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When it’s minus something degrees outside and minus more degrees with the windchill, sitting and knitting in the warmth of your home is a good way to pass the time. Since indoor knitting is a luxury, why not throw something together for the less fortunate folks on the streets?

The Sweet Hereafter. Exotica. Ararat. Where The Truth Lies. What is the link that ties all these films together? Atom Egoyan, of course.

. This group show features work of artists living in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Halifax, and New York. The sculptures are smaller than 10x10x10” but they're visible to the human eye. Unless the artist has decided not to sell their work, the pieces are being sold for $200 each, with 10% of sales going to the Toronto Food Bank. Sounds like a good place for holiday shopping! The opening is tomorrow from 2-5pm and the show will run until Dec 22. Stop by Loop Gallery to find out why bigger isn’t always better.

Simon Houpt, New York correspondent for The Globe and Mail's Review section, is in town this evening to launch his new book with the help of This Is Not A Reading Series. Museum of The Missing: A History of Art Theft explores the shady and secretive world of art theft and chronicles “some of the most audacious and fascinating art heists of our times.” The book features a section entitled “Gallery of Missing Art” which focuses on stolen masterpieces. Houpt is more than qualified to write on the subject, having written about art and the auction world for a number of publications.

The Ryerson Review of Journalism is one of the most acclaimed magazines in the country – and it’s run entirely by the students of Ryerson University’s school of journalism. Running a national magazine is a costly endeavour, so to fill the coffers the RRJ is hosting a black-tie fundraiser this Tuesday night. It promises to be a good one.

No time…Must get back down to Harbourfront…IFOA in full swing…Here are some other literary events taking place this week….

Goodness! This is a week stuffed with festivals (and, surprisingly, interesting general releases), and frankly, it’s time to pick sides.

The week starts off with another instalment of Pussy Pen, an evening of readings and performance focusing on women, trans, and queer perspectives. It takes place at Tango and Crews, 508 Church St, beginning at 8pm. Free.

Excuse me for the lateness of this week’s listing. I’m still on Nuit Blanche time. And yes, I made it until 7am. This is an absolutely fantastic week for word nerds. And check this – if one of your friends is more into sports, you can bring them to a literary event disguised as a boxing match. For a boxing fan like me, it doesn't get any better.

A whirlwind tour of 50 cities in 50 nights makes its Toronto stop Saturday night. The good folks over at Wave Books have put together the self-proclaimed “biggest literary event of 2006”, The Poetry Bus. The bus is a 40ft. bio-diesel MCI touring coach that sleeps 38 poets (that’s a lot of angst) and probably doesn’t look a whole lot like the bus pictured. Over 200 poets will be participating; getting off and on the bus at various stops across the continent. There will be one past presidential candidate participating along with one Pulitzer Prize winner.

The last 10 days have been a great time to be a film nut, but now Christmas comes early for book nerds as over the next few weeks two of the biggest events of the year take place, starting with next Sunday’s Word on the Street, which will be followed by the start of the International Festival of Authors in mid-October.

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.

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This week’s listings come at you one day late but better than ever. Ok, maybe not better than ever. More like as adequate as before.

A couple of Sunday night events to kick-off or end your week, depending on how you see it. Gypsy Eyes, who is all over the place this week, hosts Last Call Poets at the Cadillac Lounge – 1296 Queen W. – tonight at 8pm. Admission is $7.

Ah, another week, another Film Friday. But wait! There’s something special this week to break up the monotony! An extra special review of the (heavily delayed) Pulse brought to us by our superhuman photographer and co-editor David Topping. What do you have to say about it, David?

Bruce LaBruce loves his Polaroids. He loves those little instant squares of photographic goodness so much that he's been shooting a series of Polaroids over the last five years exploring the three time honoured themes of sex, violence and death. All of this blood, gore, bodily fluids and photos culminates in a retrospective at Gallery 1313 which opens tonight.

[SATIRE]If you're anything like Torontoist, your life by this point is little more than an elaborate plot to avoid setting foot within 200 metres of any office-like structure. You've successfully backed away from business clothes, rarely check your messages, and for the most part, just sit outside your apartment, sunning yourself, harbouring your West-End bias, indulging in organic supermarket bananas and wondering whether you should apologize for your suburban upbringing.

And march over to the opening of Artcade tonight 7-10pm at Microplay (632 Queen W). The group show brings 11 artists and designers that are inspired by classic arcade games. One of our favourite illustrators, Chris Hutsul, is showing pieces like this badass bot, a mashup of two of our favourite pop-culture influences; Transformers and the 8-bit glory of the NES.

will make no mention of the Chretien government, and will most likely lay off Canada altogether. The Drake Hotel (1150 Queen W) houses the film in its basement (pronounced 'the Drake Underground') tonight at 9:30pm, with the doors at 8:00pm. After-party includes the Alchemy Trio (featuring Richard Underhill), Great Bob Scott, Lee Hutchinson, and a "rare" set from DJ Gringo Star (formally known as Sir Spinner Fine Vinyl).

We can’t all be humanitarian celebs, donating US$1M to the Red Cross’s good work (Sandra Bullock) or warbling on a fundraising single (Boy George, Cliff Richard et al.). Enter Nathalie-Roze Fischer, go-getting local columnist (and chief glamazon of her accessories fempire).