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Weekend Warrior: Cirque Éloize, The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Close Shave, The Weeknd

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Cirque Éloize takes performance art to a new level at the Sony Centre from Nov. 1-3. The Montreal-based artistic group’s show, iD, blends rock and electronic music with video, acrobatics, dance, science fiction and more. The 14 diverse performers for the upcoming show have backgrounds in 13 different circus disciplines and emcompass many different nationalities, making for what’s sure to be an exciting performance.

First Draught: a black lager from a wine country brewery

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It can be tough to remember what Niagara’s wine scene was like before Inniskillin’s icewine won the big prize at Vinexpo in 1991. It was certainly a far cry from the 75-plus wineries that there are today. And now, as of this summer, two breweries have joined Niagara-on-the-Lake’s beverage business. Silversmith Brewing Company is slightly further along in development, with two products on the market: a wheat beer and a black lager.

Julie Doiron gives a carthartic, organic performance at the Mod Club

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For the first time last night, songstress Julie Doiron saw the finished product of her ninth solo album at the record release show of So Many Days. Held at the Mod Club, the album, which officially dropped on Oct. 23, reflects on the past three years of her life on the road, moving between Sackville, Montreal and Toronto. Combined with her mollifying banter and raw attitude, she stripped down to her bones, granting us a cathartic, organic experience.

Tabülè brings a taste of the Middle East to Queen East

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After bouncing the idea around for the past seven years, Diana Sideris and Rony Goraichy have decided to expand Tabülè, their popular Yonge Street Middle Eastern restaurant, to the east end. Having secured a space at 810 Queen Street East, near Bonjour Brioche, they hope to open by February of next year.

What I Wore: plaid, because the ’90s were awesome

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My childhood heyday took place during the ’90s, making me a child of grunge through and through. While most girls in my grade five class were obsessing over Backstreet Boys, I was busy daydreaming about Billy Corgan. I owe it all to my mom for handing me Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins, because it was the album that altered my pre-tween life.

Drink This: The Drake Hotel’s Deliverance

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Sandy De Almeida may only have been at The Drake Hotel for around a month, but she’s already put her mark on the menu. Slinging drinks behind the Lounge bar, the west-end bartender says that in addition to her duties at the hotel, she still pours at Churchill and Reposado — though it’s only here that one can toss back a Deliverance ($14).

Little Italy gets on the pho

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There’s no shortage of trendy new restaurants opening in Little Italy these days, but now good old-fashioned pho is making its way to the neighborhood too. Popular Junction restaurant Pho Huong is bringing its Vietnamese cuisine to the site of the short-lived Adam’s Sushi at 598 College Street.