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MUSIC: The Mahones, The Warped 45's, and Eugine Ripper are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Fast Folk Underground concert series tonight at the legendary Dakota Tavern. The Mahones are getting ready to tour the US with Irish-American punk-rockers the Dropkick Murphys, so bail out on that financial planning appointment you had with your accountant, grab yourself a Jameson's, and get ready to wake up tomorrow feeling like a character from a Bukowski novel. The Dakota Tavern (249 Ossington Avenue), 10 p.m., $10.

LECTURE: United States presidential candidate Ralph Nader is in town. This evening, he'll be giving a lecture on the trading floor of the old Toronto Stock Exchange building, remarking on the upcoming election and discussing what's at stake for Canada. His lecture also includes a Q & A and clips from his new biographical documentary, An Unreasonable Man. Design Exchange (234 Bay Street), 7 p.m., $10.

LECTURE: Join urban experts Brian Andrew, Mark Kingwell, and Jay Pridmore at the ROM for a discussion on large-scale urban development. The talk, Shanghai: City of the Future?, is presented by the Institute for Contemporary Culture at the Royal Ontario Museum and complements the ROM's current exhibition, Shanghai Kaleidoscope. Royal Ontario Museum (in the Signy & Cléophée Eaton Theatre), 7:30 p.m., $10 ($6 for Friends of the ICC, $8 for ROM Members).