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On Stage n WHAT: ‘Love Letters’ presented by Encore Entertainment n WHEN: Runs until Feb. 3 n WHERE: Studio Theatre, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. n TICKETS: $35.75; www. ticketmaster.ca n DETAILS: The Pulitzernominated Love Letters is an entertaining and insightful look at friendship, love and life. It traces, through letters, the relationship between lawyer Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and artist Melissa Gardner. n INFO: www.encoreshows. com, www.tocentre.com n WHAT: Lidia’s Italy Live Performance n WHEN: Feb. 10, 3 p.m. n WHERE: Main Stage Theatre, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. n TICKETS: Visit www.ticketmaster.ca DETAILS: Celebrity chef and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich has spent the last 40 years promoting Italian culture and cuisine across North America. Her culinary roadshow comes to Canada in this debut. n INFO: www.tocentre.com n WHAT: Theatre @ York presents ‘playGround: Fringe Festival of New Plays in Development’ n WHEN: Feb. 12 to 15 n WHERE: Joseph G. Green Studio Theatre, York University, 4700 Keele St. n TICKETS: $7 per show; Call the box office at 416736-5888 n DETAILS: playGround is created and produced by undergraduate students in
installation, Minute is a bilingual title. In French, the artist refers to time, but in English, he refers to scale. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Friday noon to 3 p.m., Saturday 1 to 4 p.m. n INFO: 416-487-6721, www.glendon.yorku.ca/ gallery n WHAT: Organic Alterations by Ian Alter n WHEN: Feb. 6 to March 4 n WHERE: Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, 901 Lawrence Ave. W. n INFO: www.carriergallery.com
The art of Nick Biagini and Domenic Piluso is featured from Feb. 6 to March 6 at the Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery in the Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence Ave. W. The men began their friendship while growing up in the Danforth and Coxwell area of Toronto. The friendship continued into adulthood. One night, Biagini and Piluso began to discuss their passions: Biagini for painting and Piluso for photography. They explored how to mesh their two disciplines into a form of art, and the photography/painting collaboration between the two artists emerged. For this exhibit, A Taste of Italy, Piluso and Biagini focused on iconic buildings then to transfer the photographs buildings onto canvas, with Biagini adding oil paint to sections of the canvas. The result is a form of contemporary art that combines the realism of a photograph and the texture of an oil painting.
the Department of Theatre. Now in its 21st season, this student-produced fringe fest features original works and works-in-progress by up-and-coming playwrights, directors, designers and performers. In keeping with the spirit of playGround, the pieces reflect an uncurbed spirit, a humourous undertone and a risk-taking mindset. n INFO: http://theatre. finearts.yorku.ca/performance/theatre-york/ n WHAT: ‘Something to Offer’, a play in celebration of Black History Month n WHEN: Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. n WHERE: Studio Theatre, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. n TICKETS: $34.50 and $50; www.ticketmaster.ca n DETAILS: After spending five years in prison for aggravated assault, Justin
Williams makes a personal vow that he would never be like his dad. Then one day be becomes the father of a boy and before he knows it, some of the same patterns of behaviour he hated in his father start to manifest themselves in him. n INFO: www.tocentre.com n WHAT: ‘Villains and Vixens’, produced by Angelwalk Theatre n WHEN: Feb. 20, 8 p.m. n WHERE: Studio Theatre, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. n TICKETS: $36.25; www. ticketmaster.ca n DETAILS: From Javert in Les Misérables to Sally Bowles in Cabaret, a night celebrating the Villains we love to hate and the Vixens we dare to love. n INFO: www.angelwalk.ca, www.tocentre.com
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presented by Teatron Theatre n WHEN: Feb. 27 to March 10 n WHERE: Studio Theatre, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. n TICKETS: Visit www.ticketmaster.ca n DETAILS: Jack Shore is appearing in a tribute to his grandfather, Jacob Shemerinsky, star of the Yiddish Theatre. Backstage in his dressing room, Jack confronts his challenges as an actor and as a husband to his co-starring wife. Simultaneously, 75 years in the past, Jacob has problems of his own. n INFO: www.teatrontheatre.com, www.tocentre. com
art n WHAT: Focus, Korean Toronto Photo Club 14th
Exhibition n WHEN: Feb. 1 to 28 n WHERE: North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge St. n ADMISSION: Free n INFO: www.torontopubliclibrary.ca, 416-395-5535 n WHAT: Oil Paintings, Figures and Landscapes, by John Rzewuski n WHEN: Feb. 1 to 28 n WHERE: Don Mills Library, 888 Lawrence Ave. E. n ADMISSION: Free n INFO: www.torontopubliclibrary.ca, 416-395-5710 n WHAT: Minute de Vie (Small Things of Life), an exhibit by Laurent Vaillancourt n WHEN: Feb. 5 to March 8 n WHERE: Glendon Manor, Glendon College, York University, 2275 Bayview Ave. n DETAILS: A mixed media
n WHAT: Nature and City: Toronto & Surroundings n WHEN: Feb. 5 to March 4 n WHERE: Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, 901 Lawrence Ave. W. n DETAILS: An art photo show by Janos Gardonyi n INFO: www.carriergallery.com
music n WHAT: Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra Winter Concert n WHEN: Feb. 3, 7:30 p.m. n WHERE: George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge St. n TICKETS: $16 to $27 n DETAILS: The TSO’s RBC resident conductor Shalom Bard conducts a program featuring soloist Nicole Li, a TSYO Concerto On & Off the Wall runs monthly in the North York Mirror. If you have a local arts event to submit please send an email to nym@insidetoronto. com. The deadline for the March column is Feb. 15.
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