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Urban Planner: September 3, 2010
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].
M.C. and “Island Gyal” Masia One headlines the free Global Grooves series at Yonge-Dundas Square tonight. Photo by Kareem Ajani.
In today’s Urban Planner, No Heart Feelings continues at a new cinema; a collaborative dance work about accusations is at the Winchester Street Theatre; Masia One and Bedouin Soundclash headline free shows; and a dirty little rock ‘n roll show called Festival of Waste goes down.
FILM: We suggested it in last Friday’s Urban Planner, and followed that up with a pretty positive review (as did NOW Magazine‘s Norman Wilner); now, the Toronto indie film No Heart Feelings has attracted enough fans to warrant another run (nothing short of a miracle for a Canadian independent film) at the Carlton. Double bill it with Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (also playing at the re-opened multiplex) for a comprehensive Toronto location-spotting experience. Carlton Cinema (20 Carlton Street), screenings start at 1 p.m., $7 (matinee)–$9 (evening).
MUSIC: There have been music acts of some sort every night at the Canadian National Exhibition, many of them “tribute” acts to acts of yesteryear. But The Ex also programs original music acts with relevant material from this decade—for instance, we hear that Sweet Thing‘s set last week, opening for Down With Webster, was both well attended and received. Tonight, Bedouin Soundclash plays, and it’s free with your admission to the Exhibition Grounds. Toronto Star Bandshell (Exhibition Place), 7:30 p.m., FREE.
MUSIC: Another free music show, and this one doesn’t even require admission anywhere: pan-cultural hip hop M.C. Masia One is headlining the Global Groove Series at Yonge-Dundas Square. Yonge-Dundas Square, 8 p.m., FREE.
DANCE: Mayoral candidate Keith Cole and choreographer Darryl Tracy are just two of the collaborators on Inherencies and Other Disorders, a new dance work inspired by accusations (both true and false) and divas of the 1970s, though there’s no drag in the show. A profile of the show in Xtra touched on Cole’s hopes that skeletons will be dragged out of his closet during the mayoral campaign, as he claims he’s hoping for some reminders. Winchester Street Theatre (80 Winchester Street), 8 p.m., $18–$22.
MUSIC: Unlike the two all-ages concerts listed above, this one is definitely nineteen-plus: The Festival of Waste will feature scuzzy rock ‘n roll and beats from Tonka and Puma, Teen Tits Wild Wives, Hellaluya, and more. Drink specials and DJ Drunk as Fuck will encourage you to Bacchanalian excess. John’s Restaurant (460 Spadina Avenue), 10 p.m., $5.