Community
Censorship, Advocacy Journalism and the Gay Press It’s Freedom to Read Week and a panel hosted by Xtra and fab featuring queer writers, bloggers and journos explores free expression and the dilemmas that arise when homophobes seek their own self-expression, as in murder music. 7 pm. Free. Yorkville Library. See listing.
Challenging books: who should decide what children read? With disturbing censorship controversies surrounding kid’s books on Palestine, this meeting has it’s work cut out for it. Publisher Patsy Aldana, librarian Peggy Thomas and student Eve Freedman sort through the issues. 6:30 pm. Free. Gladstone Ballroom. See listing.
Music
Hey Rosetta! The East-Coast folk rockers just put out a new album, and kick off a two-night stand at Lee’s Palace tonight. See listing.
Film
Unknown If you didn’t see the Liam Neeson conspiracy thriller during its smash opening weekend, catch it on a relatively quiet weeknight, since it’ll likely be crowded this weekend as well. See review here.
Reel Artists Film Festival The fest of documentaries about visual art and artists kicks off with a gala screening of Katherine Knight’s Koop, followed by a Q&A. At Koerner Hall. See listing here.
Stage
CanAsian International Dance Festival The pan-Asian dance fest kicks off with the first of two programs, including works by Ziya Azazi, Mi Young Kim and more. At the Fleck Dance Theatre. See listing here.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Soulpepper’s production of the Bard’s much-produced comedy opens tonight at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. See interview with cast member Gregory Prest here .
Art
Kai Chan Chan discusses A Spider’s Logic, his lovely and evocative show of wall work and sculptures that interpret Chinese themes of moons and mountains in simple materials like thread, sticks, buttons and beads, with educator Lyn Carter, at the Textile Museum. See listing.
Books
James Bartleman/Joy Fielding/Emma Forrest A trio of writers, including the much hyped memoirist Forrest, author of Your Voice In My Head, reads as part of the Harbourfront Reading Series. See listing. For a review of Fielding’s Now You See Her, see here.
