Today in Toronto: Beethoven and Golijov, Sleigh Bells and The Aleph

Beethoven and Golijov: Visions of Eternity For some rather intense lunchtime fare, Toronto’s Tokai Quartet tackles Beethoven’s seven-movement String Quartet no. 14 in C-Sharp Minor and then segues to Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov’s solemn and beautiful Tenebrae (in the version for string quartet, soprano and clarinet). Find out more »

Sleigh Bells It all started when a boy (Derek Miller) served a girl (Alexis Krauss) at a Brazilian restaurant in Brooklyn. Next came a jam session, a contract with M.I.A.’s label, shows at Bonnaroo, a gig opening for Die Antwoord and a headlining tour. Find out more »

The Aleph Jorge Luis Borges shook up the lit world with his dreamy short stories, now considered pillars of magic realism. In last year’s adaptation of the Argentine’s The Aleph, actor Diego Matamoros did a little shaking of his own: it was him, a chair, the audience and the clever use of a mirror. Find out more »