Urban Planner: July 12, 2009

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Photo courtesy of Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.

ART: The mammoth Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition continues—despite the ongoing strike—for its third and final day in Nathan Phillips Square. Approximately five hundred artists compete for more than thirty-five thousand dollars in awards, and try to sell some art in the process. If you get tired of wandering and wondering, Steam Whistle Brewing plays host at the beer garden set up near The Archer. Nathan Phillips Square (100 Queen Street West), 10:30 a.m.–6: 30 p.m., FREE.

WORDS: Hip-hop artist Paul Sackichand and storyteller Rico Rodriguez combine vocal forces for "Youth These Days: The Scream Youth Workshop," part of the last Scream Literary Festival line-up. Sackichand regularly raps under the name Change, teaching the positive through rhyme. Rodriguez designs storytelling workshops professionally when he’s not writing his own stories down. The Loop Studios at Wychwood Barns (601 Christie Street), 1 p.m., pay-what-you-can.

CARS: Most auto aficionados may be pasted to the Indy track this weekend (pity the poor eardrums of the rest of us, Toronto!), but keep an eye out for classic cars roaming the lakeshore elsewhere. Street Classics hosts an eighteen-kilometre cruise for hot rods, antiques, muscle cars, and classics, rambling between Southdown and Dixie roads along Lakeshore Road just west of Mimico. Lakeshore Road, Mississauga, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., FREE.

COMEDY: Clean Train Coalition’s Eli Malinsky hopes to shed some light on Metrolinx at this week’s Monkey Toast while improv artists ape his ideas. Other guests on tonight's show include lounge historicist Jaymz Bee and comedian Johnny Guardhouse. We suggest arriving early if you want to find a seat. Gladstone Hotel Ballroom (1214 Queen Street West), 8 p.m., pay-what-you-can.