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Sometimes you just gotta sit down over burgers and fries with people who don't seem to even really get how talented they are. We did this recently with Katie Crown, Sara Hennessy, Nick Flanagan, and Chris Locke at the Rivoli, home of the weekly comedy series Laugh Sabbath, in which the four are regulars; we were also joined by Laugh Sabbath's producer and publicist, Leslie Aimée Gottlieb. The series celebrates its three-year anniversary this Sunday night with a special show hosted by The Flirts and featuring musical performances by Greg Alsop and Dave Monks of Tokyo Police Club.

Toronto funnymen Aaron Eves and Chris Locke, hosts of the monthly variety show Let's Get Hot!, celebrate their linen and silk anniversary (that's four years, people) as a duo tonight at the Rivoli, home to the popular weekend-capping comedy series Laugh Sabbath. LGH virgins can expect a lineup of the city's finest comics sandwiched between Eves and Locke's cry-laugh inducing performances. "Aaron and I always got along jokewise," says Locke. "At first we thought of doing a talk show where he’d be my sidekick, like Paul Shaffer. Or, you know, like in Return of the Jedi when Jabba the Hutt has that screaming gremlin." Eves adds, "And we wanted our audience to be chained women in gold bikinis."

ART: Today is the last opportunity to see the work at “Hard Twist,” the Gladstone Hotel’s annual juried textile exhibit. “Twist” is the theme that binds this year’s show together, and featured artists cover ideas from sharks to Canada’s first official hangman. Gladstone Hotel, 3rd and 4th floor (1214 Queen Street West), 12–5 p.m., FREE.