Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets play the Biltmore
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: Montreal soul-funk collective Busty and the Bass plays the Pearl on its Mannequin Tour, with guests Zach Zoya and Sadé Awele.
FRIDAY: late-night screening at the Rio Theatre of a 4K restoration of Possession, director Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 horror flick about a woman in West Berlin who begins exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking for a divorce from her spy husband.
FRIDAY: Salt Spring Island musician Harry Manx blends the soulful tradition of the blues with the intricate depth of classical Indian ragas at Blue Frog Studios. Here’s my interview with Harry Manx from 2022.
The Wild are in town
FRIDAY: the Vancouver Canucks take on the Minnesota Wild in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: exhibition of paintings by New York City-based artist Firelei Báez, organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, runs until March 16 at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: xʷəlməxʷ child, running until May 25 at North Vancouver’s Polygon Gallery, features Manuel Axel Strain‘s figurative paintings, transformed into pictographs and set against photographic murals.
The Art of Banksy runs at 1 Alexander
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: The Art of Banksy: “Without Limits” exhibition at 1 Alexander Street features over 200 prints, photos, sculptures, installations, and murals by world-famous street artist Banksy.
SATURDAY: Comedy Here Often? presents a live taping of Vancouver standup comic Charlie Demers‘ third album and second special at 604 Studios, with host Ivan Decker and guest Yumi Nagashima. Here’s my interview with Charlie Demers from 2022.
SUNDAY: British pop singer-songwriter Nick Lowe joins forces with masked instrumental guitar band Los Straitjackets at the Biltmore Cabaret. Here’s my article on Los Straitjackets from 2003.
Jim Norton performs at the Commodore
SUNDAY: American comedian, radio personality, actor, author, and podcast host Jim Norton performs his standup comedy show Now You Know at the Commodore Ballroom.
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