Today in Toronto it's International Coffee Day, and you're going to need a caffeine drip to get through the city's offerings tonight, let me tell you. There's Damien Abraham of Fucked Up moderateing the ArtsVote Mayoral Debate at the TIFF Lightbox - what, couldn't they get Ed the Sock?

Then there's true stories performed live by various lit-heads at the Garrison (sans notes, and hopefully sans lies - totally unlike the above debate), music-centric live stories at Videofag, a free film fest art show thanks to Toronto Palestine Film Festival, and experimental music at Ratio. All these art events without any okay from City Hall? I'm not sure what to think. For more events, click on over to our events section.

• City: Artsvote Mayoral Arts Debate (TIFF Bell Lightbox)
• Lit: True Stories Told Live (Garrison)
• Film/Art: Palestine Film Fest Art Show: Photography of Ali Mustafa (AGO Jackman Hall)
• Lit: The Spoke: LINER NOTES (Videofag)
• Music: The Draperies & Allison Cameron (Ratio)

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Photo by Denise McMullin