Music
Tin Pan North The annual singer songwriter folk festival wraps up Saturday with great early and late shows at Eton House.
The Radio Dept. The shy Swedish band play the Horseshoe Sunday night. See listing.
Community
Headlines in Health Care This panel features some of the most progressive folks in health care today – experts dedicated to socialized medicine, but still proposing needed changes. Participants include policy analyst and physician, Michael Rachlis, Medical Reform Group physician, Gordon Guyatt, Registered Nurses Association analyst Sara Clemens, York poli sci prof, David McNally and more. Noon-4:30 pm. $5 sugg. Li Ka Shing Knowledge Instit, 30 Bond, register here.
A Public Inquiry into Toronto G20 Police Accountability The gripping drama around the investigation of Dorian Barton’s injuries this week only reminds us how badly we need a comprehensive review of the policing disaster last June. Come join a rally to keep the idea of a public inquiry alive. 2 – 5 p.m. Free. Yonge/Dundas Square. See listing. Heritage Tree Tour Time to meet some of the awe-inspiring leafy specimens that make Toronto special. Join this LEAF trek through Queen’s Park and Philosopher’s Walk led by arborist Philip van Wassenaer and city staffer Peter Simon. 10:30. $5 sugg. Bloor and Avenue, SE corner. See listing.
Bike Blessing Everyone on two wheels needs a little grace in this car-crazed city – so bring your bike to Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church on Sunday where ministers will offer thanks for the bicycle’s simple beauty and offer protection for all who ride. 12:30-2 pm. Free. See listing.
Art
Episode III: Enjoy Poverty In conjunction with its Contact show by Eric Gottesman about his collaboration with a children’s art program in Ethiopia, Gallery TPW presents a screening of Dutch artist Renzo Martens’s documentary, filmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, that investigates the contradictions inherent in images of conflict and poverty. New York-based art historian Nikolos Drosos leads a post-screening discussion. At Cinecycle. See listing.
Tintypes at Doors Open As part of 401 Richmond’s participation in the citywide architecture weekend, Gallery 44 members set up a portrait studio in the Tenant Lounge where, for $35, you can take home a photograph of yourself made with the wet-plate collodion process used in the 1860s. Today and tomorrow. See listing.
Innovation After Abstract Expressionism The New New Museum holds a reception for its show responding to the AGO’s AbEx NY with abstract work done in Toronto since 1971 by Jack Bush, Gershon Iskowitz, Joseph Drapell and others. See listing.
Christopher Doyle and Sai Kit Ng Sunday is the last day for Xpecial Christopher Doyle, a show by the noted cinematographer (Hero, In The Mood For Love). It includes photos from his upcoming book, Picture Start, which explores how images evolve before and after the movie cameras roll, plus video and artifacts. See listing. Hong Kong photographer Ng’s Contact show of black-and-white 140° vertical panoramic landscapes that resemble Chinese scrolls continues for another week. At IndexG/Chinese Contemporary Exchange. See listing.
Movies
The Hangover Part II The Bangkok-set sequel to the raunchy comedy starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis is estimated to make $135 million domestic this weekend. Don’t get left out of the office conversation come Monday morning. See our cover interviews with Galifianakis and Cooper and review.
The Invisible Eye If you want something a bit less commercial, take in Diego Lerman’s film set in 1982 Argentina, about a teacher (the fantastic Julieta Zylberberg) who takes an unnatural interest in some of her students. At the TIFF Bell Lightbox. See review.
Stage
Our Town Soulpepper’s production of the Thornton Wilder classic returns after a brief hiatus to run in rep through the summer. See original review and listing.
Yichud Julie Tepperman’s controversial play about a young about-to-be-married Orthodox Jewish couple and their extended families gets a remount at Theatre Passe Muraille (final show on Sunday) before heading to the Magnetic North Festival in Ottawa. See mini review and listing.
Books
Joanna Skibsrud The Giller Prize winner for for finely wright The Sentimentalists talks about the book – and what it’s like to win – at the North York Library. See listing. And see see here for a review of The Sentimentalists.