Film
The JUNO Awards at 40 The TIFF Bell Lightbox presents a special series of screenings honouring Canadian music, including Bruce McDonald’s prison documentary, Music From The Big House, and Anthony Seck’s Look At What The Light Did Now, a documentary about Feist. See story.
Limitless Neil Burger’s sci-fi thriller about a writer who discovers a pill that makes him a brainiac was North America’s #1 box office draw over the weekend. See interview with star Bradley Cooper and review.
Stage
Paper Series David Yee’s series of plays featuring handwritten letters opens tonight at the Tank House Theatre. See interview with the play’s director Nina Lee Aquino.
Alt.COMedy Lounge The Rivoli’s weekly night of alternative comedy includes sets by the Doo Wops, Nikki Payne, Graham Chittenden and others. See listing.
Art
Neighbourhood Maverick Harbourfront’s architecture gallery presents this show of three local firms who don’t mind dropping a modern residence, including the ravine house designed by Drew Mandel that you might recognize from the film Chloe, into a street of traditional houses. Artist Luke Painter mixes up past and present uses at Toronto and Montreal sites in a series of animations. See listing.
Community
Water as a Public Resource The Council of Canadians host water sage, Maude Barlow, in discussion with the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy’s Romilia Verman and activist Debby Danard at an event destined to dis bottled water and other eco violations. 6-9 pm. $5, stu $2. New College William Doo Auditorium. See listing.
Books
Jasper Fforde/Gail Scott/Don Winslow The authors, including the always entertaining Fforde, who’s back with another Thursday Next novel, read at Harbourfront’s Brigantine Room. See listing.
