The Canucks play the Kraken By Steve Newton FRIDAY: Montreal electro-pop singer-songwriter Charlotte Cardin plays the Commodore Ballroom, with guests New West from Toronto. SOLD OUT. FRIDAY: Steely Dan tribute band Steelin' in the Years plays Port Moody's Inlet Theatre, with guests Blues Hoodoo. FRIDAY: eight-piece Vancouver band Zappostrophe' performs the music of Frank Zappa … Continue reading Newt’s top 10 (or 15) things to do in Metro Vancouver this weekend, November 17 to 19
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Newt’s top 10 (or 15) things to do in Vancouver this weekend, November 10 to 12
Twanguero & Paul Pigat play Mel Lehan Hall By Steve Newton FRIDAY: Newfoundland folk quartet Rum Ragged performs a tribute to Margaret Sargent-McTaggart at Mel Lehan Hall at St. James, with guests Twin Embers. SOLD OUT. FRIDAY: Seattle-based progressive funk, psych-rock and modern Afro-beat band Polyrhythmics plays the WISE Hall, with guests Idle Moon. FRIDAY: … Continue reading Newt’s top 10 (or 15) things to do in Vancouver this weekend, November 10 to 12
Newt’s top 10 (or 20) things to do in Vancouver this weekend, November 3 to 5
The Killer screens at VIFF Centre By Steve Newton FRIDAY: screening at the Cinematheque of director Ryszard Bugajski’s uncompromising 1991 thriller Clearcut, starring Graham Greene as militant Indigenous activist Arthur. FRIDAY: screening at the VIFF Centre of Italian writer-director Dario Argento's 1987 giallo slasher film Opera, about a young soprano who becomes involved in a … Continue reading Newt’s top 10 (or 20) things to do in Vancouver this weekend, November 3 to 5
Newt’s top 10 (or 15) things to do in Vancouver this week, October 30 to November 3
Dave Chisholm is at Leap Creative Studio By Steve Newton MONDAY: American filmmaker and pop-culture icon John Waters performs his new spoken-word show Devil’s Advocate at the Rio Theatre. Please note: no videotaping, audio taping, or photography of any kind permitted during the performance. SOLD OUT. Snooze ya lose. MONDAY: screening at the VIFF Centre of … Continue reading Newt’s top 10 (or 15) things to do in Vancouver this week, October 30 to November 3
Newt’s top 10 (or 20) things to do in Metro Vancouver this weekend, October 27 to 29
John Waters is at the Rio By Steve Newton FRIDAY: the Vancouver Canucks take on the St. Louis Blues in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena. FRIDAY: the Burnaby Halloween Festival presents In Praise of Nightmares, featuring screenings at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts of the seminal 1920s silent films Un Chien Andalou … Continue reading Newt’s top 10 (or 20) things to do in Metro Vancouver this weekend, October 27 to 29