Film
Cosmonaut Up-and-coming Italian director Susanna Nicchiarelli’s nuanced film about an iconoclastic teenager in the 1960s who falls in love screens twice tonight at the Royal. See review.
Music
Juno Songwriters’ Circle Roots crooner Johnny Reid hosts a special Juno songwriter showcase at Massey Hall, with performances by Dan Hill, Randy Bachman, Luke Doucet, Royal Wood and more. See listing.
Stage
Theme And Variations/Apollo/Russian Seasons The National Ballet’s mixed program of two George Ballanchine pieces and a new work by Alexei Ratmansky opens tonight at the Four Seasons Centre. To Mar 27. See listing.
New Ideas Festival The Alumnae Theatre’s annual festival of new plays continues. See listing, with lineup of playwrights.
Community
Romeo Dallaire The Canadian senator, former general and author of The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda speaks on child soldiers in war and armed conflict. You’ll need a hanky. 5-7 pm. Free. U of T Scarborough. See listing.
Resisting Neoliberalism: Claiming Rights Not Charity Current economic policy has nasty implications for non-profit organizations – attend a forum with Workers Action Centre coordinator Deena Ladd, the Shelter/Sanctuary/Status campaign’s Anna Willats, and activists Winnie Ng and Angela Robertson. 5-9 pm. Free. Ryerson U. See listing.
Books
Terry Fallis Though we didn’t love his latest release, the political satirist, this year’s Canada Reads winner for The High Road, never fails to entertain. Fallis shows up today at Northern District Library. See listing. See here for a review of The High Road.
Art
Silk Oasis On The Silk Road: Bukhara Curator Natalia Nekrassova, who gave us Fashionably Wrapped, last year’s scholarly show about Kashmir shawls, puts together what’s sure to an informative exhibit of ikat textiles and embroideries from Central Asia. The beautiful, large-scale, wavy-edged patterns in Bukhara ikats, made by tie-dying threads before weaving, represent a pinnacle of the dyer’s and weaver’s art. Reception tonight at Textile Museum of Canada. See listing.
