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Rising from its Portlands location since a controversial inception in 2007, development at Filmport has reached the point where its largest stage—the Mega-Stage—is ready for business. The stage is a dizzying 45,900 square feet of uninterrupted floor space, the largest purpose-built stage in North America.

ART: "Off Camera" is an exhibition at the new Filmport Studios, featuring more than 200 works from 50 artists currently working in the Toronto film industry. The reception tonight will include musical performances and a silent auction, and did we mention you get to go inside Filmport Studios? Filmport Studios (Studio 7, 225 Commissioners Street), 6 p.m.–1 a.m., FREE.

Sarah Lazarovic—curator of the garage-based Montrose Portrait Gallery of Canada—is painting a portrait of a Torontonian every day. Each Monday, we'll feature one of those portraits here. Suggestions for subjects welcome.

David Miller and David Cronenberg will be present today for the opening of Filmport, the new high-end film production facility that's ready to go just as Toronto's film industry collapses under the weight of a high-value loonie. On the bright side, if nobody wants to use Filmport, it can hold millions and millions of sport coats.