Emmy Award-winning voice actor Nancy Cartwright has chosen Toronto for the North American premiere of her one woman show, MY LIFE AS A TEN YEAR OLD BOY. In addition to Bart Simpson, Cartwright also voices Ralph Wiggum, bullies Nelson Muntz and Kearney, and choirboy Todd Flanders. Her non-SIMPSONS credits include Chuckie from RUGRATS, Mindy from ANIMANIACS, and dozens of others.

Based on her best selling book of the same name, the show is the story of how a girl from Kettering, Ohio, grew up to become the voice of a cultural icon. It

Concept's annual science fiction and fantasy charity auction features donations from science fiction artists, animators and authors and media. Guest auctioneer Paul Bennett always guarantees a great time even if you just want to watch the show! Some donors this year include Atomic Cartoons, Jim Henson Company, Warner Bros. Television Animation, MGM, science fiction and fantasy artists Donato Giancola, David Cherry, Todd Lockwood, animator Stephan Martiniere and gaming and comic artist Ken Meyer, Jr., and comic artist Barry Windsoer-Smith. Proceeds help to pay for the annual not-for-profit convention and are shared equally with Summit School, which serves primary and secondary school children with developmental delays in the greater Montreal area.

Toronto Animated Image Society

Discreet invites local 3D creators to experience a free demonstration of the new features of its 3ds max 7 software. Jason Crosby, producer at Digital Dimension, will speak from 6:00 to 9:30 pm at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Society.

Located blocks away from Warner Bros. Studios, in Burbank, California, Digital Dimension specializes in 3D animation, motion graphics and visual effects for the film, television and interactive industries. The company, founded in 1995, has earned a Visual Effects Society Award and four Emmy Awards. Digital Dimension recently produced more than 100 invisible effects for the New Line film CELLULAR and recently completed visual effects work on EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING.

To register, log on to www.discreet.com/events.

Discreet invites local 3D creators to experience a free demonstration of the new features of its 3ds max 7 software. Jason Crosby, producer at Digital Dimension, will speak from 6:00 to 9:30 pm at the Bloor Cinema.

Located blocks away from Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, Digital Dimension specializes in 3D animation, motion graphics and visual effects for the film, television, and interactive industries. The company, founded in 1995, has earned a Visual Effects Society Award and four Emmy Awards. Digital Dimension recently produced more than 100 invisible effects for the New Line film, CELLULAR, and recently completed visual effects work on EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING.

To register, log on to www.discreet.com/events.

The Toronto Animated Image Society is hosting its annual holiday party. This year's party will also include our first-ever silent auction. Start your holiday season up right at the only party in town where you can get cool holiday gifts and drink eggnog at the same time. The party will take place at the National Film Board from 7:00 to 11:00 pm. For more information, call (416) 533-7889, visit e-mail: Tais@bellnet.ca or visit www.awn.com/tais.

The 2005 Wireless & Mobile WorldExpo, organized by WowGao, is the highly anticipated global meeting place for the wireless and mobile industry, attracting leading innovative vendors, expert speakers, and 2,000 IT professionals as attendees.

Focusing on the wireless and mobile enterprise solutions, the conference and exposition together explore the following hot areas:

* Wi-Fi/802.11/802.16
* PDA, Mobile Handsets, Smartphone, and other Handheld Technologies
* Wireless Security
* Bluetooth and Its Applications
* Wireless Broadband

The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF 05) is North America's oldest and largest animation festival. The festival is broken up into four umbrella categories. The first is for animated feature films. The New Media Competition covers Animation Short Made for the Internet, Internet series, interactive animation and "Machinima," films made with videogame software. Commissioned Films Competition covers educational, scientific or industrial film, advertising film, station-program identification, music video, television special, television pilot, television series for adults and television series for children. Independent Short Films Competition covers narrative short film under 35 minutes, non-narrative short film under 35 minutes, first film and films made for children. Founded in 1976, and held biennially ever since, the OIAF attracts international animators, producers, broadcasters, and enthusiasts to Ottawa to view films entered in and out of competition, and attend special screenings and workshops that ponder the current state and future of animation. For more information, visit www.animationfestival.ca or www.awn.com/ottawa, e-mail info@animationfestival.ca or call (613) 232-8769.

Massive 2005 is a full-day conference and tradeshow showcasing eBusiness tools for SMEs and tech-toys for work. Through a combination of informative presentations and more than 100 interactive displays, this event will educate business professionals in an entertaining and refreshing environment. The event will take place at SCIENCE WORLD, 1455 Quebec Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada. To learn more, contact Shana Korotash at BC TIA by e-mailing skorotash@bctia.org or calling (604) 602-5232.

FANTASY WORLDWIDE International Film Festival - Toronto is the first film festival in the world focusing on World Mythology, Fantasy (no Horror), Mysticism, Magical Realism, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Legend and Archetype, and bringing them all together under one tent. Our showcase includes Feature Films, Shorts, Family and Children