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FESTIVALS: The Gardiner Museum has extended its hours this weekend in honour of the Mexican Day of the Dead festival in conjunction with the current exhibit (on until January 18). Hand-crafted Day of the Dead Altars have been built at the Gardiner to commemorate the festival. View the altars and take part in other activities today including hands-on craft workshops for families (2 p.m.); Mexican dancing (3 p.m.); a conversation between author Chloe Sayer and textile artists Crispina and Margarita Navarro Gomez, the sisters who built the altars (4 p.m.); music with Jorge Lopez; Day of the Dead films; and Day of the Dead bread and chocolate (5–11 p.m.). Gardiner Museum (111 Queen’s Park), 10 a.m.–11 p.m., $12.

Ed Mirvish: theatre tycoon, city hero and...turkey giveaway guru? People lined up overnight outside Honest Ed's for the 19th Annual Turkey Giveaway on Sunday. Now approaching age 93, Ed himself was sadly not in attendance, but son David Mirvish took over greeting duties.

Students at Toronto area colleges and high schools are coping with the shootings at Montreal's Dawson College. The murders also has parents of high-school age children worried.

- First, theatre eater JKelly tells us that Mayor Dave fringed it up at the beer tent last night, chatting with Fringe honcho Derrick Chua, and giving money to those who needed it.