Kamala vs. Donald at the Rio
By Steve Newton
MONDAY: English post-punk/art-pop band The The, featuring singer-songwriter Matt Johnson, plays the Orpheum Theatre.
TUESDAY: watch Kamala vs. Donald (the U.S. presidential election) live on the big screen at the Rio Theatre, with Vancouver comedian Charlie Demers as host.
TUESDAY: Chicago indie-rock trio Dehd plays tunes from latest Fat Possum album Poetry at the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Gustaf from Brooklyn.
Winter Kills screens at the VIFF Centre
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY: screenings at the VIFF Centre of Winter Kills, director William Richert’s 1978 black comedy/thriller, a madcap riff on the JRK assassination, based on the 1974 novel by The Manchurian Candidate author Richard Condon.
WEDNESDAY: The ’80s Club at the River Rock Show Theatre features performances by ’80s pop bands A Flock of Seagulls and Men Without Hats. Here’s my interview with Ivan Doroschuk of Men Without Hats from 1984.
WEDNESDAY: Canadian law professor, science expert, Netflix host, and author Timothy Caulfield discusses the profound implications of living in an era where truth is increasingly elusive in a lecture at Kay Meek Centre.
Echo runs at Concord Pacific Place
WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY: Cirque du Soleil‘s Echo, running to January 5 at Concord Pacific Place, combines poetry, stagecraft, acrobatics, and technology to explores the delicate balance between people, animals, and the world.
THURSDAY: AC/DC vs. Ozzy at the Roxy Cabaret features tributes to AC/DC by Noise Pollution and Ozzy Osbourne by Mr. Crowley’s Ozzy Experience.
FRIDAY: Grammy-winning composer Tan Dun conducts the Canadian premiere of his epic choral work of love and compassion, Buddha Passion, inspired by Chinese and Sanskrit texts, at the Orpheum Theatre.
Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin plays the Hollywood
FRIDAY: Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin performs music from Italian horror movies such as Suspiria, Deep Red, Demons, and Tenebre at the Hollywood Theatre.
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