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Daily Tipsheet: Tuesday, June 28

Music

Sade The soft-voiced R&B legend rarely tours, so every Sade fan in town will be at the Air Canada Centre tonight. See listing.

White Denim Garage-prog-psych-fusion weirdos White Denim just put out another great record, and hit the Garrison tonight. See listing.

Art

Glen Brown on Jun Kaneko Kansas State art prof Brown gives a talk on Japanese-American artist Kaneko, whose show of big Buddha-like ceramic heads, geometrically decorated simple clay forms and abstract paintings opens at the Gardiner Museum on Jun 30. See listing.

Community

Stonewall Riots And 30th Anniversary of the Bath Raids – Lots to look back and lots to discuss about the future of the movement for queer and trans rights. Come watch the flick Stand Together, and hear the thoughts of Leanne Iskander, an advocate for gay-straight alliances in Catholic Schools, artist/activist, Syrus Marcus Ware, filmmaker Nancy Nicol and others. 6 pm. Free. The 519 Church Street Community Centre, pridetoronto.com. See a photo gallery of a sTOnewall party here.

Ride to Save the Bike Lanes Council votes July 13th to accept all or part of Rob Ford’s Bike Plan, which calls for the removal of the bike lanes installed in 2008 on Pharmacy and Birchmount. Help save these routes with a little attention-raising pedal. 7:30. Free. Victoria Park subway.bikingtoronto.com

Movies

To Die Like A Man TIFF Cinematheque screens Portuguese director João Pedro Rodrigues’s 2009 film about an aging drag queen as part of their New Auteurs series. See related story.

Stage

Gavin Crawford’s Ménage Crawford, the This Hour Has 22 Minutes comic who just picked up a Dora last night for his work in The Situationists, brings back a few of his characters for this Pride-related show. See listing and Crawford’s Queer Quips answers.

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