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Urban Planner: October 17, 2011
Today Stephen Lewis lends activist star power to Ryerson's Social Justice Week; Gargoyles has a playdate in Riverdale Park; "The Smoking Man" opens up at William B. Davis' book launch; and see Guns & Roses in preview tonight.
Rebecca Applebaum, Alex Fiddes, and Peyson Rock in Guns & Roses, playing teens in a scene where no-one wants to be: waiting outside the prinicipal's office. Photo by Christian Lloyd.
LECTURE: Ryerson University’s campus is just a few blocks north of the ongoing Occupy Toronto protest, so it’s fitting that the school community is kicking off a Social Justice Week as the occupation enters its first weekday. Today’s schedule features an anti-poverty rally on Gould Street (noon–1:30 p.m.), and a lecture by one of Canada’s most prominent activists, Stephen Lewis (he’ll also hold a Q&A after his talk.) Ryerson University Ted Rogers School of Management (55 Dundas Street West, Room 1067), 6:30 p.m.–9 p.m., FREE.
GAME: Torontoist contributors produce more than just cutting edge and relevant content about local news, politics, arts and city life; for instance, our own Jaime Woo has created a new live action game. Gargoyles made its international debut last weekend at the IndieCade Festival in Los Angeles, in a Big Games and Game Demos session. Woo is hosting another Toronto playdate this evening (you can find a description of the free to all game and how to play on his website.) Riverdale Park, 7 p.m., FREE.
INTERVIEW: It’s been almost a decade since The X-Files went off the air, but FBI agents Mulder & Scully’s paranormal investigations still loom large in the public consciousness; A.V. Club Toronto recently did an in-depth primer for the series’ debut on NetFlix Canada. The article refers to William B. Davis’ “cigarette smoking man” as one of the shows’ “best known (and entirely human) monsters”; and while the character remains steeped in mystery, the veteran Vancouver-based actor has recently written a book called Where There’s Smoke.., that sheds light on his long career. Davis will converse with film critic Richard Crouse at tonight’s This Is Not A Reading Series book launch (and sign copies for fans afterwards.) The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom (1214 Queen Street West), doors at 7 p.m. (begins promptly at 7:30 p.m.), $5 (or FREE with book purchase.)
THEATRE: Theatre company The Original Norwegian is re-mounting their acclaimed production of Julian DeZotti’s Guns and Roses, a play based on “real Toronto teens, and the city’s headlines.” Most of the run is matinees for school audiences, but not every school can afford to send students. Hence tonight’s preview, and October 24’s gala; all tickets sold for these evening performances will subsidize tickets for teens who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend. Alumnae Theatre (70 Berkeley Street), 7:30 p.m., $10.
This post originally listed Guns and Roses’ curtain time as 8 p.m. The post should have read 7:30 p.m. We regret the error.
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