Stage
Yuk Yuk’s Downtown Here’s a chance, if you’re lucky, to catch some rising stars in an evening of laughs featuring new talent: at 7:30 it’s members of the Humber School of Comedy and at 9:30 it’s amateur stand-up night. See listing.
Seeds Tonight’s the final preview of Annabel Soutar’s docudrama about Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser, who spent four years battling biotech giant Monsanto. If the topic isn’t riveting enough, this Crow’s Theatre/Porte Parole co-pro, directed by Chris Abraham, features Eric Peterson as Schmeiser and a cast that includes Tanja Jacobs and Liisa Repo-Martell. See listing.
Art
Yael Bartana The Israeli artist’s …And Europe Will Be Stunned riffs on 20th-century nationalist and propaganda cinema in a film trilogy about a contemporary Polish movement calling on the nation’s Jews to return. This profound, moving and funny work was Poland’s official entry to the last Venice Biennale. At the AGO. See listing.
Music
Sharon Van Etten The Brooklyn singer/songwriter plays Lee’s Palace tonight. See listing. Read an interview with Van Etten and watch a video of her performance last go-around in Toronto here.
Movies
Mostly Martha Food On Film: celebrity foodie Anna Olson speaks on Sandra Nettelbeck’s 2001 film Mostly Martha at TIFF. 6:30 pm. $35. See review of the film and details.
Degrassi Trivia Night Test your knowledge of Snake, Wheels, and the generations of students who passed through the fictional halls of Degrassi Jr. and Degrassi High. Screenings of 3 all time great episodes too. At the Monarch Tavern. See listing.
