Movies
Inside Out Film Festival Don’t miss a full day of screenings at the queer film festival, including two high profile docs, L’Amour Fou, about designer Yves Saint Laurent (at 4:30 pm), and We Were Here, about the AIDS crisis in San Francisco (at 7 pm). At the TIFF Bell Lightbox. See listings.
Stage
Double Bill Soulpepper’s colourful and musical pairing of two pieces – one about poet e.e. cummings, the other about Toronto – gets a performance tonight at the Young Centre. See review.
The Soaps Forget the outdoor fireworks and enjoy the verbal kind. The weekly improvised soap opera continues at the Comedy Bar, with a cast of greats that includes Jim Annan, Jan Caruana, Matt Baram and Lisa Brooke. See listing.
Music
Front Line Assembly The Canadian industrial dance music legends play the Mod Club tonight. See listing.
Art
I Witness This group photography show explores the idea of being a witness to an event. Working without digital intervention, Surendra Lawoti, Jesse Louttit, Erin Riley, Sami Siva and others were chosen because the idea of truthfulness is central to their practices. At Harbourfront’s York Quay Centre. See listing.
Community
Artbike Want to separate yourself from the rest of Toronto’s cycling flock? Spend your free day learning how to pimp out your bike with home-made decorations. See listing.
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