Community
Bells on Bloor Cyclists ring out their demands for a sustainable city, miles of bike lanes, and public spaces to build community. Get out costumes, instruments and decorations and join the pedal parade along Bloor to Queen’s Park. Noon. Free. Bloor and High Park. See listing.
Stop the Tar Sands Day Help keep the pressure on – ecos want lots of countries and companies to boycott our dirty oil so our feds will get the message. Join this park happening, part of a global day of action, featuring music, speeches and games. Noon-5 pm. Free. Trinity Bellwoods Park. See listing.
Movies
Mr. Popper’s Penguins Jim Carrey is in great comic form in this all-ages comedy about a man whose world turns upside down after half a dozen penguins invade his New York apartment. See review. Will it beat Green Lantern (and Ryan Reynolds’s abs) at the box office?
World On A Wire A rare Rainer Werner Fassbinder sci-fi flick from the 1970s about virtual reality returns for a couple of screenings (including one on Sunday afternoon) in a new 35mm print at the TIFF Cinematheque. See review.
Stage
Tout Comme Elle The Luminato theatre event about mothers and daughters and starring 50 talented women onstage gets two final performances at the Bluma Appel on Saturday. See review.
LU XUN blossoms Theatre Smith Gilmour’s adaptation of five stories by the modern Chinese writer Lu Xun – and the first Sino-Canadian theatrical co-production concludes with two final performances on Saturday at the Isabel Bader. See review.
Art
Dominic Nahr Photojournalist and Magnum member Nahr talks about issues in photojournalism and his experiences documenting wars and catastrophes in conjunction with his show The Wave, photos of the aftermath of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. At O’Born Contemporary. See listing.
Stephen Smart on Ray Mead Curator Smart gives a talk on Mead, a Canadian abstract artist and Painters 11 member who died in 1998. It’s closing day for a show of Mead’s late paintings and drawings at Barbara Edwards Contemporary. See listing.
Paterson Ewen Final day for the AGO’s show of Canadian artist Ewen’s early realistic landscape paintings, tar-covered cone sculptures and iconic semi-abstract gouged and painted plywood panels. See listing.
Books
Spring Small Press Book Fair The annual celebration of small press and indie arts takes place at Hart House. See listing.
