Here are some highlights of today's Luminato events. Full details and ticket info available at . Times are subject to change.
CELEBRATIONS
• Summer of Love has Yorkville travelling back to the Swinging Sixties with a variety of events, music and more. 1:30 p.m.
-6:30 p.m. (free).
• The Drum is honoured as a symbol of cultural unity at Muhtadi International Drumming Festival. Noon-8 p.m.
at Queen's Park (free).
MUSIC
• Art of Jazz features The Lee Konitz Trio at 3:30 p.m.
; Carla Bley the Art of Jazz Orchestra at 5 p.m.; Afro-Cuban Jazz Dance Party at 8:30 p.
m. The Distillery District, 55 Mill St. ($25-$39.
50).
• The Susie Arioli Band with Jordan Officer is at Live@Courthouse, 57 Adelaide St. E.
($10-$20).
• Book of Longing is composer Philip Glass' interpretation of the poetry of Leonard Cohen. 8 p.
m. at the Elgin Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge St. ($25-$125).
STAGE PERFORMANCE
• The National Ballet's Class on Stage offers a look at ballet dancers in class; 1 p.m. at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St.
W. (free).
• In Under Milk Wood, Kenneth Walsh performs Welsh poet Dylan Thomas' play for voices; 7:30 p.
m. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill St. Bldg.
49. ($40). Spiegeltent'ntavern is designed to reflect 1920s European cabarets, with a variety of events; Open today from noon-6 p.
m. (free); ticketed events at 8 p.m.
Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. ($25).
• Vida!
has Lizt Alfonso's Danza Cuba with Omara Portuondo exploring Cuba's vivid social history. 8 p.m.
; Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St. W. ($20-$85).
• The Walker Project: Better Living and Escape from Happiness are part of Toronto playwright George F. Walker's look at hardscrabble urban life. At Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst St.
Check times.($20-$35).
• Norman from 4D art and mixmedia masters Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon celebrates Canadian filmmaker Norman McLaren.
8 p.m. St.
Lawrence Centre, 27 Front St. E. ($30-$50).
VISUAL ARTS
• Auroras/Testimony features two works by artists Atom Egoyan and Kutlug Ataman. Distillery District's Artcore/ Fabrice Marcolini, 55 Mill St.
• Floating Artworks are larger-than-life exhibits at several downtown venues, including BCE Place (181 Bay St.
), TD Tower (222 Bay St.), Union Station (65 Bay St.)
• Celebrating the Beauty in Art is live painting from Carlito Dalceggio; 5 p.
m.-midnight on the exterior billboard at Hotel Le Germain, 30 Mercer St. (free).
• The Robotic Chair from Max Dean, Raffaello D'Andrea and Matt Donovan premieres at Canadian exhibition; Roots, 100 Bloor St. W. (free).
• Pulse Front: Relational Architecture 12 by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer blends man and technology in a dazzling light sculpture. From dusk to midnight. Harbourfront Centre (free).
MORE
• The Distillery District offers installations, live poetry booths, music, multi-disciplinary events and more, noon-11 p.m. 55 Mill St.
(free and ticketed events).
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