Robert Plant and Alison Krauss play the Queen E
By Steve Newton
MONDAY TO FRIDAY: True Tribal: Contemporary Expressions of Ancestral Tattoo Practices explores 30-plus years of Indigenous tattooing from around the world and showcases the artists who are reconnecting with traditional skin-marking practices, at the Museum of Vancouver.
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY: Theatre Under the Stars presents a performance in Stanley Park of the musical School of Rock, based on the 2003 Jack Black movie, with pre-show performances from School of Rock Vancouver.
Steve Earle plays Great Canadian Casino
TUESDAY: American singer-songwriter Steve Earle (“Copperhead Road”) performs a solo acoustic concert at Great Canadian Casino Vancouver. Here’s my interview with Steve Earle from 1987.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY: former Led Zeppelin frontman-turned-Americana tunesmith Robert Plant performs with bluegrass-country singer and fiddler Alison Krauss at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Here’s my interview with Robert Plant from 1993.
WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY: Playland features midway games, attractions like the Haunted Mansion and Sweet Escape Mini Golf, food options, and numerous rides, including the newly launched rollercoaster, ThunderVolt. Playland runs until August 16 on the PNE Grounds, then becomes part of admission to the PNE Fair.
WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY: Anti-Icon: Apokalypsis is an exhibition of 17 self-portraits by photographer Martine Gutierrez, running until September 29 at the Polygon Gallery.
Waxahatchee plays the Orpheum
FRIDAY: Brooklyn-based indie-roots band Waxahatchee, featuring frontwoman Katie Crutchfield, plays the Orpheum Theatre, with guests Woods.
FRIDAY: Vancouver rock quartet Slightest Clue plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Mother Sun, Farhaven, and Passion Mango.
FRIDAY: American singer-songwriters the White Buffalo and Shawn James play a coheadlining bill at the Hollywood Theatre as part of their Tale of Two Guns Tour.
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut screens at the Rio
FRIDAY: screening at the Rio Theatre of Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, an extensively reconstructed version of director Tinto Brass’s notorious 1980 historical epic, starring Malcolm McDowell as the titular power-crazed and debaucherous emperor who helped usher in the downfall of Rome.
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