RoboCop screens at the Rio
By Steve Newton
MONDAY TO FRIDAY: The Art of Banksy: “Without Limits” exhibition, running until May 25 at 1 Alexander Street, features over 200 prints, photos, sculptures, installations, and murals by world-famous street artist Banksy.
TUESDAY TO FRIDAY: screenings at the VIFF Centre of No Other Land, the Oscar-winning documentary about the realities of Israeli occupation in the State of Palestine’s West Bank. In Arabic, Hebrew, and English, with English subtitles.
TUESDAY TO FRIDAY: performances at Studio 58 of Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg’s We Are Boy Band, a devised piece that follows a group of pop singers as they strive for stardom and deal with the dark side of fame.
Tommy Emmanuel plays the Centre
WEDNESDAY: Australian acoustic fingerstyle guitarist Tommy Emmanuel plays the Centre in Vancouver. Here’s my interview with Tommy Emmanuel from 1994.
WEDNESDAY: the Vancouver Canucks take on the Seattle Kraken in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.
WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY: 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.
Steve Dawson and Fats Kaplin play Mel Lehan Hall
FRIDAY: Vancouver-raised, Nashville-based slide-guitar great and producer Steve Dawson is joined by American fiddler and multi-instrumentalist Fats Kaplin at Mel Lehan Hall at St. James, with guest Aleksi Campagne. Here’s my interview with Steve Dawson from 1994.
FRIDAY: Vancouver rock ‘n’ roll troubadour Rich Hope records the first of two nights at the ANZA Club for an upcoming live album, with guests Janky Bungag. Here’s my interview with Rich Hope from 2009.
FRIDAY: late-night screening at the Rio Theatre of director Paul Verhoeven‘s 1987 sci-fi actioner RoboCop, starring Peter Weller as RoboCop and Kurtwood Smith as crime lord Clarence Boddicker (“Bitches leave!“).
Cousin Harley plays Frankie’s Jazz
FRIDAY: local rockabilly trio Cousin Harley, featuring guitarist-vocalist Paul Pigat, plays the first of a two-night release party for new album Cousin Harley Plays the Blues at Frankie’s Jazz. Here’s my interview with Paul Pigat from 2021.
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