Community
Election Day This is the big moment – the one where we deny the Tories their much longed-for majority. Do not fail to vote. Mark your ballot for terrific Toronto NDP candidates across the board – or, if you’re a strategic type, check projectdemocracy.ca for help. If you aren’t sure where to do your civic duty, check out elections.ca.
For the key votes in Toronto, see NOW’s Election Guide.
Indigenous rights, resource rights and conflict Kairos hosts a discussion on mining and oil extraction and the effect it has on local communities featuring Naty Atz Sunuc (CEIBA, Guatemala), Gloria Chicaiza (Accion Ecologica, Ecuador), Grand Chief Stan Beardy (Nishnawbe Aski Nation) and more. 6:30-8 pm. Free. Wetmore Hall, U of T New College, 40 Willcocks. See listing.
Music
Tinie Tempah If you’re not glued to the election, you might want to check out UK grime superstar rapper Tinie Tempah at Wrongbar tonight. He’s huge overseas, but just breaking through over here, so this might be your last chance to see him in a smaller club. See listing.
Movies
Hot Docs Film Festival Look for screenings today of NOW critic’s picks Family Portrait In Black And White, The Good Life, The Black Power Mixtape and The Redemption Of General Butt Naked, as well as Pit No. 8, Highway Gospel, Battle For Barking and Maids & Bosses, all reviewed at nowtoronto.com/hotdocs.
Stage
Alt.COMedy Lounge Debra DiGiovanni, Mark Forward, John Catucci, Matt Baram and others take part in the weekly night of alternative comedy at the Rivoli. Pwyc. See listing.
Double Bill Previews continue for Soulpepper’s combination of two works, one about poet E.E. Cummings and the other about Toronto. At the Young Centre. See listing.
Art
Pieter Hugo and Alex Prager Contact mounts two billboard installations at Spadina and Front: images from South African Hugo’s series Permanent Error, portraits of Ghanaians who sort through discarded computer parts at garbage dumps, and from American Prager’s Week-End, self-created “film stills” that evoke the drive-in era. See listing.
