There’s really only one thing you need to know about this month’s art crawl: Supercrawl.

With a wider spirit of street-level collaboration, some truly slick posters and a livelier mix of media, this month’s Crawl promises one hell of a street party with plenty of hardcore-outdoor action - so much outdoor action, in fact, that the street will be closed from Wilson to Cannon, so fellow drivers plan accordingly. The array of musical acts performing on the several stages is truly staggering, such that I’m going to simply recommend you view their site for details while I try to do my visual art thing. Which doesn’t quite let me off the hook, as there will be street-level art installations and performances from Gary Buttrum, Matt McInnes and Erin Warner, Joel Moran, Ram Samocha, Jim Riley, KHalm, Mel Paraboo and Paul Frank, and Dave Hind. Again, that’s just the outdoor stuff. I’m bringing my oversized English-public-school umbrella just in case.

Also, this event will be collecting canned goods for Hamilton Food Share, and if you’re especially lucky you can hand your creamed corn over to the Hammer City Roller Girls. Doing the right thing has never been so sexy, or so latently violent.

In the familiar places themselves, Mixed Media will be featuring art by Sherelle Wilsack in the store, with a Speaker’s Corner from Red Canoe and Mohawk College set up - you guessed it - outside. You Me Gallery is participating with window-viewable installation by Brian Kelly, Peek, which is a continuation of his work Europa at Hamilton Artists Inc. during the 1980s.

Speaking of Hamilton Artists Inc., they’ll still be bringing the New Harbours Music Series to the Cathedral (a Supercrawl After-Party destination) with performances by Kingdom Shore, Matt Henderson and Gasoline gathers hands, gathers friends, while the gallery itself will continue its exhibition of Project ReMix participants Sadko Hadzihasanovic, Bryce Kanbara, Peter Karuna, Popeye’s Golden Theory, Anne Milne, Adrian Rumbautand and Yanet Molina. The Print Studio will be also be continuing Delio Delgado’s Words, Disguises and Other Things, accompanied this month by Yes I’m Analog, a project by Luis Mora and Trevor Ydreos shot entirely on 35mm and 120mm film. A nod to the Supercrawl will be provided by Johnny Angel’s 78 Spinout of rare vinyl in the studio.

There’s still fresh visual art to be had elsewhere on the street, including Robert Yates at Blue Angel, Paul Ropel-Morski at James North Studio, Terry Asma at Sky Dragon and Jean Piche at The Factory. My sure bet closer to the action would be Drawn Threads at Loose Canon; curated by Thea Haines, the show brings together three textile-based artists: Amy Belanger, Amanda McCavour and Joanna Schleimer.

While I missed their opening last weekend (apologies again to Judith!) Artword Artbar is still showing Toronto visual artist and poet Steven McCabe’s The Sandinista Series. McCabe will also be giving a poetry reading in the Artbar from 10pm the night of the Crawl - that may provide a more low-key alternative for those not attending one of the designated Supercrawl After-Parties at This Ain’t Hollywood, Sonic Unyon Records or Harvest Moon’s Concert Hall. Again, the Supercrawl website is your friend here, heed it well.

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