Movies
Masks And Faces: The Films Of John Cassavetes TIFF Cinematheque’s retrospective of the work of American indie filmmaker Cassavetes kicks off tonight with a conversation with Gena Rowlands, Cassavetes’ wife who starred in many of his films. Seeinterview with Rowlands and round-up of the series.
Stage
The Kreutzer Sonata Ted Dykstra performs in his own adaptation of the Tolstoy novella about a cuckolded man. Final preview before tomorrow’s opening. See listing.
Mary’s Wedding The Toronto Fringe’s production of the Stephen Massicotte two-hander set in WWI plays at noon at Factory Mainspace. See review.
Pitch Blond Laura Anne Harris’s solo show about the Oscar-winning actor Judy Holliday plays at 9:45 pm tonight at the Tarragon Mainspace as part of the Toronto Fringe. See review.
Music
Fleet Foxes Ok, so our reviewer basically hated the newest Fleet Foxes album, but lots of other people loved it, and the last time they played Massey Hall was pretty awesome. Decide for yourself tonight at Massey Hall.See listing.
Art
Gary Taxali Toronto-based illustrator/graphic novelist Taxali gives a talk and signs books (his next, I Love You, OK?, launches September 22 at the AGO) at the opening for on his installation at the Drake Hotel, where his work graces the front doors and the summer-school-inspired Dining Hall. See listing.
Lyla Rye Koffler Gallery’s latest offsite project inhabits an actual gallery, Olga Korper, where Rye constructs Swing Stage, a low moving platform whose supports mirror the exposed metal beams of Korper’s beautifully renovated foundry space. Reception and artist’s talk tonight. See listing.
Making $.cents A Strawberry Social raises funds for the John B. Aird Gallery, with prizes, wine and dessert. On exhibit is Making Sense, a show of artists engaged with materials and “making,” including Kai Chan, Ryan Legassicke, Susan Low-Beer and Judith Tinkl. See listing.
Community
The Walls Are Alive With the Sounds of Mad People As part of the Mad Pride festival – a celebration of psyche survivors’ movement for self-empowerment – the Friendly Spike Theatre provides a theatrical walking tour of the CAMH patient-built wall. Get ready for some heart-wrenching stories. 6 pm. Free. Meet at the SW corner of Queen W and Shaw. See listing.
Stop the Cuts Community Meeting Organized by OCAP, the East End Working Group of the Toronto Stop the Cuts Committee and CUPE 4308 which represents staffers from some front-line services, this gathering focuses on potential cuts to community centers and shelters, and the sell-off of Toronto Community Housing buildings. Free. 6 pm. See listing.
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