ART: Today is the last day to catch Of All the People in the World, the eye-opening and visually compelling installation that we reviewed on Friday. Created by the U.K.-based theatre company Stan’s Cafe, the show brings fifteen tons of rice to the Harbourfront Centre, with each grain of rice representing one person. Throughout the exhibit, performers count and weigh different quantities of rice to convey a range of statistics, including the populations of various cities, the number of Canadians who eat fast food every day, and the number of military currently serving in Afghanistan. York Quay Centre (235 Queens Quay West), 11 a.m.–6 p.m., FREE.
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