Join us Thursday, March 12th at 6:00 p.m. at the Bachir/Yerex Presentation space for a screening of Robert’s Paintings, Shelley Niro’s portrait of the artist Robert Houle. Just beforehand, at 5:30 p.m., curator Jesse King does a guided walk through the related City of Toronto Market Gallery exhibition SKY & BONE, on the first floor (suite 128), which features work by Houle. Screening FREE, but tickets required. ⊕

Vtape is proud to present Trâm Anh Nguyễn’s short video “to boyhood, i never knew him” FREE online during the month of December.  ⊕

November 1 – 30: As part of a city-wide celebration of the life and work of the late Kelly Mark, Vtape is making the artist’s video Public Disturbance HB Series, Take 1, Take 2, Take 3 online FREE! This video documents parts of a notorious public performance, with professional actors reenacting domestic conflicts from movie scripts in a public setting. ⊕

Sunday, Nov. 30 at 7:00 p.m., join as at CineCycle (129 Spadina Ave., rear) for MEET US WHERE WE’RE AT, the annual Day With(out) Art screening. Made by drug users, harm reduction activists and queer artists from Nigeria, Vietnam, Brazil, Germany and Puerto Rico, these new films use hybrid methods to explore experiences of chemsex, pain, pleasure, community and street activism. ⊕

Saturday, Nov. 22 at 2:00pm, join Vtape & FADO for a joyful day of video-art binge-watching with Margaret Dragu! See Margaret’s recent works “NEW NORMAL: an embodied novel” and “TICK AND TALK OF COMMON TIME,” with snacks and movement and hanging out in between.  ⊕