Light rail, subway...whatever man. Let's put our differences aside and have fun! And by fun I mean watch a slew of comedians roast their friend who's just trying to make his dreams come true.

Over a year has passed since the venerable Dufferin jog passed into history with the opening of a new underpass connecting Dufferin Street to itself on either side of Queen Street West. The novelty of bypassing Gladstone Avenue might have worn off by now, but the tunnel itself still seems austere, lined as it is with two rows of conspicuously blank insets in the concrete that were supposed to house artwork.

Renting a studio space in Toronto may be a labourious task if you don't know where to look. While a good start might be online classifieds such as Craigslist and Kijiji, more often than not you could end up looking at a page full of pseudo-studio crawl spaces. Artists who are in the market for a workspace know that "shelter from the rain" is not the only factor to consider, with demands ranging from nearby basins and wide door frames to high ceilings and proper ventilation, with more conditions to consider based on the project and materials used. Before setting up that easel in a stuffy warehouse basement, you might want to check out some of the options at these communal studio spaces.

There's a show called, "Strip Comedy" this week. If that doesn't catch your eye, nothing will. So bring your ID and check out what's going to be a diverse week in the Toronto comedy scene.

Multi-talented Canadian icon Douglas Coupland is at it again. The walls of Daniel Faria Gallery are lined with the newest output of the writer cum visual artist, an exhibit called "Welcome to the 21st Century," which shows off the artist's bold style and penchant for mass cultural observation and critique.

"I want to explore how it feels to be inside the 21st century brain as opposed to the 20th century brain," says Coupland in the exhibition notes. Although there's still bits of Canadiana on display — something for which he's known — the main themes explore how art and technology capture the zeitgeist of our time, something that Coupland has been interested in since the publication of Generation X back in 1991.

Toronto rooftopping — and specifically the work of blogTO's own Tom Ryaboi — has been put under a rather sizable spotlight over the last couple of days. After a photo feature in the Telegraph on Monday, articles in the Daily Mail, the Sun (UK), the New York Daily News, and the Toronto Star followed, with more surely to come as mainstream outlets show off their desire to feature the putative next big thing. Even the Toronto Standard got in on the fun, calling rooftop photography "the new iteration of planking."