Movies
Brave After the stalled Cars 2 and the mechanical Toy Story 3, Pixar gets back on track with this imaginative animated story set in Scotland and featuring a feisty hero (voiced by Boardwalk Empire’s Kelly Macdonald). See review and interview with the film’s director and producer.
5 Broken Cameras Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi’s documentary delivers a very personal take on the Palestine conflict. The camera owner is co-director Burnat, whose land is being poached by Israeli settlers. See review.
Stage
Cooking Fire Theatre Festival The outdoor celebration of theatre, food and public space continues until June 24 at Dufferin Grove Park. See listing.
The South Asian Comedy Showcase Ben Mathai headlines a night of comedy that includes Paul Varghese, Suneet Luthra and others. At the Isabel Bader. See listing.
Music
Wavelength 545 The second two parts of Wavelength’s two-day-three-show mini festival Summer Solstice Triptych continue tonight. Part B starts at 7 pm, and features the Amsterdam/Toronto punk jazz trio Han Bennink, Terrie Ex, and Brodie West, with Cairo/Montreal duo Detention opening. Part C starts at 11 pm, and is a co-presentation with Burn Down The Capital! (get there early enough to catch Coca-Cola, the collaboration between Slim Twig and US Girls).
Janelle Monae The eccentric cosmic soul singer plays a jazz fest gig at Nathan Phillips Square. See listing.
Soundz of the Youth The final edition of the Soundz of the Youth all-ages series happens tonight at the Kapisanan Philippine Centre. Will anyone step up to provide a new home for the all-ages band scene? See listing.
Art
Ragnar Kjartansson Chill out with the Icelandic artist’s five-channel video The End (made with the support of the Banff Centre for the Icelandic pavilion at the last Venice Biennale), in which Kjartansson, whose work explores humorous and extreme aspects of musical performance, and collaborator Thor Jonsson dress up as mountain men to play old-timey music in the frozen landscape of the Canadian Rockies. At Scrap Metal. See listing.
