Ok, so the city is in the grip of full-blown festival mania. Red carpets, Gala screenings, and celebrity sightings are all great, but so are poetry readings, right? Right? Anyone??? Tonight at 8pm, head north to Zemra Lounge – 778 St. Clair W. – for this month’s installment of the Diamond Cherry reading series. Stephen Humphries and former director of the Art Bar, Allan Briesmster (The Other Seasons), will be reading. It’s free, and you......

So many docs, so little time. But if we could single out just a few films from the piles of Hot Docs offerings, we'd definitely see: Don't Fuck With the Lewises: A Day in the life of Frankie Jean Lewis, sister of Jerry Lee, and proprietor of a drive-through liquor bar in Louisiana. Friday, 11:30pm. Preacher With an Unknown God: Reverend Billy thinks he's cooler than he is (or at least that was the consensus......

After seeing the majority of the SXSW reviews read more like diary entries or travelogues, Torontoist decided to review the final Blow-Up in timeline form. Here's the shake down of the Saturday that was: 10:15 p.m., at home. Torontoist lies around in bed, listening to this surreal Futureheads-Streets remix. Receives a call about Blow Up party and the hypeness therein. 10:20 p.m., in line at the ElMo. There's a special guest performing? 10:45 p.m., up......