Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, October 27 to 31

Screening at the Rio on Monday of director Brian DePalma's 1976 adaptation of Stephen King's bestselling supernatural-horror novel Carrie.

Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, October 24 to 26

Screening at the Rio on Sunday of director Nicolas Roeg‘s 1973 supernatural thriller Don't Look Now, hosted by guest curator Osgood Perkins.

The Vancouver Canucks take on the Edmonton Oilers in National Hockey League preseason action at Rogers Arena on Friday.

Vancouver indie-rock/shoegaze quartet the Starling Effect plays LanaLou's on Friday, with guests Combine the Victorious and Asterous.

Screening at the Rio of Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglorious Basterds, about a group of Jewish-American soldiers brutally killing Nazis.

Vancouver's Babe Corner performs at the Rickshaw Theatre on Friday as one of the opening acts for indie-pop singer-songwriter Young Friend.

Pink Floyd tribute band Brit Floyd plays the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Thursday as part of its Wish You Were Here 50th Anniversary Tour.

Director Danny Boyle's post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Years Later opens at various Metro Vancouver theatres on Thursday.

The North Burnaby Vinyl Record Roundup at Lochdale Hall on Sunday features 16 vendors and 26 tables of vinyl records and music memorabilia.

Screening at the Rio on Sunday of Blade Runner: The Final Cut, director Ridley Scott's 2007 work-print version of his 1982 sci-fi classic.

American comic Nikki Glaser performs two standup-comedy shows at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Saturday as part of her Unwell and Alive Tour.

American guitar wizard Nita Strauss opens for Finnish symphonic metal band Apocalyptica at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Monday.

American comedian Roy Wood Jr. performs at the Vogue Theatre on Sunday as part of Just For Laughs Vancouver.