Today in Toronto: Open House Festival, Richard Kern, Mendelssohn and Mahler

Open House Festival: Modelled on the New Yorker’s annual festival, this sophomore event mingles fact and fiction in ways designed to bring the writer-reader relationship to the fore. Find out more >>
Richard Kern: This retrospective—remarkably, Kern’s first solo show in Canada—covers his career from 1980 to present-day and will include a one-week residency in Toronto, during which he will complete a new series. Find out more >>

Mendelssohn and Mahler: Music director Peter Oundjian presides over a program that pairs Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto no. 1 (featuring Anton Kuerti) with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony no. 7, the least frequently heard of his major symphonies. Find out more >>

Susanna Hood: Motivated by the violent canvases of British painter Francis Bacon (all those bleeding carcasses!), Susanna Hood’s triptych Shudder moulds three dancers—Hood herself, Alanna Kraaijeveld and Dan Wild—into twisted shapes depicting a family unit in decay. Find out more >>