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Urban Planner: February 11, 2011
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].
Left to right: Daniel Pagett, Victoria Kucher, and Scott Clarkson appear in LOVESEXMONEY, closing this weekend at the Factory Theatre. Photo by Max Martin.
In today’s Urban Planner, students take to the TTC to combat a lack of mobility for homeless youth, the weekend ritual of hitting the town is explored in a new art exhibit, 1960s fashion helps twenty-first-century activism, Kat Sandler’s LOVESEXMONEY explores issues of intimacy, and catl bring their dirty/sexy brand of blues to the ‘Shoe.
CHARITY: All day today at TTC subway stations across the city, students will be performing and presenting art in an effort to get people to donate to the Tokens 4 Change drive. It aims to help youths living in shelters increase their mobility—to leave and explore the city, get to job interviews, and work towards a life beyond the shelter. A partnership between Project:Humanity, the Youth Without Shelter agency, several corporate sponsors, and dozens of GTA schools, Tokens 4 Change will accept whatever you can give in person—or you can donate a TTC round trip by texting “TOKENS” to 45678. TTC Subway Stations, 7 a.m.–7 p.m., FREE (for tokens you can spare).
ART: Anders Oinonen and Mike Murphy are the artists behind Sadderday Night. The exhibit has its opening reception tonight at G Gallery, a space operated by the University of Guelph’s School of Fine Arts and Music (to give them a toehold in Toronto’s arts scene). The installation utilizes a sound component and re-contextualizes everyday objects to explore the ritual of painting the town red each Saturday night. Perhaps not the most romantic place for a date, but it certainly sounds like a conversation starter. G Gallery (234 Queen Street East), 6 p.m.–10 p.m., FREE.
FUNDRAISER: HBO’s Mad Men is credited with a revival in jacket ‘n’ tie and cocktail wear at many functions, but the stylish series about a profitable advertising firm is being used to raise money for microfinance efforts in Ecuador, courtesy the Plantados organization. The event promises retro cocktails and hors d’oeuvres (included in the ticket price) and cigarette girls—though we wonder if their wares will be smoked indoors, as in the TV show? Fraser Studios (115 Danforth Avenue, Suite 203), 8 p.m., $50–$60.
THEATRE: Maybe you saw our first mention of LOVESEXMONEY—the new trio of short one-act plays from Theatre Brouhaha that explore issues of intimacy in an age when you can order nearly anything over the internet. But if not, you can still catch it during its final weekend at the Factory Studio. Playwright Kat Sandler has a deft way with dialogue, and while it might be a stretch to say any of her conflicted would-be lovers finds true happiness, you’re apt to have a good laugh watching them try. Factory Theatre Studio (125 Bathurst Street), 8 p.m., $16.50–$22.
MUSIC: Local trio catl have a reputation for grimy, boot-stomping blues, though they’ve developed a somewhat shinier veneer in the past year with the addition of stylish multi-instrumentalist Sarah Kirkpatrick. The hard-rocking outfit headline tonight at the Legendary ‘Shoe, with openers Steamboat and Youth Crime. The Horseshoe Tavern (370 Queen Street West), 10 p.m (start of first set), $8.