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Each weekday morning, we pick a recent image from the Torontoist Flickr Pool and feature it here on the site. It's our way to give the many excellent photographers in our pool the attention they deserve!

Submission deadlines are quickly approaching for some of this year’s most exciting weekends of outdoor artfulness and it’s time to get those applications together.

Ladyfest began in Olympia, Washington – the hometown of the riot grrrl movement – in 2000, and the feminist festival, featuring music, art and workshops, has since spread across the globe. 2007 will mark the sixth consecutive year for Ladyfest Ottawa, and the first time since 2004 that Ladyfest has taken place in Toronto.

The 1960s and 1970s saw family dining restaurant chains explode across North America. Chains such as Steak n' Burger took staples of diners and greasy spoons and used cleanliness, low prices and conformity to draw in hungry families.

Although it may be Valentine’s Day – don’t worry, there’s still time to buy flowers or chocolates - Christopher Moore still thinks you suck.

The Gallerist is Torontoist's new bi-weekly arts listings. Starting January 31st, check back every other Wednesday for a new batch of events.

In the window of Rita di Cesare's Toronto studio, there's a naked mannequin. For a first-time visitor, it's a temporary shock: You avert your eyes, looking at the studio's teal walls while thinking that someone in front of you is undressing. But it's apropos for the local headquarters of fashion label Nude Clothes.

No time…Must get back down to Harbourfront…IFOA in full swing…Here are some other literary events taking place this week….

The week starts off with another instalment of Pussy Pen, an evening of readings and performance focusing on women, trans, and queer perspectives. It takes place at Tango and Crews, 508 Church St, beginning at 8pm. Free.

Everyone sufficiently recovered from Word on the Street? Over 200,000 people braved the wind and rain and descended upon Queen’s Park for a celebration of books. I have a book hangover, thus the lateness of this week’s listings.

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???

Used to be that a greasy spoon diner was content being your standard greasy spoon diner. There were three condiments: ketchup, salt, and occasionally pepper if the place wanted to be fancy. The cook would look at you suspiciously if you ordered your eggs any other way than scrambled. (Asking for eggs Benedict would, not infrequently, get you run out of town on a rail. I am led to understand the rail was only officially retired in 1987.)

A couple of Sunday night events to kick-off or end your week, depending on how you see it. Gypsy Eyes, who is all over the place this week, hosts Last Call Poets at the Cadillac Lounge – 1296 Queen W. – tonight at 8pm. Admission is $7.

Those Wireless Toronto folks have struck again! The newest hotspot--which means free wifi--is in the Junction, at the Axis Gallery and Grill, a place with a great patio and a warm neighbourhood-y feel (3048 Dundas St. West).

Torontoist thinks that Toronto Star writer Andrew Chung was having a bad day when he wrote his lament on the death of Toronto's Chinatown (the one on Spadina) in Sunday's Star.

We suppose they're trying to advertise their "restoration" capabilities, but it looks like they need to update their version of photoshop. On a photo studio on Dundas St. W., at Gore Vale next to Cocktail Molotov.

The inimitable Lisa Pijuan (who recently started a blog about nifty goings-on about town) presents the last RED of 2005 tonight at the Lula Lounge. The bi-monthly performance series is sure to wrap up the year with a bang, with curator Pijuan's usual eclectic and inspired mix of performers. Tonight's line-up includes seasoned storyteller Dan Yashinsky and dynamic performance poet Wakefield Brewster, as well as a varied slew of comedians, dancers, musicians, and performers of all kinds.

Fellow photoblogger Jerrold Litwinenko is opening his show, asia experimental this evening at the Magpie. The exhibit features a collection of images from all around asia taken between 2003 and 2005.

Not all Irish, but serving green beer:

Read for a quick, unorganized look at the events of WORLD AGAINST WAR week in Toronto...

Christmas comes early if you're in the festive mood, or really drunk. On Dec. 18, Santarchy comes to the Imperial Pub on Dundas St. just east of Yonge. The Imp will host a world-wide event called SantaCon. The irony-laden SantaCon is apparently an organization of debauched Claus lovers who get wrecked each year for reasons of holiday cheer.