Tonight galleryDK launches its biggest exhibition to date. PhotoLab is "photography by anyone, for everyone" and will feature over 250 pieces of work from over 100 local and international artists.

It's a little something different from the gallery that often features the fine work from the DK Photo Group collective.

Looking for a unique gift for that special someone this holiday season? All pieces are 8x10" prints and priced at just $200.

The opening party is from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at galleryDK, 1332 Queen St. W. (just west of Dufferin).

The exhibition runs until December 21. The gallery is open Thursday through Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Photo by mightymightymatze.

While imbibing in a drink at a movie is sure to be a hot debate in the days to come in Toronto, the First Weekend Club allowed just that during the kickoff of their Canada Screens Toronto series last Sunday at The Drake Hotel Underground.

First Weekend Club hosts this monthly screening series that shows the best of Canadian cinema. Typically promoting screenings of accomplished home grown talent over Hollywood blockbusters, the series provides a more intimate setting in which to watch, and then interact with the director, of some talented Canadian film.

Admittedly, The Drake isn't the best place to spend over two hours watching a film. But they did have three screens up, so that no matter where your vantage point, you still had a good view of the movie. And the sound was excellent.

If you felt like a drink to help you enjoy the film, the well-equipped bar was nearby. A glass of red wine felt right when taking in a film at this venue. Even if it started at 2 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon.

Tom Waits is the kind of musician who has inspired many musicians. A handful of talented local musicians paid tribute to him last Friday night at Hugh's Room.

Similar to the Kate Bush Tribute Night last summer, the Tom Waits Tribute Night was an evening organized by Michael Wrycraft that tapped into some of Toronto's finest musicians.

Among them, Lorraine Segato, formerly of The Parachute Club (pictured above), Gregory Hoskins, Jory Nash (pictured below) and Glenn Milchem (from Blue Rodeo). The songs and the performances were as varied as Waits' songs can be. It made a fun and entertaining evening.

Montreal band October Sky rocked The Annex WreckRoom Wednesday night, in association with Indie Can radio showcase.

After being featured on the Plus Sur Commande (the Musique Plus version of Much on Demand) for their video of Hit the Ground off their Hell Isn't My Home album, October Sky started gaining momentum.

"Next we were featured on Much Loud and then radio started picking us up more," said keyboardist Yanik Rouleau before they took the stage. "Toronto is our second home.

"But our studio is in Montreal. We went back there to practice and do the album in a home studio, keeping our costs down. We're trying to build a really big fan base in Toronto."

Newmindspace attempted to create an art installation out of a string of lights higher than the CN Tower last night.

Starting at 7 p.m. they assembled in the field in the centre of University of Toronto's King's College Circle and slowly raised a glowing string of LED lights, buoyed by helium balloons.

I arrived on the scene around 9:30 p.m. after having checked out a show at Sketchfest at The Comedy Bar. The event was supposed to go until 11 p.m., so I hoped to see them reach a substantial height of lights by then.

By 11 p.m. they hoped to have a dazzling string of lights that exceeded 553 metres high, drifting gently in the wind. But at 10:30, the fishing wire unexpectedly snapped, sending a bunch of lights high into the night sky. Potentially higher than the CN Tower.

The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival has doled out lots of laughs the last four nights. There's just tonight and tomorrow night to catch some diverse sketch comedy.

Most of the shows feature three comedy troupes from across North America. While some are hit-and-miss, the majority of the sketches are cleverly written and well acted.

I started at The Diesel Playhouse Thursday night at 9 p.m. for Death Ray Cabaret, Smells Like the 80s and My First Crush (all from Toronto). The second act contained a hilarious sketch about a guy who took his Medieval Times obsession too far (pictured above).