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Ticket sales end at 8:00 am this morning for the chat between Governor General’s Award-winning novelist Kim Thúy and Canada’s 1996 Gold Medal Olympic champion Doovan Bailey. Tickets from $20 for members, up to $100 for a Meet-and-Greet. Museum of History.
🆓 Doors Open for Music Southminster is back for another season of free lunchtime concerts. This week, Montréal pianist Fiona Wu plays a solo recital of J.S. Bach’s final composition, The Art of Fugue. The program begins at 12:00 pm or you can watch on YouTube. 15 Aylmer Ave at Bank, K1S 5G4
It looks like the weather’s going to be fabulous for CityFolk Festival, today through Sunday at the Great Lawn, Lansdowne Park. The Beaches headline the TD Stage at tonight’s opening show, with guests Softcult and Päter. Meanwhile, Hawksley Workman plays the Fasken Stage. Tickets from $58.
Kanata Theatre’s production of Peter Shaffer’s Lettice and Lovage opens the new season at the Ron Maslin Playhouse. Single show tickets and five-play subscriptions are available.
UAQUE continues at the National Arts Centre.
ByTowne Cinema: L’étoile filante (The Falling Star), Wings of Desire, Didi
Mayfair Theatre: Across the River and Into the Trees, His Three Daughters, Repo Man
Gigs
Spoon. Bronson Centre
Drag me to Live! LIVE on Elgin
Supersonic Hearts Band. Atomic Rooster
An Evening with Daniel O’Donnell. National Arts Centre
Petunia & The Vipers album release. Rainbow Bistro
The Prime Rib Big Band. Irene’s Pub
Tyler Kealey’s Urban Campfire. Red Bird
Stick&Bow. Richcraft Theatre, Orléans