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FESTIVAL: Since its inception three years ago, the Manifesto Festival of Community and Culture has grown to encompass various aspects of hip-hop and urban culture by showcasing the work of more than 120 artists at eight venues over five days. Things get underway tonight with the Manifesto Film Festival, boasting a lineup of films that focus on urban art and music: the global graffiti documentary Bomb It and the story of pioneering Bronx hip-hop artists The Freshest Kids: A History of the B-Boy. Tonight's opening will also feature musical, spoken-word, and DJ performances. Other events to look forward to throughout the festival are the Canada Pro Cup B-Boy Championship, Chapter III Art Exhibition, Parkdale Youth Festival, and Sunday's free concert at Nathan Phillips Square headlined by hip-hop duo Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek as Reflection Eternal. Tomorrow’s unveiling of the Artmap, a collaborative jigsaw piece by artists from each of the city's forty-four wards is sure to be a highlight of the festival, as well. Acacia Centre (186 Spadina Avenue), 6–11 p.m., $5.

It was as if the crowd were gathering for the show of a famous stand-up comedian. Featured up at the mike, however, were the dramatic realizations, the rampant hormones, the missteps, triumphs, and wounds of childhood preserved fresh in writing.

THEATRE: It's a tough choice between two excellent productions, both happening in the Distillery District. At the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Soulpepper will celebrate the official opening of their production of Glengarry Glen Ross. Director David Storch's adaptation of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize–winning drama features a powerful cast including Peter Donaldson and William Webster (seen pictured above). Check out Soulpepper's website for additional rush ticket and student discount information (55 Mill Street, Building 49, 7:30 p.m., $34–$68). Over at the Fermenting Cellar, Birdland Theatre's popular 2005 production of Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot will return tonight for the first of several revival performances. Last Days is directed by David Ferry and will star some of Canada's finest performers, including Louise Pitre, Ted Dykstra, and Diego Matamoros (55 Mill Street, Building 58, Suite 200, 8 p.m., $40).

WORDS: Toronto writers take it to Shakespeare tonight at This Is Not a Reading Series. Steven Beattie—editor at Quill and Quire and blog-writer of That Shakespeherian Rag—speaks to Priscilla Uppal about her new novel, To Whom It May Concern, and her use of King Lear as its starting point. Sri Lankan–born Toronto novelist Shyam Selvadurai and actor/playwright Linda Griffiths join in the discussion by addressing the question of the current relevance of Shakespeare. Gladstone Hotel Ballroom (1214 Queen Street West), 7:30 p.m., $5 (refunded with purchase of To Whom It May Concern).

Dan Misener's unstoppably rad reading series, Grownups Read Things They Wrote As Kids, is moving to new digs for its fourth installation next Monday.

Now here is a fail-proof event with a pretty self-explanatory title. Dan Misener is back once again with Grownups Read Things They Wrote As Kids, demanding you dig through your parents' basement and uproot the comedy gold that is your grade school Hilroy cahier.

Even if you've mastered the spelling of words like "dedicated" and "trouble" by now, and you no longer consider Laura to be your very best friend, there's still a chance to put those early works of literary exploration to good use.