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BENEFIT: Canadian international art quarterly C Magazine will host their annual benefit tonight at the Birch Libralato Gallery, in support of C The Visual Arts Foundation, a sister organization dedicated to promoting Canadian art on an international level. The event, a live art auction entitled "Spring Fling," will feature works from more than fifty of Canada's top contemporary artists, including artist Corwyn Lund's above-pictured piece, (Bouquet for) Baghdad, April 20th, 2006. Birch Libralato Gallery (129 Tecumseth Street), 5:30 p.m. (live auction starts at 7:30 p.m.), $50 at the door/$40 in advance.

Can Mel really have purchased all six thousand tickets? That's seemingly the only explanation for how the New Zealand folk-rock parody duo Flight of the Conchords can have so quickly sold out both of their upcoming Toronto concerts, despite the handicap of only having one fan. A large number of the tickets for the April 21 and 22 shows, both at Massey Hall, were snatched up through an online pre-sale to members of the band's web-based fan club at the beginning of this month, and the remainder were snatched up within hours of when they went on sale publicly last Friday. All in all, it's getting harder and harder to refer to band members Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement as "cult favourites."