Saturday, November 21:

VIDEO GAMES | Gamercamp
If heaven were designed using 8-bit technology, it would look like Gamercamp. The event brings together developers and enthusiasts to celebrate the games that many of us nearly went blind from playing when we were kids. Speakers will look back at how early video games shaped the gaming industry and continue to influence software development, and current developers including Michael Todd from Spyeart will reveal some new projects. Best of all, the day ends with a party of unlimited game play on vintage games from the Replay Arcade Museum. Time to nerd out, people!
Lower Ossington Theatre, 100 Ossington Ave., $20, 1 pm - 9:30 pm

COMEDY | Laughology and the World Laughter Games
This event isn't about comedy, it's about laughter. As Albert Nerenberg's Laughology explains, laughter has the ability to make your stronger, healthier, and even sexier. The documentary that reportedly caused laugh riots when it premiered at Hot Docs examines the phenomenon of contagious laughter and features Doug Collins, the man with the most contagious laugh in the world. Before the screening there will be a demo of competitive laughing, in which two people go head to head with the goal of making the other person seem the funniest.
Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W., $8, 7 pm

MUSIC | Bonjay EP Release Party
Dance hall duo Bonjay finally release their debut record Gimme Gimme tonight after years of playing live shows that teased us with their potential. Bonjay only has one goal when they play, and that's to get everybody real sweaty, real fast. The relatively confined space of Terranga is a perfect place for the release party, and no doubt the pair will bring their big, spicy, West-Indian beats. Poirier and Valeo open.
Terranga African Restaurant, 159 Augusta Ave., $8, 10 pm

FASHION | R4 Fashion
Style and eco-consciousness come together in this event put on by the University of Waterloo's Sustainable Technology Education Project. Some of Canada's top fashion designers including Carrie Hayes, Sonja den Elzen and Rachel Jasmine Chan will present designs that are as sustainable as they are sexy. The event brings together students, young professionals, industry leaders and fashionistas with the goal of finding eco-friendly technologies for the fashion industry.
Atlantis Pavillion, 955 Lakeshore Blvd. W., $25 - $70, 8 pm

GALLERY | 52 McCaul Grand Opening "$20"
A new gallery opens tonight in the art-rich neighbourhood centred around the AGO. 52 McCaul aims to be a different kind of artspace; a cultural hub that will connect local artists with the community and will feature work from both experienced and emerging artists (and everyone in between). At their grand opening tonight you'll have a chance to buy a wide variety of works each for the very reasonable price of $20, with all proceeds going to fund the gallery. The new gallery is a joint initiative by grassroots art organization Well and Good and curators Teresa Aversi and Charlie Irani.
52 McCaul St., Free admission, 7 pm - 12 am

EXHIBITION | The Everything To Do With Sex Show
This weekend the ETDWSS will be stimulating the body and soul (but mostly the body) at Exhibition Place with all the best of everything related to getting it on. A fashion show and carnival parade, body spray art demonstrations, seminars on how to find the perfect sex toy, and even a full scale dungeon are but some of the highlights that have made this one of the biggest shows of its kind in the world. Sure to be a very naughty weekend. Runs til Sunday.
Direct Energy Centre, 100 Princes Blvd., $20-$25 single day, $27.50-$35 weekend pass, Friday 3 pm - 12 am, Saturday 11 am - 12 am, Sunday 11 am - 6 pm

BOOKS AND LIT | An Evening with Stephen King
Stephen King has a dubious reputation for being able to churn out books like so many lead-filled Christmas toys coming off a Chinese conveyer belt. The 62-year old author has written over 50 bestselling books, which is more than one for every year he's been writing. But thankfully for every Roadwork he's also given us a Stand By Me or The Shining. By sheer volume alone few authors have shaped the literary world of the late 20th century more than King, and he comes to Toronto tonight for an event that also features an interview with director David Cronenberg by George Stromboulopoulos.
Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria St., $28 - $33, 8 pm

FOOD | 2009 Gourmet Food and Wine Expo
Starting today, Toronto's top restaurants will turn the Metro Convention Centre into a giant cocktail party. Creations from the city's best chefs will be on offer along with samples of incredible wines. Members of the Independent Wine Education Guild will be giving tips on how to buy and taste wine, and the Tutored Tastings Program gives visitors access to rare vintages. Meanwhile, on the Food Network Stage celebrity chefs will be discussing and preparing some of their top recipes. Tonight's the VIP Preview Evening, for which they've reserved the real cream of the crème brûlée.
Metro Convention Centre, South Building, 255 Front St., $35, Thursday 6 - 10 pm, Friday 2 pm - 10 pm, Saturday 12 pm - 10 pm, Sunday 12 pm - 6 pm

FILM | Eh!U European Film Festival
This not-so-cleverly titled film festival brings the best of European cinema to the land of the hoser for the next two weeks. Now in its fifth year, the festival will have screenings of 26 movies from 23 European countries and every single show is free. Highlights include Austria's The White Ribbon, winner of the Palm D'Or at Cannes this year, and France's A Prophet, which won the Cannes Grand Prix. It all kicks off tonight with a single screening at the Bloor of The Karamazovs, a Czech picture about a troupe of actors recreating Dostoyevsky's famous novel. Runs til December 3.
Tonight: The Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W., Free, 6 pm
Til Dec 3rd: Various locations and times

BOOKS AND LIT | A Woman Among Warlords - Malalai Joya Book Tour
While you spent the first half of your twenties on Queen West hanging out in lesbian bars and eating poutine, Malalai Joya was teaching girls at secret schools in Afghanistan and getting elected to the war-torn country's parliament. She's survived four assassination attempts but continues her quest to rid her homeland of warlords and drug barons, and is a living testament to the fact that the Afghan people have more power to shape their future than any occupying army. She comes to Toronto tonight to speak about her book, her life, and her country.
Trinity St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. W., $5-$10, 7 pm

MUSIC | Peaches at the Phoenix
Shock-rocker Peaches' facial hair seems to have migrated from her chin to form a fashionable 'do on top of her head. The follicular event coincides with the release of her new album I Feel Cream, which she is currently promoting on a North America-wide tour. Peaches' abilities to offend and impress are well-documented and will no doubt be on full display tonight.
Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne St., $24.50, 8 pm

ART SALE | OCAD Whodunit? 2009
You know how sometimes you go to an art gallery and see a million-dollar painting of a red stripe on the wall and say to yourself "If I had painted that, it wouldn't be worth shit"? Well the annual Whodunit? art sale at OCAD takes reputation out of the equation by selling art without revealing who made it. The concept is that OCAD auctions off works by both famous established artists and aspiring neophytes and only after you buy a piece do you find out who made it. Even if you go home with an abstract piece by Johnny Nobody you can take some consolation from the fact that all proceeds go to support OCAD. Runs til Saturday.
OCAD, 100 McCaul St., 12 pm start

MUSIC | Nu Music Night's 16th Anniversary at the Horseshoe
The 'Shoe celebrates 16 years of Dave Bookman's Nu Music Night with some bands that are not really so "nu." No one's complaining though, because Most Serene Republic, Zeus, and Still Life Still are some of the hottest acts going just now. Bookman's turned the free weekly Tuesday night concert series into a reliable place to go see band's just before they hit the big time and a big bash in its honour is certainly well-deserved.
The Horseshoe Tavern, 370 Queen St. W., Free, 10 pm

BOOKS AND LIT | Adria Vasil in Conversation with Rick Smith
Ecoholic author and NOW columnist Adria Vasil has followed up her widely popular first book with Ecoholic Home, a green guide to making your living space environmentally-friendly. Vasil gives tips on everything from green cleaning products to eco-friendly cooking methods, clean heating, and even moving. Her advice isn't just for homeowners either; its helpful for us renters too. She'll be in conversation with noted environmentalist Rick Smith tonight at the Gladstone as part of This Is Not a Reading Series.
Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., $5 (free with book purchase), 7 pm

COMEDY | The Boom Just For Laughs Showcase
The Boom is a Toronto-based sketch comedy troupe featuring a who's who of young up and coming talent including Nikki Payne, Dan Galea and Tim Dorsch. The troupe has been endorsed by all kinds of famous funnymen, including SNL's Seth Meyers, Lewis Black and Kevin Smith. The Boom is auditioning for Just For Laughs tonight along with a dozen or so of the city's comedy teams including the Lusty Mannequins and She Said What. This really is the cream of the crop so catch them tonight and then look forward to watching reruns of their JFL set on the Comedy Network for the next 10 years.
Rivoli, PWYC, 334 Queen St. W., 9 pm

REVUE | The Rockettes Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Nothing says Christmas like leggy women in satin high-kicking their way across a stage. The Rockettes' world famous holiday show has been delighting little boys and girls (but especially little boys) since it debuted in 1925 and its annual touring show is now one of the most-seen performances in North America every year. For the next three nights they will be entertaining audiences at the Air Canada Centre with their new amped up, fit-for-arena revue. One performance tonight and two each day on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay St., $35.50 - $84.50, 4 pm and 7:30 pm

BOOKS AND LIT | 100 Photographs That Changed Canada
CBC host Don Newman interviews Mark Reid tonight about his new book on the images that have helped shaped the nation. Reid is editor of the Beaver, nationalist-themed porn mag Canada's History Magazine, and has compiled 100 journalistic and archival photographs that tell the country's story. Each photo is accompanied by a short essay by notable Canadians including Christie Blatchford, Dick Pound, Brian Tobin, and Newman himself.
Indigo Bookstore, 55 Bloor St. W., Free, 7:30 pm

LECTURE | Trampoline Hall
Toronto's favourite amateur lecture series is back tonight for its second show at its new digs at the Garrison. The topics this time are somewhat vague and include "Transitioning" and "the Mean Problem." I like the sound of Christine Pountney's "Lot's Wife and the Art of Looking Back" though. Very poetic indeed. I would expect nothing less from a creative writing professor at U of T, although I'm concerned her academic career means she's not really an amateur. Hopefully she's stuck to the rules though and is at least clueless about her particular topic.
The Garrison, 1197 Dundas St. W., $6, Rush tickets available for $5 at 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm

PARTY | Skratch Bastid Presents: Scratch, Skratch, Scratch!
Haligonian Skratch Bastid began his DJ career entering local competitions at the age of 15. He's now grown too big for his East Coast britches and has a new home in Toronto, where he looks to revive the art of old-school turntable deejaying. To that end, he launches a new quarterly party tonight with legendary beatboxer Scratch (of Roots fame) and Flow 93.5 DJ, Starting from Scratch. This is going to be one huge jam.
Revival, 783 College St., $10-$12, 10 pm

MUSIC | Dirty Projectors with Tune-Yards at the Opera House
Toronto (hearts) the Dirty Projectors. The Brooklyn band's appearance at Lee's Palace earlier this year had the whole city twitterpated with anticipation. The lovefest only increased when the band's tour van flipped en route to the show, thankfully leaving everyone unharmed. There's nothing like a little adversity to make a love affair stronger. They'll be sharing the stage with Tune-Yards, who up to this point has been trying to make a career selling her songs on cassette because she abhors the convenience of CDs and iTunes. Weird.
Opera House, 735 Queen St. E., $16, 9 pm

FESTVIAL | NuJazz Festival with Jazzanova, DJ John Kong and Rollin'Cash
The NuJazz Festival wraps up tonight with a set by Jazzanova, considered by those in the know to be one of the most important electro jazz ensembles of our time -- which means of any time really, when you think about it. The Berlin sextet has had a strong influence on all kinds of genres from the mainstream to the obscure, having worked with Lenny Kravitz and Common among others. They'll be joined at the gala event by Toronto's DJ John Kong and Rollin' Cash, as well as Montreal's former Bullforg band leader Robertson.
El Mocambo, 464 Spadina Ave., $15 advance, $20 door, 9:30 pm

MUSIC | The Wooden Sky at Lee's Palace w/ Hooded Fang and Brian Borcherdt
The Wooden Sky are probably the best young alt-country band in this city. They've got incredible voices, heaps of talent, and great songs. Their sophomore album If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gonehas just been released and from the looks of it these guys are finally going to get the wide audience they deserve. They hit up Lee's Palace tonight with endearingly twee indie collective the Hooded Fang and Holy Fuck's Brian Borcherdt.
Lee's Palace, 529 Bloor St. W., 9 pm, $12

FILM | Naked Frames
The Revue Cinema hosts this unique event that combines live music, animation and music videos. The goal is to bring together independent artists from across disciplines to provide venues for low- or no-budget projects and opportunities for collaboration. Discordan Euphony and China Woman will be playing live and new music videos by Ohbijou and the Mecurymen will be screened. Some great independent animators have also contributed including Neil Burns, Malcolm Sutherland, Steve Hill, and Charuvi Agrawal.
Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., $10, $5 for students, 9:30 pm

BOOKS AND LIT | Reading with David Meltzer, Michael Rothenberg, and Terri Carrion
Daivd Meltzer is a real live Beat poet from 1950's San Francisco. Not a lot of these guys made it into the 21st century (see Kerouac, Burroughs, and Ginsburgh) so beatniks like these are our only living links to an artistic movement that spawned the hippy generation and practically invented what we think of as counter-culture. Meltzer will be joined by Venezuelan poet Terri Carrion and Michael Rothenberg, editor of San Francisco-based literary webzine Big Bridge.
This Ain't the Rosedale Library, 86 Nassau Ave., 8 pm

ARTS AND CRAFTS | Craft Off the Lot
Last week the Cryptic Canvas gallery brought us Art Off the Lot, a pwyc exhibition and sale of works by up and coming Canadian artists. Fittingly they follow it up this week with Craft Off the Lot, with artisans from all over the country converging on an abandoned Chrysler dealership on King St. to show and sell one-of-a-kind jewellery, clothing, pillows, soap, chocolate and more. This is an artist-represented event so you'll also get a chance to interact with the artisans. Maybe you can get a handy tip on how to knit your own owl, which is an alarmingly popular hobby these days. Runs til Sunday.
1030 King St. W., PWYC ($5 suggested), Opening night 7 pm - 11pm

MUSIC | 2nd Annual Nujazz Festival
This three day festival highlights the electronic side of contemporary jazz, with performers from Germany, the U.S., and across Canada coming together to play cutting edge music. The opening concert tonight is a celebration of CIUT DJs Goldfinger and Medicineman's tenth year on the air and will include sets by New York nujazz pioneer Nickodemus and local instrumentalists Escalate. There'll be no dixieland pap or big band numbers here. This ain't your grandpa's jazz festival. Runs til Saturday.
Opening night: Revival, 783 College St., $12 advance, 9 pm

PARTY | Kap Bambino at Wrongbar
French electro duo Kap Bambino has been making waves in Europe of late on the back of thrilling live performances, addictive beats, and a wild shit-hot vocalist. The group's been praised in NME and Dazed and Confused and has toured all over the world. They bring the party to Queen W. tonight and will be joined by Kidstreet, who not only have the balls to call themselves an "acoustic/electric dance band" but are also named after the cheesiest and therefore coolest Canadian game show of all time.
Wrongbar, 1279 Queen St. W., $12.50 advance, 9 pm

COMEDY | Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
Toronto has a great comedy history, having produced such giant talents as Mike Meyers, Jim Carrey, and the entire cast of SCTV. The Toronto Sketch Comedy festival continues that legacy by bringing together some of the best sketch comedians from the GTA and around the globe. The fest is into its second night tonight and will have shows going on simultaneously at three different venues. Performers include Toronto's own Grade Eight Dance, the U of T engineering faculty's perennially popular comedy troupe Skule Night, and Second City's 64th revue "Shut Up and Show Us Your Tweets."
Comedy Bar, Theatre Passe Muraille, and the Second City, $12 - $50 pass

THEATRE | No Exit
Kim Collier's update of John-Paul Sartre's existential masterpiece opens tonight at Buddies in Bad Times theatre. Collier is considered one of Canada's most talented an prolific young directors and she has not been shy in tackling this classic piece of theatre. The play has been reconceived as a "live movie" incorporating film and performance into an exciting new hybrid art form. Starring Lucia Frangione, Laara Sadiq, Andy Thompson and Jonathon Young. Runs til November 21.
Buddies in Bad Times, 12 Alexander St., $45, 8 pm

MUSIC | Peter, Bjorn and John at the Phoenix
PB and J are one of those bands who could retire on the strength of a single song. Their 2006 single "Young Folks" has been heard by anyone on the planet who has ever listened to music, watched television, or played a video game. The band stepped out of the shadow of that massive single with their 2009 release Living Thing, in which the eschewed their pop instincts in favour of more idiosyncratic influences including jazz and obscure post-punk. Their new stuff may be slightly less accessible but really, what else could it be given their earlier earth-shattering success?
Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne St., $20, 8 pm

MUSIC | Girls at the Elmo
San Francisco band Girls bring their brand of sunny San Francisco Pitchfork-certified pop to the Elmo tonight. There's a scary back story to the band which includes parental members in cults, but you'd never know these guys had experienced any hardship given the optimism oozing from the tunes, all of which are available on their debut album, entitled "Album." No joke. Garden State rockers Real Estate Open.
El Mocambo, 464 Spadina Ave., $12, 9 pm

FILM | Free Advance Screening: I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell with Max Tucker
Tucker Max book about serial one-night stands and general douchebaggery has been on the bestseller list for the last four years, but he's taken some hits lately. Besides being roundly criticized as being a shameless misogynist, the movie adaptation of I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell bombed in a limited release in the US. It looks like Max has had to take to the road to promote the film, and will be at Innis tonight to take your questions after the show. The movie might be awful, but it should at least be fun to watch the less-than-brilliant Max dodge pot shots from Gender Studies majors.
Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Free, 7:30 pm

BOOKS AND LIT | Canadian Voices Book Launch
Volume One of Canadian Voices is a compilation of prose and poetry which seeks to define what it means to be Canadian while traversing lines of age, gender, skin colour and origin. The book is launched tonight at the Supermarket with live performances by authors and musicians celebrating Canadian culture. Authors Dahn Batchelor, Reva Stern, Karen Lam, and Zita Hinson will read from their own works and the Hot Toddies will be performing a selection of Canadian folk tunes by the likes of Neil Young, Stan Rogers, and Gordon Lightfoot.
Supermaket, 268 Augusta Ave., 6:30 pm - 10 pm

LECTURE | Facing the Lens, Seeing the Light: Observations on Portrait Photography
The ROM's Vanity Fair portrait exhibition features 95 years of candid photographs of cultural icons, and has been a huge draw at the museum since the exhibition opened a few months ago. Tonight the museum's Institute for Contemporary Culture hosts a free panel discussion on the art of photographic portraiture with Sophie Hackett, curator of photography at the AGO, gallerist Jane Corkin, and Lily Kolton of the still-homeless National Portrait Gallery.
Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, 7 pm

BOOKS AND LIT | The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized Biography
Very soon after John Ortved began writing his book about the making TV's longest-running comedy, the producers behind The Simpsons started sending him cease and desist orders. Apparently there were some elements of the show's past that they didn't want written about, but thankfully Ortved overcame the legal red tape and has produced a funny and revealing book about the unique cast of characters behind the show and the early years of one of the most important shows to ever air. Ortved talks to critic Richard Crouse tonight as part of This Is Not a Reading Series.
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W., $5, 7:30 pm

FILM | Chris Alexander's Film School Confidential
Chris Alexander, who splits his time between being AM 640's movie guy and teaching film history at the Toronto Media & Film College, has just started a bi-monthly lecture and film series at the Bloor Cinema. Alexander's passion is b-movies, but if tonight's horrible horror film might be a little farther down the alphabetical rubric. The event's debut film is 1972's Horror Express, a railway-themed thriller featuring cossacks, zombies, and crazy scientists. The screening will be followed by an in-depth lecture from Alexander.
Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W., $10, 9:30 pm

FESTIVAL | Day of the Dead Festival
This two-day festival at the Harbourfront Centre continues the Mexican tradition of remembering the dead and celebrating their lives with stories, music, and food. Community organizations will be making altars (known as ofrendas) for their deceased loved ones, there will be Mexican crafts and food on sale, as well as troupes of wandering musicians and dancers. Learn how to make the unique mole sauce, or take in a performance of traditional Mexican songs by Café con Pan. Runs til Sunday.
Harbourfront Centre, 255 Queen's Quay West, Free, 12 pm - 6 pm

MARKET | St. Lawrence Market 205th Anniversary
To give you some idea of how much the St. Lawrence Market is part of the fabric of Toronto, it's was around a good thirty years before the city itself was founded. This weekend the Market celebrates its 205th anniversary with festivities including food, cooking demonstrations, children's crafts and games, and live entertainment. After Hours, the Human Statues, and the Dirty Dishes will all be performing, and buskers including Mysterion the Mentalist will be delighting the crowds. Other highlights include the Native Earth Performing Arts show The Really Really Fast History of Toronto and the 6 pm lamp-lighting ceremony..
St. Lawrence Market Complex, 92 Front St. E., Free, 9 am to 4 pm

MUSIC | Make Some Noise with Timber Timbre and Bruce Peninsula
Two of Canada's hottest folk/country acts play a very humble venue Saturday in the North York Central Library. Both Bruce Peninsula and Timber Timbre (otherwise known as Taylor Kirk) can regularly pack a downtown venue, especially since Timber Timbre's record was picked up by the indie heavyweight Arts and Crafts label. Here's your chance to see Kirk's haunting brand of folk for free in a very intimate setting, along with the progressive sounds of the Bruce Peninsula collective.
North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge Street, Free, 8 pm

FAIR | Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
Now in its 87th year, the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is the largest indoor agricultural fair in the world. This year it includes a wine competition, a giant vegetable challenge, horse shows, the SuperDogs, a rodeo, a petting zoo and lots more. Tonight the show will be officially opened by Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in a free ceremony full of pageantry and pomp. Lots of great food, drink, stuff for the kiddies, and of course your favourite large domesticated mammals. Runs til November 15.
Ricoh Coliseum, 100 Princess Ave., Free today before 9:45 am, $16 - $30 otherwise

FILM AND PERFORMANCE | ArtCore
This event asks the question, "Where is the line between art and pornography?" and quickly provides its own answer: "It doesn't really matter because watching hot artsy movies in which people have sex is fun." Clips of art influenced by porn, and porn influenced by art will be shown, and apparently some include hot dogs, Barbie dolls, and fruit. Feminist porn, art installations involving suggestive donuts, it's all here. Just make sure you don't get accidentally aroused by any art or enlightened by any porn.
Bread and Circus, 299 Augusta St., $10, 8 pm

MUSIC | Junior Boys w/ Woodhands at Lee's Palace
Hamilton-based duo Junior Boys have only released 3 full-length albums since forming in 1999, but the electro-pop outfit has certainly made the most of them. Their third album Begone Dull Care was nominated for a Polaris Prize, and they've won near unanimous acclaim at home and abroad. They hit Lee's Palace tonight with Woodhands, a hyper-excited band consisting of a man who is probably Toronto's best drummer in Paul Banwat and the city's best (and only?) keytar player Mr. Daniel Werb.
Lee's Palace, 529 Bloor St. W., $20, 9 pm

Events on Toronto's Radar for THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2009... lovingly handpicked from blogTO's events calendar.

FILM | 17th Annual Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival
Presented in association with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, the Rendezvous With Madness Festival will screen 30 films over the next week and a half accompanied by artists' talks examining representations of mental illness on film. This year's festival focuses on dysfunction in the family, and includes new movies by award-winning directors Chris Landreth, Helma Sanders-Brahms, and Lea Pool. Runs til November 14.
Workman Arts, 651 Dufferin St., and Workman Theatre, 1001 Queen St. W., Passes $40 - $100, various times

ART SALE | Art Off the Lot
Art Off the Lot takes over a vacant Chrysler dealership on King Street this weekend to bring you some of the finest visual art talent from across the country. The exhibition/sale is artist represented, which means there are no middle men between you and the art producers themselves. It's also juried to ensure a high standard of artistic merit. Perfect for collectors, art buyers, and those just looking to see some fresh new work. The pay what you can donation goes to produce future exhibitions. Runs til Sunday.
1030 King St. W., PWYC, 7 pm - 10 pm tonight

COMEDY | Don't You Forget About Patrick Swayze
Well it looks like we've got a franchise on our hands. It all started when John Hughes died earlier this year and comedian Darryl Pring staged a sold out evening of improvised recreations of three of the beloved director's best-loved films from the 1980s. Now that Patrick Swayze has passed on, another adored star of decades passed is gone and the folks at the Comedy Bar are doing improvised recreations of Ghost, Point Break, and Dirty Dancing. Not sure what an improvised recreation is exactly, but these folks are making a career out of these nights. If Molly Ringwald goes missing, you know where to look.
Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor St. W., $10 for one show, $20 for both, 8 pm