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Ingénieurs Sans Frontières mix pleasure and philanthropy tonight at La Tulipe (4530 Papineau, 7 p.m.), where they host a show jam-packed with local talent: Lyrical Assaults, Project SideFX, Name Withheld, Feed The Ghost and High John. The context is a massive national effort to raise awareness about extreme poverty, defined as people who live on less than $1 a day. All across the country, ISF members are distributing a flyer, Canada Horizon, dated 2025, when extreme poverty no longer exists; the flyer details the steps to take to make that scenario a reality. FRIDAY 2 Concordia's fantabulous yearly Art Matters event kicks off tonight for 16 days' worth of varied art offerings. Read more in the Arts section and check the full schedule at artmatters.concordia.ca, but in the meantime, party like it's 1999 at the Art Matters opening party, where The Winks, Thundrah, The Nymphets, The Captains, Shapes And Sizes and DJs Sons of Warshaw will regale you with massive levels of entertainment.
In Chicago: Chandler Comes Home
Dwayne The Rock Johnson, once the premier entertainer for what is now WWE Entertainment, knew how to fire up a crowd in his heyday. Hed kick, insult, and Peoples Elbow anybody who dared challenge him in any way imaginable, and the first thing hed emphatically state into the microphone at any stadium he walked into was, Finally, The Rock has come back to Former Chicago Bull and current New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornet Tyson Chandler has never been a guy to talk excessive smack, instigate fights, or threaten anyone with a Cross-Face Chicken Wing, but tonight fans, media, and players in the United Center are collectively buzzing, Finally, Tyson Chandler has come back to Chicago. It feels good, Chandler said in front of the media throng outside the Hornets locker room, Its kind of one of those games where theres too much surrounding it.
Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation
To bring a dose of fun to young patients, Colgate-Palmolive and Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation are asking people across the country to log on and vote for five lucky hospitals currently on a waiting list for "Fun Centers," mobile entertainment units that kids can enjoy at their bedside, or anywhere in a hospital setting, while they recover. This year, Colgate-Palmolive will sponsor a total of 60 Fun Centers across the country as part of their annual donation to Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation. As part of a new program to bring Fun Centers to more hospitals and reduce the long waiting list, Colgate-Palmolive and Starlight Starbright are launching a national online vote, now through March 31st, inviting communities across the country to help make a difference in the lives of seriously ill children.
Sit Down Comedy With David Steinberg to Premiere Exclusively on ...
NEW YORK, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- TV Land announced today that for the first time ever, it will air the season premiere of a series exclusively on TVLand.com when the second season of Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg premieres online on Monday, February 19. The episode will then premiere on the network two days later on Wednesday, February 21 in its regularly scheduled timeslot of 10 p.m. ET/PT. In addition, throughout the series' six- week run, ensuing episodes will all premiere first on tvland.com every Monday and then air on the network two days later. The series -- filmed in front of a live studio audience -- launches with an animated and hilarious conversation with Jerry Seinfeld. Subsequent guests in this one-on-one comedy forum include Robin Williams, Roseanne Barr, Jon Stewart, Garry Shandling and Ray Romano, who entertain with funny stories about their personal lives and careers in entertainment.
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