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September 14, 2011 | 2:28 pm

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The Weekender: Private Lives, Queen West Art Crawl and six other events on our to-do list

Rakim, the Queen West Art Crawl and Private Lives

1. PRIVATE LIVES
This 1930s comedy by Noël Coward is responsible for about three quarters of romantic comedies today. Just look at the plot: divorced couple Elyot and Amanda and their respective new partners find themselves on vacation at the same hotel on (wait for it) the French Riviera. Campy, banter-laden shenanigans ensue, naturally. Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross star as the lovely ex-couple, which sounds just about perfect. Sept. 16 to Oct. 30. $35–$175. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St. W., 416-872-1212, mirvish.com.

2. STIFFED! FILM FESTIVAL
TIFF wraps up this weekend but that won’t stop this indie film fest from trying to steal its thunder just a little. The filmmakers featured at this one-day event have three things in common: they’re all Canadian, they’ve all recently directed a short film and they were all passed over for a screening at TIFF. Sept. 18. $15. The Annex Wreck Room, 794 Bathurst St., stiffedfilmfest.com.

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Pantry Raid
August 2, 2011 | 4:53 pm

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LINK: Harvesting Toronto’s fruit bounty apparently not as easy as it sounds 

We’ve noted the Toronto NGO Not Far From the Tree before, and over the weekend the Globe and Mail had a story about the group and its cousins in other cities around North America who pick fruit from urban orchards. Thing is, it’s not as easy, or cheap, as free food sounds. Apparently, it costs something like $15,000 a year to mobilize the equipment and picking. It also takes time and money to manage the post-picking supply chain. The perennial complaint that money doesn’t grow on trees makes more sense now. Even when free stuff does grow on trees, it seems it’s a complicated and expensive undertaking to pass it around. Read the whole story »

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Aprons & Icons
May 13, 2011 | 12:25 pm

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Mark Bittman returns to Toronto, compares it to Queens (in a good way)

Author and New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman passed through Hogtown for a brief visit on Tuesday. Last time Bittman visited was for a book tour hosted by The Stop Community Food Centre; it was on that trip that he discovered that in Canada, we sell milk in a bag. After the jump, four things we learned from his visit this time:

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To-Do List
March 9, 2011 | 1:30 pm

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The Weekender: Don Quixote, Canadian Music Week and six other events on our to-do list

Janelle Monáe, Jessica Greenberg in The Middle Place, and Piotr Stanczyk as Don Quixote

1. THE MIDDLE PLACE
Based on interviews with workers and residents at one of the city’s many youth shelters, this moving piece was written by young playwright Andrew Kushnir and drew significant acclaim at last year’s SummerWorks Theatre Festival. An exploration of what it means to be young and homeless, Kushnir tempers the heavier moments with the generous addition of humour. Directed by Alan Dilworth. To March 12. $29–$49. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley St., 416-368-3110, canadianstage.com.

2. CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK
Music lovers have been eagerly counting down the days until Canadian Music Week, and for good reason. The mind-blowing lineup is 800-plus musicians strong and includes some of the biggest names in music (think Janet Jackson, Good Charlotte, Melissa Etheridge and Janelle Monáe), as well as more than a few next-big-things (Zeus, Down with Webster and Hollerado). Oh, yeah, and there’s also the film festival, conference and awards show portions of the fest. March 9­–13. Wristbands $35–$150. Various locations, cmw.net.

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