If there was ever any confusion, NOW Magazine clears it up in this week's issue: Gentleman Reg is a local homo heartthrob. That's right. A bona-fide heartthrob of the homo variety. So when someone asks, "Who's this Gentleman Reg character?" You need only respond with three words: 'Local,' 'homo,' and 'heartthrob' (in that order). This question-answer scenerio may even come up this weekend, as G-Reg plays Alexander Parkette on Sunday at 6 pm. The heartthrob, along with other Pride acts, can be seen for free.

And if seeing a homo heartthrob isn't quite your thing, you might want to veer slightly toward the "fresh-face woodland nymph" direction. On Saturday night at the C'est What Brew Pub (67 Front), songwriter-singer Basia Bulat launches her new EP to Toronto audiences. The nymph-ish guitar player is charging nothing for the show.