John Waters is at the Rio
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: the Vancouver Canucks take on the St. Louis Blues in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.
FRIDAY: the Burnaby Halloween Festival presents In Praise of Nightmares, featuring screenings at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts of the seminal 1920s silent films Un Chien Andalou and Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, with live musical accompaniment.
FRIDAY: the Rogue Folk Club presents roots trio the Good Lovelies–composed of singers and songwriters Kerri Ough, Sue Passmore, and Caroline Marie Brooks–at Mel Lehan Hall at St. James. SOLD OUT. Snooze ya lose.
Girls Gotta Eat at the Vogue
FRIDAY: Just for Laughs presents the Girls Gotta Eat Snack City Tour, featuring comedy podcasters Rayna Greenberg and Ashley Hesseltine, at the Vogue Theatre.
FRIDAY: Vancouver-based Grateful Dead tribute band GDBC plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Buddy and The Scarecrow!
FRIDAY: 50th anniversary screening at the Rio Theatre of director William Friedkin’s horror classic The Exorcist, starring Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, and Linda Blair. Here’s my interview with Max von Sydow from 1993.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: screenings at the VIFF Centre of an extended, 4K restoration of Italian director Dario Argento’s seminal 1975 giallo, Deep Red, starring David Hemmings as a jazz pianist who becomes enmeshed in a murder investigation.
Jack Skellington is at the Orpheum
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: the Vancouver Symphony performs along to a screening of director Henry Selick’s stop-motion masterpiece The Nightmare Before Christmas at the Orpheum Theatre.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: screenings at the Rio Theatre of director Jim Sharman’s 1975 rock musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, starring Tim Curry as Dr. Frank N. Furter. Here’s my interview with Tim Curry from 1990.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: Cirque du Soleil presents its production of Kooza, a 125-minute acrobatics/circus show exploring themes of fear, identity, recognition, and power. Running until December 31 under the Big Top at Concord Pacific Place.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival features music, theatre, literary events, film, dance, forums, workshops, gallery exhibits, art talks, and history walks. Running until November 5 at various DTES locations.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: Fright Nights at the PNE is a Halloween-themed experience with haunted houses, rides, creepy décor, and live performances. Recommended for those 13 years and older.
Chucky’s at the Rio
SATURDAY: screening at the Rio Theatre of The Bride With White Hair director Ronny Yu’s horror-comedy Bride of Chucky, the fourth entry in the Child’s Play franchise. Here’s my original Bride of Chucky review from 1998.
SATURDAY: Australian prog-rock guitar wizard Plini plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Strawberry Girls and Standards. SOLD OUT. Snooze ya lose.
SATURDAY: Halloween Horror at the Drive-in features screenings of Halloween and Halloween II at Langley’s Twilight Drive-in, Metro Vancouver’s only remaining drive-on movie theatre.
SATURDAY: American rock legends the Doobie Brothers–featuring guitarist-vocalists Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons, and keyboardist-vocalist Michael McDonald–play Abbotsford Centre. Here’s my interview with Tom Johnston from 1991.
Parade of Lost Souls in East Van
SATURDAY: the Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret present the annual Parade of Lost Souls, a Halloween-themed community event that blends performance art, live music, dance, and wildly inventive costumes. Hourly parades start at the Britannia Community Centre at 6:30 (kids), 7:30, and 8:30 pm, with 19+ afterparty at the WISE Hall.
SATURDAY: the Vancouver Canucks take on the New York Rangers in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.
SUNDAY: American filmmaker and pop-culture icon John Waters performs his new spoken-word show Devil’s Advocate at the Rio Theatre. Please note: no videotaping, audio taping, or photography of any kind permitted during the performance. SOLD OUT. Snooze ya lose.
Ne Obliviscaris plays the Rickshaw
SUNDAY: Australian extreme prog-metal band Ne Obliviscaris, featuring harsh vocalist Marc “Xenoyr” Campbell and clean vocalist/violinist Tim Charles, plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Beyond Creation and the Omnific.
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