Movies
Ghost Bird Who knew a doc about birdwatching would interest a jaded urban film critic? Scott Crocker’s pic about the hoopla surrounding the spotting of an ivory-billed woodpecker in an economically depressed small U.S. town covers a ton of interesting themes. Begins a week-long run today at the Projection Booth. See review.
The Devil’s Double Hot British actor Dominic Cooper does double duty playing the sadistic son of Saddam Hussein and a man the soldier hired to impersonate him. See interview with Cooper (Mamma Mia!, Captain America) and review of the film.
Stage
Tim Nasiopoulos The Greek-Canadian comic headlines a weekend of sets at Yuk Yuk’s Downtown. See listing.
SummerWorks Check out NOW’s previews and new reviews of the 42-show festival, on at various locations in the Queen West area. See our minisite.
Community
Politics of Rastafarianism Come hear the granddaughter of Rita and Bob Marley, Donisha Prendergast, speak as part of Scadding Court’s outdoor conversation series. She addresses youth, spirituality, culture, tradition and the anti-violence and equality Rasta message. See listing.
Music
Sloan The Canadian power pop icons are playing for free tonight at Echo Beach, but make sure you get there early enough to catch promising young upstarts Modern Superstitions, who we’ve got a feeling are going places. In fact, you might as well get there at 7 pm, so that you can also check out Whale Tooth. See listing.
Art
Jess Riva Cooper In her installation Sprouting At Bone, Cooper employs painted clay sculptures and wall drawings of figures, houses and plant material to create a non-linear narrative based on Jewish folktales about the golem and dybbuk. Reception tonight at Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects. See listing.
