Torontoist » “All About Eve” http://torontoist.com Torontoist is about Toronto and everything that happens in it Wed, 22 May 2013 02:43:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 CBC Music’s First-Ever Festival Will Be a CanCon Love-In http://torontoist.com/events/event/cbcmusics-first-ever-festival-will-be-a-cancon-love-in/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cbcmusics-first-ever-festival-will-be-a-cancon-love-in http://torontoist.com/events/event/cbcmusics-first-ever-festival-will-be-a-cancon-love-in/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 17:30:30 +0000 Chris Dart http://torontoist.com/?post_type=event&p=254934 Sloan’s Chris Murphy is a huge CBC fan, and he'll be playing at the CBCMusic.ca Festival.

According to CBC’s Chris Boyce, the goal of this weekend’s CBCMusic.ca Festival is twofold. First and foremost, the CBC wants to celebrate Canadian music. Second, it wants to celebrate CBC Music, the broadcaster’s online music service, which launched a little over a year ago.

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According to CBC’s Chris Boyce, the goal of this weekend’s CBCMusic.ca Festival is twofold. First and foremost, the CBC wants to celebrate Canadian music. Second, it wants to celebrate CBC Music, the broadcaster’s online music service, which launched a little over a year ago.

]]> http://torontoist.com/events/event/cbcmusics-first-ever-festival-will-be-a-cancon-love-in/feed/ 0 The Barber of Seville is Not the Sharpest Shave http://torontoist.com/events/event/the-barber-of-seville-is-not-the-sharpest-shave/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-barber-of-seville-is-not-the-sharpest-shave http://torontoist.com/events/event/the-barber-of-seville-is-not-the-sharpest-shave/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:32 +0000 Carly Maga http://torontoist.com/?post_type=event&p=254644 Gregory Prest as Count Almaviva and Dan Chameroy as Figrao in The Barber of Seville. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.

In 1996, Theatre Columbus premiered playwright Michael O’Brien’s “freely adapted” take on the famous Beaumarchais play The Barber of Seville, which was written in 1775. O’Brien’s version mixed in music from the 1816 opera of the same name by Gioachino Rossini, as well as original tunes by composer John Millard. The adaptation also propelled the [...]

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In 1996, Theatre Columbus premiered playwright Michael O’Brien’s “freely adapted” take on the famous Beaumarchais play The Barber of Seville, which was written in 1775. O’Brien’s version mixed in music from the 1816 opera of the same name by Gioachino Rossini, as well as original tunes by composer John Millard. The adaptation also propelled the story forward a couple centuries, with pop culture references galore. With Theatre Columbus co-founder Leah Cherniak at the helm, the musical ended the season with six Dora Award nominations (it won three) and plenty of critical acclaim.

Seventeen years later, Soulpepper Theatre is remounting this zany reimagination of The Barber of Seville, updated once again by O’Brien, Millard, and Cherniak. But, for some reason—the change in decade, or company, or sense of humour—whatever had made the original so magical, has faded, save for a few key performances.

]]> http://torontoist.com/events/event/the-barber-of-seville-is-not-the-sharpest-shave/feed/ 0 Weekend Planner: September 19–20, 2009 http://torontoist.com/2009/09/weekend_planner_september_19_20_2009/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weekend_planner_september_19_20_2009 http://torontoist.com/2009/09/weekend_planner_september_19_20_2009/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:00:00 +0000 Vicky Peters http://torontoist.com/2009/09/weekend_planner_september_19_20_2009/ Urban Planner is Torontoist’s guide to what’s on in Toronto, published every weekday morning, and in a weekend edition Friday afternoons. If you have an event you’d like considered, email all of its details—as well as images, if you’ve got any—to events@torontoist.com. Paint Your Faith in progress. Artwork by Chor Boogie, Siloette, Elicser, and Mediah, [...]

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Paint Your Faith in progress. Artwork by Chor Boogie, Siloette, Elicser, and Mediah, courtesy of Flex PR.

ART: The Metropolitan United Church donated a thirty-by-sixty-foot exterior wall of its own building to a handful of international graffiti artists (Chor Boogie, Siloette, Elicser, and Mediah) so that they may paint a collaborative interpretation of faith. The United Church of Canada’s website, WonderCafe.ca, hosts the wall’s “Paint Your Faith” unveiling today. Various faith and art activities accompany the reveal, including fresh blank canvases for the inspired. Oh, and there’s music, refreshments, and a barbecue, too. Metropolitan United Church (56 Queen Street East), Saturday, 12–4:30 p.m., FREE.
PERFORMANCE: Imagine a cable-access painting show where the teacher is a performance artist who runs on a treadmill throughout the entire demonstration, and the subject matter, rather than a mountain landscape, is a unicorn stabbing the artist through the gut—or a portrait of Super Mario and Luigi. And the artist is talking on his cellphone half the time. Or cutting his hair. Seriously—you have to see it for yourself. Let’s Paint TV host John Kilduff brings his brilliance to the sidewalk in front of the Drake Hotel as part of his world-wide “Embrace Failure” tour. Drake Hotel sidewalk (1150 Queen Street West), Saturday, 4–5 p.m., FREE.
ART: A Canadian aside to the ICC’s upcoming “Vanity Fair Portraits” touring exhibit is open to the public as of this weekend. The parallel exhibit, “Canadian Content: Portraits by Nigel Dickson,” aims a different lens at iconic Canadians. By the time the big show opens next weekend, no one will notice these beautiful shots. Royal Ontario Museum, Institute for Contemporary Culture (100 Queen’s Park), Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m., $22 (museum admittance).
WATER: The Humber River celebrates the tenth anniversary of its designation as a Canadian Heritage River (the only one in the Greater Toronto Area). Celebrations begin with a bike ride tour of the old French fort locations (early!), arriving at a festival of fake archaeological digs and real snakes, Shakespearean drama and Native prayer, plaque unveiling and voyageurs. Etienne Brûlé Park, Saturday 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m., FREE.
FAMILY: The Parkdale Youth Festival partners up with this weekend’s concurrent Queen West Art Crawl and Manifesto to complete a Toronto weekend festival triumvirate. The Parkdale Youth Festival aims to raise awareness about youth services active in the Parkdale area. Organizers compete for your attention by filling two different stages full of performance and music, not to mention providing two all-day kids activity stations, and ongoing workshops on everything from yoga to flower-making. Parkdale Town Square (Queen Street and Cowan Avenue), raincover at Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre (220 Cowan Avenue), Saturday 12–10 p.m., FREE.
WRAP: The Toronto International Film Festival wraps up this weekend, and TIFF is throwing one last free day (and night) of partying in Yonge-Dundas Square. Chuck D. hosts the final festivities, where Eclectic Method present a video mash-up of the films from Essential 100. Yonge-Dundas Square, Saturday, 12 p.m. (film), 9 p.m. (party), FREE.
FILM: Camera begins a season-long series of free Saturday afternoon film screenings curated around the theme of obsession. The series starts with a screening of All About Eve, Joseph Mankiewicz’s brilliant salute to Bette Davis and the understudy starlet who undoes her. A must-see for budding scriptwriters. Camera (1028 Queen Street West), Saturday, 3 p.m., FREE.
MUSIC: The Music Gallery hosts a collaborative afternoon of Afro-funk improvisation with the Woodchoppers Association and a very special guest, Mali vocalist Jah Youssouf. Together they sway to the influences of Fela Kuti, Bob Marley, and Ali Farke Touré, and infuse their sounds with alternative jazz/rock. This is the last stop on their Canadian tour and the only Toronto date. The Music Gallery (197 John Street), Saturday, 8 p.m., $15.

CORRECTION: SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 This weekend’s Planner mistakenly included the Toronto Bike Messenger Association’s fundraiser for Darcy Allan Sheppard, which is in fact not taking place until next Saturday, September 26.

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