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Urban Planner: April 7, 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: see the work of Humber College’s graduating class of photographers, voice your opinion on the future of city parks, laugh at the misfortunes of others, listen to a former phone-sex operator, and finish off the night dancing to electro-pop.
ART: See the future of Canadian photography as more than 70 graduating students of Humber College’s Creative Photography Program showcase their artwork in Anthology. Styles represented in the exhibit, which runs until April 29, range from straightforward minimalism to vivid explosions of colour. Twist Gallery (1100 Queen Street West), reception at 6 p.m., FREE.
DISCUSSION: Given the issues affecting our green spaces such as city budgets, cutbacks, and lack of community involvement, a panel of experts and park advocates invite you to examine the future of our city parks at Whose Park is it? A Conversation about Our City Parks. The event is hosted by the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects, moderated by Donna Hinde of the Planning Partnership, and will explore the question of how to preserve and invest in the parks that we so often take for granted. John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design (230 College Street), 6 p.m., FREE.
COMEDY: How funny is it when someone falls down or gets hit in the groin with a football? If you chuckle just thinking about such things, then check out producer Eric Rodgers’ show Awkward: A Show of Epic Fail, where brave comedians and performers relive their most hilarious “epic fail” moments. Comedy Bar (945 Bloor Street West), 8 p.m., $8.
THEATRE: Cameryn Moore presents a one-woman show detailing the absurd narratives derived from her experiences working for an adult hotline. Phone Whore plays out as an intimate one-hour visit with a phone sex operator and it has already won critical acclaim at the San Francisco Fringe Festival and the Ottawa Fringe Festival. Audiences are invited to meet the performer for a discussion after the show. Phone Whore runs until April 8. Flying Beaver Pubaret (488 Parliament Street), doors at 7:30 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m., $10 advance or $15 at the door.
MUSIC: Aussie electro-pop group Cut Copy roll into town to play tracks off their swirling, synthesizer-heavy new album, Zonoscope, as well as their dramatically different–sounding past albums, such as the swoony, New Wave–inspired In Ghost Colours. Holy Ghost! will open the night with their own ’80s electro-funk take on the genre. Sound Academy (11 Polson Street), doors at 9 p.m., $31.50.