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Urban Planner: October 15, 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].
A triptych by Romas Astrauskas, whose new exhibit opens this evening at The Jane Mallett Theatre gallery. Image courtesy of the artist.
In today’s Urban Planner, art at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Teenager Hamlet at the Royal, Buck 65 at the library, how to UNPOWER yourself at Theatre Passe Muraille, Canadian Comedy Award showcases all over town, and set sail aboard The Boat again.
ART: The St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts does gallery showings too! The lobby of the Jane Mallett Theatre will host an opening for artist Romas Astrauskas’ New Work exhibit, presented in association with Gallery Moos (which is unaffiliated with The Jersey Giant down the street from the theatre). St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Jane Mallett Theatre gallery (27 Front Street East), 5 p.m.–9 p.m., FREE.
FILM: We wrote all about Margaux Williamson’s Teenager Hamlet yesterday, and how the project almost accidentally became her feature film debut. The Royal Cinema, a strong supporter of local film, is showing Teenager Hamlet tonight and Sunday, if you’d like to see all your favourite local “artsy-fartsy” types on the big screen. Royal Cinema (601 College Street), 7 p.m., $10
COMEDY: The Canadian Comedy Awards will announce their 2010 winners at an industry-only ceremony on Monday, but the nominees, flying into Toronto from across the country, are performing in showcases all weekend at local comedy venues. Our picks for tonight include a special Catch 23 at Comedy Bar (945 Bloor Street West) at 7:30 p.m., sketch group She Said What at Comedy Bar at 8:30 p.m., a PWYC improv showcase at Second City Toronto (51 Mercer Street) at 9:45 p.m., and sketch group Maybe at Bad Dog Theatre (138 Danforth Avenue) at 10:30 p.m. Various venues & various times, 7:30 p.m. onwards; check the Canadian Comedy Awards website for more details.
MUSIC: Continuing a run of stellar in-the-stacks performances, the Toronto Public Library’s Make Some Noise series has coaxed Buck 65 (a.k.a. Rich Terfry, host of CBC Radio 2’s Drive) out of the radio booth for a rare live performance. Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone Branch (1101 Bloor Street West), 8 p.m., FREE.
THEATRE: Sketch group Frenzy and friends have collaborated on a new comedic play, UNPOWER, about a motivational speaker convincing a succession of odd losers how to take control of their lives by letting go. It features a cast of comedy stalwarts, including Canadian Comedy Award nominees Alana Johnston (YTV’s That’s So Weird!) and Paul Bates (CTV’s Dan For Mayor). Theatre Passe Muraille (16 Ryerson Avenue), 10 p.m., $8.
PARTY: Popular Kensington Market spot The Boat has been closed for several weeks, partly for some minor renovations, but mostly due to a change in ownership. Unlike the Green Room, the temporary closure wasn’t motivated by City inspections; booker and “Captain” Keith Hamilton is very much looking forward to welcoming people aboard again. The Boat officially re-opens tomorrow night with a celebratory edition of the smooth sailing Yacht Rock night. The Boat (158 Augusta Avenue), 10 p.m., $5.