Looking for a lighthearted (but certainly not lightheaded) way to spend your Saturday night? Mammalian Diving Reflex is holding a spectacular sequel to their Nuit Blanche hit, ballroom dancing, and they need your help inflating some balloons. Pumps will be provided, so the easily winded need not fear. 3000 air-filled nuggets of multicoloured joy will be needed to fill the ballroom, so if you'd like to help, meet at 7 p.m. this Saturday, June......

If film buffs get the TIFF, art buffs get the Queen West Art Crawl, and hockey buffs get the NHL playoffs, then literary types get the IFOA. This year's fest packs in dozens of authors and into 10 days worth of readings, panel discussions, interviews and parties. Yes, once in a while literary types put down their books and drink. Torontoist lists the five events that piqued our interest in chronological order. 1) Mark Z.......

Calling Beat, Breaks and Culture the Toronto Electronic Music Festival is a bit of a pickle. Supposing the ‘electronic’ refers to the "computer generated visual performance, film and video" and "live Canadian and international electronic artists," there’s still a real gap between the ‘electronic artist’ tag and the highlights Platinum Pied Pipers. Featuring Detroit’s finest rapper/producer Jay Dee, the PPPipers, along with Jean Grae, graffiti art and the film Freestyle, represent the festival’s strong......