Our round up of the best things to see and do in Toronto this weekend. In this edition: spring has sprung at Canada Blooms, the Toronto Wine and Cheese Show, laugh along with Danny Bhoy and Festival IV or take a lesson in Irish history.
Author explains oil industry’s bottom line
Food and female sexuality are the potent mix of ideas behind an intriguing new exhibition at a Queen West art gallery. The Narwhal Projects art space will unveil its latest exhibit, Japanese artist Junko Mizuno’s “Venus Cake,” tomorrow evening.
A windsock ballet on David Pecaut Square, appearances by K’naan and Rufus Wainwright, and a five-hour opera where the audience can come and go at will. The line up for Luminato 2012 has been announced and, once again, it’s interesting.
It’s been a busy seven months for Samantha Martin. The last time we spoke with her, she was gearing up for a string of residencies at The Drake and beginning to record her new album with The Haggard. Now, the singer beams with pride at the completed disc as the group prepares for its launch party at Lula Lounge.
Newfoundlander Mikaela Dyke is a jill-of-all-trades: a playwright, actor, improviser and stand-up comedian. But she tones down the funny with her verbatim show about the true story of a mine that destroys the health of a small Newfoundland community.
Tarragon Theatre, Extra Space, 30 Bridgman Ave., 416-531-1827. March 13-18.
Radio heavyweights speak up
Theatre Passe Muraille is turning to politics to fill the void on its stage left by the cancellation of half the run of Mary Walsh’s Dancing With Rage. Walsh is currently laid up in St. John’s, Nfld., fighting a severe case of pneumonia. She had been due to bring her Marg Delahunty character to the Toronto stage at the start of the month, but all performances until March 17 have been cancelled.
While normally we wouldn’t recommend a punch in the box, the all-female sketch troupe that goes by the same titillating name would have to be the exception. Inspired by the immaculate orgasm, comedy group Punch in the Box has played to rave reviews since their immaculate conception two years ago. We chatted with cast member Ashley Botting about Cosmo magazine, going nude and what it feels like to play with the boys.
If you haven’t heard yet, new wave rockers Metric will be releasing their latest studio album, Synthetica, on June 12. That’s 6/12/12 — there must be some kind of astrological mojo at work. Here’s what guitarist Jimmy Shaw says about the new LP — the band’s fifth — in a press release: “[It’s] the culmination of everything we’ve done. We’ve always had a sound in our heads that we hoped to realize. We finally heard it coming back out of the speakers this time.”
Our round up of the best things to see and do in Toronto this weekend. In this edition: take a class with the Poet Laureate, geek out at ComiCon, head to the ballet or solve a crime. Really, the world’s your oyster.
Hundreds of comic book fans and pop culture enthusiasts (a.k.a. nerds) will descend upon the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this weekend for the ultimate geek out: Toronto Comicon, a two day event where people are free to fly their freak flag proudly. We got the chance to talk to one of the most prized poindexters of all-time, Curtis Armstrong (Booger from The Revenge of the Nerds) about crazy fans and Booger-love.
