I am going to call this weekend medium-high brow.

There’s a great art opening in West Broadway courtesy of the ever-impressive Synonym Art Consultation, an incredible French-Canadian film at Cinematheque and a really fun International Women’s Day Celebration in the West End.

There’s also a film fest for kids that culminates in a movie about two house cats and a Q&A with the director – if your brain can even handle the adorableness of toddlers asking questions about filmmaking to a director from the Netherlands.

Oh and don’t forget Swan Lake. No really, don’t. It’s going to be incredible.

WHAT: ART – Art/dance party at Handsome Daughter

When: Friday, March 6 at 8 p.m.

Where: Handsome Daughter at 61 Sherbrook St.

Cost: $10

Synonym Art Consultation is having another amazing launch this weekend in West Broadway.

Jeanine Saurette’s Unfinished Basement is opening Friday night at the Handsome Daughter.

This exhibit is a ton of small sculptures/installations made with industrial materials, and basically looks at what constitutes finished vs. unfinished when it comes to building materials.

If the idea of a West Broadway art show sounds intimidating, this particular show is very accessible and there will be music and food!

DJ collective DIY Network is spinning, and the very talented Jon Olafson (he’s also part of House of Gold Diamonds and Pop Tart, which are both so very good) is doing a set.

There will be also be cocktails and snacks. It should be lovely.

WHAT: FILM - Canada’s Top 10 at Cinematheque

When: Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m.

Where: Cinematheque at 100 Arthur St.

Cost: $9 per screening

Cinematheque is showing a bunch of important new Canadian movies this weekend.

Canada’s Top 10 International Film Fest starts on Friday with screenings of Mommy, a French flick that cleaned up at the Canadian Screen Awards this year and won the Jury prize at Cannes last year.

Basically, it’s about a widowed woman who decides to take her teenage son out of an institution and home school him, but both of them have their own issues so it’s actually interesting.

This fest runs all month and is a great chance to acquaint yourself with what really talented Canadian filmmakers have been putting out lately.

Plus it’s only $9 per screening, and Cinematheque is the perfect cozy venue for early-evening hangouts.

Oh and this bit is only for people who want to feel bad about themselves: a 25-year-old from Quebec wrote (adapted, to be fair) and directed this movie because he’s endlessly talented and cool. His name is Xavier Dolan. Google him.

WHAT: MUSIC – Mama Cutsworth’s DJ Academy recital

When: Saturday, March 7 at 9 p.m.

Where: The Good Will at 625 Portage Ave.

Cost: $5

Check out Mama Cutsworth and her DJ academy students Saturday night to celebrate International Women's Day! (CBC) Celebrate International Women’s Day a bit early this weekend with Mama Cutsworth’s DJ academy recital.

For only $5 you can check out DJ sets by a bunch of brand-new DJs in the city as well as a set by the best in the city – Mama Cutsworth herself.

Every year, she teaches a DJ class for women to try and even out the gender imbalance in the local scene, and when the course is over, they do a “recital,” which is really just a rad dance party.

Last year, the sets were incredible – Snoop-Dogg-meets-Full-House-theme-song-level incredible.

I’m not sure if it’s because the DJs are new or because they’re women or because they learn from the best – but they come up with the freshest, most danceable and unexpected sets. It’s a ton of fun.

And cheap!

WHAT: BALLET – RWB does Swan Lake

When: Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Where: Centennial Concert Hall at 555 Main St.

Cost: $29-$107 per ticket

Sophia Lee and Liang Xing are going to totally slay in Swan Lake this weekend. Go see them. (Réjean Brandt Photography) Get fancy this weekend and go see the RWB do Swan Lake.

It’s pretty romantic, and the ballet is one of my absolute favourite underrated things.

If you aren’t familiar with Swan Lake, it’s a Russian ballet about a woman who is turned into a swan by this evil dude who puts a curse on her. It kind of messes up her plans to get with a different dude that she loves.

That’s all you need to know. In fact, you don’t even need to know that much to enjoy it.

The ballet is so much fun, and I promise you won’t be bored or find it stuffy. It’s actually quite accessible and lovely. I think you should go.

WHAT: KID STUFF – Freeze Frame’s film fest

When: Saturday and Sunday

Where: Centre Culturel Franco-Manitoban at 340 Provencher Blvd.

Cost: FREE to $6 for a screening

Freeze Frame’s film fest for kids has been running all week, and it caps with a bunch more cute stuff this weekend.

On Saturday, they’re screening some French and English kids’ films from all over the world. Screenings are $6 or less if you go as a whole family.

On Sunday, they’re doing a kind of cool thing at 2:30 p.m.

There’s a free screening of Pim and Pom, a movie about two cats who escape some evil nieces and try to make a go of it on the streets – but they’re house cats, you know? So it really isn’t easy.

Anyway, it’s from the Netherlands and seems like something little humans would be into.

After the show, the director is going to be there to talk about it, which is kind of adorable. I can only imagine the questions she’ll be fielding.