LECTURE: Dr. Marianne Sommer of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology is giving a lecture called "Popular Primates: A Time-Travel Through National Geographic." The talk is a reflection on the history of National Geographic, and how public interest in primates has been shaped since the publication's inception in 1888. Hosted by broadcaster Erika Ritter. OISE (252 Bloor Street West), 6 p.m., $20. THEATRE: The last hurrah of local actor/musician Henry Svec's musical/comedy project The Boy......

How can an advertiser go wrong when they hire an adorable simian to help pitch their product (or not-quite-as-cute, as testified by the venerable gorilla suit mascot of Active Surplus on Queen West)? The old "aww, aren't they cute" factor kicks in to such a degree that it may not matter what colour the model's outfit is or that the "jungle" is a merely a cluster of trees next to a suburban pond or......

Mayor David Miller unveiled a YouTube video asking Canadians to sign an online petition urging Ottawa to ban all handguns in Canada. While most handguns are already illegal, the gesture would serve a powerful symbolic purpose by pushing the blame for Toronto gun violence onto the feds. CBC News says that a highly publicized series of raids in 2005, which police said took a major gang out of commission, have resulted in almost no......

Spacing contributor Jessica Duffin Wolfe (aka vforvandal) captured the above video at Ossington station during a late-night mid-December snowstorm. It's difficult to think of a better possible respite from the sleet; every station should have one of these.......