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Urban Planner: May 19, 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].
Christine Fellows, Sandro Perri, and John K. Samson jamming on the Bruce Peninsula. Photo by filmmaker David Cockburn for the National Parks Project.
In today’s Urban Planner: find out what happens when a former Leafs legend gets a book deal; see how they dance in the city of lights; feel your chest fill up with true patriot love as you watch some of our best musicians perform in our scenic National Parks, as documented by some of our best filmmakers; then find out what ironic phrase is printed on Judah Friedlander’s hat.
SIGNING: Former Toronto Maple Leafs star defenseman from the ’70s and ’80s Borje Salming will be signing his cookbook, Grilling with Salming, which somehow combines hockey with cooking. There will be recipes for steaks, deserts, fish, and, you guessed it—salmon. Even if you are not sure what to think of the book, it may be a great excuse to get some face time with the former legend. Indigo at The Eaton Centre (220 Yonge Street), 7 p.m., FREE.
DANCE: The Toronto Dance Theatre presents The Paris/Toronto Project, a showcase of French works choreographed by leaders of Parisian dance, Alban Richard and Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh. Building upon the success of the Berlin/Toronto Project in May 2009, this series brings new ideas in dance and expression from around the world to the Toronto dance community. Winchester Street Theatre (80 Winchester Street), 8 p.m., $20–$26.
FILM: The National Parks Project was a pretty cool film at Hot Docs, and if you missed it, the theatrical release is tonight with a kick-off with performances with sixteen indie musicians who took part in the film (read more about it here). The soundtrack to the film has just been released and all proceeds from the film and audio soundtrack will go to the Nature Conservancy of Canada to protect significant green space. The Royal Cinema (608 College Street), 9:30 p.m., $15.
COMEDY: Judah Friedlander, who we interviewed and posted about yesterday and who is best known as the writer on Liz Lemon’s team with a different slogan on his trucker hat in each episode of 30 Rock, will in town for a stand-up performance presented by NBA Comics and The Comedy Addict. Joining him will be Rick and Chuck!, Rob Mailloux, David Andrew Brent, and Matt O’Brien. Any bets on what his hat will say? Second City Toronto (51 Mercer Street), doors at 10:30 p.m., $30.