Rich Hope plays the ANZA Club
chistopher edmonstone photo
By Steve Newton
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!“).
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: 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.
Ché Aimee Dorval plays the Fox Cabaret
FRIDAY: Vancouver vocalist Ché Aimee Dorval mixes trip-hop, folktronica, and soul with an alt-rock swagger at the Fox Cabaret, with guests Wallgrin.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: local rockabilly trio Cousin Harley, featuring guitarist-vocalist Paul Pigat, plays 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.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: Vancouver rock ‘n’ roll troubadour Rich Hope records two nights at the ANZA Club for an upcoming live album, with guests Janky Bungag (Fri.) and Elliot C. Way (Sat.). Here’s my interview with Rich Hope from 2009.
We Are Boy Band runs at Studio 58
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: 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.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: 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.
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 Golden Knights are in town
SUNDAY: the Vancouver Canucks take on the Vegas Golden Knights in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.
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