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ART EXHIBITIONS

Angell Gallery (12 Ossington Ave. 416-530-0444): Works by Barry Allikas are on display Jun. 5 to Aug. 21; John Kennedy’s “Juggernaut” and “Swagger and Sashay” from Aleksandra Rdest are on view Jun. 5 to Jul. 17.

Toronto Free Gallery (1277 Bloor St. W. 416-913-0461): “Change,” with the complete body of work from Action Terroriste Socialement Acceptable /Socially Acceptable Terrorist Action is on display Jun. 3 to Jul. 24 (reception Jun. 3 at 7 p.m., artist talk Jun. 5 at 4 p.m.)

Toronto Artist Jack Butler (Photo copyright Queer West 2010) presents new drawings and installation. hybrid practice uses the means and methods of visual art to produce research in three domains - medical science (genital embryogenesis primary research), collaborations with Inuit artists (the current project, Art & Cold Cash), and money (as a licensed financial analyst working primarily in the arts community). Butler has degrees in visual art and philosophy. He exhibits internationally; his work is in public and private collections including the National Gallery of Canada. He is currently adjunct faculty at the University of Toronto and a mentor to the program, Health Care Technology and Place. Runs till 15 Jul. 10:30am-7pm. O’Connor Gallery. 145 Berkeley St. 416-921-7149. No cover. www.fatemaps.ca | http://pages.interlog.com/~fatemaps/breath/ | www.artcoldcash.ca

New Exhibition: Circuit Gallery Presents Portuguese Photographer Paulo Catrica's OPERA Project. @ Böhmer Gallery

Reception: Saturday July 17, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 93 Ossington Avenue, Toronto, Canada

Toronto, ON - June 22, 2010 — Circuit Gallery is pleased to present eleven large format photographic works from Paulo Catrica's OPERA project. This is the Portuguese artist's first solo exhibition in North America, and Circuit Gallery's second exhibition at Böhmer. In a series of exquisite pictures taken inside the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, the home of the Portuguese National Opera in Lisbon, Paulo Catrica allows us to look behind the scenes at the working spaces of this historical theatre. Devoid of people or action, and deceptively straightforward, Catrica's photographs seem, at first glance, to concern themselves with presenting the non-public (non-performance) spaces of this heritage building—offering us, as viewers, a privileged look at old theatre rigging, the workings of the clock featured on the main façade, the empty auditorium from the stage, the storage and rehearsal rooms, and so forth.

Paulo Catrica studied Photography at Ar.Co. (Lisbon, 1985) and History at Universidade Lusíada (Lisbon, 1992). He received his MA from Goldsmith's College, London (1997) and currently is a PhD candidate at the University of Westminster in London. His current project is entitled "Subtopia: the New Towns Program in Britain." www.paulocatrica.com

The Details: Paulo Catrica: OPERA runs June 29 through August 14 at Böhmer, with a reception on Saturday July 17, from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. The space is open for viewing Monday through Saturday, 2:00 p.m. until close. Please visit Circuit Gallery online to see and learn more about this work.www.circuitgallery.com Böhmer is located at 93 Ossington Ave. (between Queen and Dundas). The restaurant is open for dinner everyday except Sunday, starting at 5:00 p.m.. Website: www.boehmer.caTel: 416-531-3800

FILMS & FILM FESTIVALS

Cineforum Lectures & Screenings —Thu: Who Censored Bugs Bunny?. 7 pm. Sat and Sun: The Salvador Dali Film Festival. 7 pm. Mon: Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D: FW Murnau, set to the music of Radiohead's Kid A and OK Computer albums. 7 pm. Tue & Wed: Who Censored Bugs Bunny? 7 pm. 7 pm... ...www.cineforum.ca 463 Bathurst. Pay how you can.

Cinematheque Ontario Thu July 1 - The Lower Depths (1957) D: Akira Kurosawa. 7 pm. Loyalties (1986) D: Anne Wheeler. 9:30 pm. Fri 2 - Days And Nights In The Forest (1969) D: Satyajit Ray. 7 pm. Life Classes (1989) D: William MacGillivray. 9:15 pm. Sat 3 - Scandal (1950) D: Akira Kurosawa. 7 pm. Sansho The Bailiff (1954) D: Kenji Mizoguchi. 9:15 pm. Sun 4 - Akira Kurosawa X2: I Live In Fear (1955). 4 pm. Red Beard (1965). 6:30 pm. Mon 5 - A Star Is Born (1954) D: George Cukor. 7 pm. Tue 6 - One Wonderful Sunday (1947) D: Akira Kurosawa. 7 pm.Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas St. W. 416-968-3456. . www.cinemathequeontario.ca

Camera Bar N /A 3 pm.. 1028 Queen W. 416-530-0011, camerabar.ca.

Toronto Film Society presents N/A . Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. 416-363-7222., interlog.com/~tfs.

National Film Board - N /A/ Free. 150 John St..www.nfb.ca/mediatheque.......NFB MEDIATHEQUE | 150 John St., Toronto | 416-973-3012

Toronto Underground Cinema -186 Spadina Ave, basement. 647-348-3420, torontoundergroundcinema.com Thu 1 - Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) D: Steve Pink. 4:30 pm. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) D: Stephen Herek. 7 pm. The Great Outdoors (1988) D: Howard Deutch. 9 pm. Fri 2 - How To Train Your Dragon (2010) D: Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders. 7 pm. Hot Tub Time Machine. 9:15 pm. Sat 3 - Hot Tub Time Machine. 7 pm. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. 9:15 pm. Sun 4 - How To Train Your Dragon. 4:30 pm. The Great Outdoors. 7 pm. The Secret In Their Eyes (2009) D: Juan José Campanella. 9 pm. Mon 5 - Triage (2009) D: Danis Tanovic. 7 pm. The Secret In Their Eyes. 9 pm. Tue 6 - How To Train Your Dragon. 7 pm. The Secret In Their Eyes. 9:15 pm. Wed 7 - Se7en (1995) D: David Fincher. 7 pm. Triage. 9:30 pm.

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS 2010

July

Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival July 14 - 17, 2010 The Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival is a volunteer not-for-profit initiative that works to bring you a series of events taking place in June, offering audiences an opportunity to enjoy films made by filmmakers and video artists living in the Greater Toronto Area.www.torontoyouthshorts.com

Shinsedai Festival The New Generation of Japanese Film Festival July 22 - 25, 2010 The anticipation has been building for the past few weeks, but now we are very proud to announce the full line-up and screening schedule for the 2nd annual Shinsedai Cinema Festival taking place at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto. Joining the already announced screenings of Kenji Mizoguchi’s silent classic “The Water Magician” (with live musical accompaniment by Toronto’s Vowls), the Canadian Premiere of Gen Takahashi’s police epic “Confessions of a Dog” and the Toronto Premiere of the ward-winning concert documentary “Live Tape”shinsedai-fest.com

August

Toronto After Dark Film Festival Horror, Sci-Fi, Action & Cult Film Festival August 13 - 20, 2010 Toronto After Dark Film Festival is one of the world’s leading showcases of thrilling cinema. The critically acclaimed annual festival, now in its fourth year, screens new horror, sci-fi, fantasy, action, animated and cult films from around the world, including many award-winning features and shorts. Last year’s festival was attended by a record 8,500 enthusiastic film fans and over 100 members of press and industry. In a poll of local filmgoers, Toronto After Dark was also voted Runner-Up for Best Film Festival in the City torontoafterdark.com

The 3rd anuual Queer West Film Festival @ Revue Cinema - Saturday August 14, 2010 Queering boundaries Queering Boundaries means going beyond a fixed identity and embracing fluidity. Though situated in the West of Toronto, we see the literal city borders and boundaries as contested and in flux.Through the medium of film, the Queer West Film Festival will push for a more inclusive and complex queer identity; a queer identity that is necessarily shaped through interactions with place, space and community. At the same time, the sites, sounds and boundaries of Toronto's "West End" will be (re)claimed, (re)presented and (re)named as "queer".Toronto is a city where queers come from different spaces, converging and diverging to create their own sense of community, and the Queer West Film Festival emphasizes that sense of connectedness.

Queer West Film Festival - Mission Statement - Our mission is to provide a voice for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and queer youth by presenting films and videos that only represent the diversity of the GLBT community. By providing innovative, diverse, accessible, quality screen events, which promote/stimulate, educate, enlighten, support queer cultures and entertain us all. . Queer West Film Festival - Program Director - Casey Reid qwfilmfest@gmail.com Home Page www.queerwest.org/queerwestfilmfest_2010

September

Toronto International Film Festival September 9 - 19, 2010. This year’s Festival is just around the corner and we are excited about the buzz that the Festival brings to the city. The Toronto International Film Festival is one of the top film festivals in the world, screening more than 300 films from 60+ countries. It is the launching pad for the best of Canadian, Hollywood and international cinema, enjoyed by half a million enthusiastic film fans each year.www.tiff08.ca

November

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival November 9 - 14, 2010 at various locations in Toronto www.reelasian.com

FESTIVALS

Ryerson University DOC NOW is a free media arts festival showcasing the work of graduating students from the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Documentary Media program at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario. This unique program was established in 2007 and is the only MFA degree program in Canada dedicated to developing tomorrow’s documentary filmmakers and visual artists. The festival presents the final works of twenty-five emerging documentary media artists from June 7 to 26 with additional exhibitions and events taking place in mid-May. http://docnow.ca/Video trailer: docnow.ca/trailer.html

Cooking Fire Festival: {June 23-27, 2010} Cooking Fire Theatre Festival Performance festival celebrating theatre, food and public space with dance plays, dinner and more. Pwyc. Dufferin Grove Park, Dufferin S of Bloor, cookingfire.ca.Performances begin 7:00 PM, dinner served from 6:00 PM. Dufferin Grove Park (2 blocks south of Dufferin and Bloor). Admission is pay-what-you-can ($10 suggested donation) www.cookingfire.ca Festival info line: 416-655-4841

Toronto Waterfront Tall ships Festival {Jun 30-Jul 4, 2010} This Canada Day weekend June 30 – July 4, the Redpath Toronto Waterfront Festival presents the Great Lakes United TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® 2010. The third annual festival will take place all along Toronto’s waterfront from Yonge Street to Lower Spadina Avenue and feature activities for families and people of all ages and interests, including ship deck tours, entertainment, the Green Village, a Parade of Sail and much more. FREE List of ships coming | Boarding Tickets

Ontario Place Festival of Fire - {July 1, July 4 and July 10 2010} See the skies light up over Toronto with the spectacular Festival of Fire at Ontario Place. The Festival of Fire is back with world-class fireworks choreographed to the world’s finest music over three nights. Additional entertainment surrounds each day, with entertainers performing throughout the park leading up to the fireworks. The shows start at 10:30pm, each night. 955 Lake Shore Boulevard West. Between Dufferin Street and Strachan Avenue TTC: -Bathurst 511 to Exhibition Place then walk south. -Harbourfront 509 to Exhibition Place then walk south. -Dufferin 29 Bus South to Dufferin Gates then walk south. www.ontarioplace.com

Discover Queer West Arts Festival in 2010 picture

Queer West Arts Festival - Saturday August 7 to Sunday Agust 15, 2010 (9 days)

Queer West Fest Artists Call Out

FINGERPAINT - Which finger? The middle one! Pointing at tightened straightjackets and dogmatic systems. With our other hand we beckon queer artists to give us a hand and add their paint to the wall at Queer West Fest's art show on opening Saturday August 7 2010. Along with a short bio, send a few examples of your work, and their dimensions. If you can't send digital examples, set up an appointment with Fingerpaint curator Brian McCurdy. Submit your wacky, defiant, beautiful images to qwfingerpaint@gmail.com by mid June.

Call Out For Queer West Film Festival Submissions

The Queer West Film Festival is looking for submissions of short films between 5 and 15 minutes. Since the Queer West Film festival (QWFF) aims to contest city and identity boundaries, you don't necessarily have to live in the Queer West neighbourhood. Toronto is a city where queers come from different spaces, converging and diverging to create their own sense of community, and the Queer West Film Festival emphasizes that sense of connectedness. Submit a film that exemplies how you construct or deconstruct identity, how you (re)claim space and/or how predetertimined boundaries affect you. Contact the Program Director - Casey Reid qwfilmfest@gmail.com Deadline: Extended to July 16 Festival Web Site: queerwest.org/queerwestfilmfest Showdate Saturday August 14, in 244 seat Revue Cinema, in Parkdale.

Queer West Fest Market Place Vendor Call

Organized by shOUT. The Queer Youth and Youth Mix and Mingle Fair is new (hopefully annually) event, being added to the Queer West Arts Festival August 7 to 15, 2010. We are accepting Market Place vendors, community groups and services. The Fair will be held outside the Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre, 220 Cowan Avenue. This marketplace will feature artisans and crafters who sell their goods for under $50. Tables are $10. Tables for Non Profit community groups are free. Fair runs Sunday August 15 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. Parking available: Green P Parking Lot 1325 Queen Street West, Mail-in/Drop off payment – Cheque or Money Order payable to: Gay West Community Network Inc. (Queer West) Box 204 Stn C. Toronto ON M6J 3M9. Drop off at Good Catch General Store, 1556 Queen St. W. Toronto Parkdale. Attention of the Owner: Jola Slovobak. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us: Jaclyn Isen queerwestfest@gmail.com 416-879-7954

Festival Web Sites: queerwest.org/queerwestfilmfest and queerwest.org/queerwestfest_official_events

What's on: in Queer Toronto Films | Art Exhibitions | Festivals