For those of you who didn’t attend on Wednesday night, the news coming out of the Pontiac Quarterly is that founder Damian Rogers is leaving the poetry/prose/arts/music night. Liz Clayton is taking over organizing and hosting duties, with her first edition slated for October. Watch for falling haikus: As Ron posted about on Friday, 50 poets, including George Elliot Clarke and Stuart Ross, will be invading Dundas Square today from noon until midnight. If you......

The Diamond Cherry Reading Series – run by local poets and small-press publishers Devon Gallant and Julie Cameron Gray – kicks-off the week with performances by audio poet Hilary Peach (Poems Only Dogs Can Hear) and singer/songwriter/poet Nik Beat. The series takes place each month at the Zemra Lounge – 778 St. Clair West – and starts at 8pm. It’s free, too, so you have no excuse not to go. On Monday, head down to......

On Monday, a recent documentary entitled Les Chiefs, the debut film from local theatre director Jason Gileno, will be screening at the Pilot Tavern in Yorkville. It follows the semi-pro Laval Chiefs as they bash their way through a season in the rumblefish League d'hockey Semi-Professionnel de Quebec. Along the way, a group of feisty players like Mike Bajurny (whose penalty minutes-to-goals ratio in his three seasons with the Chiefs ran at 100:1) come in......