Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Daily Tipsheet: Monday, June 27

Dora Awards, Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Glam!, Koptor and what to do on Monday in Toronto

Books On Film: Breakfast At Tiffany's  The TIFF Bell Lightbox's series on books into films includes a screening of the Blake Edwards film, adapted from the novella by Truman Capote, and a discussion with author Sam Wasson. See listing .

Bridesmaids  The breakout female comedy hit starring Kristen Wiig makes the rounds of the rep cinemas, starting at the Fox Theatre tonight. See original review and current listing .

Dora Mavor Moore Awards  Craig Lauzon and Michaela Washburn host the big night celebrating the best in Toronto theatre, dance and opera. At the Bluma Appel. See listing and related article on nominees .

Glam! Pride Edition  Andrew Johnston, Richard Ryder, the Kinky Kabaret and others take part in this queer comedy/variety show, with proceeds benefitting the LGBT Youth Line. At the Supermarket. See listing .

Koptor  The Toronto Jazz Fest presents one of their more adventurous bookings tonight at the Music Gallery with an appearance by genre-blurring modernists Koptor. See listing .

Pride The weeklong celebrations of queer Toronto begins. Check NOW's Pride listings for tons of events .

Being She Subtitled The Culture Of Women's Health And Health Care Through The Lens Of Wholeness, this is a highly innovative way to commemorate 100 years of Women's College Hospital. Though a second-floor group show has already closed, the Gladstone's third and fourth floor exhibit continues into August, with photo-based works on healing by Nina Levitt, Jane Martin, Meryl McMaster and Sarah Anne Johnson, whose heartbreaking House On Fire project is about her grandmother, a patient at the Montreal clinic that performed the notorious CIA-funded LSD experiments. While you're there, check out second-floor Pride show That's So Gay. See listing .

Source: http://www.nowtoronto.com

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