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ART: Showcasing fifteen visual artists from Canada, United States, and Mexico, "Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World" is the AGO's latest exhibition, and it opens today. The exhibit aims to redefine the modern indigenous artist by showcasing a generation of artists less compelled than their ancestors to reflect a traditional tribal identity. As a result, the paintings, drawings, and photographs on display articulate a truly unique cultural perspective and make for a fascinating exhibition. "Remix" runs until August 23. Art Gallery of Ontario (317 Dundas Street West), 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m., $10–18 (free for members).

Here at Drama Club, we generally consider Mirvish shows to be outside our purview (although that certainly doesn't stop them popping up elsewhere on Torontoist). But when we heard that the much ballyhooed Broadway darling Spring Awakening was coming to the Canon Theatre, we couldn't help feeling...intrigued. Maybe it was our geeky theatre-school memories of the scandalous Wedekind play the new musical is based on. More likely, it was Lucille Bluth singing "Mama Who Bore Me" on 90210. Regardless, it was with a healthy amount of curiosity (and perhaps a soupçon of dread) that we went to the theatre on opening night.

THEATRE: Tony Award–winning rock musical Spring Awakening starts its month-long run tonight at the Canon Theatre. Adapted from the 1891 play by Frank Wedekind, the decidedly alternative musical (with a score by Duncan Sheik and lyrics by Steven Sater) follows the sexual discoveries of formerly oppressed teenagers living at the turn of the nineteeth century in Berlin. The play, when it was first released, was initially banned in Germany because its not-so-feel-good topics include abortion, suicide, and rape. Parents all across the province are sure to grimace as their puberty-stricken daughters and sexually ambiguous sons announce they simply have to go see a bunch of former child actors take their clothes off on stage. But seriously, this musical is supposed to be really good. Canon Theatre (244 Victoria Street), 8 p.m., $28–$89.