Today in Toronto you can attend a screening of Paris is Burning on Tuesday to celebrate the birthday of the monumental documentary on the queer scene in NYC of olde from voguing to HIV. A panel will follow. Or, watch a punk doc and get to know Finnish band Pertti Kurikan nimipäivät. Who? "The members of our band are four middle-aged, mentally handicapped men. The music is, of course, Finnish punk." - Sami Helle, Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät.

Douglas Coupland is throwing a cocktail party at the ROM. If you need stuff, Tequila Bookworm are clearing out some stuff. Un Blonde are Silver Dollar at with Yàocavé, Century Palm, Sexy Merlin and Zoo Owl. Then there's Cannibal Corpse. For more events, click on over to our events section.

• Film: Paris is Burning 25th Anniversary Screening and Panel (Northrop Frye Hall)
• Art: Cocktails & Helvetica with Douglas Coupland (ROM)
• Music: Un Blonde (Silver Dollar)
• Food: Indie Alehouse Kitchen Collab with Anthony Walsh (Indie Alehouse)
• Film: Nordic Nights presents: The Punk Syndrome (Ryerson University School of Image Arts)
• Comedy: Wheel of Improv gets Robbed (Comedy Bar)
• Hoarding: The Bookworm Bazaar (Tequila Bookworm)

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Photo of Douglas Coupland exhibit by Natta Summerky