Thursday, June 19

Photo by BERGE ARABIAN

action grrrlz Grrrlz and trans folk get together to work on personal projects. 2-4:30 pm. Free. 519 Church Community Centre. 416-766-6102.

boys life 3 Five short films with gay themes, including Majorettes and Inside Out screen at 1 am on Showcase.

big ass comedy show Weekly open mike hosted by Martina Gail. 10 pm. Free. Slack Alice, 562 Church.

bisexual pre-pride social Kick off Pride celebrations with Toronto Bisexual Network. 8-10 pm. Free. 519 Church Community Centre. 416-925-9872 ext 2810.

'da kink in my hair by Trey Anthony. Eight black women discuss their private lives in a Caribbean beauty parlour. Runs to Jun 29. $23-$32, Sun pwyc, rush $15. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529.

deux actrices An experimental tale of discovery addresses the bonds between siblings as Solange is confronted with the arrival of Fabienne. 11 pm on Showcase.

DRACULA: PAGES FROM A VIRGIN'S DIARY Shot like a typically neo-primitive Guy Maddin film, but shaped with new muscle and kinetic energy. It's the welter of associations conjured by Bram Stoker, blood lust, silent melodrama and Gustav Mahler's music that makes this movie. Carlton Cinema.

english subtitles Photo exhibition by Johnny Titov. To Jun 21. Out/Aut, 347 College (enter from Augusta). 416-929-8244.

fotoromanzo Jared Mitchell's naughty narrative text and pics from his Web site www.skipperworld.com are on view to Jul 26. YYZ window, 401 Richmond W. 416-598-4546.

funny girls & dynamic divas Sistering benefit, featuring Shoshana Sperling, Maggie Cassella and Sabrina Jalees. 8 pm. $35, adv $30. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queen's Quay W. 416-973-4000.

Queer quips: Gay marriage: Pro or con? "The real question is where to register: Ikea or Pottery Barn?" Richard Ryder (left), performing Tuesday (June 24), the Looking Glass (582 Church), and at Homo Night In Canada, Buddies in Bad Times (12 Alexander), Friday, June 27 "I love watching John Fisher getting all Star Trekky about the final frontier for queers, but who really wants the hassle?" Andy Scheim, MC at Fruit Loopz, the Pride Youth Stage, Saturday, June 28. "Yawn. I don't want what everyone else has. Equality should not be based on what has been established before us. Change it up, kids!" R. Kelly Clipperton, performing with the Kellygirls, the Alternaqueer Stage, Sunday, June 29, at 7 pm "The word is too similar to mirage. Enuf said." Ellen-Ray Hennessy, performing at Cheap Queers, the Vatikan (1032 Queen West), Friday, June 27 "Pro! If you're ready for it, why not? I can't wait for a friend to introduce me to his ‘husband'!" Steve Diguay, performing with Brother Love Canal, the Pride Stage South, Sunday, June 29 "Pro, of course – it means good business for both my professions: lawyering and DJing. (Yes, I DJ divorce after-parties!)" DJ Zhara, bringing Funkasia to the South Stage, Sunday, June 29

gallery x Defiant local artists Kris Night, Susan "Stu" Justin, R Kelly Clipperton and Leslie Scanlon. To Jul 11. 491 Church. 416-925-6665.

iconophilia Paintings by Montreal's Sholem Krishtalka. To Jul 12. Sis Boom Bah, 1114 Queen W. 416-531-7511.

in sex art show Sexy, beautiful, dangerous art and XXX paintings by Johannes Zits, Camilla Singh, Matthew Bennett, Caroline Novak and Balint Zsako. To Jul 5 at Spin, 156-158 Bathurst. 416-530-7656.

LEAVING METROPOLIS (Brad Fraser) is the film adaptation of Fraser's popular play Poor Super Man, about an angsty but brilliant artist who takes a job as a waiter only to fall for the restaurant's ostensibly straight owner. Carlton Cinema

MAMMA MIA! With a strange mix of camp and clumsiness, this light but irresistible "musical" strings together 22 ABBA songs to tell the story of an independent woman, her about-to-be-married daughter and the three men who might be the daughter's dad. $26-$94. Royal Alex, 260 King W. 416-872-1212.

my breasts, my choice Photographic installations by Barbara Brown, Betsy Carey and Maureen Aslin. To Jul 6. Geist Gallery, 1054A Gerrard E. 416-778-1667.

paul petro's summer group show Art by Stephen Andrews, Ho Tam, Amy Bowles, Paul P, Julie Voyce and others. To Jul 26. 980 Queen W. 416-979-7874.

pierre poirier O'Connor Gallery is showing an exhibition of conté on paper by Poirier to Jul 6. 97 Maitland. 416-921-7149, www.oconnorgallery.com

power plant Thirty artists from the Americas have their way with minimalism and conceptualism. $4. Harbourfront Centre, 231 Queen's Quay W. 416-973-4949.

queer as folk uk Episodes 7 & 8 screen at 3 am on Showcase.

shared habitat 2 Multidisciplinary festival in an old warehouse exploring biology, art and architecture. To Jun 21. $10-$20. 376 Dufferin. 416-504-PLAY.

stage fright Portrait works, video and sound/ wall art by Rebecca Bournigault, Kim Dawn, Jonathan Horowitz, Sharon Switzer and Kerry Tribe. To Jun 28. Free. Mercer Union Gallery, 37 LIsgar. 416-536-1519.

tarnished lady Pridevision TV screens the 1930s Tallulah Bankhead classic also starring Clive Brook. 9 pm.

the crystal lite show Live taping of Pridevision TV's new talk/variety show. 8:30 pm. Free. Zipperz/Cell Block, 72 Carlton. www.zipperz-cellblock.ca

the flame of new orleans The 1941 Marlene Dietrich classic, with Roland Young, screens at 8:15 pm. $9.60, stu $5.25. Cinematheque, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-968-FILM.

THE SAFETY OF OBJECTS Writer-director Rose Troche's film tracks four suburban families, with Dermot Mulroney as a man trying to find his purpose in life by helping neighbour Glenn Close win a car, and Patricia Clarkson as a frazzled but still cool single mom. Canada Square

the sound of music The classic musical gets a staging. Runs to Jul 6. $39-$72. Stage West, 5400 Dixie, Mississauga. 905-238-0042.

the sublimely sensual marlene dietrich A festival of campy classics and exquisite melodramas runs to Jun 28 at Cinematheque Ontario. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-968-FILM, www.bell.ca/cinematheque

the 13th floor Pride art exhibition, featuring drawings, paintings and photography by David Wall and Deryk Angstenberger. Opening reception today 6-9 pm, and show continues to Jun 30. Free. This Ain't the Rosedale Library, 481A Church. 416-929-9912.

THE WILD DOGS (Thom Fitzgerald) This story has Fitzgerald playing a pornographer scouting talent on the seamiest streets of Bucharest. Stocked with whoring expats and disabled outcasts, this is a film about exploitation. Canada Square, Carlton.

TONY 'N' TINA'S WEDDING Performance art meets dinner theatre in this entertaining interactive Italian wedding. $55-$68 (incl dinner). Vinnie Black's Chapel of Love, 56 Blue Jays Way. 416-872-1212.

TOp gun! the musical This send-up of silly musicals based on silly films – in this case, the 80s Tom Cruise flick – runs to Jun 22. $20-$30, Sun pwyc-$15. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971.

toronto bisexual network Support and social network. 8 pm. Free. 519 Church Community Centre. 416-925-9872 ext 2810.

trans fusion crew Queer youth meet to work on publishing a zine called Transmission. Details at SOY, 416-924-2100 ext 259.

WOMEN WITHOUT WINGS (Nicholas Kinsey) sets Katya Gardner on a voyage of discovery when her Albanian grandfather dies and she goes back to the old country to visit her hillbilly relatives, including an aunt who renounced her womanhood and lives as a man. Then she gets caught up in the Albanian civil war. Carlton

zsa zsa Works, Robert Weir's mixed media and sculptural show, runs to Jun 28. 962 Queen W. 416-537-3814.