A note to Torontoist readers from an artists' group with some impressive collective activist-power: NO CUTS TO OUR ESSENTIAL SERVICES because it's tough as hell to swim in empty pools On WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 4-6 p.m. we are calling on ALL MEMBERS OF THE ARTS COMMUNITY AND ANYBODY ELSE to convene at NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE to make it clear that we will not tolerate cuts to our essential services and that we support the......

Faithful readers might remember Lisa Pijuan from previous Torontoist stories, and we're sure you'll be pleased to learn she is as inimitable and inexhaustible as ever. RED is still going strong at the Lula Lounge every couple of months or so, and tonight's edition is a special one commemorating Women's Remembrance Day with a talented all-female line-up. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Sistering. Be prepared for the usual eclectic mix of......

Hey, remember when you were a little kid and your parents would take you to the library every Saturday morning for storytime, and the air was just buzzing with energy and noisy kids but as soon as the storyteller started to speak everyone magically shut up? And even if you don't, don't you wish you did because it sounds like such a lovely memory? Yeah. Well, you're in luck, because Speak! is here to fill......

The inimitable Lisa Pijuan (who recently started a blog about nifty goings-on about town) presents the last RED of 2005 tonight at the Lula Lounge. The bi-monthly performance series is sure to wrap up the year with a bang, with curator Pijuan's usual eclectic and inspired mix of performers. Tonight's line-up includes seasoned storyteller Dan Yashinsky and dynamic performance poet Wakefield Brewster, as well as a varied slew of comedians, dancers, musicians, and performers of......

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One lucky Wednesday evening every other month, a wonderfully eclectic hoard of musicians, comedians, dancers, and all other manner of performer descends on the Lula Lounge for RED: A Night of Live Performance. Tonight is that lucky night this month. Wonderwoman Lisa Pijuan-Nomura has been curating and hosting RED for almost three years now, when she decided there weren't enough venues for performers and artists to simply play. Pijuan-Nomura, a dynamic performer in her......