There are times when the imported talent steal the spotlight, but not this week. Then again, I would recommend checking out the video of Jamie Lissow getting electrocuted on stage when he...ah, you'll see.

A new 36,000 square foot arts hub is coming to the area dubbed the West Queen West Triangle — and longstanding community group Active 18 has their fingerprints all over the project. To be built at the bottom of the still-under-construction Edge condo at Queen and Lisgar, future tenants of the space already include Gallery TPW, the Toronto Media Arts Cluster (TMAC), Interaccess, Le Labo, the Canadian Film Distribution Centre, Charles Street Video, the Toronto Animated Images Society, and the Images Festival.

The 2012 CONTACT Photography Festival is well underway with a host of promising gallery exhibitions to check out around the city. As has been the case for number of years, in addition to these more traditional shows, there are also a number of public installations to check out, many of which look stunning in the urban milieu in which they're presented. Here's a quick guide to the must-see public installations at CONTACT 2012.

So Alex walks on stage and proceeds to get heckled by someone knocking from the second floor. How does he respond? Follow me as I show you how a real comedian handles a heckler in This Week In Comedy...

Most of the openings for the 2012 CONTACT festival are this evening, but a few major galleries have already put the goods on display. While you're hopping across town in search of more free wine and cheese platters, be sure to check out these three exhibitions, all of which focus on the symbiotic relationship between urban buildings and urban residents.

Commerce Court has gotten noticeably brighter these last few days. The King and Bay office building, which houses CIBC and Deutsche Bank, now plays host to an exhibition of international street artists in its large granite lobby.

It's a striking contrast, but the choice of venue makes sense. The Discovery Exhibition is a fundraising event for Dixon Hall's Mill Centre, a program that teaches carpentry and home renovation skills to at-risk youth from selected Toronto neighbourhoods.The works will remain on display until May 5th, so there's plenty of time to see and/or buy them — and all proceeds from sales go directly to support of the Mill Centre.