THIS WEEK IN TORONTO - SEPTEMBER 20 - 26

1) TONIGHT!! The launch of the anthology, Canadian Voices, Volume Two, edited by Jasmine d'Costa

When: Monday, September 20th, 6:30 p.m. to 9:99 p.m.
Where: Supermarket Art Bar, 268 Augusta Avenue

Click here for a review of Canadian Voices, Volume One

2) Ehrenworth and Uppal art exhibit continues through October 3rd.

Curse. Sleep. (That's The Thing About Trouble) features haunting photographs and audio works by Daniel Ehrenworth accompanied by poetic texts written by Priscila Uppal, who is a former poetry mentor at Diaspora Dialogues.

When: September 9 - October 3, 2010
Where: One 800 Gallery, 800 Dundas St. West.

3) Book launch of Sheniz Janmohamed's Bleeding Light.

When: Friday, September 24th, 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Where: Beit Zatoun House, 612 Markham Street

Visit the publisher's website for full details.

4) Rasik Arts is proud to be part of the Culture Days movement with thousands of other organizations and communities across Canada that believe in promoting cultural participation to the public by bringing a participatory staged reading of Habib Tanvir's masterpiece, Charandas Chor [Charandas the Thief] in English, and some audience members may have to fill in the parts!

Charandas, the thief, is a Robin Hood-like figure who is a very successful thief, but has one problem--he cannot tell a lie! Based on a popular folk hero, this rambunctious comedy is a satire on greed on all levels of society.

Come hear this legendary piece - and if you're adventurous, come early (6:30pm) to help us fill in the cast. Featured readers are: Amish Patel, Dinesh Sachdev, Nisha Ahuja, Paloma Nunez, Anita Elisha, Lorne Hiro, David Fujino, Ishwar Mooljee, Ali Rizvi Badshad, Ash Knight, and ???? (warning - some coarse language).

Admission is free.

When: Friday, September 24th, 7 p.m. (arrive by 6:30 to sign up to read a part)
Where: Palmerston Library Theatre, 560 Palmerston Ave.

5) And, finally this week, the literary event in Toronto that needs no introduciton: The Word on the Street.

When: Sunday, September 26th, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Where: Queen's Park, 111 Wellesley Street W.

Check out the details of Diaspora Dialogues' Literary Scavenger Hunt (among other upcoming DD events).