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This evening, Toronto Culture and Fort York are unveiling a permanent public art installation under the Gardiner Expressway (off Fort York Boulevard, between Bathurst and Fleet Streets). In WATERTABLE, Toronto artists Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak use video and lights to create the effect of rippling water on the underside of the highway—a reminder that the Gardiner runs along what used to the original shoreline of Lake Ontario. Ever wonder why the the Toronto Harbour Commission building is notably not on the harbour? It used to be surrounded by water on three sides!

Photo by ilkrender.

The grand dame of Toronto's performing arts venues, the Royal Alexandra Theatre, celebrates its 100th birthday tomorrow. To mark the event, the Mirvishes have organized a free open house from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., during which you can go on a self-guided backstage tour, eat free grub at the BBQ in front of the theatre (weather permitting), or catch a tribute performance from the original members of the 1969 Canadian cast of Hair. (No word on whether they'll get naked onstage again.)

Now that the keys to the building have officially changed hands, Roncesvalles is a step closer to getting its old buddy back. While the theatre is still technically closed for business (with mumblings of a September opening!), the not-for-profit Revue Film Society will be holding a big open house this Saturday. This marks the first time the theatre will be open to the public since its closure last June.

Torontoist just bought a new bike. It's blue and shiny and for some reason hasn't been stolen yet. In celebration of this fact, here are three bike-related items we thought you'd be interested in.

Everybody’s talking about the weather—now’s your chance to get out and do something about it. Mayor David Miller is inviting everyone in the city to attend the Climate Change Action Forum this Sunday, April 29 at Exhibition Place.

Listen up doodlers, animaniacs, and true believers. This month, Max the Mutt Animation School wants to give you super powers! Well, super-artistic powers, anyway.

Then you'll love Lake Ontario Park! At least, that would seem to be a reasonable assumption. However, if you're looking for more reassurance (recommended), the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (or, NAMBLA) is hosting a public forum on their plans for "Lake Ontario Park," which is to be "one of Toronto's great new park spaces and a defining destination for the city," running from the Portlands (Cherry St. south of the Distillery District) in the west to the RC Harris Treatment Plant at the foot of Victoria Park Ave in the east.

...They want you. They want you as a new recruit!

Why both of course. Torontoist was at the Coach House open house last night and didn't see this little courtship ritual happening but we wish we did.

Gothamist posts on the capture of a NYC perv thanks to Little Brother and a camera phone. They also scour the city for vodka martinis and Shamrock shakes and spot the friend from the Wonder Years at a city law firm. New York police think that Littlejohn is their man.

Every December for as long as Torontoist can remember the holidays have been marked by a certain Friday morning when CBC's Metro Morning (our must-listen morning radio since childhood) just doesn't quite sound the same. The strange echo and laughter of a live audience can only mean one thing: we've missed the CBC's holiday open house yet again. Every year we swear that we'll haul our cookies down to Front Street to meet the voices that wake us up every morning, and every year we forget until it's too late.

So you're not TIFFing towards ecstasy, making like conspicuously consuming celebs on Bloor's Mink Mile who spend small fortunes in order to drown out the loneliness of the red carpet (boo hoo). The weekend's stuffed with fashiony goodness that's kinder to the civilian pocketbook, and much more satisfying.

Coach House, publisher of books we like is turning 40.

Stinson, a slight man dressed all in black, sipped a beverage from a straw as he milled about the grand hall, which he says functioned as a bank until 2001. He told us that the club aspired to be a place that felt like family, a place where people would go to spend a lot of time.