The Gallerist is Torontoist's new bi-weekly arts listings. Starting January 31st, check back every other Wednesday for a new batch of events. Last Thursday local painter Colin Druhan hosted a busy and boozy reception at Katharine Mulherin's secondary space on Queen West. His work (see 'Hail Satan' at right) features mainly portraits of fashionable men and sinister women, but there are a few friendly looking dog portraits scattered within the small space. Sharing the gallery......

Our spooky week of pre-Halloween frights is wrapping up, but not before we tell you about the most haunted house in Canada (so says the Ghosts and Hauntings Research Society - the italics are theirs). Mackenzie House is that cute little building tucked away on Bond St. that is the historic home of Hogtown's first mayor, and much beloved rabble-rouser, William Lyon Mackenzie. Nothing too terribly gruesome happened in the house - Mackenzie died here,......