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Daily Tipsheet: Tuesday, April 26

Movies

Chungking Express Don’t miss Wong Kar-wai’s candy-coloured masterpiece set in a romantic Hong Kong during its return to the big screen at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. See review and interview with the film’s cinematographer, Christopher Doyle.

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family Perry’s latest Madea movie has lots of laughs and plenty of heart. Plus it features that guy from the Old Spice commercials. See review.

Stage

Solos Of My Life Dancer/choreographer Sashar Zarif joins Soheil Parsa and Katherine Duncanson for a free lunchtime concert at the Four Seasons Centre. See listing.

SketchComedyLounge Former NOW cover boy Arthur Simeon hosts a night of sketch comedy that includes the Sketchersons, Newsdesk with Ron Sparks, Marco Bernardi and others. At the Rivoli. See listing.

Music

Shotgun Jimmy New Brunswick-based rocker Shotgun Jimmy just put out a great new album, which he’ll be showcasing tonight at the Music Gallery. See listing.

Mogwai Scottish post-rock band Mogwai tightened up their sound on their newest record Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (also one of the best album titles of the year), and the results paid off. They hit the Phoenix tonight. See listing.

Art

Art Gems 11 An auction of works by professionals (including Michael Adamson, Roberta Bondar, Douglas Coupland, Joshua Jensen-Nagle and Katie Pretti) and program clients supports Creative Works Studio, a St. Michael’s Hospital Inner City Health Program initiative that provides studio space for people dealing with mental illness. At the Berkeley Church. See listing.

Books

Neil Pasricha Can’t get enough of The Book Of Awesome? Neil Pasricha’s back with more in the follow-up The Book Of Even More Awesome and signs the new work tonight at Indigo. See listing.

Community

Fukushima and Chernobyl Here’s your chance to show your dismay that nuclear power is still a growing priority in this province, despite the fact atomic scientists can’t actually control the tech. This candlelight vigil hosted by Greenpeace commemorates the disasters and honors the victims. 8 pm. Free. Ministry of Energy. See listing.

The Fundamentalist Mind: Christian, Jewish and Muslim Hear a discussion on equal opportunity extremism in the three religions by professor emeritus Alan T Davies, author of Anti-Semitism in Canada: History and Interpretation. 1-3 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. See listing.

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