Movies
The Skin I Live In Pedro Almadóvar’s latest film, starring Antonio Banderas as a plastic surgeon who keeps a woman cloistered in his mansion, gets a final TIFF screening on Saturday. See review and interview with Banderas.
Pink Ribbons, Inc. Léa Pool’s searing doc looks at corporations that exploit breast cancer while doing nothing about the epidemic itself. Screens Sunday as part of TIFF. See review and interview with Pool.
Stage
Pains Of Youth An emerging young theatre company’s production of the rarely performed Ferdinand Bruckner play gets a final performance on Saturday at Unit 102 Theatre in the west end. See review.
The Tale Of A Town – Queen West Lisa Marie DiLiberto’s look at Queen West’s rich cultural history and current gentrification continues on Saturday and Sunday. See interview with DiLiberto.
Music
Karkwa and the Barr Brothers Last year’s Polaris Music Prize winners Karkwa play Lee’s Palace Saturday night, but make sure you get there early enough to check out the Barr Brothers. See listing.
Two Door Cinema Club The Irish rock band have an intense fan following, and put on a hell of a show. See for yourself Saturday at Kool Haus. See listing.
Manifesto The annual hip-hop festival continues Sunday night with a night dedicated to women and trans rappers at Revival. See listing.
Art
Queen West Art Crawl The annual weekend event includes a juried show with 250 participants in Trinity Bellwoods Park, with live music and kids’ activities Saturday night’s Parkdale Nightcrawl, with films, music, fashion and the Art Battle painting competition at five venues along Queen curator and artist talks today and tomorrow at the Drake, Gladstone, MOCCA and others plus shows in galleries, studios and businesses. See listing.
Patria O Libertad! This big all-video group show curated by Netherlands-based Spaniard Paco Barragán investigates contemporary attitudes toward patriotism in a globalized, security-conscious world where many of us are immigrants. It’s organized into four sections – Love Thy Anthem, Fly Your Flag, Honour The Hero and Tell Us A Story – with work by 22 international artists including Adel Abidin, Antuan, Shahzia Sikander, Santiago Sierra and Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay. Prepare to spend the day at MOCCA. See listing.
Community
Toronto City Builder Camp Great neighborhoods are created by those who care – grow your own community-based planning skills at this Centre for City Ecology workshop featuring architects Zabra Ebrahim and Michael McClelland, East Scarborough Storefront’s Anne Gloger, Annex Residents Association’s Frank Cunningham and more. 9:15 am-2:30 pm. Free. Urbanspace Gallery. See listing.
Stop Ford’s Agenda Attend this training day in preparation for the all-important city executive committee meeting tomorrow, hosted by Toronto Stop the Cuts and OPIRG-Toronto.10 am-4 pm. Free. Bahen Centre, rm 2185 and 2195, 40 St. George. Co-sponsored by OPIRG-Toronto. Note – you can get on exec committee speakers list Monday as late as the start of the meeting at 9:30 am. See listing.
Energy and the Environment What key eco power issue should determine your vote? Come and discuss the various green energy policies of the contending parties in the Ontario election with Angela Bischoff of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Roberto Garcia of the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association and more. 2 pm. Free. OISE. See listing.
Emergency Meeting on the Port Lands Help sink the Ford ferris wheel-mall plan for the waterfront – attend this community update with councillor Paula Fletcher and MPP Peter Tabuns. 3 pm. Free. Ralph Thornton Centre. See listing.
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