Bruno Mars plays BC Place
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY & SATURDAY: global pop superstar Bruno Mars performs stadium shows at BC Place as part The Romantic Tour, with guests Anderson.Paak as DJ Pee.Wee and Raye.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY: Steve Dawson leads a concert at Kay Meek Arts Centre honouring J.J. Cale‘s influential 1971 debut album, Naturally, with performances by Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jim Byrnes, Rich Hope, Dee Daniels, Rebecca Jenkins, Chris Smither, Chuck Mead, Lindi Ortega, Marin Patenaude, and Chris Pierce. Here’s my interview with J.J. Cale from 1990.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the Arts Club Theatre Company presents performances of playwright Arun Lakra’s crime caper Heist, running at the Stanley BFL Canada Stage until October 18.
Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival features independent horror cinema–from emerging Canadian voices to international genre programming–with premieres, filmmaker Q&As, and industry events at Cineplex Cinemas International Village. Feature screenings on Friday include director Adrián García Bogliano‘s Talking to a Stranger, starring Vancouver’s Gigi Saul Guerrero (above). Here’s my interview with Guerrero from 2021.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: showing nightly until October 31 at the Dome, Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon is an immersive, 42-minute, 360° surround-sound journey through deep space, alien worlds, and celestial landscapes, featuring music from the legendary prog-rock band’s 1973 album.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature, running until November 8 at the Vancouver Art Gallery, features more than 100 works by the iconic B.C. artist, exploring in-depth her obsession with the landscape of the Pacific Northwest.
The Devils screens at the Park
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: screenings at the Park Theatre of a new 4K restoration of director Ken Russell’s highly controversial 1971 horror-drama The Devils, based on Aldous Huxley’s historical narrative of 1952, The Devils of Loudon.
SATURDAY: Toronto blues-rock band Wild T & the Spirit, featuring guitarist-vocalist Toney Springer, plays the Roxy.
SUNDAY: Melody Mangler presents Dreadful Delights, a macabre evening of music, circus, dance, theater, burlesque, drag, and magic at the Rio Theatre.
SUNDAY: morning screening at the Cinematheque of director Mel Brooks’s 1974 horror-comedy Young Frankenstein, starring Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, and Marty Feldman.
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