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Fall Preview

If the economists are right, and let’s hope they are, this recession is on its last legs. We can’t think of better timing, now that our calendars are overbooked with raunchy performances (a sexed-up Hamlet), the scariest monsters since Madoff (Where the Wild Things Are), a defiantly lively festival for a supposedly dying industry (the IFOA), a surplus of ritzy restaurant openings, and plans to buy thigh-high boots. Here, our picks for the best of the season

Theatre & Dance

Actress Sonja Smits

Mommy Dearest

Sonja Smits’ Oedipal return to theatre

Salon Atomaton

Rock revolutions, robot parties and Wiccan weddings

The hot tickets of the theatre season

Forget Tutus

This season, edge trumps tradition with a trio of red-hot mind-bending dances

Music

Tenor Ben Heppner

The Loudmouth

Tenor Ben Heppner on his plan to defeat the Toronto curse

Emily Haines, of the band Metric, live on stage

Stravinsky, go-go dancers and a blues legend

Seven shows that deserve groupies

Art

Bust of King Tut

The Return of the King

Thirty years after Tutmania, Egypt’s boy wonder is back

Alexander Calder's menagerie comes to the AGO

Bungalows, water politics and menageries

The 10 must-see art events of the season

Books

Margaret Atwood

Doomsday, Part Two

Atwood goes back to the future with The Year of the Flood

Open book graphic

Beheadings, Ojibwa lovers and missing bees

The fall’s buzziest Canadian novels

Shopping

Rob Southcott's sculptural chest

Curve Appeal

The twisted art of furniture designer Rob Southcott

Natura Bisse cosmetics from Murale, a Shared tee

Doors Open

The new store invasion

Food & Drink

Rubino brothers

The Rubinos’ Latest Bacchanal

The foodie brothers believe it’s time to party again

Sushi at Hashimoto

Hot Seats

New restaurants to inspire cravings for rabbit pancakes, soft-serve ice cream and kaiseki

Film & TV

Malin Akerman

There’s Something About Malin

The Toronto actor is suddenly everywhere. No complaints

Where the Wild Things Are

Liquor, finance and roller skates

Five movies worth lining up for

Vampires

Educational TV

Three of the most hyped new network series are set in schoolyards. Where else can you find so much cheating, back-stabbing and lust? Below, a freshman’s guide

By Kate Allen, Jason Anderson, David Balzer, Josh Dehaas, Carley Fortune, Gerald Hannon, Kathryn Hayward, Rachel Heinrichs, Jason McBride, Alec Scott, Courtney Shea and Stéphanie Verge | Photo-illustrations by Gluekit

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