Movies
The Strange Case of Angelica Incredibly, the Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira made this mysterious film about a young photographer obsessed with a dead woman when he was 101 years old. Now screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. See review.
Stage
SketchComedy Lounge The Rivoli’s weekly night of sketch comedy includes the Headline Series, the Lusty Mannequins, MC Trevor Boris and more. See listing.
The Aleph Soulpepper’s adaptation of a Jorge Luis Borges story, starring Diego Matamoros, opens tonight at the Young Centre. To June 18. See listing.
Community
Trinity Bellwoods Farmer’s Market All this rain is crappy for picnickers and patio drinkers, but it’s fantastic for local farmers. Come check out the freshest produce from nearby fields, and find out what’s new and tasty in the world of slow food. See listing.
Lumumba The future of Congo was looking bright when independence leader Patrice Lumumba became its first elected prime minister in 1960. This 2000 doc by Haitian-born director Raoul Peck explores Lumumba’s tragically short-lived presidency and his brutal murder at the hands of a Belgian-supported firing squad ten weeks after he took office. Discussion to follow the screening. Part of Contact Festival. See listing.
Art
The Autists An auction of art curated by Charles Pachter (including work by Melanie Authier, David Bolduc, William S. Burroughs, Thrush Holmes, Travis Shilling, Pachter himself and others) is part of this fundraising gala for Toronto’s Geneva Centre for Autism. Koerner Hall, Royal Conservatory of Music. See listing.
Music
Sleigh Bells The Brooklyn noise-pop duo have been hard to escape this year, and return to the Phoenix for tonight for what promises to be a sweaty chaotic show. See listing.
