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Cancun Climate Talks: Why is the world procrastinating when there’s so much scary global warming data? Two eyewitnesses to the negotiations, Jacqueline Medalye and Allan Lissner report back on the sessions’ failure at a meeting hosted by Science for Peace. 7 pm. Free. University College. See listing.
Stage
Rhubarb Buddies in Bad Times’ annual festival of new works kicks off tonight. See a Q&A with the fest’s director, Laura Nanni, here.
The Fantasticks Soulpepper revives the long-running off-Broadway musical about the love between the children of feuding neighbours. At the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. See listing here.
Film
Kuroneko The Bloor Cinema screens Kaneto (Onibaba) Shindo’s lesser-known 1968 film about two women who were murdered by samurai who seek vengeance on unsuspecting warriors. See review here.
Modra Director Ingrid Veninger and her cast will be present at a screening at the Royal Cinema of her low-budget film about two teens awkwardly dealing with each other in Slovakia. See interview with Veninger here and review here.
Music
Wavelength 11 Anniversary Festival The 11th Anniversary Festival of the eclectic music series kicks off tonight at the Boat, with performances by Anagram, the Guest Bedroom, Bruised Knees and the Jim Storie Juniors. See listing.
Art
Black Star And The Civil Rights Movement For this Black History Month event, Bob Fitch and Matt Heron, photographers with the Black Star agency, talk with curator Mark Sealy about their experiences documenting the struggle for racial equality in the U.S. The Black Star Collection will be the highlight of Ryerson’s new photography gallery, slated to open in September 2012. See listing.
Books
Andrew Pyper/Roberta Rich/Keith Hollihan Pyper reads from his excellent new book The Guardians alongside Rich and Hollihan as part of the Harbourfront Readings Series. See listing. For a review of The Guardians, see here.
Gillian Deacon The former daytime TV host talks about There’s Lead In Your Lipstick: Toxins In Our Every Day Body Care And How To Avoid Them, her new book that’s rocking the beauty scene, at the Centre for Social Innovation. See listing.
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