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Yesterday afternoon, hundreds of people who were way cooler than Torontoist came out to the Gladstone Hotel to see the 175 independent publishers, artists, and writers at Canzine, Canada’s largest zine fair and festival of alternative culture. The day-long event was organized by Broken Pencil, the quarterly magazine dedicated to all things underground culture and the independent arts.

THEATRE: What would a Halloween weekend be without the Canadian premiere of The Toxic Avenger Musical? New Jersey vat-of-radioactive-waste survivor the Toxic Avenger battles for both the heart of his blind librarian love-interest and the environment while expressing himself through the magic of live rock ballads. The only thing missing might be a GTA context—the debate's open as to Toronto's New Jersey equivalent. The Music Hall (147 Danforth Avenue), Saturday 9 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., $15–$69.

STREET PARTY: The last Pedestrian Sunday of the year invites us to honour our ancestors as we approach All Hallows Eve. Streets Are For People adds to their usual great Sunday market fun with some special holiday treats. Live music, messages to the dead, and a costume contest (registration between 2–3 p.m., runway contest at 5 p.m.) lead up to the sundown Halloween parade to the Underworld. Kensington Market, 1–7 p.m., FREE.

Hey you with the hat and the self-screened t-shirt, whatchoo up to, say, this Sunday? Wouldn't happen to be Broken Pencil's Canzine would it?