Music
Neon Windbreaker They may be taking themselves more seriously lately, but that hasn’t stopped the Toronto band from releasing their album in edible form. See what we mean at Rainbow Palace tonight. See listing.
NOW Talks: Canadian Music In The 90s Our 40th anniversary Juno Awards NOW Talks series continues tonight at the NOW Lounge, this time focussing on the 90s scene, with Sloan’s Chris Murphy, the Dream Warriors’ Lu, and Treble Charger’s Greig Nori in conversation with editor/publisher Michael Hollett. See listing.
Movies
The Found Footage Festival Nick Prueher of Late Night With David Letterman and the Colbert Report and Joe Pickett from The Onion host a screening of their fifth annual compilation of hilarious (and disturbing) found video clips at the Bloor Cinema. 9 pm. See review here.
The Robber Benjamin Heisenberg’s Austrian/German thriller about an unreformed ex-con (the talented Andreas Lust) begins an exclusive run at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. See review here.
Stage
Un Peu De Tendresse Bordel De Merde! (A Little Tenderness For Crying Out Loud!) Dance provocateur Dave St-Pierre presents his controversial piece, part two of a trilogy about love and relationships. At the Fleck Dance Theatre. See interview with St-Pierre here.
Another Home Invasion Joan MacLeod’s fine play, about an 80-something woman who moves into a seniors’ home (one of NOW’s Top 10 theatre shows of 2009), gets a four-day run before touring out west. At the Tarragon Studio. See listing here.
Art
Photo shows at 80 Spadina Toronto Image Works holds a reception for Brant Slomovic, whose Glengarry show features quiet images of rural eastern Ontario, while Contact Gallery has a reception for Henrieta Haniskova’s I Am Elvis, portraits of impersonators performing. Haniskova won the Portfolio Review Exhibition Award at last year’s Contact Festival.
