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Urban Planner: October 16, 2009
Urban Planner is Torontoist’s guide to what’s on in Toronto, published every weekday morning, and in a weekend edition Friday afternoons. If you have an event you’d like considered, email all of its details—as well as images, if you’ve got any—to [email protected].
On her 2007 visit, Toronto photographer Andrea Smith captured life inside Internally Displaced Persons camps in northern Uganda. Today, around half a million people remain in camps in the region.
PHOTOGRAPHY: In 2005, Torontonians Adrian Bradbury and Kieran Hayward started up the GuluWalk, a month-long night commute to raise awareness for northern Uganda’s “night commuters“—as many as forty thousand children who walked from their rural villages into the town of Gulu and other urban centres to sleep in relative safety and avoid abduction by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Inspired by their actions, photographer Andrea Smith went to Uganda in 2007 to document the plight of these children, living in displaced persons camps. Her latest exhibit of two dozen stunning photographs, “Understanding Gulu: A look at life within the camps,” opens tonight in partnership with GuluWalk. Smith will be joined by founder Bradbury and member of Toronto’s Acholi Diaspora, Charles Olango, for a discussion about the conflict and rehabilitation efforts in the region. All proceeds go to GuluWalk, and every ten-dollar donation gets you a raffle ticket for a photo shoot valued at five hundred dollars. Gallery DK (1332 Queen Street West), 7–10 p.m., $10 suggested donation.
THEATRE: With only two weeks until Halloween, DVxT Theatre Company sets the mood with their adaptation of Henry James’ eerie masterpiece The Turn of the Screw at Toronto’s historic Campbell House. Combining historic and contemporary detail by using both video projection and candlelight, the production is staged on all three floors of the house. Audience members follow the characters around as they bring this psychological thriller to life. Campbell House (160 Queen Street West), 8:30 p.m., $15–$35 (tickets available online or by calling 416-504-3898).
WORDS: As part of the art show “Scary Monster Beautiful” and in conjunction with OpenBook Toronto, House of Pomegranates brings you an intimate evening of readings in the dark. “Beautiful Monsters” promises a unique experience: you’ll use headphones (provided or bring your own) to listen in as the lights dim to black. Writers sharing their strange poetry and stories tonight include Tony Burgess, Sandra Kasturi, Andrew Pyper, Nancy Baker, Liisa Ladouceur, and PackAnimal. Gallery 1313 (1313 Queen Street West), 8–11 p.m., $10.
MUSIC: While Shout Out Out Out Out have managed to avoid being labelled as either a rock band or electro collective, there isn’t a shred of confusion when it comes to the energy and intensity of their live shows. Conceived in 2004, the super group is comprised of various members of Edmonton’s thriving independent music scene. Their second album, Reintegration Time, was released earlier this year. The band’s two drummers, four bass players, two samplers, five synthesizers, and one vocoder take over Wrongbar tonight (and tomorrow) for what’s sure to be a sweaty, all-out dance-a-thon. Wrongbar (1279 Queen Street West), doors at 8 p.m., $18.50 (advance tickets available at Rotate This, Soundscapes and Play de Record).
The “Fundraiser to FREE GAZA: Boats, Courts, and the Battle for Accountability” event, originally listed as the final item in today’s Planner, has been cancelled by the organizers, and will, according to an email from them, “be scheduled for some other time during the month of November.”