A laugh for the brain
Brain tumours can strike people of all ages, and no matter how old the patients, they need support. That’s where the Brain Tumour Foundation comes in. Hear comics at the Friends With Benefits funder at the Comedy Bar tonight (Thursday, August 29), including Marshall Lorenzo, Ghost Girls and the always entertaining Kirsten Rasmussen. 8 pm. $12. 945 Bloor West. comedybar.ca.
Women get organized
Guess Who Got Engaged? isn’t quite what it sounds like. Don’t think ring think placards, leaflets and lobbying. The event aims to lure more young women into political activity by celebrating three change-makers: Toronto Environmental Alliance’s Heather Marshall, Native Women’s Resource Centre’s Crystal Melin and Toronto Food Policy Council’s Lauren Baker. September 5, 7 pm. $10. 543 Richmond West, #101. guesswhogotengaged.eventbrite.com.
Parading solidarity
Unionists have been saying it loudest, and now lots of academics are backing them up – austerity and cutbacks only stall economic recovery. Team up with the union movement on its annual Labour Day Parade and back the message that we need an economy that works for us all. The march gets rolling at 9:30 am, Monday (September 2), at Dundas and University and travels west along Queen to Dufferin and then south to Lamport Stadium. labourcouncil.ca.
