Urban Planner: February 24, 2011

By Joanne Dang

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].

Les Percussions de Strasbourg. Image courtesy of Guy Vivien.

In today’s Urban Planner: Relive some of the good times at the Bad Dog Theatre in the venue’s last few days, knit some mittens for a good cause, rock out to some East Coast sounds while Ashley MacIsaac gets some birthday beats, and see a modern percussion ensemble.

STAGE: This is your last week to see the Bad Dog Theatre in its current incarnation as the improv company is closing its location at 138 Danforth Avenue on March 2 and looking for a new home. In the meantime, there are a few shows still running and the Bad Dog will continue to host comedy gigs at various stages throughout the city. Tonight’s offerings are the Bad Dog and Ely Henry production of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (8 p.m.) and the Jane Luk–hosted improv show People Within My Reach (9:30 p.m.). Bad Dog Theatre (138 Danforth Avenue), $10 (each show).
CRAFTS: For those who love knitting but have no one to knit that special homemade scarf for, join the Streetknit team for their Knit-In, where folks are invited to help make scarfs, socks, and mittens for people in need. Instructions, wool, and needles will be provided. Annette Library (145 Annette Street), 6:15 p.m., FREE.
MUSIC: For fans of beer, Trailer Park Boys, and Maritime rock, tonight is East Coast Music Night over at the Sound Academy. Mr. Lahey and Randy of the Boys will be present, and the night will include a performance by fiddler Ashley MacIsaac, who’s celebrating his birthday. Sound Academy (11 Polson Street), 8 p.m., $10–$13.75.
INSTRUMENTAL: Soundstreams and the Royal Conservatory present an evening of percussion by the latest members of Les Percussions de Strasbourg from France. The renowned group ensemble is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary and strives to reinvent the way we see percussion recitals. Known for reinterpreting older works with a modern twist, this show will feature Iannis Xenakis’ Persephassa, John Cage’s Credo in Us, and the premiere of heX by Andrew Staniland, whose work has been described as “alternatively beautiful and terrifying instrumental mediation.” Koerner Hall, Royal Conservatory (273 Bloor Street West), 8 p.m., $20–$60.