Movies
The Shining Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic screens at the Bloor Cinema at 9:05 pm. See listing.
Los Angeles Plays Itself TIFF Cinematheque presents a screening of Thom Andersen’s brilliant doc about Los Angeles captured in film, followed by a conversation with the filmmaker and film professor himself. See our original review of the film and listing.
Stage
Chocolate Woman Dreams The Milky Way Monique Mojica’s imaginative play about her Kuna heritage continues at the Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse. See review.
This Party’s A Riot! The Second City is quickly losing some of its Mainstage members (last night was Kris Siddiqi’s final one and Dale Boyer’s about to leave soon), so try catching their latest revue. See mini review and listing.
Music
Junior Boys The critically acclaimed Hamilton synth pop duo play the Phoenix tonight. See listing.
Community
HIV, Law and Human Rights HIV/AIDS continues to raise a mass of social and privacy issues, many of which will be explored at a symposium featuring AIDS Action Now’s Tim McCaskell, BC Civil Liberties Association’s David Eby, Sex Professionals of Canada’s Nikki Thomas and more. Thursday (June 9), 8 am to 6 pm, and Friday (June 10), 8 am to 5:30 pm. $50/$100. Don’t miss the free public keynote by Alan Young, the lawyer in the constitutional challenge against prostitution laws. He speaks at 6:30. Free. Novotel Toronto Centre. See listing.
Commitment to Community Campaign Help protect city services from the mayor’s budget cutting plans by attending this important strategy session hosted by Social Planning Toronto. Organizers hope to create momentum in every city ward. 1pm to 5pm, 519 Church Community Centre. c2c@socialplanningtoronto.org
Fundraiser for Gaza Help send peace activist Lyn Adamson on the Canadian boat to Gaza which plans to bring medical supplies to blockaded civilians. This fundraising dinner includes an interesting speakers roster: James Loney, the Christian Peacemaker Team activist kidnapped in Iraq, Suzanne Weiss, a Holocaust survivor and Palestinian rights activist and Robert Massoud of Beit Zatoun. 6:30 pm. $25-$50. Friends House. See listing.
Art
Nato Thompson The chief curator of New York’s Creative Time, an art org that promotes social change, gives a talk entitled Cultural Production In The Built Environment: Contemporary Public Art And The Difficulties Of Making Meaning In The Age Of Mass Spectacle. He’ll touch on recent projects Waiting For Godot In New Orleans by Paul Chan and Keys To The City by Paul Ramirez Jonas. Part of the Urban Field Speakers Series at Prefix. See listing.
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition: 50 Years In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the July art event at Nathan Phillips Square, the organizers of TOAE hold a reception for 50 Year Of Art: Looking Back At The Future, a retrospective exhibit of innovative, award-winning art from the fair, and hold a cocktail party and silent auction. At First Canadian Place. See listing.
