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One of the greatest collaborations in Canadian musical history is coming to an end tomorrow night at Massey Hall. The Rheostatics are bidding farewell to bassist Tim Vesely, who is leaving the band to spend more time with his young family and dedicate more energy to his side project, The Violet Archers. The break-up is amicable. Well, as amicable as these things can be. Custody of the Tarleks has yet to be determined.

We'd like to start this week's run-down by wishing a very happy birthday to parent blog Gothamist, which turned four on Friday. If it wasn't for them, the rest of us wouldn't be here. They celebrated their birthday by nabbing an interview with Entourage star Adrian Grenier, who misses NYC public transportation when he's working in LA. They also reported on NYU students protesting a band whose name is also known as a slur, the new graffiti king in town, Bill Cosby's adorable dog, and the disturbing tale of a yoga instructor who was found guilty of killing his girlfriend, a dancer from Ohio who stripped to make ends meet.

Jagshemash!

Let's look back at a week in which no site in the -ist network adopted anyone from Africa...

Hey, have y'all been using our new "Recommend this" feature at the bottom of each post? This week we're bringing you the "Most Recommended" posts from across the -ist world, as well as recommending some of our own.

The Star is reporting that Mayor David Miller was given a giant cheque yesterday. They say:

Nothing grabs attention quite like the sight of a tall, blond mayor stalking the city's streets and subway system carrying a giant cheque for $24.45 million.

The mag itself has a photo essay on country travels, and a neat article on Pancake Mountain, D.C.'s impressively cool children's music show, conceived by music video director Scott Stuckey. $5 gets you admission and a copy of the mag. Supermarket, 9:30pm.

The Toronto Comic Arts Fest is finally upon us, and the ensuing days will be chock full of readings, gatherings and Koalas of the Kid variety. Tonight is no exception. Local illustrator and multitasker Marc Ngui sees his book, Lordie Jones, shot into the stratosphere by way of a book launch and storytelling session. And local illustrator Gari Taxali sees the first character in his Chump Toy line get its unveiling at Magic Pony tonight. It is a cute and monkeyish little thing. Which reminds us that there's also a nice photo essay of these high-priced plastic goodies over at CBC Arts.

- Accordion Guy writes a truth to power post on Russell Smith, fashion columnist (mostly, these days!), and alerts to a metafilter discussion of his latest, where people, surprisingly, tend to agree with him.

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.

As for Dundas Square, we'd rather it didn't go all Times Square on us. But if we can concentrate all the tackiness in one small arena, well, we'll give up the square for the sake of the greater good.