely to remind you how great you are!” BEVERLY ENGEL, psychotherapist, author, The Emotionally Abusive Relationship, Los Alamos, California
race prejudice. There is little evidence to support any of these claimed consequences. There are also claims about causes of low self-esteem that have no foundation in fact, including being female and belonging to a disadvantaged social group. But low self-esteem is associated with risk of teenage pregnancy, eating disorders and suicide risk. It is also a myth that there is an easy road to achieving high selfesteem. As Roy Baumeister has observed, we would be better off being less preoccupied with our self-esteem than with being nicer people.” NICHOLAS EMLER, professor of social psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
“Self-esteem has been blamed for juvenile crime, drug and alcohol abuse, educational underachievement and
Got a question?
Scorpio Oct 23 | Nov 21 Are you anxious
to do something similar: take an inventory of the beauty and love and power you have sought to escape and may still be trying to avoid. You’re finally ready to stop running and embrace at least some of that good stuff.
and agitated, afraid that you’re careening out of control? Is there a flustered voice in your head moaning, “Stop the insanity!”? Well, relax, dear Scorpio. I promise you that you no longer have to worry about going cray-cray. Why? Because you have already gone cray-cray, my friend. That is correct. You slipped over the threshold a few days ago and have been living in Bonkersville ever since. And since you are obviously still alive and functioning, I think it’s obvious that the danger has passed. Here’s the new truth: if you surrender to the uproar, if you let it teach you all it has to teach you, you will find a lively and intriguing kind of peace.
Sagittarius Nov 22 | Dec 21 To give
you the oracle that best matches your current astrological omens, I’ve borrowed from Sweetness, a poem by Stephen Dunn. I urge you to memorize it or write it on a piece of paper that you will carry around with you everywhere you go. Say Dunn’s words as if they were your own: “Often a sweetness comes / as if on loan, stays just long enough // to make sense of what it means to be alive, / then returns to its dark / source. As for me, I don’t care // where it’s been, or what bitter road / it’s traveled / to come so far, to taste so good.”
Capricorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 In her book Teaching A Stone To Talk, Annie Dillard apologizes to God and Santa Claus and a nice but eccentric older woman named Miss White, whom she knew as a child. “I am sorry I ran from you,” she writes to them. “I am still running from that knowledge, that eye, that love from which there is no refuge. For you meant only love, and love, and I felt only fear, and pain.” Judging from your current astrological omens, Capricorn, I’d say that now would be a good time for you
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Aquarius Jan 20 | Feb 18 The Dragon
Lives Again is a 1977 film that tells the story of martial arts legend Bruce Lee fighting bad guys in the underworld. Among the villains he defeats are Dracula, James Bond, the Godfather, Clint Eastwood and the Exorcist. I urge you to use this as inspiration, Aquarius. Create an imaginary movie in your mind’s eye. You’re the hero, of course. Give yourself a few superpowers and assemble a cast of scoundrels from your past – anyone who has done you wrong. Then watch the epic tale unfold as you do with them what Bruce Lee did to Dracula and company. Yes, it’s only pretend. But you may be surprised at how much this helps you put your past behind you. Think of it as a purgative meditation that will free you to move in the direction of the best possible future.
Pisces Feb 19| Mar 20 After studying the myths and stories of many cultures throughout history, Joseph Campbell arrived at a few conclusions about the nature of the human quest. Here’s one that’s apropos for you right now: “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” He came up with several variations on this idea, including this one: “The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for.” I urge you to consider making this your operative hypothesis for the coming weeks, Pisces. Homework: Name 10 personal possessions that you’d put in a time capsule to be dug up by your descendants in 500 years. Testify at Freewillastrology.com.
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AND PAPER BEAT ñ SCISSORS at the Piston, Tues-
day, September 24. Rating: NNNN Michael Feuerstack’s intimate, folky show was lots of fun, the Montrealbased singer/songwriter poking fun at the “hippie lyrics” in some of his new songs and bantering with tourmate Tim Crabtree, aka Paper Beat Scissors. The two have great musical rapport, too: Feuerstack guested on lap steel and backup vocals during Crabtree’s opening set, and Crabtree returned the favour on clarinet, electric guitar and vocals during Feuerstack’s. Fingerpicking gently on a bright red Rickenbacker, Crabtree used two vocal mics – one much cleaner than the other – to vary the sound and intensity. His songs often start out mellow and incantatory before jumping up five notches, and Crabtree pulled this off without sounding contrived. For his part, Feuerstack demonstrated that he’s an original songwriter and a captivating guitarist. He got Jenny Berkel up to sing on Leave Me Alone, but the biggest surprise came during the encore: Feuer-
stack was struggling to remember some of the words for the Snailhouse song Tone Deaf Birds, so an audience member got onstage and performed an impromptu duet with him. SARAH GREENE
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Rating: NNNN Welland’s Daniel Romano makes music in the style of George Jones, has a voice like Willie Nelson’s (only deeper) and wears gaudy rhinestone suits. In the incongruous setting of the ultramodern Enwave Theatre, he proved that 60s and 70s purist country has an enthusiastic base in modern-day T.O. As his most recent album title, Come Cry With Me, suggests, most of Romano’s tunes are sad, but there’s something in his voice and delivery that prevents full-tilt sorrow. Even the gloomiest ditties – is there a dumpee on earth who can’t relate to A New Love (Can Be Found)? – have silver linings. Clever, brighter fare peppered the set, and Romano wasn’t afraid to take
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the piss out of himself. “Here’s another song that sounds a lot like the one we just played,” he said. His tight backing band, the Trilliums, dramatically moved from forte to piano and back, as if guided by a conductor’s wand. A brief acoustic interlude was a welcome change of pace, and surprise duets brought down the house. On Time Forgot (To Change My Heart), Gord Downie’s ragged voice was an effective counterpoint to Romano’s. Later, Sarah Harmer’s technique-perfect singing quieted the foot-tapping audience to pin-drop attention. JULIA LECONTE
JENNY HVAL at the Rivoli, Friday, September 27. Rating: NNN
A small crowd came out to the Rivoli for this stop on Jenny Hval’s first North American tour, and the under-theradar Oslo-based multidisciplinary artist immediately set to work challenging us with her avant-garde experimentalism. Her high voice is beautiful and striking, and she uses it for so much more than just delivering pretty melodies. It pummels us with surreal, seemingly
stream-of-conscious lyrics, and grows into pained yelps and banshee yodels. Beneath the wild vocals, the music drones and pulsates, expands and contracts. It would be fairly inert save for the inventive accompaniment of Hval’s two bandmates, a drummer who finds seriously interesting ways to play his cymbals and a guitarist who sometimes uses a bow and can make his chords shimmer and cascade. The set list drew heavily from Hval’s recent Innocence Is Kinky, a provocative album with frank lyrics about sex and gender. It draws you in and then repels you, a cyclical dynamic that was also at work at the Rivoli. Despite Hval’s warm and friendly banter, a sort of stunned silence arose between songs, and some people left partway CARLA GILLIS through.
WAVVES, KING TUFF AND JACUZZI BOYS at the Opera House, Sunday, September 29. Rating: NNN Sunday’s garage-themed throwdown began when a smattering of young hipsters showed up early for the remarkably tight Jacuzzi Boys. Held
afloat by drummer Diego Monasterios’s precise timing, the Miami threesome channelled their inner Stooges for a punchy set. Looking like left-for-dead burnouts in stars-and-stripes headbands and studded vests, King Tuff and his band carried a large banner onstage bearing his name and likeness. And judging by the size of his smile, he’d gladly welcome all his followers inside his chariot (presumably a 78 Camaro). Touring the near sublime album Was Dead, Tuff displayed a genuine lack of ego throughout his thoroughly enjoyable scuzz-pop set, complete with pitchperfect guitar solos. Frontman Nathan Williams was polished throughout Wavves’ streamlined, efficient set. Even fans’ constant theatrical attempts at stage-diving didn’t faze him. Sipping wine, he sounded like a paternal figure to his young fans, a stark contrast to past tours. “If I see one more person try to take a picture onstage, I’m gonna throw that camera into the back of this place,” he said, mock-scoldingly. JOSHUA KLOKE Kids these days.
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The hip-hop stars align this week when four rappers representing four American cities make stops at two of downtown’s finest venues. Can’t decide which show to see? Here’s a tipsheet. You may just go to both.
T.O. MUSIC NOTES BAHAMAS BACKUP
Fans of Toronto’s Afie Jurvanen, aka Bahamas, might be aware that the retroloving soft-rocker shares a label, Brushfire, with Jack Johnson. Both acts recently finished touring America and Europe together, and last week they joined forces on the Comedy Network’s The Colbert Report. Jurvanen and Bahamas singers Carleigh Aikins and Tamara Lindeman (filling in for Felicity Williams) provided gentle backup, while Johnson and his band performed Don’t Believe A Thing I Say. “It was pretty serendipitous and awesome,” Lindeman tells us. This might be a good time to mention that her own impressive folk project, The Weather Station, has a new album out soon.
LANOIS POP-UP
Roncesvalles coffee shop and restaurant the Belljar Café kicked off its new music series in a big way last Thursday, September 26. Superstar musician/ producer/U2’s go-to guy Daniel Lanois, who has a recording studio nearby, dropped in to sing a few songs and to present Rocco DeLuca, a California singer/songwriter whose album Lanois is mixing. Only about 30 people got into the small quarters, and Lanois allegedly requested a lifetime of carrot cake and coffee as payment. Video evidence is on YouTube.
J. COLE Fayetteville
WALE Washington
Given name Jermaine Cole Given name Olubowale Victor Akintimehin Current record Born Sinner (June, Roc Nation/ColumCurrent record The Gifted (June, Atlantic/Maybach). bia). After letting some fans (including Nas) It may have received so-so reviews, but Wale’s down with his debut full-length, Cole got bars, as evidenced by a stellar mixtape World: The Sideline Story (2011), he came collection and two previous full releases. J. COLE & WALE back fierce with a self-produced, slightly Team Ross. Wale has been signed to Rick play Massey Hall on angry follow-up, intent on proving his Ross’s Maybach Music Group since 2011. Tuesday and Wednesday T.O. Notes No one can forget the hilariplace among hip-hop’s elite. (Nas ap(October 8 and 9), 8 pm. ous beef with Toronto Raptors announproved.) $49.50-$69.50. RTH. Team Jay. After hearing Cole’s 2007 cer Matt Devlin that started at a Raps/ debut mixtape, The Come Up, Jay Z Washington Wizards game earlier this signed the emcee (by then based in New year. (Of Wale, Devlin said, “He’s no Drake.”) York) to Roc Nation. No hard feelings with Drizzy, though; Wale T.O. Notes Cole is no stranger to the Dot. He played opened at this year’s OVO Fest (like, his name was a very intimate (and sweaty) Dollar And A Dream show on the actual poster). The DC rapper has also duetted at 99 Sudbury in June and joined Drake onstage for with our very own K’naan on not one, but two excelOVO Fest in August. lent tunes, Um Ricka and TV In The Radio.
KID CUDI Cleveland
BIG SEAN Detroit
Given name Scott Mescudi Given name Sean Michael Anderson Current record Indicud (April, Wicked Awesome/ Current record Hall Of Fame (August, GOOD/Def GOOD/Republic). Kid Cudi’s third full-length is his Jam). Even though the most talked-about hip-hop best yet, building on the dance-rap-rock fusion song of the year, Control, didn’t make the alhe created with 2009’s Man On The Moon bum, Big Sean still made waves with his and 2010’s Man On The Moon II. Its hooks second release. Collaborations with redKID CUDI & BIG SEAN are indelible, and the blistering psychehot artists like Miguel and Jhené Aiko, a play the ACC with Logic delic production makes you wonder video starring Miley Cyrus – Sean tonight (Thursday, what the Ohio-born, L.A.-based musicouldn’t be more on trend. October 3). Doors 6:30 cian was using for, um, inspiration. Team Ye. In 2005 Sean waited outside a pm, all ages. $39.50Team Ye. Despite Cudi’s recent split radio station to freestyle for Kanye and 69.50. ACC, LN. from Kanye West’s GOOD Music imprint give him his demo. Sean was still a teen(West signed him in 2008), the two are forager when he signed with Kanye in 2007. ever linked, having collabed on numerous proThey’re now recording-studio BFFs: Sean is all jects, including last summer’s Cruel Summer short film over Kanye’s Cruel Summer compilation album and and compilation album. even features on mega-singles Mercy.1 and Clique. T.O. Notes You mean, other than his 2008 Day ’N’ Nite T.O. Notes Sean and Drake were everywhere together being the most-played track in Toronto clubs that this summer: Sean was the first surprise guest at OVO year? The Kid’s played the ACC before (with Lady Gaga Fest, he was on Drake’s track All Me from new album in 2009 – he was the headliner!), as well as smaller Nothing Was The Same, and the two linked up to surJULIA LECONTE gigs with local remix masters Keys N Krates. prise Kylie Jenner at her 16th birthday.
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Melodic young roots rockers Great Bloomers are throwing in the towel after six years and two full-length albums. “We all just feel that the time is right,” they wrote on their Facebook page, adding that all five members plan to continue pursuing music as a “life path.” You’ll have one more chance to say goodbye when they bring their high-spirited, densely layered tunes to the Horseshoe on November 16.
ROCK THE LINE
It’s a busy week for live music, but don’t sleep on Rock The Line, a free concert aiming to raise awareness about the risks of the Enbridge Line 9 tar sands pipeline plan. Eco-conscious musicians Sarah Harmer, Gord Downie with the Sadies, Hayden and Minotaurs are all set to perform at Mel Lastman Square (5100 Yonge) on Sunday (October 6). Opening remarks by elder Garry Sault of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation begin at 2 pm.
BALLER DRAKE The biggest news of Monday, September 30’s Air Canada Centre press conference was not that Toronto would host the 2016 NBA All-Star Game. (Big news!) Instead, all eyes were on Drake (perched in a blue suit beside Mayor Rob Ford), who was named an official Toronto Raptors global ambassador. The partnership will see Drake working with the team to develop and create a rebranding strategy complete with clothing line as well as providing input on key decision-making vis à vis the Raptors’ image in the future. “I travel the world performing, and everywhere I go I preach the gospel that is Toronto. I love this city with all my heart, and I just want to let you know that I’m extremely excited to finally be a part of a team that I grew up as a fan of, a diehard fan of,” he said. We couldn’t agree more.
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KOERNER HALL FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT SEASON Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin THURS., OCT. 17, 2013 8PM KOERNER HALL Acclaimed songwriters, multiple Grammy award winners, and long-time friends share the stage as an intimate duo. Mary Chapin Carpenter performs songs such as “Passionate Kisses,” “Stones in the Road,” and other hits. Shawn Colvin is known for her “extraordinary songs, mesmerizing guitar playing, and a voice that goes effortlessly from bruise-tender to scar hard in a matter of minutes.” (Guardian)
Joe Sealy with Jackie Richardson, Arlene Duncan, and Ranee Lee SAT., OCT. 19, 2013 8PM KOERNER HALL Jazz pianist and JAZZ.FM91 radio host Joe Sealy is joined by three of Canada’s finest jazz vocalists and an all-star band to kick off a celebration of Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan.
David Broza and Yemen Blues
Chris Thile FRI., OCT. 25, 2013 8PM KOERNER HALL Chris Thile, “the mandolinist who first won awards as part of the Grammy-winning trio Nickel Creek is [2012]’s youngest MacArthur genius.” (Huffington Post) His recordings continue to cross genres, including a recent album with Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Stuart Duncan. Thile will perform works from his new Bach recording as well as his own compositions.
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Vusi Mahlasela Fredericks Brown featuring Deva Mahal WED., OCT. 30, 2013 8PM KOERNER HALL “One of the enduring figures in American blues,” (Rolling Stone) Taj Mahal shares the stage with South African legend Vusi Mahlasela, and Fredericks Brown with Taj's daughter Deva Mahal. Presented in association with Batuki Music and Small World Music.
SAT., OCT. 26, 2013 8PM KOERNER HALL Soulful singer, songwriter, and guitarist David Broza is often referred to as the “Israeli Springsteen.” Yemen Blues’ original music mixes of Yemen and West Africa influences with contemporary grooves from funk to mambo and the deep soul of old chants. Presented in association with Ashkenaz Festival.
Vesuvius Ensemble and The Sicilian Jazz Project SAT., NOV. 2, 2013 8PM KOERNER HALL Travel south to Naples and Modica with the Vesuvius Ensemble and The Sicilian Jazz Project for an evening of traditional Italian music and Mediterranean jazz. This evening’s music is delivered with southern Italian panache care of tenor Francesco Pellegrino, guitarist Michael Occhipinti, bassist Roberto Occhipinti, singer Dominic Mancuso, and other musicians.
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Kid Cudi, Big Sean, Logic Air Canada Centre (40 Bay), tonight (Thursday, October 3) See preview, page 58. Nine Inch Nails, Explosions in the Sky, TEnsion 2013 Air Canada Centre (40 Bay), Friday (October 4) Industrial music hit-makers reunite. Our Founders, Heartbeat hotel, Bad Channels The Piston (937 Bloor West), tonight (Thursday, October 3) Dream pop LP release via Wavelength. Obits, Heavy Times, Practice Wife Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Friday (October 4) Former Hot Snakes/Drive Like Jehu garage punks.
Atlas Genius, Family of the Year, Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr Danforth Music Hall (Danforth), Friday (October 4) Aussie indie pop duo. The Souljazz Orchestra, DJ Jason Palma The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Friday (October 4) Ottawa polyrhythmic funk unit. Cyril Hahn, Ryan Hemsworth, Henry Krinkle The Hoxton (69 Bathurst), Friday (October 4) Remix boy wonders. San Fermin Drake Hotel (1150 Queen West), Friday (October 4) Chamber pop group with three singers.
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Sixteen-year-old Ella Yelich-O’Connor, aka Lorde, doesn’t sing about boys all the time, or partying. The New Zealand teen doesn’t twerk. You won’t find the word “molly” in her lyrics. Her videos zero in on the more mundane aspects of teenagedom. She doesn’t do press, at least not at the moment, and she tightly controls her image. Best, she calls herself a feminist. The songwriter’s music, meanwhile, has the deep-bass, anthemic earmarks of contemporary radio pop. Her vibrant voice sparkles. Lead single Royals, from debut album Pure Heroine, is everywhere. Recently it topped Billboard’s alternative charts, making her the first female artist to do so in 17 years. Keep rockin’ our world, Lorde. Sunday (October 6) at the Danforth Music Hall (147 Danforth), 7 pm. $20-$25. RT, SS, TW.
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pm, $8, all ages. CB, FB, SS. October 10. Greg MacPherson Magpie Taproom. October 11. Alpine, Basic Vacation Drake Hotel doors 7 pm, $13.50. LN, RT, SS. October 11.
Solitair, New Breed MC, Mic Gutz, Divo, Jay Deala, the Mighty Rhino, DJ Law, G5CU
Big Ticket Velvet Underground 10:30 pm, $10. October 11. Eddie & Quincy Bullen Father & Son: Duelling Pianos Daniels Spectrum Ada Slaight Hall 4:30 and 7 pm, $35, youth $15. BP. bullen.brownpapertickets.com. October 12.
Geraldine Eguiluz, Alexandra Spence, Paul Newman, Stéphane Diamantakiou, Ambrose Pottie, Odredeck, SOAR Audiopollination 11.1 Array Space 8 pm, $10. October 15.
Michael Fischer, Marcos Baggiani, Joe Sorbara, Ken Aldcroft, Rob Pillonen, Kyle Brenders, SOAR Audiopollination 11.2
Array Space 8 pm, $10. October 16. Martha Johnson Listening Party Campbell House Museum 7:30 pm, $20. October 17. PUP Record release Sneaky Dee’s $10. RT, SS, TF. O ctober 17. Anvil Hope In Hell Tour Rockpile & Rockpile East 8 pm, $25. TW. October 18 and 19.
Kontravoid, Doom Squad, Beta Frontiers Silver Dollar doors 9 pm. October 19.
Sisqo 90s Night Product Nightclub. October 19.
Child Abuse, Thighs, Bbigpigg, Staer Boat 9 pm, $8. October 23. Thunderfunk Winchester Kitchen & Bar 10 pm, $5. October 25.
Molly Johnson, Colleen Allen, Robi Botos, Mike Downes, Larnell Lewis The Global Cabaret Festival Young Centre for the Performing Arts 9:30 pm, $22-$25, day pass (3 tickets) $63, festival pass $120. globalcabaret. ca. October 25. Fred Falke, Tourist Wrongbar $tba. PDR, RT, SS. October 26. Mark Berube Dakota Tavern October 29.
Tails, Light Fires, Adverteyes, Himalayan Bear, DJ Cryptkeeper Halloween You! A Slow Scary Riot For new Zombie Kanada Monarch Tavern doors 8 pm, $7. w avelengthtoronto.com. October 31. Chance the Rapper Social Experiment Tour Danforth Music Hall doors 7 pm, all ages, $18.50-$25. PDR, SS, TM. November 4. Flamin’ Groovies Lee’s Palace doors 8 pm, $25.50. HS, RT, SS, TF. November 6.
Bleeding Through, Winds of Plague, Oceano, Gideon, Sworn In Phoenix Concert Theatre RT. November 7.
Andy Shauf, Evening Hymns
Drake Hotel November 14. Lady Horseshoe doors 8:30 pm, $15. HS, RT, SS, TF. November 14.
Great Bloomers Horseshoe doors 9 pm, $10. HS, RT, SS. November 16.
Meredith Shaw, Molly Thomason, Ladies of the Canyon Girls Who Believe Fest Benefit for the Charity Girls Inc The Great Hall doors 6:30 pm, $20, adv $14. TB. November 20. Thundercat Wrongbar November 22. Bernhoft El Mocambo doors 8 pm, $17.50. LN, RT, SS. November 23.
Gavin Hope, Dixon Hall Students
Music For Life: Dixon Hall Music School Benefit Daniels Spectrum doors 6:30 pm, $250. dixonhallmusicschool.org. November 25. Joseph Arthur Drake Hotel doors 8 pm, $22.50. RT, SS, TF. November 29. Jarvis Church The Hoxton $tba. PDR, RT, SS. November 30. The Hives Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 7 pm, $29.50. LN, RT, SS. December 1.
Marion Newman, Continuum Contemporary Music Ensemble Singing The Earth Wychwood Barns Theatre 8 pm, $10-$30. continuummusic.org. December 4 and 5. Carnage The Hoxton $tba. PDR, RT, SS. December 7.
Ryan Beatty, Plug in Stereo Opera House $tba. December 13.
The Flatliners, Off With Their heads Opera House doors 7:30 pm, all ages, $18. RT, SS, TF. December 20. CHER Air Canada Centre April 7, 2014.
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L’Haim! L.A. trio Haim take their time perfecting pop debut
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Days Are Gone (Columbia/Sony) Rating: NNNN The internet made music more accessible, but radio still has power to influence our collective consciousness. It can anoint an artist as commercially viable or shape mainstream trends, pushing dance divas into David Guetta’s pitch-shifted ghetto or rappers to imitate Drake’s singsongy flow. Haim’s debut, Days Are Gone, is influenced by the radio in the best way possible. Its 11 single-worthy pop songs sound as if Los Angeles-raised sisters Danielle, Este and Alana Haim cherry-picked their favourite songwriting and production tricks from the past 30 years of hits – staccato harmonizing, reverby rhythms, towering guitar riffs – to craft their own effusive and utterly likeable take on lovelorn pop. The album is a studious and slickly produced blend of digital and analog that gives a lot of breathing room to the sisters’ stacks of bubbly harmonies – their notso-secret weapon. It’s a taut, punchy album full of winning charm, and blessedly free of cynicism and ego. RCM_NOW_contests_1-5bw_Oct3__V 13-09-28 11:04 AM Page 1 Top track: Honey & I Kevin Ritchie
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It’s not hard to imagine the Haim sisters riding down a California freeway singing along to classic 90s R&B on the radio. The Los Angeles trio’s debut album, Days Are Gone (Columbia/Sony), is layered with taut, exuberant harmonies sung with the disciplined precision of Destiny’s Child or TLC. “Believe me, I wanted to wear a condom on my sunglasses when I was, like, three, and my parents were not down with that,” says keyboardist/ guitarist Alana Haim, 21. “I wanted to be Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes. So. Badly.” It’s not uncommon for musicians to trace their first musical influences to preschool, but Alana can boast that she was a seasoned performer by elementary school. She and her older sisters Danielle, 25, and Este, 27, grew up in the San Fernando Valley playing covers of late 70s and 80s hits in a family band with their parents. Seven years ago, they whittled down to Haim and started gigging around Los Angeles, sometimes playing three shows a month. It would take six years of ill-fated studio experimentation before they produced something they felt confident enough to release – last year’s three-track EP, Forever. “It wasn’t like, ‘Oh, we’re gonna put out something that’s gonna do a bunch of things,’” Alana says of the EP. “Literally, I was like, ‘I just want to put it out for free so we don’t have this reputation that we can’t record any more.’” British radio quickly latched on. They won the BBC’s influential Sound Of 2013 poll, performed at SXSW and signed with Columbia in the U.S. and Polydor in the UK. Their smart, accessible pop made them an extremely likeable group: A$AP Rocky asked them to be his backing band, and they performed with Primal Scream at Glastonbury. All the while, pressure mounted on the sisters to put out their debut, but they refused to act hastily. “It took a lot of strength to do that,” explains Alana. “There are three of us, and we think we’re very strong wo men, kind of like a wolf pack. No one can really fuck with us. We were like, ‘If it’s not ready, then I’m sorry, we’re not giving it to you.’” The record is out now, to rave reviews, and the group is booked around the world through March (though, sadly, there’s no Toronto show yet). It was worth the wait. “I’m so happy we did that,” Alana adds. “Because if we’d put it out any earlier than when we finished, it would’ve been a disaster.” Kevin ritchie
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Emmett, Paul James, Murray McLauchlan, Ian Thomas 5 to 11 pm. Firkin on King Mondo Bizzaro. Handlebar Nintendo Knights X Wordburglar, Jeff the World (hip-hop) 9 pm. Hard Luck Bar Scorpion Child, Kadavar, Gypsyhawk, Mothership, Wilson 7:30 pm. The Hideout Scully & the Crossbones (rock) 9:30 pm. Horseshoe Big Name Actors, Goodnight Sunrise, Cayleah. Karla’s Roadhouse Jam Tommy Rocker Band 8 pm. Lake Affect Lounge Shugga (funk) 8 pm. Linsmore Tavern Killin Time Band (indie rock) 10 pm. Lola Hiway 5 3 to 7 pm. Lula Lounge CD release The Sattalites (reggae) 8:30 pm. Measure Red Nightfall, the Advancing LowLives, the Factories, Awake at 4AM 9 pm. Parts & Labour The Hollowbodies, Art & Woodhouse, Ivory Hours (indie rock) 9 pm. The Piston Wavelength: CD release Our Founders, Heartbeat Hotel, Bad Channels, DJ Keith Chenier doors 9 pm. Pogue Mahone The Barnacles 6 pm. Rivoli CR Avery doors 9 pm. Silver Dollar Spectre, Deadly Waltz, JJ’Ay, Rosie June, Party in the Fortress doors 8 pm. Sound Academy Thirty Seconds to Mars, New Politics doors 7 pm, all ages. Southside Johnny’s Skip Tracer (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm. Supermarket Funk Spectrum Thursdays The Soul Motivators, DJ Andy B Badd (soul/funk) 9:30 pm. Wrongbar Bliss N Eso, Ceekay Jones (hiphop) doors 8 pm.
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Aspetta Caffe Open Mic/Jam Night El Faron 8 pm. Cameron House Jane’s Party (Canadian roots)
10 pm, Corin Raymond 6 pm.
Cameron House Back Room Jeff Beadle, Kevin Butler, Kristian & the Honey Slides. C’est What Max Woolaver Band 9:30 pm. Dominion on Queen The Wee Folk Club 7 pm. Drake Hotel Andrew Cole & Sara Brudner, the Booth Boys doors 8 pm. Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar Toronto Blues Society Presents Michael Pickett 9 pm. Grossman’s Whisky Bath 10 pm. Habits Gastropub Cougars in America (alt/ folk) 9 pm. Hugh’s Room Claire Lynch Band 8:30 pm. Joe Mama’s Blackburn, DJ Carl Allen (blues/ soul/R&B) 9 pm. Mélange Open Mic Jam Karen Lee Wilde.
Jazz/Classical/Experimental
Alleycatz Where Music Meets Art Daniella Watters 9 pm. Array Space The Array Sessions (improvisation) 8 pm. Cafune Kim Ratcliffe & Henrique Matulis (jazz/bossa nova) 6:30 pm. Canadian Music Centre Luciane Cardassi (piano) 8 pm. Emmet Ray Bar John Wayne Swingtet (Gypsy swing) 9 pm. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Have Harpsichord, Will Travel Hank Knox
noon to 1 pm. Gate 403 Tiffany Hanus & the Sean Bellaviti Jazz Band 9 pm, Mboya Nicholson (solo piano) 5 to 8 pm. Holy Oak Cafe Drainolith, Tarpit, Father Dust (experimental) 9 pm. Jane Mallett Theatre The Jerusalem Quartet 8 pm. The Jazz Bistro Oliver Jones Trio 9 pm. Kama Thursdays At Five Canadian Jazz Quartet, Terry Promane 5 to 8 pm. Old Mill Inn Home Smith Bar Thursday Night Jazz Party Debbie Fleming, Ewen Farncombe, John MacMurchy 7:30 pm. Reposado The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). Rex Russ Nolan Quartet 9:45 pm, Ross Wooldridge Trio 6:30 pm. Wilmar Heights United Church Eddie Graf, Encore Symphonic Concert Band noon to 1 pm.
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Annex Wreckroom Get Up! DJ Serious, Supernaturalz Crew (hip-hop) 10 pm.
Dance Cave Transvision DJ Shannon (rock) 10 pm. Drake Hotel Lounge DJ DB Cooper doors 11 pm. EFS Untitled Thursdays Soundbwoy doors 10 pm. Footwork Techno For Good: Benefit for
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Friday, October 4
The Hideout The Cover Boys (rock) 11 pm, Novacayne (rock) 10 pm. Horseshoe Obits, Heavy Times, Practice Wife doors 9 pm. Joe Mama’s The Grind, DJ Carl Allen (Motown/soul/R&B) 10 pm. Lake Affect Lounge Young Running 8 pm. Linsmore Tavern The Neil Youngun’s (Neil Young tribute) 9:30 pm. Luxy Nightclub T.G.I. Fridays Reggae Explosion Part III Wayne Wonder & Christopher Martin. Measure Screaming Evil Blues Band (rock) 9 pm. Opera House Biffy Clyro, Morning Parade 9 pm, all ages. Parts & Labour The Shop Cellphone, Gay, Shark?, Alpha Strategy (indie/punk) 10 pm. Phoenix Concert Theatre The Misfits doors 7 pm. Relish Bar & Grill David Macmichael (power pop) 9 pm. Rivoli The Colts, Dielectric, Lipstick Junkies doors 9 pm. The Rockpile East The Killer Dwarfs Reunion The Killer Dwarfs, Raised Emotionally Dead doors 8 pm. Seven44 Keep the Faith (Bon Jovi tribute band) 9:30 pm. Silver Dollar Fundraiser for the film ‘Minor’ Saffron Sect, Ostrich Tuning, Tess Parks, Elissa Mielke, New Horizzons 9 pm. Sound Academy Digitour Alfie Deyes, Zoella, Marcus Butler, Tanya Burr and others (Youtube star variety show) doors 6 pm, all ages. Southside Johnny’s The Homeless Band (rock/top 40) 10 pm.
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Cameron House Kayla Howran 10 pm, Patrick Brealey 8 pm, David Celia 6 pm.
Cameron House Back Room Andrea Simms-Karp. Free Times Cafe Jessica Bundy 8 pm. Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar Hawk’s Nest
Trio (rockabilly/country) 9 pm. Grossman’s The Big Three 10 pm, Sadie Marie 6 to 9 pm. The Hole in the Wall Ken Yoshioka Trio (blues) 10 pm. Hugh’s Room CD release David Francey, Chris Coole, Darren McMullen, Mark Westberg 8 pm. Lee’s Palace Small World Music Festival Mashrou’ Leila doors 9 pm. Lola Chris Lord Ideal 9 pm. Valentina Evaristo (Cuban Trova) 8 pm.
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Air Canada Centre Nine Inch Nails, Explosions in the Sky, Tension 2013 8 pm. ñ Alleycatz Ascencion (R&B/soul/funk). Black Swan SongTown Toronto Music Luke & the Apostles, George ñFestival Olliver, Pete Otis & DejaBlues doors 7 pm. Bovine Sex Club Reverse Grip, Snakeskyn Whiskey. Castro’s Lounge The Untameable Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 5 to 7 pm.
The Danforth Music Hall Atlas Genius, Family of the Year, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. ñ doors 7 pm, all ages. Drake Hotel Underground San Fermin, Valery Gore (baroque pop/indie) doors 8 pm. ñ Flamingo’s Enzo Simone (oldies/60s/surf) 9:45 pm.
The Great Hall London Grammar doors 8 pm.
Alliance Française Downtown Ron Davis & Mike Downes (jazz) 7:30 pm. Dominion on Queen Havana to Toronto (Afro-Cuban jazz) 9 pm. Drake Hotel Lounge Rubix (jazz) doors 7 pm. Flato Markham Theatre Chamber Orchestra Kremlin 8 pm. The Garrison The Souljazz Orchestra, DJ Jason Palma (jazz/polyrhythmic funk) doors 10 pm. Gate 403 Jason Raso Jazz Quartet 9 pm, Roberta Hunt Jazz & Blues Band 5 to 8 pm. Habits Gastropub Pam Hyatt w/ Peter Hill & Ryan Oliver 8 pm. Hart House Arbor Room Jazz At Oscar’s Barry Livingston 9 pm. The Jazz Bistro Oliver Jones Trio (classic jazz) 9 pm.
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Black Swan SongTown Toronto Music Festival:
SongStage Showcase & Open Stage Pete Otis, Brian Gladstone, Carmen Toth, Paul Cross, John Romas and others 7 pm. Bovine Sex Club The Mohrs, Clipwing. Cadillac Lounge The Ollie Vee & Ruby Dee Show Ollie Vee & Ruby Dee, the Snakehandlers (Americana/rockabilly) doors 7 pm. The Central Brooklyn Played At Your Fundraiser Brooklyn Doran, Domanique Grant, Jeff Insell & Elliot Loran, Rebecca Perry, Stevie Joffe & the Bayonets, DJ Ray Ruby doors 9 pm. Comfort Zone Beyond Creation, Archspire, Necrodios, Mulletcorpse, Ischemic (death/ doom metal) doors 9 pm. Dora Keogh The Swingin’ Blackjacks (blues). NEncore Studios Nuit BLAH Lauchlan & Damien’s Band, Zords, Watershed Hour, the oOohh Baby Gimme Mores, Omhouse, Zoo OWL, Valerie Dour 9 pm. Handlebar The Yips, Dirty Church, the Kostanzas doors 9 pm. The Hideout The Disco Rebels 10:30 pm, Bolus 10 pm, Wilton Said 6:40 pm, Rocket Horse 5:20 pm, Steve Cochrane 4 pm. Holy Oak Cafe Body Help & Kosher Dill Spears (funk) 10 pm. Horseshoe Bloodshot Bill, Brave Little Toaster, Sea Monsters, Suitcase Sam & the Suits (rockabilly) 9 pm. Joe Mama’s Shugga, DJ Carl Allen (funk/ Motown/soul/R&B/top 40) 10 pm. Lake Affect Lounge Andy De Campos 9 pm,
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ing Concert Toronto Mass Choir (gospel) doors 6 pm. Grossman’s Caution Jam 10 pm. Habits Gastropub Kevin Myles Wilson (folk/roots rock) 8 pm. Hugh’s Room CD Release David Francey, Chris Coole, Darren McMullen, Mark Westberg 8 pm. Mambo Lounge Evaristo (traditional Cuban music) 8:30 pm. Mélange Beaches Blues Fest & Danforth Music Festival presents Free The Music Van Leer 7 pm. Opera House ZZ Ward, James Bay, Alpha Rev (alt-blues) doors 7 pm. Relish Bar & Grill New Music Night William & Polly (bluegrass) 9:30 pm. Rivoli Maria Doyle Kennedy 7 pm. Tranzac Southern Cross Abigail Lapell (singer/songwriter) 7:30 pm, Jamzac 3 pm.
Markham Fairgrounds Crow’s Corral Markham Fair Young Empires doors ñ 8 pm. ñ Measure The Capitol Beat, Juvon Taylor Band, Vitus Wight. ñ Monarch Tavern King Hammond (Nick Welsh), the Soul Bhoys DJ Crew (ska). Rex Danny Marks (pop) noon. Rivoli Back Room Live Band Karaoke Emergency! doors 10 pm. NRivoli Patio Konsentas: mixed media arts event Jimmy Danger, Ninja Funk Orchestra, Dr Draw, Jeff Antoine Cote. The Rockpile East Goddo doors 8 pm. Silver Dollar Jack the Lads, Bawdy Electric, Vistavision, Cory Kane 9 pm. Southside Johnny’s The Bear Band (rock/ blues) 4 to 8 pm. Tranzac RVIVR, Force Quit, Anti-Vibes, DJs Mary Mack & Leila (queer punk) 7 pm.5 Virgin Mobile Mod Club Cirqular Rob Garza, Vespers, Denise Benson, DOKO, T-Minus, Spyne, Jawbone doors 10 pm. Wrongbar Miami Horror, Gold Fields, Rush Midnight 10 pm.
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GATE 403 Bill Heffernan (folk/country/blues) 5 to 8 pm. NGLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Nuit Blanche Lemon Bucket Orkestra (gypsy party punk balkan-klezmer) 9 pm. GLOBAL KINGDOM MINISTRIES Live CD Recording Concert Toronto Mass Choir (gospel) doors 6 pm. GROSSMAN’S Caution Jam 10 pm. HABITS GASTROPUB Kevin Myles Wilson (folk/roots rock) 8 pm. HUGH’S ROOM CD Release David Francey, Chris Coole, Darren McMullen, Mark Westberg 8 pm. MAMBO LOUNGE Evaristo (traditional Cuban music) 8:30 pm. MÉLANGE Beaches Blues Fest & Danforth Music Festival presents Free The Music Van Leer 7 pm. OPERA HOUSE ZZ Ward, James Bay, Alpha Rev (alt-blues) doors 7 pm. RELISH BAR & GRILL New Music Night William & Polly (bluegrass) 9:30 pm. RIVOLI Maria Doyle Kennedy 7 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Abigail Lapell (singer/songwriter) 7:30 pm, Jamzac 3 pm.
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HANNI EL KHATIB at the Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Sunday (October 6), 8:30 pm. $15. HS, TM, SS, RT.
Hanni El Khatib’s vintage sound nods to rock’s forefathers – Elvis Presley, Iggy Pop, Joe Strummer of the Clash – but the L.A.-based crooner cum guitarist cum art director isn’t trying to emulate his idols. “It’s not intended to be a rockabilly, retro rock or a rock revival thing. That’s not the goal at all,” says Khatib over the phone from somewhere between Salt Lake City and Denver. “Just to make contemporary rock ’n’ roll.” With this objective in mind, it was serendipitous for Khatib – still riding the success of his 2011 self-produced debut, Will The Guns Come Out – to meet Black Keys frontman Dan Auer-
bach at a bar in Paris. A few whisky shots later, the two were hatching a plan for Khatib to record his sophomore album in Auerbach’s Nashville studio, a cool recording house that’s becoming a go-to for nostalgic tones. (Tennessee folk/blues singer/songwriter Valerie June and Americana trio the Devil Makes Three have recorded there.) Surrounded by racks of vintage guitars from the 70s and earlier, a 60s recording console and shabbily grilled amps, Khatib recorded Head In The Dirt (Innovative Leisure) in just under a month. “When we recorded, we all sat in a live room with no baffles, tons of mic bleeds. Everyone was recording live all at once. It was dropped into a computer and mixed but then went back into tape,” explains Khatib. “At the end of the day, we added
kicks to the drums and synths – all these things people wouldn’t do in the 50s and 60s.” This technique of combining the old with the new is clearly evident on the record: Khatib’s vocals are bluesy with a modern, punk-crooner vibrato; the guitar riffs sound as if they were recorded in a suburban Californian garage; the bass lines are bombastic and gritty. Khatib’s not interested in becoming the torchbearer for the rock ’n’ roll revitalization movement, but his brand of rock is catching the ears of giants. Elton John was recently singing his praises on the BBC, even spelling out his name on air for listeners. Naturally, Khatib played it cool: “He read a review and decided to check [my album] out. I imagine he’s just constantly looking for stuff to listen to.”3 music@nowtoronto.com | @nowtoronto
CAFUNE Artur Miranda, Vince Macc & Henrique Matulis (jazz/bossa nova) 8 pm. NCANADIAN MUSIC CENTRE Nuit Blanche: A Touch Of Light (piano with visual accompaniment) 7 pm to 7 am. C’EST WHAT The Hot Five Jazzmakers (trad jazz) 3 pm. CHALKERS PUB Saturday Dinner Jazz The Dave Young Quartet 6 to 9 pm. GATE 403 Donné Roberts Band 9 pm. GROSSMAN’S The Happy Pals (trad jazz) 4:30 to 8 pm. THE JAZZ BISTRO Oliver Jones Trio (classic jazz) 7:30 & 10 pm. NAWLINS JAZZ BAR Sam Heineman (piano) 6:30 to 8:30 pm. OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR Jazz Masters Barry Elmes Quartet 7:30 pm. PAUL’S CHURRASCO The Tavares Trio/Botos (jazz/Latin) 7:30 to 11:30 pm. REPOSADO Bob Bradley & the Bouncers, Rob n Bob Power Duo. REX Duncan Hopkins 9:45 pm, Justin Gray’s 4Tet 7 pm, Swing Shift Big Band 3:30 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Baker’s Triio 10 pm. TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Melinda Whitaker, the Dave Restivo Quintet (jazz) 7:30 pm.
DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE
ANDY POOLHALL Major Rager 4-Year Anniversary Billionaire, Ballistik, Mickey D, O-God (house/trap/reggae/hip-hop/remixes) 10 pm. A-OK FOODS Spacedust 002 Shamps, Kirk and Pablo (tropical/new age/calypso/italo/haus/ boogie) 11 pm. BEAVER STIFF Queer Film Festival Party Colin D, Fawn BC 11 pm.5 CLUB 120 RVM Outbreak DJs Shok, Paul Savage, Edwin Somnambulist 10 pm.5 DANCE CAVE Full On DJ Pat (alternative) 10 pm. DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE DJ NaNa doors 10 pm. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Never Forgive Action Big Jacks & Royale, DJ Numeric, DJ
Dalia (classic hip-hop/R&B) 11 pm. EMMET RAY BAR DJ Sawtay (soul/hip-hop) 10 pm. FOOTWORK Marcel Dettman, Greg Gow, Martin Fazekas doors 10 pm. THE GARRISON Chronologic Going Steady DJs 10 pm. GUVERNMENT Spin Saturdays DJs Mark Oliver, Manzone & Strong (house/electro/trance/techno). HONEYBEA DESIGN HIVE Bellwoods Block Party Diggy the DJ, DJ Tophey Caulford, DJ Bryan Sloot (old school hip-hop/soul/funk/ dub/sunshine reggae) 1 to 7 pm. JOHNNY JACKSON Heavy Rotation DJs Riccachet, Thera-P, Mercilless, Royale (funk/soul/hip-hop/house on 4 turntables) doors 10 pm. PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE Headhunterz. THE PISTON With It (mod/Northern soul/Brit) 10 pm. 751 Motown Party DJ Magnificent, DJs Fawn & Caff, Brett Millius, Rev Throwdown. N280 QUEEN WEST No Blue Jeans, No Nice Sweaters, No Big Bop Rejects: Toronto Goth Heritage Tour launch and Goth Dance Flash Mob Andrew Lochhead (goth/ punk/industrial/new wave) 7 pm-5 am. See preview, page 68. SNEAKY DEE’S Shake A Tail (60s pop/soul) 11 pm. SOUND ACADEMY Soca Is Me! Dr Jay doors 10 pm. SUPERMARKET Do Right Saturdays DJ John Kong 10 pm. TRYST Trysted Saturdays DJ Marky D. ZOOM BAR DJ Geezy G, Cityflame Sound, JLee, Marlon (reggae) 10 pm.
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Duffy’s Tavern Ken Yoshioka (blues) 9:30 pm.
Andrew Lochhead plays goth necromancer for Nuit Blanche Do you miss the days when you couldn’t throw an eyeliner pencil at Queen and Bathurst without its get ting caught in someone’s Robert Smith hairdo? You may want to return to your old stomping grounds Saturday (October 5) for Toronto artist Andrew Lochhead’s Nuit Blanche performance/ intervention No Blue Jeans, No Nice Sweaters, No Big Bop Rejects, which pays tribute to the rapidly dis appearing Queen West goth scene. It’s one of the projects in the Queen West BIA’s Out Of Site, curated by Earl Miller. Lochhead, who grew up in Wind sor, was a regular in the once thriving community. “As a youngster growing up in a small city, the annual trip to Toronto to buy goth clothes and records and sneak into clubs like Sanctuary and Savage Garden was a really affirming experience,” he says via Gmail chat. “It let me know there were other people like me, and provided a com fort from the almost daily torment of being a high school freak. I guess it was a bit like a really big ‘It gets bet ter’ advert.”
Lochhead has long left his goth roots behind, but was inspired to re visit them after hearing about one of his favourite old haunts shutting its doors to become a Burger’s Priest res taurant. “I was really sad to hear about the closing of [goth clothing store] Hell’s Belles this year. Suddenly something I had grown up with was gone. “So often, subcultural histories are lost to the ravages of memory and not recorded, and I thought it was important to tell the story of this one that had affected me profoundly.” Lochhead’s NB artwork takes the form of historical plaques placed along Queen West from University to Bathurst, where various clubs and shops used to be. Scannable QR codes allow people to watch oral history videos of that era. But he’s well aware that his geo graphical limits leave out some very important locations. “The BIA will only fund a project in their area, so this means I’ve had to leave off some really important sites, like Domino, Nuts & Bolts, Sanctu ary’s more famous location at Queen and Claremont and the Vatikan as
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ham Playford (folk) 9 pm.
well. I’m trying to Free Times Cafe look at this as the Daisy DeBolt Memorial Concert 8 launch of phase pm. 1 of the project, Gallery 345 Music and I hope to Of Heart & Passion: continue it on Tango Elbio Fernandez, Soohyun Nam, line,” he says. The artist Andrew Lochhead Shinichiro Sudo, “I’d like to keep with a friend, circa 1995. Ayumi Moriwaki 3 pm. documenting these Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar Acoustic Family sites as funding be Brunch (bluegrass) 10 am-2 pm. comes available, and con Grossman’s The National Blues Jam tinue to do performances to cele Brian Cober (double slide guitar) 10 pm. brate the opening of each subsequent Hugh’s Room Autism Is A Pain In The Aspergers benefit Jonah Azzopardi, Glendale One, phase.” Neil Crone, Rique Franks, Bruce Harvey, the In addition, Lochhead will be dust Illustrated Men, Jordan Hilkowitz, Michael ing off his long-neglected goth re McCreary and others 7:30 pm. galia and makeup Saturday night to Opera Bob’s The Ole Fashion 9 pm. DJ an eight-hour set of alternative Placebo Space Singer Songwriter Circle 7-9 pm. Relish Bar & Grill Stir It Up Sunday Open Mic dance-floor classics outdoors near 9 pm. 280 Queen West. Revival Small World Music Festival For the artist, the free dance party DakhaBrakha doors 7 pm. is a way of connecting the techno Rex Dr Nick & the Rollercoasters (blues) 3:30 pm. warehouse parties he currently Southside Johnny’s Open Jam Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix 9:30 pm. throws as part of the Breakandenter St Vladimir’s Theatre Dakha Brakha crew with his Queen West past. (Ukrainian folk) noon. “I wouldn’t have discovered elec Tranzac Southern Cross The Woodtronic music without acts like Skinny choppers Association 10:30 pm, Zebrina 7:30 pm, Monk’s Music 5 pm, Composers’ Puppy and Nitzer Ebb. It wasn’t too Workshop 2 pm. hard to find your way to things like Winchester Kitchen & Bar Open Mic Porter Plastikman from listening to that 9 pm. Benjamin Boles stuff.” Yellow Griffin Another Bloody Folk Club
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And Morty Meets John New Music Concerts Ensemble 8 pm.
Edward Johnson Building Walter Hall
Mooredale Concerts Cecilia String Quartet & Afiara String Quartet 3:15 pm, Music & Truffles Concert for young audiences 1:15 pm. Gate 403 Tim Shia Jazz Band 9 pm, the Polyesther’s Jazz 5 to 8 pm. Grossman’s New Orlean Connection All Star Jazz Band 4:30 to 9 pm. Jane Mallett Theatre Voicebox: Opera In Concert: The Stressed-Out Impresario 2:30 pm. The Jazz Bistro A Month Of Sundays Brunch John Alcorn & Dave Restivo (jazz/cabaret) 12:30 pm. Rex CD release Mike Field Jazz Quintet 9:30 pm, Laura Hubert Band (jazzy pop) 7 pm, Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon. Rosedale Presbyterian Church Recitals At Rosedale: The Seven Virtues 2:30 pm. Roy Thomson Hall Mariinsky Orchestra 2 pm.
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Monday, October 7 Pop/Rock/Hip-Hop/Soul
Castro’s Lounge Rockabilly Mondays The Cosmotones 9 pm.
Drake Hotel Lounge The St. Royals (soul)
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The Hideout Big Otter Creek (acoustic rock)
10 pm.
Horseshoe Shoeless Monday Delmar Junction, Old Major, Mabachus.
Izakaya Sushi House Ketamines, Mexican Slang, Freak Heat Waves, Viet Cong ñ doors 9 pm. Mobile Mod Club Hawkwind, Perhaps (space rock) 7:30 pm. ñVirgin
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Dora Keogh Open Mic Hotcha!, Julian Taylor (hillbilly swing duo) 9 pm.
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Free Times Cafe Open Stage Mondays 7:30 pm. Grossman’s Jam No Band Required 9 pm. On Cue Ken Yoshioka (blues) 8 pm. Relish Bar & Grill Bentroots (New Orleans blues) 8 pm.
Tranzac Southern Cross Open Mic Mondays 10 pm.
Yonge-Dundas Square Lunchtime Live Devin Cuddy Band (country/jazz/blues) ñ 12:30 to 1:30 pm.
Jazz/Classical/Experimental
By The Way Cafe After Dinner Jazz Chris Adriaanse & Liam Stanley Duo 8 pm. Gate 403 Richard Whiteman Jazz Band w/ Terra Hazelton 9 pm, Mike Daley Jazz Trio 5 to 8 pm. Kitch Luke Vajsar (solo bass) 9 pm. ñ Rakia Bar Bohemian Monday Jazz Jam Laura
Marks Trio w/ Mark Kieswetter, Duncan Hopkins 8 to 11 pm. Rex Isamu MacGregor Group 9:30 pm, U of T Student Jazz Ensembles 6:30 pm.
Dance Music/DJ/Lounge
Alleycatz Salsa Night DJ Frank Bischun 8 pm. Bovine Sex Club Moody Mondays Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Dance Cave Manic Mondays DJ Shannon (retro 70s/80s) 10 pm. Handlebar Just Funnin Neil Rankin (non-hits from the 60s-80s) 9 pm. The Piston Junkshop (new wave/post punk/ indie electronic) 10 pm. Reposado Mezcal Monday DJ Ellis Dean. Thompson Hotel 1812 Bar Blacklist DJ PG-13.
Tuesday, October 8 Pop/Rock/Hip-Hop/Soul
Annex Wreckroom No Salvation Tour Deicide, Broken Hope, Necronomicon, ñ Disgorge 7 pm. C’est What Paint, Rotary Dial 9 pm. The Duke Live.com Live Jam Night. Grossman’s Open Mic Nicola Vaughan (pop
rock) 9:30 pm. TheHideout Jeans Off Duo (acoustic rock) 10:30 pm. Horseshoe Crystal Stilts, Zachary Cale (post-punk) doors 8:30 pm. Joe Mama’s Jeff Eager (funk/blues/soul) 6:30 to 10:30 pm, all ages. Lee’s Palace Gold Panda, Luke Abbott, Slow Magic doors 8 pm. Linsmore Tavern Gary 17’s Open Stage David Macmichael, the Danger Bees 9 pm. Massey Hall What Dreams May Come Tour J Cole, Wale 8 pm. See preview, page 58. The Painted Lady Ababe Tuesdays: Indie Music Showcase 9 pm. Phoenix Concert Theatre Streetlight Manifesto, Mike Parks (ska punk) doors 7 pm. Rivoli Dick Rodan, Andrew Michelin doors 9 pm. Silver Dollar Philip Sayce, the Blues Emergency (blues rock) doors 8 pm. Virgin Mobile Mod Club Title Fight, Balance & Composure, Cruel Hand (indie punk) doors 7 pm, all ages.
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Andrew Downing’s Anahtar Project, Güç Basar Gülle, Debashis Sinha, Peter Lutek noon to 1 pm. Gate 403 Ken Skinner Jazz Trio 5 to 8 pm. Jane Mallett Theatre Music Toronto Arnaldo Cohen (piano) 8 pm. The Jazz Bistro Matt Pines & Sarah Kennedy (vocal jazz). Rex Pram Trio (jazz) 9:30 pm, Richard Whiteman 6:30 pm. Tranzac Southern Cross Stop Time (jazz) 10 pm, Aurochs (jazz) 7:30 pm. Ten Restaurant & Wine Bar Don Breithaupt, Chris Smith (jazz) 9 to 11 pm.
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Reposado Alien Radio DJ Gord C. Sneaky Dee’s Watch Out! DJ Brodie John
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Wednesday, October 9 Pop/Rock/Hip-Hop/Soul
Black Swan Acoustic Open Stage Nicola
Vaughan (pop rock) 9:30 pm. Dakota Tavern Sunparlour Players, the K erouacs. Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar Sonicbids Showcase Sacha, Social Potion, Sandra Bouza & Redbrick 9 pm. The Harp Pub Johnny Max Band 8 to 10 pm. The Hideout The Pat Wright Band (rock) 10:30 pm. Horseshoe The Big Shiny Tunes Squad. Joe Mama’s Soul Sessions Alana Bridgewater & Rich Grossman 6:30 to 10 pm, all ages. Lee’s Palace Surfer Blood, Team Spirit (rock) doors 9 pm. Massey Hall What Dreams May Come Tour J Cole, Wale 8 pm. See preview, page 58. Phoenix Concert Theatre Boyce Avenue (pop) doors 6 pm, all ages. The Piston Mineta Squid Lid 9 pm. Rivoli Lyon, Fitness Club Fiasco, For Esme doors 9 pm. Sneaky Dee’s What’s Poppin. Virgin Mobile Mod Club The Ride Tour SOMO (R&B) doors 7 pm, all ages.
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Alleycatz Citysoul (swinging blues/vintage R&B). Dominion on Queen Corktown Ukulele Jam 7:30 pm.
Grossman’s Bruce Domoney 10 pm. Hirut Fine Ethiopian Cuisine Open Mic 8 pm. Hugh’s Room Mary Gauthier, Scott Nolan,
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Beaver Birkenrock DJs Dan McIntyre, David Van Poppel (90s female alt rock) 11 pm. Goodhandy’s T-Girl Strippers DJ Todd Klinck 8 pm.5 Handlebar Sonic Boom’s Greasy Listening (all vinyl) 9 pm. 3
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The Nines (independent) Rating: Mike Olsen, the Toronto singer/songwriter/producer behind Our Founders, has spent the last 18 years collaborating with the Hidden Cameras, Great Lake Swimmers, k-os, Jim Guthrie and Arcade Fire. He finally takes centre stage on The Nines, a collection of wafting dream pop tunes highlighted by his deft fingerpicking, compositional ingenuity and gentle but sturdy voice. The seven tracks forgo strong rhythms and melodic hooks for a cerebral, lightly orchestrated style of spacious songwriting that at times brings Nick Drake to mind. Unusual sounds abound. A harp
Rap DANNY BROWN Old (Fool’s Gold) Rating: NNN Thirty-two might be a little old for an emcee who’s only recently entered the mainstream. But that’s not the “old” Danny Brown explores on his third fulllength. At times, he examines his former self. At others, he explores the depressing aspects of aging ungracefully. Throughout, his rhymes hit the mark, whether he’s painting a bleak picture of the Detroit streets, battling his own demons (loneliness, molly, more molly) or rapping at length about drug-dealing
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adds texture to opener Floods, White Beetle crests toward gorgeous psychedelia, while Another Chance could be a lost Inbreds song had Mike O’Neill played harpsichord rather than bass. Darker undercurrents run beneath the pleasantness. (Olsen calls his music “outsider adult contemporary.”) Day Of Delights is oddly unsettling, while You Are Mine, with its atonal vocal melodies, takes an unexpectedly cinematic turn thanks to thick synth layers and Warren Zielinski’s urgent violin lines. Top track: White Beetle Our Founders play an album release show as part of Wavelength tonight (Thursday, October 3) at the Piston. CARLA GILLIS without glorifying it Rick Ross-style. Lately the rapper’s been collabing with synthy indie bands including Montreal’s Polaris-short-listed Purity Ring, who feature on standout 25 Bucks. And his longstanding underground electronic influences show up in spades here, too. On Smokin & Drinkin’, Break It (Go) and Handstand, Brown’s intense rapping competes with particularly unrelenting beats, which will either induce a headache or the best dance party ever. Could it let up now and then, like his poppier singalongs Grown Up or Radio Song? Yeah, but maybe I’m just getting old. Top track: 25 Bucks, featuring Purity Ring JULIA LECONTE
Pop/Rock MAZZY STAR Seasons Of Your Day
(Rhymes of an Hour/Fontana North) Rating: NNN According to the duo, Mazzy Star took 17 years between their last album and Seasons Of Your Day because they just “didn’t feel like” releasing any of the music they were working on. For unknown reasons, they now do feel like releasing some
music, and it sounds pretty much exactly like everything else they’ve ever done. Nevertheless, their peculiar brand of woozy narcotic Americana always had a timeless quality that, thankfully, persists. Truthfully, it’s almost comforting that they’re such a time capsule. As we feel about the Ramones, we’d all be pretty disappointed if Mazzy Star suddenly sounded like a totally different band. Hope Sandoval’s whispered vocals are still as evocative as ever, as is the band’s eerie minimalist take on country and blues. As far as comeback albums go, Seasons Of Your Day doesn’t disappoint, but few songs truly stand out. Diehard fans might argue that Mazzy Star are more about mood than hit singles, but even just one hooky chorus would help make this good album great. Top track: Common Burn Mazzy Star play the Danforth Music Hall November 16. BENJAMIN BOLES
HUNTERS (Mom + Pop) Rating: NNN
In the last decade, the couple band dynamic has become synonymous with twee, sugar-sweet indie rock, like every song is cooed from partner to partner over the phone between “No, you hang up”s. Hunters’ core duo, Izzy Almeida and Derek Watson, recall a much more badass version of indie rock coupledom – less Matt & Kim, more Kim & Thurston – and they know it, wearing it in classic punk spikes (him) and a glorious mop of neon pink hair (her). The couple trade shouts onstage and on record, their melodic but snarling, sweet yet aggressive dual yelp a constant mid-song conversation. But even more than their palpable chemistry, the most distinctive element of their sound is the impeccably fuzzy, amp-abusing stoner rock guitar tone. You can probably credit their secret weapon, producer James Iha, whose own shoegaze-meets-alt-rock guitar sound was instrumental to classic Smashing Pumpkins. It all adds up to an energizing, smile-inducing debut. Top track: Blackheart RICHARD TRAPUNSKI
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE The 20/20
Experience 2 Of 2 (RCA) Rating: NN In January, Justin Timberlake released a video about his über-selective music making process. “I don’t know that I could physically torture myself that much year in and year out,” he said. Muffin. Funny, then, that he’s just released 13 more tracks of the 20/20 Experience. The first installation, from last spring, was flabby, but at least Pusher Love Girl and
Mirrors were great tunes. There are five seven-plus-minute songs this time around, and that’s not cute any more. True Blood is good in the way that Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) is good. But why nine minutes? And while 1 Of 2 had the oldschool big-band sheen that made you long for a shoeshine and a champagne saucer, this time producer Timbaland’s timetravel machine broke down in 2006 – it’s not always bad, but it’s also not as good as FutureSex/LoveSounds. Cabaret with Drake has a catchy hook and gorgeously cheesy lyrics only Timberlake can pull off. The countrified Drink You Away almost works. The rest is forgettable. Hey, Justin: less is more. Top track: Cabaret, featuring Drake Justin Timberlake plays the Air Canada Centre February 13 and 14. JL
YUCK Glow & Behold (Fat Possum)
Rating: NNN It’s never easy to follow up a super-successful debut, and on their sophomore effort, 90s-lovin’ indie rockers Yuck face the extra challenge of doing it without the voice behind their woozy, lackadaisical sound. (Lead vocalist Daniel Blumberg left the band earlier this year to pursue a solo project.) Luckily, the pared-down group cope just fine as a trio. Setting the stage with an instrumental opening track lush with circuitous guitar lines and horn flourishes, the album is a mature step for the British band. Frontman Max Bloom sounds less affected and angst-ridden than Blumberg ever did, which matches Yuck’s new cleaned-up sound. (Not too clean, though: wah-wah and reverb pedals are still major players.) Although it’s not as immediately catchy as their debut (but, hey, we’re almost saturated when it comes to revivalist bands), Glow & Behold proves they’ve got chops for a lengthy career. Top track: Memorial Fields SAMANTHA EDWARDS
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Feel Good (Odd Future) Rating: The Internet are 21-year-old singer/producer Syd tha Kyd and 25-year-old producer/ illustrator Matt Martians, both of L.A.’s Odd Future collective. Together the subgroup, in their sophomore album, serve up what they call “psychedelic soul,” which translates as sultry, sweet grooves and jazzy, soulful funk. Compared to Purple Naked Ladies, their ambitious debut, Feel Good demonstrates
growth, maturity and patience. Lead single Dont’cha, co-produced by the Neptunes’ Chad Hugo, has a Justified-era Justin Timberlake vibe; singers Yuna and Jesse Boykins III feature on Sunset and Higher Times; the band’s keyboardist, Tay Walker, shows off his stunning vocals on You Don’t Even Know; rapper Mac Miller pipes up on Wanders Of The Mind; while Thundercat was tapped for production on the reflective, nostalgic Red Balloon. Throughout, Syd’s soft, inviting, newly confident vocals star in a way we haven’t seen before. Overall, Feel Good nails the delicate balance between experimentation and restraint, making the listener feel… great. Top track: Shadow Dance HOLLY MACKENZIE
ANDRIA SIMONE Good Lovin’ (Artist Tree) Rating: NNN It’s a feat in itself these days for a female soul artist not to sound like Adele or Amy Winehouse. And while Andria Simone, a born-and-raised Torontonian, has the pipes to be on the same bill as those two British songbirds, she’s got enough radio pop and 90s R&B girl group tendencies to set her apart. At times Simone teeters toward cheeseball (Satisfy Me), but most of her debut full-length hits the mark. Do What I Want would fit nicely on an En Vogue album, Nothing Comes Easy’s backing vocals evoke 60s R&B, and I’m In Trouble is a disco-funk change of pace. Simone’s robust vocals are perfect throughout (she can belt in any register), and the sultry Only A Thought, with its dramatic warbles and growls, shows them off best. A little more of those boastful theatrics would be welcome. Top track: Do What I Want JL
Electronic NIGHTMARES ON WAX Feelin’ Good (Warp) Rating: NN Warp Records veteran Nightmares on Wax (aka George Evelyn) makes some very polite funk these days. His new album, Feelin’ Good, is perfect for drinking a nice glass of warm milk to before curling up on the couch to read a gardening book but would be pretty hazardous to listen to while operating heavy machinery. There are moments when things threaten to break a sweat, like the percolating reggae disco of Now Is The Time, but ultimately those moments fail to live up to any initial promise. It’s only when Evelyn gives up his attachment to smoothness and lets the digital seams and processing show that he really connects, like on the simmering dubby house of Tapestry. It’s tempting to blame the album’s blandness on nostalgia. Evelyn has a lot of history to live up to and can’t move too far from that 90s UK instrumental hip-hop feel he helped define. But compared to this, much of his old work still sounds more vital. Top track: Tapestry Nightmares on Wax plays the Hoxton November 20. BB
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TAINTED by Kat Lanteigne (Gromkat/ Moyo Theatre). At Aki Studio Theatre (585 Dundas East). Runs to October 12. $27$42. 1-800-204-0855. See Continuing, page 76. Rating: NNN
The next few weeks are busy with openings. Here are our reviews of the latest. See more at nowtoronto.com/stage. Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster (left) and Maggie Huculak flood the theatre with emotion.
Buoyed up THE FLOOD THEREAFTER by Sarah Berthiaume (Canadian Stage). At Berkeley Street Theatre (26 Berkeley). Runs to October 6. $22-$49. 416-368-3110. See Continuing, page 76. Rating: NNNN
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Myth and storytelling animate Quebec playwright Sarah Berthiaume’s The Flood Thereafter, a sensual piece of theatre buoyed not so much by narrative as by a lyricism that conjures up an atmosphere of longing and lost dreams. The male community – most of them former fishermen – in a small town on the St. Lawrence River spend their evenings in the local bar, where young June’s (Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster) striptease act drives them to tears. Others we meet include her mother, Grace (Patricia Marceau), who runs the diner, bar owner Georges (Oliver Beck-
er), and Homère and Penelope (W. Joseph Matheson and Maggie Huculak), a married couple whose relationship has lost its flame. Enter Denis (Kevin MacDonald), a sun-blinded truck driver forced to spend the night in town; the mutual attraction between June and Denis disrupts the lives of the townspeople. Director Ker Wells’s production captures the poetry of the script, whose strength mostly resides in the women’s monologues. These speeches often draw on episodes from Homer and fairy tales like The Little Mermaid and Rapunzel, though they shoot off in unexpected, sometimes upsetting directions. But there are other fine sections, too, such as the tense relationship between Homère and the always mesmerizing Huculak’s Penelope. An emotionally multihued scene between June and Denis is full of sparks fanned
Daniel MacIvor (left) and John Beale are doggone good performers.
by Lancaster and MacDonald’s performances. Marceau reveals Grace as a single mother who’s sadly lost the affection of those closest to her, and her meeting with Becker’s Georges, a blend of the mundane and the mythic, is a nuanced confrontation. Designer Yannik Larivée sets this play about water, currents and the flow of emotion in a post-flood world, the major visual image suggesting both the detritus of the flood and a huge wave about to spill over. Bonnie Beecher lights it suggestively, and John Gzowski’s marvellous sound design is appropriately haunting. With its focus on poetry rather than plot, the play won’t be to every theatregoer’s taste. This carefully shaped, suggestive production introduces Toronto to a striking Quebec voice, one we’ll hear again next month when Canadian Stage mounts BerJON KAPLAN thiaume’s Yukonstyle.
Not The Best THE BEST BROTHERS by Daniel MacIvor (Tarragon, 30 Bridgman). Runs to October 27. $27-$53. 416-531-1827. See Continuing, page 76. Rating: NNN Daniel MacIvor is a first-rate playwright, but despite some clever writing and sharp performances, The Best Brothers isn’t first-rate MacIvor. The Tarragon season opener is a crowd-pleasing two-hander about siblings rivalling each other over their mother, who’s just died in a tragicomic accident, and her dog, Enzo. Hamilton (MacIvor) is a straight, buttoned-down architect, while younger brother Kyle (John Beale) is a flighty
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It’s important not to forget the tainted blood scandal, one of Canada’s darkest public health moments, when some 30,000 Canadians were infected with HIV and hepatitis C during the 1980s and 90s. Tainted, Kat Lanteigne’s heartfelt play, moves the story into the Steeles household, where sons Jeff (Gord Rand), Scotty (Alex Furber) and Leo (Owen Mason) are hemophiliacs dependent on blood transfusions. Over the course of the action, their protective and loving parents, Greg (Richard Greenblatt) and Molly (Maria Vacratsis), welcome others (Claire Calnan and P.J. Prudat) into an extended family. The characters, though, are largely defined by the hemophilia in the family and the illnesses caused by the contaminated blood. Too often, all the characters are two-dimensional portraits. It’s not the fault of the actors, who under director Vikki Anderson bring as much life to their roles as they can. Va-
cratsis is striking as the family’s emotional anchor, who insists on truth and dignity even when news is heartbreaking, while Greenblatt’s Greg holds fast to the unity of the family as a talisman against any attack. Rand energizes the final dinner scene, the play’s most dramatically effective episode, when Jeff, a lawyer who insists on accountability in a situation in which no group or individual will accept responsibility, lashes out against everyone. Furber gives warmth to his interactions with Mason and a welcome touch of comedy to those with Prudat. Calnan and Prudat, both good performers, have little to work with in terms of the writing, which is sometimes forced while revealing plot and historical information. Still, Lanteigne provides memorable moments, such as the ironic echo of the first scene in the last, and the simple but effective episode in which Vacratsis and Calnan bond in Molly’s garden. The playwright’s dedication to keeping the tainted blood story alive on the 20th anniversary of the Krever Inquiry is admirable, and you only have to see people wiping their eyes at the play’s end to know that the script touches JK many in the audience.
Gord Rand and Maria Vacratsis bring life to their sketchy parts in Tainted.
gay realtor. After they get news of their mom’s death while she was attending Toronto’s “Gay Day Parade” in support of Kyle – the details are too witty to spoil – the brothers bicker over writing her obituary, her eulogy and letters of appreciation to people who have paid their respects. Between these arguments, the actors take turns morphing into the formidable woman herself as she describes her marriage, motherhood and finding unconditional love late in life from her Italian greyhound. These are the sharpest scenes, evoking each son’s idea of his mother. MacIvor expertly reveals the brothers’ petty rivalries: nothing huge or melodramatic, just small, niggling incidents that feel real.
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Dean Gabourie directs the play efficiently and with a minimum of fuss, bringing out MacIvor’s unique blend of laughs and genuine emotion, but the play feels slight. I wish there were more suggestive details about the boys’ childhood and present-day lives. But the actors are skilful, and Julie Fox’s tidy, precise set – the green of the floor matching the gloves and hat that represent the mother – and Itai Erdal’s lighting help orient us in time and space. The play, which began life last season at Stratford’s Studio Theatre, should enjoy lots of success in regional theatres. No surprise. Like a dog wagging its tail and licking your hand, it wants so much to be coddled and GLENN SUMI loved. NOW OCTOBER 3-9 2013
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This new La Bohème should evoke late 19thcentury Paris.
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Staging la vie Bohème Veteran director is used to making hits By GLENN SUMI LA BOHÈME by Giacomo Puccini, directed by John Caird, with Grazia Doronzio, Joyce El-Khoury, Dimitri Pittas, Michael Fabiano, Eric Margiore and Simone Osborne. Presented by the Canadian Opera Company at the Four Seasons Centre (145 Queen West). Opens tonight (Thursday, October 3) and runs in rep with Peter Grimes to October 30. $12-$365. 416-363-8231, coc.ca.
John Caird’s directing credits include two of the biggest stage shows of the last half-century: the behemoth eight-
John Caird has worked on everything from the original Les Mis to a Siegfried and Roy Vegas act.
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and-a-half-hour Dickens adaptation Nicholas Nickleby, and that most mega of mega-musicals, Les Misérables. “You don’t know in rehearsal if something will still be running in 30 years,” says the director, in his hotel suite a block from the Four Seasons Centre, where his production of Puccini’s La Bohème goes up tonight. “Back then, nothing had ever run that long. But we did know we were working on something groundbreaking and special. The problem with such things, however, is that critics and audiences often don’t recognize it. It took time for word-of-mouth to build. Even for Nicholas Nickleby, we were playing to half-empty houses the first three or four weeks.” That shouldn’t be a problem for the perennially popular Bohème, the tuneful, lushly romantic tragicomedy that chronicles the lives of a group of young bohemians in Paris’s Latin Quarter in the late 19th century. But there are other challenges that come with a work that some jaded operagoers have seen dozens of times, while newbies might be attending because it inspired the musical Rent. “I don’t think of audiences in that way,” says the genial, soft-spoken Caird, who was born in Edmonton and grew up there and in Montreal before moving with his parents to England at 10. “My job is to make a piece like this as real as I can. It’s drawn from a source that is profoundly naturalistic [Henri Murger’s novel], so I had to investigate the original material fully and put the opera on in a way that’s completely believable to an audience, however old, young or musically educated they are.” Drawing on the fact that
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DORA’S PIRATE ADVENTURE (Lower Ossington many of its characters are struggling artists and students in the now legendary Belle Epoque period, Caird and designer David Farley have got them actively contributing to the look and feel of the production. “The character Marcello is a painter,” explains Caird, “so he’ll be painting not just within the set but on the set. In the big marketplace café scene, he has his easel out and is working on creating that very scene.” Rodolfo, the tenor lead, is a poet, and Caird has him jotting things down throughout the opera. “When Mimì first starts describing her life to him, he can’t resist writing down what she’s saying,” says Caird, “and when she’s dying months later, he shows her that he’s incorporated what she’s said into a poem. She’s amazed and touched to see that she’s been immortalized in words.” Caird is also a respected librettist and would love to see his reworked libretto for Leonard Bernstein’s Candide – a huge hit in the UK – performed in NYC. And what about the Siegfried And Roy Spectacular, the Vegas show he wrote and directed for the GermanAmerican magicians and their lions? “It was hilarious, unlike anything I’d done before or will do again,” he says. “They’re mad as hatters and in their own world, so getting them to relate to everybody else onstage was a challenge. But the show didn’t need to be dramatically coherent, just eyepopping and extravagant.” The show also taught him a few tricks he’s used ever since. “How do you get an elephant to disappear onstage, or get somebody to turn himself into a tiger and make the audience believe it?” he says, laughing. “Misdirection. How things are lit. What you can’t see is more important than what you can.” 3 glenns@nowtoronto.com | @glennsumi
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Theatre). Dora the Explorer take a trip to Treasure Island in this kids’ show based on the Nickelodeon cartoon. Opens Oct 5 and runs to Oct 20, Sat-Sun 11 am and Sun 1 pm. $29-$39. Randolph Theatre, 736 Bathurst. 416-9156747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. DUST MOTES DANCING by Neil Naft (act2studio works). Jordan and Suzanne’s chance meeting changes their lives. Oct 3-5, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Fri-Sat 2 pm. $22, srs $20. Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen E. act2studio.ca. THE GLASS CAGE by JB Priestly (Snowdrop Productions). Issues of racism, class, guilt and more are explored in the living room of a wealthy family in 1906 Toronto. Opens Oct 4 and runs to Oct 12, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley,
Studio. theglasscage-eorg.eventbrite.ca. ILLUSIONS OF GRANDEUR (Abracadabaret). Tyler Wilson and James Alan perform a magic show. Oct 4-5, Fri-Sat 7, 9 and 11 pm. $20. Winchester Kitchen & Bar, 51A Winchester. abracadabaret.com. LA BOHEME by Giacomo Puccini (Canadian Opera Company). A poet and a seamstress have a tragic love affair in the Latin Quarter of Paris (see story, this page). Opens Oct 3 and runs to Oct 30, see website for schedule. $12$365. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, coc.ca. LES MISERABLES by Alain Boublil and ClaudeMichel Schönberg (Cameron Mackintosh/Mirvish). An ex-convict seeks redemption and dodges his nemesis in this musical based on the Victor Hugo novel (see Q&A, page 75). Previews to Oct 8. Opens Oct 9 and runs to Dec 22, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat-Sun and Wed 1:30 pm (see website for exceptions/ extra shows). $35-$130. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. mirvish.com. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD LIVE by Trevor Martin, Dale Boyer and Christopher Bond (Nictophobia Films). George A Romero’s 1968 zombie film is performed in black and white in this interactive stage adaptation. Previews Oct 5-6. Opens Oct 8 and runs to Oct 27, see website for schedule. $23-$80. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-5047529, nightofthelivingdeadlive.com. NNUIT BLANCHE (Scotiabank/City of Toronto). The all-night contemporary art event offers art exhibits, dance, light and sound installations, interactive performances and more. Various venues around the city, see website for details. Oct 5-6, from Sat 6:51 pm to Sun 7 am. Free. scotiabanknuitblanche.ca.
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... And Stockings For The Ladies, starring Brendan McMurtry-Howlett, previews this week. (See story at nowtoronto.com/stage)
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THE ART OF FLAMENCO: JUERGA! Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company presents a flamenco jam as part of the Art of Flamenco Symposium (runs Oct 5-6 at Beit Zatoun; see website for full schedule and prices). Oct 5, from 7 to 10 pm. $10 or pwyc. Academy of Spanish Dance, 401 Richmond W, unit B104. 416-595-5753, flamencos.net. NEVERYDAY MARVELS Shannon Litzenberger Contemporary Dance presents a 12-hour performance based on Lorna Crozier’s The Book of Marvels, with choreography by Rob Abubo, Susie Burpee, Valerie Calam, MarieJosée Chartier and others, as part of Nuit Blanche. Oct 5 to 6, Sat 7 pm to Sun 7 am. Free. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, 111 Queen’s Park. scotiabanknuitblanche.ca. FORMATION Ballet Jörgen presents an evening of contemporary ballet featuring three newly commissioned works. Oct 4-5, Fri-Sat 8 pm. $36-$76, stu/srs from $30. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis. 416-978-8849, uofttix.ca.
KNEES AND TOES/NYS AND TOS TOES for dance presents contemporary dance artists from New York City and Toronto, including Colleen Snell, Alejandro Rodriguez, Lea Ved, Darshan Bhuller, David Earle, Kristen Carcone, Bynh Ho and others. $25. Oct 5 and 8: Sat, 8 pm, at Dancemakers Centre for Creation, (9 Trinity, studio 313); and Tue, 8 pm, at Cawthra Park Secondary School, (1305 Cawthra, Mississauga). toesfordance.ca
LES CHEMINEMENTS DE L’INFLUENCE (PATHWAYS OF INFLUENCE) Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie present Laurence Lemieux’s solo dance tribute to her father. Oct 3-5, Thu-Sat 8 pm (and special Nuit Blanche performance Oct 5, 11 pm, pwyc). $35, stu $25. The Citadel, 304 Parliament. cheminements.eventbrite.ca.
Continuing SEASON 2013 ProArteDanza and Harbourfront NextSteps present choreographies ñ by Roberto Campanella, Robert Glumbek and
Guillaume Côté, performed by Valerie Calam, Justin De Luna, Mami Hata, Ryan Lee and others. Runs to Oct 5, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20-$39. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. 3
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Melissa O’Neil Actor, Les Misérables
After winning the third season of Canadian Idol in 2005, the soulful, gritty-voiced Melissa O’Neil released a best-selling disc and then promptly began doing musical theatre, with roles in Dirty Dancing, High School Musical and the acclaimed Stratford production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Now she’s got the plum part of lovestruck street urchin Eponine in the star-studded 25th-anniversary production of Les Misérables, which opens Wednesday (October 9). See listings, page 74. Part of your heritage is Chinese, and your Chinese name means “ladylike.” So how ladylike are you? I’m not sure how ladylike it is to come right out and declare it as a personal trait. Early on in the Canadian Idol competition (which you eventually won), you sang On My Own from Les Mis. Now you’ll be singing it eight times a week. Fate? Not so much fate. I’d say a mixture of hard work, being in the right place at the right time and luck. How does it feel knowing tens of thousands of people know every word of that song by heart? It’s a welcome challenge. Finding your own voice and actions inside a song that everyone (including myself) is so intimately familiar with is difficult. It’s a huge exercise in being present and letting the audience in and letting myself be affected. Can you sum up this 25th-anniversary production in 15 words or less? Redemption. Realism. Honesty. Filth. Gritty. Touching. Transcendent. Immersive. Moving. Hopeful. Ramin [Karimloo] (an incredible Jean Valjean). Favourite moment in the show?
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I’ve got three, so in the order of their appearance: the sewer sequence, Javert’sdeath (spoiler!) and Jean Valjean’s prayer. If Eponine and Cosette got into a UFC cage match, who’d win – and why? Pre Marius meeting Cosette, Eponine would win – hands down. Post, Cosette would. Eponine would forfeit because to hurt Cosette would mean hurting Marius. And she’d never do that. If Eponine and Marius ended up together, what would their love duet be titled? Let’s go with some Canadiana for this: Lovers In A Dangerous Time. You’ve understudied many roles. Advice to your Les Mis understudy? There are two Eponine understudies, and trust, they don’t need any advice; they’re both incredibly talented and will be beautiful in the red cap. All I try to remember when I’m understudying is to breathe and be right here, right now.
Aaron Walpole, who was also in Stratford’s Jesus Christ Superstar with you. Did you guys bond over it? I don’t think we’ve ever really spoken about that. It was nearly… eight years ago? Geez, I feel old. I’m grateful for that time. But truly, there are more interesting things to talk about these days, like where’s the best burrito in town. It’s 10 minutes before opening night. What’s going through your mind? “My mom is here! This corset is tight. Not enough dirt on my face. Must give love and high fives to my castmates!”
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… and 10 minutes after the show ends? “My mom is waiting! Too much dirt on my face. Must give love and high fives to my cast-mates!” What’ll you be doing on your days off? Sleeping. Being quiet. Netflix. Taking class. Walking the pooch. Oh, and of GLENN SUMI course, reading NOW.
The movie: pro or con? Beautiful cinematography. I prefer to experience live sung moments in person. There are a couple of Idol alums in the cast, including Elena Juatco and
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Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten (Canadian Opera Company). An alienated fisherman struggles under the judgment of his neighbours in an English seaside village. Opens Oct 5 and runs to Oct 26, see website for schedule. $12-$332. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-3638231, coc.ca. 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR by Luigi Pirandello (Ryerson Theatre School). A company of actors encounter six characters who have been abandoned by their author. Opens Oct 4 and runs to Oct 10, Tue-Sun 8 pm, mat Sun 2 pm. $18, stu/srs $14. Ryerson Theatre, 43 Gerrard E. r yersontheatre.ca. The Unexpected Guest by Agatha Christie (Stage Centre Productions). A stranger walks into a house to find a man murdered and his wife standing over him with a gun. Opens Oct 3 and runs to Oct 12, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun (and Oct 12) 2 pm. $27.50, stu/srs $22. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall. 416-2995557, stagecentreproductions.com. Venus In Fur by David Ives (Canadian Stage). A young actress determined to land the lead plays a cat-and-mouse game with the play’s director. Opens Oct 3 and runs to Oct 27, TueSat 8 pm, mat Wed 1:30 pm, Sat-Sun 2 pm. $24-$99. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-368-3110, canadianstage.com.
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helps Jewish refugees in post-WWII Germany in this solo show. (See story at nowtoronto. com/stage.) Previews Oct 8-9. Opens Oct 10 and runs to Oct 24, Tue-Thu and Sat 8 pm, Sun 7 pm, mat Wed 1 pm, Sun 2 pm. $30-$60. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. 416733-0545, hgjewishtheatre.com.
One-Nighters The Chandelier Gala (Ontario Heritage Trust). Celebrate the 100th anniversary ñ of the Elgin Theatre with song, dance and
comedy performances by Adam Brazier, Ross Petty, Arlene Duncan, Colin Mochrie and others. Oct 7 at 8 pm (dinner & cocktails from 6 pm). $95-$250. Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres, 189 Yonge. 416-314-2871, heritagetrust.on.ca/ewg100. Exploring Manhood (Batuki Music Society). Reading of three one-act plays by Kwame Stephens, followed by discussion. Oct 5 at 1:30 pm. Free. Trinity St. Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. bitly.com/ManHood. KATSURA SUNSHINE (Gerry Ronan/Peter Robic) Greg Robic performs the ancient Japanese art of Rakugo comic storytelling in English. Oct 5 at 8 pm. $38, stu $20. Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge. 1-855-622-2787, t icketmaster.ca. Miss Caledonia by Melody A. Johnson (Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts). A 1950s farm girl dreams of being an actress in the big city in this musical solo show. Oct 5 at 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 130 Navy, Oakville. 905-815-2021. Peter Pan by John Caird and Trevor Nunn (Theatreworks USA). Children escape to Neverland and learn the importance of friendship. Oct 5 at 1 & 3 pm. $20, child $15. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts, Mississauga. 905-306-6000, livingartscentre.ca. Poetic Echoes: A Britten Celebration (Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre). Artists of the COC Ensemble Studio celebrate Benjamin Britten’s 100th birthday with a selection of songs and song cycles. Oct 9 at noon. Free. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. coc.ca. Shift Your Perspective (Dan Trommater). Trommater performs an evening of magic and mystery in an intimate space. Oct 5 at 8 pm. $25. The Inner Garden, 401 Richmond W, suite 384. shiftyourperspective.eventbrite.ca. Shrapnel (Dan Trommater). by Joel Benson (Theatre Gargantua). Slam poet Benson performs the first instalment of his new creation with MJ Shaw. Oct 5 at 7 and 8:30 pm. Free. Trinity Bellwoods Park, 790 Queen W, north of the Queen Gate. theatregargantua.ca. The Stressed Out Impresario (VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert). This spoof on the antics of dueling divas and divos is based on Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor. Oct 6 at 2:30 pm. $40$52. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. 416366-7723, stlc.com. TFN For All Seasons (Toronto Field Naturalists). Skits, stories and songs by TFN members celebrate the org’s history and love of nature. Oct 4 at 7:30 pm. $15, child $5. Papermill The-
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atre, 67 Pottery. torontofieldnaturalists.org. Toronto Theatre Trivia Game Show (Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts). Four teams duke it out, with host Thom Allison. Oct 7 at 7:30 pm. Pwyc. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. w hatisthegame.ca.
Continuing The Best Brothers by Daniel MacIvor (Tar-
ragon Theatre). Two very different brothers learn about each other and their mother after her death in a freak accident at the Pride parade (see review, page 73). Runs to Oct 27, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $27-$53, preview $21-$25. 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. NNN (GS) Bone Cage by Catherine Banks (Hart House Theatre). This bleak drama focuses on a young couple who are about to get married in an isolated Nova Scotia logging town, despite an uncertain economic future and the protests of their family and friends. Some slow pacing and wooden east coast accents mar the play, but the link between environmental and social decline is made clear. Runs to Oct 5, ThuSat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $28, srs $17, stu $10$15. 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-8849, uofttix.ca. NNN (Jordan Bimm) Crash by Pamela Mala Sinha (Theatre Passe Muraille). In this remount of Sinha’s Dora Awardwinning solo show, the playwright plays an unnamed woman whose memories of an earlier trauma are triggered by attending her father’s funeral. The poetic script is often vague and elliptical, but under Alan Dilworth’s direction, the design elements make up for the script and performance’s shortcomings. Runs to Oct 19, TueSat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $15-$27.50, mat pwyc. 16 Ryerson, Backspace. 416504-7529, passemuraille.on.ca. NNN (GS)
The Flood Thereafter by ñ Sarah Berthiaume
(Canadian Stage/ Theatre Dept @ York University). An eerie daily striptease ritual in a small-town bar is interrupted by a stranger’s arrival in this play evoking ancient Greek myth (see review, page 73). Runs to Oct 6, ThuSat 8 pm, mat SatSun 2 pm. $22-$49. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110, canadianstage.com. NNNN (JK)
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Blithe Spirit by Nöel Coward (Stratford Festival). The ghost of his first wife pesters a novelist and his new spouse in this comedy. Runs in rep to Oct 20. $49-$120, stu/srs $20$55. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. Enchanted April by Matthew Barber (Shaw Festival). Seeking to escape post-WWI gloom and boredom, two English housewives go on vacation in Italy. Runs in rep to Oct 26. $35$110, stu/srs mats $24-$55. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. Faith Healer by Brian Friel (Shaw Festival). Three characters tell different versions of the same story in this Irish drama. Runs in rep to Oct 6. $50-$110, stu/srs mats $24-$55. Royal George Theatre, 85 Queen, Niagara-on-theLake. 1-800-511-7429, s hawfest.com. Fiddler On The Roof by Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (Stratford Festival). A Jewish patriarch in Russia clings to tradition in a changing world in this musical. Runs in rep to Oct 27. $49-$135, srs $41-$66, stu $29. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. The Forum (Stratford Festival). Readings, cabarets, debates, tours, improv, workshops and more related to this year’s onstage productions. Runs to Oct 20, see website for details. Various prices and venues. Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. Godspell by John Michael Tebelak and Stephen Schwartz (Drayton Entertainment). This musical is based on the gospel according to St Matthew. Runs to Oct 20, see website for schedule. $20-$45. St Jacobs Country Playhouse, 40 Benjamin E, Waterloo. 1-888-372-9866, draytonentertainment. com. Guys And Dolls by Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows (Shaw Festival). A bet leads to romance in this musical comedy. Runs in rep to Nov 3. $35$110, stu/srs mats $24$55. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com.
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Tainted by Kat Lanteigne (Gromkat Produc-
tions/Moyo Theatre). Set against the backdrop of Canada’s tainted blood scandal, a family fights to stay intact when tragedy strikes (see review, page 73). Runs to Oct 12, Tue-Sun 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $27-$42. Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas E, Aki Studio Theatre. 1-800-204-0855, gromkat.com. NNN (JK) Tempo by Mike Batistick (Tavistock Arts). A man chasing the American Dream feels his life slipping away. Runs to Oct 12, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $20. The Storefront Theatre, 955 Bloor W. tavistockarts.com. Tick, Tick... Boom! by Jonathan Larson (Angelwalk Theatre). This autobiographical musical depicts the journey that led to the creation of the Broadway blockbuster RENT. Runs to Oct 6, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Thu 1 pm, Sun 2 pm. $25$55. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. 1-855-985-2787, angelwalk.ca. The Underpants by Steve Martin (Alumnae Theatre). A housewife becomes an instant celebrity after accidentally losing her underpants in public. Runs to Oct 5, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20. 70 Berkeley. 416-364-4170, alumnaetheatre.com.
Lady Windermere’s Fan by ñ Oscar Wilde (Shaw Fes-
tival). Director Peter Hinton breathes new life into Wilde’s comedy of Victorian manners, using bold design touches that underscore the play’s themes and create intimacy on the large Festival Theatre stage. The leads, with the sole exception of Marla McLean in the title role, are excellent. And you’ll smile at the musical choices, which range from Chopin to Katy Perry. Runs in rep to Oct 19. $35$110, stu/srs mats $24-$55. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. NNNN (GS) Lend Me A Tenor by Ken Ludwig (Drayton Entertainment). A hapless understudy impersonates a famous tenor in this musical comedy. Runs to Oct 12, see website for schedule. $20-$45. Dunfield Theatre Cambridge, 46 Grand S, Cambridge. 1-855-3729866, draytonentertainment.com. The Light In The Piazza by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel (Shaw Festival). A protective mother must make a choice when her daughter falls in love during a 1950s Italian vacation. Runs in rep to Oct 13. $50-$110, stu/srs mats $24-$55. Court House Theatre, 26 Queen, Niagara-on-the-Lake. shawfest.com. Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw (Shaw Festival). Pitting a righteous Salvation Army officer against her father, made wealthy by his munitions company, Shaw offers a series of entertaining debates on whether a morally
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(Words In Motion). This movable drama and tour tells the stories of brick makers, POWs and transients who spent time at the Brick Works. Runs to Oct 14, see website for schedule. $10, child $5. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. ebw.evergreen.ca/ whats-on/memory-in-the-mud. The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourn (Soulpepper). A librarian seeks a tryst but must dodge his wife in this trilogy where each play is viewed from a different part of the home. Runs to Nov 16, see website for schedule. $51-$68, stu $32; rush $5-$22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. PIG by Tim Luscombe (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre). Luscombe’s uncompromising shocker takes a brutally honest look at a subculture of contemporary queer life. It focuses on two writers who hook up online and then embark on an on-again, off-again relationship that makes us question what’s real, what’s fantasy and what’s fictional. The tension slackens in the melodramatic second act, but director Brendan Healy gets brave, committed performances by a trio of actors (Paul Dunn, Blair Williams and Bruce Dow). It’s
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alternately funny, disturbing and – especially in its simpler scenes – haunting. Runs to Oct 6, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. Pwyc-$37. 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. NNNN (GS) ShakesBeer: Twelfth Night (The Classical Theatre Project). The company performs the comedy in a pop-up theatre tavern setting. To Oct 3, Thu 6:30 and 9 pm. $33-$57. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. shakesbeer.ca. Shrek The Musical by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori (Lower Ossington Theatre). A swamp-dwelling ogre goes on a journey of redemption in this musical based on the film. Runs to Oct 19, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm (and Oct 16), mat Sat 2 pm, Sun 4 pm. $49-$59. Randolph Theatre, 736 Bathurst. 416-915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (Studio BLR). A punk rock couple host Stella’s sister in this adaptation that features a live band practice scene instead of the poker game. Runs to Oct 5, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $10. Starts in Dragon Alley, Dragon Alley Lane, Dufferin N of College. 416-364-4556, facebook.com/ events/210188342480254.
reprehensible person can do a good deed. Nicole Underhay in the title role, Benedict Campbell as her father and Graeme Somerville as her fiancé are excellent in director Jackie Maxwell’s production. Runs in rep to Oct 19. $50$110, stu/srs mats $24-$55. Royal George Theatre, 85 Queen, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, s hawfest.com. NNN (JK) Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller (Stratford Festival). This drama looks at the conflict between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. Runs in rep to Oct 19. $49-$120, stu/ srs $20-$55. Tom Patterson Theatre, 111 Lakeside, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. The Merchant Of Venice by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). Set in Mussolini’s Italy, director Antoni Cimolino’s take on Shakespeare’s poetic comedy/tragedy about mercy, anti-Semitism and friendship is a generally gripping production, with fine work by Tom McCamus as the merchant of the title, Michelle Giroux as Portia and Scott Wentworth as Shylock, here a complex character who never – even in the famous trial scene in which he demands a pound of flesh – fully loses the audience’s sympathy. Runs in rep to Oct 18. $49-$120, stu/srs $20-$55. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. NNNN (JK) No Great Mischief by David S Young (Thousand Islands Playhouse). Haunted by stories and songs of their Scottish ancestry, two brothers seek to reconcile their past. Runs to Oct 5, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun and Wed 2:30 pm. $16-$32. Springer Theatre, 690 Charles S, Gananoque. 1-866-382-7020, 1000islandsplayhouse.com. Othello by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). Director Chris Abraham’s production picks up on the speed suggested in Shakespeare’s narrative, making the tale of jealousy, suspicion, manipulation and murder move at a breakneck pace. The cast, especially Dion Johnstone in the title role and Graham Abbey as the deceitful Iago, give the text a strong emotional reading. Runs in rep to Oct 19. $49-$120, stu/srs $20-$55. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. NNNN (JK) Our Betters by W Somerset Maugham (Shaw Festival). Maugham’s littleknown 1915 comedy-drama about a group of American heiresses who have bought their way into European society puts a clever, stylish twist on the age-old theme of money not guaranteeing happiness. In the hands of director Morris Panych, it’s wildly entertaining stuff full of sexual indiscretions and bittersweet truths, with first-rate performances by Laurie Paton, Catherine McGregor, Neil Barclay and Claire Jullien as the society woman manipulating everyone. Runs in rep to Oct 27. $50-$110, stu/srs mats $24-$55. Royal George Theatre, 85 Queen, Niagaraon-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, s hawfest.com. NNNN (GS) Peace In Our Time: A Comedy by John Murrell (Shaw Festival). Murrell’s adaptation of Bernard Shaw’s Geneva is a blend of satire and slapstick that explores international diplomacy and justice after the First World War, though it has clear contemporary resonance under Blair Williams’s direction. Too bad the farcical approach takes the sting out of characters like Hitler and Mussolini. Runs in rep to Oct 12. $50-$110, stu/srs mats $24-$55. Court House Theatre, 26 Queen, Niagara-onthe-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. NNN (JK) Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). Young lovers are thwarted by their feuding families in the classic tragedy. Runs in rep to Oct 19. $49-$120, stu/srs $20-$55. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. Tommy by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff (Stratford Festival). It has a wonky narrative arc – two parts the relentless abuse of the eponymous boy, unable to speak, see or hear since he was traumatized at age four, and one part Tommy’s cure, his vault to superstardom as a pinball wizard and subsequent rejection of fame. But the production, under Des McAnuff, is so gorgeous, thanks to Sean Nieuwenhuis’s spectacular projections, that you almost don’t notice. And the cast is excellent, especially Kira Guloien and Jeremy Kushnier as Tommy’s parents, Steve Ross as wicked Uncle Ernie and Paul Nolan as the bully Cousin Kevin. The weak link is Robert Markus as the grown-up Tommy, who can’t convey the vacancy of the sense-deprived lad and lacks the charisma to convince us he could mesmerize audiences as a pop culture hero. But the refrain ‘See me, feel me, touch me, heal me’ does bring a tear to the eye. Runs in rep to Oct 19. $52-$175. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. NNN (Susan G Cole) 3
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Thursday, October 3 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents headliner Nathan
Macintosh w/ Jess Salomon and host Ron Vaudry. To Oct 6, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. BEERPROV: FRESHMAN CLASS Jim Robinson presents a new monthly show where up-andcoming improvisers compete in a series of elimination games. 10 pm. $12. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. facebook.com/BeerProv. GIGGLES @ THE GROOVE BAR presents a weekly open-mic w/ rotating hosts. 9:30 pm. Free. 1952 Danforth. sssuperfly@hotmail.com. KITCH KOMEDY presents a weekly show. 9 pm. Free. Kitch, 229 Geary. kitchbar.com. LAUGH SABBATH Comedy Bar presents Layin’ Down With Tim Gilbert! w/ David Dineen-Porter, Eddie Della Siepe, Steph Kaliner, host Gilbert and others. 9:30 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. laughsabbath.com. NOT MY DOG COMEDY presents a weekly open mic w/ host Hannah Hogan. 8:30 pm. Free. Not My Dog, 1510 Queen W. 416-532-2397. THE RED PANTY DIARIES Femme International presents a benefit to help Kenyan girls to attend school every day of the month, w/ Heidi Brander, Zabrina Chevannes, Jess Beaulieu, Alannah Copetti and Natalie Norman. 8 pm. $10-$15. Baltic Avenue, 875 Bloor W. femmeinternational.org. WE CAN BE HEROES Second City’s latest revue – inspired by the idea that our society’s quickly going to hell – is one of its sharpest in a while. Newcomer Connor Thompson scores big laughs playing everything from a literal bat man to a blind lifeguard, while Craig Brown channels his inner Chaplin as a balding man having a terrible day. Meanwhile, Jan Caruana proves she’s got great range in two scenes involving a precocious girl. Even the less successful sketches are sharply directed, and the set and musical design help enhance the scenes. Not to be missed. Indefinite run, Tue-Thu 8 pm, Fri-Sat 7:30 & 10 pm, Sun 7:30 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-3430011, secondcity.com. NNNN (GS) YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Brett Martin. To Oct 6, Thu and Sun 8 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:30 pm. $13-$22. 224 Richmond W. 416967-6425, yukyuks.com.
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BEERPROV: MAIN EVENT
Jim Robinson presents the monthly improv competition. 10:30 pm. $15. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. facebook.com/ BeerProv. CATCH23 Comedy Bar presents a weekly improv pit fight. 8 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, comedybar.ca.
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Red Rocket Coffee pre-
Comic and podcaster Greg Proops plays three venues, October 6 to 8.
sents Joel West, Matt Henry, Becky Bays, Darren Pyle, MC Eli Jakeman and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. 1364 Danforth. 416-406-0880, redrocketcoffee.com. TOP SHELF COMEDY presents weekly comedy featuring one of the following shows: The Duel, The Invasion, The Rewind, The Main Event. 9:30 pm. $5. St Louis Bar & Grill, 1963 Queen E. 416-637-7427. WE CAN BE HEROES See Thu 3. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 3.
Saturday, October 5 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 3. COMEDY AT THE RED ROCKET presents headliner
Massimo, Will Jardine, Travis Lindsay, Hisham Kelada, Claire Stollery, Ben Ireland, Susan Fisher, MC Joel West and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. Red Rocket Coffee, 1364 Danforth. redrocketcoffee.com. KATSURA SUNSHINE Gerry Ronan & Peter Robic present Greg Robic performing the ancient Japanese art of Rakugo comic storytelling in English. 8 pm. $38, stu $20. Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge. ticketmaster.ca. MONKEY TOAST The Tite Group presents the improvised talk show w/ guests Kathryn Greenwood, Chris Tait, the Monkey Toast Players and host Ron Tite. 8 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, comedybar.ca. RICHARD RYDER The Flying Beaver Pubaret presents the comic/PROUD FM host in a live show. 7 pm. $10-$15. 488 Parliament. brownpapertickets.com/event/476278. THE SUPERSTARS OF COMEDY Comedy Bar presents Liam Kelly, Pat MacDonald, headliner Dave Merheje and host Keith Pedro. 9:30 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, comedybar.ca. THEATRESPORTS FALL TOURNAMENT Bad Dog Theatre presents the improv competition. To Dec 14, Saturdays 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. baddogtheatre.com. WE CAN BE HEROES See Thu 3. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 3.
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Hugh’s Room presents a comedy and music benefit for Autism Ontario w/ Jordan Hilkowitz, Neil Crone, Women Fully Clothed, the Illustrated Men, Samantha Mutis and others. 8:30 pm. $35-$40. 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604, hughsroom.com. GREG PROOPS Empire Comedy Live and the Dark Comedy Festival presents the comic in a live stand-up show and podcast recording. 7 & 9 pm. $20/show. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. empirecomedylive.com. THE PLAYGROUND Playful Grounds presents weekly open-mic comedy w/ hosts Kris Siddiqi and Melissa Story. 9 pm. Free. 605 College. 416-645-0484, playfulgrounds.com. SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons present a weekly show w/ guest hosts and musical acts. 9 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com. WE CAN BE HEROES See Thu 3. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 3. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Wiseguys Of Woodbrige w/ Frank Spadone and others. 8 pm. $20. 70 Interchange Way. yukyuks.com.
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Monday, October 7 ALTDOT COMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli presents Eric Andrews, Eddie Delñ la Siepe, Sara Hennessey, Jon Steinberg, Matt Holmes, Rose Giles, Kevin Shustack, Scott Dell, MC Dave Merheje and others. 9 pm. $5. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com.
THE BEST OF THE SECOND CITY presents classic and
original sketch and trademark improvisation. 8 pm. $14. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity. com. CHEAP LAUGHS MONDAY PJ O’Briens Irish Pub presents a weekly show w/ Russell Roy and guests. 9 pm. Free. 39 Colborne. 416-815-7562.
CLOCKWORK [ORANGE IS THE NEW] BLACK The Dandies present an im-
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in today’s society, inspired by novels by Anthony Burgess and Piper Kerman. To Oct 7, Mondays 7:30 pm. $5. Measure, 296 Brunswick. improvdandies.wordpress.com. DAWN PATROL Comedy Bar presents Richard Ryder, Lauren Mitchell, Nick Flanagan, Zabrina Chevannes, Jess Salomon and Stephen Sharpe. 8:30 pm. $7. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. GREG PROOPS Empire Comedy Live and the Dark Comedy Festival present Proops in a live stand-up show. 8 pm. $42.50. Class Act Dinner Theatre, 104 Consumers, Whitby. 1-877-426-5697, class-act.ca. IMPERIAL COMEDY SHOW Imperial Pub presents rotating crew hosts, 10 comics and a pro headliner every week. 9:30 pm. Free. 54 Dundas E. 416-977-4667, imperialcomedy.com. TOP SHELF COMEDY presents a weekly pro comic show w/ hosts Chris Allin and Brian Ward. 8 pm. Free. The Office Pub, 117 John. 416-977-1900.
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Tuesday, October 8 FLAT TIRE COMEDY Amsterdam Bicycle Club
presents weekly stand-up w/ host Chrissie Cunningham and guests. 9 pm. Free. 54 the Esplanade. facebook.com/FlatTireComedy. GAD ELMALEH Union Events present the French comedic star in a live show. Doors 8 pm. $39.50-$69.50. Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 190 Princes’ Blvd. ticketfly.com. GREG PROOPS Empire Comedy Live and the Dark Comedy Festival present the comic in a live podcast recording. 9 pm. $25. The Underground Comedy Club, 670 Queen E. 416-732-7761, empirecomedylive.com. LES IMPROBABLES Supermarket presents competitive improv comedy en français. 7 pm. $5. 268 Augusta. ligueimprotoronto@gmail.com. THE OTHER DOPE SHOW Vapor Social presents weekly open-mic stand-up. 9 pm. $5. 896 College. 647-765-4422. PAINT C’est What presents the indie band’s weekly gig with comedy sets by Andrew Ivimey, Bryan Hatt, Todd Van Allen, Tommy Power and others. To Oct 29, Tuesdays 9 pm. $6. 67 Front E. cestwhat.ca. THE SKIN OF MY NUTS Sonic Espresso Bar presents a weekly open mic w/ host Vandad Kardar. 10:30 pm. Free. 60 Cecil. facebook. com/skinofmynuts. WE CAN BE HEROES See Thu 3. THE WILD CARD Top Shelf Comedy presents 4 pros, 4 lottery spots and one first-timer w/ hosts Chris Allin and Brian Ward. Tuesdays 8:30 pm. Free. Fox & Fiddle, 280 Bloor W. 416966-4369. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, Launching Pad for new stand-ups at 9:30 pm, every week. $4/show. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.
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Wednesday, October 9 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am Night w/
headliner Kate Davis, Jarrett Campbell, Asfar Ali, Felipe Dimas, Joel Buxton, Sebastian Fazio, Nitish Sakhuja and host Mike Dambra. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. CHUCKLE CO. PRESENTS weekly stand-up with rotating hosts Joel Buxton, DJ Demers, Amanda Brooke Perrin, Mikey Kolberg, Steve Patrick Adams and Jordan Foisy. 9:30pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. chuckleco.com. DEM APPLES COMEDY: X Hosts Andre Arruda & Dave Code present the monthly stand-up show w/ headliner Jason Rouse, JP Hodgkinson, Dom Pare, Rhiannon Archer, Ryan Horwood, Helder Brum and others. 9 pm. Free. Upfront Bar & Grill, 106 Front E. demapplescomedy@gmail.com. SIREN’S COMEDY Celt’s Pub presents open-mic stand-up w/ host Steph Lisson and headliner Michelle Mohan. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416-767-3339. THE VIDEO GAME SHOW Bad Dog Theatre presents unscripted comedy, gameplay and discussion inspired by classic and current games w/ Kris Siddiqi, Sarah Hillier, Conor Bradbury, Alice Moran, Sarah Hillier, Sean Tabares and others. To Oct 16, Wednesdays 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, baddogtheatre.com. WAYWARD Bad Dog Theatre presents allfemale improv about a religious girls school w/ Christy Bruce, Jen Goodhue, Ann Pornel and others. To Oct 9, Wednesdays 9:30 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416551-6540, baddogtheatre.com. WE CAN BE HEROES See Thu 3. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Ron Josol. To Oct 13, Wed-Thu and Sun 8 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:30 pm. $13-$22. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3
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Harlan Ellison is back. The legend among American fiction writers has finally returned after working 10 years on his new graphic novel. It’s set on a futuristic Earth that could be the love child of an Asimov/ Heinlein collab. Mutants slave in mines, coliseums are jammed with blood-hungry fans cheering on monsters battling warriors, and humans pollute rivers and lakes with abandon. When a war hero begins to recruit six outcasts for a mission to save the planet, the book briefly veers into XMen mode to explain the special superpowers each character brings to the team. But Ellison’s Earth doesn’t seem worth saving. In fact, the author has
said in an interview that maybe it’s time to pack it in and let the cockroaches take over from the human race. His cynicism comes across in several panels where the recruits venture to gruesome regions to battle armies standing in their way. The plot isn’t spectacular, but the action unfolds quick and heavy, almost as if Ellison wrote this first for Hollywood and then decided to contact DC for a book deal. The dialogue is peppered with Ellison’s trademark sarcasm, giving way to some humour amidst all the ray-gun blasts and lizard battles. There are few quiet scenes; the pace never lets up, making it a book best enjoyed in one sitting. Hats off to Paul Chadwick and Victoria’s Ken Steacy for the stunning artwork, which captures the finest details in Ellison’s imaginative landscapes. Speculative fiction in graphic novels can sometimes fall flat on the page if the art doesn’t shine, but 7 Against Chaos wins on all fronts. DAVID SILVERBERG
AUTHORS’ JOURNAL AUCTION Word On The Street has come and gone, but the Journal Reflections auction, a fundraiser for the free literary event, is still going strong. To mark the fest’s 25th anniversary, authors have donated original journal entries for the online auction, among them Brian Francis, Anne Michaels, Robert Priest and Andrew Pyper. Bidding is open until Tuesday (October 8). Find the list of participating writers and place your bids at thewordonthestreet.ca/ SUSAN G. COLE wots/toronto/journalauction.
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BYRON AYANOGLU The author of A Traveler’s Tale is interviewed by actor/director Jack Blum. 7:30 pm. $5. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. tinars.ca. LAUREN CARTER/ELIZABETH RUTH Carter reads from her novel Swarm, Ruth reads from her novel Matadora. 6 pm. Free. Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay. 416-361-0032. TERRENCE KEENLEYSIDE Discussing his book At The Table, Nourishing Conversation And Food. 7 pm. Free. Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington. Pre-register 416-395-5440. DONNA MORRISSEY Talking about her book The Deception Of Livvy Higgs. 2 pm (Taylor Memorial Library, 1440 Kingston) and 7 pm (Runnymede Library, 2178 Bloor W). Free. torontopubliclibrary.ca. ROBBIE ROBERTSON The singer/songwriter talks about his new book, Legends, Icons & Rebels, with Heather Reisman. 7 pm. Free. Indigo Manulife, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca.
new books by Margaret Christakos, Jon Paul Fiorentino, Matthew Heiti, David O’Meara, and Stephen Collis and Jordan Scott are launched with short readings followed by music. 8 pm. Free. The Garrison, 1197 Dundas W. chbooks.com.
Saturday, October 5 PAM MORDECAI/MAX LAYTON/ARIEL LEN/ KAREN RUSSELL Poetry. 1:30-4:30 pm. Free.
Portobello, 995 Bay. 416-926-1800.
Monday, October 7 JANE FAIRBURN Signing copies of her book
Along The Shore: Rediscovering Toronto’s Waterfront Heritage. 6:30 pm. Free. Rue Pigalle, 927 Queen W. ruepigalle.ca. GILLER JURY: BEHIND THE CURTAIN The CBC’s Jian Ghomeshi talks with Giller jury members Margaret Atwood, Esi Edugyan and Jonathan Lethem. 7 pm. Free. Indigo Manulife, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca. RAINBOW ROWELL The YA author signs copies of her newest novel, Fangirl. 7 pm. Free. Indigo Yorkdale, 3401 Dufferin. chapters.indigo.ca.
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Alfonso Cuarón has demonstrated a remarkable command of cinema, having given the Harry Potter series its first signs of depth in Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban and imagined a near-future England collapsing into despair in Children Of Men. But he’s never done anything like Gravity, a watershed survival drama about American astronauts stranded in the thermosphere after an accident destroys their ride home. The movie is a marvel of visual effects and dramatic tension, and Sandra Bullock is as good as she’s ever been as panicked novice Ryan Stone. But it’s also a hell of a ride. “It has to be fun, you know?” the director says. “You have to be excited. You have to be completely hooked and connected to the screen.” Sitting in a suite at the Shangri-La the day after Gravity’s premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, Cuarón explains what drew him to the project, which he wrote with his son Jonás. “I was going through one of those periods
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of adversity, and you always hope that you’re going to come out the other side with a sense of rebirth,” he says. “‘Rebirth’ meaning gaining a new knowledge of yourself. So that was the point of departure on how to do the whole thing. It was about how to build up the character, and again trying to be as economical as possible. What [Jonás] kept saying was ‘Without unnecessary rhetoric’ – minimizing the backstories and definitely not cutting to Planet Earth.” That meant spending almost every second with Ryan Stone in the void. And Cuarón felt that Bullock was the only actor for the role. “I went to meet with her in Austin,” he says. “She read the script, she liked it, but we didn’t talk about the script. We talked about the themes. And this theme of adversity was something she also knew very well. So we just had a conversation, the whole afternoon and evening, about the connection between adversity and life.” The meeting ended without a clear commitment from Bullock – but that almost didn’t matter. “It wasn’t ‘I’m going to do it’ or ‘I’m not going to do it,’” Cuarón explains, “it was ‘Wow, I had an excellent conversation with this woman.’ I didn’t get a straight answer, because I didn’t ask a straight question, but it was great. I remember calling [producer] David Heyman and saying, ‘Well, I had a
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ñ(Alfonso Cuarón) Rating: NNNNN Alfonso Cuarón’s long-anticipated follow-up to Children Of Men is both an immediate, nail-biting thriller and a stunning technological accomplishment. Stranded in orbit and cut off from mission control, two astronauts (Sandra Bullock, George Clooney) have to figure out how to keep themselves alive long enough to get home in the most hostile environment imaginable. This isn’t science fiction – it’s set firmly in the present day, and the stakes are as intimate as they come. Cuarón’s screenplay, co-written with his son Jonás, is a triumph of psychological realism and narrative efficiency. There isn’t a wasted shot or an extraneous line of dialogue. There are things here you’ve never seen before. This is a great, unprecedented picture. One word of warning, though: if you don’t have vertigo, the IMAX 3D version NW may well leave you with it.
Ever since Georges Méliès imagined that trip to the moon, space has held a certain fascination for filmmakers. Here are five fine films that paved the way for Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity. And I didn’t include Capricorn One because (spoiler, I guess?) the characters never get off the ground. 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 2. Apollo 13 (1995) 3. Marooned (1969) 4. Silent Running (1972) 5. Alien (1979) See expanded article at nowtoronto.com/movies.
great conversation. I have no idea.’ But for Sandra that was it, of course.” Cuarón credits another collaborator, his old friend Guillermo del Toro, with saving him from his own worst instincts while he was developing the project. “Early on, going through the process, Gravity had the possibility to become a very pretentious film,” Cuarón says. “Jonás was against it, but I wanted to give it a try, and then Guillermo gave me his famous speech: ‘Why you want to shit where you eat?’” He laughs, quoting his friend. “‘Part of the importance of this is that you go through [her] emotional journey, and it’s something that’s highly entertaining. That is what’s going to make this film special, not to do an abstract, conceptual film.’ “And that was a great thing.”
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Dull in Dallas Parkland (Peter Landesman). 93 minutes. Opens Friday (October 4). For venues and times, see Movies, page 84. Rating:
NN Produced by the American Film Company, which brought Robert Redford’s historically accurate, crushingly dull Lincoln assassination drama The Conspirator to TIFF 2011, Parkland once again turns key U.S. events into limp historical drama. It focuses on a handful of Dallas citizens whose lives are touched by the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Writer/director Peter Landesman intertwines several plot strands: the torment of Abraham Zapruder (Paul Giamatti) after witnessing – and capturing on film – the crucial moment;
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Saudi sexism WADJDA (Haifaa Al-Mansour). 97 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (Ocober 4) For venues and times, see Movies, page 84. Rating: NNNN
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I’ve been waiting to write about All The Boys Love Mandy Lane for seven years, and hopefully some of you have been waiting to see it. Jonathan Levine’s nasty, nimble slasher movie was picked up by the
The premise is sly enough – females aren’t allowed to drive in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia – and Mohammed is appealing as the young heroine, but what’s even more involving is AlMansour’s depiction of everyday life for women in her country. The sexes are divided – women and men are discouraged from working side by side – and women’s bodies and heads must be covered in public. The Taliban isn’t assassinating girls who want to get educated, but schools dole out harsh discipline to keep female
students in line. A subplot featuring Wadjda’s unmarried mother (Reem Abdullah, who’s excellent) and father – who has another family – echoes the theme of male privilege. But the film still manages to radiate joy. How did it get made? There was so much resistance in parts of Riyadh where the film is set that Al-Mansour had to sit in a van during shooting. Top marks for persistence. SUSAN G. COLE
Weinstein Company at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival, only to be shelved and eventually dumped by the distri butor after years in limbo – right around the same time the Weinsteins’ Scream 4 lifted its ending, oddly enough. Fortunately, All The Boys has held up very nicely, because it’s not a gimmick movie. It’s just an old-fashioned thriller about a teenager (Amber Heard, in her first major role) who brings some friends out to a ranch for a party weekend, only to see them preyed upon by an unknown maniac.
Levine, who went on to make The Wackness, 50/50 and Warm Bodies, honours the demands of the slasher sub-genre while subtly tweaking them, never forgetting that his first duty is to deliver a tense, twisty and involving film. The terseness of Jacob Forman’s script means the movie’s only real sign of age – other than Heard’s nowstartling youth – is the absence of smartphones. But this is the kind of movie where the phones stop workNorman Wilner ing pretty early on.
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the confusion of Robert Oswald (James Badge Dale) once his brother Lee Harvey (Jeremy Strong) is arrested for the crime; the FBI and Secret Service agents sent reeling by their failure to protect the president; and the traumatized staff of Parkland Hospital, where Kennedy and Oswald were brought after their respective shootings. Any one of those could make for an involving, urgent drama. But Parkland folds them all together and renders them dull and empty, with every line of dialogue serving an expository function (“This is the first time in the history of the Secret Service that we’ve lost a man!”) rather than an emotional one. Everyone is blandly effective, with the exception of Giamatti’s deeply felt Zapruder and Jacki Weaver’s painfully campy Mama Oswald. But this is never anything more than a glorified cable Norman Wilner movie.
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Not Likely Girl Most Likely (Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini). 103 minutes. Opens Friday (October 4). For venues and times, see Movies, page 84. Rating: NN
A year after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival under the title Imogene, Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini’s Girl Most Likely lands in theatres for what’s certain to be a short run, its DVD release date already set for next month. Does that seem like ignominious treatment for a movie by the directors of American Splendor and starring Bridesmaids’ Kristen Wiig as a Manhattan writer who winds up in the custody of her braying New Jersey mother (Annette Bening) after Kristen Wiig (left) and Annette a miscalcuBening flail around lated atin this movie mess. tempt to win
back an ex? Well, it’s no less than the movie deserves. Michelle Morgan’s script plays as though three or four entirely different screenplays were pieced together into a single work after a hard-drive failure. There’s no logical reason for any two of these characters to be in the same film as the others, especially Bening’s swaggering boyfriend (Matt Dillon) and the Yale-educated casino performer (Glee’s Darren Criss) who represents an awfully convenient romantic alternative for Wiig’s lost soul. Girl Most Likely is a mess, flailing between broad comedy and mawkish family drama in search of a purpose. I can enjoy a narrative that functions in multiple genres, but there’s no sense that Berman and Pulcini are shifting gears intentionally. It feels like there’s no one in control at all. Norman Wilner
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Life lessons 15 REASONS TO LIVE (Alan Zweig).
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In this excellent, eye-opening film, Martha Shane and Lana Wilson look at doctors working in three U.S. clinics that perform third-trimester abortions – how they make their decisions and cope with the rabid opposition and threats against their lives. It would have been easy to focus on demonizing the anti-choice activists who’ve been terrorizing these medical practitioners, but the directors take a much more nuanced ap-
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Cuisine scene HAUTE CUISINE (Christian Vincent). 95 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (October 4). For venues and times, see Movies, page 84. Rating: NNN
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In one of his most moving and profound films to date, Alan Zweig interviews people who have discovered a philosophy that gives their life purpose, meaning and ultimately happiness. One man going through a mid-life crisis feels the need to walk around the world, so he embarks on a literal journey for 11 years. (His very patient wife meets him intermittently on the road.) An ex-con finds solace in balancing rocks in the Humber River. A former mountain climber survives a debilitating illness with the support of his true friends. Some vignettes are more successful than others. The segment on intoxication (the categories are drawn from Ray Robertson’s non-fiction book) feels slight. And with 15 stories to cram into 83 minutes, there’s no room for lots of detail. But the tales are beautifully edited and effectively shot. The green and red traffic lights on Montreal’s Jacques Cartier Bridge provide a terrific visual metaphor to open and close the film. Zweig also includes two of his own reflections, including one about his friendship with the late actor and writer Tracy Wright that is poignant, truthGLENN SUMI ful and heartfelt.
If fighting over the tang in freshmade cream cheese is your idea of conflict, then Haute Cuisine is the movie for you. Though this story of Elysée Palace chef Hortense Laborie (based on real-life chef Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch, who cooked for François Mitterand) does have other
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Dr. Shelley Sella talks with a patient in the complex After Tiller.
proach, exploring the grey areas and refusing to shy away from the ethical dilemmas. In one sequence, New Mexico’s Susan Robinson says no to a woman pleading for the procedure. In another, Shelley Sella laments her complicity in ending what she admits is a life.
The title of the film refers to George Tiller, a physician assassinated by antichoice fanatics. These doctors are determined to continue his work, but the essence of the doc isn’t their bravery, but their profound compassion. One of the most important prochoice movies ever made. SUSAN G. COLE
sources of tension – among them macho chefs, the president’s doctors and bureaucratic bean-counters – director Christian Vincent’s clear focus is the food. Sourcing her delectables from her own and other nearby farms, Laborie (Catherine Frot) whips up some incredible fare – salmonstuffed cabbage, gateau St. Honoré – for the president (Jean d’Ormesson) while bantering playfully with her young sous, Nicolas (Arthur Dupont). A parallel plot line
follows Laborie to the Antarctic, where she cooked for scientists at a research centre after her stint at the Palace. The idea is to contrast both her simple surroundings at this outpost with the elaborate setting in France and the down-to-earth researchers with the snooty aides and chefs. But every time the scene shifts to the Antarctic, you can’t wait to get back to Paris. Frot is excellent as the not always likeable meticulous chef who often feels marooned in the palace thanks to her gender and her relationship with the president, which her male cohorts envy. But the food’s the thing here. Plan to chow down after the screening. You’ll definitely feel the need. SUSAN G. COLE
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Like the music that came out of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, this doc’s got plenty of soul. Everyone from Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones has recorded hits in the backwater town’s humble studios. Many more heavy hitters join them to speak affectionately with the filmmakers about their time with Rick Hall of FAME studios, arguably the backbone of Muscle Shoals’ music industry, and his “peckerwood” instrumentalists, later dubbed “the Swampers.” The interviews are a lot of fun, especially Mick Jagger’s and Wilson Pickett’s raucous versions of events, but not all the memories are pleasant. With collaboration came a whole lot of friction, a subject the talking heads
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Wilson Pickett (centre) made great music in Muscle Shoals.
don’t shy away from. Nor does the film ignore the shocking personal traumas that Hall endured before he built his legacy. Director Greg Camalier weaves the interviews together as if he were making music, composing a film with storytelling rhythms and emotional
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The Dirties plays like an open provocation, like someone goaded writer/
director/star Matt Johnson with a dare: “Betcha can’t make a school shooting movie funny!” Impossibly, Johnson succeeds. And don’t let the words “Kevin Smith Presents” above the title dissuade you: The Dirties is more than just an overeager dark comedy desperate to invest its macabre proceedings with smirking humour. Johnson grounds his story in pathos and genuine sym-
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(D: Brad Furman, 91 min) Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake and Gemma Arterton star in this crime drama about a college student who tracks down the offshore entrepreneur he thinks cheated him in an online poker game. Opens Friday (October 4). Screened after press time – see review October 4 at nowtoronto.com/movies.
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chords. It runs a bit long; so many musicians recorded in Muscle Shoals that Camalier seems to have had a hard time deciding what to leave out. But soul aficionados will savour every beat and beg for more. RADHEYAN SIMONPILLAI
pathy for his characters. He and co-star Owen Williams play Matt and Owen, two dorky 10thgradersworking on a film about maladjusted kids who avenge themselves on the high school bullies. For Matt, the boundaries between his real life and the film are a bit leaky. As he begins collecting blueprints of his school and pinning up photos of bullies, it becomes clear that he’s planning something more than a film. In places, the cleverness feels a bit arch: the basement bedroom hung with Fight Club and Pulp Fiction posters, the constant film references to drive home the characters’ confusion of fiction and reality, the Elephant-ine tracking shots. But Johnson’s crafted a finely tuned portrait of high school alienation, a film as alert to the realities of bullying as it is eerily in step with the particularities and peculiarities of life as a John Semley nerd.
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Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt get up close and personal in Don Jon.
special adviser. If only they were goofing around in a better movie. 90 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24
THE ATTACK (Ziad Doueiri) is almost a crowd-pleasing portrait of a suicide bomber. Amin (Ali Suliman), a respected ArabIsraeli surgeon whose comfortable life is shattered when his beloved wife attacks a café strapped with a bomb, heads to Palestine to find out how she became radicalized. Most of the characters function as types espousing ideologies, but Suliman’s terrific performance gives the film weight as something more than a broad political allegory. Subtitled. 99 min. NNN (JS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre AUSTENLAND (Jerusha Hess) gives Jane
Austen, Keri Russell and love a bad name. The only person Jane Hayes (Russell) has ever loved is Austen’s Mr. Darcy. Unlucky in the romance department, she empties her bank account and heads to the UK’s AustenAFTER TILLER (Martha Shane, Lana land, “the world’s only immersive Austen Wilson) 85 min. See review, page 82. experience,” and predictably lands in the NNNN (SGC) middle of a Regency-style love triangle. The Opens Oct 4 at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema premise is promising, taking Austen adaptation to the next level as a meta-costume ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE drama, but the idea’s gracelessly executed. (Jonathan Levine) 90 min. See The problem lies with director Hess’s script review, page 80. NNNN (NW) (co-written with novelist Shannon Hale). Opens Oct 4 at Carlton Hess aims for the offbeat Cinema humour of Napoleon Dynamite (which she coTHE ART OF THE STEAL EXPANDED REVIEWS wrote) but constantly (Jonathan Sobol) finds nowtoronto.com misses the mark. It’s not a writer/director Sobol question of pride or prejufollowing 2010’s A Bedice, it’s just bad. 96 min. N (Kiva Reardon) ginner’s Guide To Endings with another Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Kingsway half-assed Niagara Falls caper comedy in Theatre, Varsity which an ex-con (Kurt Russell) is pulled back into the world of high-value art theft when BAGGAGE CLAIM (David E. Talbert) has his brother (Matt Dillon) and uncle (KenPaula Patton smiling or frowning hard neth Welsh) happen upon the scam of a enough to constantly break up the makeup lifetime. It’s the most predictable sort of on her well-appointed face, working with heist picture, made fitfully entertaining by rom-com material that doesn’t afford the the presence of the unpredictably antic Jay opportunity to do anything more. Pushing Baruchel as Russell’s nervous protege and 30 and determined to get hitched, Patton’s the strangely wonderful team of Jason flight attendant, Montana, embarks on a Jones and Terence Stamp as an overjetlag-inducing mission: tracking her excaffeinated Interpol agent and his glum boyfriends’ travel itineraries and stalking them to find out whether they’ve grown into marriage material. All the while, the obvious love of her life (a fine Derek Luke) is sending smoke signals, but Montana won’t notice until genre rules dictate otherwise. The rom-com typically arrives with its own baggage: contrivances, broad comedy and plot turns that are as mapped out as a flight plan. Writer/director relents to such clichés but doesn’t always feel confined by them, like an undemanding airline passenger who can stretch out in economy class. There are actually a number of surprising moments bursting with acerbic wit. 96 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
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bar lower than ever for urban dance movies. Director Lee revisits the titular world championship breakdancing tournament he covered in his 2007 documentary, Planet B-Boy, but fails to build a movie around it. An unlikely coach (Josh Holloway) leads a group of raging misfits (Chris Brown among them) to stop battling each other so they can represent America and go to war with the Koreans (onstage, that is). The plot trots through these overly familiar steps as if it’s doing the macarena, and banal writing and limp acting don’t help. None of that really matters, since what everyone lines up to
see in this kind of movie are the moves. But that’s where Battle Of The Year truly fails to bring it. When the epic dances finally arrive in the last half hour, the filmmakers constantly cut away from the action for new angles or interrupt the flow so that sports announcers can describe what we should be seeing instead. 109 min. N (RS) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
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(Richard Linklater) may be the best picture of the year, and it shouldn’t even exist. Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy could have left well enough alone, especially after the high-wire act that was their first sequel, Before Sunset. But dammit, they’ve done it again: Jesse and Celine keep moving forward, and we get to watch. 109 min. NNNNN (NW) Kingsway Theatre, Regent Theatre
ñBLACKFISH
(Gabriela Cowperthwaite) looks at the case of Tilikum, a 550-kilo bull orca who attacked a SeaWorld trainer in 2010. The film offers a psychological profile of Tilikum and, in turn, of the humans who want to keep animals in captivity, then widens to an investigation of the labour economy of whale-hunting and capture, the spectacle of training them for slack-jawed tourists and SeaWorld’s move into globalization by selling whales to poorly equipped parks across the globe. 83 min. NNNN (JS) Kingsway Theatre
ñBLUE JASMINE
(Woody Allen) stars Cate Blanchett as the emotionally unhinged wife of a corporate sleazebag (Alec Baldwin) who moves to San Francisco to live with her sister (Sally Hawkins) when he’s busted. Expect Oscar to come calling on the amazing Blanchett. 98 min. NNNN (SGC) Canada Square, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Humber Cinemas, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge,
ends and Autoerotic. But it’s not an uninteresting one, and Wilde is particularly strong as a woman too busy ordering the next round to figure out why she keeps making the wrong choices. 90 min. NNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre
ELYSIUM (Neill Blomkamp) is virtually identical, plot-wise, to the director’s wildly overrated 2009 debut, and fans of District 9’s spectacular carnage and garbled political posturing will doubtless find this one even more meaningful and relevant and stuff. The Phantom Menace still has its defenders, too. Some subtitles. 109 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre ENOUGH SAID (Nicole Holofcener) is
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an alt romantic dramedy about a masseuse (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) who can’t reveal to her glamorous new client (Catherine Keener) that she’s dating the woman’s ex (James Gandolfini). It has all the qualities that make writer/director Holofcener so good: a great cast, complicated relationships and smart writing. Louis-Dreyfus is surprisingly nuanced as the needy Eva, and fuhgeddabout The Sopranos – Gandolfini has a lovable charm as the schleppy ex. The always watchable Toni Collette is on board as Eva’s best friend. As in Please Give, Holofcener displays a clear eye for relationships between parents and teens, never using the kids as mere devices. And though she has taken a bit of the edge off the proceedings, her dialogue is as sly as ever. 93 min. NNNN (SGC) Eglinton Town Centre, Interchange 30, Queensway, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24
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Manufactured Landscapes’ Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky reunite to take a look at the effects of industry on the world’s oceans and rivers. Look for some great highdef images.
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THE FAMILY (Luc Besson) is a forgettable
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CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2
(Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn) is a merely okay sequel to the brilliant original. The animation, colour work and 3D are all highly polished, and the film has about six laugh-outloud moments but not many small or subtle ones. The story sends young inventor Flint Lockwood and his pals back to his island home to shut down his food-making machine, now churning out food animals like shrimpanzees, tacodiles and watermelephants. The characters and story are flat, the pro-social messages are laid on with a trowel, and there’s nothing resembling the surreal subversion of the first movie’s equation of food and shit. 94 min. NN (Andrew Dowler) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
THE CONJURING (James Wan) is a 70s-style tale of demonic infestation, with married demonologists trying to save a Rhode Island family from an evil spirit that came with their nice new home. Wan has fun mimicking the textures and aesthetics of movies of the period, but he’s basically just remaking his own Insidious with a few modest tweaks and a polyester wardrobe. 112 min. NN (NW) Scotiabank Theatre
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(Zachary Heinzerling) is a colourful, beautifully directed and touching look at one of the more unusual art couples, Ushio and Noriko Shinohara, Japanese emigrés in NYC. It’s a complex, feminist look at the act of creation, but also a touching portrait of enduring love. Subtitled. 82 min. NNNNN (GS) Kingsway Theatre, TIFF Bell Lightbox
DESPICABLE ME 2 (Chris Renaud, Pierre
Coffin) has about 35 minutes of story and
an hour of frickin’ minion jokes. If you love watching little tubular yellow guys run around jabbering at each other and making fart noises, this will be your new favourite thing. If you’re me, you end up with a headache and a sense that the world hates you. I did appreciate the running gag about the guacamole sadness hat, though. 98 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Colossus, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24
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(Matt Johnson) 83 min. See review, page 83. NNNN (JS) Opens Oct 4 at TIFF Bell Lightbox
DON JON (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) stars writ-
er/director Gordon-Levitt as Jon, a pornaddicted stud who can attract hot women but thinks porn is more exciting than the real thing – including Barbara (Scarlett Johansson, who’s terrific), his latest gorgeous but demanding conquest. Julianne Moore turns up as a grieving woman who could turn him around. The script is sometimes super-savvy – especially when it makes the connections between X-rated material and everyday advertising, and when it touches on family influences, like Jon’s crude dad (Tony Danza). But it’s just a little too on the nose, and it contains a ton of clips from skin flicks, which raises the question: should an anti-porn film be reproducing so much of this toxic material? 90 min. NNN (SGC) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale
DRINKING BUDDIES (Joe Swanberg) stars Olivia Wilde and Jake Johnson as co-workers at a Chicago brewery who are uncommonly close, to the point where it may concern their significant others (Ron Livingston, Anna Kendrick). The bid for mainstream attention means mumblecore director Swanberg has to tone down his usual fondness for graphic sexuality and blunt language; Drinking Buddies feels like a much safer work than his Nights And Week-
and not very funny comedy carried by the charm of stars Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones and by director Besson’s skills with camera and editor’s scissors. Pfeiffer and De Niro, with Dianna Agron and John D’Leo as teen daughter and son, play the titular family, living under the witness protection program but still carrying on with crime. The cast plays for likeability, not laughs. With few jokes and the action that’s no more bizarre than in any gangster flick, there’s not much comic edge. Some subtitles. 110 min. NN (AD) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale
ñ15 REASONS TO LIVE
(Alan Zweig) 83 min. See review, page 82. NNNN (GS) Opens Oct 4 at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
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(Ryan Coogler) recreates the last day in the life of Oscar Grant before his death at the hands of a Bay Area Rapid Transit cop early on New Year’s Day 2009. Played winningly by Chronicle’s Michael B Jordan as an instinctively helpful person actively trying to put his troubled past behind him, Grant is allowed to be a complex, multi-faceted individual – an imperfect son, boyfriend and father who came to a violent, unnecessary end because of a combination of factors – institutional racism being a pretty big one. Writer/director Coogler isn’t out to paint Grant as a martyr as much as to create a three-dimensional study. The fact that the film arrives on the heels of the George Zimmerman verdict just drives his point home all the more brutally. 95 min. NNNN (NW) Regent Theatre
GENERATION IRON (Vlad Yudin) is a documentary about contemporary bodybuilding featuring the top seven competitors training for the title of Mr. Olympia. 106 min. Opens Oct 3 at Yonge & Dundas 24, Oct 7 at Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Queensway GETAWAY (Courtney Solomon) feels like
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plicated Fast & Furious features; it’s nothing but essential parts, barrelling from one chase sequence to another with no time for distractions. 90 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30
Girl Most Likely (Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini) 102 min. See review, page 80. NN (NW) Opens Oct 4 at Carlton Cinema
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Freda Kelly, the woman who ran the Beatles’ official fan club through the band’s 11-year history while working as a secretary first for manager Brian Epstein and then for the Beatles themselves. Steadfastly loyal, Kelly never flaunted her close connection to the Fab Four, even post breakup, not telling even her children about it until this doc was being made. No surprise she has memorabilia to die for. Kelly’s amazing enough, but what makes the doc essential is its intimate portrait of the band, from their days playing the Cavern – Kelly used to see them there at lunch while she worked in a typing pool – to the point when they came apart. It’s all told from the unique perspective of a woman who never idolized them and basically grew up with them. From our North American viewpoint, the Beatles were major stars, expertly marketed by the savvy Epstein in swinging England. Good Ol’ Freda makes the era look much more innocent. 86 min. NNNN (SGC) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre
Trotta) tracks the fallout from political theorist Hannah Arendt’s (Barbara Sukowa) coverage of Adolf Eichmann’s trial. She wrote that he didn’t know how to think and therefore couldn’t make moral choices, and suggested Jewish leaders may have collaborated with the Nazis. Sukowa gives a superb performance, and Janet McTeer is a delight as writer Mary McCarthy. Some subtitles. 110 min. NNNN (SGC) Kingsway Theatre
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Insidious: Chapter 2 (James Wan) might be one of the worst sequels ever made. The continued saga of the haunting of the Lambert family (headed by Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne) only gets more convoluted and
(Alfonso Cuarón) 91 min. See interview and review, page 78. (NW) Opens Oct 4 at 401 & Morningside, Beach
Haute Cuisine (Christian Vincent) 95 min. See review, page 82. NNN (SGC) Opens Oct 4 at Canada Square
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(Lake Bell) is one of the rare comedies that gets more complex as it goes along. Set in the world of Los Angeles voice-over artists, Bell’s directorial debut embraces eccentricity and complication, and finds room for real social commentary. This is a movie of odd, unexpected delights. 93 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, Varsity
sillier, the scares and twists are weak and the set pieces devoid of scares. The first film is a prerequisite to know what’s going on, but this still makes little sense and feels perfunctory and laughable rather than exciting. 105 min. N (Andrew Parker) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
Kick-Ass 2 (Jeff Wadlow) ditches most of
the real-world superhero ingenuity of the original to cram in more comic book parody and shock comedy. It’s obscene without being subversive and self-conscious with little commentary. It’s kind of a mess, but at least an entertaining one. 103 min. NN (Phil Brown) Coliseum Mississauga, Interchange 30, Scotiabank Theatre
Lee Daniels’ The Butler (Lee Daniels) is
one one big black history lesson featuring great performances from Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo and especially Forest Whitaker as a White House butler. But don’t expect anything like the director’s disturbing Precious or The Paperboy. Daniels is decidedly domesticated here, aiming to teach and please. 132 min. NNN (SGC) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24
Man of Steel (Zack Snyder) starts as a
clever reworking of Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman, right down to the first sight of our hero in his super-suit about an hour into the picture. Then the bad guys show up, and the whole thing collapses into ugly, violent spectacle. Certain further actions demonstrate a shocking disregard for 75 years of the character’s history – though they’re entirely in line with the might-makes-right ethic that seethes beneath much of director Snyder’s work. 143 min. NN (NW) Scotiabank Theatre
Metallica: Through the Never – An IMAX 3D Experience (Nimród Antal)
comes nearly a decade after the superb behind-the-scenes doc Some Kind Of Monster, so it feels like a palate cleanser. It shows the band in peak form, working through hits like Fade To Black, Master Of Puppets and Fuel. The film awkwardly sutures a fictional narrative onto performance footage: a roadie (Dane DeHaan) is dispatched on a fetch quest during the concert. That plot’s ostensible tension between protesters and riot police is totally bogus. It’s also distracting, especially when director Antal’s concert footage is so crisply choreographed. (Even the 3D works.) Similarly off-putting: the consistent focus on James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, the certifiable egomaniacs at the centre of the band. Why cut away from Kirk Hammett during a solo to focus on Hetfield’s strained, taking-a-dump facial expression? As in all things Metallica, it feels like the band’s unlikeable founders had final cut. 92 min. NNN (JS) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Scotiabank Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24
The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin is a live high-def broadcast of the
Met’s production of the Tchaikovsky opera, starring Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien and directed by Deborah Warner. 244 min. Oct 5, 12:55 pm, at Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge
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(Dan Scanlon) throws a conceptual curve ball, dropping John Goodman’s hulking furball Sulley and Billy Crystal’s one-eyed imp Mike Wazowski – introduced as working stiffs in 2001’s Monsters, Inc. – into a snobs-vs-slobs college comedy. If DisneyPixar is hell-bent on squeezing further adventures out of existing stories, this is
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how to do it. 95 min. NNNN (NW) Interchange 30, SilverCity Mississauga
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (Harald Zwart) is an attempt to
launch a new Twilight franchise on the back of Cassandra Clare’s young-adult saga, with Lily Collins as an unassuming teenager who discovers she’s part of a secret world of sorcerers, vampires and werewolves. It’s not very good. 130 min. NN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24
ñMuscle Shoals
(Greg Camalier) 111 min. See review, page 83. NNNN (RS) Opens Oct 4 at TIFF Bell Lightbox
National Theatre Live: The Audience Encore is a high-def broadcast of Peter
Morgan’s play chronicling Queen Elizabeth II’s (Helen Mirren) private meetings with Britain’s prime ministers over six decades. 180 min. Yonge & Dundas 24
On the Job (Erik Matti) feels like a Filipino version of a Johnnie To thriller, using a pulsing crime story to explore a corrupt culture on multiple levels – in this case, the murk of a society where convicts are secretly escorted from prison to perform assassinations, then let back in – perfect cover. The story unfolds on two narrative tracks, as a pair of convicts (Joel Torre, Gerald Anderson) form a father-son bond while doing their bloody work and a detective (Piolo Pascual) realizes that a string of murders is politically motivated and tries to figure out why. Their paths collide about an hour in with an elaborate cat-and-mouse chase set in a hospital, and things get even bloodier from there. Subtitled. 120 min. NNN (NW) Coliseum Scarborough, Yonge & Dundas 24 Our Man in Tehran (Larry Weinstein, Drew Taylor) isn’t quite the antithesis of Argo. Instead of focusing primarily on how Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor protected Americans hiding in his embassy during the 1979-81 U.S.-Iranian hostage crisis, this Canadian doc takes a broader, fuller look at the history of the event, exploring the issues in a balanced and honest (if somewhat redundant) manner from the viewpoint of all countries involved. 85 min. NNN (Andrew Parker) TIFF Bell Lightbox
ñPacific Rim
(Guillermo del Toro) plays as though it’s been pulled from a manga del Toro read when he was a child and has been trying to turn into a movie ever since. It’s an original work with the spirit of every Godzilla movie you’ve ever seen, and every giant robot fight you’ve ever imagined. And it’s a hell of a lot of fun. Some subtitles. 131 min. NNNN (NW) Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24
Parkland (Peter Landesman) 93 min. See review, page 80. NN (NW) Opens Oct 4 at Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Queensway, Varsity
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (Thor Freudenthal) is a cheaper, looser and much sillier sequel to 2010’s The Lightning Thief, in which our demigod hero (Logan Lerman) and his friends sailing into the Bermuda Triangle to find the Golden Fleece. Stanley Tucci is a genius choice for Dionysus, and Nathan Fillion’s Shatneriffic cameo as Hermes is worth the price of a ticket on its own. 100 min. NNN (NW) Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24 Planes (Klay Hall) is a shameless Cars ripoff about a modest crop-dusting plane named Dusty Crophopper (voiced by comic Dane Cook) who dreams of being a competitive flyer even though he’s scared of heights. The clunky script feels like a first draft, and Cook communicates as little personality as his character’s bland design. 92 min. N (GS) Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Mississauga Prisoners (Denis Villeneuve) stars Hugh
Jackman as a Pennsylvania contractor who reacts to his daughter’s abduction by grabbing the most likely suspect (Paul Dano),
hidings him away and trying to beat the truth out of him. The first two-thirds of Villeneuve’s Hollywood debut play out like an intimate metaphor for America’s response to 9/11, with Jackman’s contractor standing in for George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld and Jake Gyllenhaal’s twitchy but by-the-book detective representing Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty. Jackman’s entirely convincing as a righteous hothead, but Villeneuve’s unable to keep Aaron Guzikowski’s screenplay from collapsing into overwrought, mildly preposterous contrivance when the time comes to wrap things up. And there’s simply no reason this movie needed to be two and a half hours long. 153 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity
Red Obsession (Warwick Ross, David Roach) uses China’s recent headlong plunge into the global wine market as a case study in hyper-commodification. Once the economic crisis made Bordeaux too rich for American blood, the Chinese stepped in and quickly became its largest consumers – or rather collectors – driving the already obscene prices to nauseating heights. Narrated by Russell Crowe, Red Obsession largely adheres to facile East/West binaries. As generalizations go, depicting China’s 1 per cent as nouveaux riche mainly preoccupied with the accumulation of status symbols may or may not be too far off the mark, but this hardly feels like a revelation, and little in the narrative is especially cinematic. Some subtitles. 80 min. NNN (Jose Teodoro) TIFF Bell Lightbox Riddick (David Twohy) is the kind of low-
stakes, hyper-violent trifle that a Hollywood built on PG-13 compromise can’t really stomach. Vin Diesel’s convict-cumgalactic-overlord is double-crossed and marooned on an abandoned planet populated by deadly reptilian predators. In order to escape, he triggers a beacon alerting two duelling gangs of mercenary bounty hunters. The plan is to pick off enough of them so he can hijack one of their ships and blast back to his home planet. For all its hardnosed silliness, and even its flip misogyny (Katee Sackhoff appears as a self-possessed mercenary only so she can later be bedded by Diesel’s burly superman), Riddick is solid B-movie filmmaking. If you’re susceptible to this kind of thing, there’s plenty of fun to be had. 119 min. NNN (JS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Yonge & Dundas 24
Runner Runner (Brad Furman) 91 min.
See Also Opening, page 83. Opens Oct 4 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fair view, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
ñRush
(Ron Howard) chronicles the ongoing rivalry in the mid-70s between two wildly different Formula One racers: the cold, cerebral Austrian Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) and the wildly magnetic English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth). Director Howard and superb screenwriter Peter Morgan contrast their stories effectively, getting even non-fans intrigued by the politics of commercial endorsements and the psychology of competition. The film culminates in a series of races that will have your heart pounding in time with Hans Zimmer’s propulsive score, and the camerawork makes you feel like you’re on the track. But it’s Morgan’s muscular script and the convincing, livedin performances by the two actors (boy, does that Hemsworth dude have chariscontinued on page 88 œ
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ma) that drive home the ideas about competition and the best way to live one’s life. 123 min. NNNN (GS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity
Salinger (Shane Salerno) is less a documentary about the Catcher In The Rye author than a slimy piece of promotion for Salerno’s new book and the five new works by Salinger (he died in 2010) to be published between 2015 and 2020. The overwrought score and dramatic recreations are embarrassing, but there’s intriguing material about Salinger’s experiences in the Second World War and his creepy obsession with young girls. 129 min. NN (GS) Varsity The Short Game (Josh Greenbaum) draws on the well-worn pleasure of seeing pushy parents drive their kids to success. The doc follows a group of striving seven- and eightyear-olds and their parent-coaches (or “daddy caddies”) as they train and compete at the 2012 Kids Golf World Championships in North Carolina. A French mother reduces her kid to tears on the fairway, an uppermiddle class American boy drills with a CrossFit -instructor, and a South African youngster’s parents shoulder him with the responsibility of representing the entire nation. The Short Game’s thin criticism of parents pushing their children to win feels like it’s contributing to the same crummy culture it pretends to condemn. 100 min. NN (JS)
Kingsway Theatre
A Single Shot (David Rosenthal) takes a
terrific Sam Rockwell performance and buries it under grimy portent, an insistent musical score and supporting players who are trying way too hard. But Rockwell is so totally convincing as a short-sighted, trouble-prone farmhand who accidentally shoots a young woman, appropriates the box of money she was hiding and then runs afoul of the dangerous criminals looking for said cache that it almost doesn’t matter that the rest of the movie is a heavy-handed cautionary tale about owning up to your mistakes and never taking things that clearly belong to someone else. 116 min. NNN (NW) Carlton Cinema
Smurfs 2 (Raja Gosnell) taps into the ori-
gin story of Smurfette, the creation of evil wizard Gargamel, who was made honest by Papa Smurf and is now being held captive and plied to return to the dark side. Smur fette is the most complicated among her wholesome (read dull) and bite-sized species. That just means she has two dimensions instead of one, not enough to elevate all the 3D mediocrity in this strained, witless sequel. 105 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30
ñThe Spectacular Now
(James Ponsoldt) traces the tender romance between Georgia teens Sutter (Miles Teller) and Aimee (Shailene Woodley), who meet cute when she finds him on a lawn after a drunken night and helps him locate his missing car. They start dating – and he starts her drinking – and together they edge tentatively toward what lies beyond
the end of high school, which is inevitably complicated by matters of family, grades and self-image. And the booze doesn’t help any of that. Teller and Woodley are terrific at portraying unexpected moments of growth, and Teller particularly shines at revealing flashes of Sutter’s emotional mechanisms and then snatching them back. The Spectacular Now would be a very different movie without him. 95 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema
ñThis Is the End
(Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg) finds Rogen dragging visiting pal Jay Baruchel to a party at James Franco’s place just as the apocalypse hits. Rogen and long-time collaborator Goldberg have written and directed an end-of-the-world comedy that plays like a 21st century Ghostbusters, and I guarantee you won’t see the ending coming. 107 min. NNNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24
ñ2 Guns
(Baltasar Kormákur) pairs Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg as Texas gunmen who accidentally steal $43.125 million dollars of the wrong people’s money and must shoot a whole lot of bad guys to get themselves out of trouble. You can’t help but enjoy the ride. Some subtitles. 109 min. NNNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Scotiabank Theatre
Unclaimed (Michael Jorgensen) follows
Tom Faunce, a Vietnam veteran and bornagain Christian dedicated to finding American prisoners of war and bringing them home again. His cause is Dang Than Ngoc, an elderly man living in Vietnam who claims to be John Hartley Robertson, an American GI missing in action after a helicopter crash in 1968. Faunce works to confirm Ngoc’s identity, but before too long I noticed that certain essential investigative steps – like fingerprinting and DNA testing, or even researching the history of Ngoc’s claim – were being actively avoided for fear that such evidence might undermine his case, impede
Faunce’s need to find the closure for others that he can’t find for himself or deny Unclaimed the upbeat ending it’s determined to have, all evidence to the contrary. Some subtitles. 77 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre
ñWadjda
(Haifaa Al-Mansour) 97 min. See review, page 80. NNNN (SGC) Opens Oct 4 at Varsity
ñWatermark
(Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky) feels very much like a continuation of Manufactured Landscapes, collaborators Baichwal and Bur tynsky’s previous work, once again exploring the effects of human industry on the natural world – in this case, our oceans and rivers. Baichwal’s contemplative approach meshes nicely with Burtynsky’s fondness for finding geometric patterns in gargantuan constructions like dams and aquifers, and producer-cinematographer Nicholas de Pencier captures some splendid high-definition images. (Watermark may set a record for the most helicopter shots in a Canadian production.) Baichwal and Burtynsky cushion their potentially grim ecological message with philosophical digressions and moments of unexpected whimsy, which seems like an awfully good idea right now. Some subtitles. 90 min. NNNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox, Varsity
ñThe Way, Way Back
(Nat Faxon, Jim Rash) is a richly textured coming-ofage picture about 14-year-old Duncan (Liam James), who’s dragged to a cottage for the summer by his distracted mother (Toni Collette) and her new boyfriend (Steve Carell) and befriended by the manager of a nearby water park (Sam Rockwell). Don’t wait for the DVD. 103 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant
We’re the Millers (Rawson Marshall
Thurber) takes a reasonably interesting idea – a low-level drug dealer (Jason Sudeikis) recruits a stripper (Jennifer Aniston), a run-
away (Emma Roberts) and the weird kid next door (Will Poulter) to pose as his family so he can smuggle drugs over the border in an RV – and does as little as possible with it. And that’s a real disappointment, given the talent assembled. 110 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
The Wizard of Oz: An IMAX 3D Experi-
ence (Victor Fleming) is a 3D IMAX version of the beloved fantasy movie. 101 min. Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Courtney Park 16, Yonge & Dundas 24
ñThe Wolverine
(James Mangold) has Marvel’s darkest, broodingest superhero ping-ponging through an overwrought Japanese conspiracy involving ninjas, the Yakuza and an enormous adamantium samurai. Though the plot is bogged down by dizzying double crosses, the action is uniformly superb. A breathless melee atop the roof of a speeding bullet train and the late-in-the-game storming of a mountain village are memorably gripping. 126 min. NNNN (JS) Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Scotiabank Theatre
ñThe World’s End
(Edgar Wright) completes Wright and co-writer/star Simon Pegg’s unofficial trilogy begun with Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz by following five old friends (Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman and Eddie Marsan) who reunite at 40 to recreate the epic pub crawl they began – but never finished – as teenagers. Funny and moving, it’s a fitting bookend to Shaun, though this time the ending doesn’t quite land as well as it could. 109 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Queensway, Yonge & Dundas 24 3
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BLUE JASMINE (14A) Thu 1:25, 4:00, 7:10, 9:35 CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (14A) Sat 7:00 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (G) Thu 1:15 Fri-Sun 12:30 Mon-Wed 1:40 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 3D (G) Thu 3:35, 6:40, 9:00 Fri 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 10:00 Sat 2:50, 5:10, 6:50, 9:20 Sun 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:30, 9:00 DON JON (18A) Thu 2:40, 5:00, 7:50, 10:10 Fri 12:45, 3:00, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 Sat 12:40, 2:55, 7:50, 10:15 Sun 12:45, 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 9:55 Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:30, 7:00, 9:40 ENOUGH SAID (PG) Thu 1:35, 4:10, 6:45, 9:25 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 Sun 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Mon-Tue 1:30, 4:05, 6:40, 9:15 Wed 4:05, 6:40, 9:15 THE FAMILY (14A) Thu 1:05, 3:45, 10:30 Fri 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:50 Sat 10:20 Sun 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:35 Mon-Tue 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05 Wed 1:20, 3:50, 10:05 FUNNY GIRL Wed 7:00 GRAVITY 3D (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:00, 3:15, 5:40, 8:10, 10:30 Sun 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50, 10:20 Mon-Wed 1:10, 3:25, 5:40, 7:55, 10:10 LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45 Fri 12:35, 3:35, 6:30, 9:40 Sat 6:30, 9:40 Sun 12:35, 3:35, 6:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed 1:05, 4:00, 6:55, 9:50 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: EUGENE ONEGIN Sat 12:55 PRISONERS (14A) Thu 3:10, 6:30, 9:50 Fri 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:40 Sat 12:30, 3:50, 7:15, 10:40 Sun 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:50, 6:10, 9:30 RUNNER RUNNER (14A) Fri-Sat 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:20, 10:40 Sun 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 9:55 RUSH (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Fri 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Sat 12:40, 3:40, 7:40, 10:35 Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 Mon-Tue 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Wed 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 WE’RE THE MILLERS (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:30, 6:20
Metro
West End HUMBER CINEMAS (I) 2442 BLOOR ST. WEST, 416-769-2442
BLUE JASMINE (14A) Thu 3:45, 6:40 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (G) Thu-Fri, Wed 4:00, 7:10, 9:35 Sat-Tue 1:15, 4:00, 7:10, 9:35 GRAVITY (PG) Fri, Wed 3:40, 7:00, 9:15 Sat-Tue 1:00, 3:40, 7:00, 9:15 PRISONERS (14A) Thu-Fri, Wed 3:20, 6:30, 9:25 Sat-Tue 12:20, 3:20, 6:30, 9:25 RUSH (14A) Thu 3:30 7:00 9:45 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:30, 6:45, 9:45 Thu-Fri, Wed no 12:45
KINGSWAY THEATRE (I) 3030 BLOOR ST W, 416-232-1939
ADORE (18A) Thu 11:00 THE ATTACK (14A) Thu 9:30 AUSTENLAND (PG) Thu 6:15 Fri-Wed 4:10 BEFORE MIDNIGHT (14A) Thu 12:30 BLACKFISH (PG) Thu 9:00 Fri-Wed 5:45 BLUE JASMINE (14A) Fri-Wed 2:20, 7:30 CUTIE AND THE BOXER (PG) Fri-Wed 6:00 DESPICABLE ME 2 (G) Fri-Wed 12:30 DRINKING BUDDIES (14A) Thu 12:45 GOOD OL’ FREDA (G) Fri-Wed 7:15 THE GREAT GATSBY (PG) Thu 2:15 HANNAH ARENDT (PG) Thu 2:20 Fri-Wed 8:55 IN A WORLD... (14A) Thu 8:00 Fri-Wed 9:20 ITALY: LOVE IT, OR LEAVE IT Thu 4:10 Fri-Wed 2:20 MUSEUM HOURS (PG) Thu 5:40 Fri-Wed 3:50 THE SHORT GAME (G) Thu 11:00 Fri-Wed 12:35 UNCLAIMED (G) Thu 7:30 THE WAY, WAY BACK (PG) Thu 4:30
QUEENSWAY (CE)
1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 THE ART OF THE STEAL (14A) Thu 6:50, 9:20 BAGGAGE CLAIM (PG) Thu 2:50, 5:20, 7:55, 10:25 Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8:15, 10:40 Sun 12:45, 3:10, 6:50, 9:30 MonWed 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35 BATTLE OF THE YEAR 3D (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 BLUE JASMINE (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:15, 7:00 CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (14A) Sat 7:00 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (G) Thu 1:30, 4:05, 6:40 Fri, Sun 1:35, 4:10, 6:55 Sat 11:10, 1:35, 4:10 MonWed 1:15, 3:50, 6:45 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 3D (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 Fri, Sun 2:35, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10 Sat 12:00, 2:35, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10 DEF LEPPARD VIVA HYSTERIA CONCERT (14A) Thu 7:30 DON JON (18A) Thu 12:50, 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 10:10 Fri 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25 Sat 1:00, 3:45, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25 Sun 12:50, 3:15, 8:05, 10:25 Mon 1:10, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:30 Tue 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45 Wed 1:35, 5:00, 7:20, 10:15 ELYSIUM (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:55, 9:35 Fri, Sun-Wed 9:25 Sat 10:05 ENOUGH SAID (PG) Thu 2:20, 4:45, 7:05, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Mon-Wed 2:55, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 THE FAMILY (14A) Thu 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:50 FUNNY GIRL Wed 4:00, 7:00 GENERATION IRON Mon 7:30 Wed 5:45 GRAVITY 3D (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:30, 1:10, 2:50, 3:30, 5:10, 5:50, 7:30, 8:10, 9:50, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:05, 2:00, 3:30, 4:20, 5:50, 6:55, 8:10, 9:20, 10:30 INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:15 Fri, Sun 2:15, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 Sat 11:35, 2:15, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 Mon-Wed 1:55, 4:40, 7:35, 10:15 LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (14A) Thu 12:50, 3:45, 6:35, 9:45 Fri 12:55, 3:55, 7:00, 10:00 Sat 7:00, 10:00 Sun 12:55, 3:55, 7:00 Mon-Tue 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Wed 1:20, 4:20, 10:00 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: EUGENE ONEGIN Sat 12:55 OPEN SEASON (G) Sat 11:00 PARKLAND (PG) Fri-Sun 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 7:55, 10:20 MonTue 1:40, 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 Wed 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 PLANES (G) Thu 1:05, 3:35 PRISONERS (14A) Thu 2:40, 6:55, 10:20 Fri, Sun 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:35 Sat 12:15, 3:50, 7:10, 10:35 Mon-Wed 3:00, 6:40, 10:05 RUNNER RUNNER (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:25, 10:45 Sun 1:00, 3:35, 5:55, 8:10, 10:30 Mon 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45 Tue 1:10, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:30 Wed 1:10, 3:25, 8:05, 10:30 RUSH (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Fri 1:45, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45 Sat 11:05, 2:00, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45 Sun 1:25, 4:25, 7:15, 10:00 Mon-Tue 1:20, 4:25, 7:15, 10:10 Wed 4:25, 7:15, 10:10 WE’RE THE MILLERS (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:15 Fri 1:25, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 Sat 7:20, 10:05 Sun 1:05, 4:20, 10:05 Mon 1:25, 4:30, 9:40 Tue 1:25, 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 Wed 1:25, 7:30, 10:20 THE WORLD’S END (14A) Thu 10:10 WWE BATTLEGROUND 2013 Sun 8:00
RAINBOW WOODBINE (I)
WOODBINE CENTRE, 500 REXDALE BLVD, 416-213-1998 BAGGAGE CLAIM (PG) Thu 1:15 4:15 7:15 9:35 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:15, 7:15, 9:35 BATTLE OF THE YEAR (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 FriWed 1:15, 6:55 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (G) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:20 continued on page 90 œ
SCOTIABANK THEATRE (CE) 259 RICHMOND ST W, 416-368-5600
THE CONJURING (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 Fri 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Sat 7:45, 10:20 Sun-Tue 2:20, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10 Wed 1:00, 3:30, 10:10 DON JON (18A) Thu 2:20, 3:00, 4:40, 5:15, 7:15, 7:45, 9:30, 10:20 Fri-Sat 1:25, 2:45, 3:40, 5:00, 6:00, 7:25, 8:20, 9:50, 10:45 Sun-Wed 1:30, 2:45, 3:50, 5:00, 6:00, 7:20, 8:20, 9:45, 10:40 ELYSIUM (14A) Thu 1:25, 4:00, 7:25, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:10, 10:10 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 THE FAMILY (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:05 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 Sun-Wed 12:55, 3:20, 6:10, 8:45 GRAVITY 3D (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri 12:45, 1:40, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 5:15, 6:20, 7:00, 7:35, 8:40, 9:15, 10:00, 11:00 Sat 12:45, 1:40, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 4:40, 5:15, 6:20, 7:00, 7:35, 8:40, 9:15, 10:00, 11:00 Sun 12:40, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:15, 4:45, 5:15,
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Don Jon (18A) Fri-Wed 3:45, 9:25 The Family (14A) Thu 1:05, 4:10, 7:15, 9:40 Gravity (PG) Fri-Tue 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 Wed 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) 1:10, 4:05, 7:05, 9:30 Planes (G) Thu 1:25, 4:15 Prisoners (14A) 1:10, 4:30, 8:00 Runner Runner (14A) Fri-Wed 1:05, 4:10, 7:05, 9:45
East End Beach Cinemas (AA) 1651 Queen St E, 416-699-1327
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Sat-Sun 12:00 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 7:00, 9:20 Fri 4:00, 7:00, 9:15 Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:30, 7:00, 9:15 Mon-Wed 7:00, 9:15 The Family (14A) Thu 7:20, 9:50 Gravity 3D (PG) 7:20, 9:30 Fri 4:20 Sat-Sun 1:45 mat, 4:20 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 7:30, 10:00 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (14A) Thu 6:40, 9:30 Fri 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Sat, Mon-Wed 6:50, 9:40 Sun 12:30, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin Sat 12:55 Prisoners (14A) Thu 6:50, 10:00 Fri 3:30, 6:40, 9:50 SatSun 12:15, 3:30, 6:40, 9:50 Mon-Wed 6:40, 9:50 Runner Runner (14A) 7:30, 10:10 Fri 4:30 Sat-Sun 2:00 mat, 4:30 Rush (14A) Thu 7:10, 9:40 Fri 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Mon-Wed 7:10, 10:00
North York Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk (CE) 5095 Yonge St., 416-847-0087
The Art of the Steal (14A) Thu 4:10, 6:55 Blue Jasmine (14A) Thu 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 Sat 7:10, 9:40 Sun 1:45, 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 Captain Phillips (14A) Sat 7:00 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Sat-Sun 12:00 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 4:50, 7:10, 9:35 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:00, 9:10 Sat 2:20, 4:40, 10:10 Sun 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:10 Don Jon (18A) Thu 4:40, 7:05, 9:20 Fri 3:30, 5:40, 8:00, 10:25 Sat 12:50, 3:10, 5:40, 8:00, 10:25 Sun 2:10, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Mon-Wed 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 The Family (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:20, 9:55 Gravity 3D (PG) Fri 5:10, 7:30, 10:00 Sat 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 10:00 Sun 1:00, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 Mon-Wed 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 Gravity: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Sat 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Sun 1:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:15, 9:45 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 9:45 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:50 Fri, MonWed 3:50, 6:50 Sat 6:50 Sun 12:20, 3:50, 6:50 The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin Sat 12:55 Parkland (PG) Fri 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Sat 12:35, 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Prisoners (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 3:20, 6:40, 10:00 Fri 3:20, 6:40, 10:20 Sat 12:00, 3:20, 6:40, 10:20 Sun 12:00, 3:20, 6:40, 10:00 Runner Runner (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:40 Sat 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:40 Sun 2:00, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Rush (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Fri 4:50, 7:40, 10:35 Sat 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:35 Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 The Spy (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:30, 9:40 Fri-Wed 9:50 The Wizard of Oz: An IMAX 3D Experience (G) Thu 4:50, 7:30
SilverCity Fairview (CE)
Fairview Mall, 1800 Sheppard Ave E, 416-644-7746 Baggage Claim (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:40 Fri, Tue 2:35, 5:10, 7:40, 10:00 Sat 11:20, 2:35, 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 SunMon 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Wed 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Battle of the Year 3D (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu 1:05 Fri, Sun-Wed 2:20 Sat 11:30, 2:20 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 4:25, 6:50, 9:20 Fri-Sat 5:00, 7:30, 9:55 Sun-Mon, Wed 4:55, 7:30, 9:55 Tue 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Def Leppard Viva Hysteria Concert (14A) Thu 7:30 The Family (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:00, 6:55 Fri, Tue 1:55, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 Sat 7:10, 9:50 Sun-Mon 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 10:00 Wed 2:00, 4:35, 10:10 Funny Girl Wed 6:50 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri, Tue 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:05, 10:25 Sat 11:50, 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:05, 10:25 Sun-Mon, Wed 2:30, 5:05, 7:25, 9:50 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 Fri, Tue 2:00, 4:50, 7:50, 10:20 Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:45, 10:15 SunMon, Wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin Sat 12:55 Open Season (G) Sat 11:00 Prisoners (14A) Thu 12:55, 3:25, 6:45, 10:05 Fri, Tue 1:00, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 Sat 12:00, 3:25, 6:45, 10:10 Sun-Mon, Wed 2:40, 6:10, 9:30 Runner Runner (14A) Fri, Tue 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30
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Sat 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20 Sun-Mon 2:50, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 Wed 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 Rush (14A) Thu 1:00, 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 Fri, Sun-Tue 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:10 Sat 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 Wed 1:10, 4:00, 7:20, 10:00 We’re the Millers (14A) Thu 1:15, 3:55, 9:50 Fri, Tue 1:05, 4:15, 6:55, 9:45 Sat 6:55, 9:45 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:40, 4:20, 6:55, 9:35
SilverCity Yorkdale (CE) 3401 Dufferin St, 416-787-2052
Baggage Claim (PG) Thu 1:55, 4:25, 7:05, 9:40 Fri 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Mon-Wed 1:00, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Battle of the Year 3D (PG) 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Sat only 11:05 1:45 4:30 10:00 Captain Phillips (14A) Sat 7:00 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu 1:30, 4:00 Fri 2:20, 4:50 Sat 11:45, 2:20, 4:50 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:05 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri 1:20, 4:00, 6:45, 9:15 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 Don Jon (18A) Thu 2:30, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 Fri 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Sat 12:00, 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Mon-Wed 2:00, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 The Family (14A) Thu 1:05, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Fri-Sat 7:20, 10:10 Sun-Wed 6:45, 9:30 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri, Sun 1:15, 3:35, 5:55, 8:10, 10:30 Sat 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Mon-Wed 1:15, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (14A) Thu 6:45 Open Season (G) Sat 11:00 Prisoners (14A) Thu 1:30, 6:35, 10:05 Fri 3:20, 6:50, 10:20 Sat 11:50, 3:20, 6:50, 10:20 Sun-Wed 1:10, 4:40, 8:10 Runner Runner (14A) Fri 2:25, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 Sat 12:00, 2:25, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 Sun 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Rush (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:55, 7:05, 10:05 Fri 1:15, 4:15, 7:30, 10:30 Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 We’re the Millers (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:05, 6:55, 9:45
Scarborough 401 & Morningside (CE) 785 Milner Ave, Scarborough, 416-281-2226
Baggage Claim (PG) Thu 5:30, 8:05 Fri, Tue 5:20, 7:45, 10:15 Sat 12:25, 2:50, 5:20, 7:45, 10:15 Sun 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:45 Mon, Wed 5:50, 8:25 Battle of the Year 3D (PG) Thu 5:35, 8:10 Fri, Tue 4:25, 7:20, 9:50 Sat 1:45, 4:25, 7:20, 9:50 Sun 2:00, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 Mon, Wed 5:40, 8:20 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Fri, Tue 4:10 Sat 11:00, 12:10 Sun 1:15 Mon, Wed 5:10 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 5:10, 7:40 Fri, Tue 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 Sat 11:10, 2:30, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 Sun 2:40, 5:10, 7:30, 9:55 Mon, Wed 7:40 Don Jon (18A) Thu 5:25, 7:50 Fri, Tue 5:55, 8:10, 10:30 Sat 12:40, 3:35, 5:55, 8:10, 10:30 Sun 3:00, 5:20, 7:55, 10:15 Mon, Wed 6:10, 8:30 The Family (14A) Thu 5:15, 7:55 Fri, Tue 4:05, 7:00, 9:35 Sat 1:30, 4:05, 7:00, 9:35 Sun 1:45, 4:25, 7:00, 9:40 Mon, Wed 5:15, 7:50 Gravity 3D (PG) Fri, Tue 5:35, 7:55, 10:20 Sat 11:30, 12:50, 3:15, 5:35, 7:55, 10:20 Sun 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:00 Mon, Wed 5:30, 7:55 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu, Mon, Wed 6:00, 8:30 Fri, Tue 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 Sat 2:10, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 Sun 2:10, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (14A) Thu, Mon, Wed 5:05, 8:00 Fri, Tue 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 Sat 1:00, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45 Sun 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:50 Open Season (G) Sat 11:00 Prisoners (14A) Thu, Mon, Wed 5:00, 8:15 Fri, Tue 6:40, 10:00 Sat 3:00, 6:40, 10:00 Sun 3:30, 6:45, 9:55 Riddick (14A) Thu 5:40, 8:30 Runner Runner (14A) Fri, Tue 5:45, 8:05, 10:25 Sat 11:45, 1:10, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:25 Sun 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 Mon, Wed 5:45, 8:05 Rush (14A) Thu 5:20, 8:20 Fri, Tue 4:15, 7:10, 10:10 Sat 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:10 Sun 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 Mon, Wed 5:20, 8:10 The Smurfs 2 (G) Thu 5:50 We’re the Millers (14A) Thu 8:25
Coliseum Scarborough (CE) Scarborough Town Centre, 416-290-5217
Baggage Claim (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:45 Fri, SunWed 1:45, 4:25, 7:10, 9:40 Sat 1:45, 4:25, 7:10, 10:20 Battle of the Year 3D (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Fri, Tue-Wed 6:30, 9:15 Sat 10:10 Sun-Mon 9:15 Captain Phillips (14A) Sat 7:00 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu 2:00, 4:25 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:00 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 1:15, 3:50, 6:20, 9:00 Fri, Sun-Wed 2:05, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 Sat 11:40, 2:05, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 Don Jon (18A) Thu 2:15, 4:50, 7:20, 10:05 Fri, Sun, Tue 2:45, 5:05, 7:35, 10:00 Sat 1:15, 4:15, 7:35, 10:00 Mon, Wed 2:45, 5:05, 7:35, 10:10 The Family (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:25 Fri, Sun-Wed 3:50, 9:30 Sat 9:30 Generation Iron Mon 7:30 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu 10:20 Fri-Wed 1:10, 2:30, 3:30, 4:55, 5:50, 7:30, 8:10, 9:55, 10:30 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu-Sat, Tue-Wed 2:25, 5:10, 7:45, 10:25 Sun 2:25, 5:10, 6:30 Mon 2:00, 4:50, 6:30, 10:25 The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin Sat 12:55 On the Job (14A) Thu 1:50 4:45 7:25 10:15 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:25, 10:15 Open Season (G) Sat 11:00 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu 1:20, 3:55, 6:40 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:15, 6:45 Sat 6:45 Prisoners (14A) Thu 2:15 6:10 9:50 Fri-Wed 2:45, 6:20, 9:50 Sat 11:25 mat Runner Runner (14A) Thu 10:10 Fri, Sun, Tue 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:45 Sat 12:45, 3:15, 6:00, 8:20, 10:45 Mon, Wed 2:20, 4:40, 7:15, 10:00 Rush (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:30 Fri, Sun, Tue 2:10,
5:00, 7:50, 10:40 Sat 1:55, 4:50, 7:50, 10:40 Mon, Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 We’re the Millers (14A) Thu 7:00, 9:50 The Wolverine 3D (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:10, 7:10 WWE Battleground 2013 Sun 8:00
Eglinton Town Centre (CE) 1901 Eglinton Ave E, 416-752-4494
The Art of the Steal (14A) Thu 7:10 Baggage Claim (PG) Thu 2:10, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 Fri 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:40 Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:40 Sun 12:05, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Mon-Tue 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Wed 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Battle of the Year 3D (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 Besharam Thu 1:50, 5:30, 9:30 Fri 3:20, 6:50, 10:20 Sat 12:45, 4:00, 7:25, 10:40 Sun 3:00, 6:40, 10:10 Mon-Wed 5:30, 9:30 Captain Phillips (14A) Sat 7:00 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:30 Fri 1:50, 4:20, 6:50 Sat 11:10, 11:40, 2:05, 4:35 Sun 2:00, 4:35, 7:10 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:30 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 2:10, 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 Fri 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sat 12:30, 2:55, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Sun 12:15, 2:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 MonWed 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Def Leppard Viva Hysteria Concert (14A) Thu 7:30 Don Jon (18A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25 Sun 12:45, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 Elysium (14A) Thu 9:10 Enough Said (PG) Thu 2:15, 5:10, 7:30, 9:55 Fri 2:25, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35 Sat 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35 Sun 12:00, 2:25, 4:45, 7:10, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:10, 9:30 The Family (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Fri 2:40, 5:25, 8:05, 10:45 Sat 12:00, 2:40, 5:25, 8:05, 10:45 Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 10:05 Funny Girl Wed 3:40, 7:00 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri 1:05, 2:45, 3:25, 5:05, 5:45, 7:30, 8:10, 9:55, 10:35 Sat 11:45, 12:25, 1:05, 2:45, 3:25, 5:05, 5:45, 7:30, 8:10, 9:55, 10:35 Sun 12:25, 1:05, 2:45, 3:25, 5:05, 5:45, 7:30, 8:10, 9:55, 10:30 Mon-Wed 4:30, 5:30, 6:50, 7:50, 9:15, 10:15 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 1:15, 3:55, 7:35, 10:15 Fri 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Sat 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Sun 1:20, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:45, 9:35 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 Fri, Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:15 Sat 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:50 MonWed 3:40, 6:40, 9:45 The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin Sat 12:55 Open Season (G) Sat 11:00 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Fri 1:25, 4:00, 6:40, 9:25 Sat 6:40, 9:25 Sun 1:35, 4:20, 9:50 Mon-Tue 3:50, 6:35, 9:25 Wed 7:00, 10:10 Prisoners (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:50, 10:15 Fri 3:30, 7:00, 10:30 Sat 12:15, 3:35, 7:00, 10:30 Sun 12:10, 3:30, 7:00, 10:25 Riddick (14A) Thu 1:25, 4:15, 9:40 Fri 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:50 Sat 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 Sun 1:15, 4:05, 6:55 Mon-Tue 4:15, 7:00, 9:55 Wed 4:15, 9:50 Runner Runner (14A) Fri-Sat 1:20, 3:40, 5:55, 8:20, 10:45 Sun 1:00, 3:25, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30 Mon-Tue 5:25, 7:45, 10:10 Wed 5:15, 7:35, 10:05 Rush (14A) Thu 1:25, 4:25, 7:15, 10:10 Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:45, 10:35 Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20 Mon-Tue 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 Wed 4:05, 6:55, 9:55 The Smurfs 2 (G) Thu 1:45, 4:25 We’re the Millers (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:35, 9:20 Fri 9:30 Sat 10:10 Sun 9:40 Mon-Wed 9:20 WWE Battleground 2013 Sun 8:00
Woodside Cinemas (I) 1571 Sandhurst Circle, 416-299-3456
Besharam 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:00 mat Grand Masti (14A) Thu 6:30 Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara Fri-Wed 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Phata Poster Nikla Hero (PG) Thu 3:30, 9:30 Raja Rani Thu 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:15, 10:30 Sat 4:00, 7:15, 10:30 Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:15, 10:30
GTA Regions Mississauga
Coliseum Mississauga (CE) Square One, 309 Rathburn Rd W, 905-275-3456
The Art of the Steal (14A) Thu 1:30, 6:50 Baggage Claim (PG) Thu-Fri, Sun, Tue 2:30, 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 Sat 12:00, 2:30, 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 Mon 2:30, 4:50, 7:30, 10:20 Wed 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu 1:35, 4:05, 6:30 Fri, Sun-Tue 1:35, 4:05, 6:40 Sat 11:10, 1:35, 4:05, 6:40 Wed 1:40, 4:05, 6:40 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) 2:35, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55 Sat 12:05 mat Don Jon (18A) Thu 1:45 3:55 6:05 8:10 10:25 Fri-Wed 1:50, 3:55, 6:05, 8:15, 10:25 Elysium (14A) Thu 2:15, 4:45, 7:20 Fri-Wed 9:35 Funny Girl Wed 4:00, 7:00 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri, Sun-Wed 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 9:45 Sat 11:50, 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 9:45 Gravity: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) Fri-Wed 1:30, 3:40, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 2:05 4:25 7:10 9:45 FriWed 2:05, 4:25, 7:10, 10:00 Kick-Ass 2 (14A) Thu 9:35 Metallica: Through the Never – An IMAX 3D Experience (14A) Thu 1:35, 3:50, 6:10, 8:20, 10:30 The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin Sat 12:55 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (PG) Thu 3:45, 9:30 Open Season (G) Sat 11:00 Riddick (14A) 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Runner Runner (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri, Sun, Tue 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:20, 10:35 Sat 1:25, 3:45, 6:00, 8:20, 10:35 Mon 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:20, 10:30 Wed 3:45, 6:00, 8:20, 10:30 Rush (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:35, 7:25, 10:15 Fri-Sat, Mon-Tue 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Sun 1:55, 4:35, 7:35, 10:05 Wed 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 10:10
2 Guns (14A) Thu 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20 Fri, Tue 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:15 Sat 7:45, 10:15 Sun 2:25, 5:05, 10:15 Mon 2:25, 4:55, 10:15 Wed 1:35, 7:45, 10:15 We’re the Millers (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:40, 7:35, 10:10 FriSat, Mon-Tue 2:15, 4:45, 7:35, 10:10 Sun 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 10:10 Wed 2:15, 4:45, 7:35, 10:05 The Wolverine 3D (PG) Thu, Sun-Mon 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 Fri, Tue 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:20 Sat 1:10, 4:20, 7:15, 10:20 Wed 1:45, 4:30, 10:20 WWE Battleground 2013 Sun 8:00
Courtney Park 16 (CE)
110 Courtney Park E at Hurontario, 416-335-5323 The Art of the Steal (14A) Thu 6:00, 8:10 Battle of the Year 3D (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:35 Fri-Sat 1:35, 3:55, 6:45, 9:35 Sun-Wed 1:35, 3:55, 6:45, 9:20 Besharam Thu 3:30, 6:45, 10:05 Fri 3:05, 6:20, 9:50 Sat 12:00, 3:05, 6:20, 9:50 Sun-Wed 3:05, 6:20, 9:35 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu 2:30, 4:35, 6:55 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:05, 6:25 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 1:00, 3:15, 5:35, 7:55, 10:15 Fri 2:45, 5:05, 7:25, 10:00 Sat 12:25, 2:45, 5:05, 7:25, 10:00 Sun 12:25, 2:45, 5:05, 7:25, 9:45 Mon-Wed 2:45, 5:05, 7:25, 9:45 Def Leppard Viva Hysteria Concert (14A) Thu 7:30 Don Jon (18A) Thu 1:00, 3:10, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:25, 3:40, 5:55, 8:10, 10:40 Sun-Wed 1:25, 3:40, 5:55, 8:10, 10:25 The Family (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:20, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:05, 4:15, 6:50, 9:40 Sun-Wed 1:05, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25 Generation Iron Mon 7:30 Grand Masti (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 10:20 Sun-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 10:05 Gravity 3D (PG) Fri-Sat 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:15 SunWed 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 Gravity: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:45 Sun-Wed 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 1:25, 4:00, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:45 Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:25 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu 1:35, 4:05, 6:50, 9:20 Fri-Sat 9:00 Sun-Wed 8:45 Prisoners (14A) Thu 3:05, 6:30, 9:45 Fri 3:20, 6:35, 10:05 Sat 12:05, 3:20, 6:35, 10:05 Sun 12:05, 3:20, 6:35, 9:50 MonTue 3:20, 6:35, 9:50 Wed 6:35, 9:50 Riddick (14A) Thu 9:15 Runner Runner (14A) Thu 10:25 Fri-Sat 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:30 Sun-Tue 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Wed 3:30, 4:15, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Rush (14A) Thu 1:50, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 Fri-Sat 2:05, 4:50, 7:35, 10:35 Sun-Wed 2:05, 4:50, 7:35, 10:20 The Smurfs 2 (G) Thu 1:05, 3:35 2 Guns (14A) Thu 1:20, 3:55, 9:25 Fri-Sat 2:10, 4:35, 7:10, 9:55 Sun-Wed 2:10, 4:35, 7:10, 9:40 We’re the Millers (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55 Fri 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 10:10 Sat 11:55, 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 10:10 Sun 11:55, 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55 Mon 2:15, 4:45, 9:55 Tue-Wed 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55 The Wizard of Oz: An IMAX 3D Experience (G) Thu 2:15, 4:40, 7:05
SilverCity Mississauga (CE) Hwy 5, east of Hwy 403, 905-569-3373
The Art of the Steal (14A) Thu 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 Fri-Sat 9:30 Sun 9:25 Mon-Wed 9:35 Blue Jasmine (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:05, 6:30, 9:00 Fri 4:00, 7:15, 9:40 Sat 12:40, 3:45, 7:15, 9:40 Sun 12:40, 3:45, 7:10, 9:50 Closed Circuit (14A) Thu 9:35 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu 4:10, 6:45, 9:25 Fri 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 Sat 1:20, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 Sun 1:20, 4:10, 6:30, 9:15 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:45, 9:10 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 Fri 5:15, 7:40, 10:15 Sat 12:20, 2:40, 5:15, 7:40, 10:15 Sun 12:20, 2:40, 5:15, 7:40, 10:00 The Family (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:15, 9:55 Fri 4:30, 7:00, 10:05 Sat 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 10:05 Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:55 Monsters University (G) Sat 1:00 Sun 12:15 Monsters University 3D (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:05 Fri 4:25, 6:50 Sat 4:00, 6:50 Sun 3:30, 6:40 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Fri 4:50, 7:25, 10:20 Sat 12:50, 4:50, 7:25, 10:20 Sun 12:50, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:00, 9:40 Planes (G) Fri 4:15 Sat 12:00, 2:20, 4:40 Sun 12:35, 3:40 Mon-Wed 4:10 Planes 3D (G) Thu 4:00, 6:50 Prisoners (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:00, 6:35, 8:30, 10:00 Fri 3:55, 6:40, 7:10, 10:00, 10:30 Sat 12:05, 3:20, 6:40, 10:00 Sun 12:05, 3:20, 6:15, 6:50, 9:35, 10:10 Runner Runner (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri 5:10, 5:50, 7:30, 8:10, 9:50, 10:30 Sat 12:30, 1:10, 2:50, 3:30, 5:10, 5:50, 7:30, 8:10, 9:50, 10:30 Sun 12:00, 12:55, 2:20, 3:15, 4:45, 5:35, 7:20, 7:55, 9:40, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:15, 4:55, 6:50, 7:30, 9:20, 10:00
North Colossus (CE) Hwy 400 & 7, 905-851-1001
The Art of the Steal (14A) Thu 7:10, 9:25 Baggage Claim (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Fri, Sun 12:35, 2:55, 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 Sat 12:00, 2:55, 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 MonWed 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 Battle of the Year 3D (PG) Thu 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Fri, Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Sat 11:15, 1:50, 4:30, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Captain Phillips (14A) Sat 7:00 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu 3:40, 6:00 Fri, Sun 1:45, 4:10, 6:50 Sat 11:30, 1:45, 4:10, 6:50 MonWed 3:40, 6:20 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 4:10, 6:30, 9:00 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 10:05 MonWed 4:10, 6:50, 9:25 Def Leppard Viva Hysteria Concert (14A) Thu 7:30 Despicable Me 2 (G) Thu 4:00, 6:30 Fri, Sun 12:55, 3:35, 6:15 Sat 11:40, 12:55, 3:35, 6:15 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:15 Don Jon (18A) Thu 4:50, 7:40, 9:55 Fri-Sat 1:05, 3:25, 5:45, 8:00, 10:25 Sun 1:05, 3:25, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Elysium (14A) Thu 8:20 Fri-Sun 9:25 Mon-Wed 8:50
The Family (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:40, 9:15 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Generation Iron Mon 7:30 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu 10:05 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Mon-Wed 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Gravity: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:50 mat Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:15, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:15, 10:20 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (14A) Thu 3:35, 6:35 Fri 12:50, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 Sat 12:35, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 Sun 12:50, 3:45, 6:35, 9:40 Mon 3:45, 6:35, 9:40 Tue-Wed 3:45, 6:40, 6:45, 9:35, 9:40 Metallica: Through the Never – An IMAX 3D Experience (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 9:45 The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin Sat 12:55 One Direction: This Is Us 3D - Extended Fan Cut (G) Thu 4:05 Fri-Sun 1:15, 3:50 Mon-Wed 3:50 Open Season (G) Sat 11:00 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:05 Fri 1:25, 4:15, 6:55, 9:30 Sat 11:20, 6:55, 9:30 Sun 1:25, 4:15, 6:55 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:55, 9:30 Prisoners (14A) Thu 3:30, 5:00, 6:50, 8:30, 10:10 Fri 12:40, 4:05, 7:25, 10:45 Sat 12:20, 4:05, 7:25, 10:45 Sun 12:40, 3:55, 7:10, 10:25 Mon-Wed 3:55, 7:10, 10:25 Riddick (14A) Thu 9:40 Fri-Sat 6:40, 9:35 Sun-Mon 9:35 Runner Runner (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:40 Sun 2:30, 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:25, 10:05 Rush (14A) Thu 4:00, 4:30, 6:55, 7:25, 9:50, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:00, 1:40, 4:00, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 9:55, 10:35 Sun 1:00, 1:40, 4:00, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 9:55, 10:30 Mon-Wed 4:00, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 9:55, 10:30 Turbo (G) Thu 4:25 2 Guns (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:25, 9:05 Fri-Sun 1:55, 5:00, 7:35, 10:00 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:35, 10:00 We’re the Millers (14A) Thu 3:45, 6:20, 8:55 Fri-Sun 1:35, 4:25, 7:05, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:05, 9:40 The Wolverine (PG) Thu 9:10 Fri-Wed 9:00 WWE Battleground 2013 Sun 8:00
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30 Interchange Way, Hwy 400 & Hwy 7, 416-335-5323 Besharam Thu, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:30 Fri 6:00, 9:10 Sat 3:00, 6:00, 9:10 Sun 3:00, 6:30 Blue Jasmine (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:05, 8:00 Fri 5:05, 7:15, 9:30 Sat 2:50, 5:05, 7:15, 9:30 Sun 2:50, 5:05, 7:15 Enough Said (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:20 Fri 4:30, 7:00, 9:25 Sat 2:10, 4:30, 7:00, 9:25 Sun 2:10, 4:30, 7:00 Getaway (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:30, 7:35 Fri 5:30, 7:35, 9:30 Sat 3:15, 5:30, 7:35, 9:30 Sun 3:15, 5:30, 8:00 Grown Ups 2 (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:25 Fri 4:40, 7:25, 9:45 Sat 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:45 Sun 2:25, 4:55, 7:25 The Heat (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:10 Fri 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 Sat 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 Sun 2:20, 5:10, 7:35 Kick-Ass 2 (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:20, 8:00 Fri 5:10, 7:35, 9:55 Sat 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 9:55 Sun 2:40, 5:20, 7:45 Monsters University (G) Thu 4:40, 7:15 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (PG) Fri 7:05, 9:55 Sat 4:00, 7:05, 9:55 Sun 4:00, 7:05 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:50 Pacific Rim (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:25 Fri 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Sat 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Sun 2:05, 4:40, 7:20 Planes (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:15, 7:45 Fri 4:45, 7:45, 10:00 Sat 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:00 Sun 2:45, 5:15, 7:45 The Smurfs 2 (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:00 Fri 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 Sat 2:00, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 Sun 2:00, 4:30, 6:45 The Way, Way Back (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:30 The World’s End (14A) Fri 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 Sat 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45 Sun 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:30 Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:45 Fri 6:00, 9:00 Sat 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 Sun 3:00, 6:00 Mon-Tue 7:00
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Promenade Mall, Hwy 7 & Bathurst, 416-494-9371 Blue Jasmine (14A) Thu 4:10, 9:30 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) 1:15, 3:45, 7:00, 9:15 Don Jon (18A) 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 9:35 The Family (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Gravity (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Mon 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (14A) Thu 1:20, 6:50 Prisoners (14A) 1:00, 4:15, 8:00 Runner Runner (14A) Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Rush (14A) Thu 1:00 3:50 6:45 9:25 Fri-Wed 1:00, 2:50, 3:50, 6:45
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Sat-Sun 12:45 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 7:20, 9:55 Fri, Mon, Wed 7:50, 10:15 Sat-Sun 3:05, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Tue 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Don Jon (18A) Thu 7:40, 10:00 Fri, Mon, Wed 7:15, 9:55 Sat-Sun 2:30, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 Tue 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 The Family (14A) Thu 7:30, 10:10 Fri, Mon, Wed 7:05, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:25, 4:00, 7:05, 9:45 Tue 4:00, 7:05, 9:45 Gravity 3D (PG) 7:40, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:00 mat, 5:20 Tue 5:20 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 7:35, 10:15 Fri, Mon, Wed 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 2:25, 5:05, 7:30, 10:00 Tue 5:05, 7:30, 10:00 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (PG) Thu 9:45 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu 7:05, 9:50 Fri, Mon, Wed 7:10, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:15, 3:45, 6:55, 9:50 Tue 4:05, 6:55, 9:50 Prisoners (14A) Thu 7:50 Fri, Mon, Wed 8:00 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:25, 8:00 Tue 4:25, 8:00 Riddick (14A) Thu 7:15, 10:00 Runner Runner (14A) 7:50, 10:10 Sat-Sun 12:55, 3:10 mat, 5:35 Tue 5:35 Rush (14A) Thu 7:10, 10:05 Fri, Mon, Wed 7:00, 10:10 SatSun 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 10:10 Tue 4:10, 7:00, 10:10 The Smurfs 2 (G) Thu 7:05 We’re the Millers (14A) 7:25, 10:05 Sat-Sun 1:45 mat, 4:50 Tue 4:50 3
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Festivals art gallery of ontario, jackman hall, 317 dundas w (AGo); Tiff bell lightbox, 350 king w (TIFF). 416599-8433, tpff.ca
Cinemas big picture cinema gerrard 1035 gerrard e. bigpicturecinema.com
Thu 3 – Jug Face (2013) D: Chad Crawford
inkle. 6:30 pm. Dirty Drive-In Classics. 8:30 K pm. Fri 4 – La Camioneta: The Journey Of One American School (2012) D: Mark Kendall. 3:30 pm. sat 5-tue 8 – La Camioneta: The Journey Of One American School. 7:30 pm. wed 9 – La Camioneta: The Journey Of One American School. 5 pm.
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TIFF Cinematheque’s Free Screen kicks off its fall season with a twonight salute to American filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson, whose work considers the contemporary African-American experience in a manner that can be playful and mournful in the same moment. Consider The Pritchard, Undefeated and Century, which screen as part of All Down The Line: Films By Kevin Jerome Everson tonight (Thursday, October 3) at 6:30 pm; all three shorts deal with men and their cars, in the process illuminating much more than that. The Pritchard is a single silent
take of a man pushing a car along a rural road. (Someone’s in the driver’s seat, steering, but we never get a clear look at him or her.) As one car passes him in the opposite direction, then another and another, we wonder why no one’s stopping to help: is it a racial thing? A class issue? Something else entirely? We’re allowed the time to think about it, and to wonder what our conclusions say about our expectations. Undefeated features another car that refuses to function – it may even be the same one – while Century finds inventive humour in a long take of an old Buick being flattened at a junkyard. Everson gets more serious in Company Line – a half-hour docu mentary about snowplow drivers in Mansfield, Ohio – and Emergency Needs, which recreates a televised press conference in Cleveland
following a shooting in the summer of 1968 through a cracked lens. And in Rita Larson’s Boy, actors read dialogue from the 70s sitcom Sanford & Son to show us how black characters were portrayed four decades ago. Friday night’s program showcases Everson’s new feature documentary, The Island Of St. Matthews, an impressionistic 16mm travelogue about his hometown of Columbus, Mississippi, which became an island after a massive flood in 1973. It feels like a thoughtful, intelligent corrective to the grotesque posturing of Beasts Of The Southern Wild – the artful response of someone who chooses to understand the people who refuse to leave a devastated area rather than exploit them for cheap NORMAN WILNER drama.
Thu 3 – Curtain Call: The Tale Of London’s
Noon. Born To Be Wild. 1 pm.
506 Bloor W. 416-637-3123. bloorcinema.com
Thu 3 – Hot Docs Doc Soup presents Google And The World Brain (2013) D: Ben Lewis. 6:45 pm. $15. hotdocs.ca. Good Ol’ Freda (2013) D: Ryan White. 9:30 pm. fri 4 – 15 Reasons To Live (2013) D: Alan Zweig. 4:15 & 9 pm. After Tiller (2013) D: Martha Shane and Lana Wilson. 6:30 pm. sat 5 – After Tiller. Noon, 4:15 and 9:30 pm. 15 Reasons To Live. 2 & 6:45 pm. sun 6 – After Tiller. Noon & 9:30 pm. 15 Reasons To Live. 2, 4:30 pm (Salon Series, $12-$15), & 7:15 pm. mon 7 – After Tiller. 6:15 pm. 15 Reasons To Live. 8:30 pm. Q&A w/ director to follow. Tue 8 – Cinema Politica presents Heart Of Sky, Heart Of Earth (2011) D: Eric Black and Frauke Sandig, about five Mayan activists who take on multinationals in Guatemala. 6:30 pm. $2$10 sugg donation. c inemapolitica.org/bloor. After Tiller. 9:15 pm. Wed 9 – After Tiller. 2:30 & 7:15 pm. 15 Reasons To Live. 9:30 pm. Q&A w/ director to follow.
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Camera Bar
1028 Queen W. 416-530-0011. camerabar.ca
sat 5 – Imagine: Vivian Maier Who Took
Nanny’s Pictures? (2013) D: Jill Nichols. 2 pm. Planet Of The Apes (1968) D: Franklin J Schaffner. 3:15 pm.
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thu 3-fri 4 – Festival of films by Palestinian
and international filmmakers. $10, stu/srs $7, 10-card pass $75. thu 3 – The Shebabs Of Yarmouk (2012) D: Axel Salvatory-Sinz, Zinco (2013) D: Serene Al Ahmad, and short film A Letter To Ahmad. 7 pm. Badna Naaref – We Want To Know (2012) D: Carol Mansour, Behind Me Olive Trees (2012) D: Pascale Abou Jamra, and short The Kite That Caught A Mountain. 9 pm. All screenings at AGO. fri 4 – Closing Night: A World Not Ours (2012) D: Mahdi Fleifel, and short House. 7 pm (TIFF).
the royal Thu 3 – Festival of Images and Words presents Panopticon (2011) D: Diego Samper, about art created by inmates in Colombia. 7 pm. The Grandmaster (2013) D: Wong Kar-wai. 9 pm. Fri 4 – League Of Legends Championship Series screening. 10 pm. sat 5 – Push and Shove Productions present Quote-Along Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004) D: Adam McKay. Costumes encouraged. 7 pm. $20. pushandshove.ca. The Grandmaster. 9:15 pm. sun 6-wed 9 – The Act Of Killing (2012) D: Joshua Oppenheimer and Sakhyan Asmara. 7 pm. The Grandmaster. 9:15 pm.
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Wed 9 – Blue Jasmine. 7 pm. Frances Ha D: Noah Baumbach. 9 pm. ñ(2012)
cinematheque tiff bell lightbox
reitman square, 350 king w. 416-599-8433, tiff.net
Thu 3 – The Free Screen presents All
ñDown The Line: films by Kevin Jerome Everson including Company Line (2009), The
Pritchard (2010) and others. 6:30 pm. Free. fri 4 – The Free Screen presents Kevin Jerome Everson X 2: The Island Of St Matthews (2013) and Juneteenth Columbus Mississippi (2013). 6:30 pm. Free. Nsat 5 – Nuit Blanche: Cringeworthy! The Best Of The Worst Videos Online, VHS Fever Dreams, 12-Hour Dolly, and Strange Science/City Symphonies silent film program. 6:15 pm to sunrise. sun 6 – Reel Talk sneak preview. 10 am. Women & Film X 2: A New Leaf (1971) D: Elaine May. 1 pm. La Vie Rêvée (1972) D: Mireille Dansereau. 4 pm. mon 7 – Women & Film: Sambizanga (1972) D: Sarah Maldoror. 6:30 pm. tue 8 – Higher Learning: Women’s Cinema and Film History. 11 am. Free. Day Job Doc: A Story Of Chasing Dreams D: David Chan. 6 pm. $15, adv $12. 416-572-2053, dayjobdoc.com.
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2236 Queen E. 416-691-7330. foxtheatre.ca
Tigers D: Craig Chambers. 7:30 pm. $10. The World’s End (2013) D: Edgar Wright. 9:30 pm. Fri 4 – Blue Jasmine (2013) D: Woody Allen. 7 pm. The Way Way Back (2013) D: Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. 9 pm. sat 5-sun 6 – Monsters University 3D (2013) D: Dan Scanlon. 2 pm. Blue Jasmine. 4:15 & 7 pm. The Way Way Back. 9 pm. Mon 7-tue 8 – Blue Jasmine. 7 pm. The Way Way Back. 9 pm. Wed 9 – Blue Jasmine. 7 pm. Jobs (2013) D: Joshua Michael Stern. 9 pm.
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CBC Museum, CBC Broadcast Centre, 250 Front W, 416-205-5574. cbc.ca
thu 3-wed 9 – Continuous screenings
Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Free. Thu 3-fri 4 – Fall season preview.
ontario science centre
770 Don Mills. 416-696-3127. ontariosciencecentre.ca
thu 3-fri 4 – Flight Of The Butterflies.
Noon. Born To Be Wild. 1 pm. Sat 5-sun 6– Flight Of The Butterflies. Noon & 3 pm. Born To Be Wild. 1 pm. Under The Sea. 2 pm. mon 7-wed 9 – Flight Of The Butterflies.
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reg hartt’s cineforum 463 Bathurst. 416-603-6643.
thu 3 – Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D: FW
Murnau, with music from Radiohead’s Kid A and OK Computer albums. 7 pm. What I Learned With LSD (2012) D: Reg Hartt. 9 pm. sat 5-Wed 9 – BBC Shroud Of Turin (2008) D: DAvid Rolfe. 4:30 pm. Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D: FW Murnau, with music from Radiohead’s Kid A and OK Computer albums. 7 pm. What I Learned With LSD (2012) D: Reg Hartt. 9 pm.
revue cinema
400 Roncesvalles. 416-531-9959. revuecinema.ca
Thu 3 – Blue Jasmine (2013) D: Woody Allen. 7 pm. The World’s End (2013) D: ñ Edgar Wright. 9 pm. Fri 4 – Blue Jasmine. 7 pm. The Way Way Back (2013) D: Nat Faxon and Jim ñ Rash. 9 pm. sat 5-sun 6 – Monsters University 3D (2013)
D: Dan Scanlon. 2 pm. Blue Jasmine. 4:15 & 7 pm. The Way Way Back. 9 pm. Mon 7 – Blue Jasmine. 7 pm. Jobs (2013) D: Joshua Michael Stern. 9 pm. Tue 8 – Jobs. 7 pm. Blue Jasmine. 9:20 pm.
The CN Tower presents Legends Of Flight 3D. Continuous screenings daily 10 am-9 pm. 301 Front W. c ntower.ca. Casa Loma presents The Pellatt Newsreel (2006) D: Barbra Cooper, a film and permanent exhibit on the history of Casa Loma and Henry Pellatt. Daily screenings 10 am-4:30 pm. Included w/ admission. 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, casaloma.org. The Hockey Hall of Fame presents Stanley’s Game Seven 3D, a film of Stanley Cup history. Plays daily at the top and half past each hour. Mon-Sat 9:30 am-6 pm, Sun 10 am-6 pm. Included w/ admission. Brookfield Place, 30 Yonge. hhof.com. N thu 3 – Scotiabank Nuit Blanche presents Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry. Screenings at 7, 9 & 11 pm, 1, 3 & 5 am. Free. City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Queen W. scotiabanknuitblanche.ca. The Japan Foundation Tohoku Movie Night presents Reunion (2012) D: Ryoichi Kimizuka. 7 pm. Free (rsvp). 131 Bloor W, 2nd floor. jftor.org/whatson/rsvp.php. fri 4 – Toronto Socialist Action Rebel Film series presents The Spirit Of ‘45 (2013) D: Ken Loach, a documentary about British history and the 1945 Labour government. 7 pm. $4 donation. OISE, 252 Bloor W, rm 2-214. 416-461-6942, socialistaction.ca. sat 5 – Sí-Sí Cine Toronto Latin Film Festival presents Historias De Fútbol (1997) D: Andrés Wood. 5 pm. $8, stu/srs $5. York U, Centre for Excellence, Glendon College, 2275 Bayview. festivalofimagesandwords.ca. N Toronto VeloReel presents a bike-in film festival and outdoor screening of films for bike lovers, including Bike Lordz, Lost Bike Girl From New York City and others. 7 to 9 pm. $5. Liberty Village Bike-In Theatre, south end of Fraser. torontoveloreel.blogspot.ca. Green 13 Toronto’s Green Energy Open Doors presents The 4th Revolution – Energy Autonomy (2010) D: Carl-A Fechner. 1:30 pm. Free. Annette Library, 145 Annette. green13toronto.org. sun 6 – Toronto Film Society Sunday Matinee Film Buff Series presents The Desperadoes (1942) D: Charles Vidor, and Campbell’s Kingdom (1957) D: Ralph Thomas. 2 pm. $15, $75 for series (7 films). Carlton Cinema, 20 Carlton. 416- 970-6011, torontofilmsociety.com. Cinema Politica Toronto-Danforth presents The Trotsky (2009) D: Jacob Tierney. Discussion to follow. 7:30 pm. Free or pwyc. The Centre of Gravity, 1300 Gerrard E. cinemapolitica.org/danforth. Toronto Jewish Film Festival’s Chai Tea & A Movie presents When Comedy Went To School (2013) D: Mevlut Akkaya and Ron Frank. Tea 4 pm, film 5 pm. $15. City Playhouse Theatre, 1000 New Westminister, Vaughan. tjff.com. mon 7 – Ryerson University Social Justice Week presents Reframing The Nation To Nation Relationship, screening The People Of The Kattawpiskak River (2012) D: Alanis Obomsawin. Discussion w/ director and others to follow. 7 pm. Ted Rogers School of Management Bldg, 55 Dundas W, Rm 1076. r yerson.ca/socialjustice. 3
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blu-ray/dvd John Carpenter’s Halloween: 35th Anniversary Edition (Anchor Bay,
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1978) D: Carpenter, w/ Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence. Rating: NNNN; Blu-ray package: NNNNN This is the umpteenth edition of horror classic Halloween, but it’s worth adding to your collection for the new Bluray transfer, which brings out the small town setting’s afternoon warmth and nighttime chill, and for the new extras: an hour-long look at star Jamie Lee Curtis as she navigates her first and, she says, only, horror convention appearance, and the commentary she shares with director John Carpenter. The movie itself is brilliant and rewatchable due to its minimalist elegance, long-take visuals, simple score and pared-to-the-bone story. A six-year-old boy murders his sister. Fifteen years later, he escapes from an asylum and returns to his hometown to kill again. His psychiatrist (Donald Pleasence) pursues him, and one intended victim (Curtis) fights back. Carpenter insists in the commentary that sequels were no part of his plan, and he has some words about budget
dictating style; Curtis walks all over him with observations on this and that, some insightful, some not. Eventually, bickering ensues. EXTRAS Commentary, Curtis doc, locations doc, print essay, more. English audio. English, Spanish subtitles.
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(VVS, 2013) D: Scott Walker, w/ Nicolas Cage, Vanessa Hudgens. Rating: NNN; Blu-ray package: NNNN The Frozen Ground turns a true crime story into suspenseful drama by refusing to boost its serial killer to boogeyman status and focusing instead on the cop and the one victim who got away. In 1983 Anchorage, Alaska, underage streetwalker Cindy Paulson (Vanessa Hudgens) accuses local solid citizen Robert Hansen (John Cusack) of kidnapping and rape, but there’s no evidence. Meanwhile, State Trooper Jack Halcombe (Nicolas Cage), who’s looking at Hansen in connection with some unsolved murders, tries find Cindy and persuade her to help, but her instinct is to trust no one and run from the slightest threat. Hansen is hunting her, too.
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Writer/director Scott Walker gets first-rate naturalistic performances from the entire cast with a restless, close-in camera that adds energy and underlines the people’s isolation against the vast, wintery Alaskan wilderness. The thoughtful and informative extras package has a director and producers’ commentary that adds details about the real case, and a solid writingof doc on the process of turning a years-long investigation into a few tense weeks. EXTRAS Commentary, cast and crew interviews, making-of doc, writing-of doc, deleted scenes with optional commentary. English, French audio and subtitles.
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The English Teacher (TVA, 2013)
Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr give one of filmdom’s great kisses in From Here To Eternity.
D: Craig Zisk, w/ Julianne Moore, Michael Angarano. Rating: NN; DVD package: none
From Here To Eternity
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(Sony, 1953) D: Fred Zinnemann, w/ Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr. Rating: NNNN; Blu-ray package: NNNN
Sporadically almost amusing and occasionally nearly touching, The English Teacher never quite pulls together its impulses toward farce and coming-ofmiddle-age movie. Julianne Moore’s character, Linda, could work in either genre. A 45-yearold spinster high school English teacher with no life beyond teaching and recreational reading, she’s a natural for our sympathy, but when the wackiness starts, Moore shifts into twitchy gawkiness to become a figure of fun. As Linda’s former student, home after a failed shot as a playwright in New York City, Michael Angarano shifts between hangdog gloom and rigid anger and doesn’t participate in the comedy. She reads his play, is smitten and determines to mount it as a high school production. During rehear sals, they have a desktop quickie. Word gets out and ugliness ensues, but the sprightly score keeps tinkling on. EXTRAS English, French audio. English subtitles. 3
After 50 years, From Here To Eternity is still hugely watchable. The military brutality, adultery and prostitution at its centre made it a shocker in its day, but it was also a wildly popular bigbudget A picture that cleaned up at the Oscars, picking up eight wins, including best picture, director, screenplay and supporting actor and actress for Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed. Shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Private Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) transfers into a rifle company in Hawaii. Corrupt and incompetent base commander Captain Holmes (Philip Ober) wants him on the boxing team. Prewitt refuses, and the Army sets about breaking him. Sergeant Warden (Burt Lancas-
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ter), who really runs the company, begins an affair with Holmes’s wife, Karen (Deborah Kerr), while Prewitt takes up with “hostess” Lorene (Donna Reed). Fred Zinnemann directs with the same crisp efficiency he brought to High Noon, getting strong performances from his actors, notably Kerr, who plays very much against her ladylike typecasting. The picture-in-picture commentary assembles academics, participants and friends and relatives of the key players to provide the extras’ best overview of the production, director and cast. The commentary by Tim Zinnemann, Fred’s son, and collaborator Alvin Sargent focuses more on the d irector. EXTRAS Picture-in-picture commentary, commentary, making-of doc, Zinnemann interview snippets. English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese and other audio. English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese and other subtitles.
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makes it difficult or impossible for the disclosee to connect sexually with the discloser ever again? But I would argue, based on the mail I receive (a skewed sample, yes, but a pretty massive sample), that sexual boredom poses a much bigger threat to a relationship or marriage than coming clean about an old or new kink ever could.
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rut, emotionally and sexually, for a few years. My closest girlfriends think we’re bored. Neither of us has done anything to harm or sabotage our marriage. We are very good together, and the love we have for one another is huge. I have plenty of male friends, but there is one I’ve been getting to know – a colleague – and he is a stellar human being. We really connect. He kissed me a few weeks ago. I liked it. I like him. The impact on my marriage has been strangely great. I disclosed everything to my husband. He said, “I couldn’t get in the way of your happiness. Is this something you need to explore?” This is the non-threatened response of someone who truly loves me. We’re communicating better now, our sex life is off the freakin’ chain, and it is evident that we’re committed to working through things as a couple. So why can’t I stop thinking of my colleague? I think of him all day long. I think of him when I’m making love to my husband. I don’t plan on seeing him any more. He is a distraction to my mar-
riage. But what on earth do you do to get someone out of your head? Wanting It Forever If you feel like spending time with your colleague is a genuine threat to your marriage, and if protecting your marriage from genuine threats is a priority (and it should be), then keep doing what you’re doing: Keep fucking your husband, keep avoiding your colleague, keep feeling your feelings (because what other choice do you have?), and with enough time and fucking and feeling, your crush on your colleague should wither away. But, that said…. So far it would appear that this affair – this emotional affair – has had a positive impact on your marriage. Far from threatening your marriage, your feelings for your colleague dislodged something that reinvigorated your marriage. (You’re out of that rut now, right?) So if your colleague knew you were married and didn’t ask you to leave your husband and if your husband didn’t threaten to divorce you but asked if this – meaning something more than friendship with this colleague – was “something you need to explore,” you might be able to have a relationship with your colleague without having to end your marriage. Love isn’t always a zero-sum game.
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