Today in Toronto Progress, Toronto's newest theatre festival, is the love-child of SummerWorks Performance Festival and The Theatre Centre, and promises to shake up the city's arts scene by bringing global talents to local audiences. Read our preview here.

The Garrison's free movie nights continue with Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and Beetlejuice. Sexy storytelling slam Tell Me Something Good is celebrating their first anniversary and the launch of their new podcast just in time for Valentine's Day. All you need to do to tell a story at the event is write your name on a slip of paper. Hot. For more events, click on over to our events section.

• Performance: Progress (February 4-15)
• Lit: Tell Me Something Good 1 Year Anniversary and Podcast Launch (Gladstone)
• Film: Movie Night at the Garrison (Garrison)
• Art: DEEP .GIF IMMERSION: sidewalkscreening.gif Launch Party (Drake Underground)
• Comics: Pitiful Human-Lizard issue 3 Launch (Silver Snail)
• Food: IBM Watson Cognitive Cooking Poutine Event (Snell Hall, St. James Cathedral)
• Art: Douglas Coupland (MOCCA, ROM)
• Food: La Poutine Week
• Drink: FeBREWary
• Film: The Great Digital Film Festival (Jan 30 - Feb 5, Cineplex Theatres)

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