Today in Toronto it's the first day of the Images Festival, possibly the world's most wide reaching film and media event. Much closer a bedfellow to art than a mega film fests like TIFF, the experimental finds a home here with feature and short screenings joined by installations, performance, art exhibits, and more.

At Propeller, nine chefs will compete for the Golden Chopsticks by creating original specialty dumplings at this culinary competition taking place at the Dumpling and Sake Fest. At Corus Quay, the Ontario Brewing Awards will celebrate their 12th year. The industry-heavy event will honour the achievements of the province's brewers - who will win best Lime-A-Rita? For more events, click on over to our events section.

• Art/Film: Images Festival
• Beer: The Ontario Brewing Awards (Corus Quay Building)
• Food: Toronto Dumpling and Sake Fest (Propeller Coffee)
• Party: Opening Dance Party ft DJ Choozey (Burdock)
• Fashion: Etsy Vintage Swap (Gladstone)
• Film: Francophone International Film Festival (Bloor Cinema)
• Party: Nosaj Thing (Coda)
• Music: TYVEK + Teenanger + Das Rad (Cinecycle)
• Geek: Nerd Nite Toronto (Tranzac)
• Art: Ian Carr-Harris (Susan Hobbs Gallery)

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Contributions by Liora Ipsum and Ben Johnson

Photograph by Paul Aihoshi