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DANCE: Members of the Arabesque Dance Company perform at the Revival Bar tonight in a fundraiser for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of Canada. As one of the leading belly dance organizations in the country, with an international reputation garnered from its world-wide tour circuit, the Arabesque dancers are surely a big draw, as is DJ Agile, a Toronto-based DJ and producer, who's created beats for big names like Jully Black and Nas. The ticket price includes a comp beverage, hors d’oeuvres, dessert buffet, and a gift bag. Revival Bar (783 College Street), 7:30 p.m., $40 in advance, $45 at door.

WORDS: This is Not a Reading Series presents a book launch tonight at the Gladstone Hotel. Stripmalling, by author Jon Paul Fiorentino and illustrator Evan Munday, tells the story of one young man's embarrassing and hilarious journey to literary awareness. The evening will begin with a screening of the short film The Way Of The Smock: The Making Of Stripmalling, followed by a discussion with Fiorentino and Munday (facilitated by author Zoe Whittall). Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street West), 7:30 p.m., $5 (free with book purchase).

Two months from today will mark the calendar end of this cold, scientifically sad season. Two more months of the cold, the wet, the layers upon layers, and too-closely sharing snow-filled sidewalks with your fellow pedestrians. Chances are the very thought of this may already have you waiting it out, brooding, and creating some winter-inspired pieces of art inside your cozy abode, but the Whippersnapper Gallery would like to "jolt you out of your houses" to see—and maybe even display your work in—"Winter Showcase," opening February 12 at their College Street gallery as part of their thrice-yearly group show exhibitions. The group shows, according to Whippersnapper, "are excellent opportunities for artists who do not have a large body of work to gain exhibition experience." So if an entire room (besides your own) filled only with examples of your deepests and darkests is a little intimidating, this might be a less terrifying starting point.

ART: Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven, not eight, but nine (phew!) visual art exhibitions open today at the Harbourfront Centre. Featuring pieces ranging from a diseased baby vulture to an upside-down Christmas tree, there's sure to be something for everyone in your twisted, post-modern family. Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay West), opening tonight from 6–10 p.m., runs until January 4, 2009, FREE.

ART: The ROM is launching a new series called "Out of the Vaults" today. The exhibition will display the ceremonial garb of Chief Sitting Bull, including his war shirt, moccasins, and iconic feathered war bonnet, all on display in the Daphne Cockwell Gallery of Canada. What's more, an original court gown of Marie Antoinette will be on display as part of the exhibition for two weeks starting October 11 in the Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles and Costume, before it gets loaned to the palace of Versailles. The Royal Ontario Museum (100 Queen's Park), 10 a.m., $22 (included with admission).

FESTIVAL: Toronto's annual Taste of the Danforth festival returns tonight and runs until Sunday. Along with the usual smorgasbord of excellent Greek food come expected crowds of over 500,000, and a healthy serving of ambivalence. Danforth Avenue from Broadview Avenue to Jones Avenue, 6 p.m., FREE.

Spiral Beach have found themselves in a spot of trouble. As detailed a week and a half ago in both NOW and Eye, the band got hit with a $1470 bill [PDF] from EcoMedia Direct for putting up eight posters for last month's Opera House show on eight of the company's "SilverBox and Heritage Box Recycling Bins." Again, that's $1470 for eight small posters, like the one above made by Spiral Beach singer/keyboardist Maddy Wilde. As the letter from EcoMedia CEO Erich Genseberger emphatically points out, the bins "constitute private property," and the unauthorized postering is a "serious breach of [EcoMedia's] rights." The bill, sent to the Opera House and passed on to the band, listed the cost of "cleaning and removal of posters on boxes" as $780, "inspection and collection of evidence" as $320, and an "administration fee" of $300, plus $70 for GST.

Find out what happens when musicians trade guitars for paint brushes this Friday, April 4 at the opening of Whippersnapper Gallery's latest exhibition Colour is the Keyboard.

Strap on your tux or taffeta this Friday, February 1 and head down to WhipperSnapper Gallery (587A College Street) for Let's Get Hitched.

With a title like Push It, could Whippersnapper Gallery's January group show be anything but real good?

The Too-Explicit Injustice of Kind Population! is: a) a popular Engrish t-shirt slogan in Tokyo b) a Sufjan Stevens hidden track c) the title of this month's photo blog show at the Whippersnapper Gallery If you guessed "c," many hand claps and cheers! You've just won yourself admission* to the opening reception of this must-see exhibition featuring Toronto's top photo bloggers: Sam Javanrouh, Chris Altorf and Jessica Hayes, Adam Hool, and Rannie Turingan. The...

Torontoist finished Book 7 last night, and we're feeling a little down about the Harry Potter saga being over. Sure, everything turned out alright (and Mrs. Weasley said the B-word!) but we can't help feeling like the wizarding world no longer needs our support. Under normal circumstances, we would be binge eating and watching Prisoner of Azkaban on repeat.

Today is the first day of Prophecy 2007—the annual Harry Potter-centric academic conference where adult fans of the series present papers on The Boy Who Lived. With Book 7's release not two weeks ago, we imagine there was a lot of frantic editing and crumpled paper over the last few days.

Remember Makeout!? You can see what happened with the roomful of 200 people smooching at the Ryerson University Film Festival. This weekend RUFF will showcase films by about 40 graduating Image Arts students from May 10-12 at Royal Cinema.

While our experience Over The Top experience from Thursday was full of guitar driven pop-rock, Friday night was all about pianos, keyboards and synthesizers. We're still all smiles from it, it was that freakin' good. Here's why.

Even though the Toronto Indie Pop Festival became the Over The Top Festival a long time ago, Thursday night's show at the Whippersnapper Gallery would have fit in easily with the former name. With three bands on the bill, it was a short blast of sweet songs that got the fest off to a good start.

What's the perfect way to combat the inevitable disappointment of your New Year's Eve plans? How about celebrating tomorrow night, instead of December 31st?

Istoica, an awesome photoblogging duo, will be having their first exhibit of their work, Fragments of Everyday, at the Whippersnapper Gallery (587A College St). The opening party is tonight (September 15th, 2006) starting at 7pm and the work will be up until September 26th, 2006. This is not to be missed.