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JULY 3-19: Summerlicious,
the hugely popular
prix-fixe restaurant
promotion and a highlight
of summer in Toronto,
is back! 150 restaurants
offering threecourse
menus at $15, $20
or $30 for lunch, and $25, $35
or $45 for dinner. Participating
restaurants at www.toronto.ca/
special_events/summer licious.
JULY 4: BMS sports fest and
picnic at Glenhaffy Conservation
Park, Brampton, from 10 am to
8 pm. Competitive events, traditional
Kerala cuisine and more!
Call Harikumar at 416-831-0745
or visit bramptonmalayaleesamajam.com.
JULY 4, 11, 20, AUG. 22:
Brampton Library hosts St. John
Ambulance babysitting courses
during the summer. The one-day
(9:30 am to 4:30 pm) course for
11- to 14-year- olds is designed
to teach babysitting, leadership
and first aid skills in a fun and informative
way. It is also an excellent
program for teaching emergency
skills to students who are occasionally
alone at home. Certificates
are issued upon completion.
Pre-registration required. Course
cost: $40. Call 905-793-4636 or
visit your nearest library location.
JULY 5: The Toronto-Calcutta
Foundation presents the Toronto
premiere of Piyalir Password
(Bengali with English subtitles).
A fast-paced suspense thriller set
in the US. A young woman comes
to the US to complete the legal
formalities following her sister’s
death but discovers that the
death was not accidental. Piyalir
Password, the first Bengali film
shot entirely in the US, is about
corporate conspiracy and medical
ethics in the biotechnology
industry. Directed by Raj Basu,
it stars Rituparna Sengupta,
Roopa Ganguly, Kaushik Sen
and Sabyasachi Chakabarty.
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JULY2-11: When
an unknown event
results in human extinction,
what happens
to two men
fighting for the love
of the last woman at
the end of the world?
Love and Human Extinction,
a tragicomedy
written/produced
by Shaista
Justin (whose book,
Winter, the Unwelcome
Visitor, was endorsed
by Nobel winner
JM Coetzee). Directed
by Saniya
Ansari (Oh Sweet
Sita and Damme, This Is The
Oriental Scene For You!).
“Contemporary theatre about
environmental issues tends to
be didactic, re-telling audiences
what they already know,” says
Justin. “People want interesting
conundrums to think about. I
wanted to write about the actual
One woman, two men,
a tragic love triangle at
the end of the world
Sania Ansari and Shaista Justin
bring Love and Human Extinction
to the Toronto Fringe Festival
at Royal St. George Theatre
July’s hottest happenings
Tickets for the fundraiser for the
Foundation’s projects in Kolkata:
adults, $15; students, $10. 4 pm
at Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvales
Ave. Contact Gopa/Arun Chakravartty
(416-762-3259), Tirthankar/Smita
Mahanlobis
(905-886-4122), Tapan/Panna
Mazumder (416-466-0126) or
Gobind/Gomti Modi (416-
269-8631).
J ULY 7: Welcome Centre
Immigrant Services presents
Host program’s trip to Niagara
Falls and Niagara-on-the-Lake
for newcomers and immigrants.
8 am-7 pm. $15 per person. Call
Sogand, 905-761-1155, ext. 1018.
JULY 24-26: Headline acts
at Masala! Mehndi! Masti! Lisa
Ray; Bollywood’s singing star
consequences of our negligent
behaviour towards the earth and
each other.”
At the Royal St. George Theatre
(120 Howland St., Bathurst
and Bloor). Tickets: $10 at www.
fringetoronto.com or at the
door. Info at www.loveand
humanextinction.com.
Shibani Kashyap; Desiwear’s
Luv To Bhang concert; and
Toronto Brothers and Amit
Arya in the Classical Clash.
Lisa Ray headlines M!M!M!
Ray will host the full weekend
of festivities and Kashyap
will blow audiences away with
her hits like Sajna aaa bhi ja and
Zinda hoon main. The first outdoor
bhang(ra) party ever in
Toronto features Double AA,
Gurpreet ‘The Tabla Guy’
Chana and Paul ‘The Drummer’
Nanuwa, Dhol Circle, JT and
MCJD Roadshow, and dance
group Nachdi Jawani. On
Friday, July 24, starting at 9 pm
and continuing into Saturday.
Over 70 events and performances
across multiple stages
and over 40 restaurants and
vendors. Nawtiks, Aadha
Teeter, Diya, Gabriel Constans,
Janice Goveas, Nachde
Tapde Punjabi, Onkar Singh,
Paromita Kar, Rachna Vohra,
Subhadra Vijaykumar,
Tarana Dance Company,
Vandana Vishwas, Amanda
Davids, Goa Amigos, Jasmine
D’Costa, Nitin Deckha,
Shazia Islam, Shelley
Gupta, Sonal Vala and more!
At Exhibition Place. Program
info at www.masalamehndimasti.com.
J ULY 21: Family Law Information
Session. If you are
experiencing a separation or
divorce and would like to gather
information to make informed
choices this free twohour
session may be of help to
you. From 5:45 pm to 8 pm. Presented
by the Peel Family
Mediation Services, and supported
by the Ontario Trillium
Foundation. Sessions in Brampton
and Mississauga. To register,
call 905-456-4700 ext. 5662.
JULY 25: Youth Day 2009
enables young artistes aged 14
to 24 to showcase their achievements
in music, dance, art and
photography. Two separate
stages on Nathan Philips Square
feature over 300 talented performers
and almost 60 acts this year.
Created after Toronto’s ‘Summer
of the Gun in 2005’, Youth Day
is an annual free family event. At
Nathan Philips Square, noon to
9 pm. For more info, visit www.
kpyo.net.
THROUGH JULY: Suba Sankaran
and Autorickshaw
perform at different venues
through the month. For details,
visit www.subasankaran.com
or www.autorickshaw.ca.
– With files from ARTI CHANDARIA