If you're in the mood for some funk on Saturday, April 28 check out Methodology at Bar Italia 582 College Street.

On Sunday, April 29 celebrate National Poetry Month at the Jewish Community Cen­tre with Rachel Zolf, Merle Nudelman, Gili Haimovich and Jonathan Garfinkel. Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, 750 Spadina Ave., 11am, $5.

Spin Gallery presents Dark, a salon exhibition of photography by artists Claudette Abrams, Anthea Baxter Page, Miroslaw Baszak, Wayne Parent, Curtis Wehrfritz & George Whiteside. Exhibition runs from May 1-31.

Are we losing sight of our Genetic Past? That is the question 5 Textile Artists are trying to answer in an exhibition that started with a circa 1920's photograph of four friends with no identity. This exhibition gives back some identity to these four women in written word and illustration. They're names are Beth, Marjorie, Eleanor and Blanche. They have been best friends since their first meeting in a one-room schoolhouse. They shared everything or so they thought. But each saved one or two secrets for themselves. Secrets to Dream On! May 2 to July 2 at the Rustic Cosmos Café and Gallery, 1278 Queen Street West.