Brass Camel plays the Rickshaw
heather horncastle photo
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: the Rogue Folk Club presents A Tribute to Shane MacGowan, featuring the Pat Chessell Band and Sinead X Sanders, at Mel Lehan Hall at St. James. POSTPONED to March 2.
FRIDAY: Band of Brothers: Levin & La Barbera, a jazz quartet composed of brothers Tony and Pete Levin and Pat and Joe La Barbera, plays the BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts. SOLD OUT.
FRIDAY: late-night screening at the Rio Theatre of director Ridley Scott’s darkly romantic 1986 fairytale Legend, starring Tim Curry and Tom Cruise.
Dave Sikula plays Frankie’s Jazz
FRIDAY: the hard-swinging Dave Sikula Quintet–composed of guitarist Dave Sikula, trumpeter Brad Turner, alto saxophonist Steve Kaldestad, bassist Jeff Gammon, and drummer Joe Poole–performs original compositions and arrangements of works by Cole Porter and Jerome Kern at Frankie’s Jazz.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: screenings at the VIFF Centre of director Thomas von Steinaecker’s 2022 documentary Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer, about the charismatic German filmmaker. In English and German with English subtitles.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the work of late Trinidadian-Canadian artist Denyse Thomasos is featured in the career retrospective Denyse Thomasos: just beyond, running until March of 2024 at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: 31 emerging and seasoned local designers and makers were selected to create 22 objects made from vintage mahogany for Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project, running until August 7 at the Museum of Vancouver.
Ramanenjana at the PuSh Festival
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival features innovative theatre, dance, music, mixed-media, circus, and installations at various Vancouver venues until February 4.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital joins the Vancouver Symphony in a program that features composer Jennifer Higdon’s new Mandolin Concerto at the Centennial Theatre (Friday), Chan Centre (Saturday), and Bell Performing Arts Centre (Sunday).
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: running until January 21, Canyon Lights features a dazzling Christmas-light display on the trees, bridges, and pathways of North Vancouver’s Capilano Suspension Bridge Park.
The Leafs are in town
SATURDAY: the red-hot Vancouver Canucks take on the Toronto Maple Leafs in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.
SATURDAY: the Vancity Comedy Extravaganza at the Vogue Theatre features standup by Dino Archie, Aidan DeSousa, Brent Morin, Trixx, and Ari Matti. POSTPONED to April 13.
SATURDAY: screening at the Cinematheque of French director Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 feature debut, Breathless, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg. In French with English subtitles.
SATURDAY: Band Together, a fundraiser for BC Children’s Hospital at the Rickshaw Theatre, features performances by Brass Camel, Bend Sinister, Uncle Strut, Spendo, Bleako’s Nuclear Disco, and Tess Anderson.
Slaughter Beach, Dog plays the Rickshaw
SUNDAY: Philadelphia indie-rock band Slaughter Beach, Dog plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Sun June.
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