What's Happening

As part of ROMWalks, there's a free walking tour of the Annex Sunday at 2 pm. Look for the person with the blue umbrella at Lowther and Avenue Road.

Speaking of the ROM, it is the venue for Shanghai: City of the Future?, a panel discussion about "Shanghai, which in recent decades has experienced a building boom on a scale that is unprecedented in world history and has completely changed its residents’ lifestyle." It ties in with the current exhibit, Shanghai Kaleidoscope.
The panel discussion features architect Brian Andrew, philosophy professor Mark Kingwell and author Jay Pridmore and is moderated by Toronto Star architecture columnist Christopher Hume. Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.

The Annex Wreck Room at Bloor and Bathurst hosts Shattered Remains Presents Flatlined tonight. In addition to Flatlined, the hard rock acts include Three See, Brane, Silver Cade and Helcion. Things get underway at 8 pm and tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.

Tonight you can catch "I ain't marching anymore", an event featuring protest and folk singer Phil Ochs and Zachary Stevenson at OISE, 252 Bloor Street West. Tickets are $10 and $20 and things kick off at 8 pm.


The Tranzac club on Brunswick, south of Bloor, has its usual full sched, including The Weather Station + Muskox + Anna-Linda Siddall Saturday in the Southern Cross Lounge at 10 pm. Admission is PWYC/$5 suggested.


For all ages, the Palmerston Public Library on Palmerston just north of Bloor, features Laugh Out Loud Stories Wednesday at 10:30 am. As the name suggests, storyteller Adele Koehnke promises to tell stories that will tickle your funny bone.


The Bloor Cinema is "all about" the Rolling Stones Saturday with three $10-each screenings of Stones documentaries. Also on the sched this week is the new Indiana Jones movie, which doesn't disappoint.


The Trane Studio on Bathurst features Philadelphia's Elliott Levin Friday at 9:30 pm with The Sharron Macleod Quartet. Tickets are $15 in advance.

Whatever you do, enjoy it!
Vanessa

What's Happening

There's quite a few diverse musical happenings sched'd for this week...

The Reveries are at the Tranzac Saturday night for a CD release party, followed by a reggae dance party.

A cappella group Wibi is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a concert at the MilesNadalJCC on April 5. You can buy the $15 and $12 tickets online.

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra features Love and Betrayal: Handel Opera Arias with Daniel Taylor and Carolyn Sampson with a run that begins Wednesday at Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. W.

Also at Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, Toronto Consort offers The Glory of St. Mark's with works by Claudio Monteverdi and Francesco Cavalli. Fri. & Sat. 8 p.m., 416-964-6337.

At Trane Studio at 964 Bathurst St. Ainiké is joined by ex-Shuffle Demon Perry White for an evening of world-fusion and jazz Fri. 9 p.m. Tickets are $10.

Victor Wooten hits Lee's Palace Monday. Tickets are $25.

For film fans, the Bloor Cinema has some interesting things going on this week... Monday is Varsity Day and admission is $3 if you show your U of T student ID. The line up is Lars and the Real Girl at 4:30 pm, Persepolis at 7 pm and There Will Be Blood at 9 pm. The latter two get Tomatometer readings in the 90s; not too shabby.

Also, if you want to revisit some classics, or introduce your kids to them, Wednesday night's double bill is Sunset Boulevard and A Streetcar Named Desire. I've heard nothing about the intriguing sounding Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Way of The Tosser, but it screens Saturday at 9:30 pm.

History buff? You might want to attend the final event in the Building Toronto: Archives and Architects lecture series (a .pdf flyer is available online). Andrew Waldron discusses Researching the Recent Past: Modern Architecture and the Archival Record Saturday at 1:30 p.m. It's free, but you have to register at 416-392-0558. City of Toronto Archives, 255 Spadina Rd.

Most Mondays you can enjoy improv comedy at the aptly named Clinton's, which is on the corner of Clinton and Bloor. Catch23Improv starts at 9 pm and the cover is just $5.

Whatever you do, enjoy it!
Vanessa

Earth Hour Lights Out Concert at The Trane

If you want to go out for Earth Hour this Saturday and commune with other like-minded folks, you could mosey over to The Trane Studio at 964 Bathurst Street.

You can can have a $35 prix fixe dinner from 6:30 to 8 pm, then pay just $10 for acoustic shows at 8 and 9:45 pm hosted by ChoirGirlz and featuring Crabtree-Mills, Rosemary Phelan and Peter Verity. For reservations, call 416.913.8197.

Cheers,
Vanessa