Community
Say Farewell to Jack Layton Show your respect to the community organizer/politician who changed the face of our city and whose sunny disposition taught this country that real change is in reach. Layton lies in state at City Hall from 9 in the morning until 8 at night. ndp.ca
Movies
The Guard NOW’s film critic Norman Wilner calls the Irish cop comedy starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle one of the best films so far of 2011. See review.
Ingredients You’ll think twice about what you put into your shopping cart after watching this documentary about supporting local farmers and eating seasonally. Opens today at the Projection Booth. See review.
Stage
Kevin Sorbo Garbage Weekend The guy who played Hercules on TV steps onto the stage of the Comedy Bar to take part in several shows this weekend, with Catch 23 and Mantown tonight and Improv All-Stars on Saturday. See listing.
Paul Bellini’s Flatus Film Festival The Kids in the Hall’s Bellini presents a night of comedy, film and video clips at the Flying Beaver Pubaret. See listing.
Music
Colin Stetson The dark horse of this year’s Polaris Music Prize shows off his mind-bending saxophone techniques tonight at the Drake Hotel. See listing.
Gardens Last time we caught Toronto soul-punk band Sphinxs, they easily overshadowed the headliners, whoever they were. Will Detroit garage rockers Gardens suffer the same fate tonight at the Silver Dollar? Come to think of it, the other opening acts Black Magick Fox and the BB Guns might offer some strong competition too. See listing.
Art
The Cousins Chris Fung, Nigel Fung and Janine Fung – the Cousins – show fun, funky work described as “post-impressionist expressionist flesh paintings” of “God’s love, grandma’s house and Itch sketches of the night soul,” plus a series of movies, in their show Our Best Is Now: How, at Artscape Triangle Gallery. See listing.
