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Weekend Planner: October 10–12, 2009

FAMILY: If you’re spending some quality time with the kids this long weekend, head down to Harbourfront Centre for HarbourKIDS: Respect. This three-day festival is geared towards children ages five to twelve and will feature activities themed around the idea of respect. The roster for this weekend’s festival includes musical entertainment by ex-Moxy Früvous member Mike Ford and the Canadian indie band Rock Plaza Central who recently collaborated with a Grade 3 class at a Toronto Island school, along with theatrical performances by Morro and Jasp (who will not be addressing issues related to puberty), arts and crafts, and interactive workshops. Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay West), Saturday, Sunday, and Monday 11 a.m.–5 p.m., FREE.

Urban Planner: October 1, 2009

MUSIC: Brooklyn’s Matt and Kim make a return appearance at Reverb for an all-ages show tonight. The dynamic duo wooed the crowds earlier this year at NXNE, and are back after a worldwide tour covering four continents. Check out their new video "Lesson Learned" which just won an MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video. Reverb (651 Queen Street West), 8 p.m., $13.50 (plus service charge).

Reena Failure

As part of each hand as they are called, her Luminato project celebrating the history of Jewish life in Kensington Market, artist Reena Katz was to organize a game of Mah Jongg between seniors from the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care and grade eight students from Ryerson Community Public School. (Mah Jongg is "a game that originated in China, migrated west, and was popularized with North American Jewish women during the 1920s.")

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