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All Over the Map.
From bleeding edge Queen to polished Bloor, arts and culture is walkable from 210 Simcoe. A sampler of the dainty and the dirty over the next year.
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SCOTIABANK NUIT BLANCHE 2011
Growing up in Toronto, the idea that an all-night art event would draw a million people into the streets was the stuff not so much as fantasy as of hallucination. But Nuit Blanche is very real, and last year saw a simulated, never ending standing ovation staged under the Court House Building, City Hall transformed into an all night drive-through and a massive bonfire lit at Dundas Square. What will this year hold? Join a million of your closest friends for an all-night hallucination to find out. October 1, 2011
6:59pm until sunrise, various locations -
ROUSSKY WITH APOLLO'S FIRE
273 Bloor Street West The American Idol empire is built on a singing technique known as melisma - runs of several notes sung from a single syllable. The Bee Gees Empire is built on men singing falsetto. Put them together, roll them in opera and you have Phillippe Jaroussky – a stunning talent reperfecting the counter-tenor art largely lost since the disappearance of (cross your legs gents) castrati from the opera scene in the 19th century. Look him up on YouTube and be astounded. Koerner Hall (416) 408-2824
November 1, 8pm, 2011 MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS
1 Blue Jays Way Seen through a cultural lens, Supercross is a shifting commentary on the transitory, consumptive nature of western society. Seen in person, it just plain kicks ass. Motorcycles fly through the air, bomb over whoop-de-dos, make a whole hell of a lot of noise and fill the Rogers Centre with the sweet smoke of speed, skill and Japanese engineering. These guys are the best in the world at what they do - so drop the pretense, grab a beer in a plastic cup and remember that earplugs and camo go really well together. Roger's Centre March 24, 2012
Main event @ 7pm
Qualifying, Practice & Open Doors @ 12:30pmDOORS OPEN TORONTO
In Toronto the good, sneaking around is discouraged. Except during Doors Open when you little sickos can creep behind the locked doors at cool venues citywide. Highlights from years past have included the tower in the Canada Life Building on University Avenue, the Redpath Sugar warehouse on Queen's Quay East and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute on Victoria Street. You don't have to wear a balaclava and those ninja sandals, bit it might be more fun if you do. May 26-27, 2012
various locations
Noteworthy
Chagall and the Russian Avant-Garde
317 Dundas Street West Masterpieces from the Collection of the Centre Pompidou-Paris – Explore the Russian roots of a modernist master at the AGO from October 18, 2011 - January 15, 2012. If you're swell enough, party to support the exhibition at The Chagall Ball on October 15. www.ago.netSpring Awakening
100 Ossington Avenue The Musical – 19th Century German students sing their way to self-awareness and pick up eight Tony Awards along the way. November 16 - 26, 2011www.lowerossingtontheatre.comSweet Honey in the Rock
273 Bloor Street West Six women make gospel and spiritual driven a cappella music that can literally get blood from a stone. February 10, 2012
Koerner Hall (416) 408-2824Toronto Indie Film Festival
186 Spadina Ave. This TIFF has three primary categories – "Feature Film", "Micro-Budget" and "No Budget". Raw, efficient, global film. September 8-18, 2011
The Toronto Underground Cinema
(647) 992-4335 www.film-fest.ca
