This weekend, not only are there the usual number of amazing art events to look forward to-there’s also all that awesome free TIFF action! You can experience the fest without spending a dime-and we’ve got the how to.

ARTS EVENTS
Sept 3-26th Places and Spaces @ Gallery at 129 Ossington, 129 Ossington Ave. Stewart Jones captures downtown Toronto in large, bold oil paintings.

Sept 9-12 Hear No Evil @ 103 Ossington Ave. So THAT’S what’s up with the weird scaffolding across the street from Levack Block! Music, art, dance, installations and more! Created by Osvaldo Sales Gallery and Todo Space. $10

Sept 9-13 Junction Arts Festival @ Dundas Street West, from Keele St. to Quebec Ave. The 17th year of the fest, transforming The Junction into an art destination.

Sept 10-Oct 10 New Work/Preface to Crossing the Magpie Bridge @ Birch Libralato, 129 Tecumseth St. ‘Giddy distillations of dancing legs’ from Cathy Daley and Song Period Calligraphy-inspired paintings from Andy Patton.

Sept 10 Landscapes @ Engine Gallery, 37 Mill St. Bldg 37, The Distillery District. A collection of ‘constructed souvenirs’ by Martha Fleury. http://marthafleury.com/web/Welcome.html. 7-10 pm.

Sept 11 3D Colour @ Galerie Lausberg, 880 Queen St. W. Harald Schmitz-Schmelzer’s crazy rainbow-box sculptures.

Sept 11-Oct 5 Spleen & Ideal @ LE Gallery, 1183 Dundas St. W. A series by Katie Pretti inspired by Baudelaire, Bacon, and the interdependence of beauty and the macabre. http://www.le-gallery.ca

Sept 12 Pierre Gauvreau: A Retrospective 1980-2009 @ Gallery Gevik, 12 Hazelton Ave. A look at Montreal-born Refus global painter Pierre Gauvreau. 1-5 pm.

Sept 12 Valeria Mravyan @ Gallery Hittite, 107 Scollard St. Abstract cityscapes. 7-10 pm.

Sept 12-13 Take Off Your Clothes @ The Raging Spoon, 761 Queen St. W. Giant clothing swap! 12-5 pm, $5 optional donation at the door!

TIFF EVENTS: FUTURE PROJECTIONS

Sept 5-19th Speak City @ Nathan Phillips Square TIFF Box Office Tent. Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak create a piece chronicling Toronto’s 140 official neighbourhoods. 7 am-7 pm.

Sept 9-19th Imaginary Lovers @ Stephen Bulger Gallery, 1026 Queen St. W. Actor, director, and writer Don McKellar presents a series of cell phone video love letters.

Sept 9-Oct 26th In a City @ Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, U of T. Mark Lewis’ film from the Canadian Pavilion of The Venice Biennale.

Sept 10-19th A Vicious Undertow @ The Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen St. W. This new work from Jesper Just explores the mechanics of audience reaction to film melodrama. 9 pm-4 am.

Sept 10-19 Green Porno: Scandalous Sea @ Royal Ontario Museum, The Spirit House, Main Floor. 100 Queen’s Park. Isabella Rosselini’s sculptural installation about sexual hijinks in the great oceans.

Sept 10-20th Phantoms of Nabua @ MOCCA, 952 Queen St. W. Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul takes his recurring themes into a political spectrum.

Sept 10-19 Civilization, The Shape of Things, This Transition Will Never End #6 @ Bell Lightbox, King St & John St. Three films will be projected each night of the fest onto the Bell Lightbox. 8 pm-12 am

And don’t miss all the free TIFF happenings in Yonge-Dundas Square, all fest long! http://www.shedoesthecity.com/free_tiff_yonge_dundas