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Next Wave Film Festival Targets Youth

TIFF's newest film festival tries to appeal to teenagers through edgy fare.

Photo by Jérôme Prébois, Frédéric Castelnot and Jean-Louis Vialard

Urban Planner: May 9, 2012

Today in Toronto: talk climate change and jobs with David Miller, see Toronto in a new light with the book launch and exhibit for Full Frontal T.O., and catch a play about complicated young love.

Love Notwithstanding. Photo by Glowing Hearts photography.

Urban Planner: May 8, 2012

In today's Urban Planner: get a tour of the exhibit Lynne Cohen: Nothing is Hidden with Barr Gilmore and get your fill of music with Mammoth Grave, Patti Cake, Goodnight, Daybreak Gentlemen, and Gabrielle Papillon.

Gabrielle Papillon. Photo courtesy of the performer.
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Street Food Block Party Attracts Hungry Hordes

Saturday's sold-out street-food party drew a crowd of thousands, providing more evidence of the scene's emergence into the mainstream.

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Urban Planner: May 7, 2012

In today's UP: the rock. paper. sistahz Festival's opening reception; Playwrights Canada Press celebrates Canadian theatre; the Harold Awards celebrates Toronto theatre personalities; and Trampoline Hall explores being hardcore, "stealing" movies, and time tenses.

Members of AfroLatino Dance Company, who're taking part in the rock.paper.sistahz festival. Photo by Bohdan Turok.

Weekend Planner: May 5–6, 2012

This weekend, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival brings creators and fans together for a weekend of geektacular fun; Jane's Walk invites you to take a stroll; a parade of drummers honours Billy Bryans; don't miss Hot Docs' final weekend; and much more.

This weekend, join a walkabout as Jane's Walk activities take over the city. Photo courtesy of Melissa Wong.

Nerds, Rejoice: The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is Here

If you've always wondered but never been, here's your introduction to the annual indie comics fest.

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Urban Planner: May 4, 2012

In today's UP: Kid Koala's Space Cadet Headphone Experience; comedy, burlesque and more to celebrate Star Wars Day; Feast in the East celebrates an anniversary; and Hot Docs enters its final weekend.

Kid Koala's all ages Space Cadet Headphone Experience has two shows tonight at the 918 Bathurst Centre. Photo by AJ Korkidakis.
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A Movie, About Games

James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot, directors of Indie Game: The Movie, which has its Canadian premiere as part of this year's Hot Docs festival, recount the journey of their film.

Photo courtesy of Hot Docs

Your Guide to Jane’s Walk 2012

Comfy shoes, water, and lots of Toronto love. Jane's Walk 2012 is here.

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Urban Planner: May 3, 2012

Today: a free classical music concert at the Four Seasons; the CONTACT festival looks at the Rolling Stones and the works of acclaimed Israeli photographer Adi Nes; graduates of OCAD host a gigantic exhibition of their work; a discussion on gender identity; and Hot Docs continues.

Celebrate the world of The Rolling Stones with this photo exhibition. Photo courtesy of Cressida Murray.
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CONTACT Photography Festival 2012: Our Photographers’ Best Bets

From galleries and public installations to mobile photo tours, here's what we have our eye on at this year's festival.

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Urban Planner: May 2, 2012

Today in Toronto: Bad Dog Theatre gives its hilarious take on Game of Thrones, Brazil and France unite in a fusion of dance, Tarragon Theatre says goodbye to its season with The Real World?, East Coast band Alert the Medic hits the stage with an acoustic set, and get your documentary fill at Hot Docs.

Alert the Medic. Photo courtesy of the performers.

Urban Planner: May 1, 2012

In today's Urban Planner: say hello to May with the Tennessee Project, celebrate playwriting with a reading series, rock out to Miike Snow and Penguin Prison, and get your fill of Hot Docs.

Miike Snow. Photo courtesy of the performers.

Urban Planner: April 30, 2012

Today: Playwrights Guild of Canada kicks off a week of readings with Majal Ardal, I Heart Jokes celebrates local live comedy with their first awards night, and the Hot Docs film festival continues.

Mark Litle and Kayla Lorette, co-stars in the upcoming film Rollertown, are both nominees at tonight's 1st annual I Heart Jokes Awards for local comedy.

Weekend Planner: April 28–29, 2012

This weekend, take a pair of walking tours with Heritage Toronto; the Clean Train Festival aims to get rid of diesel for good; Shakespeare gets his Torontonian birthday wish with two of his best plays; watch up-and-coming actors compete in a monologue competition; and much more.

As part of Harbourfront Centre's HATCH programme, check out the new musical, Paper Laced With Gold. Photo courtesy of Amanda Lee.
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Urban Planner: April 27, 2012

In today's UP: As theatre shows Clybourne Park and The Exquisite Hour close, new shows The Innocents and Crash open; Steamboat lay down the Rules at Sneaky Dees, while Uma Nota brings Roots Rhythm & Reggae to the Great Hall; and Mantown sends one of their drinking buddies off to sea.

Award-winning playwright Daniel Karasik's The Innocents opens tonight at the Tarragon Theatre. Photo by Jordan Tannahill.

Urban Planner: April 26, 2012

In today's Urban Planner: check out a free folk-inspired concert at the Four Seasons Centre; a pixel painting exhibition opens; find out how to make Toronto a sustainable city; and a puppet cabaret returns.

A new exhibition pushes photography to the next level. Image by Lisa Anita Wegner.

Urban Planner: April 25, 2012

Today in Toronto: support the Red Door Family Shelter at an event full of music and poetry, get your fill of dance at one of two shows starting right next to each other, and listen in on Graydon James & the Young Novelists' newest work.

Pulga Muchochoma and Kaitlin Standeven rehearse Rivers. Photo by Guntar Kravis.

Libraries to House Culture Day Once More

Forty-one branches of the Toronto Public Library will again serve as free venues for artists and cultural organizers this September.

A performance by the Spur-of-the-Moment Shakespeare Collective was one of 85 Culture Day activities that took place in Toronto's libraries last year. Photo by Christian Badanjak.