REMEMBER FREDDIE
When he was alive, Freddie Mercury was an inspiration as a rocker, and he continues to motivate people in death. The Freddie For A Day party tonight (Thursday, September 5), benefiting the AIDS Committee of Toronto, invites guests to dress as Mercury and enjoy performances by Brad Alexander, Sandro Liberato, Andrew Cash and more. At the Gladstone (1214 Queen West). 8 pm. $20, advance $15. freddieforaday.com.
FOR A JET-FREE CITY CORE
Wanna help head off expansion of the Island Airport? Here’s an opportunity to sound off on the possibility of jets roaring in and out of our downtown. A public consultation happens Monday (September 9), and despite the fact that No Jets T.O. is complaining that the city’s backgrounder for the occasion is biased and could have been scribed by Porter lobbyists, all naysayers and skeptics should come on down. Metro Hall, 55 John, rooms 308-9. Drop-in 6 to 7 pm, workshop 7 to 9 pm. Free. 416-395-1211.
“RIGHT TO WORK” REALLY ISN’T
Martin Luther King once remarked that “we must guard against being fooled by false slogans such as ‘right to work.’ It is a law to rob us of our civil rights and job rights.” Tim Hudak and other Conservatives would love to end the “closed shop” that makes all employees in a unionized workplace union members. Hear what’s at stake at a forum hosted by the Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly featuring John Cartwright, prez of the Toronto and York Region Labour Council, Sonia Singh of the Workers’ Action Centre and Sam Gindin, former CAW research director. Thursday, September 12, 7 pm. Free. Steelworker’s Hall, 25 Cecil. workersassembly.ca.
