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Urban Planner: April 14, 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].
In today’s Urban Planner: schmooze with the movers and shakers of the art world; head over for An Evening of Awesome to support the Child Development Institute; find out to how to vote strategically against a majority government; and attend a book launch by two of Toronto’s best authors.
ART: The Toronto Art Expo begins tonight with an opening party and runs until April 17. This is the biggest art expo in the country, featuring more than 200 local and international artists showcasing their work for other artists, buyers, investment art collectors, art connoisseurs, and art business professionals. It’s the place to be if you are serious about purchasing professional art. Metro Convention Centre (255 Front Street West), 6 p.m., $12, students/seniors $8, opening night $25.
BENEFIT: An Evening of Awesome: A Night of Intrigue and Fantasy takes place tonight to support the Child Development Institute (CDI), an organization that works with at-risk children and their families. Celebrity chef Brad Long will be providing nourishment, and the signature drink of the night will be the “Awesome Martini” sponsored by Iceberg Vodka. There will also be aerialists and performers, a silent auction, and more. It promises to be awesome! Evergreen Brick Works (550 Bayview Avenue), 6:30 p.m., $75–$150.
POLITICS: The Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, have weaseled their way into becoming representatives of some of the most hated organizations in the world, including Exxon, Dow Chemical, and the U.S. Federal Government, while filming their antics for the documentary The Yes Men Fix the World. This time, they are presenting The Yes Men Say No to Harper, a live performance with donations going towards Project Democracy, an online tool that gives Canadians tips on how to prevent a Conservative majority by voting strategically. Royal Cinema (608 College Street), 7 p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.), PWYC.
READING: City Lights Publishers and Pedlar Press are having a launch party and book signing for Hal Niedzviecki and Ken Sparling’s latest works. Culture commentator and Broken Pencil Magazine co-founder Neidzviecki’s last work was The Peep Diaries, about how new media and online culture created a need to watch and be watched. His latest work of fiction, Look Down, This is Where It Must Have Happened, is about the remarkable and mundane moments in everyday modern life. Sparling, author and former fiction editor at Broken Pencil, also launches his new fiction, Intention, Implication, Wind, about voices, strange noises, and sounds that we don’t normally hear. Supermarket (268 Augusta Avenue), doors at 7:30 p.m., readings at 8:30 p.m., FREE.