Rich Hope plays Green Auto
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: the Stomp Records 30th Anniversary Bash at the Rickshaw Theatre featuring performances by the Real McKenzies, the Planet Smashers, Raygun Cowboys, and Real Sickies.
FRIDAY: Vancouver garage-punk trio Dead Soft plays Green Auto, with guests Cryptyds and Big Deal.
FRIDAY: Portland, Oregon hard-rock quartet Stainless plays the Astoria, with guests Syrinx and La Chinga.
Requiem for a Dream screens at the Rio
FRIDAY: 25th anniversary screening at the Rio Theatre of a restoration of director Darren Aronofsky‘s Requiem for a Dream, a hard-hitting drama about four Coney Island residents whose lives are shattered when their addictions run wild.
FRIDAY: Canadian comedian Colin Mochrie and his longtime collaborator Brad Sherwood perform an evening of improv at the Centre in Vancouver as part of their Asking For Trouble Tour.
FRIDAY: the Vancouver Goldeneyes take on the Seattle Torrent in Professional Women’s H0ckey League action at the Pacific Coliseum.
The Crawl is on in East Van
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the annual Eastside Culture Crawl is a four-day visual arts festival in which more than 500 artists open their East Van studios to the public.
SATURDAY: Vancouver rocker Rich Hope plays a release party for new album Live at the ANZA Club at Green Auto, with guests the Great Outdoors. Here’s my interview with Rich Hope from 2009.
SATURDAY: the Vancouver Whitecaps take on the Los Angeles Football Club in the Major League Soccer conference semifinals at BC Place. SOLD OUT.
The Flames are in town
SUNDAY: the Vancouver Canucks take on the Calgary Flames in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.
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