Movies
Toronto Russian Film Festival The fest celebrating Russian and Russian-language post-Soviet films kicks off with Evgeny Ruman’s Lenin In October. At the Al Green. See listing.
Stage
Zadie’s Shoes Adam Pettle’s fine play about a Jewish man gambling with money meant for his wife’s operation gets a terrific remount at the Factory Theatre. To May 4. See listing.
Orfeo Et Euridice Don’t miss director Robert Carsen’s haunting production of the Gluck masterpiece, one of the Canadian Opera Company’s finest offerings. At the Four Seasons Centre. See review.
Books
Sean Dixon The local writer launches his entertaining novel, The Many Revenges Of Kip Flynn, set in Kensington Market, at Boat. See listing. For a review of the book, see here.
Music
Alicia Hansen The promising new piano pop singer brings some complexity from her jazz and classical background to her spooky debut album, which she’ll be showcasing tonight at the Tranzac in her first ever Toronto show. See listing.
Neil Young The Canadian rock icon wraps up a two-night stand at Massey Hall tonight. See listing.
Art
Alec Dempster and Amy Gottlieb Mayworks festival of working people and the arts presents Dempster’s multidisciplinary project The Faces Of Son Jarocho, documenting in field recordings and printmaking the elderly Mexican musicians and dancers who play the Son Jarocho genre of music, and Gottlieb’s FBI Family, an installation combining family photos and her Communist parents’ FBI files. Reception tonight at Toronto Free Gallery. See listing.
Maker Shaker A martini-themed party celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Ontario Crafts Council, with a silent auction of members’ work in ceramics, glass, metal, textiles, wood and other media that helps support the org’s programming and services. At Neubacher Shor Contemporary. See listing.
