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A big city like Toronto can seem like the centre of everything. From the streets of a place as compelling and complex as this, it’s all too easy only to look inward at the interwoven fabric of city life and forget to look outward—or more specifically upward—at the impossible magnitude that exists above us.

Every night, in the darkness above Toronto, satellites you’re not supposed to know about can be seen racing across the sky. The sun reflecting off of their antennae and mirrored surfaces reveals their existence to anyone who knows where to look. One man who knows exactly where to look is Ted Molczan, who, from the vantage point of his downtown apartment, has become one of the world’s foremost trackers of secret satellites. He has been on the cover of the New York Times, featured in Wired magazine, and is called upon by the media and government agencies to consult on matters of what’s in the sky.

If you’ve ever considered that it might be a fun idea to invite the local roller-derby girls to your next party, Thursday at The Power Plant cleared up that misconception. That night, the eleventh annual Power Ball art party fundraiser at Harbourfront’s contemporary art gallery filled every space with interactive installations. This included some unfortunately unavoidable interactions with some very determined girls on roller skates—determined to be noticed, to be outrageous. Fortunately, their grit was unnecessary. Power Ball 11’s sheer saturation of art upon art in every corner was a reminder of why the event is worth attending.

It's officially summer! Beer-swillers laze about on patios, hipsters remove their keffiyehs (well almost), and the Power Plant begins its All Summer, All Free program. Launching concurrently is their summer exhibition Not Quite How I Remember It, which features Canadian artists Diane Borsato and Nestor Krüger, as well as international artists Sharon Hayes, Gerard Byrne, and Kelley Walker, among many others. The show aims to navigate the roles memory and history play in our society and dissect how the past reasserts itself in the present. "In treating the past as a work in progress, artists in the exhibition throw light on timely issues of authorship, ownership, identification, influence, and collectivity," says Helena Reckitt, Senior Curator of Programs.

Hey there, arty partygoers. Where will you be this Thursday, May 22? At the Powerplant's annual fundraiser, Powerball 10: Decadence (231 Queens Quay West), or Gallery TPW's D-List Ball at the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street West)?

If you're feeling like it's been a while since your last dose of post-punk, queer, feminist culture, then you'll be happy to hear that this Wednesday, The Power Plant (Toronto's leading contemporary art gallery) will have your fix. They'll be screening selections from the oeuvre of avant-garde, DIY filmmaker Sadie Benning. Benning, who was one of the founding members of the seminal band Le Tigre, made her first film at the tender age of fifteen, with a Fisher-Price Pixelvision toy camera. What followed were semi-narrative explorations of her emerging lesbian sexuality and pop culture influences.