Community
City Council Showdown The final act in the long, awful core services drama plays out today as councillors debate, and hopefully reject, cuts recommended by the executive committee. The meeting starts at 9:30 am and at 5:30, a massive rally of labour and community groups takes over the square. See listing.
Movies
Caves Of Forgotten Dreams Both the Royal and the Revue screen Werner Herzog’s excellent film about the oldest recorded cave paintings. The theatres probably won’t be screening it in 3-D, however. See our original review and the current listing.
Stage
Another Africa Canadian Stage and Volcano’s ambitious double bill (plus a new prologue) dealing with modern-day Africa begins previewing at the Bluma Appel. See cover story with actor Kristen Thomson.
Laughable At Unlovable First-rate stand-ups Mark Forward, Gilson Lubin and others go for big laughs at the Dundas West venue. Pay-what-you-can. See listing.
Music
Tune-Yards Merrill Garbus brings her mesmerizing ukulele and looping pedal live show to Lee’s Palace tonight. See listing.
Art
Nuit Talk: The Tech Talk Nuit Blanche artists Lev Evzovitch and Evgeny Svyatsky of AES+F, Germaine Koh, Simone Jones, Ian Forsyth and Jane Pollard, and David Warne discuss the the role of new media – including robotics, digital media and artificial intelligence – in contemporary art. At Ryerson’s Eaton Auditorium. See listing.
