Movies
Media Mondays Critic Adam Nayman presents another in his series of lectures about the films of Stanley Kubrick, tonight with clips from 2001: A Space Odyssey. At the Miles Nadal JCC. See listing.
Books On Film The TIFF Bell Lightbox presents a screening of Carol Reed’s The Third Man, followed by a discussion of the adaptation of the Graham Greene novel by Greene’s niece, head of Knopf Canada, Louise Dennys. See listing.
Stage
AltDot Comedy Lounge Dave Merheje, Mark Little, Christina Walkinshaw and others perform at the weekly night of alternative comedy at the Rivoli. See listing.
Art
Sport Cultures A reception happens at lunchtime for this Contact group show subtitled Movement, Identities And Inclusion, documenting people of all ages, dis/abilities and backgrounds worldwide enjoying physical activity, from elite sporting events to leisure pastimes. At the Metro Hall Rotunda. See listing.
Music
Father John Misty The former Fleet Foxes drummer’s new weirdo folk pop album is quite good, and he plays the Horseshoe tonight. See listing.
Community
Back to the Future The feds and the province are pushing austerity, but are tax and program cuts, and wage slashing the cure for recession? Not really. Get the word at this forum featuring economist Jim Stanford, former mayor and founder of Economicinequality.ca John Sewell, and the Ontario Health Coalition’s Natalie Mehra. 1 pm. Free. City Hall. See listing.
The End of Growth: Jeff Rubin He was chief economist at CIBC’s World Markets, but Jeff Rubin, author of the best-selling Why Your World is about to Get a Whole Lot Smaller has seen the light and now spends his time taking on Big Oil. His talk tonight is on his follow-up book, The End of Growth, so you can see where the fascinating ex-banker is heading. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library. See listing.
