There are many things happening around the world this weekend, and one of them is the 2008 installment of PodCamp Toronto, held once again this year at Ryerson University’s lovely Rogers Communication Centre. Both Tristan and Dan will be in attendance, so if you plan on attending, why not come by, say hello, and grab one of Tristan’s impractically thick business cards.

In other news, Dan will be making one of his frequent appearances on CBC’s GO! on Saturday morning. Not sure what he’ll be doing there, but the show is about Facebook, so odds are he’ll probably be talking about how he doesn’t want to use it.

Also, From the House of the Dead, the opera that features Tristan as an extra, has been getting so many ridiculously wonderful reviews and will be playing for the last time on Friday night. What will be next for Tristan? Broadway, perhaps? Only time will tell.

Yes, this post title can be taken literally. Tristan will be playing a prisoner in the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Leoš Janáček’s From the House of the Dead this February at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in downtown Toronto. He will not be singing, of course. He will not be speaking either, for that matter. He’s an extra (or, in operaspeak, a super).

Not familar with the works of Janáček? Here’s what the COC website has to say about FtHotD:

Stripped of their dignity, inmates in a Siberian prison camp cling to the stories of past lives, relating their histories and creating diversions to take their minds off their dreadful conditions.

Sounds like a fun hour-and-a-half, no?

Performances are on February 2, 5, 7, 13, 19 and 22 at 7:30 PM, February 16 at 4:30 PM, and on February 10 at 2 PM. Tickets can be purchased online, by calling 416-363-8231, or in person at the Four Seasons Centre Box Office (145 Queen St. W., Toronto). Ticket prices for all performances range from $60 to $275, but if you’re under 30, you can score $20 tickets starting January 19. You may also be able to get rush tickets on the day of each performance at this same discounted rate, regardless of age.

All these links not enough for you? Here’s one more. Still not convinced? The cast includes a live eagle.

See you at the opera.