Monday March 31
TORONTO
Young Adultery Presents: Eleanor and Park, 7pm, TYPE Books, 883 Queen Street West
The YA fiction book club continues with Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. Come drink, hang, chat about the book!
Tuesday April 1
TORONTO
PechaKucha Vol. 39, 7pm, The Lot, 483 Queen Street West, $7
informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts, holiday snaps — just about anything in the PechaKucha 20×20 format. PechaKucha 20×20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically and you talk along to the images. Buy tickets in advance online please! (See link.)
Choir!Choir!Choir!, 7:30pm, No One Writes to the Colonel, 460 College Street, $5
Tonight the choir for all seasons will sing “Heart Shaped Box” and “Polly” in tribute to the late Kurt Cobain.
Wednesday April 2
MONTREAL
Free City Radio Zine Launch #2,6:30pm, Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore, 2150 Bishop
Free City Radio is a monthly radio program on CKUT 90.3fm in Montreal, exploring ideas at the intersection of social activism and the arts, hosted by Stefan Christoff. This edition of Free City Radio is a collaboration between Dru Oja Jay and Stefan Christoff. Free City Radio zine is co-presented by CKUT Radio’s community news collective.
Thursday April 3
TORONTO
Carousel 33 Issue Launch, 7:30pm, Black Swan Tavern, 154 Danforth
New issue of this charming lit mag. With Paul Carlucci, Mark Connery, W.A. Davison, Yi-Sung Oliver Ho, Darren Bradley Jones, Katie Jordon, Jason Paradiso, and Claire Scherzinger.
Coach House Spring Launch, 8pm, The Garrison, 1197 Dundas Street West
Featuring readings from CH’s newest roster, including André Alexis, Sina Queyras, Brecken Hancock, Jen Currin, Élise Turcotte and Harry Karlinsky. Also – temporary tattoos. Cute.
Coven, 8pm, Henhouse, 1532 Dundas Street West
With poetry from Lynn Crosbie, Damian Rogers, Tranny Rap Bitch Jade, tarot readings and vinyl spinning all night.
HALIFAX
C-K-D-You Got Skills, 6:30pm, Halifax North Memorial Library, 2285 Gottingen St
A workshop series running each Thursday in April, presented by the campus n’ community radio station CKDU. This Thursday’s installment will teach you modern turntablism with DJ RS$mooth.
MONTREAL
Strip Spelling Bee, 9pm, MainLine Theatre, 3997 Boul. Saint-Laurent, $10
The game is played a lot like strip poker, but it’s a spelling bee, and it’s played in front of a live audience of hooters, hollerers and hecklers who want to see some smart and sexy skin!
As this is our Dark Knight edition, any contestant wearing a related costume, whether half-assed or high-end, will be looked upon more favourably by the judges.
Friday April 4
MONTREAL
Queer Slowdance, 9:30pm, MainLine Theatre, 3997 Boul. Saint-Laurent, $10
SPRINGFLING. With a lending library of designated dancers for all you wallflowers, and a dancecard-booklet to set up dances in advance (should you choose to) Montreal Queer Slowdance has all slow songs, all night long!
Saturday April 5
MONTREAL
The anti-art school, MTL edition, combining burlesque and life drawing. Don’t forget your pencils!
TORONTO
Fan Fiction the Show: Battlestar Galactica, 8pm, Black Swan Tavern, 154 Danforth, $10
Original fan-generated material from authors all over the world, performed live by Toronto’s funniest comedians. This month ‘Fan Fiction The Show battles Cylons with the future hanging in the balance.
Sunday April 6
VANCOUVER
Dr. Sketchy’s Vancouver: April Flowers, 7pm, 2420 Main Street, $12
Vancouver’s version of the anti-art school brings spring into the picture with the lovely April Flowers.