Today in Toronto if you're curious about crossing over the line from whatever comparatively cool subculture you currently call home (ska?) to the uncharted awkwardness of improvised musical theatre, the first ever* Toronto Musical Improv Festival might be opportunity you've been secretly, shamefully waiting for. It launches on the Danforth at the The Social Capital Theatre from February 25-28. Read more here.

Inside Out's Retro series is screening Stephen Frears's My Beautiful Laundrette, or catch By Any Means at Videofag in Kensington Market, a collection of ground breaking animated works by female animators curated by Emily Pelstring and Lesley Marshall. For more events, click on over to our events section.

• Film: By Any Means (Videofag)
• Music: SUUNS (Garrison)
• Film: Rue Morgue & Unstable Ground present Little Terrors (Carlton)
• Lit: Little Brother Presents What We Talk About: Putting Out (Drake)
• Film: Inside Out Retro Series: My Beautiful Laundrette (TIFF)
• Lit: Pivot (Press Club)
• Music: Zone Support (Tranzac)
• Film: Burial Ground (Royal)
• Art: Toons On Tap (Round)

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Image: My Beautiful Laundrette