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Daily Tipsheet: Monday, May 30

Music

Friendly Fires The UK dance rock band just put out a great new album and play both a live set tonight at the Phoenix and a DJ set after party at Wrongbar.

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Art

Silk Oasis On The Silk Road: Bukhara Curator Natalia Nekrassova, who gave us Fashionably Wrapped, last year’s scholarly show about Kashmir shawls, has put together this exhibit of ikat textiles and embroideries from Central Asia. The beautiful, large-scale, wavy-edged patterns in Bukhara ikats, made by tie-dying threads before weaving, represent a pinnacle of the dyer’s and weaver’s art. At the Textile Museum of Canada. See listing.

Community

Beyond the Ballot Wondering just what happened in that strange federal election that just whizzed by? Hear a panel including NDP MP Peggy Nash, Rabble’s Judy Rebick, NDP MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan, Ryerson prof Grace Edward Galabuzi, community organizer Winnie Ing, labour activist Sam Gindin and more, deconstruct the meaning. 6:30-9:30 pm. Free. Ryerson Oakham House. See listing.

Dying to Vote in Canada and the Middle East This is a strange but interesting linking of two histories – Canada’s 19th century struggle for democracy and today’s Arab Spring. Featured are the ever-interesting John Ralston Saul and Arab and Islamic scholar Thabir Abdullah. 7:30 pm. $10. Fort York. See listing.

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