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

On Saturday at VIFF Centre guitarist-composer Tony Wilson’s The Homeless Project shines a sympathetic light on Canada’s urban dispossessed.

Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, April 17 to 19

Record Store Day Canada on Saturday features special vinyl releases as part of its 19th annual celebration of independent record stores.

Screening at VIFF Centre on Sunday of the documentary I Am the Blues, preceded by a one-hour set by bluesman Robert Connely Farr.

Sweet Queens of Chaos play the Biltmore Cabaret on Friday, along with Nitroglycerin, Jazzfrica, PHROG, and the New Mischiefs.

Screening at the Rio Theatre on Sunday of Becoming Led Zeppelin, a new documentary about the formation of the legendary British rock band.

One-man band Bob Log III plays old Silvertone archtop guitars and wears a helmet wired to a telephone receiver at the Biltmore on Thursday.

British pop singer-songwriter Nick Lowe joins forces with masked instrumental guitar band Los Straitjackets at the Biltmore Cabaret on Sunday.

Late-night screening at the Rio on Friday of director Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 horror flick, Possession, starring Isabelle Adjani.

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.

Vancouver alt-rockers Limblifter perform on a double-bill with local guitar-rock veterans 54-40 at the Commodore Ballroom on Friday.

Vancouver pop-rock legends Odds, featuring singer-songwriter Craig Northey, play the Commodore on Friday, with coheadliners Limblifter.

Singer-songwriter Neko Case discusses her memoir The Harder I Fight the More I Love You at Performance Works on Granville Island on Monday.