Today in Toronto: Wolf Parade, The Barenaked Ladies, Photorama and more

Today in Toronto: Wolf Parade, The Barenaked Ladies, Photorama and more

The Barenaked Ladies Stripped of lead singer Steven Page, the rest of the Barenaked Ladies found themselves exposed. But Ed Robertson et al. more than fill the vocal void on their latest, All in Good Time; the radio-friendly “You Run Away” is a tuneful, if awkwardly honest, elegy to the band’s breakup. Find out more >>

Wolf Parade After banding together in 2003, these Montreal indie rockers discovered they were meant to be: as kids, all five attended the 1986 World’s Fair in Vancouver. Though they didn’t actually meet and vow to start a band back then (as they now like to claim), the near-encounter inspired the title of their recent album, Expo 86. Find out more >>

Photorama This annual show gives collectors and tardy gift hunters a chance to snap up work by Daniel Borins, Miles Collyer, Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge. Find out more >>

Barbie at the Symphony Is there anything she can’t do? Mattel’s famous blonde bombshell takes her ballet skills to the big screen, as scenes from her animated Princess movies play to a score performed live by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Find out more >>

Loan Sharking Victor Quijada and his Rubberbandance Group may find much of their inspiration in the gritty urban fabric that is street life, but they have no qualms about sampling Stravinsky’s Firebird and Vivaldi’s cello concertos for their scores. Find out more >>