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Urban Planner: March 17, 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].
How cool would it be to have one-quarter of Sloan write a score for your film credits? And tonight, it’s within the realm of possibility. Photo by Chromewaves from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.
Today’s Urban Planner is all about celebrating the cause: You can petition to make March 17 a future statutory holiday, learn about what is making those honeybees vanish and what you can do about it, and you can auction off amazing things to support independent filmmakers.
CELEBRATION: It’s St. Patrick’s Day! The largest all-day event in its honour takes place again this year at the St. Lawrence Market. This time, there is an initiative to make it a statutory holiday in Canada. The organizers want people across the country to join them in signing the petition and lobbying the federal government to make St. Patrick’s Day into St. Party’s Day. Note that there is a dress code at the event: go green or go home. North Building, St. Lawrence Market (92 Front Street East), starts at noon, FREE.
FILM: A screening of Vanishing of the Bees, a film about the recent phenomenon of honeybees all over the world disappearing from their hives, will be followed by a panel discussion led by key bee experts from the Toronto Beekeepers’ Cooperative and the University of Toronto. There will be food and honey treats for sampling. Evergreen Brick Works (550 Bayview Avenue), 7 p.m., $12.
BENEFIT: The non-profit, member-driven Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is marking thirty years of providing affordable access to equipment, education, and spaces for filmmakers and is celebrating with ShopLIFT, a silent auction. This is your chance to score a great piece of cinematic memorabilia, passes to any number of theatres or galleries around town, or possibly another even cooler kind of donation: bid to have Buck 65, Tony Dekker (from the Great Lake Swimmers), Gentleman Reg, Oh Susanna, Andrew Scott (from Sloan), or Andrew Whiteman (from Broken Social Scene and Apostle of Hustle) score the credit sequence or a two-to-four-minute segment of your film project. You’ll also have a chance to act out one of your favourite movie scenes, accompanied by live music in front of a film-loving audience: Movie-oke! All proceeds go towards supporting independent filmmaking. Garrison (1197 Dundas Street West), 9 p.m., $8 general admission, $5 for LIFT Members and students.