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These (recessionary) days, with “shop” and “excuse to” so rarely separable in a breath, what’s as perfect as the pop-up? Nothing. Sale signs, in their bright, pleading ubiquity, have lost their ubiquity. This winter’s long, and garages haven’t turned out their doors yet; neither have the farmers’ or Kensington street markets.

DESIGN: Designers from all walks of the trade compete in the Toronto version of the Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament. This travelling competition has already visited a host of other cities (Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco among them), picking and choosing winners along the way until the final showdown in New York City. Tonight's contest goes down in real time with the work of the participants broadcast over the crowd. Sound Academy (11 Polson Street), 7 p.m., $15 in advance, $20 at door.

WORDS: Breaking Dawn, the final installment of author Stephenie Meyer's vampire/romance book series Twilight, is being released at midnight. A masquerade-themed party at Indigo this evening celebrates the book launch, with Breaking Dawn-inspired activities, music, and prizes for the best costume. Plus, you get to buy the book—which will certainly suck—as soon as it goes on sale at 12:01 a.m. Indigo Books (55 Bloor Street West), 8:00 p.m., FREE.