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Daily Tipsheet: Friday, February 17

Books

Esi Edugyan Get some face time with the Giller winner for Half Blood Blues at Indigo ManuLife. For NOW’s cover story on Edugyan, go here. See our review of Half Blood Blues and listings.

Movies

In Darkness Check out this strong Holocaust tale, nominated for on Oscar in the foreign language category, opening today. Check out our interview with director Agnieszka Holland and our review of the film. See listings.

Community

Justice for Migrant Farmworkers The terrible collision in Hampstead, Ontario that killed 10 migrant workers from Peru and a Canadian truck driver has highlighted concerns about workers from poor countries in the farm sector. Justicia for Migrant Workers hosts a rally seeking a coroner’s inquest into the accident and more attention paid to the rights denied these employees, from fair working hours, to decent housing, to health and safety protection. Noon. Free. Office of the chief coroner. See listings.

Haiti: Solidarity and Social Justice That poorest of the poor nation is nowhere near recovering from the devastating quake, and this meeting is asking why. Topics to be explored include an evaluation of the aid effort, Canada’s role, and the negative impacts of UN police. Roger Annis of the Canada Haiti Action Network and Nicole Phillips, an attorney with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti speak. 7 pm. Free. Steelworkers’ Hall. See listings.

Stage

Martha Chaves We don’t often get to see Latina comics, and Chaves is sure one to watch. Did you know she’s also an emerging playwright, working with Alameda Theatre? Catch the Canadian Comedy Awards nominee’s stand-up work tonight or tomorrow at the Flying Beaver Pubaret. See listings.

Obeah Opera Interested in the concept of obeah, associated with witchcraft in the Caribbean? Nicole Brooks’s new work traces obeah to a surprising place, the 17th century Salem witch trials her storytelling involves black music that ranges from soul and spirituals to blues and R&B. See preview and listings.

Art

28 Days: Reimagining Black History Month In conjunction with this excellent two-gallery group show (closing tomorrow at Justina M Barnicke and running to the end of the month at Georgia Scherman Projects), UK academic/curator Paul Goodwin and 28 Days artists Sonia Boyce of the UK, Canadians Dana Inkster and Camille Turner and American Robert Pruitt take part in a panel about critical debates on black culture. At Justina M Barnicke. See listings.

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