Tenebre screens at the Rio
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin performs the soundtrack of Dario Argento’s Tenebre along to a screening of the 1982 Italian horror film at the Rio Theatre.
FRIDAY: Toronto roots-rock band Skydiggers, featuring founding members Andy Maize and Josh Finlayson, plays the Hollywood Theatre. Here’s my article on Skydiggers from 1995.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: showing until December 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.
Luzia runs at Concord Pacific Place
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: Cirque du Soleil‘s Luzia, running until January 10 under the big top at Concord Pacific Place, is a fantastical circus show that conjures the people, places, and sounds of a make-believe Mexico through stunning visuals and world-leading acrobatics.
SATURDAY: tribute band Chest Fever performs at a 50th anniversary celebration of The Band’s iconic concert event, The Last Waltz, at the Rickshaw Theatre, with local guests Dan Moxon, Rich Hope, Gord Kushner, Marin Patenaude, Colleen Rennison, Cobra Ramone, Scott Smith, and Paul Pigat.
SATURDAY: Vancouver prog-funk quintet Brass Camel performs two shows featuring tunes from new self-titled album at Blue Frog Studios.
Joni Mitchell tribute at the Rio
SATURDAY: Just Joni at the Rio Theatre features live performances of the music of Joni Mitchell in celebration of her 83rd birthday.
SATURDAY: screening 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. Note: the newly restored 114-minute version includes graphic scenes of torture and blasphemous sexual imagery.
SUNDAY: screening at the VIFF Centre of NAZA, directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s investigative documentary about the intentional slaughter of innocent women and children by Israeli forces in Gaza. In Hebrew and English with English subtitles.
Jon Spencer plays the Rickshaw
SUNDAY: American garage-rock singer-guitarist Jon Spencer, formerly of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Genre is Death. Here’s my interview with Jon Spencer from 2004.
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